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Show TIIE MORNING EXAMINER: one coniemporaneoiu artist whom I lind interesting: Bernard Karflol.'' ! Short as ii still is. ihe career of! this gifted American boy is so full of striking lnrldenu as to read like a romance. Vasari, the tMuiareh of the early lialiaa artists, had to invent the wildest yarn-- , to make his character interesting, like the disproved storv he IS ONLY IS BERNARD KARFIOL'S WORK HAS WON ? of Fra Filippo Lippi s kidnapping by TTHE PRAISE OF THE GREATEST ART CRITIC8 OF FRANCE $ pirates or Andrea del Sartos alleged ZjbAINED ADMISSION TO THE SALON AT 16, BEING THE theft of the King of France's a Karflol's biographer need only money. Youngest painter ever so honored. adhere facts in order to spin a tale more 9 to creditable and no less lhrilling. . From Brooklyn N. YHad No French No Fnonda and Only b ln the Btrna!'V K.frR 60l"l25 When H Arrived In Pari, but Two Week After Wae the V P, of Brooklyn. Xew Grecnpoint Lion of Julian Academy Encouraged by Maetere Who Never c as pro-aian environment Double Honor, at the Salon of 1903 and Ha. Ad- - 6 York, about Pe-'-Wons it would be possible to find. His vanced Steadily Since Follows No School and Accepts n, Benjamin Karflol, had artistic $ luther, Favors. talent which he had been unable to develop. never having had a lesson. However, some of Benjamin Karflols who Brown. believes flattery the most dan- aitcmpia at engraving were so fine Curtis Copyright, 1905, by of things, astounded all liis that a specimen having come to the 6. Although he la only gerous Paris, May friends by saying to Karflol, You will attention of the Emperor Franz Josef, Berunrd Karflol, of make your way in your profession." the latter ordered him a map of if the painting United Stales. It was two years ago that all Auatria to be done on a medal. This Tto come, from the lead-tag spoke thus, shortly before Karflol. difficult task wax executed with wonv. attracted the attention of the without friends or influence, gained ad- derful accuracy by Benjamin Karflol, artist. and critic, of France. That hoy mut go on; he has a mission to ihe Salon at ihe age of It;, ami the medal Is now in the imperial collection at Vienna. rear future," Jean Paul Laurens has being the youngest ever thus honored. of him. Ferrier, one of the most The prophecy may be said to liHve Schoolroom "Effects." This inherited taste for art spoke strongly In young Bernard, and men as a child he loved to roam about and make sketch'. But for some time he could not decide whai branch of art appealed to hint most. He thought of to singing; then lie devoted hiut-s-l- f the piano, with which he made such in three progress years that at the age of 11 ho played at. a concert. Nevertheless, he hud continued to draw, and at about this time he derided tha' painting was his vocation. Most of hix time at school was detoted to art ratb-- I er than to his lessons. He had he-- : come interested in farial expression, and would resort to the most insane pranks in order to observe the effects. One day he scattered l.lmburger cheese on the floor of the schoolroom j and drew the expression of horror on the teacher', face, followed by indignation as she started questioning the lioys. The culprit was nut found, for little Karflol was so assiduously plying his penril that it did not occur to her to suspect him. Before reaching the age of 15 Karflol decided that, he had remained long enough in school and was ready to take up art seriously. So small for his age that he looked only 11 or 12, lie marched boldly j up to the offices of the New York lional Academy of Design. When I presented myself, Karflol said to me. laughing as he recalled this flrt event In his artistic experience, the clerk scowled down at me as If trying to make me fed twice as small as 1 was. Do you think yon could fuss an examination here? he asked. "'Yes, certainly,' 1 answered with the sweet confidence of youth. "And I did pass, ton, nUhough it was the most difficult examlniiii.ni ever held there, wheu the academy from Twen'y-uiirw. Justto changing 1 UMh street. From some street Sou competitors, most of whom were men of 20, only about MO were admitted." The truth is that Karflol, child as ha was, passed among the fli'st although to aay so for him-- I j he is too modest self. He remained two seasons at the of Design, being noted teachers In the Julian Academy, been realized already, for today there National Academy who is notorious as never commend- la searrely a studio ln Paris where by far the