Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1930, Page 88

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- ra - Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words - ACROSS. 1. Goatlike ante- 8 13 lope. . Cargo vessel. . Slight. . A return to a for- mer state. . Method of com- munication. . A halo. . Thespian. . Dull. . Sang plaintively. . Canonized person in French; abbr. . Subtle tone qual- ity. . Engraves. . Roam aimlessly. . Rodent. . Reek. . Misked. . Completed. . Build. . Before, . Jewel, . Claw, . Thin and watery. . Forms a mental conception. . Teeth. . South American animal. . English cathedral city. . Exhausted. . Thin scale or plate. . Affright. . Goats. . Expunge. . The rough exte- rior of bark. .-An English title. . Light lunch. . A negative, . Hiatus. . Meadow. 2. Snake. 81 . Miss; obs. . Flower. . Pedal extremities. . A garment. . Buff cotton cloth from 90. o1. 94. Dutch liquid measure, Solitary. Seats. Pantries, 97. Death. 101, 102. 103. 105. 106. Animal of the genus Canis. Preserve. ‘Worm. More sapient. Name of the en- gineer who de- signed the Miss- issippi bridge at St. Louis. . Parsonage. . Contrives or plots. . Molten stone. . Adopted son of the prophet. . Abut. . A re-vending. . Thing in law. . Capped. . Colophony. . Breathe. . Foes. . Decree. . The earth god- dess . Outcones. . Genders. . Cookers. DOWN. . Coarse fabrics. . 100 ares. . One who changes. . Damage. . Overt. . Place of defeat of Persians by Alex- ander, 333 B.C. . Oily plant. . Swindled. . An Indian prin- cess. . American humor- ist. . Stuck in the mud. . Meat stew. . Indian dignitary. . Enticed. . An asteroid or minor planet. . Prefix: new, re- cent. . Sheep or goat- skin tanned to re- semble kid. nos of Crete. 87. Eaten away. Continued from Twenty-first Page are “The Virgin and the Unicorn” and “The Spear Dance” groups, and three animal figures in the form of paper weights—a reclining rab- bit, a standing rabbit and a silver mouse. Miss Putnam is peculiarly gifted. She has a rare sense of artistic values, a keen feeling for plastic form. Her portrait head of Pablo Casals produced a few years ago is to be reckoned among the great works of our time, sensitively modeled, strong, essentially interpre- tive, profoundly moving. On the other hand, her sea-horse sundial, an elfin baby astride a sea-horse hobby, is merry and enchanting, full of the play spirit, which is characteristic of much French art, but rarely found in the art of Americans. It is a great thing to be able to . be profoundly serious and wholly gay with equal inspiration, 4 S appropriate to the holiday season, the New York Public Library is exhibiting at the present time a collection of Christmas cards by American artists, about 60 in all, which evidences the extent to which this prac- tice is being carried today. Mr. Weitenkampf, the curator of prints of the library, who arranged the collection, says: ‘“‘Since most of thee cards were designed to be sent to the friends of the artists, there is a vein of intimacy about this exhibition, a feeling of friendly con- tact with the personality of the artists repre- sented. Even in the few cases where cards were designed for another the result gives much of the impression of a labor of love. Here we have the printmaker working in his usual process, to produce these works by the way. Sometimes ‘they represent the artist’s whimsical fancy, sometimes they are altogether in the artist’s usual vein, others disclose him in quite a holiday mood. * * * These little products of occasional graphic art can be en- joyed both as personal expressions in art and technique, and as happy solutions of the prcblem of pictorial emphasis of good wishes.” Among those who are represented are John Taylor Arms, who invariably gets out his own Christmas cards—cards which are treasured possessions by the recipients; “Pop” Hart, A. A. Lewis, Vondrous, A. C. Webb and E. D. Roth, in etching; Lankes, the Zorachs, Pul- linger, Ruzicka, Lewis, Murphy, Nason, Rock- well Kent, Norman Kent, E. A. Wilson and Lindenmuth, in wood engraving; Balcom and Treidler, in linoleum cutting; Max Weber, Mabel Dwight, Locke, Gag and Hornby, in lithography; to mention only a few. Ruel P. Tolman of this city has etched a charming greeting card this Ohristmas, giving a glimpse of his corner of the Smithsonian Institution Building. ‘These cards point the way to improvement in THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. 18, Feminine name. 19. Blushes, . 28. Water-raising de- vice on the Nile, 30. Water plant. 33.Schools, in French. 