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AFTER THE BOMBARDMENT-WOODS NEAR VERDUN

This is not, although it might well be, a picture of a fire-devastated forest in the White Mountains or Michigan. While Americans may gaze with pity at the desolation wrought by war as here shown, they may see many similar examples of devastation in this country, the result of carelessness no less destructive than cannon shot. Vast tracts of valuable forest are destroyed by fire every year in the United States through the carelessness of campers, the scattering of sparks by locomotives, or the indifference of people who throw lighted matches by the roadside

"THE DOVES OF THE GARDEN," BY SEÑOR DON ERNESTO VALLS, OF VALENCIA, SPAIN

Señor Valls is a pupil and friend of the great Spanish master Sorolla. It will be remembered that an exhibition of Sorolla's works in New York a few years ago opened the eyes of the American public to the significance and charm of modern Spanish art. Señor Valls's work has been highly praised by both American and foreign critics

TWO NOTABLE PICTURES IN RECENT

COURTESY OF HENRY REINHARDT & SON
"THE BROOK BY MOONLIGHT," BY RALPH A. BLAKELOCK

This famous picture has become the property of the Toledo Museum of Art. It was formerly in the Lambert Collection, and was sold for $20,000. Notwithstanding the mental trouble which has put an end to Mr. Blakelock's artistic career, he has just been made a National Academician, the greatest honor his fellow-artists can confer upon him

NEW YORK CITY EXHIBITIONS

PHOTOGRAPH FROM MEDEM PHOTO SERVICE

A CITY OF OLD ROMANCE WHICH THE BRITISH AND RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN ENDEAVORING TO CAPTURE Bagdad, a portion of which is shown in the picture, has been familiar to generations of English and American readers as the scene of many of the tales of be seen in the photograph crossing the bridge, which spans the Tigris River the "Arabian Nights;" it is now brought into the limelight of stern modern conditions as a prominent objective of the great war. Turkish artillery may

PHOTOGRAPH FROM PAUL THOMPSON

A PEACEFUL SCENE IN THE MIDST OF A WAR-DESOLATED LAND The picture shows the Niemen Kiver at Kovno, in Russian Poland. While there has been fierce fighting at other points on the Niemen, Kovno was surrendered to the Germans without being bombarded, and in evacuating the city its Russian owners did not attempt to destroy it. In this war it has fared better than at other times in its long history, for in 1655 it was plundered and burned by the Czar Alexis. Kovno has long been an important center of trade between Russia and Prussia