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.5 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1902.

GUILD OFFICERS ELECTED. MISCELLANEOUS. SCULPTORS' GUILD FOR FREIGHT CAR SHORTAGE GAUGE OF PROSPERITY. "Rheum atism Is ruck on wlik li you need not suffer lonp. It deppiitls on ticid condition of the blood, which affc is the muscles and joints, CMtisitii: iittla iimiatloii and iraiu.

Sciatica, luiul.t:iyri ami stiff neck are forms of it. Ulit tiiiiatisin is radically anil ijornia uciitly cured by Hood's Sa rs a. pa. rilla and "Fills. Tlic.v neutralize tin acidity nf the blood and build up Hie whole system, lie sure to i Mend's, and gel (hem to day.

dress yourself to the emotions of the soul. Cakewalks and Ephesinn dinners, flip and fly, evoking only an Alexandrine smile, often appeal to us all. But deep down in the heart of man is a voice thnt agrees with gruff old Dr. Johnson when he says: 'It is necessary to have some soul in life. If only to serve as salt to keep the very body from "Individualism has had a furious vogue, especially in Europe, for the last fifteen years, during which European art, especially sculpture, has visibly declined toward the incomprehensible, ending in the present exposition of Turin with its weird nouvcau art mysteries, at which even the vaudevillians smile.

"But I believe the day of the individualist is drawing to a close. Already tho aurora of a reaction is seen in Europe. In a fine volume lately published in France on the great decorator. P. V.

Galland, by Henry Ilavard. inspector general of tine nrts, he says: 'It Is not necessary lo study profoundly to discover that I he decadence of decorative painting coincides UK here in France with the development of a particular state, of the soul, and issues in a way from our new moral altitude. No art demands more than this one a voluntary abdication of all personal fancy, a more resolute self abnegation, a more decided subordination. of the individual qualities in order to give added value to the ensemble. Like the musician of an orchestra, the decorator must, guard himself against nil excess of virtuosity, capable of making the execution shine at the expense of the sovereign thought which should never cease to dominate the "Hut compare this necessity of self abnegation and voluntary self subordination to the Irresistible current nf revolutionary independence which, during the last forty years, has swept over the emancipated world, and which, in public as well as in private life, tends to brush away all feeling of subjection, tn smash all old foggy ideas of discipline.

The feverish individualism of the day refuses to accommodate itself to any kind of yoke, however light, however soft, however holy it might be. Even the family, if it has not ceased to exist, has at least repudiated every species of subordination in the child and authority in the father. Those other great families of artists and writers who formerly bore the so characteristic name of schools, and who maintained with a natu al co ordination the appearance of a hierarchy based on admiration and respect, have been summarily dissolved nnd scattered. Each one pretends henceforth to stand nlope and to take for his own the motto of Paracelsus: 'Alterius non sit, que s.mis Hence In the domain of art originality, even without value, appears to the eyes of all to be the first and most enviable of all good things. "How can we hope in the presence of such a mental attitude that an artist will renounce, of his own free will, that which he considers to be his personality! How shall we demand that he, will consent to he absorbed in the ensemble of an undertaking and subordinate his talents to the positive demands of a great work for the eeneflt ot tho community.

The difficulty which our contemporary artists meet in acquiring a profound knowledge of the technique of their profession of is. above all. the admiration by their confreres of the prodigies of sleight of hand work ami the display of a clever virtuosity. Distinction of arrangement, taste in composition, grace, style are all left for behind In the chase for technical dexterity." "Those are the causes he gives of the decadence of decorative painting in France. The same is true of decorative sculpture.

And If Harvard thinks thus, unquestionably many others In Europe think likewise. In short, public decorative sculpture Is so difficult, so complex, and requires so much learning, high culture and character insight, that no one sculptor can know it all. A rational guild would be able to supply the deficiencies of the individual sculptors. One could turnish dignity of thought, another elevation of sentiment, the other skill in composition or construction, a fourth erudition or expression of character, and another rational surface technique; and eo produce a perfect work of art, full of a universal individuality or style, far more enduring ihan any personal peculiarity. Again I ask.

what is the use of all this clamor about individuality in face of the fact that the Parthenon, the greatest of all the art legacies of the past, was built by a child as were nearly all the grandest cathedrals of the middle ages. "In conclusion, all the evils of the world come from human material competlticn, and all the miseries of an artist's life from the same cause. But in the last analysis civilization means the shifting of all human competition from the material to tho spiritual plane, from the hyena scramble for worldly nlunder to the Inter emulation for personal and social beauty. The trend of all thought le eo strongly that way, that In a very little while the world will be tired to nausea at the very mention of the word, individuality, and of the personal and eccentric in all the arts. The life of the guild artists of the middle ages was a far happier one than prevails to day.

To recover thnt state and even far surpass it to produce conditions where the sculptors would enjoy freedom from competition and all its miseries and mysteries, freedom from the everlasting fear nf poverty in their old age, freedom to work, to play and to sing as they like during half their daylight, while seriously serving the community the other hnlf, and thus to contribute a larger snare to the general building up of a loftier and more beautiful life on earth that is what could be achieved by a sculptor's guild. A DRAMATIST'S DAY. ballot for the best conception. The choice having been made, a discussion would bring out the potty defects of the concent ion. All suggestions of changes would In.

voted on, but hy the masters only, the associates voting only to find the concept ion. These changes would be made by the associates In the presence of the musters. The composition Anally adopted, it would be enlarged to one half life size. Thin it would be discussed and changes made on vote of the masteis. When found satisfactory the half life size study would be enlarged to the final size, the last touches to be given by one of the masters.

