Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1921, Page 70

:8 e VS BURTAYL DA WABH T MINNIGERODE. * ART, FROM A PAIN €. POW _—mm Among the portraits that Philip A de Laszlo has painted since he came to Washington last month is one of €. Poywell Minnigerode. dircetor of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. It is an ex- cellent likenes: ted, vital, frank- 1y sincere, and is painted with the technical brilliancy which character- zes this artist's work. Mr. de Laszlo 4s a great artist as well as an ac- <complished painter. His portraits are 4nterpretations of character, search- 3ng and keen. He is as analytical as | Sargent, and more suave. He has painted Mr. Minnigerode as a seer of wisions, a man of ideals, broad sym- pathies, tremendous enthusiasm and Bt the same time possessing exccutive ability in large measure—alert, in- elligent, capable. He has portrayed| him as his friends know him to be, inj his capacity as director of the Corco- ran Gallery of Art. and as citizen anc eolleague, the friend of the artis art lover. The portrait is dedicated to Mrs.) Minnigerode and was painted not onj order. but at the artist's request. a compliment which Mr. Minnigerod friends greatly appreciate and which the painter in bestowing craved as an honor to himself. C. Powell Minnigerode is an Alex- andrian by birth and comes of an old Virginja family. He has been con- nected with the Corcoran Gallery since he was little more than a lad. being first a clerk in the office of Dr. Barbarin, then director. and later as- sistant to Mr. McGuire. whom he finally succeeded as secretary and director. He has thus literally grown wp with the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the present standing of the in- stitution is in no small measure due %o his interest and effort. He has, more than once been offered puluom! 4n other cities which might hav Joraed him larger scope for his tal- ents and certainly would have yielded Jarger financial reward, but he has chosen to remain here, and he has &iven himself without siint to the work of building up and maintaining | on & high level the Corcoran Gallery £ Art. In appreciation of this faithful and! efliclent service the board of trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art recent- b voted Mr. Minnegerode 2 th-l onth leave of absence that he JMght take an extended and semi-of- | ficlal trip abroad. He will sail on Jume 9 and will visit in his official xcapacity the leading art galleries and museums in England, France, Bel- rlm-. Italy and Spain before return- in the fall. R An exhibition of British arts and crafts of notable character is now to fe seen in the Corcoran Gallery of lArt. This exhibition comprises the sworks of the leading cotemporary British craftsmen, collected in Eng- 1and last season by representaives of ithe . Detroit Society of Arts and and since shown in not only Detroit, but Boston. Philadelphia. Buffalo and other large cities. It is ‘brought to Washimngton and is being shown. here by and under the auspices ©f the Washington Society of the Fine WArts, with the purpose of not only zom. ‘Washington on a footing ith the most progressive American :m-. but also stimulating the handi- " Fha collection, of which an excellent descriptive ¢ has been issued. ‘comprises exampies of Fjewelry, motal {and enamel work, tapestry weaving, fwood and ivory carving, ete. An in- iteresting feature is a series of fans DIRECTOR OF s| city |some young mother on her way in jwith her baby, Ipainted on silk by George Shering- 'ham of England. There are beautiful book_bindings and embroidery. Miss May Morris, daughter of William Mor- \ris, shows tapestries and embroider- jes. Morris and Company have lent the Arras tapestry, “King David In- structing Solomon Concerning _the Juilding of the Temple,” designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, as well as t1wo small tapestry paneis of pheas- mnts. There are 300 exhibits in all. * % * % Felicie Waldow Howell, a former .student of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. who now stands among the fore- most of our cotemporary American artists, is showing a collection of water colors of extraordinary interest and merit in the atrium of the Cor- coran Gallery of Art, where water colors by Perrie were recently on view. Miss Howell is not only greatly gift- ed, but extremely versatile, and the ~water colors which she now is exhibit- iing are both skillful and varied. In some the treatment is bold and broad, in others minute and exquisite, vet all are equally effective and individ- ual. She shows commonplace things touched by the magic of charm, that ‘nimost inexplicable clement of beauty which uplifts and glorifies everyday f1hings. One of her pictures in this \exhibstion is of a shop window, an- {other shows a curio shop with lovely id glass visible on the shelves. There are stfeet scenes, homely enough as imatter of fact, yet lovely because of ithe play of Light and shade and the «ombination of color. Several archi- nectural themes are presented, such for example as 5t.