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UNYJmericaa art students ihaxe:.
won success and attained greater:
or less distinction in Paris, yet few
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hold such an enviable record as M'tss Caro
line Minturn Hall, who is now returning to
- . :her. native land after a career abroad that-is-.
rich in interest :
L ; As the granddaughter of Mrs., Julia
.: - Ward Howe, Miss Hall inherited an eminent
f '; position and. an artistic toulr Through her
' '-own effortssheharestabnshedaTeulalionT
in Paris as one of the most promising woman
- painters, especially in her chosen field of land-
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While living abroad this talented girl
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nas occn particular iy prominent tn snaping
) ihe destinies of the American Women's Art
Association of Paris, of which she 'has been
secretary, treasurer and vice president. To
' ether students, especially the new arrivals at '
;. the shrine of art, her familiarity with every .
! phase of American ' and French art and litera-
, ti. -fi i
sure nas maae ner jrienasntp especially iw- -
, uable. ,
v , One of Miss Hall's most treasured fos
'.sessions is a sketch made in Santo Domingo
1 many years ago by her grandmother. Many
of those to whom she has shown it never knew
before that the famous authoress of the "Bat-
tie Hymn of the Republic" ever cherished ar
tistic asptranons,
Miss Halts motherir the second dauzh-
ter of Julia Ward Howe, while her father is
' 'a nephew of Anne Hall, of New York, one of
' the most famous miniature' painters ofi. her
day. ,. . .
I
T HARD WORK brings success. Miss Hell deserves
all the honors that she has won.
Had she been Inclined, shs mlgh have remained .
at home and passed her days aa a buttsrfly of fash-
Ion. Wealth and acknowledged social - position were
'hers, as well aa a family "prestige such aa comparatively
few young women enjoy. The cell of -art, however, was
more attractive than any other consideration.
It haa always been the aim of Mlsa Hall to perfect
hereelr In whatever ehe haa undertaken. Jn Illustration
of this trait. wha she went to Paris she determined to
master French as the firat requisite to succesa.
To do this, she studied diction every day for two
yeare under masters from the Comedle Francalxe. Not
only Is she able now to apeak the language with fault
, less aocetit. but has acquired a thorough knowledge of
the French character, end le able to grasp the most en
tlvwhxrtle art conceptions ef the masters.
It la perhape In her keen observation more than -anything
els that Miss Hall showa herself Julia Ward
Howes granddaughter.. Indeed, an Interesting study of
heredity might he. made from this gifted girl and her
.work. -t
Moat ft- all is ahe the grsnddaughter of Samuel O.
'. Howe. The poetry, of that wonderful character aeeme to
ehltie in the eilvejy light that subtly flooda the simple.
tnble eriaee that "Mlsa Hall alwaya chooses to render,
hey are full of the same romanticism that carried the
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wheel
l younf Anurlcu to flfht bstd hla Movad hero, Byron.
to far-off Graaet.
la the pacullarljr bis undaratandlna; of catura, In hw
wondartully Intlmata rcndarlnca of earth, ona. aoea tha
detcendant of tha aduoator of deaf and, dumb Laura
Brldceman.
But hi .tha aalectlon of "genre" of art that ao eel-
n apDeala to women; In her aerloua manner of paint-
.Ml.. Hall .howl her rrandmother'a atron men-
dom
Ins.
taiitjr. - '
It la not generally known that Julia Ward Howe
beraelf.at one tune had artlatlo aplratlona. To her
artist granddaughter haa fallen ' her moat amblUoue
aketch, made In Santo Domingo 'many yea re ago. ' Mlsa
Hall exblbiu It with much pride and a pretty emiue
ment Of an theen thlnga ahe talka Interoetlngly, but 'it la
difficult to keep the oonveraatlon to heraelt and her own
life, becauee of the amueing atorlee that will come up
from her wonderfully varied, experience.
