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Show THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 1928. TERA.TURE AND ART? Critical Reviews of Late Books Irwin's Study Illumines A Great American Career Imp ortant 1 ask. Has Been Well Executed. HERBERT HOOVER: A Reminiscent Biography. By Will Irwin. PubThe lisher, Century Company, New York. VVTlULE thii very Herbert Hoover, Perth, West Australia, in1898. From a drawing by S. J. Woolf, 1913-191- 4, - three-eight- Ger-sva- Book Compasses Complete Story Of Electricity ALADDIN". V. 8. A. By Ernest Creen-wo- Publishers, Harper & Brothers, New York. 1JN THIS, his latest hook, Ernest Greenwood, familiar to tunny reader for his "Bootlegging In Humanity," "Labor Conditions In Soviet Russia" and other volumes, has offered in his usual Intelligent and interesting style an exhaustive treatise on the workings of electricity In the present day. Quite fittingly, the book opens with an Introduction written by the wizard of electricity, Thomas Alva Edison. Mr. Edison, In speaking of the development of electrical appliances, says in part: "So long as there remains a single task being done by men or women which electricity could do as well, so long will that development be What will be hapIncomplete. . . years pening in electricity forty-fiv- e from this evening? I wish I might be here to see." To show the scope of Mr. Greenwood's work, perhaps as good a way as any is to mention a few of the chapter heads, which Include the Passt Ing of the Backstairs Drudge, Industry Goes to the Country, the Farm as an Industrial Enterprise, Power and the Worker, Organizing the Streams, White Coal vs. Black Coal, Power and National Defense, the Federal Water Power Act. To any one who reads this Informative book. It Is at once evident that Mr. Greenwood has made a thorough study of his subject, and tweaks with the voice of authority. The first few chapters are devoted to the origin and early history of electricity, a story which he makes quite as romantic as many novels. He tells of the difficulties confronting the early pioneers of the industry, of their tireless efforts to bring the American people to realisation of the fact that electricity was most, decidedly a practical commercial possibility, and of the formation of the first electrlo light and power companies. He then goes on to describe the sphere of electricity today, its manifold blessings to civilization, Its thousand-and-on- e uses, and concludes with a discussion of the systems under which light snd power companies, as. we know them In the present, are operated and owned. The book is written for the layman, and offers essentially an extremely and Illuminative discourse on this modern . well-writt- Girl's Romance Quite Unmodern CRIMSOV ROSES. By Grace Livingston Hill. Publisher, J. B. Llppln-co- tt Company, Philadelphia, - hwmii tmii rrvww'm swTfc ij n s v y-- . - Harwood Entry At Paris Salon Wins Approval v . . ' ' ' . - v MEET SUCCESS of Foreign UniverIts Life Play Product of Legion Says sity Classes Appears Hardest on Earth. in Book; Lewis Edits. : This quiet modesty, reticence, and calmness attributes so seldom concomitants to great political careers which characterizes the Secretary of Commerce, are his from his Quaker So also that unswerving inforbears. tegrity and Idealism marking his life. But to a probable French strain intermixed In the blood, Mr. Irwin ascribes that quality in his temperament which enables him to think like a pessimist while behaving like an optimist. In the Interest connected with the activities of his seven years as a cabinet official. It has been half forgotten that Mr. Hoover's exploits as a mining engineer were notable, th.it he achieved a reputation among the mine his with profession engineering development In West Australia in ISiifi; thst he Introduced American methods and machinery Into the Far East; that he was the man to make discovery, in explorations for the Chinese Department of Mines, of the world's greatest coal deposits In northeastern China; that he wus one of the heroic defenders of besieged Tientsin during the Boxer rebellion. It was during his acquittal of these various Important Jobs that he became accustomed to diplomatic negotiations with governments, and gained his first experience with food relief, which In 1914 aided him in his administration of Belgian relief, with which masterly accomplishment the general public Is more familiar. Mr. In the winter of Hoover was In. Europe on a mission for the San Francisco Exposition, and, whan the fatal shot was fired at Sarajevo, he withdrew to London to await events. Called upon by Ambassador Page to take charge of the moving out of 200,000 American tourists whom the war had caught, he established banking facilities and his .organization accepted checks and other evidences of credit from Americans Of this sura amounting to (1,600,000. but (400 was lost. Belgian Relief