Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1928, Page 40

‘Exhibitions of Miniatures and Etchings by Prominent Artists. | Landscapes on View at Arts Club—Miss Bur- dette’s Fl x| - 5 BY LEILA MECHLIN. LY. WILLIAMS, for many ears president of the Royal Society of Miniature Painters of London, but also a member of our Per Miniature Painters, has, after an ab- mence of two years, returned to Wash- ington to spend the Winter. hibition of his recent work, or twenty-five miniatures, shown at the Dunthorne Galleries from January 16 for 10 days or a fortnight Among the works that will be placed | on view will be Mr. Williams® minias ture of Mussolini, painted from life and approved and signed by the pre- mier himself. Mr. Williams is Welsh by birth, but he studied his art in Paris under Lau- rens and Courts and he is essen- tially a world citizen, a recognized leader in his own particular fleld. Among his sitters have been King ward VII and Queen Alexandra and many members of the British nobility. Mr. Williams follows in his work the English style, painting smoothly, minutely and most {requently with transparent color, allowing the beauti- ful tint of the ivory to serve as a base. But he has no liking for mere pretti- ness of effect and he welcomes the work of the modernists, though not personally subscribing to it, because it is his conviction that it tends to restore and maintain strength. Mr. Wililams has written quite a little and very delightfully on the sub- 1 with apparent decision. His work is >motional; its interest is, however, of the moment, transitional. In some of his sketches he shows a nice under- standing of design. One bit of land- scape shows the hills like a patch- work quilt, ana one likes the pattern. is color is invariably fresh and his command of medium Induces confl- dence. The work is spirited and six- nificant; it means better work in the future. But one is not sorry to pass from these clever sketches to the more studied work of Mr. Jex, to find French landscapes which recall things seen and known, landscapes which have in their composition an essence of that calm and repose which natu almost invariably possesses. Mr, Jex's painting of trees is particularly good, and a “'sold” sign on one of his works gave immediate token of tangible ap- preciation. * ok k% 1SS HATTIE E. BURDETTE has in her studio at present a num- ber of very charming flower studies which she painted last Fall and which it is hoped she will later exhibit, either with one of the local societies or in a special exhibition which she herself is to hold at the Arts Club. One is of blue hydrangea, an extremely diffi- cult flower to render artistically other is of gladiola, another of zin- nias. Al of these paintings are broadly rendered, briliantly colorful and at the same time atmospheric. Miss Burdette seems to have caught Ject of miniature painting and there is none better informed on this sub- Ject than he. Mre. Williams was, it will be remem- bered, Anna Vernon Dorsey of Wash- ington, and the return of herself and her husband to this city for the Win- ter brings pleasure to their many friends. L THE exhibition of etchings by Philip H. Giddens, announced in these columns for last week, opens instead tomorrow, simultaneously with the ‘Willlams exhibition at the Dunthorne Galleries. Mr. Giddens’ etchings differ from others in the first place in the matter of size. He employs exceptionally large plates and in so doing loses neither effect nor strength, which in itself is unusual. His style also is individual- dstic, more Italian than French or Eng- lish, and not a little reminiscent of the engraver, Piranese. One. of the most striking and inter- esting, perhaps, of Mr. Giddens' etch- ings is “Entrance to La Ville Close, Concarneau, France.” In this etching a bridge occupies the center of inter- est. Boats with sails drooping are in the immediate foreground: bevond is a gate tower with clock faces, outlook and weather vane. At a glance the boats and the hitectural design at- tract attention, but as one looks longer one discovers numerous figures, h man interest, men leaning over the ‘bridge looking down to the water, men in little boats under the lea of the quay, men drawing a boat up an in- cline, a costermonger in a horse-drawn cart. a group of gossips, and beyond, as one's eve seeks distance, rises that amazing medieval city set on a hill. Here is an extremely complicated co: position rendered with the utmost ap- parent ease and simplicity: a cross- cut, one might say, of life in Con. carneauy, but wo that its beauty s insistent. It is in this etch- ing that one finds the ghost of Piranese. Somewhat similar in style is his etching of “St. Jean, Pied de Port, France.” This, t0o, represents a stream. 