The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 8, 1903, Page 11

rtist. The ta be true dhe k was s ardly in Yellow.” She name. She was a fascinating creature, turning her back upon you with h audacity that you were piqued and would fain turn her bodily around and Jook her in the face. Fortunately for Cal- ifornia, she found a purchaser here and will remain with us, which is fitting, she being the work of a native Californian, and his salon masterpiece. “Oh ghe Giudecca” and “Lights and Shadows” are two of the gems in colors. The human element is what Mr. Peixotto s to suggest in every landscape. In fact, believes that none is com,lete without it. You will find this in all of his work. The boats cail up fancies of the picturesquely costumed folk who dwell in their land. THE SORTEE BY SAVERWEN Ore of the unique exhibits is that of W. E. Rollins' pitcures. He has taken a theme of his own and has Individualized his work so that “‘a Rollins” may be told at a glance, which is one of the secrets of popularity, at least. People like to be able to look wise and say “That is a Rol- lins” or “a Sauerwen,” or whatever it may be. If you come upon a certain type of Indian painting you may know that this is the work of the mortherner who has come to be among us. Mr. Rollins is from Oregon and he has done his work in a place that most of the artists would have passed by while on the search for themes. He has been living on the Crow Reservation for a long time past, all for the purpose of studying the types of Indiafis to be found there He has lived among them as if he were, one of them and he knows all their strange customs. He has found wonder- ful material for the making of pictures and says that he could not “paint it up” in_a lifetime, Several portraits of famous chiefs of the Crow tribe are among his most no- table pictures. He does not soften the Indian face In the least, but paints it with faithful reallsm. The strong, hard lines are always there, the swarthy color, the cruelty and cunning sometimes in the eye. “The Medicine Man” is one of his strongest studies. It is done from life, a vivid, savage type. The painting which Mr. Rollins considers his best achieve- ment is a study of a squaw mourning beside the scaffold which bears the body of her husband. The old custom of the Crows was to dispose of their dead in this fashion, wrapping the body and lay- ing it on a rude scaffold which was erect- ed in the wilderness. The oleak stretches of barren land, the gloom of the tones, the sorry figure of the little child stand- ing wondering and distressed beside its bent and weeping mother, all make a Ve — W S\ ) NN S o = b i S TR TS PEIXDT TO H JNDAY C . ARTIST N strangely ‘fascinating study. Mr. Rolling says-that this cusfom of erecting the scaf- fold has practic died out, the Indians now using our method of burial, and he sought for a long time in vain to find the subject of this picture. At last he came upon it, perhaps the last such scene that will ever be found among the rapidly improving Crow tribe. There was a sad group—mother, child® and dead father out in the barren country. He sketched them as he found them and put all his ambition Into the work of developing his picture. Another Western painter is Sauerwen. He takes to another style of life, ho ever, in his studies. The wild, daring life of the plains appeals to him, the typically “wild western.” The plcture called “A Sortie” is his latest, and it is as bold a thing as could well be imagined. The dashing of horses, the frenzy of their Indian riders is all depicted with a dash, a vigor of action that is true to the West. He knows Indlans, cowboys, Western stages—all that pertains to the rough life of the new part of the United States. He keeps to these themes in his work, for they have a fascination for him. He leaves the restful and the dreamy and’ the sad subjects to others. Cadenasso Is at work at his eucalyptus trees as ever, developing new.moods of them wherever he works. They are al- vays full of mystery, he says—that one phase never changes. “The Strangers” he long ago named them and he never thinks of them by any other name. They came to our coast as wanderers, they haye been with us but never of us. They always have their secrets that no man can win from them. They have the charm of that which cannot be understood, of that which has something in reserve that never quite reach. But Cadenasso does not always paint these melancholy trees. He has a study new called “The Lady in Black,” for which a San Francisco girl posed. The lady is tall and willowy and pale and her black is in strong contrast to the white- ness of her face. One white arm may be seen half shrouded in the black, filmy stuff-of the gown, and there is an elusive glimpse of a red flower ih the hand. Ex- cept for this half-seen scarlet of the flow- er