Administration Great Achievement. Then, when a cosmic tragedy Imminent in Belgium, Hoover, though seeing, as others did, that he and his engineering associates were In position to make enormous wealth from the war, said, "let the fortune go to bell." and tackled the superhuman task of feeding the 10.000.000 Inhabitants of the occupied sone, of financing the movement, and of reconciling inimical elements of the powers Into letting It exist- Despite the perplexing problems constantly to be surmounted, Hoover's organisation functioned with unsurpassed efficiency, as indicated In Mr. Irwin's two brief sentences: 'Not until the maritime confusion which followed Februsry 1, 1S17, was the flow of provisions Into Belgium ever halted" and "Its overhead during four years was only of 1 per cent of Its total expenditures." Hoover's foresight told him of the suspicions the' night be encountered, and so to the final audit of the commission's account could be appended the statement thst the "Chief" hlmJ self had never drawn a cent from the vast stjms handled, for any purpose. He drew no salary and paid all his owTS expenses, in the same spirit he entered upon the next great enterprise was drafted the United for which be States Food Administration and. Its subsidiary organizations, the Grain Corporation and the Sugar Board the success of which was due to his sound, sans methods, bis energy, his ability to inspire confidence, his courageous appeals to the volunteer spirit of mankind. Perhaps what will be remembered as his greatest trithe was hammering tactics by umph he of the which gained relaxation so that the starving blockade might be fed. Much Praise Due Work In Commerce Department. Mr. Hoovefs achievements In the are still Department of Commerce fresh in the public mind. Six. Irwin as few a out high lights of this points period the Increase In the export half a trade of the United State by a year, moribund " bureaus billion raised from the dead, direction of the Unemployment Conference of 1921, organisation of the Russian famine relief, management of Mississippi flood relief measures. One of the facts which stands out clearest In this biography is, thst, white other men talk. Hoover does one of his thing. Talking Is not strong points, except when there Is he becomes then and a real necessity a most forceful speaker. He applies to the Industrial structure the same methods that made him a great engineer. He never commends; he persuades. He Inspires volunteers. Mr. Irwin's biography will create friends for a man whose career, a he shows tii, hss been of great significance to America. News and Views off Modern Artists in Painting Has Notable M STIE IS Modernism Exponents in Exhibition at Ogden , alto-"geth- Fruit Fictive Glamor Veiling Famous Band Dissolved Ex-Soldi- er history of a nun who, if one reads the auguries aright, is destined to be the next president of these United States, appeared somewhat optrtMnely in the campaign, it is not to ie viewed as k political biography. It is rather an attempt by one who has been a friend of the secretary since their student days at Stanford, to give the public, an opportunity to know the man behind the public figure. some unlike And, friendly efforts, there is not in the book a line that will have an adverse effect on elecHtrhrrl lontr, Ptrli, Wtrt Xuardit, In Wl rwB Sria hf a. t. tgoll tion day. Tor the Her- oert noover that air. Irwin shows us is a very likeable, human person, a man of integrity, of sincerity, of exceptional capabilities, who possesses a genius for acIt is apparent that Mr. Irwin still holds that afcomplishment. fectionate reverence for Hoover, which began at Stanford, 'where his classmates were wont "to Jean on his sane,- unruffled judgment," looking up to him as "a supernally able personage." After thirty years these eollege ties rpmain firm. Indeed, as an associate with him on his Belgian task has said, "Attachment to Hoover tends in the end toward fanaticism." And the reader of Mr. Irwin's reminiscent volume, given to feel the worth and warmth and humor underlying the surface shyness that is Hoover's, will likely be left with' the conviction that hero" is a man in whose hands the destiny of America might safely bo placed... ' Quaker Ancestry Bears in Life. 9 . Is Oie old, old story of Cin- a derella and the prince all dressed up In new trappings, somewhat modbe to sure, yet with Cinderella ernised, And Just as essentially the same. the ancient tale hss charmed the young folk In each generation, so will Mrs. Hill's story of sweet Marion Warren, her trials,rand eventual happiness please the yoting readers today. Several years of Marlon's girlhood had been given up to first an invalid mother, thennursing, her degrly loved father. Never does Marion begrudge the time thus spent, but at the death of her father whosewhen, fine character is Inherited by his daughter she would take up life again. It Is