Evening Star Newspaper, March 28, 1929, Page 21

“TYOINGS NAY URGE ARTBILLATSESSON Senator Hopes to Reintro- duce Measure Providing for U. S. Artists’ Competition. Senator Millard Tydings of Maryland has expressed hope that he wil be able to reintroduce at the special session of next month his bill to estab- Legislators Would Amend Minnesota’s Sunday “Blue Law™ By the Assoclated Press. ST. PAUL, March 28.—Soon, if all goes well with a proposal be- fore the Legislature, it will be perfectly legal in Minnesota to hunt, fish, play and “hold other public sports and exercises on Sunday.” These things have been going on without any effort to stop them, but there is a Sunday “blue law” forbidding such activities, and the Legislature now seeks to amend it. The bill passed the State Senate last night. people American art lovers eventually THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1929." Are You in a Hurry? You Can Read This Entire Announcement in Less Than 4 Minutes! LANSBURGH & BRO " 7th, 8th and E Stq.-FAL_dOUS FOR QUALITY SINCE 1860—Franklin 7400 ngress lish, in Washington a national board | would come to buy works of art from of painting and sculpture to provide for | American artists and would leave for- | an annual competition for American | ejgn masterpieces to the people to painters and sculptors. | whom they belong. The Senator pointed out that the| "t js my belief.” concluded the Sen- United States makes an annual expen-| ator “that a rational espousal by any diture of several bilMons of dollars in | people of art, by which the beautiful its “various ramifications,” but makes | anq detached things of life are ex- | “little or no contribution” to further | pressed, is no small cure for narrow- art. He expressed the belief that this | pess, sectionalism, intolerance and the No School Tomorrow--- That Means Mothers and Children ly is due to the “newness of the nited States of America.” Senator Tydings’ bill, which has been introduced in the Senate, provides for | the permanent establishment of a na- | tional board of painting and sculpture, | to be composed of not less than three | nor more than five members to be ap- pointed by the President and to hold office for terms of one year. The per- | sons appointed as members of the board | shall be qualified by experience and | }:alnk\g in the consideration of art ob- jects. Annual Competition Proposed. The board shall hold a prize com- | petition in the District of Columbia | annually for the selection of the best works of living artists who are citizens of the United States, The competition shall be in two divisions, one for paint- ing and one for sculpture. For the three best works in each division to be selected by the board, prizes shall be awarded. . Each work for which a prize is award- ed shall become the property of the United States, except in the event the | work has been executed for a private individual or corporation, when the art- ist =hall be entitled to a medal, but not | smaller actions of mankind. It is a force of great value and worthy of the support of any people who wish to carve out of the Rock of Time a noble destiny.” STOREKEEPER REPORTS $2.25 LOSS IN HOLD-UP |} Trio, One Armed With Revolver, |} Stage Robbery in U Street Building. Abraham Levitin of 1301 U street reported this morning to eighth pre- cinct police that he was held up last night by three colored men and robbed of $2.25. He was in his store at the U street address when the colored men entered, one with a revolver in his hand. He was forced to empty his pockets. Easter Flowers Will Flock to Lansburgh’s for Their Easter Apparel The Easter Rabbit has already been to Lansburgh's, leaving such beautiful Easter toys and candies. And the Children’s Apparel Sections are completely ready with correct clothes for tiny fashionables—with the quality and economy the wise Mother has come to expect at Lansburgh & Bro. It will be worth your while to make Lansburgh & Bro. your shopping headquarters tomorrow! Ensemble Suits and Dresses for Tots of 2 to 6, $2.95 Like mother the wee fashionable will wear an ensemble in the Easter parade. And if not one of these adorable ones with a white dimity frock, wearing printed jackets—she will choose a sleeveless dimity or printed dress to wear 'neath her coat. There are other frocks too, with short sleeves—trimmed with lace edges and touches of embroidery. Gay prints and soft plain colors—the most cunning styles for the tiny Miss 2 to 6. to the cash prize. | An exhibition of this sort would | be of inestimable value to Washington, | Bhe Bsak 0l Diint g o shat oy at sands of persons woul attracte: e to the city at that period. With time, | Wholesale Prices Senator Tydings surmised, there might | Lilies, Spirea, Hyacinths. Hydrangeas even develop in Washington an artists’ | and other plants colony. Grown by a florist who has been His! 1 Worth Is Cited. growing flowers for 50 years. Another advantage would be a pic- record of the country’s history, he maintained. ovwe: th& perlodmoén ume."dul:s‘ l.he‘ i e Pl o i sy 2th St. and Minnests sculpture would be living pages of Amer- || Gresnhouses—13th St. and Minnesp! ican history. They would show and tell ann =z 50 much better than can the printed | = word the ever-changing story of a na- =5 ) tion’s life. 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