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...several schools and generations. Born in Philadelphia, he began his career as an illustrator for Philadelphia newspapers. McClure's Magazine sent him to Cuba to sketch the Spanish-American War, as Harper's had sent Winslow Homer to cover the Civil War. In toughness, gaiety and all-round draftsmanship, his illustrations, of which the Whitney last week exhibited 35, stood with those of his most gifted Realist contemporaries, John Sloan, Robert Henri, George Luks...
Thus the hero is placed where he has a perfect all-round view of the boss. He gets involved in Symmes's family quarrels, his feuds with vindictive Portygee workmen. Meanwhile, Bain has an affair with a schoolteacher, visits Portygee families, gathers a vast anti-Symmes lore. His complete triumph comes when he saves Symmes's life. By this time Bain has so far got the upper hand that he even has a sneaking affection for the mean old devil...
...more opponent deserves special mention, right end Sullivan. He saw some service against Harvard last year and has developed fast since. He rushes in the same knife-like fashion that Brud Holland showed last week, and he is an all-round fellow, because he does the punting when Wilson is not in the game...
DEBUSSY: IBERIA (New York Philharmonic-Symphony, John Barbirolli conducting; Victor: 5 sides). Debussy's subtle, impressionistic portrait of Spain gets its best all-round recording to date...
MOZART: DIVERTIMENTO No. 15, IN B FLAT MAJOR (K. 287). (Arthur Fiedler's Sinfonietta; Victor: 9 sides.) A less distinguished solo performance than Joseph Szigeti's (TIME, May 2), but a sharply focused orchestra part makes this a better all-round recording...