Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1921, Page 78

i_ljbtes of Art and Artists The art interests of the entire country will be represented in Wash- ington this week. when the American Federation of Arts holds its annual convention May 1S, 19 and 20 at the v of Art. Practically all of the art museums of the coun- nding representatives to this convention: in fact, the Associ: tion of Art Museum Directors will meet here on the two previous days. try are But, besides the art museums, the art associations of the country will tkewise be represented—such, for exampie, as the leading professional Acad- ional men's Public organizations like the Natio Design and the ociety—and the organizations, such as the School Art League of New York and the art associationa of Omaha, Neb.. and Portland, Ore. The delegates will come from all parts of the country and the represcntation prom- ises this year to be larger than ever before. s the auditorium of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. in which the sessions | will be held, has a limited seating capacity, admission will be_onl card, but those 1 may obtain at the f ation’s office, 1741 York avenue. The morning session on Wednes- day, May 18, will be devoted to the federation. Col. C. O. Sherrill, secre- ary of the National Commission of will make a brief addres: me, which will be followed by an address by the president, the reports of the secretary » revort of th nd treas- | .y | Memorial Amphitheater, and Mount Vernon. The president of the American Fed- eration of Arts is Robert W. de For- est. president of the Metropolitan Mu- seum, New York, and first vice presi- dent of the National American Red Cross. Among the directors are Elthu Root, Charles L. Hutchinson of Chi- cago, Miss Helen Frick, Otto FL Kahn, Herbert Adams and Charles Moore. * X X X The British exhibition of arts and crafts, which opened in the Corcoran Gallery of Art on Wednesday of last under the auspices of the hington Society of the Fine Arts, i engaging little show. Occupying the place of honor on the long north wall is an Arras tapestry designed by Sir Edwin Burne-Jones and woven at Merton Abbey, where Weilliam Morris originally established his tamous tapestry looms. This tap- estry represents King David instruct- ing Solomon concerning the building of the temple, and is splendid in color, composition and technique. There are other notable examples of tapestry weaving and needlework, embroiderfes and the like. Some by May Morris, daughter of William Mor- ris. otbers by Mrs. Newall's embroid- Arlington, erly class, composed of disabled workers. There is a remarkable display of Jewelry, exquisitely wrought, besuti— ful in design. some of which is by Henry Wilson, president of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society of Lon- don, well known architect and sculp- tor, and the director of the great ex- hibition held in the Louvre in 1914. And there is much interesting metal work, especially that in silver, some ew York. | by Kedward Sheldon of Birmingham, v, whose office i of church and a report from the western office, | who makes a specialty Lincoln, . of which Paul H. Grum- | work. mann is ze. | Thera are beautiful bookbindings At the afternoon session the gen-|and exquisite illuminations. There is eral topic will be “Art and the Peo-|a silver and enamel casket, “The Ral- BURNE-JONES-MORRIS TAPESTRY, “THE BUILDING OF THE TEMPLE,” ON EXHIBITION AT CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART. ple” Rose Crane of the Better Homes | eigh Ship,” wrought decoration with Institute, the art institute of Chica-|eight blue moonstones by Omar g0, will give a demonstration of “Arti Ramsden, goldsmith and silversmith in the Home. L. M. Churbuck, di-|of London, who has been interested in rector of art of the Brocton, Mass., | the revival of the art of the English fair, will speak on “Art in State|ceremonial goldsmith, and has made a Fairs” Miss Mary Powell, art de- | special study of historical design™and partment of the St. Louis Public Li- | execution in England, and also in THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Iof three distinguished American woman painters. x x % % Miss Grace McKinstry of New York and Southern California has been in Washington recently painting a num- ber of portraits, one of which is of former Secretary Lansing. Miss Mc- Kinstry spent the winter in_Southern California and Mexico and had with her several sketches she made there |of little oriental citizens and the de- .scendants of the first Americans. LEILA MECHLIN. Trackless Trolleys. I view of the general interest in trackless trolleys, principally be- cause of the present high cost of rafl- way construction ahd competition from the motor bus, a practical dem- onstration of this new type trolley bus will be made at the Schenectady