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k 4, 1 t H 1 leu. i, - 1 r " 3 it) 1 1 "' v ;5if fterfcrttf?. Dante1 Boon and nis.ramii .."The Stump 5pch By ELMO SCOTT ' WAT80N Ml nearly a century ne nas u known a "the Missouri artist," characterization which .rather defi nitely limited .the scope of his fame. During hl lifetime her enjoyed a certain measure of recognition as one of the leading painters in the West f The American Art . nnlon chose several of his pictures for reproduction as colored lfthographs ami thoir rvida circulation made nls ...k ominir tn moat Americans. -.But because .he never signed hto paintings, the name oftbe v ht.nu.if la anmnaratlvel unknown. ' TDOU" ' ' Bands who visited the Missouri exhibit in the Hall of States at A. Century of Progress exposl ' t Hon In Chicago in 1933 saw for the first time an original of one of his most famou paintings ! JSL and for the first time connected, with it the name f'i' ' Thalntlu Tlatboatmepf b 4 4it Geors Caleb Bingham. JBut wider recognition, tardy though It .has been, has come at last to "the Missouri artist" 'J started several years ago when a citizen of that atate took an opUon on Bingham's home at ' Arrow Bock and suggested its purchase by, the . United Daughters of the Confederacy as a shrine ' to the Southern cause. Three years ago another ' Mlssourian, scion of a family intimately con nected with the painter's career; declared that ' Bingham might well be called Missouri's for ' .rfi.i nr oil hn honor which It bad paid him, an announced his intention of starting a movement tcwvlve Interest In the man and 1.1. in 1933 there was a loan, show of Bingham paintings In the Kansaa Art Institute 'and last year tne oirecuw m ui ou museum gathered, from various parts of the coun try a tepresentative group of his pictures which were on exhibition then for several weeks. - , . , Another signal honor came last month when h. Mnunm of Mnriprn Art In NewTork city gave a shew of Bingham's work. Time Magazine, .... t. tif.l.- .H i. A ' featuring the story or mis emiuiuuu i w nnrtmpnt rm art declared: - . . ' . "Critics fell ove themsetves with srich phrases as 'a modern Delacroix. 'last or tne Kenaissance tradition,' "rival of David and Ingrea.7 Only cau !,.. h.ir.hairi Tifwnl nortlssox sounded a note UVUO aAat - of doubt in the general acclaim for George Caleb Bingham : There is n aisnncnon oi iyio w hi. n-Arb . n w mumy comoeieni. duiuij Interesting practitioner, whose local legend may well be revived aa a matter of pious courtesy.' - "Kfildlv rnmnetent hla work may be, but the - elaborate canvases of George Caleb Bingham de- . - . . . , m .. ..! adribed early Ufe on tne Mississippi ra uwu .! fm more ahlv than the miich-touted Cur- '' .i x. i.u lithmrranha. .Blneham was .one of - the few painters in the world who was a prae- tlclng politician all his lire, ana ne reuiaiu iv ' '- day one of the few Mlssoun artists ever to gain national fame." . " ' . '. , . Th linrsHnT of hla belns both an artist and a ' ...nMninr nnlltlHiin. however, ts only one of the . many Interesting farts In his career.- Bingham was born on a plantation In Augusta county, Virginia, March 20.) 1811. When the boy was eight years old Henry Vest Blnghant, hls Scotch father, lost .11 hi. mnnv and moved hla family of a wife, seven children and their grandfather to the Ut nt rranklln In Howard county, ' Missouri. From his earliest years the boy dab- . bled with pencil and paint brush. , Be muae mi n nnlnta. nsln axle grease, vegetable dyes, .i..k -ii, n.ivpfi with oil and even his own ' blood, obtained by cutting the ends ?f his fingers. A year after the arrival of the Bingham family i! ....Mil, a tori-nnar circumstance alii fl the 1 Chester Harding, to paint Boone's i portrait.. ' it u probable that the bby watched the. painter at work, saw the likeness of the famous Kentucky pioneer grow on the can vas and view with envi ous wonder' the finished product It la more cer tain that Harding saw some of the sketches with which the boy had pump and the walls of the chicken house on bis father's farm and gave him some, much-needed encourageineuu - . . . , . : When Bingham Waa twelve his father died and Iffi . AmAtiti mnffhom Ik. .V.