hard to find that she has been dropped out of everything, that her former girl friends have forgotten her. Then she loved and which her father hsd meant should be Marlon's own Is sold by her brother, because his wife prefers to live in the country, snd Marlon Is expected to go to the farm ss a sort of and nurse-glr- h The girl bravely decides to remain, even though she must go to work, where there are cultural sdvantages snd where she may resume the studies she had been compelled to give up. Bo she Is left, alone and forlorn. In the city, to work at a ribbon counter and endeavor by her own efforts to secure en education. There are many lonely hours for Marlon until the advent of the roses, perfect crimson roses, coming each week so strsnsrely from sn unknown donor, but telling her she hss one friend in the city. There ts no fairy godmother to watch over the girl, but there is always the handsome prince, waiting In the background for his opportunity which Mrs. Hill does not delay unnecessarily. While Clnderells's story has some moden sspects, Its air Is extremely the-ho- ld THE LEGION OF THE 'DAMNED. By Bennett J. Doty: Publisher, Tho Century Company, New York. MTHILE Doty'a tale of the Foreign T Legion will hardly fit those preconceived ideas of romantic youth, which pictures, such an organization as one dedicated to furnishing thrills and adventure, It is, one ftels, a sincere account of what the life of a soldier of the Legion actually is. There is none of the blare of military bands, none of the gorgeous trappings, the brilliant uniforms that das-zl- e and bewilder the members of the fairer sex. There is the hard life of the legionalrea. the ruthless) and brutal battles with insurgent natives, the tiresome peacetime routine of hard work, and, above all, the relentless, hard hand of discipline so irksome to American youth. It was this rigor of discipline that brought Doty into the'etrouble, the story of which filled newspapers all over the world, which earned him a sentence of eight years in a military prison a sentence from which he narrowly escaped. It was this discipline also that may be said to he responsible for his book, because after his pardon at the behest of American authorities, he had the basis for a story, a story that gives perhaps the only real picture that America has had of the French Foreign Legion. Cited for Bravery in Battle; Inactivity Palls. Doty enlisted in the legion under the name of Gilbert Clare, and was sent to Syria, where he participated the campaign against the Druses, the fierce tribesmen who resented French presence. He was awarded the Croix le Guerre for distinguished service under fire in this campaign. Later, when the fighting in Syria, was over and his company had been put to the monotony of still under 'the discipline that always characterizes the Legion, if we are to believe his exposition. Doty deserted. Threatened first with the death sentence, he was later fmen eight years in a military prison, from which he was pardoned some eighteen months afterward through the Intercession of tjie American government. Doty returned to service and had been ordered to Morocco when his relea.se from the legion in iron-han- d cat e. His story Is written without any regard for niceties and refinements that chaarcterize writers more literary than Doty; It was perhaps too hastily accomplished. But there is in It a directness and a feeling for the dramatic that make his g narrative noteworthy; It has qualities that few ran escape. He sweeps one through the recruitthere ing stages where one finds are no dress parades for legion-alre- s to the bitter. campaigns in which these men neither give nor expect mercy. In the details of this fierce warfare between French and Druse around Damacus, many Instances of Individual heroism stand out. And there Is something that thrills the Wood In the description of the sweeping lines of tirailleurs, with their bugles singing. "En avant! En avant!" coming to the relief of the besKeged camp at Mousseifre. Vivid Battle Scenes On Author's Csnvas. Several of the battle scenes are as graphic as have been penned In recent years. The sight of death and the stench of the battlefield horrify! One learns to respect the legionalre for his loyalty and unfaltering courage. The officers are men, hard but just, and braving more than their share of danger. Doty has done a aood Job In transferring to the rrlnted page the feeling of men hemmed In, outnumbered by fa overwhelmingly natic Druses, and harassed by a mur of the close lnterest-provolcfn- hard-foug- derous fire. Certain characters In his story are unfontettable. There Is the effemi lieutenant who by his heroism commands of his the unstinted respect "roughnecks." There Is the only man in Doty's regiment who spoke the Amer icans native tongue, 'a tittle aierra Leone negro who possessed the accent of an English lord" and spoke the language with the