Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1930, Page 30

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO:! Society of Washington Artists Opens Its Annual Exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery Today—Eben F. Comins Holds a One-Man Exhibit. iBY LEILA MECHLIN. HE Society of Waghington Artists opens its thirty-ninth annual exhibition in the Corcoran Gal- lery of Art this afternoon. In- cluded therein will be 137 ofl paintings and a few small bronzes. The majority of these are by local artists, but the exhibition is qpen to all living American artists, and some of the works to be shown have come from as far as California. ‘The Society of Washington Artists ‘Was organized with the purpose of hold- ing annual exhibitions, advancing the interests of the artists and securing ‘wider support for local art. It has been an influential element in the art life of the National Capital. During the first years of the soclety's existence the annual ekhibitions were held in the assembly room of the Cos- mos Club, thrown open upon these oc- casions to the publie. Among the ex- hibitors and leaders in the movement at that time were Richard N. Brooke, Ed- mund_Clarence Messer, Parker Mann, Max Weyl, Lucien Powell, E. F. Andrews, | E. H. Miller and others, whose works | are included now in the permanent col- lection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and in the homes of prominent local collectors. Upon one or two occasions the annual exhibitions of the Society of Washington Artists were held at Woodward & Lothrop’s in what was then the new store at the corner of F and Eleventh streets. Then for a time the society had a gallery of its own on Connecticut avenue, abandoned eventu- ally when the Corcoran Gallery of Art moved into its new building and made its hemicycle gallery available for the local showings. When this materialized the annual exhibitions took on a much more im- postant aspect. Not only did they in- clude notable works by local artists, but also works by the leading artists of New York. Richard N. Brooke was at that time president, and largely through his initiative and effort these exhibitions became notable affairs, attracting the attention of those in other cities as well as here. The local contingent at that time had been strengthened by the advent of the then younger set—Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coleman Child, Hobart and Spencer Nichols, Everett - Warner and Juliet ‘Thompson, to name only a few, all of ‘whor have since won prominent place in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh and other cities where they have taken up residence. Contributing to these exhibitions from out of town were painters such as John W. Alex- ander, Childe Hassam, J. Alden Weir and Willilam M. Chase—men whose names will always loom large in the history of Amer‘can art. It was the inportance of these ex- hibitions organized by the local society that first induced the Corcoran Gallery of Art to institute its now famous bi- ennials, which, because of their extent, careful selection and large awards, are among the most notable exhibitions of cotemporary art held in this country. Having accomplished this end, the Comdr. Arthur S, Carpender, U. 8. N, and others. Mr. Comins is especially successful in his child portraits, and it is gratifying to learn that his charming double por- trait of “Betty and Dot,” daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Drayton of ‘Washington, will be included in this exhibition. With the portraits Mr. Comins will set forth a group of subject pictures purposed to satirize cotemporary life, such as “The Sunday Edition,” “Fire works,” “The Movie Line,” “Good Gra- clous” and “Good Manners. Mr. Comins for some years now has spent his Winters in Washington, his Summers in Gloucester, Mass. A num- ber of his paintings were destroyed last Summer in a fire which occurred in his studio. Mr. Comins is a teacher as well as & producer, and has taught during the past 20 or more years at the School of Fine Arts, St. Paul, Minn.; at the Swain School of Design, New Bedford, Maes.; at Wellesley College, at the University of California, and he has conducted pri- vate classes at East Gloucester. Oc- casionally he paints still life 'and flowers, now &nd then a decorative mural. "This comprehensive showing of s6 many of his works should prove exccedingly in- teresting. : * kg Smithsonian Institution, ‘arfanged by Ruel P, Tolman, and held under-the auspices of the division of graphic arts of t};!e United States Nn;logll N}uuur;’, consists_of etchings and drypoints by’ George Elbert Burr of Arizona, one of our most skillful American paintmakets. This is the second time that Mr. Burr has exhibited in the Museum, his first exhibit being in 1925. But it fs