Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1921, Page 59

5 “Why Not Get a Laugh in the Inaugural Speech?” By Ring W. Lardner. R. W. G. HARDING, Dear sn—:l I wrote you a letter last wk. to apply for the position orl ufactured suits, it is hardly in dan- ger of losing prestige higher up. ' THE SUN]jAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FEBRUARY 20, 1921—PART 4. Flannels are less likely to acquire #AMERICAN WOMEN CLING TO COAT SUIT [ AS THE FIRST REAL SPRING FASHION i il S 1 wide variety of suits. Nothing is iFrance Is Busy Mak- smarter at the southern resorts than ] ing Suits for Ameri- , ! | [ the suit of gray-and-black striped | Longer?—The New flannel. You need hardly be told { Trimmings. that thi; as launched in France. Silver Hand Embroidery There probably has never been a time when handwork was more used on clothes than at present, including the popular embroidery in gold and silver, which is really very to do when once the nature of the ma- tood. The gold your private secy. and prom- ised that if I was give this position I would ‘write all your speeches end messages and etc. and also promised to write your inauguration address s0 as you can judge for yourself if 1 have got a gift along these lines and I s&id you was at liberty to use this address whether you give me the po- sition or no. Weil, W. G., here is the sample address Lk Goldyand NOT MANY GENERATIONS AGD-HERE AS WE MOW STAND SURROUNDED BY ALL THE ToyS THAT I.UIURYCIN PROVIOE = can Women—Con- cerning the Direc- | terials used is unde . . or silver cord, known as bullion, 1 ‘promised and t e — A SII( t i eSS UNeY 5 Lo doUb t THE NOBLE REDMAN OXE re 1rts | which forms the basis ot much of { LS WIS U1 Wibek thewm aead b WOO-ED HIS Ousky MAIDEN is the of uniform sed from them. cut into different leng plied to a d | the hollow p | beads. The p laid on a de that stitches of mate: used by wd can be Bullion can hs and ap- &n by sewing through rt, as you would string »s of the bullion are gn in the same way re laid in embroidery, the artistic eftect is but maybe 1 beccer exclunn why 1 have wrote this kind of au udai witch is 80 difterent than tie cut and addresses other Well, W. G., wnat ever people thinks about I're Wilson they caut nobody deny that he is the Duke when 1t comes Lo disgorgeing the mothes tongue und If you was to follow him in with a regular cut and dry speech, why Deople that had been use | and much 9 > 5 to hearing Pres. Wilson's speeches and { produced by the ing angles at | (pep heard yours would think they = which the stitches are laid. Another | had either elected a deef mute Presi- dent or an immigrunt that hadn't been over here long enough 10 pick up the language. So the main idear is to bulge out with a bran new style that Woodrow never monkeyed with and that is why I wrote this kind of a speech with a lot of gags in it and at the same time 1 have followed the rules layed down by all the Presidents since and touched on all the big questions of the day without saying about them, and most of the gags i have used I found in a book called “Toasts and After Dinner Stories™ and Above—Sult of hemespum embroidered I Sidzrow, the ‘coat wide ‘at hem, marrow at shoulder, reaching to the hips. . - ¥here s me fasteaing in front, and there is a wide waistcont of white ‘@uvetine: ‘There are lag bell-shaped sleeves. The edges are finished with At the right—Biack taffeta suit, with a full skirt gathered to a slightly Joke. There ix a deep crushed girdle and _shoulder yoke, mot meeting in fromt, with double ahirring for pockets and weufis. The plain shirtwaist is of white linen. It ends in a high directoire ‘eollar open in ‘front, Saring Backward with points. Next to this is a .mavy kashs.embroldered in beige. The imspiration is directly directoire. * Where is & tight, double-breasted bodice with wide revers, and a deep peplum Teginning at waist line, falling to knees. The sieeves are long ‘The turn-ever collar at the back falls downward into a scarflike cape in the disectoire manner. With this suit is worn a high-collared white muslin ehemisette, with a tiny biack bow in from BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE. HEN the men and women ‘whe furmish the brains and initiative in the great in- dustry that produces wom- en's clothes talk about.fashions they have a way of ing back to war “days. It i5 30 when they talk of suits. In France, as here, suits, whether sirictly tailored or otherwise, were wery latgely the product of man la- bor. Though them, it was the man tallor who made them. women might design the man ecutter and In Paris these men were usually French, Germas or Italian. In that never- to-be-forgotten summer of 1914 it was the Frenchmen in this army of workers who first laig down thelr ahéars and needles to take up arms. The Germans foMowed closely, to re- turn willy-nilly to the fatherland, and then the Italians, either to re- turn home or to join ranks with the Fren c] The woman workers who remained conld, of course, have made suits, though not so0 well as the men, at Jeast until they became