The evening world. Newspaper, November 5, 1912, Page 16

FANOUS ARTS WHO WAS ONG A LUNBERACK Robert MacCameron Back From Paris, Where He Painted Derelicts. ‘A DUAL PERSONALITY. | He Portrays Aristocrats and Outcasts of the Paris Underworld. teamsh!p Provence, which ar- turday, @ famous artist with a dual personality an strange as_ the ‘Case of Becky.” | His name is Robert MacCameron, mmer he was made a Che of the Legion of Honor by the French| Government in recognition of th erit of his paintings, which yearly cause sen- | aations in the Paris spring Sal | MacCameron’s intimate friends call! him the Jekyll and Hyde artist because of this dual personality, which causes him to turn from painting the portralits of members of England's and America’ mort exclusive sets to portraying the . features and characters of the oute Of society—the poorest, the most unfor- tumate or the most depraved human be- ings that one can find in the slums of London and Paria. In New York MacCameron has a studio im the Gainsborough Studio Building 1n West Fifty-ninth street. In addition to his own studio he generally occupies in that building a double studio, which ts ‘one of the mont ¢laborately furnished fm New York, In Paris he had for a time the former home of Julian Story, the painter, in the Place des Etats-U the pa'atial houte of which Eames was once the mistr away somewhere, uncon) these sumptuous studios where he re- celves his aristocratic sitters, MacCam- eron has a workroom, unpretentious, littered with canvases, paint tubes and brushes and looking as neglected as tho *pecimens of humanity that enter it. STUDIO REMINDS ONE OF A DEN OF THIEVES. In Parte this studio ts in the Avenue de Saxe, If you should enter it une: pectediy your frst Probably be that you had fallen into a den of thieves, All during iast summer | | the beauty one finds in the of the Madonna by the old masters. The central figure is that of an old man, too old, too wretched, too near @eath to find repose, He sits staring fnto the night, and such is the power of ‘the painter that you seem to read the 14 man's thoughts, end as you look fg there comes to you the realization that fm this portrayal of ineffable human @uffering the artist has introduced the symbot of Christ. It is « painting that ‘will create @ sensation in Paris when it Absinthe Drinkers,” MacCamero: Gelery in Washington, or “Waiting for Doctor,” the picture he showed in last year and which is eoon to be @ibited in Chicago. ‘The old man who posed for the cen- val figure is almost @ helpless crip- MacCameron found him eelling in the streets of Paris. He mould hardly move, wasted by disease ‘ nd bunger, and it needed no physician Mo tell that the man hed not long to lve, MacCameron eaw in his face the ity that comes from euffering. 4 read there the dignity of pain, and “ saw also the eure indication of ¥ The olf man became one of eron’s models, which means it he will be @ pensioner of the art- at as long as te lives. The three other men in the picture were euch as one gay find on the park benches in any Mig city, but MacCameron searched @rough otght after night unti) he got Just the faces he wanted. The menare Re'er-do-wells, drunkards or perhaps ‘worse, but their past record is noth- ing to MacCameron. They are the peo- ple for his picture. As for the girl, it @ too closely into ‘The etory of her suffering her career, is written in her face, which still holds the marks of refinement, not yet oid, “ FAITHFUL TQ THE PEOPLE OF THE UNDERWORLD. AN summer long = Mi worked on this picture in he interrupted his enough to paint the portrait of a young niece of Miss Elsie de Wol: youthful beauty had impre: All the while commissions were calling him to America, ,1t was really tmpera- tive for him and his family to cross the ocean, but MacCameron sent his wife and children ahead and remained in Paris with bis people of the under- world. After all, it is the work he prefers. Contrast: painting the seamed, vice- hardened or sorrow-softened faces of the “People of the Abyes” with “a ing” the portraits of men and wom @ feociety. For @ portrait of a Ff ® millionaire MacCameron gmail fortune; for these pictures of Men and women whoes only titles a those of the police records he gets for she is ure which is now in the Corcoran Art| ™ Examples From commissions or sometimes neglect them and disappears from New York or London or fashionable Paris to spend hours in his Avenue de Saxe studio among these unfortunates, who are hie friends as well as his models. “Painting portraita of men and women Whose lives have been tranquil ts the way I earn my living," MacCameron once sald to the writer in Paris. ‘Such work is interesting but It does not pos- sess the fascination of painting thone who have been dragged through the depths. It ts more difficult to paint a beggar than to paint @ soclety woman and unconsciously or perhaps conacious- ly the artist employs different methods.” In MacCameron's Paris studio—the one where he rocelves the citizens of the underworld—there are ingeniow ements for lighting. The artist has je long and conscientious study of light effecta, He has given more atten- tion to the matter than any manager and he has succeeded in ri ducing exactly tho effects of night. & acreoned-off port! of the studio the models take their poses and the artist by means of colored glasses obtains the effect he wishes. He looks through an opening in the curtain and reproduces what he sees on the canvas before him. This method has enabled him to obtain those realistic effects that have caused artiste to assert that these night scenes ‘were really agg td pgp feed on the spot they are aup: to pieture. “Any picture painted at night would seem entirely different when seen in the duytight,” said MacCameron. ‘How. ever well an artist hie palette it would be impossible paint et night with exactness. I therefore emieavor to reproduce faithfully these night ef- fects in my studio and paint them there with afl the fidelity I am capable of.” WELL-KNOWN PERSONS PAINT- ED BY MACCAMERON. Among the well-known persons whose portraits have been painted by Mac- Cameron are President Taft, the Duke of Rutland, the Duchess of Rutland, the Farl of Clarendon, Lady Clarendon and her daughter, Lady Derek Keppel’ daughter, god-child of Princess Victoria, Mrs, Ava Willing Astor, Miss Dorothy Teen, Mrs. Bourke Cockran, Mrs. Wilvam Astor Chanler, David Warfleld, Mrs. Benjamin Guinn Mra. Robert Gerry, President McKinle; Senator Gray, Senator MoComas, Mrs. James A. Miss Maude Adams, Sir Edward the Right Hon. F. HE, Smith, nd Auguste Rodin, the sculptor. rength and in stature MacCam- eron a giant. He began life as a logger in @ lumber camp and when only fourteen wag able to do his day's work along with any of the older men, It was while here with his father, who had a financial interest in the camp, that ‘a Frenchman gave to the boy « box of drawing crayons. From that time’ on MacCameron has been drawing. He drawa while he talks to you or while rou talk to him: His pencil is nearly always in his hand. He first studied art. in Chicago, omg from there to Paris in 1889 where he entered the National Beaux Arte Academy and etudied under Gerome and Raphael Colin. _In 1908 he obtained in the Salon of the French Artists the gold medal, which is the highest honor accorded a foreign artist in Frnace. ‘The polle wil wa ana chose ob # _—_—_s STATEN ISLAND NOTES. Dr. and Mre, R. E. Meyer of Johnson @venue, Tottenville, are on an auto- mobile trip through Virginia. They will be two weeks. 8. te building @ two- shuysen story road, Tompkinsville, Miss Jane Wat: race, Port Richmond, ds visiting relativi in New Lonéon, She will be gone two weeks. Frees Critten and her Miss Marjorie Critten of 1, Tompkinsvitie, have closed De their next spring. They will spend the winter tn Washington. The West New Brighton W, C. T. U. thas postponed its regular meeting from this evening until Thursday night {nm order that the members may attend the tecture by Miss Mary Wolcott Green to-night at Public School No. 18, This lecture, @ special one in the treo senies, will be upon "The Pioneer Mothers,” devoted and hergte women ‘of the