When finished it would be run out on tn the hydraulic elevator, and raisod to the level it would be destined to occupy. Th re changes could again he made. If none tire voted, it is cast in plaster and sent to Hie bronzo factory or marble carver. "Every work Issuing from the guild studios would beur rnly the stamp of the guild. As the financial end of overy undertaking is finally of great importance, 1 feel that as soon as tho public became a of tho existence of a guild, sure lhat.

the best talent in the country was engaged on making its monuments. It would arouse the full confidence of the public In the final run come of each problem, and more momuuenis would be put up than evjr before, and ouch guild sculptor would make more money ihan he ever can by competing against his fellows. "Finally, the masters and associates would devote only one half of their time, or four hours a day, to the guild work. The rest of their time they could employ working on private, ideal sculpture In their private studios, away from tho guild entirely. "1 am convinced that the result of this plan would be the most national and superb public sculpture ever produced in an age.

But, best of all, these ten or twenty men, making more money than ever before, and that bv working only four hours a day on public 'work of the guild, would have, in addition, four hours a day to work in their own private studios on private or ideal sculpture. "There they would have all the liberty there is to exDrcss themselves and say to mankind all they wish to free from restraint' from any one. And if they could not sell their product they could afford lo give it away. It would be clear gain even at that, for all that a true artist wants is to have his physical hunger provided for. and a chance to express himself and to curve out his dreams of beauty.

"The guild would thus insure the public aeainst all crimes in bronze and stone in public work. But above all, our museums and parks would gradually became places whtre the people could find every little while, a new thing of interest if not of beauty. The whole art and profession of sculpture would be lifted to a plane far above any it over stood upon, and all the arts would he lifted with it. Instead of there being less individuality than now, there would be more, because oven in public work a powerful guild could be sure of winning nearly every competition It should be compelled to go into and, in carrying out those commissions, given to It freely, it could be master where the individual now is the puppet, more or less, of incompetent monument committees. That the sculptors would lose their Individuality In the guild work is true.

Hut what of that? "Why, I pray you, all this noise about individuality? What do my critics me an by it? They cannot mean originality, for everybody aims to be original, and even a savage insists upon painting his tent differently from that of his neighbor. The fact is, most of them do not know clearly what they do mean. But after much inquiry, I find lhat they mean nothing more than the individual manner of modeling the surface texture of flesh and cloth, of felt and air. and the leaving of certain peculiar personal scratches and finger marks, strips and pellets of clay, and the risking of certain exaggerations of the human form, different from anything ever done before by any artist, so that 'those who know' will certainly and gleefully exclaim: 'Ah! Hero is a bust by Jones, a medallion by Brown, a statuette by This attitude has always been to me very amusing. "The funny thing Ib that these queer men do not see that any stereotyped Individual manner is a distinct mark of the limitation of power, and that the variety of technique of Michael Angelo, Titian and Raphael in the final proof of their genius.

"These same technique faddists aro infected also with the absurd notion. 'II faut etre de son (One must belong to one's epoch They are so blinded by their hunger for notoriety that they cannot see that this fln de siecle dogma of the French 'decadence' is utterly at variance wilh the past and the present trend of thought and activity. Did the neients suffer from this Hardly. I doubt If they knew the meaning of temperament and individuality in art. These art terms are inventions of the last forty years.

"I defy any man to show me any difference in the technical individuality of the Venus de Medici of Alcamones or the Hermes of Praxiteles or tho Hercules of Lysicrates. As far as technique goes, they look as though made by one man. The same is true of the statues of Demosthenes. Sophocles and Aos chines all masterpieces. Yet those works are fine even in reductions, whether in plaster, bronze or marble.

In fact, the great artists of Greece suppressed the petty ego so much that they rarely even signed their works. The same is true of the Renaissance. Raphael's Titian's 'Assumption' and Do menichino's 'Jerome' are all different, yet look as if one man might have patDted them all. Michael Angelo's 'Moses' is polished all over. It would remain the greatest statue In tho world if the polish were rubbed off and the surface manipulated with the cleverest virtuosity of chisel nnd flic.

All this proves that the much vaunted technical individuality is of small consequence and that the immortality of all works of art depends on their contents: Conception, composition, expression, character and spirit and not on petty, ephemeral tricks of the chisel or brush. Tho truth is the great artists of tho past aimed to produce perfect, enduring works of art, and whatever personal technique they displayed was the unconscious result of the striving of powerful men to find perfection, in tho pursuit of which they utterly sank their individuality. Did these men try to bo of their epoch? Not at all. They aimed to be superior to all epochs, like Shakspeare, of whom Ben Jonson said: 'He was not of an age. but for all "Eut perhaps the critics of my sculptors' guild plan are concerned r.bout individuality or stylo.

In my mind style Is first of all a matter of conception nnd composition, but, above all, the expression of a character and spirit that envelops a work of art like a perfume, scarcely definable, but which radiates from the work like the odor from a rose. And style cannot be acquired. It is the gift of nature. For as Goethe truly said: 'The artist, make what contortions soever he will, can bring forth only his own What, then, is the main clement in a work of art that makes It endure? In one word life! Not technique nor stylo, but life, expressed in universal terms of beauty. This is true of all works in all tho arts.

"If ever there lived an individualistic artist, so called, it was Michael Angelo. Yet he had no extraordinary personal style. One can detect the universal renaissance feeling all through his works, showing that even he was not the master of a personal style, but the child of an epoch, utterly beyond his control. And his greatest works, his 'Mcsos' and the 'Medici' tombs show the least individuality of either technique or style. What his best works do show is a universal style that will charm for all time.

A universal style is the surest guarantee of immortality, while a strongly marked personal style is the ultimate death warrant of every work of art. When will our artists grasp this truth and the other that the tendency of tho beautiful to become the conventional is eternal, while the tendency toward oblivion of the merely personal is everlasting? "Artists of past epc chs did not strive for a striking individuality or to shape their epochs. They modestly aimed at new things along well known lines, and nature, who never stops her production of original things, either in the spiritual or material world, did the rest. Those artists being bathed in the prevalent zeit geist. or social ovcrsoul of their lime, were unconsciously molded therebv.