to have 4 second opmnumty to see his work, and many of the plates included THE January print exhibition in the | *| which 1s London,” “Rome from Tivoli,” “Temple of the Sibyl, Tivoli” and “On Lake Lu~ gano, Italy.” His Winter pictures are as notable for quality as are his etchings of the Ari- zona desert—very sympathetic, beauti- fully drawn, exquisite in rejation of light to shade—rare works. e should not fall to see this exhibition. T AT the Arts Club of Washington, 2017 Eye street, the Ten Philadelphia Painters still hold sway until January 12, which is well, as their works afe of works by Marguerite C. Munn, secretary of the ‘Washifigton Water Color Club, will be segn in the assembly room on the first floor, and at-the same time a collection of paintings by Henrietta Wyeth, daugh- ter of Nathan C. Wyeth, the well known illustrator, will be set forth in the lounge on the second floor. From January 26 to February 8 the special exhibitions at the Arts Club will be paintings in oil by Lucia B. Hollerith, downstairs, and paintings in oil by Ma- |rion Hawthorne, the wife of Charles W, Hawthotne, upstairs. ; This evening there will be a chafing dish supper at the club, after avhich Clifford K. Berryman, o: st of The Star, will give a “Chalk Talk. Next Sunday afternoon there will be & tea marking the opening of the ex- hibitions by Miss Munn and Miss Wyeth, ‘at which Miss Munn and Mrs. Ralph A. Graves will be hostesses. LR Frances Hodgson Burnett me- morial committee, of which Rod- .man Gilder of New York is actin chairman and Mrs. Willlam C. Browne! ‘secretary, is endes 'onnf to raise funds for a children’s garden in Central Park. In this effort the committee is offert: for sale a limited number of coj the Bird Bath Fountain, by Be: ‘ter Vonnoh, which is to be the princi- 1 feature of the garden. This charm- B‘l‘l figure, life size, slightly over 5 feet, is suitable for a fountain, and cast in bronze, is offered at the very reasonable price of $3,500. No two copies will be sold for erection in the same city or lo- cality, and when.the fund is complete no further copies will be obtainable. | The purchaser, or purchasers, will not only acquiring & beautiful work of art by one of the foremost sculptors of the country, but will also be making a | handsome _contribution to a cultural movement in. the interest of city chil- ald Birch, who illustrated Mrs. has Reginal .| Burnett's “Little Lord Fauntlero; made 'a charming pen-and-ink Sketch, | whi luced on the letter of an- nouncement sent out by the committee, included in.the personnel of which Cecilia ‘Beaux, Daniel Frohman, Bea. trice. and 'Oliver Herford, Mary Pick- ford, Charles Scribner and Mr. and ré;m% agmbll this orial s ns mem has a double interest, inasmuch as Mrs. Burnett was for many years a resident ciety of Washington Artists went back to its original character, and for the past 10 or 15 years has contented itself in showing; chiefly the work of local artfsts. But its exhibitions have variably been upheld to a high stand- #rd, the present exhibition conforming 10 the rule. This is & day of rapid change, and in no field is it seen more than in the fleld of art. To a great extent, within the last few years old inherited tradi- tions have’ been cast aside; new tra ditions are in the making. The current exhibition will be found to illustrate ad- mirably some of the tendencies at work today. There are paintings included therein which show the influence of cubism; there are others which conform to the tenets of post-impressionism; there are a few witnessing to a faith- ful adherence to the ideals of the past. And between the two extremes are works well constructed—colorful, ad- mirably rendered, evidencing the possi- bility of mingling old and new and of effecting, through the medium of change, good result. No one will deny that the art of painting had become somnolent, that an awakening was needful. The awakening has come, and in many instances the effect is good. Our exhibitions today are far fresher in spirit, more vigorous in color than & few years back. Included in the exhibition opening this afternoon will seen figures, landscapes, still life, painted in many ways—for art is various and personal— but_most often painted well. The exhibition will continue until January 31 and will be open to the pub- lic under the same rules and regula- tions as the Corcoran Gallery—Tues- day, Thursday and Saturday from 9 am. to 4:30 pm. and on Sunday after- “THE EDGE OF THE DESERT, A ? GIRL FIGURE IN BIRD BATH FOUNTAIN, BY BESSIE POTTER VONNOH. in the present showing have been made within the last five years. Mr. Burr, it will be remembered, first won distinction as an illustrator. It was he who {llustrated the Heber Bishop book on Jade, one of the most magnifi- cent publications that has