4 bridge, a group of houses of ancient design. Again close inspec- tion displays the scene well peopled, but the human interest here is essen- tially subordinated. The etcher was undoubtedly moved by the beauty of line and mass, the disposition of light and shade on the quaintly varied rears of these baiconied old houses. The treatment of sky in this etching is of interest. the smoke from the many chimneys mingling with the clouds, and the emphasis of light and shade is beautifully placed, the sur- faces are admirably rendered. From France Mr. Giddens has trans- ferred himself and the activities of his etching needle to this country. It is s2id, and truly said, that probably the greatest contribution that - Scan art has made to the worid during ::m“m 100 )}nr‘: is our sky. ure. It is the great bulldings of New York and Chicago that a‘r Giddens has lately etched, finding in them congenial subject and opportun- l‘tzr;cth-nu;—wnofhhm, On su. plate is of “Towers from Central Park, New York City.' In the foreground is the park with a little winding stream crossed a tiny arched bridge. Between the stream and the many-windowed struc- tures is a mass of follage giving strength to the composition and hap- pily permitting transition from the naturalistic foreground to the perpen- dicular of the bujlding lines—homes 'b::h“t’a ltouchuthc sky, a strange yet utiful creation of lc;mwm. our own day and et some are of the opinion that the best of Mr. Giddens’ works is his etch- ing of the new Tribune Bullding, Chicago, a hullding which in itself fl a magnified tower, a building which possesses much of the beauty and the grandeur found in the Gothic cathe- drals, His point of view is from the water, His foreground ix occupled by a flight of stairs leading from the wa- ter front to the street level (again a touch of Piranese), a remarkable sense of balance: again a boat intro- Auced, a group of figures—iife, activ. ity-—and beyond, up in the sky, high- or then the sky-acraping tower, & sug- gested flight of bird This etching is remarkable for its detall and at the msme Ume for its elimination of de- tail. Where the light strikes the great tower the windows are lost. In the center of the design finds the highest light and the darkest shadow, Just enough of each, with a sugges- Uon, & beautiful suggestion, of surface textures. Kuch work wa this refutes the frequent charge that artists today are not willing 1o take infinite pains n the matter of production Mr. Glddens’ work stirikes & new Bote and constitutes an interesting exhibition. AT the Arta Club, 2017 1 sirest, the work of two members Is now on view. Upstairs, one weew water colors by Charles A. K. Dunn; Qownstairs, peintings in ol by Garnet Jex Mr. Dunn is & pupll of Kager Nye and of Mawthorne and u member of the Bociety of Washington Ariists, The water colors which he ix showing ®! the Arts Club were mude last Bum rer abrosd and quick, brillant ’m[fl'ulon. of things seen on a 'Bum- roer holidey. Mr. Jex, who i & mem ber of the Boclety of Washingion Artiste and of the lLandscape Club, Biso shows pictures painted abrosd ehiefly in France, but more carefully rendered and adied compositions. Mr. Jex’s pictures are natursiistic, realistic, done, one might say, some what in the old le, & wyle which aitempts 1o veprofuce an nearly aa ossible the exact msplect of nature, ‘nder u winilar Impulse George In ness originglly produced, as did the e dority of our lendecape puiniers of 1he past double deceds Mr. Jex's paintings ure of & wrt which can wdily i underetond and will be uni versally admired other hand, are wnsentially of Lodey, the day of hesdlines and posiers, hut they are excellent of their kind, good purposeful, significant, His has regslored sccurately and P the spirit of the flowers and to have rendered them with exceptional skill and charm. ‘There is a vogue for flower painting today, a vogue greater than has been since perhaps the days of the Little Dutchman when flower pleces were much prized. This may partly be ex- plained by the fact that there is an evident craving for color, and that decorative compositions rather than naturalistic ones are favored. Tt is a vogue for which we may all be grateful, for the flower paintings of today lend gavety to our current ex- | hibitions and beauty to our homes. The French flower paintings of 50 Yyears ago were monuments of tech. nical perfection, but they were essen- tially lifeless, they were like the arti- ficlal flowers, wax or glass, of the period. Then came the Dutch water colorists with their scrub method, with their interpretation of atmospheric ef- fects. From these two extremes have been derived the flower paintings of today, vital, evanescent, colorful and decorative. It should not be thought that flower painting was ever discontinued, for it was not. John LaFarge, one of the greatest mural painters that we have ever had, perhaps who ever lived, oc- ionally painted flowers and painted ower Paintings. .tional Matisse that the first prize was given in the Carnegle Institute's interna- tional exhibition this year. Miss Burdette's flower paintings are | not modernistic, but they stand with thoe best. ’l‘llE Society of Was announces its th nual exhibition, to be