Evening Star Newspaper, March 10, 1929, Page 40

Exhibition by Members of the Landscape Club of Washington. F is Leamgs, Water Colors and Pastels on View. Other Notes of Local Artists. EY LEILA MECHLIN. "IE current exhibition at the Arts 2017 1 street, consists of work by members of the Land- scape Club of Washington, in honor of whom a tea will be T: given this afternoon, at which S. Bur-|pu; tis Baker and Felix Mahony will be hosts. This club, one of our most active lo- cal professional organizations, is made up for the most part, as its name indi- cates, of those who paint landscapes, but included in this exhibition and of notable interest are several portrait stidies by club members. For example, Richard Meryman shows here for the | first time his lately completed portrait of Clifford K. Berryman, cartoonist of | ‘The Stay. It is a small canvas, showing little more than the head, and is an| unusual pose, the face being turned to | the right and slightly uptilted, produc- | ing an animated appearance, a sugges- tion of motion, as though the sitter had Jjust turned his head and was alert with interest. There is no question of the adequacy of the likeness, and the fact that the portrait has found favor with Mr. Berryman's family and friends gives further indication of merit. Eugen Weisz, who, it will be remem- bered, is a member of the faculty of the | Corcoran School of Art, is represented in this exhibition by two portrait studies, one of a young woman, “Hen- rietta,” the other of a young man, both evidencing on the part of the artist command of medium and a painter’s grasp of subject. R. B. Horsfall, the third of the paint- ers in this group to be represented by portraiture, exhibits a painting en- titled “The Pioneer,” a portrait study of & typical American of earlier days. Rolle, Roy Clark and Tom Brown. Of special interest are a group of Marines, Mr. Claghorn’s “The Fishing Beach” and old Spanish galleon, both in the style of a double decade ago; John U. Perkins' “Maine Rocks” and “Passing Storm” and A. H. O. Rolle’s “Sand The little pictures in this collection are to be found in the library and in- clude two admirable etchings—“Mal- lards” and “Canada Geese,” by Benson B. Moore. Others represented are William L. Maclean, Clinton Ward, Michael Ken- nedy, N. S. Sudduth, Robert B. Motley and Louis R. Moss. * X Kk I?OR a fortnight the display cascs in | the atrim at the Corcoran Gallery of Art have been occupled by etchings, water colors and pastels by Charles Mor- | ris Young of Philadelphia, quite a num- ber of which are of sporting subjects— “The Steeplechase,” “Fox Hunters,” “The Hunt at White Horse Tavern,” ete. Although this sport is not as popu- lar in the United States as in England, |lose its picturesqueness. Mr. Young, in | this group of sketches, has admirably caught the spirit of the chase. His ren- dering of horses and riders, many in the typical pink coats; the hounds and the onlookers are most skillfully and sympathetically rendered. Furthermore, Mr. Young fits these subjects into his landscapes. It is not a question of fig ures with backgrounds, of human terest introduced into an otherwise m notonous view, but of a unified expr |slon of various elements brought {gether in a perfect composition. And it more than survives and will never | Prayer, | what is more, he never overtells his tale. Among the etchings shown in the same group is one of running hounds— | Wednesdey five sales had been made— “Edge of the Marsh,” by nabert F. Cor- nett; “Marmion Lane, Ha Ferty, | W. Va.,” by A. H. O. Bolle "In the Below Great Falls” by Garnet | ‘Dogwood,” by Lilllan Moore | Abbot, and “A New England Home,” by Norma Bose. In contrast to the thirty- nine sales made from the Water Color Club's exhibition, this seems a poor showing, but a good many exhibitions, unfortunately, are held in which no sales at all are recorded. The day has not yet come when Fllnunn can rival in popularity those uries which the public is determined to 8S, regard- less of cost. But there is on every side indication of increase in appreciation, consequently demand for contemporary artists’ works. * K ok K THE exhibition of drawings and illuminations by Miss Marian Lane | which ned in the Corcoran Gallery of Art last week will continue until March 17, Miss Lane’s illuminations shown in this exhibition consist of the the “Twenty-third Psalm,” “Stevenson’s ” “Old Canterbury House Bless- ing,” “/Cardinal Newman’s Prayer” and the “Lord’s Prayer,” variously rendered. All of these are exquisitely set forth in beautiful black lettering, the Old English letters being used for the most part and with uncommonly fine colorful | floral borders. In one or more instances | Miss Lane has introduced with the in- | itial letter a miniature such as would | be found in an old illuminated missile— | very fine work. Less precise in character, but likewise evidencing good draftsmanship, tech- nical skill and at the same time artistic perception, are her drawings of his- forical houses—"The Dark Entry, Can-| | terbury Cathedral”; “Angel Tower, Can- “THE TOWBOAT—WINTER,” A PHOTOGRAPH BY ARTHUR A. LOMAX OF CARDIFF, WALES, INCLUDED IN EXHIBITION AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. The rest of the tings in this ex-|a hibition are lan Ceey or marines, for the most part vases than have :l:::dlnml‘nd‘upe Club’s exhibi- one receives imme- The impression diately upon w the lower room, usity an inierpretive power. Here y lve power. are landscapes, u:ge ity of them wnshlnxton. of aspect and dlvermy of ap- on the part of beauty k a vllnunl in Autumn,” Minor S. Jameson, a Mcult mbjeet very skill- fully rendered. Mr. .Vuneson also shows ing ¢ pllnfln( L lllt Glo . cglt:huuoflnm: a of ucester done inner harbor, showing character- istic, colorful houses peeping above one another as they ascend 5 Both A. J. Schram and Benson B. Moore show Winter pictures —“The Frozen Stream” and “Winter Sunset,” WUWU, but Mr. Moore's better con- ution is & “Gray Autumn Day,” with sapling trees, partly denuded of foliage, in the foreground. Other contributions by some of these same artists are to be found in the din- ing room, but here special note will be made of two characteristic and very charming works by William H. Holmes, guished director of the Na- umll Gnllery of Art. One is “A Mary- land Farm,” the other “A Maryland Meadow,” both painted some years ago in the neighborhood of Mr. Holmes' Rockville residence and suggestive of the lush fallowness of Midsummer in this vicinity. An interesting picture of “Gunston Cove, Maryland,” painted by W. Bowyer Pain is included in this group, as well #s & wharf picture by Frank Niepold. Above stairs, in the second floor re- ception room, are characteristic works by Garnet Jex, J. C. Claghorn, A. H. O. nndalap of in full pursuit down a hillside, their forward motion and g backs indicated by undulat- ing curves, a few lines most expressively guhced Equally successful are some of etchings of the sea. Charles Morris Y¢ is better known as a painter in oil of landscape and marine than as either etcher or sketcher. He has received numerous awards for his in ofls, among them the Stotesbury , Pennsylvania Academy of H.ne Arts, n 1925, and he “LITTLE MISS MUFFETT,” A STATUETTE IN COLOR BY VICKEN VON POST TOTTEN, ON VIEW AT THE YORKE GALLERY. S is represented in the ent collec- tions of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the-Albright Gallery, Buffalo; our own Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Memorial Gallery, Rochester; the Na- tional Gallery at Budapest and the Na- tional Museum‘nt Santiago, Chile. * * * Tlm thirty-eighth annual exhibition » Soclety of Washington Artists in the Corcoran Gallery of Art closes this afternoon after having been on view for four weeks. Up to last — terbury”; “Magdalen College, Oxford, From = Addison’s Walk”; Qur Own Washington Cathedral in Process of Erection”; “Salisbury Splre, England”; “The Library, Prince “Appleton clnpel Harvard”; “Sever’ Hall, Har- ;s number of beautiful old door- wnys, one at Portsmouth, N. H, and tle Capitol at Washington, to nme only a few. a a These are pencil drawings done certain gifted architects are 'nnt to sketch, with an aj tion = proportion and I:!'lm' :l‘ml‘l““w “ and wi y no em- phasis of light md .m A number of -wlnn Thave been reprodueed by rnechnnk:el among them the Princeton and subjects, and are for ule 8t an ex- tremely modest price. THE March print exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution consists of etchings by Charles E. Hell, who is best known for his bird subjects. Charles Emil Heil was born in Boston in 1870 and received his first instruc- tion in art in the Boston Free Schools. collections. ful. s '.