Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1929, Page 32

Model Réoms,” With Paintings, on Exhibition — Prints and, THE SUNDAY KTAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. MAY 6. 1929—PART 2. > Paintihgs-at/the Arts!Club—Miss Clark’s Exhibition at £ ke BY LEILA MECHLIN, ESPITE the fact that the season is drawing to a close, there are quite a number of exhibitions .opening or to open shortly X the prospect is that nov- elty williie provided and interest main- tained agh the month of May. Of veRY real, and at the same time unique, ‘dnterest is the exhibition ar- ranged By a group of local artists at W. B. s & Sons, consisting of a series of fnodel rooms in which paint- ings havésseen given prominent place. It is said that the tendency today is to minimize the decorative value of pi tures. There is a vogue for paneled walls, and interior decorators are sup- posed in large measure o have dis- couraged the. placement, af pictures jn homes. | The, é‘,(u}:ui,m goes. far 1o demonstrate the “decoralfve " value of paintings properly placed. To the casual observer it m evident that in the series of T forth on the third and sixth floors this mercantile _establishment every object has been chosen with thought its relation to the other objects with which it 4s te be associated.. But this is the case. The rooms v'not be and, last but not take their place scheme. The least,.-the pietures, ip @ hatmgniows ot employed ik the | selection sh self in the fact th the arrangement does not seem forced but perfectly *nntural>~ mmd- for this reason these particular rooms have a livableness that one seldom sees in ar- rangements of furniture for exhibition PurposeRi A t mAay" be smoted, furthermore, that the mim On (he walls have been chosen _to_comp:emént a_general coior scheme, apd do so complement it. In the rooms- where the furniture is modernistic. In design 2 extremely simple and d woods used in the fur and dark and mellow, the paintings e © “THE FIREWORKS A PAINTIN( M L Corcoran Gallery. skill_lithography, aquatint, roulette. His work shows competence and assur- ance. If the groups of houses that he | pictures do not stand erect but seem to nod and gossip with one another, it | s not because of -inability to draw, but | purposeiul intent. There is a certain { naive childishness about his presenta- tions, but under this cloak of simplicity | one feels evidence of sophistication and hence affectation, | It s impossible to say what may be beattiful to another, or to deny beauty because it is not evident to one’s self. But none can deny that the tenden today is to represent graphically thos things which have not been generally, accepted beautiful in the past Doubtless this is a revolt against we: }I)n:(llm'\.\ and in time equilibriuim, % be restozed,, but in the meahtime 4ts is foolish to” attempt to give admiration to that which one does not instinctive- ly and genuinely admire. Mr. Heck- man’s work is essentially typical of the modernist viewpoint, and it evidences in its execution clarity of purpose and exceptional skill o o TPSTAIRS at the Ants Club are to Z be seen, in both lounge and lihr: paintings by Edith Hoyt 5 Ferguson, ocal artists of ception, who have acquires skill, A majority’ of Miss Hpyl' are Canadian, whereas many of M Ferguson's have been found abr Both painters interpret. more .or Je: literally the actual aspect of nature Both also are apparently chiefly allured by nature in subtle mood,. but this is{ not invarlable. Miss.Hoyt, for example, shows a group, hung in the lbijrs of mountain pictures—clean cut, strong, suggestive of gigantic. prapor- tions, weight, force; and Mry. Ferguson | shows in the lounge, among otherworks, a dramatic pre ation 6f a mountain scene with a little figure of & laborer | introduced to give scale. On the other | band, oné of Mrs. Ferguson’s' most al- interpretive subjeqts | d . COMINS, CONTAINED THE YORKE GALLERY » BY E JRROW AT | painted. nally than common ability, | altogether commendable. |~ The group includes seven works | two of which are large canvas | difficult subjects admirabl | a little too literal. perhaps, particul | in the case where a lighted lamp ha | been given place in the foreground b | the window sill, but still extremely suc cessful in {llusion, remarkably effective. | Two of the paintings are of dolls | from Miss Clark’s own quite collection—one a typical Dutch the other a typical Japanese doll These are quite splendidly painted strong, simple. clean cut. colorful, with- out sentiment or atmosphere, perhaps but better so in this instance There are two other still life subjec one a trifle, perhaps, banal—" Rentree d'une Soiree” for afte inside of a man's opera hat is not thing of beauty. no matt and of a daring notable doll, night scenes in New York. tremendously interpreted ; 1 all, the | a 1 painted: but such & grouv is undoubt- | edly an excellent exercise in technique The other is # #tudy of pink hydrange in_a jar, rich in color, beautifull there is dering . this to. be debul, one may ture, ) e AT the Yorke Gallery & selected ex- ! forefgn and | This_ex- hibition will include a painting by Eben | “The Fire-Works <X hibition of works by 4ocal-artists Opens tomorrow. F ane Jite: Comins_entitled f a series of studies of cotempo two paintings by -Senora Davil - ol ‘the Clulean Ambassador nting” by Mrs. Grosvenor I Backus of this cily, three paintings b Marjorie Phillips, two by Jean Neg Yesco. @ bas-relief of ter ‘French by Margaret French Cres- son, and ceramics by Archipenko, b sides examples of the work of G. de la | Serna, Modigliuni, “Taritza, Fotin: IN EXHIBITION OPENING TO- shown on the walls are - dolorful end strong, but when. as inptuer Intances. the general scheme is high-keved, Jight paintings have been chosen, paintings of a subtle and delicate color guality. Obviously, paintings afe #ot primarily decorations. The urge:to paipt is a desire to interpret beauty, to pass on Lo the world at large a significant message. & personal emotion, a pleasurable re- actionsfrom things scen.” But a mis- placed. re loses its significance and Tails i urpose. The d nce between' the cld school and the Aéw’achool is to & large extent the difference in conception of purpose nd disposition of & work of art. The d school looked upon a painting, es- cially a landscape paimbing. as an en window; the new schoot regards it ore as a decoration, #s an incentive to agination. Both kinds of paintings were wisely chosen for the exhibitipn row at-Moses’. And, more ihan almast nything, else, this exhibition demgn- rates fHie fact that works of art wiich in many dnstances fall far shortof be- ing masterpleces may possess genuine value and prove Teal assets in the cre- ation of, beautitul- effects and in; the, matter of permanent &hjovment ‘When an_artist paints a picture*he or she brings' together certain units or elements with which to create a design. The artists who arranged these rooms) followed the same course. They were given free rein, allowed large liberty.in, choice. ~Thercfore .théy, were able to produce . pleasing and ~pictorial eflect, | combining paintings, furniture, pottery. and drapery_material as they would | factors in_a still life cemposition., It} i a notable fact, moreover, that where-', 4s the pictures in this exhihition are all | frankly priced, the sale tazs have for e most part been carcfully removed om the furniture displaved. | 7 1t is remarkable also how wide a rep- fesentation. of our local arists is found in this' decorative arts display and how taried is the style and et how harmo- #ious the“asdociation. There aye thr dmirable < paint; for examiple. by }!exls Many; there are two in modern- ftic manner by Edgar Nye. Catherine €ritcher, Hattie Burdette,” Edith Hoy Marguerite Neuhauser, Lona -Miller Ke Knger, Elizabeth Sawtelle, Lesley Jaci #on, Mathilde M. Leirenring, Margue- ite Munn, Mrs. Sieeth. Mary Riley abrielle deV. Clerments, “Ellen’ Day ale, Lewis Dergans, A..H. O. Rol Tien Byrne, Benson Moore, Minor Ja- eson and a score of others are all ad- mirably represented. There are figures Tandscapes, still life, each with its own interest, {ts merit, fts ¢harm. If one fwishes to know fully Now admirable is the work of our Washingion artists, how much it merits placement in our Wash- ington homes, a visit to this exhibition will be sufficiently convincing. * And how much belier to see pletures {n such surroundings: pleoed 2s they ghould be pla rather than in the ordinary exhibition, where they are smply “on parade.” W. B. Moses & Sons have undoubtedly rendered a very yeal service to local t in ar this exhibiiion, and ratulated not only upon the fact. pon the co-operation which th 1y sought and secured on the the artists. £ ok ok ‘AT the Arts Club. 2017 I street now to be seen a varied collection of § and painiings by a number of artists. . In the -Jower room and dining room are hung a few paintings by Mercer Vernon and a large number of prints by AlBert Heckman Mr. Heckman is jundoubtedly under the influence of the German school any of his prints are of German sub- K all are in the so-called modernist mode, He employs with apparent equal 4 cte IR i3 luring subjects presented in this exhi- | Gilmont, Sabin Pop, Granval, ' Villon, bition is “Beigue—The Castle. Among the many landscapes is one figure, & portrait study, “La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin,” by Charles Dunn, who is best known perhaps for his cartoons umorous drawings made for the Business, drawings which pos- sess individuality and evidence a keen sense of real humor; small group’ of sculptute.