early days, The school ts on Broadway, near: Castleton avenue. Mrs, Driscoll Tucker of Sheepshead Pay ts the guest of her mother Mrs. James Bennett of Prospect street, Port Richmond, George Cadmus ts bullting a two-story frame dwelling on the Fingerboard road, Grasmere. A special feature of the ‘Co-Opera- tion Fair’ for the Denefit of Kingsley Methodist Eptecopal Church, Cabra mothing, or next to nothing, for gal! fes do not pay extravagant prices for i em, and art an.ateure find avenue, Stapleton, department or “Mother Googe" nursery. It will be held on the afternoons end evenings of Nov, 18 14 and 1. » Ladies’ AuxMary Ria: wi Li] CTORIA™ exe Taiete ev will be @ children's 8 News Oddilies What number was your ballot? ‘Turkish trousers prove good to run in. Detective Burns ts after the guy that gets the “V" in votes. No Thanksgiving proclamation yet. President Taft has been too busy. Coal prices may go down. This is the proper column for the report. Corsets caused the death of a man in St. Louls who wore them, He laced too tight. Wiltam J, Bryan jr. has been elected president—of the freshmen Jaw class of | Georgetown University. Texas father has named a son after the next President and no mistake. His boy triplets will be known as Taft, Roosevelt an? Wilson respectively, | Chief Wilkie of the Secret Service has orders to send men to protect the President-elect at the earliest momont. He doesn't know yet where to send them, mond County Automobile Club will have Porter, erson Hill, Concord, on & euchre in Firemen’s Hall, Cast afternoon of Nov. 20. avenue, West New Brighton, on the New Brighton Day Nursery will ernoon of Nov. 12. a donation party on Nov. 20. . The Bon ‘fon A. C, of Mariner's Har- ary Frazer of Van Duzer street, bor will have a dance in the clubhouse next Saturday evening. Supreme Court Judge Lester W. Clark will preside ut a debate on “Woman Suffrage” in the Parish House of the Unitarian Church of the Redeemer, Clinton avenue, New Brighton, on Nov. 18% The debate will be under the auspices of the Curtis Club, Mrs. Agnes Daulton of New Brighton will deliver a lecture on the “Child in Literature” at the home of Mrs. Charles n, is visiting relatives In Quobec return home to enjoy the Christmas holidays, SLAYER, 62, GOES TO CHAIR. N. J, Nov, TRENTON, Kompovic, sixty-two years, 5.—Andrew who lured ten-year-old Mary Halliday to woods near Perth Amboy, attacked her and choked out her life, was put to death CASTORIA For Infants and Children, iThe Kind You Have Always Bought Kwmmectoare| of and nelter Nortaeeea THE CUCHESS OF RUTLAND last night in the electric chair in the tween two priests, sixth man to die thus tn this State and was the oldest prisoner who ever paid; the death penalty at this prison, contacts were used to kill him, Electrician Davis of New York was in is made here of the engagement of ‘ad Miss Edwina Thornburg of St, Louis oll Lrdtpclits (pe to Sir Wilfred Peek of London, Licu-!]f gists and depart- )25c tenant of the Royal First Devon Yeo: | § manry Cavalry. Miss Thornburg, who Yi ih ttl ee teed es was educated in New York, first me Sir Wilfred at a home of the famous hunter, W. Millan, in London. 23rd Street FOR WOMEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. |SHIRTWAISTS. CORSETS. THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1912. the Brush of Robert MacCameron, Who Paints Human Derelicts for Love of the Art TO SERVE A SUBPOENA. If Paper “Made a Noise Like a Play” It Would Have Got Miss Marbury Sooner. Although there ia a dally parade of Playwrights, near-playwrights, hopefuls and others through the offices of Miss Flzabeth Marbury, ft hog taken a process server five months to serve the famous play broker with a writ. He! managed it last night and Miss Mar- bury laughed and called him “fresh.” She did not know he had been trailing her since June. The squabble is between Robert J. Mahoney, contractor, and Michael J. Coleran, contractor, who did the work of decorating the bachelor maids’ “palace” which Mis Marbury occuples | Fast Fifty-fifth street with 14s Elsie De Wolfe, who quit the st