Their epochs marked them, not they their epochs. And if the poor, heartsick vaudevillians would only remember these truths they would socn see thnt nature will continue to produce fine, original individualities, but only by the slow process of evolution. The daily mead of vaudeville iu all tho arts is a distinct contribution to the gayety of nations. We welcome ibis soporific manna as a relief from the care and ennui of existence. It Is all very well as an amusement for the restless mind, the mere valet of the soul: But if you want lo mount to 'Parnassus, and stay there, you will ultimately find that bofpre mankind puts on your brow tho enduring chaplet you will have to ad Convent of Mercy Aid Society Held Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Ladies' Guild of the Convent of Mercy, Willoughby and Classon avenues, was held on Tuesday afternoon at the Institution. The election for officers resulted in the choice of the following: President, Mrs. J. R. Kevin; first vice president, Mr3.

C. A. Olcott; second vice president, Mrs. J. N.

Kelly: third vice president, Mrs. J. G. O'Keete of Manhattan: re cording secretary, Miss A. E.

O'Rourke; corresponding secretary, Miss M. Wynne; treasurer, Mrs. F. Rooney. The members elected Mrs.

W. A. Bryce honorary president, and a vote of thanks was given to hor for the work accomplished during her term of office and as organizer. A pretty souvenir was presented to each nu mber by Mother Bonaventure, in behalf of the Sisters of Mercy, for the work accomplished during the past year. DIED FROM EFFECTS OF A FALL.

Harvey Hoch, a porter, 21 years old, of 23 Duane street, Manhattan, died in the Hudson Street Hospital yosterday from internal injuries and a broken leg, received by falling from the third floor of his home on November 12. Dr. J. Parker Prat's Standard Manicure r.d Toilet Preparations: Rosaline tints finger nails. lips and cheeks a rosy hue.

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ENGAGED. DEXTER JENKINS Principal James Jenkins and wife of 472 Qnlncy st, Brooklyn, N. announce the engagement or their sister. Miss ROSE JENKINS, to CORYDO.N J. DEXTER of New York.

FOX MICHAELS MIHIAM VICTORIA daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. Michaels of C30 Ninth r.t. Brooklyn, to Mr.

HENRY CHARLES FOX of Stamford. Conn. At homo Thanksgiving Day, November 27, after 4 o'clock. MARRIED. HENDRICKSON SKIDMORE On Saturday, November 15, at the home of the bride's parents, ADA MAUD SKIDMOHE to WILBUR 13.

HENDRICKSON, by Dr. J. F. Carson. HOCHHAUSEN THOMMER On Wednesday, No vember 12.

at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. Caroline Trommer, 24 Linden st. Brooklyn, by the Rev. Dr. Knabenschuh, Miss CAROLINE TROMMER to Mr.

Herman HOCHHAUSEN. HURLEY VOGT On October 23, 1002. at Hono lulu. Hawaiian Islands, by the Rev. William Morris Klncald.

CARRIE LOUISE VOGT of Brooklyn to Mr. THOMAS A. HURLEY of London, England. UHE1' DE SCALQii At Loukino, in the government of Tamboy. Russia, on August 29, .002.

ANNA ALEXANDROVNA. DE SCALON, daughter of the late Geoeral and Mme. do Scalon of St. Petersburg, to JAMES DUNCAN LAHEY of Paris. (Philadelphia and Norfolk papers ple iM copy.) MESSER WARING On Wednesday, November 12, 1002, SUSIE CAROLINE WARING to PAUL JAMES MESSER of East Haddam, Conn.

RQLKER OAFFNEY On Wednesday. November 12, at St. Agnes' Chapel. Brooklyn, by the Very Rev. Mgr.

James S. Duffy, MARY AGNES GAFFNEY. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John 5.

Gaffncy, to EMIL CHARLES ROLKER of Jersey City Heights. SMITH THOMPSON November 5, Miss VIOLA E. SMITH, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.

Smith of Brooklyn, was married to LESTER II. THOMPSON of Kansas, at the home of the bride's parents at 207 Livingston st. DIED. BROWN November 15. 1002.

HAWLEY BROWN. Funeral services at his late residence, 46 St. Marks place, Monday, November 17, at 8 P. M. Relatives and friends respectfully Invited.

Interment In Congressional Cemetery, Washington. D. C. 16 2 BROWNER A solemn requiem anniversary mass will be offered In St. Agnes' Church, Hoyt and Sackett sts, on Tuesday, November IS, at 8 o'clock, for the repose of the soul of the late JAMES BROWNER, late of 213 Butler st.

Rest In peace. BUDD On Friday. November 14, 1902, at 246 Madison st, Brooklyn. N. MARGARET, Infant daughter of Mabel and Alfred M.

Budd, aged 18 months. Funeral private. CREED At Queen's. N. on November 14.

1002, MARIETTA LEANE, wife of Gilbert Creed, In the 63d year of her age. Funeral on Sunday. November 16. at 3 o'clock, from her late residence. 14 3 CRIPPEN Friday.

November 14, 1902, STEPHEN CRiPPEN. aged SO years. Funeral at 28 St. Marks av, Sunday, November 16, 1902, at 2:30 P. M.

Interment at Evergreens. DAVIS At Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Monday. November 10. 1902. EUGENE AUGUSTUS, aged 32 years 11 months, only son of Eugenia Davis and the late Henry A.

Davis. Funeral sen lee at First Reformed Church, Seventh av and Carroll st, Tuesday, the ISth at 7 P. M. DURKEE On Friday, November II, after a ehort illness, EUGENE R. DURKEE.

Funeral services at his late residence. West Park, N. Y. Monday, November 17. Carriages will meet train leaving West Forty second st.