same, nicety. P.leak pictures of the mcrcilessness of life in French penal Institutions com- nlet a hook notable tor Its Interest, as well ss for Its apparent sincerity and Integrity. It Is a boi k everyone snoum reaa. for, while there have been novelists, rlavwriahts. poets, artists, and late to depict the ly, the romance of the Foreign Legion, here Is a time the first for straightaway, uneolored account thst shows its con trasting side of drabness, harshness and cruelty. Colonel Rollet of these famous fighters said to Doty, as he hade him farewell, "I know you will write about the Legion. Try to tell It Is true we are hard. the truth. But we are Just." And this, we be- has tried to lleve. this do tell the truth. s, Oregon Pioneer Life Portrayed With Vividness THE CABIN AT THE TRAIL'S END. Publishers, By Sheba Hargreaves. Harper and Brothers. New York. REAVES writes of the MIS9 HARG early settlers in Oregon as one who had herself passed through the dangers and hardships they encountered. Her story ls simply constructed, but it gives us an excellent picture of Oregon In the early half of the nineteenth century, of the type of hardy, fearless men and women who followed the long trail across the plains and through the passes of the Cascades to make new homes along, the Willamette. There are In teresting descriptions of Indian lite slso, of the elaborate marriage feasts, the startling burial ceremonials, the fall game round-up- s, snd other customs of the northwest tribes. The story Is specifically the story of the family of John Bainbridge, whose Conestoga wagon, with Its Jaded ox team, was one of the first to arrive of the train of 10oo emigrants which came through from Independence, Mo., to Oregon City in the fall of 1M1. the vanguard of the great emigration of Middle Westerners to whom the stories of the fertile lands snd fruitful orchards of this Far West country was a promise of paradise In contrast with the Misiwsslppi valley. Arriving with clothing worn and tattered, provisions slmoet exhaust ed, snd very few resources wherewith to replenish the supply. It required tremendous fortitude of spirit for the emigrants to face the months that lay ahead before crops could be sows and PROFESSOR B. ROLAND LEWIS of the University of Utah, is the editor of a volume of one-aplays, Just published under the title, "University of Utah Plays," which were written by students of the university's course in dramatic composition. Copies of the volume, were received in Salt Lake dicing the week. In addition to the plays, there is an introductory essay by Professor Lewis, who conducts the course in dramatic composition In which the work was produced. Professor Lewis's Introduction is in the nature of a treatise on the purpose of instruction in dramatic composition today as compared with such instruction in times past. Formerly play technique was studied academically, with little or no attempt to put its postulates Into practice. But modern university methods are in direct opposition to this. The famous Harvard Workshop perhaps set the pace, but other universities have followed more or less successfully. Professor Lewis, coming to the univerity In 1917 fresh from his work at Harvard, undertook to establish the same high ideal of workmanship IK his classes In dramatic His enthusiasm and composition. scholarship have imbued his successive classes with the desire to write plays that are capable of actual production on the stage. In the volume which has Just been published by John W. Luce Co., seven of the plays actually, written in tho classes of Professor Lewis are given. They are of especial interest in that they are the work of Utahns, and In the fact- that each has successfully stood the test of stage presentation. Play Is Commentary On Man's Discontent. The first play, "The Exchange." by Althea Thurston, is a rather cynically humorous depiction of the frajlty of man in thinking that his own lot, whatever it is. Is hard. The scene is a courtroom, where a weary judge exchanges afflictions. The. poor man, the vain woman who is aging, and the rich man exchange these miseries for riches, for deafness, and for the Job of milkman. When the Judge closes the exchange, the three unhappy mortals are really in the same plight they were befure looking- at their present state as the most undesirable in the world. The effect Is heightened by the use of a character- called "the Imp," who chuckles at the poor humans who Vis-the exchange, and who y offers advice that must, perforce, be taken. Another play by Miss Thurston, who Is now in California devoting her entire attention to writing, Is "And the Devil Laughs." Here we see two roads, "the safe road" and "the forbidden trail." We see a number of ptople trying to decide to take the safe road. The yuung boy dashes gayly down the forbidden trail. The girl, "Maybe I can save him. It saying, Is my duty. And then I csn see " follows. The