to be a designer of beautiful home: Tho two women were needed as wit- | nesses and Samuel Mitchell, who makes a specialty of serving distinguished and iMicult persons, undertook to get them, He got Miss Marbury on the step of her auto just as he was thinking he wouk! have to wait for the snow to help }him trace her tootstes’ footprints. He | was also hoping that in time his hair would be long enough to enable him to proach the bastile as a would-be play- wright. DISINFECTANT | keeps water bugs away from sinks and drains, tate Prison. He walked to the chair calmly be- Ho was the twenty- Two} State harge. ———— To Wed Sir Wilfred reek, ST. LOUIS, Nov. 5.—Announcement The yellow package with gable top Went Disinfecting Co..New York i iyi AA NSA AMO ROT “Zoo" party a HAD FIVE MONTHS’ CHASE | dames McGreery & Co. 34th Street UNUSUAL SALE OF SWEATERS IS NOW BEING HELD In Both Stores, On Wednesday, November 6th Lingerie and Voile Waists, effectively trimmed with laces and embroideries. 95c and 1.95 values 1.25 and 2.50 Chiffon Waists in attractive models, trimmed with lace. values 4.95 and 5.95. 3.85 and 4.75 In Both Stores, «La Prin 99 An extensive variety of French Models, made of the choicest materials, including elastic, Silk and Cotton Tricot. 5.00, 8.00, 10.00 to 35.00 Mme. Irene Corsets, models for every type of figure, made in various materials. 5.00, 6.50, 7.00 to 25.00 On Wednesday, November 6th Sale of B. & J. Brassieres, daintily trimmed with embroidery. value $1.25 75ce 23rd Street 34th Street For Over Thirty Years WATCH THE DOME OF PULITZER BUILDING FOR ELECTION RESULTS TO-NIGHT WHITE LIGHT—Wilson Wins RED and WHITE LIGHT—Roosevelt Wins RED LIGHT—Taft Wins , WHITE FLASH-—Sulzer Wins RED and WHITE FLASH—Straus Wins RED FLASH—Hedges Wins |Get the News First, from The World( Formerly A. T. Stewart & Co., Broadway, Fourth Avenue, Eighth to Tenth Street. This Explains Why We Can Ofer al Half the Regular Prices for Which We and Other Stores Have Been Selling Them , Silks and Velvets The Pick of the Silk Market HE American Silk Journal, in speaking of the vast silk business of the Wanamaker Store this Au- tumn, says that one of the effects of our $250,000 purchase of R. & T. silks has been to direct the atten- tion of silk manufacturers who have stocks to eg of, to this silk store, enabling us to get the pick of the silk market. In this collection, for instance, are even such desirable fabrics as chiffon velvet, double-faced silk, charmeuse, crepe meteor and black silks. Velvet we sold last month at = makers in the country. This quality $6 is here at $3.75 yard—Woven on is cxtra heavy, 42 inches wide—a extra wide looms—42-inches. To beauty—except for the slight weav- wind up the season of the foremost — ingimperfections—hardly discernible velvet manufacturer in the count —which will not affect the wearing who wishes to start on spring silks, quality. we took 100 pices of undyed velvet, : im tnd had them dyed in our own French qgh te gaules ye Std are ave to 88 colors, Shades are exquisite and yard-—Seldom isan occasion pre- plenty of black. sented to get the finer black silks at crepe meteor of $4 weight is half price. In this lot, however, are slight! Ber TeCt and so is $1.68 imported and domestic crepes, satin, yard—Woven by a manufacturer and peau de cygnes. Suggested for who will soon be one of the best crepe Christmas dress patterns. Other Fashionable Silks That Are New Crepe Indienne—heavy quality, Double-faced silk suitings= desirable for gowns. 40 inches wide, souple for draping. Yard wide. ‘Sold ne lpred ie other New York Stores — elsewhere at $4 yard, is here at $1.95. at 83 yard, here at $1.85. tks — 1 Charmeuse, Ritz—brilliant silk ,,/ ported tangy Silke vom crepe. 