®y" Clara Hill completes this showing and adds not a little in interest and charm. Of | particular noge are two' or three small panels in low relief of children, one a double portgait of a boy and s siste the other of & little girl, very semsitiv Iy modeled, exquisite in feeling. * ¥ *: THE Corcorar ‘Gallery nounced last week the. exhibition of a group of paintings by Huguette Clark. to be on view Wmiil May 12 in- clusiv of Art an-| Clark is the daughter of the enator Willlam A."Clark, through munificence the Corcoran Gal- hington at_large have so ly profited. = Senglog flark was’| inherently an art lover. {He collected works of art because he found pleasure | in them. and in his purchases he cons{ lted primariiy his own tasie. ve of art has descended, apparently, to his dauchter and with it in her hasy been added the; ereative impulse. | Still not long past girlhood. and of an age associated with student days. Miss Clark has attaifted considerable maste; 4f medium and assurance in the rendi- tion of things seen. The group -of her paintings now on view in the Corcoran | Gallery of Art gives indication of more Recent accessions at the , Publie Library and lists of recommended read- ing will appear in this golumn gach, unday. Biography. Bobbe, Mrs. Dv De B. Abigail Adams Ad 118b. * Desti, Mary. The Untold Story; the Life of. Isadora Duncan, 1921-1927 D9132d. | . ir H. F. Memories of My E-D55di. Federn, Karl. Richelieu France, Anatole, pseud. E-R 112(E Gladstone, H. After Thirty The _International (Reference, does E-9In83 Irwin, W. H. The House That Shadows (The Story of Adolph Zukor.) E-R398(E. Rabelais. First Viscount E-G45gl. Book, 1928 circulate.) G Years Blue not, Mumford, Lewis, Herman Melville E-M49Tmu Paleologue, G. M. The Tragic Empress E-Eu436p.E. Commerce and Business. Frederick, J. G. Selling by Te! phone. HKF-F847s. iliyer, A.'S. comp. Sources of Forelgn Credit Information. HKDA-H55. Holtzclaw, H Association Manage- ment.* HK83-H748 Koch, W. E. :Methods of Retall Man- agement. HK-K814m. Lomax, P. S. Commercial Problems. HK-I183. tiational Retail Dry Goods Association. Retall Delivery Association. The 1923 Vear Bnok. HK83-8N21. Swiss Office for the Development of Teaching Bouffanet, Andre L'Hote, Derain, Re- noir_and others—a catalogue which promises much in interest. e Tt 'HE Bureau of Railway Economics announces an exhibition of railway advertising posters produced and in use by foreign countries—300 in all, in its offices in the Transportation Building. This exhibition will include the.works of some of the most distinguished Brit- ish artists, as well as successful poster makers in.European countries. There will be posters front Australia and South Africa, as well as from France. Italy, Spain, Germany Bri‘ain. The exhibition _opening tcmorrow will continue for a fortnight or mor: * Kk X T the opeéning of an exhibition of photographs in color of the-old parish churches of Virginia, bullt_before the Revclution, from the collection of Frencis Marion Wigmore. Esa., n1¢ld in the south exhibition hall. ‘ginning tomorrow afternoon with a private view from 3 uniil 5. ok ok ok N exhibition of Czechoslovak etch- ings and_ woodcuts. opened at the Dunthorne Gallery, 1726 'Connecticut avenue, on the 1st of May. to continue throughout the month. This exhibi- tion_is under the auspices of the Min- ister -of the Ozechoslovakian™ Republic and- Mme. Veverka, who were in at- tendance at'the opéning. Fuller notice of this interesting col- lection will be given later. Economic and Industrial HK38:3w5T. Trade. Switzerland. Psychical Research. Bragdon, C. F. The BK-B734n Fraser-Harris, D. F. Morpheus. F86m Lodge, Sir O. J. Why I Believe in Per- soanl Immortality. BK-L824w. Richardson, J. E. The Great Known. BK-R3962. Richardson, J. E. The Great Message. BK-R39€gr. Fiction. Romanov, and others. Azure Cities Stories of New Russia. The Best European Short Stories of | Throu 1929. Galsworthy, John. Hueffer, F. M. The Good Soldier. Krassnoff, P. N. The Amazon of the ed. Stories. Lewis, Sin Phillpotts, sa: s unting Mz Sedgwick, A. 1 Sidgwick, Ethel Dodsworth The Ring Fence. Memolrs ~ of n. ). Dark Hester. When I Grow Rich. Chess. Bird, H. E.. comp. Chess Masterpieces. Classified Chese 1875, Blanshard, C. Games with Nof VNC-B533¢. d. VNC-B6! | Cook, William, of Birmingham Chess Com- Chess Players’ VNC-C774. Club. The pendium, 1910. Intornational Masters ment, St. Petersbfirg, 1914. Tournament. 1914, VNC-In83. ¢ Huguette safely prophesy notable achievement for her in the fu- | Mrs. Daniel Ches- and Great | NeWw * Image. BKS3- Denmark’s Best a Fox- ‘ Chess Teurna- The Grand International Masters' Chess | a portrait of the: emely simple, but well drawn, “A TYPICAL DUT! AND (Continued From First Page.) | mother would hesitate to bring her child to & place where the very name implied that she was becoming an object of | charity. Take “Free” Off Label. After _considerable _difficulty,. .much travel and many conferences, we suc- ceeded n- having that word taken out of the label. The children of the well- {1o-do and. the children of those too poor "to pay could enter side by side, with- | out any implication whatever. And then the two hospital: | solidated. Within five or s | hospital was expanded to sbout beds, laking children suffering from sueh things as tuberculosis of the spine or hip, the consequences of infantile paralysis and cardiac trouble. ['thosé cardiac casés. ~Crippled children | very often can engage in-suitable sports and games. but the little sufferers from heart trouble must lle stretched out on their beds 41 day, and day after day, and watch the others. In the course of those years I saw { how much can be dobe for cases of in- fantile paralysis when they are taken in time and how much can be done by scientific skill and care even in cases