“:(‘:’e‘ibiio'%:" Grawings. of almost feathers, wings, bllls, legs, flowers, althoug [ appearance of treedom dired-nul no detail with him uupn analytical observation. He is, says a fellow artist, “a draftsman of surety and knowledge.” It is through this surety and knowledge that Mr. Hail is able to render, nhe does, birds with scientific artistic charm, to interpret the 0 our feathered friends as well as thei! actual sspect. He M in the M years, through his birds, made a unique place 1« hl.nl& in the field of cotemporary American art. * K Kk TN the Arts and Industries Building, United States National Museum, sec- tion of photography, is to be seen this month and next a collection of pictorial pho phs by Arthur J. Lomax of Car ‘This exhibition conslm ( ir 15 of 16 prints and is, according to A. *“YOUNG BLUE JAY,” ONE OF THE ETCHINGS BY CHARLES E. HEIl. WHICH ARE INCLUDED IN 1 -AN EXHIBITION AT THE SMITHSON m MISS ELIZABETH MOHUN, DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. BARRY PORTRAIT PAINTED BY NICOLA MiCHAILOW, MOHLU Olmsted, in charge of this division, one of the best one-man shows of the sea- son. T 'HE Maryland Institute, Baltimore, is showing a unique exhibition begin- ning today and continuing for a fort- night. This will consist of printed silks from Cheney Brothers, a very hand- some publication of the Pegasus Press showing facsimiles of water colors, of peasant costumes of France of the eighteenth and early nineteenth cen- turies, with five of the leading Balti- more department stores co-operating. ‘The show will open this afternoon with a tea and there will be a fashion show and tea every afternoon this week, at several of which talks will b= given. The speaker on Tuesday evening will be Richard F. Bach, director of industrial relations, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The afternoons of the fol- lowing week will be given over to the co-operating department stores. * K kK PROPOS of the statuettes illustra- tive of nurse\;ry rhyme characters by Vicken von Post Totten, now on view in the Yorke Galleries, it is interesting to learn that in the comprehenalve exhibi- tion of works by American potters lately opened in the Potter's Shop, New York, es and statuettes are in the ma- Jority, taking the place of the custo- mn;ky flower vase or jar. One of the New York critics ascribes this current ten- dency to the influence of the Interna- tiopal Exhibition of Ceramics brought to this country last Autumn by the American Federation of Arts and shown for some weeks at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, before going on a tour of American museums. This exhi- bition contained statuettes ll’ld 1 of animals and birds b!y dn- guished modern potters of Europe, from which, it would seem, our American potters have taken their cue. A well known writer has remarked re- cently that the world does not go on and on, but round and round, and so, undoubtedly, it sometimes seems, espe- cially in the matter of fads and fash- fonss At the time of chi. clv:;‘wu the Roger_groups were popular; then came the Dresden statuettes, later to frowned down upon and banished. Shortly after 1900 these, once much prized possessions, were almost univer-| sally relegated to the attic, and now, res | BTa! be | more than six, behold, after another double decade, we have gone back to our old love and are finding real delight in making anew, though perhaps more plastic in form, gay little statuettes, significant figures of animals and birds, for no earthly use save that of pure esthetic pleasure. But they are charming! ERE AT the Yorke Gallery from tomorrow to March 30 will be displayed a collection of ralmlngs by Pasqual Mon- turiol, Spanish portrait painter and ainter of Spanish life. At the same ime, in one of the smaller galleries, is to be seen works done by children from 7 to 11 years of age who have been studylng under Negulesco, the Ru- manian artist, a comprehensive exhibi- tion of whose work was lately shown in this same place. S * NICOLA MICHAILOW, the Bulgarian painter who has been recently working here in Washington, nnuhed last week the portraits for which he was commissioned, those of Mrs. R. M. Kauffmann and Miss Elizabeth Mohun. Both are little more than half lengths and evidence the painter’s gift, training ¢ and skill. Obviously, they are the works of an accomplished artist. Both portraits are simple and direct. In each the figure of the sitter is shown against a one-toned background. In neither instance has chair or other ac- cessory been introduced for picturesque effect. Mrs. Kauffmann is painted in a green-blue taffeta gown, seated, with her hands in her lap, looking