-John's Church. this «<ity; the public library, New York: {the doorway of an old house on Wash ington square, New York, admirably drawn, charmingly presented. Her technique is facinating, but never does she allow mere technique 10 dominate. She has learned well the Jesson of simplification, but many of her compositions are extremely com- Tox. » Some of her most !nk‘Klng themes have been found at old Glouce wmiong-the wharves, on the street in every instance these ure literally Portraits of place, accurate, recogniz- able But, what is more. in every case ehe has not mereiy et forth what the average person might see, the mere material facts. hut has mani- THE CORCORAN GALLERY BY PHILIP A. DE LASZLO. sincere and sound and at the same time amazingly clever. The Corcoran Gallery of Art pur- chased, some months ago. one of her paintings for its permanent collection. A number of the other leading muse- ums have likewise acquired examples | of her work. She as held “one-man™ exhibitions in several of the cities by special invitatio nd vet she is still under twenty-five f age! And. what is more. her phenomenal success has not caused her to relinquish ef- fort. but has rather stimulated her with excellent result Her winter residence and studio is Yor summer home, East Glouceste At the National Gallery of Art two special exhibitions are now to be seen, the “War Portraits,”” by eminent art- which opened Thursday of last THE SUNDAY Among the p: the organization purposes broadening its scope so as to include not merel *hoo! H. Kendall ents are_such men as Cass the decoration of the public but the advancement of the M |Bert, Irving R. Pond and the an Charles F. McKim. A The Ameri Tnstitute of tects has its headquarters in Was ngton. having Some VEArs ago purs ehased for this purpose the historical Octagon Ho corner of 18th street and New York avenue % kK The League for the Decoration of the Public Schools will hereafter be known as * School Art League of Wa 3 change W fnade mot only becaus old name was rather clumsy. but because | among the students. Fur-! tion of art thermore. kindred orzani New York and Raltimore ations similar Publie By titles, being known the School Art League of these cit the lo or- er touch. as or organizations the | al- | the change. therefore, ganization comes in ¢ it were, with the si with the purpose of splendid sarvices that ready rendered *# £ & H emulating they have In this connection it is interesting to know that during a for cently 60.000 school child ¥ Washington public schools visited the Corcoran_Gallery of Ari sion of this was an invitation through the superintendent of Dr. Ballou, drawings of children Milo Upjohn. to the children to in other lands | which were exhibition | the | American the | by Anna exhibited in the gallery under the r department of Cros! n special ausnices of the instances jun Red teachers so in advance of their pupils and thus were able to prepare the Young peo- ple for what they were io see. In some of the schools compositions hav since been written on what was s Tn any event the response to the vitation showed a hearty willingncss on the part of both school authorities and children to take advantage of such privileges when offered. * ok w ¥ some i v a day or ted the galle of illustrative work hes of the now on occupy- n the upper An exhibition done in the various bran government departments i view at the Public Library. ing not only the cases hall. but the entire auditorium. To those who are not informed this | will be found both an interesting i and suprising display. Interesting it cannot fail to be to all. for the work shown is of a type closely of all sorts of pest and diseases—that h: tional There illu: of many kinds of fruits painted that, like the grapes in the G might well be actual fruit. Th trations equally acc! artistio ations in color—water colors so accurate picture fable. th S for t there are illus- rate and faithf quality. houses. There are pictorial exam-: week nd will remain on view until d. and an exhibition of architec- al drawings. photographs and de- archite n Institute of Architects. Th ibition is milar to the nnc‘ held in the Corcoran ( ast sea- son, when the national rganization | was holding its convention in this The convention this year is to_be | held in the auditorium of the Na- tional Museum on Wednesday, Thurs- day and Friday of this week. Thiat will bring to Washington representa- | tives of the architectural profession from all parts of the United States. The president of the institute is| | There i by the fruit grower. Various kinds of { soils are illustrated. good roads and bad roads are pictured—there are drawings. photographs, colored and | uncolored, transparencies and models. | One of the most interesting sec- tions of this very engaging exhibi- tion that rnn(nbu'rd to the states clati ivision, which is actively endeavoring to impro the condi- tions on the farms and in the farm-; ples of good and bad planting—the farmhouse bare and the farmhouse with attractive landscape setting. are bedrooms inartistically and_ artistically refu visual lcssons in furnished, 3 impressive nished- good taste. 1y, the exhibition will only continue until May 14. LEILA MECHLIN. AROUND THE CITY | of the Dean estate you will see little children romping in its paths, on the porch of the old mansion and under its ancient trees. And if you are lucky enough to meet IF you glimpse through the gates she will tell you that the home is in charge of a caretaker who has instructions to let little chil- dren play in the grounds, provided the shrubbery is not defaced. So they are having happy times up in that green and beautiful place, and the other day, as a peeping passerby saw a dozen bits of girls and boys playing ring-around-a-rosy under the mighty oak that guards the house, it gave her dramatic reminder of the story the old tree could tell them of the first child that knew its primeval shade. That was such a long time ago that an Indian chief had his wigwam ncar the tree—on top of the hill where he could keep watch on his enemy tribe of Anacostia. One time he captured and killed a settler and his half-grown son, but the wife and baby were spared because of the ap- peal made by the chief's squaw, who had no child of her own. The tribe was willing she should keep the Ut- e one, but the wife was about to be tomahawked when the squaw remind- ed the chief that the mother must nurse the baby. So he relented 6o far as to make this law: as the white woman keeps under the shade of this tree, she