ever been issued. An obstinate attack of grippe induced him to go to Colorado and though in the high altitudes of our eat West he has recovered his health, e has never returned to the East for more than a passing visit. Mr. Burr is one of the few who have been able to picture the unique scenery of our great Southwest so that one feels both its vastness and its intimate sig- nificance. His works are invariably dramatic, but they are never false in |G note. His trees—especially those that have withstood the furies of the ele- RIZONA” ONE OF THE ETCHINGS 3 of this city-and has hosts of friends here who cherish her memory, Mrs. Vonnoh, the sculptor, is also weil known , and nothing could be more de- lightful in-this city of many potrait statues than a children’s garden with thfl.mbmflflll fountain as & chief fea. ure. o * K K % T & recent meeting of the board of governors of the Arts Club of Wash- ington the following resolution was passed: ““Whereas the foundation of the arts and sciences, and es have had a this . institution ments of the Govern- | “"Whreas. thecarts have béen only moderately encouraged by the establish- ment of the National Gallery of Art as a bureau of the Smithsonian (however many important collections have been presented to the National Gallery, and many more would be given if a bulld- ing were erected for a gallery worthy of the people) : “Whereas desi| for a National Art and History Bullding have een made by a distinguished architect; now “Therefore, the Arts Club of Wash- ington commends this subject to the President of the United States and to its Congress in the hope that this Con- gress will make a suitable np‘pm riation for this Art and History Biuilding, to the end that the fine arts may have an honorable position at the National Capi- tal as that attained by sclence. ‘The purpose of this resolution, obvi- ously, is to urge a Federal appropriation to cover the cost of the erection of a suitable building to house the National allery of Art. A place for such a building has been designated inthe new plan for the development of the tri- BY GEORGE E. BURR, WHO IS HOLDING AN EXHIBITION AT THE SMITHSONIAN. noons free; on other days a nominal entrance fee is charged. A review of this exhibition will be given in these columns later, when prize awards will be announced. * k% % EGINNING tomorrow and continu- ing through January 25, an exhibi- tion of paintings by Eben F. Comins will be held at the Yorke Gallery, 2000 8 street. This is the first comprehensive one-man exhibition that Mr. Comins has held in this city, with the exception of incidental exhibitions held in his own studios on Connecticut avenue. It will comprise 38 paintings, the majority of which are portraits, Mr. Comins has had many notable sitters, and among the works to be placed on view at this time are por- traits of Justice Edwin Terry Banford of the S Court, Curtis D. Wi the Na | | ments—are superbly drawn, and hh[ placement of trees in landscape is ex- ceptionally knowing. From the technical standpoint, collectors enjoy and appre- clate his beautiful ering, his_de- lightful combinations of pure et and drypoint. So excellent is Mr. Burr's work that great foreign galleries, such as the Na- tional Gallery of London, have standing orders for his prints in order to secure fist_impressions. He is represented in the Bibliotheque Nationale, the Luxem- | bourg and other famous collections, and | his work is much sought by private col- lectors. Despite this fact, Mr. Burr h: | never charged high prices for his prints; therefore those of slender means may enjoy possession, For the most part the etchings and drypoints included in the present exhi- bition are of Western scenery, but the are notable, such, for ex- mfi“&%u Day—Paul's Whatt, | ers, angle, and it is earnestly to be hoped that funds will shortly become available | 3 “ELINOR AND ESTHER,” BY EBEN F. COMINS. THIS PAINTING 1S CONTAINED IN HIS EXHIBITION AT THE YORKE GALLERY. “Continued From Third Page.) gueroff was with him, but for some mysterious reason remained alive. ‘The death of the disti hed leader was kept a secret for two weeks until the convention could finsh its work. The outstanding personality at this conclave in the mountains was Ivan Michalloff, until then chief aid to the man that lay buried in the nearby wood. By unanimous vote ymm‘! Michailoft was elected to fill Alexandroff’s place. Butcher for Vengeance, Michailofi’s immediate job after his election was to uncover the complicity against Alexandroff and to avenge his death. There followed the most venge- ful butchery in the history of the or- ganization. Many who had beenscon- nected with the infamous plot were put to the knife. Still the chief accomplice, Tchauleff, was safely lodged in Vienna. Trailed there by Michailoff's terrorists, he