held from ruary 4 to 29, inclus in the Na- tional Gallery of Art. United States | National Museum. Thess exhibitions s a rule been held in the Cor. coran Gallery of Art, but_on account of building operations and the instal- | lation of the Clark collection the spe- | clal_exhibition gallery there was not available this season, therefore Wil- liam H. Holmes, director of the Na- allery of Art and honorar) president of the Society of Washington Artists, has made the National Gal- lery halls available for this purpose. The exhibition will consist of works in oil and sculpture never before pub- licly exhibited in Washington. The jury of selection will consist of the officers and executive committee of the soclety. A bronze medal will be award- ed for the best work exhibited in each of the following classes: Portraiture, including figure composition; scape or marine; still life a ture. ‘The officers of the soc President, H. K. Bush-Brow president, Hattie turdette retary, Minor Jameson, blanks and further information can be obtained from Mr. Jameson, 13 Ox ford street, Chevy Chase, Md. * ok kK HE Washington Water Color Club will hold its annual exhibition in the Natfonal Gallery of Art in April. Meanwhile the club is preparing an ex- hibition to be shown in Macon, Ga., opening January 15. e club is send- ing to Macon on special invitation a collection of unframed water colors, which will be shown there in the pub- lic library. * ook K hington Artists ty-seventh an- * ¥ X connection with the Ninth Olym- I piad, to be held in Amsterdam this | Summer. a competition in art is to be held, and the United States has been | invited to participate. At the request of Gen. C. H. Sherrill, member for | the United States of the Olymplc ex ecutive committee, the American rep resentation will be assembled under the auspices of the American Federa tion of Arts, with Alexander B. Trow bridge. the lately appointed director as chairman of a committee of ar rangements, The exhibits will consist of paintings, drawings, etchings, lith- ographs, sculpture and architectural renderings of subjects pertaining to sport. Medals will be awarded to suc- cessful competitors in the different mediums. them beautifully. So also did J. Alden Weir, as witness the painting of roses by him owned by the Phillips Memo- rial Gallery. The Corcoran Gallery owns a number of beautiful flower paintings, among them one of peonies by the late Wilton Lockwood. To be sure, all of these works are in a meas- ure representative, and to some of the modernists representation is taboo; but it was to a flower painting by How States’ Delegates May Line Up in Forthcoming National Conventions (Continued from First Page.) There will be a number of favorite son candidacies in the Democratic convention. Indiana is putting for- ward Evans Woollen, Missouri, Sen- ator Reed, who may also have the Kansas delegation in spite of his wetness. North Carolina might send a delegation for Gov. McLean, and Virginia a delegation for Gov. Byrd. In Nebraska the Democrats may put forward former Senator Hitchcock, although former Gov. Bryan is to seek the control of that delegation. ‘The Rtates of the South will send in all probability either uninstructed delegations or delegations instructed for a favorite son. Most of them will adopt the unit rule, thus preventing delegates who might be favorable to Smith from voting for the New York governor. In some States where the anti-Smith feeling is particularly bitter it has heen suggested that delegations he Instructed against Smith. 8o far, however, this has not been done. Many Democratic leaders in Bouthern Btates for one reason or another are privately expressing an opinion that it would be better for the party to nominate 8mith. The argu- ment that “Smith has a chance” is being used in some of the Southern States with no little effect. On the Republican side of the fence no one of the candidates so far has the commanding lead for the presi- dential nomination which is attributed to Gov. 8mith by the Democruts. The sentiment is beginning to crystallize in many of the Btat h to date Mr. Hoover appea: the lead, with Gov. Lowden in sec- ond place. Vice President Dawes ix reckoned by many politicians as the real contender with Mr. Hoover for the nomination, although Mr. Dawes has inwisted he s mot a candidate and is for the nomnation of Lowden, ‘The Republicans have been slow in getting under way, largely hecause of uncertainty whether President Cool- idge would permit nimself Lo be nom- inated, Even now the Hoover strength which has developed in the New England States 18 conditional on the absolute elimination of Presi- dent Coolldge from the race. This Is true, indeed, in practically all of New England and many of the other Btates which favor Hoover, Today Hoover apparently haws the better of the argument in Connecti- cut, with 17 v in the convention; Massachusetts, with 31; New Hamp- ire, with 11; Rhode Island, 13; Ver. mont, 11; Maine, 15, all of New