11:35 A. returning at 4:45 P. 11. PleaBe omit flowers. 15 2 FREDRICK Suddenly.

Mrs. FREDERIKA FREPRICK. Widow of Henry A. Fredrick. Funeral services at her late residence.

S41 De Kalb av, Brooklyn, on Tuesday, at 2 P. M. 16 3 GORMAN On November 13 KATE M. GORMAN, widow of Michael A. Gorman, at her residence, 57 Douglans st.

Funeral Sunday, November 16, at 2:30 P. M. 3n terment at Holy Cross Cemetery. 14 3 HAMILTON Oh Friday. November 14, at 4:30 A.

FRED C. HAMILTON, son ot Colonel Fred C. Hamilton. Funeral service 3 P. Sanduy, November 16, at 383 Seventh av, Broo n.

Interment private. 'McCARTY On Saturday, November 15, after a short illness. JANE McCARTY, wife of the late Thomas McCarty. Funeral on Tuesday, November IS, at 2:30 P. from the residence of her daughter, Mrs.

K. Harnett, 604 Bergen st. McCLOSKEY On Thursday, November 13. JOHN A. McCLOSKEY.

beloved son of Mary Mc Closkey. 1 Relatives and friends are respectfully Invited to attend his funeral from his late residence. 102 Graham st, on Sunday, November 16. at 2 P. M.

Interment Holy Cross Cemetery. 14 2 MOORE Suddenly, on Friday, November 15, Mrs. NETTIE L. MOORE, widow of Captain Allan Moore. Funeral service wlH be held at her late residence, 133 Hancock st, on Monday, at 2 P.

M. Interment private. MURPHY On November 14, after a short Illness, ADA J. DRANT. beloved wife of William Murphy, aged 42 years.

Funeral services at her late residence, 1,467 Fulton st, Monday, November 17, 2 P. M. PAAL ALICE, wife of William T. Paal and daughter of Karl Buchmuller. aged 27 years.

Funeral from the residence of her father, Karl lluchmuller. Bay Eighth st and Cropsey av. Bath Beach, on Monday, November 17. at 2 P. M.

PETTIT On Friday. November 14, 1302, after a lingering illness, MARY HOLMES, wife ol Nicholas L. Pettit, aged. 74 years. Funeral service Sunday, November 16, at 5 o'clock P.

at her late residence. 163 Wash, lngtcn Park. Interment private. RAYNOR On November 13, 1902, Mrs. ELIZABETH RAYNOR, widow of William Raynor and ot Mrs.

E. P. Hoglns, In her SOth year. Funeral on Sunday, November 16, 1902, at 3 o'clock from her late residence, Hempstead. L.

I. Relatives and friends invited to attend. EDWIN HATHA. Undertaker and Licensed Embulmer, 219 Atlantic avc. Telephone 1239 Main.

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Many new and novel designs, personally selected and particularly adapted for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. Cast brass Ink Stands, Paper Racks, Candlesticks, Calendars and Jewel Boxes, royal copper pieces, siLver trimmed, Bronzes in new colorings, Art Quezal, Vases and Plates in exquisite colorings, all priced at moderate profits. REPORT TO BE MADE PUBLIC. Water Commissioner Robert Grier Monroe Will make public the report of Professor George F. Sever of Columbia University on placing overhead wires underground in the Borough Brooklyn.

CRESCENT CIRCLE RECEPTION. An entertainment and reception was given BFriday evening in Cooper Hall, at Busb vick avenue and Cooper street by the Cres cent Circle. It consisted of fancy dancing by little girls and a pearl hunt. This was fol lowed by monologues and singing. BTO regulate sale op matches.

The Municipal Explosive Commission will Rhold a public hearing at fire headquarters, Bin East Sixty seventh street, Manhattan, on iAVednesday, November 19, at 3:30 A. on Bthe subject of the use and sale of matches Bin the City, of New York. The meeting is ito be held 'preliminary t'o the adoption (regulations on the subject. PRINCETON DRAMATIC SOCIETY. The Princeton Dramatic Society held a musicale at the residence of Miss Bessie 339 Hoyt street, on Friday evening.

following artists took part in the even ing's entertainment: The Misses Gladys Young, Lucy E. Loane, Edna and Irene Du ols. Ethel ockwood. Bessie Schlaefer ren dered selections on the piano, and Master Walter Gross on the violin. MRS.

GAMMAN'S MUSICALES. The tenth season of Mrs. Elbert Howard Gamman's inusicales will be inaugurated on jDecemher 3 at her residence, 110 Lafayette avenue. These musicales will be given in ithe evening instead of the morning as heretofore, and the hour will bo 8:15. On the Irst Wednesday evening of each month a musicale will be given and well known ar itists, both, local and Manhattan, win take part on these evenings.

GOOD CONCERT "WORK. The concert given by the quartet of the lentral Congregational Church last Wednes ay evening has been the subject Of wide Icomment. The performances were in the ost excellent taste, and all the artists eemed inspired with the desire to give to usic the dignity which it deserves as an ntcrpretative medium. The conductor as rederick Preston, organist and choirmas er, and the singers Were Mrs. Shannah Cum minir Jones sonrann Miss Knthlopn enn jtralto; William rAJ Wegener, "tenor, arid Henri Guest Seott, bass.

Mr. Preston has the Choral Society of the church in training for an appropriate celebration of the Christmas feast, an event which is beine ilooked forward to with high expectations. PARIS FASHIONS UP TO DATE. From the Eagle Paris Bureau, 63 Rue Cambon, through the courtesy of Abraham Straus. Princess gown of gray velveteen, with bodice of gray lace and fancy buttons.