expert. But this was not the simplest, most eco- nomical solution to the problem. was characteristic of the way the: Freach met many a war emergency | imply gave when they sil Separate frocl ‘when the ments ks, Weather both that could be made by women—became the universal street aitire of French women. * 1t suita. capes required—gar- up worn witn * * Of course, some of the tailors re- furned to _their benche: but the women of Paris have not returned to @ults. There were distinct advan- 1ages, as they see things, in the mode ®f wearing frocks and wraps. There are many American Women mho spparently have eliminated suits | the suit 1s sold or made with these ‘wool, the skirt short amd ornate coat with d tight. accessories incorporated in it, but ac- cessories they remain, being made separately from the suit end easily removable. x ¥ X ¥ The suit made without .revers is meeting with success. The revers come in in the gilet or collar that is worn with it—these sometimes made —y » broad-shouldered woman is miserable in a ready-made frock because she knows that the length with which nature has endowed her is making the line ride inches upward, where fashion meant the waist of the frock to lie. With a suit, especially the straight-line suit of the present sea- son, she need have no such uneasi The skirt may be placed as low as she wishes, while there is no very grave fault in style if a straight line jacket slides a little above the line where it was meant to terminate. Again the suits are made so as to and silver. A walstcoat that looks riety of things. It is a term that has bandied about in the mouths of those brilliant military carcer just before designers speak of as a modified di- tight-fitting sleeves, with a very | single-breasted, with ‘a long gored reveal well chosen blouses or sepa- very much like that worn with a been used glibly enough to apply Wwho wear and sell suits until we shall the empire. rectoire, using the term transition as| 135t SPring there were {wo types slight flare at the w straight, | body. th these suits are hopeless- of pique and again of bright-colored rate walstcoats. The coats are never double-breasted, in fact, many don't! ! fasten, sometimes being held together | ' man's evening coat is meeting with great favor at one of the best houses. The term directoire, as appiled to merely to a distinctive type of suit as well as merely to certain trimming accessories, and before the spring have to revive some other term to indicate that particular historic style of clothes worn during the period One well known American house, that creates clothes for the few and cares not a whit for the many, has It ey expected o launch something | °f 8uit of which women bought fréely. more purely directoire later on. The|One was the short Eton jacket over essentials of this suit are extremely |* Straight plaited skirt. The other scant skirt, with a jacket showing a |1y branded with the mark of 1920. Of slightly raised waist line, parting or | course, if you must, you will go on merely linked together at the front. | wearing this type of suit, for there silk fabric. only by means of link buttons of onyx I suits this spring, may mean a va-l waxes and wanes it will doubtless be when Napoleon was beginning his produced a type of suit that its straight, flat line: long, smooth, | Was the ripple-hipped jacket, usually Often these suits are made without |is no reason why a woman should if you appt. me your private seay, 1 will bring the book along to the White House and you can memorize a few of the gags S0 as You won't be at a loss if Co. ever comes wile I am not there to keep them in an uproar. Imauguration Address. \IY fellow men and ladies of the “'% opp. sex: And speaking of the ladies, I would be a fine bum if didn’t open this speech with a toast: Here's ' te our wives. They keep our hives In little bees and honey. Le money: (Laughter) But I suppose you men folks will be Jealous If I dof’'t toast you also, s Here’s to man. He is like a kero- sene lamp. “He is not very bright. He is often turned down. He generally smokes. And he frequently goes out at night. (L.anghter) Me being here today reminds me of the story of the old gentleman that seen a little newsboy carrying a big bundle of ‘papeérs under his arm. The old gentleman felt sorry for the boy and said, “Don’t all them papers make yoy tired, my boy?" ‘Naw,” replied the 1ad, “I don’t read them. (Laughter) Now ladies and gentlemen, I suppose you will want to know how I stand in regards to the situation in Europe. Well friends, that reminds me of a story I heard about an American mil- lionaire that was traveling in Europe in a hired automobile and the driver was a speed demon. Finely the scared millionaire got up courage to ask, ‘Where are we?” n Paris’ shouted -the man at the wheel as they tore along. “Never mind the detail: said the millionaire, “I mean what continent.” (Laughter.) ow my friends, a great many peo- ple has ast me when I tiNnk the war will be over between this country and Germany. I will answer them by tell- ing a story about a woman that went into a photograph gallery. “Do you take pictures of children " she asf i “Yes. the reply. “How much are they please?’ ast the woman. ; “Three dollars a dozen,” said the prop. - “Well,” said the woman with a sigh, “I only got eleven.” (Laughter.) * % ¥ % NOW my friends you will wish to know my stand in regards to England and Ireland. Well, friends, I maybe better tell you the story bout John Bull and Pat. The Englishm: T s, Aud how they spend t “S0 THE MAIN IDEA IS TO BUL THAT WOODROW N boasting about British po ns ‘The sun never sets on them, proudly. " replied the ~Irishman. afraid to trust England in the (Laughter.) You have probably read a lot in the papers lately about the R. R. problem and what would I do about it when I | get in office. I think I can best make my position clear by telling you a li{tle story. They was 2 women set- ting near the other ome in a parlor car, and one of them ast the porter to open the window and the other one protested and says: “If you open that window I will freeze to death. So the other one says, “If vyou don’t open that window I will suffo- cate.” So Geo. didn’t kow what to do so he ast a man what to do and the man i ilul night. Diex l DOR: 2/te/20 S OUT WITH A BRAND-NEW STYLE ER MONKEYED WITH.” “Take them in turn. Open the e&mmlow and freeze one lady and then ut it and suffocate the other.” (Laughter.) Well ladies and gentlemen, you ask me how about the league of nations? That brings to my mind a story about 2 guys that was traveling in the foot hills of Ky. and they had been drive- ing for 2 hrs without seeing nobody. but finely they come to a cabin in & clearing. They was a long, lean man leaning vs. a tree and one of the trav- elers says to the other, “Look at that funny looking man. I wonder if he can falk. “Try him,” says the other. “How do you do?” says the 1st trav- 1l right,” says the man in a drawl. H Nice country you got here says Ithe traveler. “Have you lived here all ur life " | “Not yet” says the man. (Laugh- ter. | Now my friends they has been a lot |o! talk about the morey France and England owes us and_how are we go- ing to get it? I can best exclaim our chances with a little story about a home talent performance of “Ham- let. * % ¥ & JEVERYBODY in town. went to the show and they all liked it except the editor of the weekly paper who was a wise cracker. Here is what he put in the paper about the show: “They was & home talent perform- |ance of ‘Hamlet' in the,town hall For a lomg wile people has been wondering if Shakespeare ‘Well you can find |or Bacon wrote it. out easy now. Just open up the graves of the 2 writers and the one |m turned over last might s the au- (Laphter.) Well Triends ¥ got to make this joke book last 8 yrs. | so I will clése for this Ilime and I suppose D eople will think that because my inauguration address has got so many gags that my whole admlnl-lrhl‘!lol lrk“ :f a ’ol'((e' But friends things e this works oppo- site. For inst. you take rPes. Wilson's last inauguration speech and they . 'G W. LARDNER. Great Neck, Feb. 18. | N:WS and Notes of Art and Artists | wasn't & funny line in it. RIN ‘What'promises to be one of the most interesting exhibitions of the sea- son—paintings by Philip Lasslo—will open in the Corcoran Gallery of Art next Saturday, February 26. Philip Laszio is one of the most dis- tinguished living portrait painters. He was born in Budapest. Hungary, but has for many years lived in Eng- land and is a naturalized British citi- sen. Some years ago, perhaps as many as fifteen, Mr. Laszlo visited this coun- try and spent a short time in Wash- ington, painting a number of portraits here of distinguished persons. He is at present in southern France, pre- sumably resting and finding recrea- tion, but he plans to revisit the United States, and, among other cities, Washington, later in the season. The exhibition will comprise forty- four paintings, the majority of which are of motable persons, such as Col. Roosevelt, the late Robert Bacon and Ambassador Willard. The Roosevelt portrait was painted in Paris at the time of Col. Roosevelt's brief sojourn there on his way home from Africa. Most of the portraits have come di- rectly from KEurope and are being shown here for the first time in this country. : skirt lengths never remain station- ary and they could hardly change by becoming shorter—that is, no possi- ble gain in smartness couid be made thereby. The curtailed’ skirt has ceased to arouse interest. * kK ok On the other hand, there is no very great eagerness on the part of women to lengthen their skirts. At some of the winter resorts you see certain women, well known matron who are wearing longer skirts, but they are those women who personally held out against the much-shortened skirt. If you have held out because you thought them either ugly or in- decent you doubtless feel a certain satisfaction in thinking that you are in the vanguard of fashion when necessary article which can be ob- tained from the same dealer is gold or silver thread. It comes in a num- ber of sizes and is used like sewing silk. To ornament a garment velvet