fled to Italy. The long arm of the Macedonia organization reached into that country. He was drinking coffee in a cafe in Milan when a bullet pierced his forehead. But the Vienna group, subsidized by Moscow, continued the separatist ac- tivity under the leadership of Panitza, the old comitadji chieftain, who 25 years before had shot Boris Sarafoff, then leader of the Imro, because he had been flirting with King Ferdinand and mixing the Macedonian question with Bulgarian aspirations. Panitza was viewing a performance of Ibsen's “Peer” Gynt' one evening at the Burg Theater in Vienns,” When during one of the stormiest scenes in the l4>I-y a dark, flery-eyed Macedonian gifl of 20 snapped the trigger of her revolver and the old renegade slumped breath- less in his chair. This girl, Mentcha Karnitcheva, acquitted by the Austrian courts, now the wife of Ivan Michailoff. Starts New Campaign. After Michalloff had cleared out as many as he could of the accomplices in Alexandroff’s assassination, he recouped his forces and launched his campaign of terrorism in Macedonia. In the Fall of 1927 his men shot the Serb! Gen. Kovatchevitch. Early in 1923 a young Macedonia woman, Mara Buneva, met Velimer Prelitch on the bridge over the Vardar River in Skoplje, the largest city in Jugoslav Macedonia, and, even as Michatlofl’s wife had done in Vienna drew her pistol and shot him. Then she turned the revolver on herself and died with the words: “I love my coun- try!” It was later disclosed that Pre- litch, right-hand man of the Governor of Skoplje, had been sentenced to death by the Imro for his brutal persecution of Macedonians suspected of connection with the organization. What measures are the Serbian au- thorities taking to counteract these comitadji outrages in their territory? Twenty thousand gendarmes, in addi- tion to a large army, are constantly kept in that province. To intimidate the revolutionists ruthless reprisals fol- low every outrage. While I was talking with Michalloff in the mountain hut he did not know that the ,two men who had escorted me to his camp had also come to tell him that two days before his own father and brother, peaceful e;:uns of the Yugoelav state, had been shot. The comitadji leader did not shed a tear. Not a day passes but what he hears of some one killed in his own ranks, or in the ranks of the enemy. And, as the Bulgar proverb has it agaift, the beflr that goes from door to door eventually comes to one's own door. “It is not chivalrous,” he commented calmly, when he heard the news, “to shoot an innocent old man simply be- cause he happens to be the father of an enemy. This probably is just a trick to decoy us into foolish reprisals, but they are sadly mistaken. We take only such measures as are deemed advisable jand expedient without regard to any provocations on the part of our enemy.” But what of conditions in the Imro itself? We have so far disposed of only two of the signers of the Vienna mani- festo. What of Gen. Protogueroff? Protogueroff was re-elected to the revolutionary central committee at that same convention at which Michailoff showed such energy and sagacity that almost overnight he emerged as the moving power of the Imro and eclipsed the old general who had given 30 years of his life to the Macedonian cause. The relations between the two men soon became very strained. They would not even meet. It became apparent that at the next convention the general would not be re-elected to his place in the committee, But the astute Michailof was not so — e for its erection. The United States is today the richest Nation in the world and almost the only one which ap- L st aavilsur a for and su 3 to the place of in national life. * kR % 'HE Preer Gallery of Art announces an {llustrated lecture on “The Caves of the Thousand Buddahs” to be given by Sir Aurel Stein, K. C. I. E., of the | Indian Archeological Survey tomorrow | afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The publ |1s invited. Entrance to the lecture wi be by the south door of the gallery “@a B street southwest. The lecturer, 8ir Aurel Stein, camne to this country to deliver the Lowell lec- tures at Harvard this year, He is one of our it world and travel- MSe: ot Tia time is spens . India in exploration. It was during an expe- dition in 1906-08 that he discovered pal with slides in color, toms made by a new method of A The opportunity of hznn&%ml | Stein is an exc‘epgonnl ‘pflvum. * TH’! Art Club's Bal Boheme will be | held, as already announced, on the | evening of January 27. The title this ar is “The Ball of the Two Americas.” he committee on awards for the Bal Boheme reminds, in its bulletin, the painters, sculptors and craftsmen of the Arts Club to submit articles of handi- work which may be suitable for costume "W o‘twym wm.