-.1l voo-Mi naf nl .Hi j .Mft .11...., . U.I- ,l-l.-l , 9 VBWW U. German housewife took her brood of phlldren j.. tia.a.1- a cr.taKA vuin scab, SsUV-H-i ja;a wuuiuuu v uvsmu uv "v of sixteen Bingham was apprenticed to a cabinet- maxer in joooDvuie, learnea someining booui wood carving and made wood panels eo which ne paincea pictures, tie biso negam iae scuuy ui l.nr In kla anaM Han anil Hak nnl im tlk-Snlnirv with the idea of possibly becoming, a Methodist minister. - , ''" iTA-nnatolv. fur him mnA ft Amfrrlpaa art however, Chester Harding again came t Boon- .nij-i rnfol ha fimcrNK-t thA hnv hflil mftda and strongly advised him to concentrate on a career as an artist' More than that, ae gave young Bingham lessons and by the time he was nine teen he bad definitely decided upon painting aa his life work. Borrowing $100 from a friend he used it for more instruction by teacnera i- at V . Ym 1QQQ ha wan Waa ta mtvAv in the Pennsylvania . Academy of Fine Arts and there hla career began to niossom into iuu now nil' met manv artiste and had the oppor tunity of seeing many paintings. Not only did ' ' . ' ... li . jr.t,wi be see the, portraits ny aucn masters uuom ituart hflt he also saw descriptive or story pto- ahniMllv.i.' known as eenre naiatilMr, which appealed to him, strongly andln whlcai he began expenmenang. jue awo couuuueu am tnn- frail- ni ntini ana aia diciufw w ui uio wKr i.a ho motAndrew ' Jackson. John -, uumcy Adams, Van Buren, Calhoun, puchanan ana jonn Howard " Payne, i composer or -jaome . oeei . n.Hin,ini W-Hfimnnr! alz vears. later Blneham at.rt nn hla career as a genre painter. The f.m.iiiiini, w sin drawing to a close, as were other phases of frontier life, and America owes a debt of gratitude to ueorge ,tiu diukiwiu ai narvlnir nn MthVfia BO mUCh Of it before it WSS gone forever. About this time be painted his first . H. . . J. . . II 11. .Awk version of "ane jeity latnonuiieu ,: iuv several later versions), one or nis nest-Known nliiirea. ' ,; .:''' j, " ' 'I " ' ' ibe next thing to which the versatile Bingham turned hla attention was politics, in a uouy .nmA awtinn ha won a seat in the Missouri legislature by jthree otee but his career aa a law-maker does not seem to nave imwiereu a .i. wth hla mintins. He continued .to turn VUCU ' v w - 1 out scenes of lire on tne river ana k paintings which first became widely known through the lithographs of the American Art i-rna roanit of hla Dolltlcal career In Mls- IIIUVi V - " - i ...a tn turn hla attention to Dalutlnit pic tures of that phase or pioneer me, ana in m unmn Pnenker." "CanvaBBlnif for a Vote,' "Coun- tv 1 . .on" and The Verdict or tne i-eopie we hn.i an invaluable record ol tne.surru-'t u;-! when people took theJr pontics more 6 than they sepfn to do now. lftni- hla raturn he nalnted aome of bis flnest portraits, Later he mad another trip abroad but this time ma stay was a snore ona MflA, hai aii Krlna lit TaiMM f!ltV and amain tnlrlnv a imminent Dart In the Doll tics of the state. Despite Ma Virginia nativity and the Strong Southern sympatny tn niissonn, wo pui hreafe of the Ctvfl war found Bingham a stanch Northern sympathizer, tad a eaptah In tbe nnitort Rtfltei volunteer reserves, so mere is a paradox toi lint the proposal t make the Arrow Bock home of this unionist a confederate snnne. ft,,t that, nranmui'l l mere understandable If thara la taken mtn- arnvmnt the fact that one of hla uMiki tha Unmon fflrder Nol 11." was a fierce polemic against an injustice sunerea. or the Confederate at sifsseuri at tn oanas oi mu nt nimrham's firttfnV-TTntnnlBtn ta 1803. arhii-a nitiirhnm want mtntn trMmirer. Otiantrlll and his guerillas made tnetr famous raia est iw- rence, Kan, and massacred many ex, ita aeiense- less citizens, .1 'rj,j t. ':. fcnll.trAM. '. a ' thla . Vhiti: loa ThnmfP mtnr t . wh wuft ( annind at th milltarv district of the border with headquarter In Kan- ... rntv laeiian nic -tionpMii airner :a w rail ing for the concentration ef atl residents of the haniai. intn iwrtaiB Bnltan (tenters and the deliv ery f their harvested crops there. Those who .nnVl nrma Mwlr hwaTtv to tn CJnfon cause would be given permisslen t remain; within the iimrta cJ tna aaimF atntlona ht tt "rebels" Were to be driven out of the district au oi tnia had to be accomplished witnia 15 nays, it waa una nf tho mnit drastic milltarv Orders ever Issued during the Civil war. Bingham made .Ma fMia liWtinni fft to Kanaaa Cltv and nmtaatad vfthpmAnMt nlnRt' Its lasuanca.. But Ewing was obdurate and the order was executed ruthlessly ' and In many cases with unnecessary Kmt.iitv Whanttinnn Ttlmrhnm took a vow that "he would make the author of that order. In famous to posterity with his pen and .brush, v ; v a i hA: niiuiA 'a tha 'ni mntrhnm mhrert tit HID V , ,,.