which have been neglected. There wes, or ‘example .the case of one young girl of 14 for whom we broke the rule ex cluding children over 12 years of age When she came to the hospital sh could not walk across the room: she had to crawl on her hands and knees. A brilliant operation was performed and, in a few menths, she was able to | get about very well with the.help of | crutches. Opportunity Ts Realized. ‘The more such cases we saw the | more we realized the. opportunity that whs opened before s, nbtonly (o help the crippled child, but the child who was in any way, whether physically or | mentally, badly adjusted to life. In the course of these yvears I became mayor of Detroit. Dr. Hugo A. Freund was then health commissioner. Al- though he lived only two blocks away I had never met him. But I was shortly to know him under circumstances which gave~n intimate opportunity to judge his quality. I came to conceive the highest admiration for his-scholarship, his scientific approach to every prob- lem and his unfaltering courage. Very soon we begin to discuss the | whole matter of private aid to child welfare. And later on in our conferences | we called in, with others, W. J. Nor- ton, the secretary” of Detroit's Com- munity Chest and 'a man of Nation-wide experience in soclal activities. And so, when the new foundation Was formed. | Dr. Freund became the president and | Mr. :Norton the secretary. | “There are two controlling principles | in our approach to this foundation. One is the principle of a low overhead, the | other the principle of decentralization. Perhaps one might add that we are | not above “alleviation.” There are some HE Library of Congress announces | very earnest persons who do not believe | | in "relef work.” They say they believe | only i “attacking fundamentals.” With | all due regard to their sincerity, it is | hard to see how they can square them- selves with neglecting palliatives entire- | Iy while they concentrate on-these so- | called *fundamentals.” | Six Lines of Development. { Now the principle of a low overhead is {a very obvious one. It is quite easy to | imagine settling up machinery for the various lines of work we have in mind | which would be so complicated and so | expensive that by the time they were {80 to the children themselves. | That idea ties right into the second | principle—decentralization. Prom my Washington experience I have learned the need for that. Private enterprises, {like governmental activities, can become | bureaucratic. Their directors may see the money pile up in the treasury with- out carrying out the intention for which the funds Were created. There are six lines along which we {hope to see the Children's Fund of Michigan®develop. These are a depart- ment of general medicine, & department | of dietetics, the study of personality and | benavior, recreation, education, re- search. | In each of these departments, where | shall seek to aid that agency on a co- operative basis, rather than to set up a totally new one of our own. Suppose we want a particular piece of informa- tion. Instead of setting up our own in- vestigation we can help an existing or- ganization to work at it. We have already tried out the idea |in_practite. Take,' for example, the | “Merrill “Palmer School,” founded by {the beneficiaries of the late Senator | Palmer of Michigan and his wife. gh our children’s hospitals we provided fresh clinical minterials, while the school lent its experts to aid our | own. Both of us benefted from the co- | operation. We can both help in the supervision and in the financing of these various | lines of work. Study of Personality. | To me there is no aspect of the pro- | posed work of the foundation more in- teresting than that concerned with the [study of personality and behavior. | When I was' police commissioner cf Detroit, in 1916 and 1917, nearly all | the jailbirds were men of from 3 (o 70 years of age. Since the war, it is the youth who is the criminal. It is an appalling thought. What is the ceason for it? Stand on the edge of any playground, and you will notice that some of the children are playing, while others are standing about looking on. Why? I became interested in that problem <hottly after I_had helped to bring the National Playground Aseociation H DOLL." PAINTED BY MIS: SNHIBITED AT THE CORCORAN GALLERY O Perhaps the most patbetic of all are | {paid for there would not be any left to | | there 1s an agency already existing, we | EXHIBITED AT CORCORAN GALLERY TTE | into Detroit to establish our citywide | system of parks and playgrounds. Now il is obvious that those children | | | ! | every Kind of subject. REVIEWS OF SPRING BOOKS The Man Who Invented the Telephone Is the Subject of An Interesting Volume--Spring Fiction—Travel and the Story of John Cameron. IDA GILBERT MYERS. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL: The Man Who Contracted Space. By Catherine Mackenzie. Illusirated Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 5 LEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, the inventor of the telephone, stands by implication close to millions who, every day, talk across space to cne another on His story, the record of his first idea in respect to the great Invention, the growth of this idea to the next one and the next, the ex- ! periments made to turn ideas into ma- terfal facts—every item in the amazing progression is of immediate interest, i indeed of a truly romantic interest to | man’s life. all. speakers together, no matter what the mere mileage between may be, this is romance of the most exciting kind. And here Catherine Mackenzie tells the story of that Arabian Night's achicvement, tells the story of the man who so grand- ly succeeded in a literal triumph for the entire world. In a literal sense th's is not biography nor does it assume to be. Some time, somewhere, ‘the biography will be writ- | ten, a full, authentic, documented report | phase of this distinguished Miss Mackenzie's work has been to make the story of the man of each { with whom for many years she worked | For the general reader, eager for move- | who are standing around, not taking | part in the games, are unsocial children. Why are they so? It may. be due to | some physical defect. It may be due {to some condition; in their homes.. It {may be their.parents’ fault. | "We should_ like to find out as much possible about it. Something may be |learned, something tmay be found out which can be pointed out to parents to help them (o keep children out of diffi- | culties in the future, in close and understanding association. ment, action, points of success and points of failure, too, this story will serve, even better than the more elab- orate work will. The historians and savants- will seize upon that. The gen- eral reader, alert to the splendid pageant of the present, will greatly prize the story. Little things as well as big ones enter, here, the first calculated to vital- | ize the second, to give warmth and.color to the whole. The daily doings, the attitude of this man before these, points of personality, turns of temperament, long talk in which Mr. Bell in reminis- cent mood went back over the past in an intimate friendliness of disclosure— all thse are here, and more. The pains- taking and deep sincerity has this ! author striven to capture the spirit of One of the first things we hdve in.| mind is the establishment of a research laboratory and clinic in connection with | the Children’s Hospital in Detroit, with 1 especial applieation to the teeth of chil- dren. Fund for Ex-Service Men, My attention was called to that line |of work some time ago, and we got into | :}L] i .h} a roundabout way. It was like Some years ago a veteran of the ‘Wor{dd erboclme into see me. He wanted to ITOW some money t {0 business. impress on upon me. fund to be used for the purpose of set- Alexander Graham Bell as well as to set down in faithful report the substance of his life. . An: absorbing true story, a remarkable introduction to a more for- mal and a more extensive study of the great inventor-and his work. * X ok X DARK HESTER. By Anne Douglas | Little | Sedgwick. author of “The French Girl,” etc. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. A man, his wife, his mother. This, the material from which ‘emerges a romance of triple extract. These are of the present, these three. So, in the two women, you are expecting to find contrasted -attitudes, approaches, de- cisions. And here they are. The oider way of standing before life, the younger | way of seizing upon it with daring, with He made a deep impres- | And I laid aside a trust | Ung ex-service men up in small busi- | nesses | wi | termining a man’s aptitude for his pro- fposed work. Some of them. lut;cee‘;e:l. Many of them. failed. So, -finally, we | transferred” that fund to a department | of orthodentistry for the hospital. There |v\eA§z\'emnb.snlulely free dental work, cre, again, we had some ex- 'perunoe in this question of deunbnlxl- | zation in ‘our work for children, | The Yuéstion arose of setting up the | dental - laboratory under this fund I | ip{flke of. It was opposed to it at first. elt that it meant duplication of re- sedreh. But in practice we became convinced that the individuals worked ?:;i(rie{;h“;‘jlhi the fresh clinical material ed in the h S dn‘}”vm s ospital itself from ¢ are extending the study of chil- dren’s teeth and observing all sonnm(‘)l | condttions of the mouth'and proving constantly that much trouble of adults is due to those im Rt proper conditions in Mother Love Often Handicap. Yet after the most sclentific care and study have offered their best the help- less child may not benefit to the fullest | measure. Obstacles arise. One is the | timidity—if we may call it such—of some parents. - Perhaps it is fairer to | call it “mother love,” though it is a mistaken love. Nearly every mother loves, most of | all; her crippled child, her handicapped child. Her fear often seems to grow in proportion to her love. It is not so | much fear of what may happen to her | child as a sort of nameless terror of | his absence, a dread of parting. |, If such mothers can only see for | themselves how ‘much a few months' scparation accomplishes for other wom- en’s children, under the scientific care