Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1923, Page 31

D e ey —— “ROOSEVELT HAUNTS—EARLY AUTU! N.” A PAINTING BY EMILE WALTERS. GIFT BY AN ART COLLECTOR TO THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. Belcher; to Willlam H. Holmes' group of mountain pictures so ably rendered: to M. W. Zimmerman’s charming blos- building of Its own and not halt ; som pictures set forth with a Japai cHchah ce in the National |€sque cunning: to_A. F. Musgrave’s o 8! s ! D the | Tendition of “Back Yards,” which dem- Museum to show its possessions, the | gnyirates the possibility of homeliness permanent ection continues to| ln( ]o\'?lf\" mruuglh !Re Ir;ll-rl\'omlux; & ererokity G pRbS mosphere and the illusion _of grow through the generosly Ol mons | isht. Peter Wagner's “Silvery Clouds” e-spirited private coliectors. AMONE | i a delightful little sketch, reminiscent the recent acquisitions is a painting |to a (‘legr;stuf some o the late J. H. by alters, entitled “Roosev oser's best pictures. adys Bran- By: EH{SRW alterk;lentite: nigan's English coast scenes are done Haunts—Early Autumn.” This pi in a big way, which dares comparison ture was painted near Sagamore Hill|with the masterly works of Frank Ben- L R son an arles Wi ury _hanging and shows a group of wooden e nearby. Agair one is fuoved to say ings behind a screen of poplars and against the hill forever to be asso- this is’ A notable showing. olated with the name of Roosevelt. x x k¥ ! ANT BAKER, the British sculp- Last winter this pleture was exhib- tted at the National Academy of De- ! pRY. B tor, who has lately taken up his sign’s annual show. L r it was in- | residence in this cluded in the intern I at Pitis- spent a season or so here at different When st i1 e fhe | times, has been holding an exhibition WhiShicago It iman|in New York at the Anderson Gal- time it is in- (1eries which has attracted very fa exhibition ble attentiton. cluded. in °n oF more |exh'bition were his bropze bust s Fdwark ¥11, a reduction_from a he- Federa |¥or: émarble bust in Marlborough axhit House, London, together with por- of George Harve Lloy £ Jus or N spite of the fact that the Na- tional Gaflery of Art has mno co burgh. Art Institure nwarded traveling purpos Natlor to those in W brings to the k ifar the purposes lons of such a gallery as a natio nstitution. s collection s painting by the late John W. Al inder, Carroil il known atudy, “The Bl of Roh- Blum’ Venetian | George Moose Chase san Glorglo, William Gedney [ Dabo's “Evening or Most notable in the nmer,” by T. W. works in the I way, Royal written delights: i umber, of s hilde "Hassam is represe sigure painting, “the Georglan Chair, privileze extends | and it persons Lodge and otiers. ¥ e e A YEAR ago co-operative cxhibi- tlon galleries were opened in New York on the top floor of the Grand Central station, with the pur- pose of bringing the general public and the artists into closer touch and sceuring the co-operation of the art collectors. A certain number of sts, painters and sculptors agreed ribute_one work a_year for gratui v and an equal colle aranteed a vear for the works by the distributed vearly to_the collectors, choice being by lot. The first drawing took place quite recently and seems to have resulted brated unset, number of contributior me per whos by the ibner's city after having | vd | William vember 3, in the Art and Archeology League room, 521 18th street. Miss Brigham, who has a Ph. D. from George Waashington University, is the author of a book on the history of art and well known In Washing- ton as an art writer, art critic, * * ¥ X 1 [FREDERICK W..COBURY, | of Bostori and secretary of the Copley Society of that city, in an article on Sargent In the New York Times of October 28 tells a most in- , teresting little story of how the por- trait of Danlel olan by : Sargent. now in the Corcoran Galler¥ of Art, came to be painted—a story which Wil be of especlal interest to all Washingtonians. It is as follows: Nolan, an expert restorer of old paintings, and a painter of sorts him- self, recelved one day from Mr. Sar- gent a portrait which he had made | Years before of Frederick P. Vinton, |a fellow artist. The cracked badly. Tt needed to be re- ::(l’::?l This vi]mrk Dan Nolan did, effi- : as alwa : he deliverad the painting. no reruien to lIake payment. “It Is a service from one eat 1 #rtist to another,” he remarked 1ight- This pirlt of fellowship pleased Mr Sargent Immensely. | At dinner with | friends little ter he remarked that since Dan would not be paid in money he must manage to reward | him in some other way. “Why | suggested a woman painter. who !in the conversation. Interesting head.” Do you think he would care for it .' asked M gent. anxlotsly. ‘He would certainly treasure noth- fng more.” So it proved. When, how: painter of titled personages groposed to Daniel Nolan to make a éharcoal sketch for a keepsake he promptly received a nervy counter-fro; 1. Wouldn’t he just as soon paint a por- cas “He has a very Don't you like my charcoals?" asked the painter suspiciously. You know, Mr. Sargent,. that T ove them.” was the quick-witted re- ply. “I am thinking of my descend- ants and keeping your. picture for i them to enjoy. You see, my wife and I are both Irish, and at home e often | kave family discussions. | threw her shoe at me and it went painting had | painting, he refused | don’'t you do his portrait?: | Now, if she ! |season, and will decide .at the next i | { of the regent, Mrs. Hammond, 2100 N _street, Tuesday evening. The meeting was called to order by the regent. During usual opening exercises a short period of silence was observed, as a mark of respect to a late member, Miss Grace H. Kelley, who passed away during the summer. Reports of the various committees were made. The treasurer's etatement showed a balance in the bank, with all obligations met. Two new members the chapter. | The chapter pledged itself to do all | patriotic work it was able to do this | The Romans considerad.salt to be The fuel of the anclent Romlnll a sacred article of \food, hence no!was almost exclusively charcoal. | other dish was allowed to_be This was burned In open pans, with. laced upon the table before the valk ‘was out grate or flue, and gave econom in position. | fcal heat for living rooms and baths. were added to | meeting just what objects will be taken up. o The chapter indorsed the adminis- tration ticket for the new state offi- cers. The usual teken up. The study of the Constitut be taken up this winter. Coldmbin Chapter met Tuesday eve- | ning at the home of Miss Janey Hol- | brook, 1323 Clifton street, Mrs. C. C Coombs, regent, presiding. Mrs. Vel- | ma Sylvester Barber gave a report | on the work of the state historical committee. She also gave her re- Dot ws eglstrar—the addition of ten | new members for the year. Mrs. Ja- | son Waterman, chairman of the Dis- | trict chapter house committee, gave & report on the work of the committre |j and distributed pledge cards for the chapter_house fund among the mem- bers. Mrs. 1da Warren Myrth pre- | scnted ‘an article on the founding of | the United States Constitution. Luther Fullcr spoke of experiences | in Europe and the recent Japanese | earthquike. ~ Miss Stella Waterman | gave as recitations, “Penelope’s | Christmas Dance” and “The Baby | rother.” Mrs. 8. B. heetz and ' Mrs. Barker were other guests of the chapter. Descendantx of '76 Chapter, D. A. R., guve a Halloween card party at the home of Mrs. Holland Jenks, 3 Oliver street, Chevy Chase. Bridx. and 500 were enjoyed by the guests The souvenirs carried out the Hal loween idea, and were won by Mrs. Robert E. Briggs, Mrs. Gurney Strong, Dr. B. W. Summy and Stephen Murphy. IT IS NOT TQO LATE IF you wish to have a beautiful lawn in the Spring summer offering— was BY planting NOW you will reap many benefits, and fon wil | your home will be enhanced in value by Spring. CLOTHING for e MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAVE YOl&JR CASH USE . YOUR CREDIT ~ H. ABRAMSON 7th and L Sts. NW. Open Saturday Evenings Until 10 O'Cloc* No Branch Stores IT is the logical time to plant growing things—the Winter months afford them protection—they will be strong, healthy and beautiful. Let us send some one to talk things over A ’phone call will be sufficient. 33rd and Rittenhouse Chewvy Chase,D.C. 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Story's portr Abraham Lincoln and Robert “White Parasol also incl sldes Elihu Vedder's painti Rubaivar.’ Among the younger men sented are Hobart Nichol “Moonrise chased b Tivans Wigg Tarbor invari Wiiliam chel's “Evening Tide, hrough the me sequest, and f Groton Long among other notahl In sending out this loan co under the auspices of the national ssociation the National Gallery of | Art is following the precedent of the Luxembourg in is, which lends Tegularly from its collections to the provincial museums Among the sities where the exhibition has al- -eady been shown are Detroit and Nashville, It Is now in Kan city, | “rom where it will go to Peoria and Memphis. A' engaging little exhibition by members of the Landscape Club | 18 now to be seen in the lounge of | the Ambassador Theater. This ibition, arrrnged through the Wila] co-operation of the theater man- | agement, is an innovation for Wash- | ington, though similar exhibitions nave been held irf theater lobbies in Philadelphla. No effort has been | nade to feature the showing, but the | works apparently speak for them- | selves, those in attendance taking note and making inquiries. The collection comprises twenty- seven pictures in all, and among ! the artists represented are William ' H. Holmes, Delancey Gill, Benson B. Moore, Charles H. Seaton, A. J. Schram, H. Boyer Paine, A. H. O. Rolle and a Mr. Jameson, 4 new mem- ber. The majority of 'the pictures were painted in leisure or holiday hours in the vicinity of Washington, but they bring into this moving pic- ture theater the spirit of the out- - door world and remind the theater's patrons of the beauty of nature and of the significance of art. o{“* * ¥ ! JHERE are quite a number of “sold” | signs in the. Washington Water Color Club's exhibition which opened in the Corcoran gallery a week ago yes- terday and will continue until Novem- | ber 20, after which the gallery will be | closed for nearly a month prior to the presentation of the great bienmial. i repre whose pur- biy su Californi of * Ok K % ex: Four of Miss Jackson's little water colors of a French village have found | urchasers and other selections have een made with discrimination from the works of other contributors. The wonder | is not that these have sold, but that so 3nany, apparently, have been passed by for rarely has an exhibition here a Forded so much material of covetable character and obtainable at such mod- | est price, many of the pictures shown, ‘which would give lasting pleasure, be- | ing purchasable at far less than the cost of a single automobile tire. | The exhibition wears well, the first| smpression of merit and charm being | strengthened rather than diminished by a second viewing. Mrs. Leisenring shows two charming little studies in charcoal and colored chalk on tinted per of subjects found last summer at Rintueket. Laucten Powell is repre- sented by a characteristic view of the Grand Canon—a mosaic of color, bring- to mind the richness and beauty of n Alfred Hutty's etchings of “Birches” and '‘Trees Against the Sky” are an interesting note. But one yeturns again and again to the little ortrait study of John Bruce, by Hilda i selected a jadmirable lector-patrons, when his turn came painting by Murray P. entitled “The Vender,” and a most interesting work—a portrait study of a man of dent foreign origi, seen as by ficial light, with a group -of statuettes beside him, pausing, pre- sumably, he act of conditioning them. Th picture may be shown hing biennial * ok K Bewiey, in the ap- TTHE Arts Club announces the fol- lowing exhibitions for the pres- ent month ings by Arthur F. Musgrave, presi- dent of the club; etchings by Emily Burling Wate of Worcester, Mass.. and drawings and designs by Harold Hill Blossom, landscape architect, of Boston, to whom the gold medal of e Architectural League of New ork city was recently given. From 'mber 17 to 30, oil paintings and batiks by Adelalde Baker Morgan, oil paigtings by Teho J. Morgan and e batiks by Minnie Frost * K K % (GERTRUDE RICHARDSON BRIG- 1 HAM announces a series of illus- trated lectures on the “History and | Appreciation of Painting” to be given cor- | turday evenings, beginning No- D. A. R. ACTIVITIES | . The District League of Women Voters held a reception Tuesday aft- ernoon at Grace Dodge Hut, at which Mrs. Elliott Cheatham, third regional director of the national league, was the honor guest and speaker. Miss Elizabeth Eastman, president of the local body, presented the members to Mrs. Cheatham. Tca was served by Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, Mrs. George E. Rickard, Mrs. Howard Hodgkins and Mrs. Willlam n Vieek. In a stirring appeal for the concen- trated effort of the women of the or- ganization for the prevention of war appeal was made for volunteers to secure women prominent In various churches to read publicly a short pamphlet on peace which has been prepared by the National League of Women Voters. League of American Pen Women.