- -"--e. r - - - Independence and. there began painting ''Order . . . . . - air aia No.1V After " was nnisnea ne ooirowea o,uw from his friend, James S. Kollinsto have the n.inttn tmirraved on ateel. ' He bad Printed 5,000 copies which he sold and for many years after the Civil war tnese steei engravings uuu In hundreds of Missouri homes to keep alive the hated memory of Thomas Ewing and his cruel "Order No. IV" Ewlne had returned to his home In Ohio after the war and In 1877 he was a candidate for gov ernor. Whereupon Blnghnm went to Ohio, taking his painting with him and exmuRing it in au .... - ... .. n 1,..,.HA. I .nil Washliieton. some comnromlse i 80-hour week bill, . the hours of work In any to SB or 48 hours, but wltii i a fnw innelal exemotlous, v. enacted by'the present congress l growing. Flat prediction mat ucu a compromise would do enauieu toiaila nrlvatals hv half B dozen of the more Importantvfigures In the bouse, and by an equal uumucr vi lnflueullal senators. -- i ThA Imnnrtnnm of this prediction " '. . . I innl1 ha snnrmousiv ennauceu i the names of the senators ana mem' hara nf tho hnuaa POllld be meft tlnnail , Dlth thalr aBCt vleWS. lUr cldentally some of thosei m'aklpg the nnufintinn an lii that thev nersouaiiy opposed the Idea ; they were merely giving their opinion as to what would happen, not what they want ed. - - ' ' " i Not wan thtma lust personal con vernations. In each case; tb state- manta asp mnrin tn a SrOUD Of men who came to Washington seeking to find out ' what the, prospect waa-r man mhn wnntmi to adlust their sit uations to the probabilities. They Old hot come to argue tor or Bgaui tho maaanra. thnnirh all of them, for private reaspns, happened to be op posed to it ' The tremendous pressure for the doea not result primarily from the fact that tbe American Federation of Labor Is strongly for It Nnr from the fact that virtually every other labor group la for It It comes from the, evidences tnai though business has picked Up some what unemployment naa not nimiu- tehed by anything UKe uu.' tent i-'; v . i , : Hn In ahort the thought is' a "share tbe work" idea, rather, than a social betterment Idea. - rt la aimoit at iwdnclne unemploy ment not at bettering living condi tions, in fact there is some taw oi amending tbe proposal of the Fed eration of Labor, as embodied in the Connery bill, to a way that would be very displeasing Indeed to labor, anil nrhlnh Inhnr. hoth orzanlzed and unorganized, would opposes violently, Just a Possibility , ' This la tii rhunra the Idea so that Instead of reducing the number of hours per week, but requiring as tha rnnnerv bill dOCS that ' the same amount of dollars be paid each week for the shorter ftumoer w. hni-a that t now nald for the pres ent work Week, the' MB would re duce the number; of now witn no mention of what the rate of pay ahnnM hn. in short leaving to em ployers, and to the revision of NBA codes which would follow, what the wages for the. shorter : wore wees; would be., " . " Thfa la not mentioned as a proo- ahiHHr.. Oniv as a possibility. Ac tually, It to highly Improbable. The measure will prooaoiy pass, u n passes at all, with the requirement ih,t tha aamA vflffoB be .continued regardless of the cut In hours.