middle-age- d man sneaks past the gate when no one Is lookThe husband looks after his ing. wife's comfort, and then slips away; the wife, seeing no one near, ventures timidly, and the devil laughs. "The Gray Switch," by Sara Keener, shows the conflict between a stupid, naively egotistical husband and a sensitive wife. Hans earns the money, and spends It. Maggie's threat to go out to work to earn enough money to buy herself a switch wrings from him the promise of the coveted treasure. But Hans buys things that are cheap and will last, regardless of their beauty. He can see no reason for paying V,3 for a switch that matches Maggie's hair, when a gray switch costs only fix. And. anvwsv. In a very few years, Macgie will be grav. The play ends on the note of defeat such a wife must always know In dealing with such a husband. Wide Range In Theme And Type Shown. "The Boomer," by Edwin Stoker, Is laid In the pioneer days of Utah. The brutal "boomer" arouses disgust from his first appearance until the moment he shoots his rival In cold blood and stands, glaring at his victim with "fierce, cruel satisfaction," as the curtain falls. J. Douglas Cook Is the author of "A Man of Temperament," which gives a sympathetic interpretation of an Incident In the life of Edgar Allan Poe. ' Since his graduation from the university, Mr. Cook has lived In England, where he is continuing his writing. The remaining two plays are of an Sara entirely different character. Williams' "The Turkey Girl" Is based on an Indian legend of the Cinderella Its language Is metrical, and type. it gives an opportunity to Introduce much of the pageantry of Indian life. Miss Wllflams Is a resident of Ogden. In "Sara," Olive F. Woolley Burt has dealt with the apocryphal story oj Tobias and his- courtship of the unfortunate Sara, whose hopes have seven times been marriage frustrated by the death of the bridegroom. The Mrs. language Is in Biblical style. Burt has had several other plays among them "Midsummef Night," "The Wise ulfts." and "The Boy Tasses." - It mlsche-viousl- red-gol- d - f- - GOVS ACRE Amid the 8abbath hush You calm and peaceful lie. Who once were gayest of the g'ny In other days gone by. I wonder do you se us here. Or wish you could come back: Or have you reached those higher things That we, of earth, so lack? Is there a purer Joy Beyond our mortal grasp. Like finest gold without alloy That satisfies and lasts? Lofty ambitions, noble thoughts Do not exist in vein; In other realms, more fslr thsn this, Their souls will rise again. Anna Holden King. Salt Lake City. , harvested. But there wss the beauty of the rolling hills and level benches of the Willamette valley, the pros perity Of Its few farmers, to Instill hope In tbelr hearts, and they tookedl cheerfully forward to the future, en during uncomplainingly the distress of the present In its promise of plenty. Their struggles throuah that first year, and the development of the little settlement Into a civilized community are pictured with fidelity to truth. There are plenty of exciting Incidents. naturally Into the story, and ntting a thread of a tender love tsle adds its to sppel a chronicle of Oregon s early days that has a very genuine inter est. f Ja i . it 1,. , - - - Mihiftiirwi'ii rw 'il Excellent Quality vealed by Group tracts Interest. a. ii : , ' i - . - WWftHMteW ' aV - i' "l a"' rHitri- -i h ' f I I'll il iWMMMMkC v'svtfvNMw,y '- ' if 1 ; ., si ReAt- modern In attitude, though be classed as extremists, are the California painters who make up the group now being shown in an exhibit at the Hotel Uigelow, Ogden, which is attracting a great number of visitors. Tlicy are painters who have broken away from the traditions of the academic school, who tire striving for greater freedom in expression, who, if they are not ardent followers of have a decided tendency in that diiection. QUITE to These artists are, without excepprominent in the art world of California, where modernism has wide sway and the impressionistic influence Is strongly felt. And so capably do they example this newer trend in painting that even those who do not foliuw them in understanding, or who are thorough reactionaries, wjll find the collection vastly Interesting, and will feel the spell of their art. Perhaps the most intensely modern note is struck by Seldon Connor Glle of Los Angeles, whoVh.one of the Society of Six, a group whose work is shown all over the country, (file's "Red Hillside," a decorative picture In extremely high key, is one of the striking Incidents of the exhibit. Here he hns been mainly concerned with patpattern; his landscape offers-tern for the distribution of his colors, He has applied lmpresslonistlcalry. used an arbitrary color scheme, yellow-greeand correct values. The maintaining mountains are a vivid pattern of with fields of yellow rye grass making a mass of light In ijie foreground. There are also two smnll paintings of Gile's. "Belvedere