50 street and evening shades, porter had a very large quantity 40 inches wide, sold throughout the \,hich he wished to turn into money, United States at 83, is here at 81.85 56 they come at 58c. are Plain. silks for tinings—h alicthite,ilack in silks for linings—heavy aetna itl a Dele herd ie quality, 51 street and evening shades. a Broadway store at $2 vard, is here Made especially to wholesale to dreas- at 81.38. : makers at 85c—and they are here at Satin Ritz—40 inches wide. 25 at $8c yard. rid light and dark ce . includi Rotunda, Main Aisle and Made to sell at 83.50 yard, is here at Silk Clearing House, Fourth floor, $1.95. $25 for Women’s Motor Coats English, Scotch and Irish Tweeds Salons of women’s dress have secured 102 motor coats to offer at $25—a third and half less than usual pric New Stewart Building. Made of tweeds from Great Britain Majority have wind-shietds., —many of them hand-woven—all One is plaided, with purple cn colorful and warm with the finest gray ground. we Another coat is flecked with Still others have touches of bro reen blue. Here are deep Oxfords, three Some have the new English yokes. tones of blue. Every color good Some are belted. for motoring. Because the maker had these fine materials on hand, he consented to cut them up for us at a special rate. First time we have ever seen coats of this character at $25, Second floor, New Stewart Building. ‘ool, Tailored by a specialist who studies every need of the motorist. Loose, big and easy to get into. or a4 November Sale of Aprons (Also Maids’ Caps, Neckwear and House Dresses) November is not only the month of social luncheons, teas, football, dinners and Thanksgiving, but it is also—the month before Christi The many attractive s' of aprons at these special prices will be chosen largely for gifts. Caps—Some for the Boudoir Caps for maids, nurses and waitresses, start with dotted Swiss at 4c, lace-edged caps at 7c, others up to S5c. Boudoir Caps of Brussels net with satin ribbon and lace-edged, 50c. Plain net caps with quilling of point d’esprit, $1. Others of dotted Swiss with shadow lace, point d'esprit, fancy nets and chiffon, $1.25 up to new imported caps of real Irish crochet. Styles for waitresses, parlor maids, nurse maids as well as for the house- wife, trained nurse, stenographer and saleswoman. Big aprons which elderly women like—with wide strings. ‘Tiny sewing aprons with lace or embroidery or plain. German aprons in dark colors with touches of vivid colors in the trimming—some reversible. French hand-embroidered aprons, $1.25 to $12. ‘The new program-girl aprons. Clothes-pin aprons. Very practical kinds with bibs or bretelles or cover-all styles. Hundreds and hundreds of kinds. Domestic aprons, 25c, 45c, 70c, 95c to $4.50. German aprons, 50c to 1.75. French aprons, $1.25 to $12, Neckwear and Dresses Maids’ neckwear in sets of coller and cults, 25¢ to 8, ee jouse jresses: percale gingham in becoming colore—ell washable, 91.60, $2 and 88—every one of special quality. Third floor, New Stewart Bldg, Keep the Growing Boy Warm He is easily chilled, and a good overcoat is essential. Many kinds of good overcoats are here—all all-wool, well designed, rightly tailored; warm and durable. Bor boys of 3 to 10—Reefers of chinchilla, tweed or cheviot, @5 to $10, Russian overcoats of chinchilla, Forery or cheviot, $5 to $18, Polo coats of English tweed or chinchilla, $7.50 to $18. For oldor boye—Long school and dress overcoats in smooth and rough fancy overcoatings; some fully lined, some with plaid backs; large convertible collars, 87.50 to #25. Redleaf topcoata—Made in London of English woolcns. 920 and 825. f Just like dad's, Third floor, New Stewart Building. Two New Carloads of ; Papin Cowan Furniture Have Just Been Added to the Sale pHs new shipment includes fine bookcases, desks of many kinds, tables, sofas, cabinets, chairs, some pieces completing suites earlicr on the floors, and a number of smaller articles. A new carload will be arriving almost daily until the entire purchase of a quarter-million- dollars’ worth is complete. The finest possible finish- ing touches are being put on all these pieces before they leave the Cowan factory. So carefully are they being packed and shipped that each piece needs but the wiping of a dustcloth when. it arrives, The selling of such fur- niture at a third below regu- lar prices is an opportunity no user of furniture ought to overlook. ’ Fifth Gallery, New Building,