straight toward the observer. The expression is animated and pleasing. Miss Mohun is portrayed in a light green gown, with a y-white embroidered shawl over her right shoulder, against a darker background. In this case the slight, girlish figure is seen almost in profile, extremely erect, with head turned to- ward the observer and nicely balanced on the shoulders. The color, the brush work, the effect of atmosphere envelop- ing the figure and of the figure within the clothes are well rendered. Mr. Michailow is a rapid painter, and for each of these portraits he had no sittings, completing the works in less than a week aplece. Only much practice and extraordinary facil- 1ty could achieve in such short space of time such result, RICHARD MERYMAN'S RECENTLY COMPLETED PORTRAIT OF CLIFFORD K. BERRYMAN. IT 1S INCLUDED IN THE LANDSCAPE CLUB’S EXHIBITION AT THE ARTS CLUB. THE PUBLI Recent accessions at the Public Libra- ry and lists of recommended reading w\ll appear in this column each Sunday: Aeronautics. Chatfield, <. H., and Taylor, C. F. The Airplane and Its Engine. SZP-C39. Holland, R. S. Historic Alrships. SZ- H 71 h. International Oivil Aeronautics Confer- ence, Washington, D. C,, 1828. Pa- perl Submitted by the’ Delegates. In8. studley. Barrett Practical Flight Train- ing. 8Z-St9sp. Engineering. Binger. W. D. What Engineers Do. S- 51 w. 8. Materials Handbook. SC- D. M. The Teacher nl Me- ical Drawing. SAB-C 15t. Praser, C. C. The Story of Enflmenng Handvook Encyclopedia of Engincerin cyclo o e TA-6H 19. o . mu. c s. wmm— Construction Methods. xeplax. r. R. Mechanical Drafting Handbook. - SAB-44m. "‘T‘;" T. E. Applied Engineering. TE- 8sckett, R. L. The Engineer, His Work and His Education. S-Sa 13, Astronomy. Crockett, C. W. Elements of Spherical C LIBRARY Shapley, Harlow. Starlight. 1926. LT- Sh26s. Todd, D. P. Astronomy. 1902, LR-T566. Bible. Baldwin, C. s God Unknown. 1820, CBVZ-B 19. Blble 0. T. Slections, English. Read- ings PFrom the Old Testament. CBFA-MGI Booth, H. K. ng Background of the Blb|e 'CBBI- Calrns, D. 8. The Faith That Rebels. CBRM-C 1 Duncan, G. s " An Introduction to Bib- lical Archaeology. CBEA-D91. F'l!g. Edmond. The Life of Moses. CBJ- M8531.E. Gore, Charles, Bishop of Oxford, and others. A New Commentary on Holy Scriptures, including the Apocrypha. CBD-G#65. Robinson, G. L._Where Did We Get Our Bible? CBBI-R56w. Vance, J. I. Love Trails of the Long Ago. CBJ-9V2T7. Children’s Books. Bennett, John. The Pigtail of Ah Lee en . J. De Huff, E. V’v Swift Eagle of the Rio Dombrowsii 'zu_Papros, und Krusvic, mbrowsi zu ros, 'y u s von. pAbd-uah and the meld R ‘i Little Dog Toby. J. Hou(h Wlh,er ‘The Story of Fire. jPX- Kelly. E. P. The Trumpeter of Krakow. j. and Practical Astronomy. herson, H. C. 1926. LR-M24m. lshnxley. Harlow, and Howarth, H. E. Source Book in Astronomy. LR- ~C87. Modern Astronomy. | Mt MacDonald, Greville. Count Billy. j. . P. The Runaway Plpoole J Melgs, Cornelia. As the Crow Flies. J. Melu. Cornelh. The Wonderful Loco- Jl“k!l‘)‘. Df'd. OMM the Hunter, A Life of Sir Martin Frobisher, Written by William McFee. The Chesapeake an& Potomac Country—The THE_LIFE OF SIR MARTIN FRO- BISHER. By Willlam McFee. New York: Harper & Brothers. ¢ E was very valiant"—such is ¢ the epitaph of Sir Martin Frobisher, sailorman and explorer in the days of Elizabeth. Now valor is a quality worthy to keep any man alive for a mere 400 years or thereabout. Valor is an ideal, a goal—one that in these later days appears to have had a revival along the very lines that dis- guished the doughty explorer of the six- teenth century. The Byrds and the Lindberghs are of the company of Drake and Hawkins and Sir Martin himself—save that the aims and ambi- tions of the world have changed. Those old mariners were looking for treasure, treasure by way of the morthwest, were dealing in loot and often in piracy, a not dishonorable occupation in the days when kings and queens encouraged and supported it. Nowadays the air is the highway, nowadays ::l:;:oe d.: :}ge ohde:: sought, peace and Wi e pilo in {hmpe hts. That is about the only difference between the two periods. No one could be better prlmed to tell the story of Probisher than William McFge. Sallors both, the sea is their element. So, one is able to translate its hagards for the other. He does. In an interesting and most effective way. McFee has seized upon the spirit of. this old explorer, this rough, indom- itable, unlovable man, who was as res- tive