Bridge" and "Bathers," which are brilliant, dashing bits of color. There Is nothing of the realist In his work, but he has the ability to suggest form with the minimum of brush strokes. It hss been said of Glle by an art critic of California that, "he Is one of the greatest, If not 'the' greatest, impressionist of the west." Contrast. In Clapp's Work Shows Versatility. Two attractive canvases are those by William H. Clapp. director of the Oakland Galleries, whose "Fernwood Road" 1s a harmony of blue and violet tones. There Is a lovely poetic quality In this landscape of a winding lane through bordering trees that throw cool shadows. His "Birthday Bouquet" Is an exquisite study of delicate color, showing close values. It Is an Impressionistic treatment; no hard, tight lines are here, Its objects almost melt Into one another snd yet are distinct. It is a picture to spiieal to the artist perhaps, rather than the lavman. Paul Sample 'Is showing a picture called "Afternoon Light." a harbor scene showing smsll boats at reBt, and cslm waters under a waning light. There ts In It more than a suggestion of Jonas Lie, under whom Mr. Sample studied, and whose Influence Is clearly It shows slso that the artist shown. .je f " f til 'I tion, e, blne-vlole- t, n (Continued Tift ea Elsvea.) Bay Region's First No-Jur- y Show to Open Announcement was recently made by the Oakland Art league of the 17 at the Oakland opening, on June "no-Jurexhibition, Art Gallery, of a to which Utah artists have- - been Invited to submit paintings. This Is the first exhibition of this character thst has been held In California for a number of years, and the very first that Oakland hss- - attempted. The art critic of the Oakland Trib- une, in commenting on the enterprise, thus; explains its nature andno purpose rule of com"A battlefield. With bat save the survival of the fittest. show. Such Is a "The master and the beginner, the accepted, recognised' snd the not-ythe reactionary snd the radical ail will meet on a common ground. . , Idea sometimes Critics of the express fear that In presntlng the good and the bad upon egual terms, the had will be preferred to the good. These critics are too pessimistic even for art critics. "Why a Juryless exhibition? There are reaeons. And good ones. "That the average exhibition of this character seldom brings to light a regenius that might otherwise have lifemained in obscurity during his once But time, is generally admitted. tame two upon a time an exciting the world afire artists who later received encouragement and recognition through shows of the 'Independents' of Paris. Seurat and of course. And there have been many others. For this reason, If for no other, no future exhibition of this nature can be less than worth while. show proIf the individual duces no new 'wonder,' It can at least be considered as a wreath deposited upon the tomb' of its great children. And if a hundred fruitless thowa revesl but one master they are oertainly Justified. Ahw. the writer points out, the exhibition of this character offers a "court of appeal" to those artiste who, for whatever raon. Justly or unjustly, have been "barred'- from public showing. Paintings to be bung must reach the gallery by June 11. end must be sent without expense to the league. Some of the leading artists of the bay reaion ere offering Uielr support to the exhi- . ... ''t Slg-na- c, - n. 's, .'V- - ' - i t. "The limss Bowl," charming study by John Hubbard Itich. (Right) "Femwood lioad," a done by William II. Clapp. (Bepoetic land-scapT. James Harwoed's low) painting, "The Dance of the Leaves,'' which attracted attention at Paris Salon. Under the AD ING LAMP THE WORLD TOMORROW. As something of a misfortune. In Its adverse effect on our cultural Rockwell Kent sees the the fact that, at the time the American nation was born, chip building and navigation were adequate to the maintenance of communcation with Mr. Kent, writing on "Free Europe. Art in an Iron Age" for the June issue of The World Tomorrow, . elab- orates on. the statement, showing because- of this accessibility to the mother country, the "English School" of art spread to America and became Identical with the "American School," and prepared us for the eventual Inclusion of ail art as the art to be revered and followed, rather than evolving a true American art. He says: how, "European culture was out heritage. It hns been maintained by fashion and by all the agencies that pander t(j,ashion. v . . It Is small wonder that we have produced In art so little to call ours. If the founding, early in the nineteenth century, of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts displayed a growing public interest in srt and an awakening to of facilities for its study, the it did nothing towards freeing American art from the parent art of England. . . . "It Is In the revolt of the individual against the tyranny of every dogma, that wild