‘bom -‘gn mm: af anuary Macedonia’s “Bandit King,” With Price On Head, Roams Hills, Widening Power much troubled by the general's ani- mosity toward him as by the suspicion long seething in his mind that Pro- togueroff also had been implicated in the conspiracy against the life of the illustrous Alexandroff.” Why did not the assassins murder the general as well? Like Alexandroff, he had repudiated his signature to the manifesto. He was with Alexandroff when the latter was shot. The assassins could have done away with him without any diffieulty. Becretly the gvun' revolutionary had been making his investigations and col- lecting data which proved undeniably that Protogueroff was the arch con- spirator against Alexandroff. But what could Michailoff do about it? He could not shoot a colleague who had been elected by the supreme revolutionary congress to his place of leadership and who technically. enjoyed equal authority: with him! Michailoff decided to mark time until the next convention. Then he would lay before that august body the whole damning ififormation. But Protoguerofl got wind of all.this and did his best to prevent the conven- tion from convening. Months ) The mandate of the acting committee had long expired. Still no convention, The activity of the Imro was almost completely paralyzed. ‘Then something happened. On evening of July 7, 1926, while roff was returning to his hiding, in the Bulgarian. capital he from ambush, “together ‘with ' his. body~ guard. ¥mmediately Michailofl ‘issued a communique declaring that indis- putable proof of the general's part in the Alexandroff assassination and other considerations dictated by the highest interests ‘of the Macedonian eause had made the execution of the general in- evitable. > A new and more acute crisis now de- veloped in the ranks of the Imro. Not a few who had despised the general | se8 D._C., JANUARY 5, 1930—PART TWO. Philip H. Love’s Book, “Andrew W. Mellon; The Man and + His Work”—Susan Glaspell Brings Out a New Novel. Other Publications of Special Interest. IDA GILBERT MYERS, FFICIENCY.” Not new. An old word instead of classic sire and dsire. Yet, until the y before yes- terday, b‘lt was :‘l‘l‘ one of thousands of vocables muddling along in the hill business of uncovering ideas or hiding them deeper, according to the luck of the moment. ¥ y & new world stepped into. ill:e open. With it, both herald and arbiter, marched this “efficiency.” Rather, the old world in its true char- acter, this was. So overgrown witl human tinkerings and makeshifts had it been almost from the beginning, how- ever, that its original nature and in- tent had grown dim and well-nigh for- gotten. At this fresh appearance .the earth declared stoutly t it was, at bottom, an e:m&lrgnc -fl.ln\r. Its prime ncern, so it said, was to grow o'g make things, to fabricate in limitable variety and bulk for the use of the human and al life t it spawned and littered in an unehding fecundity. To get these commodities movi 'k and forth by land, air and 't the urge of ly- on the ‘one hand; néed on the . One-of its important ;‘au,.mu. To mfi whole earth, -finally, into a ne! - hood of exchange. . This, too, its work. It denled that .it' was, primarily, a po;mcll wm nm[d on It:l say, that politics, religious and soc! were necessary elements of m their places. They became agents of order, protection, general equity, hap- piness and finally of culture and :girltunmy—bue, at bottom, under all the earth was farm, W h!,hnyl of communication. lho mt 1 mynn under the e past few influence of science appliéd to the com- lines of knowl- [13 vernment, lusive purlieu of politiclan and statcsman, has come to r-eo,nhe the ‘economie world and the political as partners in & grand co-operative unity of achieving for" all the full benefit of the world in whi¢h they lve. The iment and “the pe(;ple are one, not in any coercive union, those chosen for the hfin sponsibility and ' admin! tive ruvl‘r; It is at this point that “efciency” ¢omes into its own. ‘It is the: man, the one fitted personality, h’lénlnl, ieecdhnlcll ’:no' hll’l. definite and seasoned experience, purpose, wide vision, fearlessness and an un- faltering hand—this kind of man who is, more and more, being called to help. the entire country through his capable and earnest work in one or another of the high seats 2( t‘ha‘mzrnmt itaeif. g * REW W. MELLON: The Man and His Work. By Philip H. Love. Balti- more, F. Heath Coggins & Co. YOVJ will seize upon the proportions ©of this .work—upon -its emphasis and balance—as its outstanding excel~ lence. Ten years ago the story of An- drew W. Mellon would ‘have been -an- other story, taking its chief substance «from the financial successes of the man, Arom his high standing in the world .money and its uses, from his per- ality and staunch