of modern institutions, they will gladly suffer the pain of parting, even the dread of an operation in the true | mother way. for the best interests of their own liitle ones. To'give them such an opportunity to learn for themselves it will be neces- sary to spread the knowledge of this | kind as widely as possible throughout the community. Hundreds Can Be Cured. With the ‘dissemination of such knowledge, hundreds of cases can be completely cured by being taken at once, and hundreds of others can be so greatly alleviated as to seem to the unhappy parent almost a cure. By working through existing agencies, by increasing their efficiency, adding to their resources -and broadening their scope, much of this dissemination can be attained. While the foundation we have estab- lished is called the Children’s Fund of Michigan, that does not mean that its functions are to be entirely imited by State lines. The trust instrument itseif reads; “For the health, welfare, happiness and development of the children' of the State of Michigan primarily.” Provision is made that the entire sum be spent and the trust be closed in 25 years. 'This is arranged with a view to making sure that it does not, as so many benefices have .in the past, out- live the conditions which made its es- tablishment advisable, The May day proclamation of the Président _has given point to the oppor- tunity, then. to announce a project which has been growing and develop- ing for many yvears. It is out of our own personal observation that we have come to believe that all the future progress of humanity marches, as the President has said, “Upon the feet of little children. % Claims 40,000 Jews Are Held in Slavery Dr. Saul Mezan, president of the jJewish Association of the League of | Nations, asserts that slavery is still | flourishing in, some countries of. the |Near East. “Importation of colored islaves is officially permitted by the Hedjaz kingdom, which collects a cus- tom duty of £2 sterling (about $10) a head,” Dr. Mezan points out. “At Jed- dah, 'seaport of Mecca, the slave mar- {ket is held almost before the very door of the British consulate. A male col- ored slave costs between $100 and $200 and a girl brings about $500." Dr. Mezan adds that 40,000 Jews are held in slavery in the Arablan state of Vemen, ! . | the theme of jest, We tried it out for several years. But | e seemed to have no means of de- | | second narrative, the one just under compulsion. Right under this story of the changing day is another one, & bit more personal, going deeper. This is the story of the mother-in-law, of the older woman in her bearing toward the wife of her son. Though this, in rude and coarse fashion, is sometimes made it is, nevertheless, one of the seriously profound situations in life. And that is the theme of the the surface. Still deeper is another matter, really epic in its depth and scope. And this matter provides foun- dation for the' third story. It brings { to the surface that mother's love for | | kind of love whatsoever. her son. Call it what you will, mater- nal devotion, or what you will, but it is | a jove more profound, more devastating in_its sweep than. perhaps, any other And it is far more. general that we know, than we divine. “Dark Hester,” from the top reading Is a clear and dramatic por- trayal of modern life in its contrasted outlook of two generations. It is a fair and:fearless facing upon the youth of today. 1t is even an approving attitude befofe this; pageantry of the young folks. The courage of Hester has mil- lions of counterparts in boys and girls everywhere. A finely artistic survey, as it would be. Under this there is the deeply understanding story of a per- fectly unavoidable hostility between two superior women. Both are trying for breadth and the generous treatment. Subtle, intuitive, knowing past all ar- gument, Mrs. Sedgwick follows these two in the workings of their hearts, bringing them into the open in a bea tiful consistency with the kind of per- son that each one is. Truly excited you follow—where? To the one with the greater courage, with a finer hon- esty. Both are so worth while, though, ‘so much:worth while. It is with that deepest_story of all. however, that the finest flower of understanding may be found. ‘There is nothing at all said about it-on the part of Mrs. Sedgwick. The matter itself is spread out in & delicate artistry of pure fact. It is left for every intelligent and experienced | reader to gather in the truth of the stupendous thing. Interwoven are these | three themes of pure kinship, in a beau- tiful unity of design and effect. An understanding that goes beyond com- mon acceptances informs this novel. An intelligence that interprets it in wisdom and sincerity and delicacy lifts it to the reader’s high appreciation. Not a big thing to look at “Dark Hester,” not a shade-of the ponderous or the pre- tentious about it. A bif lcss, a true and beautiful one besides. * koK X THE LAKE OF THE SKY: Lake Tahoe. By George Wharton James, author | of “Arizona: The Wonderland, Tllustrated. Farnsworth. L. C. Page & Co. FJERE is a distinguished member of Page's “See America