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Copyright, 1908, by Amerlcao Examlnar. Great Britain Rights Reseireff
IssUeTue
How Mrs. JacK Gard
ner Has Perplexed
tlie Customs Officials
With Her Famous
“Art Museum," Her
Precious “Household
Goods" and All Sorts
of Ruses to Avoid
Duty to Get Her Price
less Art Treasures
Into This Country.
Till 1 } word ■'•mtjfgler'* calls up visions
of n desperate and a mkUh
craft running 1 1»«* gauntlet of cm
tome lnn|H>rlori under Ilia cover of night.
For denting with such In va !«•*»« character*,
that Mil l li f.-t our shore* from the Gulf
roast to MnlitA and from H -nthorn Cali
fornia to I’tiget hound. the Government baa
a very effe<»tl?a fores* of revenue cutters
armed with rapid tire guim.
Hut what cud Ilia Government do when
It eftcountam mi entirely different kind of
ainugglei? A charming society vominn, for
Instance, «ho smuggles not gems, nor to
bacco, nor op l dm, nor tha conn fleas other
common artk’lua of trade, for pioflt~~|jut
Mri. Jack
Gardner’s
Italian I’alaee
ind Miiteurn.
Portrait of Mr*. Gardner by Sargent.
ran- «ork. of art. de.tgn.-d to ".duct. too
P*<'l 1.. ' of Amertn*
tor the tnmiooß .muggier there are *
h«vy Oite «„d , U m t t.-rm „f I,
M>L
~ul »hat ran the Oorereeiant ito a hen
the rati ...... ......
a eherk for »TtU*m or llmwi .„
eve, on-t „ „(T|oera**oi. Car,,
for On ilea .».! contra lM ,ua ret.
and. aiulllht. captain. that It naa *|| * m |,
takes
That la what ,he rnatntua ..fitolala at
W»»hlllgt,.n are , ..tolnn ■ tt„ 1„ ~1.
atK-nt and trying to dr.- ,le
It all came atwut thrv.ich the dl*.-o»ery
taal month at I'hUagu that a oertaln .hi •
moht of -h0,...t0,1,1 „.„u- u.ndon
by Mia hot., II h«. I i ha.r ~H„e
ronalated of e..me \.r, valuable i alntln
and autuary, .orth at lea.t twi.ihh)
Mr. rhadtoa.i-ie la the .t. , t ' ,or „f
leo.lre Kirhn.d : Cra . th,
tor mahnfartiirer Jd - i-ha.t nrne ,
Intimate frlen.l es, Mr*. Ja.-k .lardner of
It..atoii. the famuna K>dM| loader and art
Mra. fhadhonme ha. .pent e-nilderahie
time ID Karoo. duHna the lint f„
It naa there that the fileu.tahtyi a 111. Mra
Gardner naa toron-,1 »•!:.* 1.. a.elr mutual
fvndnea* tor art
Non It an kappena that the I’nlted
• utra Tteaaury «*v. t. abroad keep a
.harp rye on kirn Gardner, aa ahe la al
any. buying aotaa of art It la On ir h >,l
•m ts Imre Is what vahvei»<«
U>lM al tbit sari «tt i.li'l# to Nr shipped
la the t nl*.Nl #tite»
When It became kn-H.i that Mm CM a
Mures bud returned tu IM l ulus! Himh i
MObtb a«.* *«d feed shlpjvvd a ounii.tr of
COM* ot ”h> b >id f 5b tv» dtit lifl, ll#
eustou** • * ‘ »* »* ‘i " i
•» 'itu.iMit ,»f t< | } psn b n to,] dt»hra
•via fuuntl m \ i\ w >b sou 4 avi Save
Iron worth whipping from New Tork to
lloboken.
Hut beneath these homely, worthies*
things the customs officials came upon
the rarest works of art. One was a paint
ing of a Madonna and child, by I.lypl,
which Is of very great value.
Other caaea were opened, and beneath
a similar collection of aecoud hand kitchen
ware were found costly marbles and
broncos, making a collection worth alto
gether nt least |BO,OOO
Most of these treasures were at once
recognized ns belonging to Mrs Jack
Gardner, and the Government officers
scented a deep laid smuggling plot.
; jE«Bk r-.v.
Chriet end the Cross, by Giorgione—
Owned by Mrs. Gardner.