works of the General Electric Com- pany the latter part of May. Repre- sentatives of a large number of lead- ing street railway companies of the country will be present. In European countries the trackless trolleys have been successfully oper- ated for several years. In England there are more than 100 miies in use, and in Italy eight companies are now using forty-three and one-half miles with satisfactory results. Trackless trolleys are not exactly new to America, but at the present time there are none in operation. so far as ean be learned. Installations were made in California and in Wis- consin_Some years ago, but after short trials the trackless cars were replaced with the regular trolley cars. Richmond, Va., and Greenville, Tex.] are both considering the installation of the trackless trolleys. In Rich- mond they will be used to supplement the present railway system, while in Greenville, where rebuilding the rail- way system will require large ex- penditures, the trackless trolley is being considered to replace the pres- ent rail routes. It is also expected that an installation of trackless trol- leys will shortly be made on Bailey avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. A thirty-passenger type car, simi- lar in external appearance to the front entrance pay-as-you-enter trol- ley car, except that it has rubber- tired wheels, has arrived at the Schenectady works, where it ig being equipped with trolley pole, conbroller, ‘motors and other necessary apparatus for the public demonstration. Suit- able trolley wires have been strung. forming a loop route for the demon- stration runs. The chief advantage of the track- loss over the regular trolley system is the low initial capital investment. From the standpoint of the rider, it is claimed, it provides a service of equal reliability and comfort, and in many cases the operation is faster and smoother, especially where the streets are well paved and maintained. To install a single track trolley line, the cost is about $35,000 per mile on an unpaved street. On a paved street, where the trolley company is forced to pay for the paving between its tracks and_two feet outside, the cost jumps to $75,000 per mile. The over- head for a single trackless trolley costs from $5.000 to $7,000 per mile, and where a double set of wires is strung the cost will average from $7.000 to $9,000. With the trackless trolley the cost of electricity is but 2 cents a mile. The maintenance of equipment, in- cluding tires averages 4 cents per mile for the trackless trolley. For depreciation, figuring the life of the motor bus at five years, as computed from statistics supplied by nine of the leading auto bus manufac- turers of the country, the cost per mile is 3.4 cents as compared with 1.9 cents for the trackless trolley, based on a life of ten years. Totaling the above figures, the sav- ing in favor of the trackless trolley is 10 cents per mile. Figuring that the average bus runs 35,000 miles per vear, this means a saving of $3.500. From this amount there should be a slight deduction because of the low- or initial cost of the motor bus, in-i terest on money Invested, etc., which according to railway _engineers, brings the saving in favor of the trary. will speak on “Art in the Pub- lic Library.” John F. well known baritone of Philadelphia, now president of the Philadelphia Art Alliance, will speakson “The Alliance of the Arts. Thursday will be devoted to the dis- cussion of art from the artists' point of view. At the morning session Her- bert Adams, sculptor of the MacMil- lan fountain in this city and other distinguished _work, will speak on “Sculpture.” J. Monroe Hewlett, well known both as an architect and mu- ral .painter, will speak on Painting.” George Harding, and illustrator, will speak on “Illus- trations.” John Taylor Arms, for- merly of this city and now of Con- necticut. who has made a phenomenal ccess of etching, will speak on “Etching and the Graphic Arts,” and Albert Kelsey, architect of the Pan- American building, will give a bri illustrated address on “Architecture.” The afternoon session will be devot- ed to a discussion of ican Artists,” “The Copyright Law as Related to Art.” “Art Writing—How Can it Be Improved” and “The Handicrafts—How Can They Be En- couraged.” Friday morning the general topic will be *“Educational Work" Leon Loyal Winslow of the University of the State of New York, will tell of “The Art Education We Need™ W. A. Rogers, director of the School of Tllustration and Commercial Art for | Disabled Soldiers, will tell how this #chool has been established under the patronage of the federal board for | cational training, and what it is accomplishing; Charles D. Nortol one-time assistant secretary of the Treasury and secretary to President Taft, will give an illustrated talk o “The American Academ: of