ART RECEPTION. Miss Margaret E. Conlon of the Brook lyn Art Guild will have her annual art re ception at her studio, 163 Garfield place, on Tuesday, November 25, from 4 until 10 o'clock. Miss Conlon will have her summer work, her iinlshed pictures and her flower and fruit studies on view in both oils and water colors. MUSIC AND LITERATURE.

Frederick Reddall has the leading story in the November Lippincott. Mr. Reddall has done literary work for magazines and periodicals for several years past, in addition to his professional work as a singer and vecal instructor. He is now engaged upon another. serial for a Manhattan magazine.

EGAN'S LECTURE. Dr. Maurice F. Egan, professor of English literature at the Catholic University, Washington, D. a former resident of Brooklyn for a number of years, lectured before the students at Dunwoodie Seminary, Westchester, on Friday evening.

His subject was "The Pedigree of Books." Dr. Egan spent Saturday visiting the Academy of Mount St. Vineent on the Hudson, where he gave a short talk to the students on literature and in seeing his old friends in Brooklyn. He will return to Washington this evening. HENRI LIOTARD'S PORTRAIT.

A portrait of Professor Henri Liotard of the St. Lawrence University of Canton, N. is now at the residence of Mrs. Keller, 542 President street. This portrait was ordered for the college.

An the graduates are scattered ever Brooklyn and it will interest them to inspect the portrait an invitation to see it is extended. It was painted for the alumni of the college. Other portraits painted by the same artist, Mr. Henry Harrison, are those of Dr. A.

B. Hervey, Dr. Fisher, Dr. Chapin and the late treasurer of the college, George Robinson. All of these are hung in the college; Tonnage of 1902 Will Run Far Beyond All Estimates Yards Are Blockaded.

CONSIGNEES SUFFER DELAYS. All This in Spite of the Fact That $200,000,000 R. Equipment Has Been Added in Year. In the threatened inability of the railroad companies to move the freight in an adequate manner is 'the evidence of unparalleled and increasing national prosperity. The railroads of ihe country are threatened with not only a shortage of carrying capacity, but of power.

In 1001 the tonnage moved by the railroads was 1. OS t. coo, 000. This tonnage was moved by 1.500,000 freight ears and 10,000 engines. It was estimated that for the tonnage would reach 1.100,000.000.

On lie estimate for 1001. Te.000 cars were added for the work; on tho estimate for 1002. SO.OOO cars. But it now appears that the tonnage offered for transportation is so far in ex cess of the estimate that the demand for cars exceeds by 50,000 the supply. The freight yards and freight houses at the shipping points throughout the country have for weeks been in an uncomfortably crowded condition, and unavoidable delays have been common experiences for consignees.

Tho prospect now Is that what has been uncomfortable will, in a short time, become a condition of blockade. The situation is bad now: a sudden period of cold weather would make it worse, almosi to the point of paralyzatlon of traffic. To avoid this situation tho transportation force lias been laboring night and day to forward its shipments, yet the bulk is not diminished, for tho offerings of freight equal, and indeed exceed, the movements. In this situation, apparent at every shipping point, is the indubitable evidence o.f prosperity. It shows that as great as he production is, and has been, for two years, the demand has fully met it.

is difficult to grasp in its entirety the meaning of this situation. The statistics for the year 1001, however, show something of it. Thus, the railroads of the couutry moved over 1,000,000,000 tons of freight, for which they received over and carried over 600,000,000 passengers, for which they received over 5300,000,000. In tiiort. the gros3 receipts of the railroad companies of the United States have been much over a billion aud a Quarter of dollars, and of that amount over a billion was paid for the movement, of the commercial, industrial and manufactured products of the country.

It is not easy to think in hlllitins, but in order to comprehend the of the present prosperity one must do no. Yet as large as these figures of were, they will bo greatly exceeded by those of the current year. There is in this outlook uu reason to apprehend a diminution, but rather an increase, of the prosperity. It will be increased if the crops do not fail us. Watchful as are the railroad managers of the signs of the times and energetic as they unquestionably are in efforts lo meet the divined situation, they seem to have underestimated the rniio' of increase.

This does not mean that they have been supine and have stood upon experiences of lflOl. a matter of fact, the railroad managers operating a mileage of 108,000. have expended over 5200,000,000 in equipment during the year lfiol to meet what is was supposed would be the demands of 1002. When It is pointed out that this was at the rate of over $1,000 per mile of rood, it will be better realized what is meant by the fisures in hundreds of millions. The locomotive aud car works throughout the country are working night and day in an endeavor to keep pace with demands upon them, and even then are not meeting them.

There is hardly a locomotive works in the land that has not on hand orders the filling of which would alone occupy a year. And some of the larger roads have been known to pay a smaller road a heavy bonus to have the engines and cars delivered to them Instead of the road ordering them in the first instance. And yet. while it is true that these works have orders far beyond their carncity to produce, some of the works have an' annual capacity of from 3,500 to 4,000 en ginos, and of freight cars monthly output of Freight movement is, after all, the gauge of prosperity, and In a contemplation of the situation as above set forth it would seem to be folly to think that we have reached the apex in our national prosperity, and that the descent has begun. Put, if there is comfort and assurance in these figures, there is apprehension, also, in Ihe outlook upon tho shortage In the (ransportation facilities of the country.

FOR ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL. Arrangements for Annual Promenade Concert More Elaborate Than Ever. The arrangements for the annual promenade concert and reception in aid of St. Mary's Hospital to be given at the Pouch Gallery on Thanksgiving Eve give promise of a more elnborate and attractive affair than any that has preceded It.

The music is to be exceptionally fine, the floral decorations more artistic than at any previous reception and indications point to a larger attendance of young people than in past years. At a meeting of the Ladies' Aid Association of the hospital, under whose auspices the concert and reception will be given, held on Friday, some of the committees in charge were increased and plans perfected for the reception which it is honed will net a substantial addition to the treasury of tho hospital. Following are the committees from the Ladies' Aid Association: Arrangements Mrs. Hugh McLaughlin, Mrs. James Shevlin.