Kng- land. New Jersey, with 31, and Mary- land, with 19, sre both favoring Hoover today. Mr. Hoover will have strength, too, from a number of the Wouthern Wtates, including Arkansaw, 15, Alabama, 15, Florida, 10; Louisl wna, 12; Minsisslppt, 11; Texus, 26, und Tennessee, 19. He in expoctad to have the wolid Californin delegation 29, and giwo to huve the Michigan de gation, 33 He mey have Colorado, with 16 votes, although Lowden senti: ment Is reporied wironk in that Ktate Utah, with 11, with 9 votes, ulso ar favor Huover. Washington, with Ore; ®on, with 13; Wyoming, with 9, msy be found in the Hoover column, I Mr. Hoover has all of these delegu- tions early in the convention he will have & total of 386 votes, Hoover sentiment 18 developing in other Blates, among them Kentucky, where Mr. Lowden was particularly fn 1920, In Vi Hoover movement, “Back to Coolidge” Move, Resistunce to the Moover buom for President has manifested jiself in New York, where Chuvies 1) Jilles has wtarted u Vhack 1o Coolldge There 1n wpeculation, Pennmylvania, where ary Melloy in a dominant fgure 1oday, New York has 90 voles in the nationsl conventon and Pennsylyania ki There 1, however, no little Hoover sentiment in both of these Blates, New York and Penusylvania lssders Ia the convention of 134 [} 17; * K k% N exhibition of portraits by Ber- nard Osterman of Stockholm, Sweden. will be shown In the Na- tional Gallery of Art, United States National Museum, opening with a re- ception and private view Januar; and continuing through January This exhibition I8 being set forth un- der the patronage of the Swedish Minister, W. Bostrom. were effective, however, in preventing the nomination of Mr. Hoover for Vice President when his name was put before the delegates. Supporters of Vice President Dawes for the presi- dential nomination are counting on delegates from New York and Penn- sylvania in the coming convention. Former Gov, Lowden of Illinois will 80 into the convention in all prob- ability with ‘upward of 200 delegates, Among the States now counted upon to send Lowden delegations are Towa, 29; Minnesota, Missourl, 39 Montana, 11; New Mexico, 9; Arizona, 9; Geergla, 10: North Dakota, 13; South Dakota, 13; Oklahoma, 20; Col- orado, 15. and part of the Iilinois dele- gation. Mr. Lowden may have, too, delegates from Kentucky and Virginia. Mr. Lowden facen opposition in hig own State, Tllinols, where his old ene- mies, Gov. Len Small and Mayor Wil liam' Hale Thompson, are dominating political factors, If he could go into the convention with the solld support of Illinois, 61 strong, Mr. Lowden would be in far better position than he I8 expected to be. What the Il nols delegation will do is one of the interesting conundrums today, It has not yet been answered. Senator Curtls' Chances. Of the so-called favorite sons, Sen- ator Curtis of Kansas, Republican leader of the Senate, 18 looked upon aw having a best chance nomination | in the event the Republican national convention should be deadloc] The Kansas Senator will go Into the con vention with his Swte delegation, 23 in number, solldly back of him. He in likely to have support from Okla- homa snd from Missourt. He is re- garded with no little favor by pro- grewsive Republicans of the North. west, und by many Republicans in the Kamnt, Benator Willls of Ohlo is pracileally sure of the great majority of the votes In that delegation, perhaps all 51 on the first ballot. There s much Hoover strength in Ohlo, and on sec- ond choice the delegation ix likely to wplit hetween Hoover, Lowden and Dawes, Pennsylvania, it (s expected Will cant Ita first vote for Secretary Mellon, unless Mr. Mellon should de clde before the convention to support Mr. Hoover or some other candidate, Renator im” Watson of Indiuna, Senator Goft of West Virginia, Gov. Borlie of North Dakota, Henator Nor ris of Nebraska and Benator Borah of 1daho all are likely (o he balloted for in the early votes. Senutor Norriw cian have the Nebraska delegation, 19 in number, it he wishes it, und prob. ably the Wikconsin delegation, 26 in number, He might even have the wupport of the North Dukota delega- ton, A number of the progrossive ”«puhlm 8 In the Northwest favor he nominnLion of Benator Noj She Bomiial nator Norris over The total number of aten to the Republican national ¢ nv‘:—n”m:’\:\’:ll he LOKY: a mnjority only in necensary to nominute, or 545 votes, The mtrat- egy of the opponents of My, Hoover I he be in the lead when the con vention assembles, will be (o tle up the convention lonk enoukh to make sure of ’nm .11. Mr. Hoover and 1 the delegntos | awinging to other l'undhl:m- A - . Insect Experts To Gather in U, S. Entomologists of all nations will come to the United States during August, 1924, for the Fourth Int tongl Congress of Fntomok Y, W Wil hold Jiw sessions ut Cornell Col- lago, 1t Previous world ongresnes of sclentists who work for the underntanding wnd eontrol o | mect dite huve been heid at Biussels In 10 at Oxtond, Kugland, in 102, and