which he is a truste Lothrop will give an illustrated ad dress on the “Tiffany Foundation of which he is director, and Edward MacDowell, widow of the will show rboroug be conclu Braun, the| ¢ an in- | Spain, France, Italy and Germany. | There are some remarkable ivory ! carvings by Richard Garbe of Essex, one | of the very few modern artists to | employ ivory as a medium in serious work. There are over 300 exhibits in all of many sorts, but each individual, artistic and by master craftsmen. It is_a_unique exhibit, and has been beautifully installed under the direc- tion of Miss Grace Lincoln Temple, representing the Washington Soclety of the Fine Arts, with the co-operation “Mural | of Mr. Minnigerode, director of the ll’lllll Corcoran Gallery of Arts. This ex- hibition will continue until the end | of the month. { * x x % { On Thursday evening the collection of Whistleriana presented to the United States by Mr. Joseph Penmell | will be formally placed on exhibition i in the first division of the Library of Congress. This collection was com- menced over. thirty years ago, and { will be continued as long as the do- nors live. It is Mr. and Mrs. Pen- nell's hope that it may be added to by others from time to time as oppor- tunity affords. The Freer collection is_rich in paintings and drawings by Whistler. Therofore, with the Pennell collection | of Whistleriana in the National Li- brary, this great master's art can hereafter be studied in this city as nowhere_else. The Pennell collection comprises not only etchings, but literagire— catalogues of the Whistler exhibi- tions, all save two. Much of the ma- terial was gathered by Mr. and Mrs. | Pennell their “Life of Whistler,” which was | | written at the artist's own request. | But some of it was gotten together even before they intimately knew th great master. The French set and the Thames series of etchings were given them by | nearly forty years ago. knowing of | their admiration of Whistler's work. Other later works were presented to them by Whistler and bear the magic “Butterf for the purpose of writing | Frederick Keppel | - i Rossiter Howard on| The collection, which will be shown | 1 i A Work of an Artlin cases in the southwest pavilion Museurn.” Mr. Howard has many | and adjoining halls, has been installed friends in this city, having spent | under the personal direction of Mr. or more here in 181%-15. He{and Mrs. Pennell, who have given to ce been educational director | jts installation unstinted effort for holds a similar position at the| An official catalogue has been and Art Mu! printed with an introduction by the afternoon s Pennells and illustrations. A fuller Minneapolis Art Institute, and [ xome weeks past. | | day will open with & demonstration | review of the collection will be given | of “Mcthods of the Appreciation of | later, o:given Music in its Reiation to the Mu- T seum.” by Thom s Whitney Surette. . illustrated musically by Mrs. Walter | The National Gallery of Art has re- Bruce How i by three mem- [ ceived as a gift from B. G. Poucher al String Quartet. ¢ a general Art Museum Problems™ in memory of his wife. a painting | by Harriet Blackstone of Chicago en- from the several com- | titled “Soldat de Cremae” a plcture -tion : b, o painted In Paris some years ago and tures on the Program | ghown at the Paris Salon in 1906. It | fon of Britaish arts resents an old man, a veteran of | th first exhibitio on the Corcoran | war, mending his old | ;o suspended from the | st ‘of which are his war medals. | on the | 'FO0 ; g . am. on the | It is strongly modeled and good in Gal- | poo g from 9, 19, I 0.6 olor, an extre reditable work. attraction being | _Miss Blackstone i a native of New ortralis by eminentfyor In her girlhood her par- | which are now on | ents moyed to the west. She studied | Ifirst in New York, later in Paris, and y afternoon Mrs. | has made her home in Chicago in re- | 1l receiv the dele ¢S |cent yi 's. At Glencoe, a suburb of House at 4:30 o'clock. the great western city, she has built tor herself a bungalow studio, and there much of her best work has teen done. She is an exceedingly from S to 10 n delegates pening of the F at the Libral strong and gifted painter, a member y afternoon at of the International Society of Arts will visit the Phil and Letters, Paris; American Wom- Gallery, and in the ‘s Art Association of Paris, Chicago the conventio will coneclude Society of Artists, Municipal Art League r at Rauscher's, at of Chicago and other organizations. principal speakers will be Phillip A * % % % de Laszlo. the oistinguished British @ ting A portrait by Mrs. Bush-Brown of portrait painter, Cass bert, past| president of the American Institute of en Day Hale, daughter of tha late B Ins iy iverett Edward Hale, and herself an of the Treas-|accomplished artist, has been loaned nd the Wool- |15 