Mrs. J. R. Kevin, Mrs. George R.

Kuhn and K. McAvoy. Music Mrs. J. R.

Kevin, chairman; Mrs. William Courtney. Miss Grace Strachun. Supper Mrs. J.

F. Brcnnan. chairman; Mrs. Peter Cleary, Mrs. A.

.1. Burger, Mrs. J. P. Worstele.

Mrs. William A. Brycp, Mrs. J. E.

Malond, Mrs. E. D. Hennessy, Mrs. .1.

Reilly, Mrs. Hugh McLaughlin, and K. McAvoy. OFFICIAL VOTE OF ALBANY. Albany, November 15 The official vote of Albany County as tabulated by the Board of Supervisors is: Odell, 22.950; Coler.

Higglns, 22.S37; Bulger, 1G.33S; O'Brien, 22, 356; Mott, Coman. 22.94G; Cunncen, 16.47S; Werner. Gray, 16,040. The Greater New Y'ork Democracy polled about forty votes in the county and tho Prohibition ticket about 200. There was an average of 700 defective ballots.

BLACKWELL'S BRIDGE PLANS. The commission appointed by the Mayor to report upon the Blackwell's Bridge plan3 will make a full report this week. Bridge Commissioner Llndcnthal has decided to abide by the decision of the commission regarding his revised plurs, and If they report adversely he will revert to the plans originally adopted for the bridge. LOCKHARDT DISCHARGED. Iidwln J.

Lockhardt. who was arrested about a month ago at 257 Flatbush avenue, charged with bigamy, was discharged by Magistrate Naumer, in tho Adams street court, yesterday. A Suggestive and Startling Plea From the American Institute of Art and Letters. DISCUSSED IN ALL ITS. PHASES.

E. 'Wellington Ruckstuhl Contributes a Paper in Which He Favors the Proposition. At a meeting of the Institute of Arts and Letters in the Aldine Rooms, 1U Fifth avenue, Manhattan, on Friday night, Professor W. D. Sloane of Columbia University, in the absence of President W.

D. Howells and Vice President E. C. Stedman occupied the chair. Among those present were John Bige low.

J. Carson Rhodes. George W. Cable. F.

I Iopkinson Smith, Arthur Damrosch, Hamilton W. Mabie, Augustus Thomas, Professor Lounsberry of Yale, F. P. Vinton, W. r.

Trent, R. U. Johnson, John Quincy Adams Ware, St. Clair McKelway and others. The.

author of the paper for the evening was F. Wellington Ruckstuhl, the sculptor. His subject was a plea for the formation of a sculptors' guild for public monumental work. It contained many novel and suggestive points, and elicited a discussion in which most of those present took animated part. The subject is further considered in an ed torial in to day's Eagie as a matter affected by a marked rol.

Uion to economics, to art and to government action. And on all these accounts the paper is hereunder presented: "In a recent issue of a daily paper appeared an interview with me on the subject of a sculptors' guild. This has created a considerable discussion. "I have been accused of trying to organize an 'art a 'trade and I am accused, above all, of trying to stifle all 'individuality' among artists. The latter accusation arid some twitting remarks appeared in a prominent weekly paper.

that interview, as published, contained nothing I did not say, it failed to give my views as fully as I could wish, and as the subject is of vast importance I decided to formulate my ideas and give them to the public in some shape. But when our committee on programme asked mo to read a paper for this evening I decided that there could be no better public than this. "I divide sculpture into two kinds: public and private. By public sculpture I mean all sculpture ordered by the state. Bv private sculpture 1 mean all imaginative or ideal sculpture which is made by a sculptor to suit himself alone.

"Practically speaking a school of private sculpture does not exist in this country. For I do not think I am far wrong when I say that during the last ten years all the sculptors of the country combined have not made and sold more than one or two pieces of life size, purely ideal sculpture in bronze or marble, made with tho purpose of expressing some thought or sentiment or even a joke. I mean life size figures, independent of sofiie monument or building, and this in our vast country of 85,000,000 and fabulous wealth. "The fact is, that at present there is but one kind of sculpture possible in this country: Public monumental sculpture in its various forms. What are the functions of public sculpture? I can find only four: To delight, to refine, to console and to stimulate the public.

If I am right, public sculpture is for the public weal. Public sculpture, therefore, is meant to be altruistic not individualistic. "Whatever difference of opinion there may be about the value of individualism in any Hind of art, and even admitting, for the sake of argument only, its desirability in public sculpture, will any one affirm that individuality is possible, to a large extent, in public sculpture in this country, when even the strongest men are dominated by the question of price offered, materials demanded, time insisted upon, and the limitations of all kinds placed by those who order sculpture, as to whether a portrait statue should be seated or standing, realistic or stylistic, and mulishly insist upon posing the statesman or soldier, so or so 'because that's just the way he used to "But worse. A large per cent, of the monuments of the country are put up by monument factories: granite companies, and bronze foundries. Occasionally they copy some good, conventional design.

But for a clear idea of their capacity for assassinating golden opportunities, go see the hundreds of monuments on Gettysburg and other battlefields, and in our towns and cities, and contemplate tho atrocities committed there in the name of sculpture. "Is ar" beautiful individuality possible here? But still worse. Only three nf four sculptors in this country can get their commissions direct without having to go into competitions. Competitions are inevitable, in a republic, in spite of all the hoo hoo mysteries and incomprehensible decisions of the festive juries who dominate these farces. "When any monument committee does show a glimmer of sense and calls In artistic counsel, does it call for an art committee of say at least twelve: three sculptors, three painters, architects and three, authors, all men of reputation fur breadth of culture and catholicity of judgment, so an to give a modicum of chance to an artist to express his individuality? Ah.

no! They usually call in a committee of three: two sculptors and one architect. This committee Is usually dominated by one man, and ho is dominated by his own taste. "To please these committees even tho boldest sculptor dare not break away too far from the conventional. He must live. And to live he must get commissions.