At Zunich, Hwitzerlund, fn 1026 Man: of the workd's foremost anto moluglats are prepering to attend the Ithaca mesting. Al phases of inssct lnu- will I;‘-'nlllx.ulud nn-m:‘ln cla ;l‘ cation, 1ife proyesses, gvolution a aintsivuron, """ 4 “THE SPIRE OF N( PHILIP HARRIS GIDDENS, TION IN WASHINGTON A )TRE DAME. PARIS,” AN F’ HO IS H T THE DUN' HING HIS FIRST EXHIBI- THORNE GAL OLDIN SUN’S ECLIPSE OF AUGUST, 1932, TO BE TOTAL IN NEW ENGLAND Previous Calculations Wrong, British Scientist Says, Insisting Phenomenon Will Be Visible at Points in New England. It they so desire, astronomers can now go to points in Maine, Massachu- setts, Vermont, New Hampshire or Quebec and set up their eclipse instru- ments. they can come hack on the afternoon of August 31, 1932, and use the v ment to ¢ pse of the sun that happens on that date, The exact path of this eclipse, the next to be seen in the United States, has just been worked out by Dr. L. J. Comrie of the British Nautical Aimanae office in London It was presented here at the meeting of the American Astronomieal Soclety. Pre- vious determinations of the track, he stated, ave much in error. The path in which the eclipse will be se total, ns given In a famous work by Oppolzer, an_ Austrian astronomer and known as the “Canon of Eclipses,” Is much farther north than it will actually be, said Dr, Comrie. A later determination by an American as. tronomer is also in error, it was stated. Dr. Comrle's more accurat figuren were made possible by the recent “Tables of the Moon, Prof. Ernest W. Brown of Yale Univeraity. “Roughly speaking,” says Dr. Com- rie, “the eclipke occurs at 3:30 p.m., local time, lasts 100 seconds. the sun being 30 degrees high and the track 100 miles wide. The ¢ ul line runs trom Plerreville, Quebec, to Biddeford Me. At polnts along this line the eclipse will have the longest dura tion. The southern limit of the aren in which the eclipse will be ween as it M B i il noam| total runs from Montgeal to Salem, Mass,, and the northern limit from St. Jean des Chaillons, Quebec, to Richmond, Mg. The central line passes ovel White Mountains, which will probahi¥ provide some good observ- Rivers and Sherbrooke. Que- Fortland Me.. and Portsmouth, N. H., are all well within the path, and should have a good view of the eclipse. Mont will be just on the edge, as was New York at the time of the eclipse in January, 1925, so that probably people in one part of the city will have a total eclipse, with the sun’s corona flashing out for an in- stance. In the western part of the city, however, there will probtbly be seen the “diamond ring" effect, ob- served in lower New York in 1925, when a bit of the sun's edge con- stantly remained visible. Boston is sufficiently far away from the path t even this will probably be absent, and all they will see will be a very large partial eclipse, with a crescent of the sun constantly in view. At points farther away, a still smaller partial eclipre will be seen, with a larger crescent of sunlight remaining in view. Dr. Comrie made the dfticial calcula- tlons of the path of the total eclipse in England last June, and was one of the fortupate few that observed it. He was formerly a member of the astronomlical faculty, at Swarthmore College and at Ndrthwestern - Uni- versity in the United States. i’hotographs of Sun Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Again Once ugain photographic plates, ex posed at the time of a total eclipse of the sun, help to substantiate the the ovy of relativity, as proposed by Jin- stefn. This time {t fa the moo Aametor which s being measured. On plates made at the January, 19 eclipse, which they went to Bumatra 1o observe, Dr, John A. Miller, direc- tor, and Dr. Roms W, Marriott of the yul Observatory of Swarthmore ollegs find that the moon i just aw Jurge an at other tmes, One of tha possible experimental tentn of Einstein's theory, announced fn 1016, was on sccount of the fact that he considered light to have mw Thin would result In its being pulled out of @ stralght line an It passed a heavy body such as the sun. Stars can only be observed near the sun at the time of a total_eclipse, At wuch u thme the stars around the sun should appear closer together than It the sun were not there, In 1910 English as tronomers actunlly obwerved this effect at an eclipse vinible in Brazil, and it wun ngain verified ut the Auntrallan eclipre In 1022 Dr. W, W, Camipbell of the Lick Observat possible caune of this ahift wew on eclipwe platen than that given by instoln win proposed f. Chuvles Lane Ppor of Colum iversity, Mo painted out that 0w of the moon in the earth’s o during forms conler uly wlarn hus 1o enter thin cone, It mlght he deflected in the same way. As the edgo of the moon 1s clearly seen dur ing an eclipse, the light thut gvazes it should be similarly affected, stated Prof. Poor. This would m ) that the moon's Alameter, as measured on el plates, than the Alameter of times After unsuc o make satiafactory plates at the