— The opening bdok review luncheon wi'l be held Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. The speaker will be Maj. Gen. Henry T, allen, who was commander-in-chief of the American Army of occupation and ex-officio member of the Rhine- land commission. Gen. Allen will re- view his new book, My Rhineland Journal. Tomorrow evening at the clubhouse Mrs. Anne T. Renshaw, chairman of literature, will deliver a lecture at § p.m. on “The Value of Publiy Speak- ing.” This lecture is free and open to the public, both men and women On subsequent Monday evenings throughout the season Mrs. Renshaw will conduct a class at the same hour at lesson of one and a half hours and training the members of the class (limited to twenty-five) in public speaking. Mrs. Renshaw is & gradu- ate of George Washington University, and taught public speaking at Penn- sylvania State'College at the spmmer school &t George Washington, Tuesday, 8 at b the children’s lit 7 an! a possibility that this | November 3 to 16, paint- ' league headquarters, giving a' | up_as well as'I did the Vinton." i Mr. Sargent, genious request, Nolan's portralit uj a trip to Florida. In the Interim Dan Nolar! had a chance {0 convey some information { waggishly to a wealthy and conse- quential "gentleman, who for years | had been hoping to achieve his ambi- tion of being painted by Sargent. This man came one day into the gallery w);;re the restorer was employed and sald: “Mr. Nolan, I understand that you are somewhat in touch with Mr. Sar- gent. Can you tell me anything about arranged > paint pon his retufn from “Why, ves replied Dan Nolan mischievously. “I happen to know that ‘he Is at Palm Beach painting Mr. John D. Rockefeller. On the way back he will stop off at Washington to paint President Wilson. Then he will come to Boston to paint me. of his life Nolan told to many a listener the story of his experiences ! at Mr. Sargent's studlo, where the spo‘ting of hfs portrait was deftly wiped qut of a mass of wet paint with a rag and the Celtic features of the portrait now at Washington almost breathed upon blank passages thus created. Sargent's smiling sitter wa even then facing death, for about that time he was discovered to have the cancer of ’the :toma;:l;l s t long after, he perished. 22 = LEILA MECHLIN. i | Edouard Alblon, chairman; will hold its first meeting. Selections from the collection of Japanese and Chinese stories made by Mrs. Howard Angus | while in the orient will be read and | discussed. Shenandoak Chapter, No. 108, United Daughters of Confederacy, held a meeting Tuesday evening, when officers and delegates to the national convention were elected. Shenandoah .is the latest chapter to ernroll in the District of Columbia division and has a charter membership of thirty-three. .Officers V. Pillow; third vice president, Mrs. Maude Virginia Phares; first vice president, Mrs. Alma B. Donaldson; second vice president, Mrs. Katherine V. Pillow; third vice president, Mrs M. N. M. Hefferren; recording secre- tary, Miss Maud C. Van Sickler; cor- responding secretary, Miss Katherine V. Blount; treasurer, Mrs. E. B. Ho- gan; registrar, Mrs. Margaret C. Rabner; historian, Miss Matilda B. Melster; assistant historian, Mrs. Maldle Shuler Reynold: custodian, Mrs. Lillian A. Goodman; parliamen- tarian, Mrs. Lilllan C. Aud; chaplain, Mra. Célestine Mélster; delegates, Mrs" Maude Virginia Phares, Mrs. 'Alma B. Donaldson; alternates. Mrs. Kath- erine V. Pillow, Mrs. Margaret C. Rabner. United_Daughters of the Comfed- eracy.—The welcome committee of ‘the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy convention to be held here later in the month wili give a benefit card party November 15, 8 p.m., &t the Confederate Memorial Home; 1322 Vermont avenue. ter will give a card party at Hotel Roosevelt Wed- nesday by a committee consisting of Mrs Hazel B. Jon chalrman; Mrs. Riochard B. Claughton, Mrs. O. G. Ma- gruder and Miss M. E. Ogden. Among the patronesses for the affair are Mrs. Frank W. Mondell and Mrs. Wendell Phillips Stafford. 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