..:-jhm ;aqlid training
. "My etudlee In Parle began ten yea re ago," eaid
jaiee . Hall, ,, "with . three aolld .uneventful yara.. of
academlo training at tha Delacluae School, where Cal
. lot, Pelance and,- - oocaalonally, L'Hermlte were our
- crltlee;-. , ' ' :
After Ave ytara of thle work, the young woman re
turned home and epent a year atudylng with. Sargent
.Kendall in New Tork. Then he. went again to Faiia,
with the fixed purpoae of devoting' hereelf entirely to
landscape work, for which ahe -had alw'aya felt a pref-
. rrence. J . , , , :
Since then her life haa been an Ideal ona from an
artlatlc, and. Indeed, from any, atandpolnt. Taking an
occaalonal turn In the ecboola, working under euch great
artiste aa Menard and Thaulow, In the beautiful French
country, ahe haa varied har'daya by traveling over Europe
in company with her aunt, Mrs. Ward Howe Elliott
An enchanted time for the young artlet waa a aea
, eon apent In Rome, when heruncle, Frink Elliott, waa
painting hla decoration for the Boaton Library. - Queen
Marguerita, with many membera of the court, earn? to
aee the flnlehed picture In hla atudlo.
But even with wealth and aoclal poaltloo at her com
mand. Mlaa Hall felt that ahe muet be at work. After
bee return to Parle ahe took the 11 ret prlae for drawing
at tho Delacluae School. During the laat two yeare,
-ttoweveri-ahe haa - worked entirely Iwliet"" own' atudlo,
with the privilege, fully appreciated by the young artlet,
of submitting her work to Rene Mnard for criticlam.
' Some of Mlsa Haifa moat amusing ato'riea are told
of this master and hla notably keen wit.
"One of the flrt draainge that I took to Monsieur
Menard represented an apple tree In blossom, about
which fluttered two very rosy Cupids. The whole ecene
was flood od In the light-of a jrlorloue-ptnk sunset
"Monsieur Menard regarded my precious aketch for
a moment with that lrrelstlbo twinkle of hU eye. I
knew what was coming, and blushed to watch the
picture: -C'est blcn rose' ('It Is very pink'), said Me
nard, thoughtfully, mo vine- hla head with each drawn.
out word. Then, he looked up and. feeetna; that my color1
w. cvriTaiiunuiniiy mo, ne laugnea neartiiy, wnicn Droke
the Ice, and, of course, my confusion.
;A GOOD NATURED CRITIC"
"Another time. Just srfter Conder. ihtft Pntrllsih fin In t
r.
nd given hla first -exhibition In Parte of those ex-
qutalte prlsmatlo color effects. In which Watteau ladles.
cupid and fountains disport themselves in
sponslblllty, I took to the 'cher maltre- a gsu
sweec irre-
Jhoee palnOngs by the young Engflsh artist. Mr. Con
der - beisan monsieur. In that thoughtful tone. I nevei
J"rJ what would have happened If I had, for we both
.-.iu, wn mm ue nevir goi any lariner.
vtA!. ' -tot erltlclwm that I had from Monsieur
Menard, be recalled, with amusement, these early rec
olleotlone, and I waa almost sorry that my work Inter
ested him more, because It amused him leas. He ad
vised me to go home and work out my own salvation,
aa no now considered me in 'tree bon vole' on the riant
mad. In other words," "
Critics consider that Mlsa Hall's best work Is shown
In a moonlight scene called "Tha Oaks." Th. it-.m,in.
here
a also excellent.. Many oeonle have drhii-.rt
vigorous ieeung shown in "The Storm." - A
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drawing,
mis cloture is n
artlcularlr eood in vslim
ooa tn valut
It IS understood that Miss Hall
una to nave an tx-
niniuon or tier paintings and drawings of French land-
I!E?,...n.'n-Sr Now.. YiTil allerl during the
,,,. mi sxuiuitea in trance
her wrk has called forth favorable comment from the
'After last year's Salon aha waa Invited to send her
pictures to the exclusive little exhibition of Angers
Trance, an honor seldom conferred upon foreigners.-- It
was soon after thie that a Rouen critic said. In speaking
of the young American r "Miss Caroline Minturn Hall. .
an Interpreter of silvery landscape, whose work we
muet not fall to follow." . -
- -i.1 'T return, America not only gajni'a promising
artist, hut a beautiful and charming young nur will
he added to the aoclal and literary Ufa of her native
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Saved the Hole He Escaped
Through
F ALL the curious relics of the Civil War that
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have been preserved, perhaps the oddest la the hole
through which a prisoner ofewled In making hla escape
Irom prison, " v- ,
Not lone aso Maioe RvR m Rve t-
ited the old prison at-Columbia, 8. C, where for four
teen months he waa a captive.