revolt which for a generation has been gathering strength, that has cul- -tivated Irreverence and made a boast of It, that has offende taste and shattered standards, that has hirrst the confines of tradition and down every avenue poiiTed and back alley of expression. It Is by that revolt and from thst freedom to perform In art what one desires to or cm that we may have at last an art as free and beautiful as all the Joys and sorrows of our land shall need for fulfillment. "Art missed the early beauties snd irneedies. the sordidness, the hope, the agony or what It wss of settling, struggling here to live; It missed three centuries of wsr and peace, of fervent life, of faith, of Intolerance: 1t m!ed the virgin forests of New England, the fioofbd bottom lands of the great valley, the Five Nations, slavery, the pageant of Saratoga." But now. Mr. Kent says, srt thst was once refuce. a against the sustere facts of freedom-- art Is free, now that liberty is gone, free ". . . . In an Iron sge to proclaim the might, magnificence sod power of ..commerce, industry, wealth, war, of wild, extrsva-gancof repression, of drunken- -- ness," of fervent faithfulness; and It Is free to bete all this to find no beauty anywhere but in the intimate and most secret realities of the hurcsn spirit and In the way of life thst may evoke them: and against the hrssen clamor of jast there may be heard as from remote, deep, starlit, inner epsees . of man's being dlsecmancee frail and Infinitely poignant That may be modern art." Pnator George W. Norrts explains "Why the Farm Bloc." and Kirby Page. Famuel McCrea Calvert. Roger N. Baldwin ere smong others who write .interestingly of current matters. thr e. SCmBNER'S. French" Critique Names Art Head 'Great American Painter.' npilAT American artists are unap- -' predated abroad Is a remark that one hears at times. But that this Is not to be accepted as verity has been demonstrated over and over One instance where it has again. been dlsproven Is found in sn article which appeared in a May issue of La Revue Moderne of Paris an trated review of contemporary ar tists and their lives. The article In question, which is by Clement Morro, offers a very charming appreciation of one of Utah's foremost painters, James T. Harwood, snd deals particularly with one ef his recent works, "The Dance of the Leaves," a of which accompanies the story, Mr. Morro says, as his words have been translated: "It is a beautiful and original inspiration that the painter, JatnesSF. Harwood, has transposed into bis picture. "The Dance of tho I.eav There Is modest poetry throughout the entire charming allegory. It Is a most gracious study of nature in the nude. Here is a great American painter, with a realistic touch, with large Insight, who works with surety. He has curried his artistic assurance to a high triumph here. "James Harwood is In effect todav one of Utah's great artists. In hirii Is comprised the personality of the ancients and of the contemporaries in American art. His artistic conception Is constantly manifested ami is a source of inspiration. His work has the respect of his compatriots, who appreciate the efforts of so noble, an artist." The writer has also gone somewhat Into the history of Mr. Harwood'a career: Biographic Sketch Continues Pralss of Artist. "He was born In Lehl, I860,' ho saya "James T. Harwood, having surmounted great difficulties that levin his path, began his study of art at the age of 25 in the School of Design in San Francisco, California. Ho won the prize of the medal for excellent work, a distinction that gave him assurance to continue bis art education In France. "In 1888 he entered the Academle Julian. Borne months after he was admitted to the Ecole des Beaux Art of Parts. Up to 11)11 he made alternate Journeys between Paris and America, where the schools of Utah claimed him as an instructor of art. In 1'jOJ he obtained a medal ef bronse- at the Academfe Julian for a picture representing the torso of a man. He sent works frequently to the Paris salon, where they always received recognition. On returning to America be won considerable popularity. Certain of his pictures, like 'The Boy Pioneer.' were very characteristic of the frontier spirit and immediately gained the favor of the American public. "He now occupies the distinguished' post of director of art at the University of Utah. The old pupil of Jean- Paul Laurens is advocating more than ever the noble tasks which ha has always pursued. He forms the bas of a generation of painters which, should give him a distinctive place. Among others, it Is necessary to mention Miss Ruth Harwood, whose reputation as a painter and writer Is 4e--- Michael Pupln, the famous scientist, writing In the June Bcrlbner's, de- clares that the European's scornful estimate of America as a "land of machines," where the idealism of has been Washington and Lincoln smothered In this materialistic period