And to get them, he studies to please, especially the jury of experts. I ask again, is there any chance here for on individualistic sculptor to express himself freely? "Personally. I have always, by instinct, been supremely indifferent to a marked individuality, preferring to sink my personality so completely In my work that it should look, if possible, as if nature had made It. And after thirty years of study and a commingling with the greatest sculptors of Europe during nine years of sojourn abroad, I am more fixed than ever in my artistic attitude. But will those who are so fearful of losing themselves deny tho existence of the obstacles I have mentioned lo the expression of their individuality? "In short, looked at from any standpoint, the situation in this country as to high class sculpture Is far from satisfactory, and here is my remedy: I would, if I could, organize a sculptors' guild to make only public sculpture, and as follows: I would select, say, ten of the strongest sculptors In the country.

I would incorporate them. These to he the masters. These to select as many as soclates and as many apprentices as they thought wise. Associates and apprentices would be eligible to mastership under certain conditions. Tn start the work, all the masters and associates would put their commissions for public monumental work only, into a common pool.

I would then build twelve studios grouped around a circular court like a railway roundhouse. In the middle of the court I would have a hydraulic elevator with a turn table and with Each studio would be perfectly equipped as to light, tools, derricks, etc. Suppose the guild began with six works. The ten masters would meet and discuss each problem. The first thing they would Insist upon would be the beauty of the work to be done, Its character, sincerity, power and appropriateness.

Originality would be of great importance, but second in consideration. For it is tho easiest thing in the world to be original and bizarre. But to be original and fine is rare Indeed. "Each master would then produce, in his studio, a rough composition to find a fine conception, the most important thing in any work of art. These ten sketches would be assemble in a general studio.

When assembled the masters and associates could discuss them freely and Impersonally, then FINE ARTS. The Verestchagin Pictures Water Colors by H. B. Snell Notes of Coming Shows. Verrstchagin pictures are to be sold at the Waldorf Astoria on the day before Thunksgh ing.

There are two score of them, including seme material not entirely fresh and not Including that representation of Colonel Roosevelt hading hi.s regiment, at San that bad excited more interest Ulan all the rest. The Russian painter can hardly be said to have advanced since he was last represented h. re. but rather the contrary. Hi.s may have affected his manner, or it may be that a r.

pe! ii ion of the class of subjects he used to paint, anil at cue lime threatened lo paint no more, pulls on the taste. His ethical purpose, which is all ge.i to underlie the unethical and artistic purpose in his work, is to disgust mankind with war. by exposing its severities, its sufferings, its unheroic attributes, its horrors, and somewhat of this purpose he achieves, in spite of his none loo sound drawing, his lurgiil cniuiKir itiou, hi; muddy (olor, his tokens of impetuosity anc haste. His pictures are sometimes painful, bin interesi ing, and lie paints mountains with breadth and dignity. Thirty one water culur pictures by Henry 1'.

Snell have been put on view in the gallery in lie library building nf Pratt Institute. They are mostly marines and shore views, and are pleasing in imposition and color. Mr. Sncll's vision It; clear, yet somewhat dreamy, and his pictures are distinguished by simplicity in their elements, their charm 'ri. dng from his excellently managed atmospheric effects, his originality of viewpoint, and Ins delicate, harmonious color.

His nights and twilights are mysterious and unire. and the savor of sait is in ilis expanses of sea. Waller Scott PcrryV lectures on painting the fourleemh lo twenty second in his seriea will be given in the assembly hall of Pratt Institute on Tuesday and Thursday afternoony, for the benefit, not only of the students, but of the public. The first, on Italian painting, will be given next Tuesday, and they will continue until and Including December IS. French.

Flemish, German, Dutch. Spanish and English paiuting will be successively reviewed. Next Wednesday evening. William L. Harris will address the National Aru Club on the inllucnce which St.

Francis d'Assisi had on the art of his time. On the 24th inst. there will be opened a ahow of pictures by western p.tiutPrs in the galleries of the club. The Union League Club of Manhattan has begun its loan exhibitions for the' season, tile first show being of uneven merit and confined to modern European most of the canvases having been supplied by local dealers. There are pictures by Dau bigivy.

Itibot, Diaz. Jacquc. Thaulow. Siss ley. Monet, d'Espagnat, Huguet.

Ilarpignie l'Jougtietvau, B' eton, Rico and Lenhaeh. The show is small, numbering only about thirty pictures, and aims at popularity rather than (inn lhy, but it affords an opportunity to observe the usual manner of the painters. The New York Water Color Club will open Its exhibition in the Fine Arts Huilding by the private view, to which something less than the whole public will be invited. Private view is a word of common use, but it always mean's the least private view that the show ever gets. A seriuence of linden's etchings follows, tit a long interval, ihe exhibit made by Grolier Club in its rooms last spring.

The present show consists principally of the plates by this that were not seen in the former collection, and represent them in the best states. On Monday Mr. Keppel will open at his gallery, 20 East Sixteenth street, Manhattan, a show of original drawings by the late Kate Greeuaway. These simple, and sometimes unimportant little things yet merit praise for their cleanliness of fancy nnd for their sympathy with the child spirit. They ar winning and suggest the shyness and modesty of their author.

At. this season fine bindings appear in the book shops to tempt the wary. The Scrib ners make a fine show of modern covers, exemplifying much that is beautiful, sound and otherwise commendable in the binder's art. James MacDotuild of 31 Lafayette place, Manhattan, shows a ten volume set of "The Presidents of the Vailed Slates," which the Marquis Ho has ordered for presentation to the Crown Prince of Japan, and which have beeo sumptuously and fittingly bound for that purpose. Several prints have been added to the exhibit of wood engravings in the Lenox Library, as well as a number of blocks showing the progress of a cut.