or cloth, or ‘dress or epar & other material, first transfer your design to a piece of thin paper, which should be sewed to the material which is to be embroidered; then outline the design through the paper with a thread of contrasting color. When the design is all outlined tear the paper away, and when the em- broidery is complete remove the astings. Measure a few of the stitches to get the length required, nd cut pleces of the bullion to cor~ respond; a little experimenting will prevent’ a waste of material. Stars and other emblems used to orn: ment children’s coats and caps may be embroidered in this way much more easily than they could be em- * ok ok ok A collection of forty etchings by Donald Shaw MacLaughlin ~ was placed on exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery of Art vesterday. Mr. Mec- Laughlin is a Boston man and by many is considered one of the fore- most of our American etchers. His work is uniformly good. He is an excellent draftsman and fully master of his crat. There is a sin- cerity and gravity about his work which gives it permanent value. Pos- sibly Mr. MacLaughlin's etchings lack the brilliancy and spontaneity which is_associated with the best work in this medium, but this to a great ex- is a matter of temperament, of form and motion; at other times she leaves unsatisfying passages, and Zives an impression of carelessness or haste. In all of her works, however, she is invariably herself, and all her pictures are undeniably the produc- tions of a painter whose methods, purposes, ideals and thoughts are those of a painter, whose Sole m dium -of expression is color, light, form and design as painters feel them. She might, therefore, be assigned a place among those who are called painters’ painters. Painting is her vo- cation.” Miss Fiske's paintings have found thelr way into the leading exhibi- tions in this country. Many Will re- member with pleasure contributions she has made from time to time to the Corcoran Gallery’s great biennial "exhibitions, especially her portrait of Charles H. Woodbury, which was an excellent characterization. Miss Roberts comes from Concord, Mass., and has done much to estab- lish a wide-awake and successful art association in that well known New England town. She has held so-called “one man” exhibitions in Philadel- phia, Boston and New York, and is considered one of the leading mem- bers of the present day Boston group. The pictures that she has exhibited in the last few years have been chiefly painted at Annisquam, on the Massachusetts coast. and at Ponta Delgada, Azores. She is apt in her compositions to use a high horizon line, handling successfully broad stretches of flat color and securing in her paintings an interesting deco- rative effect. | “Exnibitions of this sort, of the work of out-of-town painters. should be very welcome and helpful, as well as interesting. This exhibition at the Arts Club which opened February 16 will continue to March 9. ¥ k k¥ An excellent, and for that reason all even greater maturity of talent than the paintings. An etched self-portrait also deserves special commendation. In fa all of the examples of thi artis work gave evidence of ex- treme sensitiveness to beauty. * * X ¥ An exhibition of works by Swiss artists opens in the Brooklyn, N. T. Museum tomorrow rnoon, with private view and reception. This e hibition was organ! d has be sent to this country by the Swiss go’ ernment, and is the first compr hensive exhibition of Swiss paintings seen in the United States. T minister and Mme. Peter rivate view. be formally n will be present &t the when the exhibition will opened by the ministe One hundred _and seventy exhibits are included. These are divided into three sections, retroapective, of the works of deceased Swiss artists of the nineteenth century, the works of co- temporary living painters, and, third the work of Swiss eculptors. TI retrospective section Includes a group of paintings by Boecklin, who is, it will be rem red, also claimed by Germany and whose work was in- cluded .in thé German exhibition brought to this country some years ago through the instrumentality of a thy American of German birth. This exhibition, after being seen in Brooklyn, will make a tour of the American museums, going first to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, and then here to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. * & % % The National Academy of Design will hold its minety-sixth annual ex- hibition in the galleries of the Amer- ican Fine Arts Society, 215 West 57th street, New York, frem March 5 to April 3. As the winter exhibition was omit- ted this year because the galleries were not in a condition for use, owing to a disastrous fire, this exhibition will prove of more th; usual portance. Prizes which should have been given at the winter exhibition from their wardrobes—many of these |revers, the collar finish being supplied | not wear last spring’ yo! icts e atx Rlnchies Broile dmisty 2 an i emperament o : ¥ h l:,nfl wa : c:o a‘l:' & ".