eclipses in Mexico In 1628 and in New Kngland in Dr. Miller and b, Marvlott succesded In 1020 A large camers, 65 foet long, with which the moan's di ametar on the plate was abont 7ty inches, wis used The night bhefore i the plates wan ox slars, then (e nost ipme. The wtars, (hely urately known, kave polnts from W measure e moon's dameter, After manths of carveful measure ment, D, Miller and Dy, Marviott have found that the piates show the woon's angular dismeler, a1t woyld o in Eclipse Bear Out appear from the center of the earth, 1o he 2,001.30 seconds, with an uncer: tainty of 0.18 second.” The most accu rate figurs for this dlameter, from measurements made at other times, s 2,001.36 seconds, with an uncertainty of 0.1 second. As the difference, which 18 much less than that expected by Prof. Poor, s leas than the tainty of each, Dr, Marriott las . nounced that there “is no measurable s New Defect in Children Tt your child doewn't learn to read perhaps he f word blind. This pecullar defect han been found n a number of school children by Dr. A o -~ 4 4dAv A o BY IDA GILBERT MYERS. OLD TRAILS AND ROADS IN PENN'S LAND. By John T. Faris, author of “Seeing the Far West," etc. Tllustrated. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. N the company of this way-wi explorer and writer you ha' now the best of chances to s Pennsylvania, that great State whose scenery—now grim, now smiling, but always lovely—Iim a sur- passing thing to see. And as you g0 along thix road and that one, history | will unfold before you, and legend and old tale well on its way to hecoming legend. You will here and there see some old mansion, the remains of wome crumbling structure, Each of these will, in turn, step out to give its part in contributing to the sum of romance that broods over the State as a whole, There is no more d’,valfl‘l champion of “Seeing America First' than John Faris. In pursuance of such plan there is no more competent guide to the undertaking than John Faris. Section after section—East and West—he has taken up as the subject of first-hand study, following its roads, ferreting out the history that these cover, making himself fa- | miliar with the little intimate con- | tucts that put immediate life into each {acction under consideration. And | yeadable—there is no one who sur- pavses this American place writer in | putting his travel records into the Warm interest of the reader. An ac- cident, or lucky chance. put into my hands “Seeing the Middle West at the moment when this book would mean most to any one in like situa- tion. It at once became my gulde, philosopher, friend. By virtue of its continued and often repeated associa- tion, I am on more intimate, more enjoyable, more intelligent terms with that section than, I'm sure, are the people living there—that is, the peo-" ple who have not ‘had my opportunity and advantage. It would not be easy to outdo me in enthusiasm over the gervice that John Faris done America by his “Seeing” series, which | ia 80 complete, so accurate, and withal lso enticing toward the romance that lies in all history seen face to face in | the places and regions where it ac- tually had existence and life. | * xx :\THJD“' GENTIANS AND B.I:L'EA | "By Zona Gale, author of “Miss Lula Bett,” etc. New York: D. Appleton & Co. JOL’R.\'EY]NG about nowad: a girl can carry a full week's ward- robe—gear for morning, afternoon, evening and night, all complete—in an absurdly diminutive box that a | few vears ago wouldn't have begun to hold even her grandmotl bustle. This tiny volume of stories by Zona Gale suggests such luggage contraption of the modern girl. A mere nothing in size. yet it fs sufficient for every essential. A score of stories or thereabout, each breathing the breath of life, each swinging upon a center of actual human stuff, stands as the content of the book as a whole, giving con: crete demonstration of the value of economy In art as well as in material matters. Two or three pages at most serve here to project one or another poignant human prepossession—Ilone- liness, failure, homesickness. Here is one or another of the li ironies of lite-~see “Bill,” page 20—moments of hope and vision and dream, hours of wakening reality. Yet, these are not stories of gloom. That is, not such out of 'spt purpose and plan. Rather are thgy woven out of the strands of familiar life itself, strands whose predominating tone is gray, with only here and there a fleck of bright color. No, this is not an author of over-clouded mind, looking for the glooms of existence. Instead. coming upon this or that moment of individual _experience, of personal problem, she finds it a blend of joy and sorrow, of brightness and shadow, and so she projects it into the deep accepting places of the reader’s heart and mind. Here are haunting bits of human truth that, once in the open, become as diffused and per- vasive as human life itself. Simple work, or so it seems, though such economy of invention is certainly of the highest degree of art. e ALAS, POOR YORICK' By Alfred Hoyt Bill, author of “'Highroads of Peril,” etc. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. you were “talking” literature in high school you had to study with many others: Laurence Stern clergyman and genius, who wrote ti immortal “Tristram Shandy.” Y long ago forgotten all about him and many another writer called “great” v the dull preceptors of those day ¥ ptors are always, or generall dull to youth, It would never occur u that any boy on earth, cer- talnly no American boy, would re- member the author of “Shandy” with any sort of appreciation and affection. Would remember him at all. But, be- liove it or not, just this has happened. Here in a young fellow who has ae- tually made Laurence Sterne the hero of his last novel. A soldier in the World War, too. On the Mexican border, niso, and otherwise comport ing himself like a lusty modern of regular American brand. Going back fnto the world of a century and a half ago, he there picka out Laurence Sterne, around whose joyous and witty genlus he contrives certain inci- dents and scenes of that long-gone period. From these Sterne looks out in most engaging manner upon the people around him to the reader’s genuine entertainment, The happy recital, & recreation In fact, centers upon “three hitherto unvecorded ad. ventures of the Rev, Laurence Sterne, A. R, Vicar of Coxwold in Yorkahive; author of the “Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent.” " Fletlon-- ertainly, but fiction that ia ate with the mannera and cus and outlook of history itself . Grace M. Fernald, psychologist at the University of California, While other children learned to know “the little ved hen from “the Big brown bear,” thewe otherwise normal childven gased at the words and phrases and learned nothing, Nuceoss In teaching a ¢hild of this (ype to read iy veported by Dr, Fer nald, Thin boy's inability to recognise even hix own nume after several yoars of achaol finally led teachers to think he must be feeblo minded. Dr. Fer nald, who gave him a mental test, pronounced him novmal “Hupposs you try to teach him ag thing," suggested the teacher. The psychologist, seeking a new method, a8 long na the usual methods had all falled, asked the hoy to trace the word “land” on the blackboard. [ be At onve he followed her divections, and van his fAnger around the curves and Iines of the written word, Feelin word out this way fixed it in his mind. The boy spent the next weeka fingering words by the soove, and these words ha vemembered, He veturned o school and became an enthusinatio ronder Onee (tha word bitnd ehild has traved @ good ey words, he catchies an te the fden that he van vead new wonds Without having to fnger thew His Pride e new avcomplishinent then Covtmen Wi Lo ke vaphl progvess i voading, 10 han been fonnd The powsihility has boon snggested thut & similar defeot s the haudivap of universlty students Who vahnot un deratand the lettering of algebia or i A Cogmgine o6 kBl carrled forward by the personality of A famous genius and wit, through the agency and support of & skilled writer and an appreciative man. D Ry Mateol Howe REBELLION iy New York: Dodd, Mead Farnham, & Co. THE offered |u-m-‘ tor : pears to be brinklng into o A thhe harvest of hitherto hidden talent, And this, no doubt, s ex actly What the now famillar competts ton 1n intended to do. ve 1a an other one, from the daughter of an eminent newspaper editor of the Middle West who (s, naturally, tre- mendously proud of his gifted daugh- tor, Many others, too, Will certainly proud of this young fellow citiaen who has convelved and carried th h in brilllant fashion & study of the modern girl, There s no over veaching fn this atudy. straint ia one of the beat the story itselt and ls, besides, hest promise of this the future, Just a & auelin You may see anywhere today, The new girl difters from the old ene anly in veapect to her open wanifeatations of heveelt The old gl had as wany peivate ve Dellions agninst the often queationatle Of hev elders, awainat thely % AND AN LINPLONS, W8 the new vl Hhe kept thew inatde hevsall, The new wivl leta them out, That in the veal difterence, It - this diffevence that marke the nfim ion o 30 g T L LI novels ap: o open on her part a freedom to question, a freedom in stating her case and the case of all youth. There is nothing unbecoming, nothing that suggests impertinence on her part. Instead, there Is the ready question about many old acceptances that rouse curlosity, and query, on her part. Parental authority—the authority of the father—is the stumbling block to contentment in a house W] tions from the childs are taboo. The fine work here rests upon the young writer's lack of overworking har theme. Not so much from what she says does the silly tyranny and assumption of wisdom on the part of the father come out. That is the quality of the man and it comes to the surface of it own accord. The girl, too, 18 portrayed without exag- geration. Just a