The old building iad been remodeled, but a carpen
ter was obtained, and there, under a layer of fresh new
hoards, the major was overjoyed to find the identical'
hole which he had sawed out with a blunt eaeeknlre. and
through which he made the thrilling escape which, to
this day haa puxaled some of the Confederate guards.
The hole was cut out and presented to the major -who
had It shipped to hi home. It now occupies a? con
spicuous place in hla .drawing room, along with coetly
curios from abroad. . i , .
trouahiy no more thrilling escape figured
In tha
pirai .,ir Tvar iaan tnat or Major Byers.
their way out with a blunt easeknlfe, he and
Sawl n a
a com-
', tjeutenant jjevina, or a Philadelphia - regiment.
stifling cubby nolo over a porch, where they remained'
without water or food until tbey thought the soldiers
had all been removed from the fort. . -
Piirrounaea iiy wasting guards ae soon as they
emerged from, their hiding place, they made a desperaM
dah for the gate amid a rain of bullets, and in the
darkness made their escape.
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alone a journey through the greater,
. , tart of South America, throurh its
Ktld as well as its civilized sectionSf-cver its
SHOW-clad mountains., yet Mrs, W. P. WxU
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Sn l ftllladelphia, tS making JUSt SUCH 0.
journey at the present time,
Animated by a desire to study at close
range the educational systems of the various
countries, the social conditions prevailing, the
home life of the people and, especially, the
status of the women of South America, Mrs.
- IVilson will spend five months it travel and
'investigation.
Far into the interior of several coun
tries she will penetrate, journeying by train,
steamer, in primitive stage coaches and on the
- backs of horses and burros." Five times she
expects to cross the snow-capped ridges of the
Anaesf where tne mighty condor wings his
Show
in the
ilCjo33ecf by Jfei on 3zrrro
majestic flight; again, she will plod wearily
across sun-scorched deserts and traverse fer
tile plains. Straw-thatched canoes, 'such as
Pizarro saw when he invaded Peru centuries
ago, will bear her over lakes wherein the
treasures of the Incas may be buried.
During her visit to these strange places
she will take thousands of photographs.
Without hesitation or apprehension, MrsK
Wilson has set out upon what is probably the
most, daring and remarkable trip ever under
taken by an American womant , .
P ERHAPS it Is well to Introduce this enterprising
woman mora formally to thoee who read of her '
extensive plana jinjwhwUl await her . return
with Interest.
In Its brief but comprehensive style, ."Who's Who
In America" presents her biography thua: -
Lucr Langdon Wllllama Wllsonv profnssor of blol
ogy In the Philadelphia Normal School since 1142. '
Born at St. Albana, Vt., August IS. 1WR; graduate of
the Normal Schools. Philadelphia and Vermont; atu
dent University of Pennsylvania (Ph. D.). Married, lti
W. P. Wilson, director Philadelphia Commercial
Museums. Haa charge of nature worn, Bcnool ,01
r Practice, Philadelphia Normal School.
Mrs. Wilson Is also an authoress, a number of books .1
Of value to teacher and pupil having come from her
'pen. An accomplished linguist, reading and speaking
with ease Spanish, Freiu-h and Oermau, ahe expects to
flnd no difficulty In communicating with the people of .
-every part of Sout!rAtn erica. ' " -
Her trip wu not decided Upon In haste. "For mora
than a year she haa been, atudylng at long range the
countries which aha will visit, familiarising hereelf with
exlrting conditions; their literature ana languages.
Not only will She devote herself to an Investigation
of social conditions and educational systems, but will
carefully observe geographical conditions and their
bearing upon commercial geography; Imports, j exports
and transportation facilities
m
rn.iv readllv ha aeen that the task to which Mrs.
Wl'.sor. has set herself la no Inconsiderable one. and one
which promises to result In the accumulation of a vast
amount of useful Information.