- at the nnnual exhibition, and 1 ; g's suit if she|You wear your skirts six Inches|broidered in silk. The old emblems|ana %ot "this sort |the more path will be awarded as the regular prizes women who have spent much time |by waistcoat or gilet with high collar, | has to. your meighbors. Just at|Cut from garments can be used as 5 n e of a New |ings, etchings aiee cofers R feiere ‘v' . g 5 longer than you ghbors. Just at is rarely the herita, New | Ings, etc also- a very considerable amount during and since the war days in Paris. The dressmakers here who flaring up around the throat like a Sometimes the Jacket ex- | tnae® wa¥e cana Yy lost our curious feeling present we are wondering how long models. Englander. Therefore, it Is rea- the late Henry Martyn Hoyt was made in the Hisada Gallery during which has accrued from the Ranges ® X X that we used to have—that th ’ For the more lacelike ornamenta- | sonable that the distinguishing char- most closely follow French dress |tends only to the hips. In one or two i y, ére | pefore the army of well dressed |q;, IBE e s e B! ; fund will be expended by the trust - < = as alnmost something indece: < tions that are used on evening gow: a . cLaughlin’s work | the past week. There were twenty- : rustees ya deyenciediznd ghaisupply e Redds Mokt distinetive modelal ) the Scoat ing 3 1ast years garment with. | Women will cateh up with this van- | dance frocks, afternoon N N N auriity ang no- | Slghe exhibits in a1, Each betokenlus [OF (his Tandiix pulntings) by Ameey of women who look most narrowly 1 Paris as the source of all dress Inspiration speak of suits as hardly ©f consequence at all any more. To be sure, some of the French dressmaking houses are designing a4 turning out suits — largely for the American or Engl h demand. SThe only suit that scems to be of much ‘woman is importance for P ohe sport suit, which, by the French the way, is looked upon, even in its Gallio_rendering, as being of «American origi: Someti: mes you hear well dressed @women boast that they do not pos. ®ess & suit, that they do not intend to.possess a suit. But this boast is more an indication of personal preju- dice than a reflection of the taste or |th Mlemands of most American women. So. while from one quarter you see raised eyebrows of doubt when you Jaunch the belief that this is to be a Eood season for suits, from resorts in the south, prognostic always of fash- jons and taste to prevail later, yYou hear that suits are in demand. and that the suits worm are espec attractive. It 11 is frequently the ac- cessories of the suit that particularly yecommend it. and seemingiy the type of suit that ~enthusiastic that Re: as met with the most pport so far is the tself best tothe a. hanging perfectly smooth and plain | gt from a slightly raised waist line, ex- tends quite to the bottom of the rath- | new things, even if our efforts were er short skirt. For the skirts In|redolent of the atmosphere of the these suits are not perceptibly longer | home sewing room. It, at least than those we have been wearing. | Jooked as if we had made an effort. making some show of hayin tried to bring it into line with\l): Perhaps a longer skirt is to be part|The wi o of the more definitely directoire mode. ::pe:r:m::l&'rli'xl{ e Ry But for the transition directoire the | geases 00d line, the line ihe ~dec fairly short skirt seems to prevail. | gigner Intended it to have, evan it Eminently a mode for the youthful | jt" is last year's line, than ‘if she and the siender, you may say. Per-|wears the same suit disfigured by her aps. and yet a certain singer who|own efforts to bring it into circle weighs more than 1wo hundred | with the newer thinga. pounds has recently ordered this|' To go back to these two types of long-coated directoire model made up | suit—the ripple coat and the short in beige and so far from accentuating” Eton with the plaited skirt. They . it gives her almost slender are hopelessl 2 7 proportions. Vet it is usually onlyr‘who Tas & {‘fl;m.‘{,‘;‘":},"‘;:{"';; 2 T an and the woman of | the sport coat sort, preferabl: routhful figure who refoice when the | 5 tuxedo closl is”Simont. xaetly Eigh-waisted straizht lines of the di- | the same ning that’ .1.‘5“?:7.?.’;‘%‘.3 rectoire are suggested this year. Quite like the same thing * ok * * will ‘be sold next spring with. very little modification. If the directoire persists with its higher waist line Whether or not one selects a sui in place of a frock for the mainstay | these straight-line sport suits. may for sp & street wear sometimes ' be cut with a higher waist line, The wisely depends on whether or not one [belt is tacked some two or..three can afford to have this made by a|inches higher in some of them. mow £00d dressmaker or must be conient|instead of allowed to rest.down with getting something ready-made. | toward the hips. 1 Of the two types of garment the suit| You cannot answer the question 12 the more wdlustable, for the ad-|whether or mot Sult skirts are longer justment may come in the aslin a monosyllable. That they will be wolpathasldrt, « F 3 ffeta and the new millinery, gauze and net can be used in much