First” series. | Revised for this new issue, the book, happily. has lost no part of the high enthusiasm in which it was first pro- | jected. “In love with Lake Tahoe” is | the significance of this true romance | of nature. Love in this case has not given rise to pampering and indulgence. | On the contrary, this lovely body of water set high among the mountains has been required to deliver its life | story in full for the benefit of the reader. And not only its own history has been enacted but that of its neigh- bors besides. The record goes back to the discovery of Lake Tahoe by Fre- mont. Its legends are gathered fo the reader: its natural setting and its glacial origin are described. Old min. ing stories gather near. Adventures of | trail and camping, of hunting and fish. ing stand by. A roll-call of the animal. around about shows their diminishing numbers and kinds. The modern aspect of the place in Summer camps, hotels and cottages, means of enter- tainment are all given in this complete outlook upon the Lake of the Sky. Tahoe—"The Washoe Indians, from whom we get the name, pronounce it as if it were one syllable, Tao, like a Chinese name. the ‘a’ having the broad sound ‘ah’ of the continent” 50 Mr. James tells us, and we might as well have that cleared up right. here. ete. Boston: Now if a guide book is your immediate | lessons in the | need, -here it is. If geology of the Tahoe region—why, here that is, too. The nature world of animal and plant is here in definite description and other items of useful information. Here, too, is a descrip- tion of the Tahoe National Forest. A full book wherein knowledge and high enthusiasm work in admirable partner- ship. » * koK ¥ MARY ANNE DISRAELI: The Story of Viscountess Beaconsfield. By James Sykes. New York: D. Apple- ton & Co. N Victorian days & woman's career, provided she had one, came by v the succees with whish she = story neverthe- | Revised by Edith E.| To cut out distance, to bring two | i\ and supported the distinction achieved by the head of the house, her husband. | The story of Mary Anne Disraeli, given | here by James Sykes, stands in illus- tration of this familiar acceptance. | Times have changed. For better, for | worse? However, let us not follow the line of argument set by the question. Rather let us follow the story of a woman who, a dozen years older than her lord, succeeded nevertheless in maintaining with the great actor that Disraeli so certainly was the role of i leading lady throughout the drama of their married life. Gossips by nature, we have overemphasized that fact of age on the part of Mary Anne, over- | stressed her sprightliness, turned an eye of ridicule upon her possibly hectic Vi- vacity. In a word, we have condemned her with scanty praise drawn from lit- tle or no knowledge of the facts. Here | | is Mary Anne, full length, in the sum | | of her career 'as the wife of one dis- tinguished man and then of another. ' | Under the gayety there is a practical | | mind working.” A good business woman | here forecasts, possibly, the competent | woman so familiar to us in the present | But the wife of Disraeli had no femi- | nine ambitions. Her consuming desire | clearly was to satisfy the domestic side | | of the life of the great man who came | to such pre-eminence in English poli- | tics against the determination and the | prejudice of English leaders. That she | succeeded Beaconsfleld is the first to declare in a sustained attitude of hom- | age and deference and praise. Indeed, here is a great love story, one to be counted with the best. To be sure, it | lacks some of the elements that most of | us demand in a high romance, but, on.| the other hand, it includes much that is | of definite worth in the study of the | man and the woman, testing passion by way of the exigencies of actual life. A sympathetic attitude makes for revela- tion here and a close adherance to the facts makes for the human and historic content .of Mr. Sykes' study of Mary | Anne Disracd in her setting of English political and social life. | | - | MARSH-FIRE. By Mateel Howe Farn- i ham, author of “Rebellion.” New Yord: Dodd, Mead & Co. | | Y'OU will call this a pretty. good story | of its kind, T think. And a good kind, too, since it 'is a story of women. Universal in scope, at any rate. Girl, | business woman. wife, mother, with & general fringe of femininity besides—all here, and these are the elements that make the whole matter go.. No men? Men, to be sure, else what would these women find to do? As matter of fact, | however. there is but one man in the case, Michzel Fielding. The story is, | in substance, that of the young woman | in the office of the business man, a defi- | | nite part in the economic situation, as istinct from the domestic role assignad | to the female by custom and tradition. | An engaging theme. For this modern | departure has produced, or is producing, | somewhat anomalous product— | | neither fish, fowl, nor good red herring. | Barred from domesticity, the woman craves it, and will for a million vears yet. Set into the business scheme, with its particular urges and demands, she ! cannot approach