as the sea itself under restraint, even the restraint of a queen. The record spreads to an inclusion of the period in its special character, to sketches of some of the outstanding cotemporaries of Frobisher—Shake- speare, for instance, as well as the great seamen of that day, Drake and Hawkins and others. In clear outline, too, is there a comparison of the science of navigation of today with the relatively rude art of this }nrcoccupnnon in that other time. It is for this comprehensive study that the book is highly valuable, as valuable as for the picure of its great hero and his fellow men. As history by way of blography, understanding and sympathetic biography, the story of Sir Martin Frobisher stands vivid and dis- cerning as an interpreter of a great period. * ok Kk X TH.E CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC 'OUNTRY. By Oliver Martin. luunnflens by E. L. Florence, jr. ‘The Chenpenke & Powmle Te]ep “STIP lively, plenel" “Make it snappy!” Such must have been the guidance and monition under which | Oliver Martin luced “The Chesa- peake and Country.” It is that sort of book. It is, moreover, the plain by-product of a pure business enterprise. To read the telephone service all up and down the Potomac country and roundabout Chesapeake Bay—that was the business in d. This done, th-re was found to be in lusage of scenery possession a big ‘surp! and_settlement, of Colonial relic and | to Civil War reminder, of leisure and be- lated growth. In hand were picture and fact, romance and history, the T | glamour of other days steeped in their own mellowing years. Interesting stuff for any one to come upon. And Oliver Martin fell to upon it. First, as authors do, he set up before himself the three little gods whom writers seek to urve— accuracy, economy, interest. These in co-operation wnh a very n‘pecul gift of his own have 'orked the end of n cov- ere: by mfinurpflu of setting up the telephone service within it. This proves to be a most companionable journeying up and down. to and-from, for in an easy way with words the writer, the traveler, polnts out this and that of importance and lnumt to the ones going along beside him. A charming stretch of country, this—Washington, Baitimore, mchmond and up the mountain Wi beauty nnd mrun pays full d\le. Here is a book to make the pro- fessional guide-writer pause for lessons, not only in giving facts and directions, but in presenting the facts alive in their real flesh and blood, facts that, seem- mm by their own volition, walk in fashion before the reader. The sum of the matter is that, having gone along here, one holds in memory a very benuuml and interesting of a truly historic corner of the um seaboard and its immediate neighbor- hood. Oliver - Martin is editor of “The 'rnnlmlthr." the employes’ magazine peake & Potomnc Teleph&ne use! and’ bel\lflfill book comes to readers. * ok x* THE LOVERS OF THE MARKET PLACE. By Richard Dehan, author of “The Sower of the Wind,” etc. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. T}ll honored tradition of the family il that of selfless love, devotion, harmony. - Yet, sometimes—but this is Richard Dehan's story. A novelist of experience and worth, thls one, who has not built herself into favor by way of fairy tale and plain fabrication. There must be & reason for the theme ox this novel, & reason more substantial than a writer's not unnatural desire for change. However, here is the story in its foundation. Here is the drama of a father, who, in apparent enmity, | Presen! pursues his son. Even as s little Stephen Braby came under his father's dislike. And when, in later years, Wil- frid Braby inherited money made in old slave trading his hatred became intensi- fled because both the boy and mother refused to accept comfort de- rived from that source. Such is the starting point of the romance. In its and | true content of the matter turns o m “ e % scephenmfla”mck for Philip Littell, author ofy l by the tnmc\m of the father to dis-: his mother, Malvina, happy in market gardening, even though this con- tentment was sorely and often broken possess them of the little homestead | of upon which they lived. By and by a love story enlivens the plain tale of hard work. Stephen's love story. The chief concern of the novel is, however, that of Wilfred Braby’s persecution of his wife and son, coupled with the dauntless herolsm of Malvina and Stephen in meeting this unnatural behavior—or, is it unnatural, after all? TIM mmmufi'l' 18 cast in the 1lwer ’:l:‘kl.l i gl e, cryptic at times e dialect of the West Riding where it is nt, but at no notnr. does it lapse into indecision or weakness of any sort. A st.urdy story of resistance on the one d and devotion on the other. One rrom Wwhich emerge innumerable clean- cut, -edged points of human na- ture worl out naturally and pic- turesquely by way of immediate environ- ment and particular problem. K K K UNFATHOMED JAPAN. By Harold and Alice mu'.uted New York: The Anrobook I.ntlmteueflnry “A them new, all of them cood substance and ef- rounded picture of Japan enm-ue Americans gath- the way. All mapner of 18 | years from now. .