shall It sl takes one step beyond it, she dies. So the mother remained a prizoner under the oak while the squaw kept the child in her wigwam, until it was old enough to run frce among the tribe. And the years passed, with the tree extending its shade line and the chief growing older and older until, when the day came for him to dle, he said to his people: “Tell the white woman she is free.” P. S—Maybe it isn't a truly story any more than the ‘Washington tree” in the Capitol grounds is not a living monument to a man who will never die—seeing it was planted by some one else. Still: The old oak has come down the century along with other tribal traditions of the now Dis- trict, and we have Fenimore Cooper's word for it that there’s never any telling what an Indian will do—and besides, a good story is better than a bad ome any day in the year! EE \\HEV Music, heavenly maid, was young, she probably never ex- pected her travels to include an offi- cial week-over in Washington, but, you know how it is: When Columbia calls, everybody comes a-running! Also it is doubtlessly just as sur- prising to the average citizen to learn that Euterpe has been invited to do Americanization work in behalf of our allens—to quote the statement of a ice-creaming in a cafe: “As I tell Tom, he and the chfldren have got to put up with what they can get their ownselves, because I won't have no time to bother over cookin' while music week is goin’ on. T'll be too busy teachin’ aliens how to sing."” This was obviously surprisin’ infor- mation to the other woman, for she wedged in an inquiry as to “how are You goin' 1o teach anybody else to sing when you don't know how to sing your own self.” The interruption as obviously carried a sting, but the lady made no sign other than the dash of vinegar with which she sea- soned her explanation: “If you was more patriotic instead of bindin' yourself down to your own folks you would know what Ameri- canization means. These foreigners have got to learn how to sing the pational anthem.” “I bet you a nickel you don’t know fested a latent beauty which many L Tight atherwise have passed unseen VT WaLs o MLwTiel e Fuliceni. it yourself. 1 know I don’t, except the first lin Vou dow's know wiat 1 kuow. As. The work of the illustrative di-| vision In landscape gardening and interior decoration shows improve- | | ment over that exhibited at the Cor- | coran Gallery last year. There is! still room for development alongl these and other lines, but it is amaz- | ing how wide a ficld of endeavor is | covered and how well. Unfortunate- | lady to a plain, everyday soul—both|Pare! T told Mrs. Blank when she asked us members to help her out with her Americanization work, ‘Mrs. Blank.’ I} said, ‘I'll do all that any woman can to make good citizens out of every foreign alien I have to deal with, and while I don’t sing myself, T can show 'em how to sing like good Americans oughter.” Which shows, in a tiny way, that every noble effort has its vaudeville show. * % % x ALKING of Euterpe. serves as re- minder that neighbors from out of the friendly unknown have sent in a pile of little letters, each singing its own memory song, and while it may be that an old folks concert, ask- ed for, may take up more than its{ lawful space, still. for once, here's where we are going to have a Jittle | music week of our own: “I have been interested in the ar- ticle in The Star on old songs, as many you mention are familiar, My father sang them to me when I was a child and they have remained inj my memory through the many vears | since, A °‘Constant Reader’ set me to | thinking I might be able to answer the writer’s inquiry about “My Mary Ann,” though all I can recall is this stanza: “Dus't you hear the turtle dove, = i | As T am mourning mine, Mary' Ann? . fare thee well, my ow: Fare thee well, for aw! The ahip is ready and the wind is fair, T am bound for the sea, Mary Ann. "My father used to sing: 1l around my hat I wears a weeping willow, All around my hat, for & twelvemonth and true love, a da; And if anybody wears it, I tells them' my own true love is far, ks me the reason that I far away. Al 'round’ the room 1 danced with Ellen Tay- oz, gone and left me, T cannot tell the reason, She's gone away to Auburn, the summer months to s “It certainly does have an English suggestion, but my father sang, ‘Weep- ing Willow," N and not ‘Veepin' Villow. The next number on the program will be another variation of the 's ‘all around me bat T wears a veepin' villow; It's all around me hat. And no one knows for why. | If_anybody ax me What's the cause 1 wears ft, I'll tell 'im 'tis cause old Alco's Goin® for to die, *“This was heard in a Pennsylvania village about the year 1550, and was supposed to be the lament of an old toper over the contemplated success of the temperance movement which would kill his friend alcohol (old alco.) It was probably brought for- ward from an earlier date, and there may have been as many versions as there were (:Oflfluu. “SEVENTY-SIX.” This_introduces a neighbor who ap- arentr- came into womanhood on the crest of the “Thompson wave,” since she that she belongs to the era when girls had their halr crimped three times a week and pretended it was nat- ural—only, ‘of course, nobody believed m. “When I was knee-high to the tradi- tional grasshopper my nurse used-to sing a thing that went like this: ““When good King Arthur reigned, n'“'v‘." s ‘«1 t of court sons turned out of Because ‘h!] could not sing. “Seems like there must have been other reasons. Can any of you help me out? And, dear Nannie Lancaster, if 50 be you know the words of ‘There's a Sigh in the Heart,’” will you pass them to me? My mother used to sing that song. 1 know it was a sad song be- cause I remember her cyes. 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