Im.t Mr* Gardner get her frlesid. Mr*.
<h«d bourne, to bring these srt works seer
’ 1 i » elm V<ittm* »ay In order to avoid
laying a $20,000 duty, with ths luteutiou
a : • n shipped, a little Ist r an,
• ‘ n. « 'tings berk to Mr lloston museum!
,
sf pure htmljMi of hrsn so I innocent lg
itotauiv of nstsuw less, decide la bring
-Mrr llirnc tr«awr»k along with the pots*
si.4 lntl»i tor Mr Chicago kitchen, ju*t
lo * pr'«* ber fo<4 friend Mr* Gardner
il»« cufttotus officer* tlou'l belief* much
1 •* ry »urrv r chuckled aa they J
«i*ul »« e%n< 4 to I'iotu .1 nrjr transpMtrect?
feminine smugciing plat.'
They promptly made out a little bill at
fmWllN for duty, and $41,205 >l. a So
P**f riHif ad taiorew penalty for • ttenpt
•'• defraud tbs l«o>ciuuheat, luaittig
• tell* of ♦ .0,401*1 S
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Italian Urn in the Gardner Museum.
• bis Ml) was very promptly paid b|
Mi; ,*i r * Crane
H i the Cd !«uu llou«a offl fra Ist It t>*
ItvsQ that tins uitfbt eat red tUs mrltsr
by asy turana.
Fo.* Mitrtuptlng to defesul the Goss ra*
®e*»t «'f tint to* thors is i Ualdttry la l u
irtaonaaet f«»r • term of t«n ysai*.
Mtueorsr. ;ha officials claim that the Fed
era! oustoma lie* pjtllN lusat to solas
tUv artklfa sad sell 'h«*at at aacttna % is
addition to this enormous penalty already
rtauwi, un«e««i tie osuer ts silllag to
pay tbs appraised veiue, pesidos lbs duty
*nl penalty. Th!* would menu fon.Otwi
more, or a total of $152,820 is. Henry
U Swift, legal adviser to Mr*. Onrdjer,
*ald th# other day:
“Of course, Mr*. Chadhourne will not
h.* obliged to stand the »t|H*i;«e ( although
>; mu she who caused the trouble In the
Win place, it may be a question ‘.n
ethica, but Mra. Gardner will Insist on
»*M’. ng the affair up luairhil jr.
*’! am sure that nothing y«rIII result when
the IHutrlct Attornsy does renin that
will embarrass Mrs. Gardner or Mr*. Chad*
bourne. Both of th* ladica nre perfectly
l.ir.oceht of ijtentlontl wrongdoing and
Mrs. Gardner stan-’.s ready to meet the
consequences of her friend’s error flnan
elally."
Thu* It appears that Mrs Gardner
formal!# assumes responsibility for tbs
• hole affair, a.id pr»*posea to shield her
friend from all losa or harm.
It Is not believed that the Gorernment
hs« any Intention of pursuing the fair of
fenders any further than exacting a very
h.-aVe penalty.
They apparently want to do this to show
the ver y ebaruling and clever Mrs (i.nrdrr.'e
that ahe cannot fool her foxy Carle Haiti.
Cver since Mrs. Osrduer t-aibbliahed her
famous art palace in Boston about eight
years ago. the cist rata agents have taken
a deep and eoltcitous Interest In ber af
fairs.
Homet-hlng like a mHlkitt dollars' worth
of art works ser# tirought from abroad
and were admitted duty free, on the con
dition that they * rr\ to be installed in a
public museum.
Mr* Gardner at that time was hnlidtng
her Italian I'alare In the Poeton Fenway.
Hhe formal a corporation for a mustiem
and styled her bowse “Ths Isabella .stuar:
Garduer M is«am.“
la her new palace all the art treasures
were duly Installed, and she took up bar
residence there.
Wry patiently the customs oCcers
That Uncle&
.Was Had To
IDealWith ?
waited for a year or more to see the pain >e
thrown open to the public as a museum.
But only at very rare Intervals were any
but Mr*. Gardner's friends admitted, and
then only oue or two days a month for $1
it ticket.
Tim Treasury agents finally concluded
that Mrs. Gardner's palace was not a pub
lic museum In any proper sense, and sent
her a bill for duties of about $200,000.