there is no rellef of color—all black and white the picture is. “El Mejicano” is a painting of a swarthy "Mexican, hils shoulders draped by the serape, a flaring sombrero on his head. Mr. Cadenasso laughs and says that it looks like an old master. The ——) 2> o soft, warm tones readily thought. Latimer has been obliged to depart from his beloved redwoods just now, for there were many orders of other kinds. But he always looks forward to the trees again when these little breaks occur. The one redwood picture that he has completed of late he calls “The Woodchopper’s Cabin.” Iz is one lonely little cabin, such as may be found in the Santa Cruz Mountains, without a chimney, rude in the extreme, almost hidden in the great forest of tall trees that surrounds Their wonderful greens stretch away almost without limit toward the sky. Chris Jorgensen is as full of the Yosem- ite as ever, although he is obliged to walt In the south until the snows give way and open a path into his beloved val- ley. During the past winter he has been obliged to make the most of San Francis- co, and he has put in his time to good ad- vantage on the water front. He is fond of painting there and he has produced some good things—old bggts and the startling silhouettes of our queer city in the distance. Once he took his palette over San Leandro way and did wonders with a sunket there. It is fortunate for San Francisco that he does not spend ev- ery winter in the snow-bound valley as he did once. No sooner have the season's exhibits taken place than every man Jack of the artists goes to work to make ready for the_next year's with new ambitions, new in#ffirations. The artists’ season of work is at hand, so we may look forward to still greater treasures in the months com~ ing. EASY LESSON IN WHIST. BY MRS. E. P. SCHELL. O far as the original lead is con- cerned, difference of opinion will always exist, but it assuredly is very good play, whatever par- ticular system one adopts, to fol- low American lead methods and to aveid cpening a short, plain suit when four or more trumps are held. Any one who has played whist, even to a limited degree, has noted cases in which the comparative- ly even distribution of the trumps has had suggest the LAERTS AnND SHRADOWS By PEIXOTTO a marked effect upon the result and again, with each of two opponents helding four trumps, the one to receive the first force has been the loser on the deal. So it is with the lead in many cases when such conditions exist The player who risks the trump open- Time ing after a somewhat favorable dev ment as lik as not will wish he had ted until one or two tricks later, al- ough the i may have ap- . trump peared to be warranted and was sim an unlucky choice. If the player wi himself, “What can I gain by a lead?” or “Am I sufficiently se ain the at- position to enable mé to s tack against a possible holding of nearly or quite equal strength?’ he will be bet- ter: prepared to form a correct opinion regarding the necessity or advisability of telng the aggressor in this respect ner’s original lead, together with the fall of the cards to the first two rounds of his suit, having shown that the suit was es- tablished, off goes a small trump from fcur to the king. What is A card of partner’s king and three low « good so far) and jack third. “Jack and o rub! Let us an have learned from kolds three cards of the suit opened inally. There is a fair chance that he holds several cards of the “jack and one low” suit. and if he holds any of the “king and three low” suit, his trumps must be few and far between. We are thus able to realize at once that the chance that one opponent holds at HAT OUR P.OCAT 8 :DOING Take angther commen situation ner opens a strong suit and one of the op- pcnents trumps it on second round. The lead is obtained and with practically the Par entire balance of partner’'s suit, trumps are led. His partne d in such a manner as to w belfet that he l? streng in trun it not more likely that the player who renounced in partner's suit so early in the deal is the one to look to for tr ength? It is not necessary to » answer these of hand particularly s started In determin rse to be follow- ed when there e risk in the trump lead, the v slons fr by Dk L King of hearts tramy 290 2322 OV 000 I3 10. Ts J 1. Js Ss 12 Qe “As 13. Ke A East and West | Trick 1—North the weak on tior suits, b there is n but the diamo d South 5. rth s! is his partner a very useful strengthener. “Trick 4—East is barely 1 in the EADENASSO least four trumps is very great and that considerable risk is assured in attempt- ing to exhaust this holding. Experts would reason as above and would ab- stain from the trump lead. trump Yead. The spades aic adverse and the diamonds anything but a certainty. Trick 3—East’s continuation of the clubs fs not the best play. He should return a dlamond.