-And, of course, tne compromiw, ; ruiuua tha nnmhar of hours from the SO proposed in the Connery bill to at least 80, ' will sorten mis mow w far as employers are concerned. tint aa a matter of fact econo mists do not regard the question of wages here aa very Important; ex Mnt in an far aa ther apply to infla tion. They reason that If the hours are reduced, and tbe pay per nour inmMneii. the result will be infla tion Just as surely as by any pos sible expedient proposed oy me tot. inmara nf fianatnr Elmer Thomas. : i They reason that a wholesale ver ttai hnnat In wairea. forced by law. would result promptly ana aimosi mathamatipnllvl in' an Increase in, i. Muinninv tha niirchaBlnE DOW- .l"wi. o ; . er of the dollars earnea ny wo i workers. Hence, the laborioua argu menta by the opponents of the 80- hour week, or any compromise qi it, that it would result in lowering the .tannani nf living In America; either by a smaller number of dollars- to- spend by each worker, ir the pay maintained at the same hourly rate, or bJi the smaller purchasing1 power of the dollars it tne wage ruj per week to maintained. Th reasonlne that la expected to put the compromise over Is no con cerned with this., It to concerned ,ith imttlnir more people to work. and cutting down the need for the dole and for work ..rener. 11 to VOU! ; f .(i.l . t vote a . nln-ie til- J ni'rl.t C"'..fV ' 9 1 '-! - hi j ..tirdy. Whon the roll-call comes on ti:s qui stion of rytns a!' the cost ont of the federal freiiHiiry which wU be the big test votethoBe ten sen ators would be rather emliarrasisea to vote to t ! ' the treasury carry tl.a Innri aftor nil (heir U)Ud CHuS la the appropriations committee about the s'raln on tne ieue'" credit of Biientling nearly five bil lion dollars on 'work relief. Local Interest ' whirh -la hlL'hl v interesting be cause some of those ten senators were not worried In the slightest h.,t th fnrlprnl credit when they voted against the President on that bill In committee. Tney luuoweu niaaa anil Adams, who made that Issue. But some of them were Just votlngjon that excuse In tne nope of getting their states, and the count ,1.. nil nlHm bark home, out of a Jam. Tliey wanted a direct rcf3ral gift to' the unempioyeo a b-"v a work project which contemplates that the local governments Shall . a Annaldernble percentage of the Work relief mdney back to the federal treasury, with Interest TOhinh ia r different' especially lf-the credlcof their states, of local communities In their states which need relief work" badly, fee that they have already strainea weir credit to the breaking point , i Rut awv BAnator who, publicly took the position thar the flve-bUf, it.,-Aniia 'hill -was - too great , a strain on federal credit has put his rote on the social security out n nanrn. nfl far aa the only real teai vote Is concerned. . For there Is ex-, nected to be only one roll-call of, . , . in mhl.h avllt importance on uiow " .ttamht tn ahift. the entire financial burden on to the federal : treasury. cma MuiiAtid that the iTesldent haa airaail taken' one beating on this social security legislation. Their argument to that be wantea raw bllls enacted prior to the adjourn ment ,of the , many legislatures which are In session this winter. He did express a hope for tnac pm am a hnna. not a conviction. , It put the stigma for delay on anyone holding tip tne procession, um w DxwMont roiiliT never expected any aucb quick actfott, and has ; ex pressed no disappointment nwai . f .... . m lf tmiMAjn. r fly.nr immihuhu iu mm iww.ub. MfMm 1 nrhfct. would : reanfit ' only an executive order,. man- n either the " proposal - or , oeunw r.Mir Wnrrh f Nebraska., er I, views v "-- . ' au. tr ttvMahnnev of WyotDing. : What they would UKe w see n -i Lrkralaak 1m. elimination or tne prouiinuuu, . -, .naair h aiv araciitive order, whrch- prevents any present employee of post office front taigng vm rwvBtmastershtOi : This nwir.i - v l.tin . tahtoh aaaffiS nthef 1WM .."