character. And there the story of another sagacious American financier would have ended. EBut Philip Love's study of Mr. Mellon couldn’t have ended there, since it is within the past decade that the Secre- tary of the Treasury has rendered to his country the at service of his life. It is in this public capacity that the au- thor presents the man. To be sure, there is the looking in upon the youth of Mellon, upon the surroundings of early years and his responses to these. Mr. his while he was alive, but who at the same time looked with no approving eye on Michalloff’s emergence to leadership, turned coats and joined witia the group that bewailed Protogueroff’s death. As a result there are now virtually two autonomist factions fighting a desperate internal battle for survival. Michailoff has the power, right or wrong. The youth of Macedonia is with him; the strength of the organisation is on his side. In addition, he has the moral support of the majority of Mace- donians, whether still in the homeland or away from it, as are the half a mil- lion immigrants in Bulgaria. He is a modest man. At times, it is true, he has not taken his chieftainship so mod- estly and has behaved like a dictator, but his sincerity and devotion to the Macedonian cause are unimpeachable. UBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions to the Public Li- brary and lists of recommended read- ing will appear in this column every Sunday. Fine Arts. Ball, K. M. Decorative Motives of Orfental Art. 1927. (Ref., does not circ.) W66-B21. Birdsall, Jeannette. Foundation Build- ers of Modern Music. VW10-9B53. Hughes, Glenn. The Story of the Theater. VU-H874. In Praise of Our Lady; Depicted by the Great Masters. 1924. W146-In 1. Koechlin, Raymond. Oriental Art. (Ref., does not circ.) WS63-K8I. Littlejohns, John. How to Enjoy Ple- tures. 1927. WP-L73. March, Benjamin. China and Japan in Our Museums. W66-M33. Morley, C. D, Seacoast of Bohemia. VU83-M82s. Rembrandt van Ryn. Rembrandt. ‘W10-R283. Rochemont, Ruth de. Art. 'W11-R58. Roerich, N. K. Roerich, Compiled and Edited by the Publishers. W10- 627, Evolution of R627. Stokes, Adrian. Landscape Painting. | 1925. WPS-8t65 1. Reading. Cordts, A. D. The New Path to Read- ing; Manual for the Primer. C813n. Danforth, Dorothy. Silent Reading Devices: First Serles. IP-D2l. Pleld, W. T. A Guide to Literature for Children. ZX-F45g. Gray, W. 8, and Munroe, Ruth. The Reading Interests and Habits of Adults. ZX-GT79r. Jordan, A. M. Children’s Interests Reading. 1026, 2ZX-J762. Mary of the Visitation, Sister. Visual ‘There is the touch upon the early tastes and reticencles that characterized him. These, for setting and for the lifelike-~ ness of the character—but very soon Mr. Love reaches of the Treasury in an accounting of his public career, the career with which the world is concerned. “On March 4, 1921, Andrew Mellon walked into his new offices in Treasury Building, hung up his hat and overcoat and went to work.” He's been at this work ever since. A momentous date that, in the finances of the Govern- ment. For war settlements and agree- ments were on hand. Inflation on the one hand, armies of unemployment on the other. The whole unufln{. directly or otherwise, upon the institution in Wwhich Mr. Mellon had engaged to run “The People’s Business.” ‘To the average reader the undertak- ing stands as a bewilderment of colossal proportions—complicated, involved, mys- terious, bedeviled. To the new Secretary it was a business house, that Treasury, bigger than the ones he had worked with, but not greatly different. And be- cause it was a business house he in- sisted upon business experts to handle it. So political favorites had to go where they could do less harm. And that made trouble—a little, not much, since this man was oblivious of any- thing that did not effect the job in hand. And this is not really an im- portant point, save that it explains some of the flurries of criticism that blew the Secretary'’s way. What is im- portant is that Philip Love’s study of Andrew Mellon sums for the use of any intelligent reader not only the ‘(gq“;dl purpose of the Treasury of the Un! States—sums it simply and clearly— but it covers, besides, in explicit terms the activities of this Government agency through one of the most trying periods of its existence, and sets down in detall besides the peculiar profes- sional fitness of the head of the As- ury for the high and sound conduct of the finances of the United States during this exigency. Laws pertaining to .one and another of the situations to be met, Teports of the progress of one measure or another—indeed, the study stands as & body of technical knowledge, as & definite course of procedure, as & sum- mary of projects and measures bearing upon the workings of this institution that