it with the single mind of the man. There are overlappings that divert her in_the new role, that | distort her even. It is the study of a young woman in this new activity that | ergages the author here. There is a wife at home with whom Michael is much in love. There is the girl in the office with whom the reader is not in | love, nor is Michael as matter of fact. | She is a disturbing young woman, or ' would be if she were better turned out. As 1t is. she is too crude, too nml too jumbled in her desires to bewither | the business success or the woman be~ | loved. Mind is on crooked, you see, | Her flattery of Michael is much too | patent as2 such. Even Michael, who| can absorb an astonishing amount of | | praise, feels, vaguely the overfeeding! that Is belng administered. No, this girl | will hardly do. is not sufficiently representative, either. in this raw dis- | closure to carry her through. However, | | here is a novel that runs the familiar course of domestic love grown a trifle | pale. Coupled with this are those tem- | porary fillings-in that sometimes accom- | | pany a situation of this sort. But in the main, it is the story of the girl tarned busines woman and finding her | difficulties thereby. . Readable? Yes, | but not convincing. It has not enough ::1 drem;r]\lu.unoz e:nugh of suggestion | cation. romisin e 2 g writer, | * % ¥ x JOHN CAMERON'S ODYSSEY. By Andrew Farrell. Drawings by Charles | Kuhn. New York: The Macmillan | ANDREW FARRELL is here merely telling the tale as it was told to him, his job to set down in writing | what Capt. John Cameron told him about his rovings the world over. Now, | John Cameron is dead. This is the story of 30 years given to the pursuit | of adventure by sea and land. Born in Scotland, buried in Japan. . Between these two points pretty nearly every | conceivable thing came the way of | this wanderer—East and West, back and forth—Australia, _the ‘United | and Japan. Among the curious fa- | States, both sides of it; Hawali, China | miliars of this strange man is John Barleycorn. They go to jail together | and, thereafter, have many a high ad- venture. Not to the exclusion, how- ever, of much besides—storm and ship- wreck, sickness and .hunger, danger from hostile natives here and there, | friendly intercourse with these too, now and then; some work; some idleness. | Sounds much like the regular program | of the vagabond tribe, doesn't it! And | such it is—except that in its own in- | dividuality, in its own way with the story, it turns out brand-new, fresh with the zest of its recital, with the homely gusto of experiences recaptured alive and throbbing with the heart- | beat of true excitement. “In my mind's eye"—Andrew Farrell talking—“I can | till see the old fellow, boyish-hearted at 74, stocky, deep-chested, broad, | owerful, with' a white thatch and | white mustache and beard, a sparkle | in his gray eye—I can still see him rolling over the sky line to suggest that, | pe in view of the phase of the moon or | the physiography of Mars, it was time for us to splice the main brace. So we did.” (In Honolulu, this.) Here is truth tied up to an adventure | that possesses change, danger, endur- ance, folly, wisdom, the wide-world seen from the moving points of this modern Ulysses. and human. i * ok ok % | ONE BY ONE THEY DISAPPEAR. | By Moray_Dalton. New York: | Harper & Bros. | ‘NINE men drifting in an open boat | from a foundered ship. Chosen | by fate they make a motley crew—all sorts and conditions huddled together. | | Among them is & rich and_ benevolent | American. _But_for him_there would e ’ Exhibition i of | | paintings & Drnwinzs | by Foreign and Local Artists Yorke Gallery 2000 S Street N.W. May 6th to May 31s | | | | | | i Robust and exciting _ have been no storv, mo mystery, no crime. Safe on land. what did this foolish man do but make his will be- queathing to his fellow sufferers the wealth of which he was possessed. At his death the eight would inherit. And at the death of any of these the re- maining ones would come into posses- sion. Any one can see what would happen. Nothing left to do but to kill off the whole lot, save the two con- spirators who saw this dazzling ray of light upon the simple question of hav- ing the whole of a thing or merely a part of it. That's enough for a start. The rest of the business is the ingenious ways of taking off one and another of the beneficiaries of this old man, and the old man himself, of course. It is no easy job to invent original plans for seven murders, eight if fate be kind in its_ingenuity in taking folks out of life. But difficult as it must have been, this author does a fine turn at it, fine enough to keep you reading to the end. no matter what the urge of work. or going to bed, or any other duty whate soever may be. BOOKS RECEIVED EARTHBOUND; And Other Poems. By Helene Mullins. New York: Harper & Bros. TRANSITION STORIES. Edited by Eugene Jolas and Robert Sage. New York: Walter V. McKee. THE NEW FASCIST STATE; A Study of Italy Under Mussolini. By Edwin Ware Hullinger. New York: Rae D. Henkle Co., Ine. 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