girl of today look- ing around, as the girls are doing, wondering about the way of many sacred things. And, upon the whole, rebel that she is, nothing dire hap- pens to her—except that she gets married to the man she wants in- stead of not getting married at all or of taking some one whom her father might accept. The story, to be sure, restates still again the now pressing and pesky question of what these young folks are going to do ahout their elders. wrpiels “THE WORLD'S” BEST SHORT STORIES OF 1927, Foreword by Willlam Johnston. New York: seorge H. Doran Co. U DER the auspices of the New York World editors of leading American magazines have selected the stories that make up this volume. Standing between authors and the reading public, the editor by knowl- edge and experience is peculiarly qualified to pass upon writers as pur- veyors of reading matter to the gen- eral public. Such a beok as this one, therefore, makes a pretty safe guide for those who prefer reading of sub- stance and artistic quality. The en- terprise. besides, gives positive urge to aspiring writers and is, on this ac- count, of undeniable usefulness. Gathered here is material for com- parison, for catching the feel of the short story, for appraising the ele- ments that enter into this form of composition as distinct from the novel. In this respect the book passes be- yond the idea of entertainment for the leisure hour and becomes a really important guide to study and to prac- tice. This book, or another of the same purpose and plan, is calculated to make the best of text-books for students who should study at first hand, rather than spend so much time on what some critic has said about this or that writer, since even one small matter personally arrived at is worth whole volumes of second- hand accumulations. Here is a wide range of theme. Here is an equally wide range of personal approach on the part of authors. Here is scope in the matter of development and in the writer's own view of the mean- ing and effect of the short story. Good as reading matter for the hour of enjoyment. Better still as text. book on the short story for students of enterprise and the desire to write on their own account. LI THE DEVIL'S MANTLE. By Frank L. Packard, author of “Two Stolen Idols,” etc. New York: George H. Doran Co. ERE is pure adventure running full-sail upon peril and escape in such swift succession as to suggest the slightly profane pessimist's defl- nition of life as “just one damned thing after another.” The whole ac- tive to-do takes place out from Aus- tralia, where pear! deposits have lured all manner of reckiess men to outlawry of every sort in the pursuit of money. Out of the situation Mr. ard, an old hand at such busi- e go! scheme of robbery with a remote and rocky {sland the storehouse of stolen goods. At the head of the en- terprise is a suave and polished gen- tleman, or so he appears upon his emergence into the financial and social ranks of Sydney, Australia. Serving him in his real business of theft and such other incidental villainy as the situation may require is a rascally band of Oriental outcasts. Here is the background for adventure. To the front is a perfectly nice young man, who, an unfortunate younger son. has come out from England to see what the world has to offer him. Speedily he comes under cion, & carefully planned suspicion, of both robbery and murder. Now the businesa of the tale is to impose upon that guod young man as many dangers and escapes as one mere mortal can hold up under. A love story goes along with the rest of the trouble. With a dexterity ac- quired by long practice in the art of making and unmaking danger Mr. Packard brings the whole strenuous matter out into the plain sailing of clear innocence on the part of the maligned and maltreated boy, out into the sunshine of true love requited. 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America and Europe even embdedded in the ice of Sideria Rut this is the first discovery of these prehistoric members of the elephan family weuth of the Equator in the O World, accarding to Pref. nd A | Dart of the University of ters. rand, at Johannesdurg, who has ex- amined 1fe teeth and reported his con clusions in the Britiah sclentific jour nal Nature, The teeth of the mammoths appe od in the course of excavations of « drietup portion of the Vaal River Ded in the Transvaal. first toen ¢ burg Qealogical Museum and at hia requeat the two teeth which later ap- Peared were sent to Prof. Dart for caratul examination. The gravel where ther were found contalns quantitias of the erudely ohipped stones tsed Dy prehistoric men A% toals and weapons. From the oo Qitiont of the weapans and the mam Woth toeth, Prof. Dart reports that mammoths must have Hved at the thme apecien of mammoths, Prof, Dare N loves. . Among the inventions watting to Mo vented a Rritiah m”ur ml‘:‘e n\vv"m ment to show A M‘dt LT = T M’ GOODSPEED'S BOOK SHOP IS A NATIONAL INSTITUTION bR il Whea in Rosten R .. - N ————