is so near to every citizen. Not only the financial expert and the pro- fessional banker, but the every-day man —the one who pays $6.20 annual ta: can profit by this clear study of the methods of the greatest bank in the world in the hands of an efficiency ex- pert in the ways of money. And, be- sides—here is one of the high points of the book—the chance to come upon & clearly great man of most unassuming in American Government. JT83- B51 . _The Course of Em- . JU83-P454. A. D. Pettigrew, R. P ire. Perception in Reading and Spelling. BIK-M36. Olcott, F. J. The Children's Reading. pect ZX-01 )}h. e, . M. The German Po‘oslnmilnnl and His Reading, ZSF- Pitkin, 'W. B. The Art of Rapld Read- BIK-P68. Psychical Research. Barrington, E., ud. The Way of Nn:: BK-B%W. 4 I. M. Can the Dead Com- municate With the Living? 1920, BXS-H 125. Lambert, Mrs, H. C. 8. A Ornlrlll Survey of Psychical Phenomena. | 17. Is This Wilson? Goyernment. Binkley, W, &, -Problems-and. Exercises . A, ed. Our_ OCity—New . 1924 JW85IN-R32, Mowat, R. B. A History of European Di- plomacy, 1451-1789. JU30-M876eh. “moon' Sir J. A a.unov We Are| verned. JU4S-] h Hullinger, E. The New Prancis d'oggl. Carter, L. H, comp. The Banner An- thology of One-act Plays by Amer- ican Authors, YD-9C243. Cordell, R. A, ed. Representative Mod- ern Plays,” YD-9C813. Dunsany, E. J. M. D. P. 18th baron. Bev;n Modern Comedies. YD- D928s. Hughes, Glenn. None Too Good for lo. YD-H874n. Martines Sierra, Gregorio. The Other Playa h | jess for months, or a year. Oradie w no | tion, character—fine, cultured, compelling and just a wo:kh:; ‘m‘n. FUGITIVE'S RETURN. By Susan Glas- l), author of “Brook Evans,” etc. ew York: PFrederick A. Stokes Co. Tmn story may be & parable. I leave it to you. It is, in effect, an ad- venture of the spirit by way of the loss of speech. This was the way of it, a word or two. A woman, the average mmrried woman. Troublg—faithless hus- band, the death of the"little daughter. Flight on the part of Irma Lee—speech- ‘The real beauty of the story, and it has much of this, rises out of the girl's life in an old and unawakened corner of Greece, where the ancient pastoral ways still weave in and out of lovely dawns and soothing dusks. There Irma Lee partakes of the existence of shepherd and weaver and worker in the soll. No word is spoken, yet there comes in time to be clear and complete intercourse between this silent woman and the ml'?r around her—men and women, children;sthe lamba; the goats, the vines #nd the fields, s ne and soft weath- ers. And all the there is in the making another woman—one of deeper insight, one of truer self-appraisal, one of personal preeccupation. Cer- tainly the story dogs not say this. It is too fine a story:for that. But the time , the riéw vision ingrained to definite substande; this woman goes back into the old Iife; With rewards? Not one, that is, measurable by the common yardstick of this thing gained, that thing secure in the pocket or the purse—no returns of that sort. The husband happily taken.care of by an- other woman. An old d and a new friend—well, there is nothing there, elther, to be weighed in’the hand. Yet, out of the silence, out of the simplicity and the beauty of the old retreat in Hellas, out of what must be the deep resources of man's spirit—a new woman comes back to the old place, with some- thing real to do—oh, not for herself. Oh, no. Is this a parable, do you think? Read it, anyway, for it is a truly beau- tiful adventure—serene and strong in iudefl‘e'ct. nlnt u“«;nnutl)\:d in ‘erretn"%' and strength an good art o building, h!lldel.. - MEMOIRS OF AN‘-OLD PARLIA- MENT. SAVE for studenits of the subject in- volved here,, this: book is too long. Two big volum: lnl-too much for the already 1:‘:94 In.t m:‘. "?fie :‘ ‘3 under e Joa of this’ multitudinous” daily life. But wait a minute: It 45 not that sort of , or books. : It i8.not directed upon the student and his labored ways of ity and routine. Here you have it—not' a book at all—but adventure for the vl,nny and the vagabond, preferably of Irish stripe. Step inside once and, if you belong, you will dis- cover :tlm s is no: road, no course in oriprocedure. Hardly is set for any one's feet herc. Instead, & door opens pot more than an Inch, and inside you' push your way, by virtue of Jure.of the Irish eye d there, giving) “Good-day!” is Tay -PaysO'Conngs. . This settles you nd all. “Tithe or no time, on ndthe beck E{luumca‘hn‘\hu and communicable an through—why, I think i§ is 40 years—of Parliament and its dol with one who is now called the dean of them all, “the Father of Parliament.”