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Show of the money and self-respect of the American people." peo-ple." '-. : ' " -;y.-: : , On this'subject the Nation of New York says that many valuable - works "of art' have been returned re-turned to Europe from this country, and cites the cases of the late W. C. Whitney 's Raphael and Joseph Jefferson's fine early Rembrandt, as having been returned; re-turned; one to England and one to Holland, as well as many other exquisite works of art. ; ' " - .' When our Nation grows wise enough and enterprising en-terprising enough, some time; in an appropriation made for the City of Washington, th'ere-: will .be addfcT enough; to erec:.and equip one real magnificent mag-nificent art gallery, and also to -pay premiums for the very finest works that can be supplied that gallery, gal-lery, and out of it will grow an art school, and, by and' by the great artists of Europe will be bringing their treasures to compete and to sell. And in the hearts of our people will grow the thought, not only if they: must; "see Europe they must see America first,!' but also that if they are to patronize European Euro-pean art they must patronize American art first. - . It. will 'net com around just yet, because the piece of: art that attracts "American attention first now is one of those engraved certificates which bear the legend that they control a certain number of shares of Southern Nevada mining stock. Before one of them a Raphael and a Rembrandt of old are mere dusf and ashes. THE FINE ARTS. -The rich men of the United States are. making purope some trouble. - It is said that an alliance is being formed, with the Kaiser at the head, to pre-rent pre-rent the purchase or export from Europe of the . finest art work in the world. . How it is going to be carried , out is not stated, put it is hinted that the governments will list all of their finest works and when an offer is made by an American for any of them, the owner will have to tubmitthe matter to his government and give the government a chance to purchase it if it so tfesires. ' We. do not 'see why Europe should be worried : fver it if America occasionally gets a real piece of irt. It cannot be denied : that Americans-have fought a lot f poor stuff over there. For instance, A jhe Countess Casteliane bought at tremendous figures fig-ures a Count, which turned out to be "no-account." . Consuejlo Yanderbilt bought the Duke of Marl- foroughput some millions into fixing up one of is dilapidated castles, came as near making him resectable re-sectable as any young girl could, working on that . find of material, with the result that last week we fead of a deed of separation between the two, and he deed forbids her to visit this old castle of the ilarlboroughsj which her money made habitable and beautiful. ' . ' There are many other instances of the same iind. The first Marlborough was a good deal of i'man in one particular line. He was a trained and iaturally great soldier. Outside of that he came jery near being a brute.; It seems his descend- . Jnts inherited the brute part, but not the generalship. The last of the race, it seems, was not general eqough to control one American girl, even - ifter. he had caught her, or, more properly, .speak-' .speak-' ng, after she had-bought his title at a fearfully ' ' exaggerated price. - ! " We move a resolution somethinglike this : . " Whereas,1 J; being -currently reported that fee ' governments and people of Europe have de-' de-' trained that American money shall no(longer pur-base pur-base the highest works of -art in Europe; now, herforf t it v ' . '.'Resolved, Thit in the sense, of this convtn-' convtn-' :on no. American girls shall hereafter purchase itles and with' then-,' men ; in "Europe until" s;ch . Itles and such men shall be appraised by, a' committee com-mittee ot experts at their true value, and no more ban their true valrte shall be paid. "And this resolution is passed in the interest, ! 7 fcxt of American girls, and, second, in the interest |