youngest ever atliiii'reri ing anyone, pointed to a picture by Karflol's name is not known. Not long until that period, and lie a! way stood Karflol, and said to his class: That ago a critic went so far as to remark, wet'., though competing w'lt'i mm his t the way to paint." Marcel Baschet, "Since Whistler's death there is only senior by several yea, who did not j Boy Painters Remarkable Rise in Paris I H American . n Ba-rh- et ' i J I ! N-- d - j OGDEN, hirer-- - ws'cU his evident excited atnung la' s.i When he was !. years old Karflol mind that, he would come made up his to Faria lo study. So he started bravely out from honn- ;.ud a:ri ed one fine day, not knowing a soul la Europe, a word of French, and not lu his pock having fur all fort. me ets. The first thing he did was to Inquire the way to Juliao school, which he had some difficult v a doing -- ince the American and French way of pronouncing the name are mu. identical. Faul He enrolled himself in Jcau laiuren's class, ami started work the very next day. having occupied the afternoon in finding quarter. When I entered the class room,' went says Karflol, " general grin round the students at the sight of the little boy who wanted to be one of them. 1 must confess that after this first demonstration t tic studeuts aid little attention t me. even to laugh at me. 1 suppose thev thought 1 was beneath even that kind of notice. On my side I had other things lo think of. Praia from Sir Herbert. I had been at ihe school perhaps ten days when 1 attracted notice for the first lime. 1 had put up a canvas nearly as large a myself and was s I began drawing a figure from life. to paint the students started looking at ine. and gradually their expressions front qnlzxicul became interested. Fer-rie- r was the first teacher to cotne up to me. the whole class gathered behind him. He looked at me for awhile, tlten lengthily at the picture, and turning round, said, 'Thai is the way to paint. "Marcel Baschct was the next to come, lie was furious that day. and blamed right and left everything presented to him for critirinm. My turn was last of all and I expected to be flayed alive. " 'That's fair, he said. The kid's in luck, I heard one student whisper to another. But Bas-chc- t had not finished, lie was still scrutinizing niy picture. " 'it Is guod, he kh id, adding a later. Very good.' He stood silent for several minutes and then said to me, You will make your way in your profession.' "1 got the prize that week, the second that I had been at the school, and Jean Paul expressed iut crest In me, encouraging me to persevere. He even asked me many per-un- al questions, how old T was, where I canto from, haw long I had been drawing, where 1 had studied, and mi cm. It was said that he had never before asked Biirh question. And finally ho said to me, You must go mi painting, a thing he rarely encourages anybody to da I remained at Julian's for a year, going every morning and every after1 noon without fail. took then a studio of my own, to paint according to my own ideals. I had been studying academic work, from which I have now gone far and which hail already ceased to interest me. In a word. T bad outgrown It. realising the limitations of schools, which lose inspiration in a network of technical details. Meantime, even before the greatest modern French masters hud given him what they could in the ,way of won Karflol hfs had first learning, tangible success. In 18u3, when still Hi he had two plrtures accepted at the 8ahm of the Artistes Francais. Wen Double Honor. Tito Board of Admission for 0(iR, going I ho rounds, stopp.-- before two cciccal the MORNING, .TTNE May :0. It Is said that lm.i fled from the face earth, but In France at least it is to be found In the Truth Is stranlife of the bourgeoisie. ger than fiction" Is an old saying. The modern version of this la that In the fiction of our day there Is less poetry than fact. The smart Parisian world enjoyed this week an up to date adaptation, a little poetical idyl furnished it by the romantic marriage of Mile. Lucie Faure, daughter of the late Felix Faure, president of the republic. The hero In the idyl is a professor, a learned and retiring man little known outside the world of letters. The heroine also possesses considerable liters ry ability. When President Faure was in power his daughter used her Influence to found several charitable Institutions. At a conference for the benefit of one of them Institution she was introduced to Professor Ooyau. Che admired the simplicity of a man of such great learning. He