. And the inci- dents that crowd, the fights that are set up, the close-range view of this great one and that—Gladstone, Disrael!, Balfour and a host of other defenders of the empire. You go to war—nothing less—fighting for home rule. You en- ‘in every wayside brawl that a h-hearted son of Erin is so depend- ent upon for the breath of life. You hear all over again, and from a new angle, the “story of Parnell,” killed off by the woman blight. In a word, laughing and agreeing to every bit of it, you travel through the years with this buoyant man, who, starting off a long time ago in the company of a fellow called “Starvation,” gradually rose and Tose, by the lift of his own lighter-than- air soul, to high position, to influential office—and oh, boy, what a grand time you the | T8y Pay O'Connor has had being great! You mustn't miss this book. You mustn't ‘miss the mirthful youth of this man nor his Celtic billigerency— nor any of the delightful Irishry of the man partaking in the solemnities of the English government, * kK K 'flfl.ug‘:yBrUCg!»u?y ighn Masefleld, of “Captain et,” ! of New York: The Mlcmm Co. JOHN MASEFIELD goes ashore for “Hawbucks.” Sturdy as a mariner should be, though, and keen of sight as in his many sailings, he betakes him- self for this story to a' familiar corner of England as it was in the days be- fore the war. A countryside adventure of .men and horses and dogs, of hunt- ings and racings, of English weathers and the common run of daily inter- ests that engage the people of this,un- changing quarter, §-tunmy it has changed since. But then it was much s 1t had been for time out of mind in its effect on_the ways of the English squirearchy. Not all men. There are a few women here. And a love story goes along, of course. A robust romance. No lal about it. Rather an up-and- coming young woman of thrifty soul Wwho plays her game with ‘both hands. That is all right too? There are excit- ing moments and half-days in this gen- erally staid portrayal of country life. There is a hunt, which, if you are of that breed, you wilk enter into with great ardor. Thére is a fight with a storm out .on the moors that will stir you to a genuine thrill or two. You will call the whole of it good.stuff—and then, you will slip back into the sea songs of John Masefleld, where he is truly at home; where he makes you feel at home, too, in & glad expansion of your own spirit. * K X X A THERE IS ANOTHER HEAVEN. By Robert Nathan, author of “Autumn,” ete. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Mer- rill Co. ‘OU have your own picture of what heaven is going to ‘be for you. Everybody has. 8o there must be, ac- cording to this, as many heavens— oh, well, that is too long & road, and, besides, it leads away from Robert Nathan and his ltor{‘ on this theme. Here we stand on the. banks of ‘the river, the last river—Jordan, Styx, what not—to cross. On the other side is heaven. Beside us, ready to go over, isa ,'roup, not so very big, but nervous all of them, anxious and already beset by a shade of homesickness. ~Right next to me is an old man, a scholarly, ‘dignified man. He told me that both his father and mother had crossed over Fascist | SO0 w as over, the entrance made. And here in & smoothly smiling ifony Robert Na- | than works out & half dozen of these heavenly denizens on the exact lines of their religious teachings in respect to | the future rewards of right living. No, not light, nor with the slightest im- plous tinge to it. Merely logic and mm into the future state. Since human sense is, for the time being, our instrument, there cad be in its use in this confiec- more than amusing is this in | subtle bit of art. its efl]:ct. It s Well, why not? to think. Nathan * o ox GRIM VENGEANCE. By J. J. Con: nington, author of “The Case With Nine Solutions,” etc. Boston: Little, Brown & Co. WONDER just what one of the su- per-detectives would do with a crim- inal whose victim was the dearest one in the world to him. That is the ulti- mate problem set here. For some time the story runs along with courtship and marriage and the projected voyl%m the new home in South America. en in the neighborhood things begin to hlp&en—lnlcu. murder once, then again. The detective begins his work on the situation. This runs through the usual exciting points of clue and pursuit, clue and pursuit, drawing mat- ters closer and closer until a specially smooth and clever villain walks strajght into the conviction of Sir Clinton Drif- fleld, expert detective. But the convic- tion is s0 horrifying to him, so close to his own heart—— What de you think he did about it? You have every reason to know because you are taken along to see all the evidence, all the turns in the matter. Nevertheless, when {hat last murder comes about you couldn't even approach the gullty one. . Excel- lent in sustained mystery and more than excellent in the quality of the events of daily run in making the case as & whole, . 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