| plex of modern life one cannot ny boy | story, its metes and bounds set a his | subject, not only expec Mysteries of Japan. importances are considered here—racial | strains, dynasties, religions, great re- | formers and their respective philcso- phies, wars and rumors of war, the com- mon_ways of life separating the lowly | people from their rulers, the arts of painting and sculpture and architecture, | the scenery, education, industry and commerce—all these ‘and more find place in this big volume of experience | and impression. It is deepiy interesting. Too big, maybe. Well, all right, it is too big. But open it up and begin to go along | with these two, so alert, so interested | in every single thing that comes to sight—espectally is the “Oku-san” quite carried away with it all. The “Foto- san” appears to be a bit more reserved, but, then, he is an educator and this makes for reticencies and dignities. I'm sure that the lady wrote the most of this book, so free and spontaneous and delighted with Japan. As I said, just begin here. You'll not stop at once, not till something else calls with an imperative snap to it. You'll return 1o the reading as soon as possible for it | is an engaging story of travel in a country of deep interest to the rest of the world. It is, moreover, an artful blend of the basic things of Japanese life with the thousand and one ele- ments that give the country so clear a delight to the rest of the world. | * K ok x SEEING EGYPT AND THE HOLY LAND. By E. M. Newman, author of “Seeing Italy,” etc. Illustrated. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Co. Hm is opportunity to hold fast that which as lecture is likely to pass too swiftly out of mind. For here is that combination of picture and de- scription that constitutes the famous sravel talks of Mr. Newman. Cairo, the Pyramids of Gizeh, Luxor and Karnak. ‘Then Palestine, heart of the Holy Lan rich for all the world in its associ tions with the life of Jesus—these are among the points in this book of picture and accompanying word. By houseboat down the Nile, by camel across the des- ert, the stopping places are as numer- ous as are the characteristic touches of native life that invite the everready camera of this indefatigable picture maker. You have heard this book. no doubt, and have seen it. Yet, here it is in a longer tarrying than mere mem- ory secures for it in the original lec- ture and screen. The three are cal- culated to supplement and strengthen one another. To such end this book will serve an excellent purpose for the many readers of travel reports and records. * K K X | FORGOTTEN LADIES. By Richard- son Wright, lllthol' of “Hawkers and Walkers in Early America,” ete. Illustrated. Philadelphia: J. B. Lip- pincott Co, ILLUBTRATW by old prints and cartoons, here are certain forgotten ladies whom this author, in chivalrous mood, seeks to bring back into the open ways of current life. Listen a minute the titles of & few of the chapters and to the explanatory lines that ac- eompany them. That will be enough to tir curiosity and desire toward this llvely and captivating revival, mnnm- tion. Here they are, some of them “The Chaste Amazon, Deborah samp- son in Trousers Bleeds for Her Country and Shows Us Conditions the Revolu- tionary Veteran Found When He Re- turned from the War.” Another, “The Damosel of the Slate Pencil,” whlch in elaboration turns out to be the story of an amazing lie that mm fiuh and fires and ends up in a tremendous com- motion of political frenzy. The damo- sel's other name was Maria Monk. There is here, too, a princess down New Orleans wly “a savage maid” out of the Court of Louis XV, moving toward a romantic destiny. And so they come, nine of them, Americans all, who, un- g | der the lmpireuon of Richardson wriaht's companionship, exercise their and lheen of life itself—the life of the port women round- about do—umm their caps for the gallants with more or less of subtlety and art, bedecking themselves in the frivolities of the moment playing the game of Egeria to this or that male notable, reaching, hll!