on his part was struck by the Intelligence of the daughter of the president. Ho offered to explain the poem of Dante, and It was in the reading of the Inferno" that these two elect souls learned to know each other. After the death of the president the professor asked the hand of Mile. Lucie in marriage. Mine. Faure Indignantly refused her consent and reproached ..er daughter for having chosen a man who did not come up to her shoulders when her father had been a man of such commanding presence. It should be said en paseant that the professor was not only short of stature, but short of fortune. Perhaps this detail excuses the mother in the eyes of many people. Her daughter waited two years. It was a long time, because she bad passed the age when most girls marry. Then she sent to her mother the three legal monthly warnings without which no French man or woman can marry and became recently Mme. Guyau. But to stop gossiping and get to business. Have you ever seen such a fascinating array of fashions for wash materials and what one might term lingerie modes as the summer styles present? Under this heading coins all tbe broderie anglaise and delicate embroideries which are here, there and everywhere, amounting almost to a erase. Of necessity this means another white summer." The cult of always appearing gowned In white is a dainty, pleasing and youthful fashion, but one must have a long purse to maintain a white wardrobe in that state of pristine freshness which alone justifies Its being. Indeed, dainty is a term fitting all the creations launched til's summer. Pompadour linons and zephyrs, together with Paris muslin and cotton chiffons, voiles and mull, win be made up into attractive frocks for the dog days. They give delightful opportunities for the lavish use of chine and shot ribbons, which will often be their sole trimming. Ribbons of all kinds, however, will play a conspicuous part In the warm weather gowns. In the hand of the inartistic ihe mission of the beau ntu-nie- d pictures. -- R. Karflol." the signature lead. it as lie? No one had ever heard of him. There was not cvm ".he indication nf a teacher's name to help him ili.iiuli. liow mauy artists have spent iso weeks in one of Ihe fanioiia schools in older to call themselves or Jean pupil, of Tony Kobert-Fleury- , Faul latuicus. or Benjamin Con-lan- t, and by taking such illustrious names in vain hate got into the Salon! Kur-lihad resorted to no such subterfuge, and his fate seemed sealed in advance, like that of all who have no influence. But something in these pictures sjaike above name or friend-- . It wa urt. One was a study in black, gray and gold, a portrait of a woman and cltlid. full of maternal tenderness o.her speakiug iueffable love. The was a study in brown and yellow, a sandy haired bov. sjat-e- d with ono knee crossed over the other and looking inquisitively out from the canvas with big serious ol ruddy-cheeke- d eye. And whereas the usual thing to d.i under the circumstances, almost the obligatory thing, was to pass over the unknown artist who did not rely uHin and some teacher to support him. whereas more than one picture I never taken from lieginners becaus.-spacin it si la left for the famous artist to send each six or eight huge which as often as not are scarcely wort It looking at. tho hoard promptly accepted both of Kar-flolplciires and gave them a place of honor at the Salmi. From that moment Karflol's success has been uninterrupted. His "Portrait of a Yoiua'-iwas one of the most commented pictures in the Mol Bs ton. For the 1H05 Fa Ion he has painted what he considers his masterpiece, a little girl seatfort ed wiih folded hands and her drawn up on the rung of the chair. The rich tones of some fruit on a ledge of wail at the rear contrast with the sombre hues in which the dark-hairechild Is treated. "I e a portrait, or study, or landscape to express my thought,'' Karflnl said to nte when 1 asked hint wliat 1 will bull jinn s lie preferred. paint any subject In which I see the beautiful qualities of color aud line which 1 am seeking, and I then paint to express ihese with all ihat they mean. But where theac qualities do not exist nothing could Induce me in pAlnt. What 1 enjoy in palming Is arranging colors and lin-'- s so that they become wonderful and pleasure-giving- . Follows No School. These words explain the young artHo lias ist's remarkable versatility. treated with equal success hu- - raits, allegorical compositions, landscapes, and city, village or country scenes studies of all descriptions. The spa-rifl-e