the National Gallery of Art by the artist. It shows Miss Hale in street dress wearing a hat which partly shadows her face, but fs an excellent | likeness and extremely fine inter- pretation of personality. and architec artist anels in the Penn- capitol at Harrisburg; d Mannes, violinist and orchestral | san Salvador, Porto Rico and Brazil ! came to dominate the coffee market trackless trolley over its gasdriven competitor to $2,700 per car per year. With a sliding trolley pole, the trackless trolley has a leeway of eighteen feet, nine feet on either side of the trolley wires. This gives it ample facilities to pass other vehi- cles on the street. The operation of the car is similar to the automobile. The steering is done by a large cir- cular wheel, as used by the auto, and power is applied by a foot pedal, which operates the electric controller much the same as the accelerator supplies gas to the engine. Directly overhead of the driver is a lever by which the trolley pole can be pulled from the wires In passing. where cars are operated on a single line in both directions. Blue Points and Mocha. THERE is one point of simflarity between Blue Point oysters and Mocha coffee. It may seem strange to you that there could be any point of similarity between things so dis- similar, but the fact stands. Blue Points and Mocha coffee are alike in that more of each is sold than is raised. And it might be added that each is_believed to be very much { better than it Is. Figures have often been produced to show that for every twenty pounds of Mocha coffee drunk only one pound is grown in that part of Arabia which s the home of | Mocha coffee, and that only a fraction jof that pound is exported from Arabia. _Another fact is that Amer- {icans and Europeans who have drunk Arabian coffee in Arabla have writ- ten that it was very bad coffee. | Whether it was bad because it was ot brewed according to American and European formulas or whether | the badness was due to the berry or | the bean itself is left without settle- ment. It is possibly accepted as a trade fact that Mocha need not come from { Mocha and is more of a trade name than a geographic definttion of a par- | ticular species or variety of coffee. Mocha gained its great renown when the coffec-drinking habit was new in Europe and _before the coffees of Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica, of the world. It is quite a difficult matter to determine what is “best” in coffee, for “best” is a matter of taste and taste is different in different in- dividuals and often undergoes a change in the same individual. “Good- ness” in coffee is not alone in the berry, but also in the roasting, the freshness of the ground berry, in the making and in the serving. It has been computed that six bar- rels of Blue Point oysters are ordered and eaten for every barrel taken from the Great South bay, in Suffolk coun- ty, N. Y. About ten thousand acres in the bottom of Great South bay are under oyster cultivation and Blue Points now come from many other places along the Atlantic coast. Even those that are taken from the waters of Great South bay are not the Blue Points which made that name famous considerably more than a century ago, but are descendants of Virginia oysters, which were planted in Great South bay many years ago and which probably came from Chesapeake bay. Nearly a century ago—that is, about 1825—oysters in the waters which were the home of Blue Points be- came 8o scarce and costly that they were worth 5 cents aplece, which was a scandalous price for oysters at that time. Those old-fashion Elue Points were not small oysters with compara- tively smooth shells, but were of glant size, more like those we call Saddle Rocks or Tangier “selects.” Finally the Blue Point oyster bottom: became barren. After this condition had prevailed for a number of years it was determined to restore the Great South bay oyster industry, and boatloads of seed oysters were taken from old Virginia and put overboard. Their descendants are there today, yet even they are able to turnish only a small proportion of the Blue organizer and director of | The director of the N:llonn] Gallery 0ol settlement in New |of Art has hung the painting by Miss Rowe, director general | Blackstone of the Crimean _soldier merican Union. and this portrait of Miss Hale by Mrs. by special arrange- | Bush-Brown to the right and left of a delegates will visit the Na- |painting by Elizabeth Nourse, thus athedral, Mount Si. Albaan; the lmaking & nolable group of the works ‘ 3 F Peints that are ordered. Tell & womaft she looks young and her appreciation of your compliment almost makos it truthful.