the same way that net is used to insert patterns in_ linen embroldery. Baste the net under the part of the goods to be ornamented and work over the tern in the usual manner, and when all is finished cfit away the goods from the embroidery, leav. ing the gold-net insert. The em- broidery used with net can be of bullion, in long and short stitches, or simply of gold thread used the same as embroidery silks are used, It is possible to obtain soutache braid in gold and silver and many attractive designs can be made by using some old Battenberg lace for a foundation and following the same method employed in making that lace. If you do nmot care to put in a filling of lace stitches, a small plece of gauze or net may be substituted. The butterfly and the bowknot are both popular designs, and when the edges are wired they form an at- tractive hat trimming or hair orna- ment. Buttons covered with the material from which a garment is made can be decorated with a few threads of the bullion, or netted with the gold or silver thread. There are many uses for the thread alonme, either in h eabrol\'lery over color or in _outs R o o 3 CHa R R straint. By connoisseurs, his etch- ings are highly prized. Quite a num- ber are owned by the Library of Con- gress and he is represented in, almos! all of the principal print collections, both private and public in this country. guard. From Paris you may have heard that Carlos is making her skirts six inches longer than she did last fall. And you hear there, as you do here, that longer skirt: are coming. Yet i you went about Wwith a tape measure you would have little data on which to base your proof that they already are shorter. ihve s an absence of contrasting embrojderies in the spring suits. Often there is wool embroidery to match the material of the suit or in a tone only a very little lighter or darker. Braid is used sparingly. Beads are no more. In the better suits there is an absence of dan- gling bits of hardware in the way of sash ends and buckle: Many suits are If-trimmed, to use a dressmaker's short cut in speech, This means that the material of the suit has been used to make braids or loops with which to provide trim- ming. There is not the tendency toward figured and brightly con- trasting linings that we have had for several seasons past. Homespun {s usually listed first ‘when s 'fi fabrics are mentioned, and though it has been looked upon * kX X An exhibition of paintings by two Boston artists, Gertrude Fiske and Elizabeth Wentworth Roberts, is now in progress at the Washington Arts Club, 2017 I street. Miss Fiske has made a specialty of Miss Roberts wing an exhibition of Miss Fiske's paintings held recently in the gallery of the Guild of Boston Ar- tists, Willlam Howe Downes, art critic of the Boston Transcript, said: “Her pictures are essantially of the sug- gestive rather than the descriptive order, Her method, varying widely in successive essays, ere fluid, not fixed, To each motive she brings the kind of treatment that the pecullarities of the subjept demand. Her color is often of a singular beauty, and then again, it llng'hlt lacking in distinction. ln her \wing. Jostinctive sease e too, she manifests at|Cy distinotly unusual ability and compre- hension. i Most interesting among the paint- ings, perhaps, was one entitled “Door- Wiy in Tours,” palnted undoubtedly While Mr. Hoyt was with the A. E. F. In France. This picture showed a sun- flooded court seen through the dark tunnel-like passageway leading from the street therein. A woman stands to o! side, lending human interest, ug, €he charm of the painting lay relation of light and shadow, the with the cool shadow of the p: way. With remarkable skill painter separated the planes of vision. the foreground, middle distance and distance, concentrating the interest in the last and yet holding it sufficiently remote. “Loading the Lighter,” a picture of one of the great ships in harbor, had also interesting qualities of light and air. And a portrait of the artist. as en in a mirror, recalled interesting: Jy a painting by Willlam Orpen, in somewhat the same vein, to which the first award was made some years ago, in the Carnegie Institute’s inter. national exhibition. Among the etchings most skillful and impressive was & re of a man entitled “Spanish rable piece of work. * 3 e Kk The National Association of Womasn Painters and Iptors will hold ite thirtieth annual exhibition in the An- derson Galleries, New York, from February 23 to March 5, inclusive. LEILA MECHLIN. Delivering the Goods. EDOVJARD BELIN, the inventor ef photography by wire, said at & dinner in New York: “Of course, the transmission of photographs by wire was thought out before my time. But my prede- cessors, though their theory was all right, could not put it into practice. So nothing much came of their werk, for an inventor's backers insist on the prompt delivery of the “An inventor cam't treat his back- as Whistle; te: 1t you know, was in a hurry her_portrait. Finally she said “Now, Mr. Whistler, you've beem at wérk on ml-firlrflt of mine & i3 A el bed never,