At preeent, however. Interest crystallises about the.
trip ltwlf; the etrange, places she will visit, the ad
venture that are, likely to be encountered; the primi
tive methods of transportation she will be obliged to
adopt, 'and ..the curious peonies among whom ahe Will
go in her quest for knowledge. ' ..""
Her tlrst stopping place will be Rio Janeiro, capital of
Brazil, a city nearly aa large ae Boston and-Washington
combined. Immediately back .of the city, range of
.mountains, . tOOO feet high, shelters a talrieland of de
lightfully even climate, where many- wealthy persona
have tholr country seats.
In these fertile uplands tha greater part of tha
world'a coffee la raised, being shipped by inclined rail
way down the mountain tn the port of Santos, a night's
sail from Rio. In this, little harbor, for ltSs hardly
more than a tidewater creek, dosens of vessels are -at-wnye
to he found loading coffee for tlia American and
European markets.
It la Mrs. Wilson's Intention to Visit several sections
of the interior of Brasll by rail. To ,the borthweet,
In th State of Mlnaa Oeraew, Is a rich mining territory, ',
where iron, manganese, coei and many other valuable
fl. alone a journey through the greater, II! , 7; - .1 ' -. v V;rf v ILA
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mineral deposits are found. To the weat and southwest
He the coffee and cereel districts. - .
As It extends further south, the trip will increase
In lntereet. Four days south of Santos by steamer, the
traveler will reach Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, a
very attractive city, where many Europeana and soma
-Americans reside.
Uruguay la a small republic, and of recent years has
been free from those neriodloal revolutions that atlr up
other South American States occasionally. Its oeoole .
- are devoting themselves Industriously to cattle raising, '
wu;it ma principal occupation.
In the city of Buenos Ayres, capital of the Argentine .
Renuhlle. Mn Wllmn
ill nnd mucn to interest ner.
Buenos Ayrea Is a bustling, enterprising place of about
a million people, the largest and moat Important centre '
or South America. . . -
Laid out after the pattern of the best cities in Eu-
f.P. Buenos Ayree reminds the Visitor of Perls or Ber-
n. rather than prominently presenting South Amerlean '
conditions and architecture. One may find among ita.
enterprising business men representative-of nearly;,
every nation on earth, thousands of Europeans and a
large, number vf Americana helping make up Its coa-
mopolltan population.
Travel through much of Argentine ,1s' made easy
by railroad, which sveen, through Immense stretches
-'of cattle .country and wheat lands.. Millions of acres are
devoted to graslng horsvs, sheep and cattle.
Horses' are eo cheap there, In fact, that the parados
. of beggars literally going about mounted. Importuning
alma, is frequently preeented. -
Throughout the southern section extend great plains
called pampas, and upon these are found great n urn be re
of a peculiar animal called the guanaca,- They ara re
lated to the family of the llamas, ' familiar through
many parte, of the southern continent Inhabitants of
. that region, especially the Indians, eat the meat 'Of tha
i guanaca, which la said to reeemble Venison.
' Here, 'too, one finds the Argentine ostrich, " which. '
fottrlahlnsj at one time, la being gradually killed off
. by hunters. .Methods of hunting the ostrich are peculiar.
The hMnter"goea forth armed onlyf with a bo la
This Ii a rope to one end ofNvhlch le attached an'
Iron ball- about as large, a a the flat Hunters Isarn to
caat the bola with dexterity, ao that the ball swings
round the leg of the bird, and It la thrown, helpless '
and pinioned, to the ground. Mrs. Wilson expects to
witness such hunt ana to take photographs of them.
A tour of the Argentine Republic will complete Mrs.
Wilsons' Investigations on the eastern side of the coun
try, and she will then make her way yp, the long and
picturesque western coest. I . . ,
From Btienoe Ayree to Valparaiso, tha principal port
: of ChHe, on the Pad rto coast, about the aame distance
. as tram .New tork to Chicago4, and the railroad between
tag tiro plaoee la completed, axoept ft ehort seeUoa
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across the main Cordillera of the Andea, over whlcbj
travelers still have to go by burro or alow stage.