This Mrs. Gardner paid promptly, out
wl?h a good deal of complaint, and forth
with refused to allow the public to ace
the Inside of her palace at any price.
Ever since then she has nursed her
grievance and bemoaned the fact that her
entire collection of the old masters can
not be brought to this country on ( ac
count of the almost prohibitory duties.
It was reported at one time that ahe
threatened to lenV« the I’nlted States
If her pictures were not allowed to enter
duty free. In language attributed to
her there was an air of haughtiness a
tons of disdain, but latterly, when ahe has
•pokea of the assertion attributed to her.
It was with a note of grief, a deep ex
pression of sympathy for the struggling
artist* and students who were denied
the privilege of feasting their £yss upon
the canvases of the old masters mw stored
in Parts and Venice.
**! do sometimes think of going to
Europe," the said, “and spending the latter
years of my life there when I think of ths
treatment that this government gives those
• bo are trying to bring to It the treagurmi
of the Old World.
‘I have a home in Venice and apend
much time there, but to afay away from
my country always la more than I can
do. My patriotism la too intense to per
mil me to rxpstrtate rnyaelf. I feel
discouraged when 1 fl ad my efforts
frustrated by thia preaeut tariff
bilk
“The works of art that I bring boms
are not the product of modern paintcra;
they are not In competition with
home products. They .ire dossed os
luxuries and for the sake of pander
ing to a low sentiment a prohibitory
tariff Is placed upon theiu on the
theory tliot the rich who want them
can afford to pay for ihe privilege.
I have not bought them for myself,
but for my countrymen and coun
trywomen. for those artists who are
too poor to go to Europe nnd whose
hunger and fhir*t for the In
spiration that they excite.
The ntrks of the old, masters
nre being eagerly sought in Eu
rope. Once they pass into the
museums of the capitals they will
never pass to the possession of Individuals.
American* who are willing to buy these
works and bring them here should he en
up all hope of bringing my last collection
home unless there Is a reaction In public
sentiment and a more liberal policy than
that of the present administration.”
Then came up the idea of the method
young Missionary Opens An
WHEN Ili-lan Gniili! rlnaod her rptrant
(or cbil !r«-n at Wnodjrcrest. near Ir
vlnfton-on the-Hndann. tht Tt-r.
Henry Maclllravy, the wealthy young mha
alonary. np,o«l lila Welcome llonac at lug
ham’. Mllla, N. Y.
Jlr M Gravy be the. John Stor-n of New
York In hia career there la aimeat a par
allel In real life of the hero of Hall cnlne'e
"The Chrletlao." Mr. Macllrary. »bo la
hot yet twenty-8v». left a life of wealth
and eaae to labor among the poor, aa John
■Storm did. He went to the almua of
Greeter New York and worked In the m:a
alone. At Uttle Kalla, S. V.. he. w;tb two
Other wealthy young men, built the Sou to
Side Church, where every Sunday ue
preache, twice to the people who dll th .
Uii-e church—ptvachca u the etratght-
Philip IV. by Velasque,
Owned by Mrs. Gardner.
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Madonna and Child, bysi-ippi, Among
the “Household Goods” Shipped
to Chicago.
f art 1 r, 'awj
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Will I cto-l
n,,| l i lo* ifi- cli.iriniog and is 1
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hnsfit auao.K her art treasures In sleepy.
And u'nt n'll the Government
.
icb trouble, nnd
" - ad: >:tn»-*s has so ofte i dumb-
Oat o!-Doors H'-me lor Boys.
for-., simple fnshlo \ 4n which
J". n Storm talked to his parishioners.
M' Mcllravy ha* *et energetically about
k •«' tin* evil < i**|p ip this couatry.
!j " •' ill.--lug ci '. g-i-dslp league* *bat
Wr.rk overtly or very quietly for the
Uiluatloo of th* erll of backbiting.
“!• «ct ji Christianity” Is the watchword
>f this latter day John Siorro. To msks
1 iirlst iii. y pr tl* a. estatdlsbed bis
Welcome House at Ingham’s rails, where
any 1 »y may go for two »c<*ks or moro
in th* c Hint it is asked of him is
i * f o'- ’ ••••■* *» •>• - »» leuiaa should at tht
• fuiilj praj 'Ts.
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