qualities of the Individual auhjcrt him, whether man, beast nr ols Ject, la the important consideration, features of this and not the class of subject or that. Whatever ho treats contains the admirable arrangement of tones, tha astonishing facility of execution, tho tierfect maturity of the conception and extraordinary depth nf thought which critics have in his praised pictures. And prhaps the greatest compliment which ran he paid lo him is that, his work docs not recall that of any one. Ills admiration for Ihidlaa, Botticelli. Velasques and Rembrandt, for Whistler and Degas, have certainly Influenced Ids art, hut ho could not lie railed a follower of any of them. He stands on tils own merits as a gifted artist who has rs studied the greatest and has e wall-plaster- s, 's d u-- ab-lru- ct. niH-ie- In Paris tiful new floral ribbon la not appreciated. A sartorial vandal will combine It and flowered organdie with the greatest asiig frold and with Ilk Indifference will trim a plain fabric with self colored ribbon. In tlio latter Juxtaposition ths effect is sometimes good, If not especially novel, but adding on figured fabric to another produces sartorial anarchy. Until quite recently Paris did not tolerate anything save white lingerie Mouses and shirts, but many smart women are now wearing with their skirt and coat suits white waists with a harmonizing colored slip under them. For Instance, a clever scheme to bring out the tone of a gown was resorted to the other day by a mondalne exquisitely dressed in a red linen cost suit, worn with a sheer w bite blouse over a slip of pale pink muslin. White bohtnrt. which costs 0 cents a yard, but Is quite wide. Is In favor for these waists, made very simply, with a hand tucked yoke running into a point back and front. Th slock Is of tucked net sewed directly on the waist, as all smart collars are, and finished top and bottom with a full quilling of narrow Isce. The sleeves are niousqurlaire affairs. Another pretty way to make a bobinet blouse is with the upper part arranged In tiny horizontal tucks to form a deep yoke. Under this yoke is run straight ucrosa the plain net from bust to waist a wide Valenciennes lace flounce. The scalloped edge is applied on the tucked net below the yoke, and the selvage is gathered into fullnesa at the belt. Above the elbow a piece of this lace is put on under the top fullness. The lower sleeve is tucked and finished with narrow ruffles of lace. This Idea may be carried out In all the sheer materials with any of the various embroideries in favor this summer. Pastel tinted shirt waists are approved by Dame Fashion for wear with coat suits, but not with white linen or serge skirts. Apropos of white serge, this material has been restored to the greatest favor. The elite summer girl will have at least one serge costume with short skirt and coat elaborately braided. But to return to the shirt waist, the one dominant Idea Is thst It shall be transparent, whether destined for wear In the morning or for an afternoon walk In the Hois. A good rule for the home fashioner of the blouse to follow is that all widths are cut the exact length of the figure for front, back and arms. There Is no extra material allowed fat a droop on the sleeve at the elbow, which style Is now decidedly d mode. The sleeves are full, but do not bag, and the material Is cut. as I have said, the run length of th nrm. The pin daintily by hand, do not supply much the fullness at waist, but fullnesa at this point is very undesirable this season. The high girdles closely wrap the figure, and this effect cane;,- - be accomplished when there is i mt of bungly material to be pushr under the top. Another blouse tip: Don't have a suspicion of a droop at the back unless you horl-sontaJ- ly tu-k- j If 1003. I, 1 J - R.aige PARIS. 'J& SUNDAY Wash Dresses Will Be the ! rw.; FT A II, n er r. g j I are almost straight enough to bend backward. It will make you appear round shouldered. And I uin going to try your imllence on this long suffering subject Just enough to loll you to wear a white girdle with your while shirt waist It's a hrap prettier and accentuates the length of your waist, a thing to be desired Jn this year of long drawn out slimness. A (lark girdle even when the skirt worn below it is dark will give you a cut off appearance that is anything but attractive. Just a word about the slips for wear under (he sheer blouses. They are made of silk or lawn, a one pleases, and cut on the same line aa Die blouse Itself, only tlie slips are low and made; without