As wood engraving threatens to become a lout art, in view of the multiplication of cheap and speedy processes of photo engraving, these prints are of interest and value. The Academy announces its seventy eighth annual exhibition, to be held in the Fine Arts galleries during January. Exhibits are to be received on tho loth, 16th and 17th of next month. The pickers and hangers this year, who are to suffer the usual martyrdom of objurgation by the skied and rejected, are: George W. Maynard, Loul3 Moeller, H.

Skldons Mowbray, Charles H. Miller, J. C. Nicoll, Thomas Moran, J. Francis Murphy, Frank V.

Du Mond, L. C. Earle, George R. Barse, Walter Palmer and Charles C. Curran.

The Clarke and Hallgarten prizes and Inness medal will be awarded. Announcement is made that the Cercle Litteralre Franco Amerlcaln is to erect a monument to Admiral de Ternay at Newport, in commemoration of his landing there with 6,000 French soldiers to assist us In the Revolution. The secretary of the association, whose office is at 135 West Thirty fourth street, Manhattan, invites American painters nnd statuaries who have studied in France to exhibit in a "salon" to be held time and place not given with a primary view of showing the sculptors' designs submitted in competition. Among the competitors are: St. Gaudens, Martiny, Fcitu, Ha mar, Kouti, Repetti and Perret.

CELEBRATED GOLDEN WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs. S. M.

Cowen Make Merry at Daughter's Home In Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. S. M.

Cowen celebrated their golden wedding on November 16. They were married in Germany in 1852. and camo New Y'ork in 1356. Their stories of the stirring times before and during the War of th Rebellion and the scenes incident to th Draft Riots In 1S03. are truly Living as they did in the greater part of the last half of tho past century, they can eee ihe wonderful development of the country and the advancement of its people in every walk of life.

In spite of their years, they are still very active and enjoyed with keen pleasure the anniversary. Of the children born to them, but two are living, Barnard S. Cowen. of Fulton street and Mrs. D.

Andreisse of Baltimore, at whoeo residence, surrounded by their five grand children and relatives, the interesting event was held. The house was decorated iu golden rods and chrysanthemums and maDy unique features were shown. One of the gueste was a gentleman who was present at the golden wedding of the parents of Mrs. Cowen. A large party of relatives and friends made the journey to pay their respects to the couplo and their many friends in Baltimore, crowded the house all day.

Many prelty surprises were in 6toro for the. couple, their friends having planned to make It' a memorable affair. i Time Schedule of Frances Aymar Matthews for One Day With Rehearsals On. The dramatist's lot when his plays are being produced is certainly a happy one, but it is not exactly idle. There is "something doing" when a woman i3 so busy that alio can't try on her now hats when they come home.

That was the case with Frances Aymar Matthews one day last week, as the following veracious schedule of her occupations for the day shows: 7 A. M. Rat a tat tat! Telegram from Miss Genge: "Don't fail at rehearsal at 10:30 sharp. Want some few changes in speeches and business of October 3." (at breakfast table) Telephone: "Miss Cecil Spooner would like to see you if you're up to consult about Lady Peggy's horse." 0 Mall: Fourteen letters from people all requiring immediate replies. Dictation and a couple of telephone talks.

10 Start for rehearsal in Xew York. 1 A sandwich. 2 Rehearsnl in Brooklyn. 5 Home. Group of interviewers waiting to know "What the trouble Is about Miss Marlowe and Miss Genge nnd tho vaudeville." Not seen.

5:30 Letter from publishers to know how soon they can have MSS. of the new novel. from Mr. Gillingwater i (Miss Spooner's stage manager), asking for a new scene for the fourth act. 6 Messenger from Miss Genge: "Rehearsal to night at o'clock sharp.

Don't fall me." 7 Something to oat and with it three letters and a telegram and a telephone call. 7:30 Fitting with a dressmaker in hopes of having something decent to wear. 7 40 New hat arrives. No time to try it on. 7 ,0 Off for rehearsal in New York.

On board a bridge car writing a revise of a scene. 12 Home, lo find a few more telegrams, notes, etc. THEIR CRYSTAL WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs.

G. H. Reinecke celebrated their crystal wedding on Saturday evening, November 0. by a salmagundi rrty at their home at 452 Sixth avenue, It being the fifteenth anniversary of their wedding. They were assisted in receiving their many relatives by the Misses Ritterbush.

tiro, mon'i; iiri wns ennitiurerl iiv F. Rltte terbush, and tne nrst women. prize ATo Relnoeke while the second men's by I prlz r.m ns nwnrdcil tn Carl Ritterbush. and nri7o In Mrs. Otto Thoiirksuif.

Mr. a nd Mrs. Reinecke were the recipients of rr. handsome pieces ot cut. glass.

Alter nnn.n nllntinn woe Rervoft nnrl fho tb vening thoroughly enjoyed by all. Among! those present were: Mr. and Mrs. F. Ritterbush, Dr.

nnd Mrs. Ij. Mr. and Mrs. v.

v. uutcner, A Hf.tir.rf 1 1 1 ,11 sli garet Rltterhush, Mr. and Mrs. W. N'ellcli, Mr.

ami Mrs. Tnmke, Mrs. H. Ritterbush. F.

Ritterbush, ir. Miss Minnie ltltterbufh, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.

Heights; Mr. and Mrs. De Jla llKnon, Charles Reinecke. W. Reinecke.

Ruiliu Riiir.pcke, Mr. and Mrs Otto Theurkauf, ,1. Heights; and Mrs. Henry Ritterbush. l'llil Ritterbush and Misa C.

Patterson..