Thla journey over the. mountains, requiring about a. -day
and a half, reveals some of tha grandest scenery
In-the world. -Mrs." Wilson will cross the , divide at an
elevation of 11,000 feet, and at theaumrait will see tha .
great volcanic peak of Aconcagua,' which rises from the
valley below the Cordillera to i height of 2K.O00 feet, giv
ing a sheer faee of more than fouirolles tolhe view as)
one stands at the summit of tho pas. - -
' Aconcagua, which Is almost a perfect cope, la covered
with eternal enow, end Is clearly visible from Valpa
raiso harbor, 130 miles away, whare the raya of tha sot
ting sun give It a rosy tint of great beauty.
In the course of her travels Mrs. Wilson expects to
cross the Andes flva times, occasionally on burros.
This wonderful range of mountelna still holds locked
amid Its peaka and crevasses secrete that man hag never
fathomed, aa exploration ef the rang haa never been
complete.
Amid those lofty fastneisee th mighty condor still
haa Its home; birds once seen over thousands of mile
of surrounding -country, but now so few that th re
maining members of the family rarely venture from th
remote crag of the Andes.
Some time ago a scientist of Europe desired to re
plenish and increase the smalt aupply of condor egga
treasured by the museums of the world, and Journeyed
to South America for that purpose, i
Although he offered tempting sums, not on of th
hardy mountaineers1 would venture upon the dangerous
quest, against a powerful and desperate feathered foe lt
the most remote of mountain wilds.
In the Andes Mrs. Wilson will find many Interesting
specimens of animal life. The beat, Jaguar and puma,
prowl through the forests primeval ! the llama scurries
about In the lower altitudes. The peculiar, stupid-looking
tapir Is to be seen, aa well av the anteater. Vicunas,
alpacas and chinchillas ara found there In greater num- '
bers than anywhere else.
in southern Chile are tne richest estate in tne coutv- -
try.
The climate la very similar to that of California. .
the aotl seems particularly favorable ' to raistnsj
and
fruits of all kinds, eo that Chilean wlnea ara naturally
, of great excellence, and are consumed not only through
out South America, but are beginning to make their
way In the European market Many other fruits ar
raised which are unknown In th United States.
' From Valparaiso, Journeying north, Mrs. Wilson will
tako steamer to Antofaaaata, and then transfer, to a
narrow-guage railroad, over which ahe will plod through
the great Atacama desert and up into the mountain ot
Bolivia. - .
Thie State contains the highest peaks and some of
the richest mineral deposits of the Andes', with an al
most unexplored forest reaion to the east aboundlns- in
all Kitias or naruwooas ana
specially In rubber, the cut-
let for which le atlll by small boat thousands of miles
down the A mason and its tributaries.
Journeying on toward Peru, Mrs. Wilson- will eroo
Lak Tltlnaca tn on of the curious straw-covered ca
. noes of that country, which In build and manner of
operatlcn are now the aame aa when the Spanish invad
ers under Plsarro firat beheld them king centuries ago.
Of great historic Interest Is the neighborhood of this
lake, aa it waa the sceno of the earliest South American
civil Ita Hon. Upon its shores stood the temples -of the,,
. Incaa, and Into Its waters It Is said that great quanti
ties of treasure were aat when the Spaniards over
turned the ahclent empire early In the sixteenth century.
From this lake Mrs. Wilson expects to trsvel by .
stage coarh or on horseback to Lima, passing through
flctiireeque and fertile valleys. Lima sets uuon a
hrone of beautiful foothills, about ten jnllea from the
ocearu
A f Guayaquil. Ecuador. Mrs. WIUArt-jylll find n,of-.
-th principal centres of the Panama hattrade. Thle la
one of the leading Industries In Ecuador and northern .
Pern.. The hats are woven of a line straw known aa
"paja toqullla," which grows In marshy land all along
this const. Th esmn plant Is found In Colombia, Vane
tuela,. Central America and the West Indies, but in
those, countries seldom possesses the fine textur which
leads to the grent vasse of the Ecuador hsts.
Fromi this section of the Psriflo coast a steamer trip
?t three'daya will take Mrs. Wilson to Panama, and a
orty-flve-mlle railroad Journey will transport rr aareee
the Isthmus to Colon, from whiofc si rasa I Id wrt
wetkOy. for JUw Tork. .,
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