sleeves. They are really nothing more Ilian corset covers Moused a wee bit. buttoned down the back and finished around the armholes and low neck with a tiny piece of lace. Broderie anglaise and lace seem lo have usurped (he place of drawn work on the ahirt waist, but when exquisite work of this kind is lo be had the end justifies the means. If one 1ms a smull table cover of heavy linen with ends of Mexican drawn work it may be used as a trimming for a sheer blouse nf handkerchief linen. The three cornered ends are cunningly contrived with tbe assistance of large French dot Into a unique trimming for the front of (he waist. The contrast between the two linens Is brought into harmony by these dots. gome of Ihe small dressmakers of Purls who have the artistic sartorial atmosphere can turn out the most stunI have seen ning little wash gowns! two that M. Worth would not hesitate to own aa the creations of his brain. I really think the dress of Paris sheer muslin appealed to me more. It was princess in effect, although the skirt, with Its three laua trimmed flounces, was separate from the bodice, which was slightly drawn In at the waist. The union of skirt and waist wee effected by a belt of lace Insertion and a looped design of (he same lace placed below it on the skirt. The looped pattern appeared about a chemisette formed of tiny bands of muslin caught together with fancy lace stitches. The eihnw elreves were a series of tight puffs between bands of lace. The other gown was of pink dotted mull. The skirt was tucked very wide apart to within ten Inches of the waist, each tuck a it mounted higher on Hi skirt diminishing In depth, the scale running from five to two inches. In the spares sere bands of swlas insertion scalloped on each edge. The trimming of insertion on tbe waist was somewhat like a shallow yoke, w ith tab ends reaching out over the shoulders and halfway down the front. The little wrinkled sleeves were of half length, ending In s.wiss ruffle. If madam wishes she may have a lingerie ehapeau which departs entirely from the frills we have associated with these hats. The new model is a severe but saucy little toque made of fine batiste embroidery. CATHERINE TALB mm s ' I'lLTLHK WHllH KAKNUI. CUKSIUEMS IUI MAJtTMHFlECIk .. feet It is commonly profited by their lunching while re- exceeding 100 about six Inches in diameter at it maining true to himself. hsc, and shoots upward to ibe light Karflol ha many original thought of tropical which throw light on his Ideals and through a dense mass further are well worth recording. The follow- growth until, falling to find branches of fall the it upon support, ho called are the what might ing the tallest trees, and spread iielt axioms of his art: There are numerous other It la the many beautiful lines and over them. same genua which closely of the plants colors which beautiful make the many resemble it, lint their sap lacks the up the beautiful head, and not any exof true rubber. For several pression put in it. When linn and qualities is years pat the state has experimented color are perfect the expression with these plants, and has sent specithere." mens of them id the anthorlttca at the Only such canvases can excite me In which every louch is full of inspir-stin- botanical gardens at Brussels, Kew, and unveil to me a wonderful Berlin and Pari, for Investigation. The ever Increasing demand for rub-tisoul. for use in the industries stimulates and "The arrangement of colors la line 1 like the arrangement of lot-to- the inquiry a to wheiher or not it rele to ao treat what la now A letters alone mean nothing, pos-ibbut have strength and beauty when garded aa false rubber" that it shall serve all the purpose of "(rue rub-lier- ." arranged in word, so it la with colors, From "The Htory of tbe Congo and lines, the man who arranges them best finding the mo- -t expression. Oue Free Stale," by llenry Wellington color is nothing: two already furnish Wack. an opportunity for pleasing: three are Chicago, June 3. Bluebeard Johann capable nf marvelous blending, affording possibilities for the highest ren- lliM-- la to lie liHJiggsd Jane 23rd, Judgs Kcrsten, who some time ago sentenced dering of art. FRANCIS WARRINGTON DAWSON. I loch to lie liaiiRed, fixing today- - the date of execution. THE RUBBER PLANT. Menominee, Wl.t June 3. Forest In the forest of the Congo Free fire are raging north west of Escan-airubber-bearinSlate the caoutchouc or near Northland, Mich, Much dan plant grows to a grout height, often age has been done. T1US -- a. t v A DOITED SWISS IE0CK. |