of American Industrialism, is without basis. His Is an entirely different viewpoint. He says: "I call this period the period of the American Renaissance. I was fortunate to watch and to understand Its development from its beginning. I saw the growth of the American industrialism during this but this industrialism period, never suggested to my mind the reign of materialism. There was a guiding spirit in this growth, the spirit of American idealism." The founding of the National Academy of (Sciences in the midst of the Civil War was the beginning of this Renaissance; Its succees gave ue the American universities of today, where the modern spirit of scientific research is cultivated "the spirit of the philosophy of scientific Idealism." And this ha defines: "Motive, mental attitude, and method of research are the three characteristics of this philosophy. The 'motive' is the unselfish search of the eternal truth; the d 'mental attitude' Is and unprejudiced Interpretation of the language of nature; the 'methU the method emod of ploying observation, experiment, and calculation. The idealism of this philosophy Is simple, definite and obvious." And this philosophy, Professor Pupln says, has become the bond of union between our industries and our universities, and "our strongest arm of national defense." When one considers the vast number of museums, conservatories of music, philharmonic societies, institutions of higher learning, cathedrals, which have been made possible through American industrialism. Immediately ". . . It will be obvious that the only materialism in this industrialism will be found in the material wealth which makes these nurseries of the Idealism of American life possible. I cannot help seeing behind the American machines snd American industrialism a spirit of that rtr idealism which guided Washington, Lincoln and other American leaders of men . , . Whenever you spesk of this land as the land of machines, remember the machine and Its pilot who, with a smile, carried our American mesto the nation sage of good-wiof the earth." Critical observation of American education is given by Dean Raymond waiters In "Knowing Our College Students." Dr. John C Merrtsm's "Forest Windows" is a delightful essay, and Laura Copenhaver has contributed another in her "Madame ," which tells the story of Patrick Henry's sister. An article whir will be read with peculiar Interest has been written by Dr. Joseph L. Meyer, "On the German Spirit of Today." Of his sew book. "The Wsys of Behaviorism," Dr. John B. Watson, founder of the behavloristie school, says. "It should be looked upon as the author's best effort to make his own position clesr to hlmsetf as well as to others." This is Harper book also. rseah' picture-gallerie- honey-hearte- d ll . ' -- very rreat" Will Continue Work In Etching In Paris. Mr. Harwood'a symbolic painting, "The Dance of the Leaves," was hung In the independent winter salon In Paris', where it! attracted the notice of the critic. As the photograph in- -, dlcates. It la a thing of grace and the most delightful rhythmical quality. The painter and his daughter, Mlse Ruth Harwood, leave on June U to spend the summer abroad. They will sail from Montreal, and after a few weeks tn London, go directly to Paris, where Miss Harwood is planning to Mr. study art, particularly design. Harweod will take up again his study, of colored etching, which he began bis European sojourn last during and will work with thu summer, and printers of engravers Paris, where they have the best equipment In the world, to perfect himself in the mechanics of the art. It is his purpose to devote more time to etching In his university classes, the students having shown the greatest for this branch of art. Later on, he plans to run down in Msrselllei, to paint along the water front, which furnishes some of the most picturesque scenes of Europe. Mr. Harwood and daughter hope als to be able to attend the exhibit and convention of teachers interested In school arts, which Is to be held st Pragus between August tember 5. 19 and Sep- Art Director Ogden Visitor Lee F. Randolph, eminent California psinter, who Is to teach art at the Utah Agricultural eollege summer school. Is stopping, en route to Logan, over the week-en- d as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gray Ruth, rauff of Tigden. An Informal reception In his honor was held gaturdsy evening at Mr. ' Ruthrauffs studio. Several Fait Lake artists, former pupils of Mr. Randolph's, and others interested la art were Invited to meet him. Summer Specials Atlsntie Monthly (new), S moths.... Rsvlsw of Jtevlewe (new), S miths.... Modern Prlicllls, (new), 10 months... Golden Book, 11 months........... $1.00 ....... $1.75 $1.00 ...... $3.00 Child Life, Until June 1i, I months C J AA eJX.UU We duplicate any subserlption effer, Xi"1 Shepard's 2nd Fleer Judge' Building. 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