-helnedly. to- ward a_‘“new m” and a “larger | 4o Not_different, you see, in any essential. Yes, they do seem different. One has to admit that. That, however, is due to the fact that Richardson Wright has taken them in hand. He could do the same with the charming and notable women of the present if he only would. Maybe he , & hundred * kK K THIS WAY OUT. By Philip Littell. New York: Coward-McCOann, Inc. TH!:RI is a noticeable movement these days among novelists back toward are in retreat before the confusing com- Whether or not the movement is par of the familiar tendency to test old sanctities by new_scientific ‘hypotheses, one cannot tell. Nor is this important. Enough to know that a goodly number of the nrtlafi in Ag;tkm are on their Way Trearwar some very good fictive stuff, too, has come !m":'n such retreat. To deal with one man and one woman and one snake must offer an inducement that does not exist in a bedlam of these three. ‘Way Out” is a sample of the exodus from the present into the past. It is a fgudemn of comuéency by ;Jze théme proceeds Wi of a genial irony, a long way thls side the ulmc-l farce that might be expected from the but actually come upon more once. 8o, the combination of compewnt structure and a sensitively intelligent seizure of :R: Way Out” and, at the same nme. pro- vides an hour of good, similing enter- ulnment for the rest of us. The gist this diversion rises out of the im- plication that Adam and Eve and the snake behave, within their own sphere of time and interest, pretty much as we ourselves do behave with our own multitudinous humans and serpents. BOOKS RECEIVED THE ORIGINS OF THE SYNAGOGUE AND THE CHURCH. By the late Dr. Kaufmann Kohler. Edited, with a blographical essay, by H. G. Enelow. e Kaufmann Kohler me- morial volume. New York: The Macmillan Co, NEWSPAPER REPORTING OF PUB-! LIC AFFAIRS: An Advanced flul: Newspaper Men. lette Bush, __Sehs of sournallem, Dnivrsty of ——————— Yorke Gallery i | | 1 Exhibition of DPaintings / I | ] 2000 S Street N.W. Y PASQUAL MONTURIOL Soanish Artist March 11th to March 30th Eden and Adam. Whether or not these |than Wisconsin. New York: D. Appleton & Co. THE CONSUMPTION OF WEALTH. By Elizabeth Ellis Hoyt, A. M., Ph. D., professor of economics, Iowa State College. New York: The Macmillan Co. PRINCES OF THE NIGHT. By Joseph Kessel. Translated by Jack Kahane. 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Birds up w 39 pounds in wel(ht were ‘studied. was found that a small bird mnchmre hutwt.heunuwe ht than d a ‘The heal e produdlon wue‘uh unit fi body surface s from 526 calories case of the wchflnn sea le, to 1 201 calories with the black-backed pelican. “This wide difference suggests w the investigators,” concludes the re- port, “that these birds nuy repreunt different heat-producting struc Rats in Maze Use Noses for Guidance ‘The old admonition to “follow your nose” apparently had more Wwere ‘melined we, as ters, to attach to it. It has recently been found by Dr. . Yoshioka of the University of ornia that rats have a decided tendency to do this ve thing. Rats placed in a maze ahawe in several cases, a strong tendens turn either to the right or to the k". as the case may be, on almost every op- portunity. He found that those which preferred the right turns had a curva- ture in the medium suture of the nasal ‘bone, which went a little to the left, causing the tip of the nose to point & bit to the right. The reverse was true of those which preferred to turn to the left. They turned most frequently in the direction in which their noses pointed. PSR . Lead Arsenate Found Destroyer of Insects As- a by-product of the campaign against the Japanese Beetle Government This | entomologists have discovered somethin; of value to all owners of lawns and of nfecust to every golfer. Lead arsenate mixed with the mrflce layer of soil wm control mm ;ou inhabiting insects ane Will ulso de: 88, cmekweed dandelion nna k. poison favors a strand of the desirable grasses. In preparing new greens the lead ar- senate should be mixed with the sofl at the rate of 1500 pounds to the acre. This will be effective for about six years. 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