—Greenville (€] . This $559 bedroom suite, $397 \ American walnut In Queen Anne style with full-size vanity dresser, larger dresser, chifforette and attractive bow-end double bed. 0dd bedroom chairs Half Price A few listed—dozens of others on display $6.75 mahogany rocker, $3.38 Wood Beds, $10 Were $25 to $50 0dd beds taken from | broken suites. A variety of styles and finishes, including mahogany, $7.25 golden oak chair, $3.63 i $11.50 walnut chair, $5.75 walnut, oak and white $13.30 mahogany rocker, $6.75 $9.25 | enamel. | #1850 wainut rocker, This couch bed—Couch by day, double bed by night. Operates simply 519.85 This Englander cot bed —With guaranteed link spring and folding head 59.75 and_swiftly by a single lever- and foot. Finished anovetment, in soft gray en- amel, This golden oak ward- robe—Of solid oak, with two . doors alx;d o;;eddrawcr at bot- and fine link-wire tom. inishe: spring. Enameled 57‘95 in golden $14'75 in white, oak, This white enamel crib— A steel crib with drop-side This $225 cane suite, $169 Consisting of long davenport, rocker and chair with upholstered spring seats. All are covered with fine grade tapestry. Queen Anne design in mahogany. Spring hammocks specially priced! ‘A sale made up of sam- ples for the most part. Just one of a color and all perfect quality. Hammocks, $2.95 Hammocks, $3.48 Hammocks, $3.95 Hammocks, $5.48 Hammocks, $9.95 Ready-to-hang awnings, $1.95 Of sturdy green and white awning duck of excellent quality. Complete with all the necessary hardware and ropes for hanging. Choice of four most wanted sizes: 30-inch, 36-inch, 42-inch and 48-inch. Dutch valance curtains, 98¢ Fine muslin curtains with valance and heading, ready - for immediate hanging. All are 2% yards long and neatly hemstitched. 1,200 Turkish towels, 29¢ Finely absorbent, white Turkish towels, size 21x40. 1,000 huck towels 17¢ Pure white huck towels, neatly hemstitched. Continental window screens, 69¢ Of splendid grade screen cloth, with all hardwood frames. Size 24x37, right for almost any ordinary size win- dow. Walnut-finish doors, $2.95 Complete with all the needed fixtures for instant hanging and in sizes: 26x6.6 and 2.8x6.8 Hardwood doors $3.95 With needed hooks, hing- Summer convenience and comfort with es, springs, etc, and in this cabinet $49.? 5 sizes: gas range 2.6x6.6 2.8x6.8 A guaranteed four-burn- 2.8x6.10 2.8x7 er cabinet gas range with 2.10x6.10° 2.10x7 fine left or right hand oven. 4 1921—PART % The Hecht Co. Seventh at I Where prices are gumue; Seventh at F MAY SALES for summer homes and cottages 'T'OMORROW we begin a series of broadly planned sales to help women make summer homes cool and inviting. HE sale takes in furniture, draperies, floor coverings and allied lines—all of which are designated by special sale cards. These typical examples by way of suggestion. This decorated enamel willow suite, $295 4 pieces of exceptionally graceful appearance—settee, chair, rocker and table of cream-colored willow and blue or brown decora- tions. Complete with colorful cretonne seat cushions. !’ il all NN This porch swing— Strongly made and finished in fumed oak. Complete with hooks and chains 32 95 for instant hang- ing, This couch hammock— Of heavy green duck with white stripes. Equipped with resilient spring and soft felt s28'75 i mattress, This red cedar chest—Of Ter&ne: *ed T c;l cedar —deat 34x18x15 inches, Made of strong maple with double glazed cane 53 95 | seats. Note the broad arms, 7 A= rette—A strongly made tab- ourette that is 49c useful in many WAYS e e Mahogany- finish frames with padded seats, cover- ed with black imitation (d 1cather. 95¢ This fumed oak tabou- | 9x12 Gold Seal Congoleum Rugs $1645 Another lot of new patterns and every rug absolutely perfect 45¢ China matting, 29¢ yard 116-warp matting, and just a limited quantity of it. Splendid check patterns, in greens, tan, blue and 12 new patterns. $16.50 wool and fiber rugs, $11.75 All perfect quality, reversible rugs from one of the best makers. 9x12. $1.50 grass rugs, 89¢ Real grass rugs in most attractive pattern, and particularly useful for porch use. 27xs54. $2.50 rag rugs, $1.89 Plain color, washable rag rugs, in rose, blue, tan, green and brown. 30x60. $16.50 Rexmere grass rugs, $8.75 9x12 splendid wearing grass rugs, in real carpet patterns. Complete color range. Size 8x10 to match above, $7.50 Size 6x 9 to match above, $5.95 Size 36x72 to match above, $1.69 This dining room suite, $345 A Queen Anne reproduction that may be had in selected American walnut, or antique brown mahogany. It includes a 60-inch buffet, serving table, large grilled china cabinet and extension table of pleasing design. 3 This bedroom suite, $119 A pleasing suite that may be had finished in walnut or golden oak. It includes a dresser with generous size mir- ror, chiffonier, triple mirror, toilet table and full size bed. This porch set, $14.75 A substantially made solid oak set with dark fumed oak finish. Choice of rocker, chair and settee, or rocker, chair and swing. St f s ey