-a to; explain on any grpuuo to pure spoils politics, -stnices i .... tha vhote civil service Idea. It bars . advancement t the top to any particular office. , nil t thia altnatiew which ptoy , !hto the bands- of the Hurley faction to Massachusetta, preventing rma master Hurley from .takinga- e atnlnation unless he" shooM resigdi to' the meantime for appointment to the very Joh be now heldsl , This merely happens to be wht seems to many a ridiculous side of tbe situation. For it migm naiumr ly be thought that the, maa no om u-v,. nhatmaatAr for B Deilod Of BCCU .iviu." - years; whe had eome up thfoegh the ranks just as u n nw .niiait i, arunm nrivatt business. aiMft.v - and who, according to the testimony Of business firms tne city ox oo toa, had beeo, rlvtog eatlsfactioB.1 would and should stand a newer show of passing first to an examina tion for his own JOB man mmvm outside the oOlee. . ( "'. But actually the present law ir that la what an executive order amounts to not only prevents Post master Hurley from competing ,1b an examination for tne piace no how holds, but It prevents any ow er employee of the Boston post of fice from competing. , I . ::vt '1 .p,ur.t I ' Ms'- ' For a tiny, girl's, play or a ;. J frock nothing could be very nu . nicer than this adorable little Moo 'it er frock. With . Its quaint over t' - shoulder yoke and prettily , ' sleeves. Thtt frock ts simple to f Into, toi, buttdnlng up the front, only three buttons to be faster . And It allows plenty of room f r romping the skirt Is gathered to t' yoke at the DacK ana nox-pieaie j w front A smart checked or t '. wool or cotton would be pretty f this frock little girls always c -to love gay colors and be sin e t make Op four1 or five of those ci , irhite collars tn linen or pique. 'J bloomers, by the way, are Inch' I In this pattern. , ' v pattern 6088 may be ordered or."y in sizes 2, 4. 6. 8. and JO. Size en quires 2 yards 36 Inch fabric yard contrasting. ,vSEND FIFTEEN CENTS In c or stamps (coins preferred) for i i pattern. Be sure to write p!' your NAME, ADDRESS, STVLJ NUMBER and SIZE, i Complete, diagrammed sew. chart included. . , ' 'V Send your Order to Sewing Circle Pattern Department 232 West Eight eenth Street New York. . Oliiai. CONCENTRATED CARS "Did Crimson Gulch go Pemocrat- "Of eourse," answered Cactus Joe. "w wbb havln one auarrel after an other, and we Jes" decided to let po litical leaders take tne run respon sibility for carryln on the argument." ,. "." Two Kinds ; "Tlve pounds H exclaimed a pari.i loner. "Is that all the squire is giv ing to the church fund) Why, he ought to give at least fifty 1" "Ah," said the vicar gently, "I ex pect he forgot the 'ought' J" Toronto Globe, i i ' N Wondar "Ib Bnmehndv l(k at vonr I, JohnnyT" ashed i the neighbor, ' i saw the doctor going In Uiere . ' Bight" ' , "Xep, pop Is,"! replied the 11 "Tbe stork brought mom t ' ' ." the larger cities. He f wrote articles for the n the voters, denouncing them to k"t such a 1 Cl.!. f ni'f ' of t' ! i t " ' v i ( l.-"-turea on It and hi :is addressed to i; and calling upon j -n bernmlng tlie . 'Use result was n 1 1 k.'pt his i ( ' I 1 1 1 1 t J social i8m , ' Every Indication now to that Pres ident Roosevelt's social, program iit aira npnatnns and unemployment insurance will go through In very much the form proposed, despite the loud crtes of the insurgents about a government subsidy,. . i y-vK t -,) ;.i , rrha i.ioa at tnkine all the money for unemployment ; payments, , and m aim tensions, out of the federal treasury, la very appealing In some directions. People wouia use to Hurl the direct deductions from their ' pay envelopes.. Argument is made that this tax on pay rolls, which. If both bills are counted, ram gradually ud to o per cent, would heavily Increase ythe cost of production. ' - . " ' Rnt th' ereat advantaj;e that President Roosevelt has had right b!o-"V and fvpi t y r t or r t ! ' - oit v i , . : Fvor NorrU Plan a ..iia nhthoA nf th nrfiftent nost AUUt'lVI F"""v - office situation, which Is very dis tressing to civil service advocates, la that barring anyonefrom an ex amination for postmaster who does not receive hla mail at tn particu io. nfflxa for which ho "Is a candi date. ': -. IB many western and other thinly populated states there is .ma nnint to this. But there Is very Uttle merit In It clvU service people contend,; m ana arouna tne big cities. ,.'':;!, - Tho Harris nlan would delight the civil service people if they thought there was a Chlnamnns cimnce ot Ita o-nlncr nrer. The 1(168 6f 8 DOSt- master general divorced from poli tics, serving Tre-mont ailor resi dent on a in' t term appointment Just f t' -illor 1, Carl hns arv. 1 ill evP'"' . 'Urp-t, I . , i r f ! f i i it.1' r .. iiinn the F." 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