36. Name of the man who first describ- ed color blind- ness. . A thin silk net. . Secret societies of Chinese. . Salt. . Fishes. . Wing. . Ancient city. . Human beings. . Edges. Pertaining to the roof of the mouth. . Russian Bolshe- vik leader. . Scent. . Morning or per- taining to the morning. The European great lavender. . Men. . Geometrical val- ues. Pertaining to the blood. . Enraged. . Linear measure. . African antelope. . Beasts of burden. . Less expensive. . Glassy. trates. . Order of birds. . Releases. . Native boat. . More strict. . Rubbers. . Fondle. . Amazon IN connection with the national celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington, a commemorative medal is to be struck. In order that this medal may be not only of the highest artistic excellence, but historically significant, an advisory committee of leading artists and medalists of the United States has been created to select both artist and design. This committee, appointed by the associate directors, is composed of Robert J. Grant, director of the mint, chairman; Charles Moore, chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts; James Earle Fraser, A. A. Wein- man, Lorado Taft and Herbert Adams, sculp- tors of distinction, and Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, historian of the commission. The com- mission for the celebration and the National Commission of Fine Arts are co-operating in this matter. Other art features in connection with the celebration will be an exhibition of sculpture, paintings, etc., pertaining to George Washing- ton and his time. This will be brought together through the co-operation of several national art organizations. Also Congress has provided for the reproduction in color of a portrait of George Washington for distribution to the schools of the country. The portrait for this purpose is to be selected by an advisory com- mittee consisting of the chief of the division of fine arts of the Library of Congress, Leicester B. Holland; the chairman of the National Commission of Fine Arts, Charles Moore; John C. Fitzpatrick, author; Ezra Winter and Gari Melchers, portrait painters; Harrison H. Dodge, superintendent of Mount Vernon, and Albert Bushnell Hart. T HE Baltimore Water Color Club announces 4 its thirty-fourth annual exhibition to be held in the Baltimore Museum of Art March 1 to 30, inclusive, 1931, exhibits to be received on or before February 19. Those desiring entry cards may obtain them by applying to Lilian Giffen, president, 1004 North Charles street, Baltimore, Md. New Uses for Cotton. C., DECEMBER 28 1930. dienne, 110. Fine icy particles. 109. American come- 113. To go security for. brated Spanish dancer. COINCIDINTALLY with the report that Grace Moore is hustling to New York to attend the premier of her new tfalking picture; “The New Moon,” in which she plays opposite Lawrence Tibbett, comes authentic report that she will sing one of her “A Lady of Morals” songs when she appears on the seventh of Mrs. Lawrence Townsend’s morning musicales. Which Amonmammmu musical world, as well as in the theatrical, is Helen Gahagan, who opened here in the Belasco pro- duction of “Tonight or Never.” since this play opened in New York many great singers have been in the audience, and Maris 115. First name of re- 118. Well known bird. cent English Am- 120. Number. bassador. 122, Church seat. German Opera Opening. ONE week more of intensive rehearsals im New York will precede the opening, a$ the National Theater here, Monday and Tues= day evenings, January 5 and 6, of the third transcontinental tour of the German Grand Opera Co., which will give two performances “in Washington this season—Richard Wagner's “Goetterdaemmerung” and Mozart’s “Don Juan,” in the order named—under the local management of Mrs. Wilson-Greene. The main body of the company reached New York early in the past week on the S. S. America and celebrated their Christmas in the United States hard at work on the reper- toire of operas they will give from the time they open here a week from tomorrow night until the middle of March, when they close the tour with a week’s engagement at Mecca Auditorium in New York. Washington has been selected as the point at which the tour will open. After two per- formances it moves to Baltimore for a single performance of Wagner’s “Die Walkure” there on Wednesday evening, January 7, playing Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday fol- lowing in Cleveland. The tour will include Detrgit, St. Louis, Omaha, Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and back to New York via the Southwest and Middle West, with February performances in Milwaukee, Chicago, Cincin- nati, Columbus and Pittsburgh. Johanna Gadski, former leading Wagnerian soprano of the Metropolitan Opera Co., will head the company as prima donna soprano, while Dr. Max von Schillings, prominen: Ger- man composer and conductor, will be musical _dlfl.-ctor of the tour and principal crnductor. Foreign Artist Presented. ME. DE GRANFELT, who has been prima donna of the operas at Mannheim, Berlin and London, recently appeared in recital at the invitation of the Minister of Finland at the Finnish 1égation. According to report, the re- ception given Mme. de Granfelt was more than cordial, a witness to the event describing it as “one of the greatest musical treats ever offered by a host or hostess in Washington.” Out of the 11 numbers on the program 7T were by Finnish composers—Sibelius, Jurnefelt, Melartin, Kuula and Kilpinen, In introducing the artist the Minister said his recollections of Mme. de Granfelt centered around her appearance as a feted guest at the opera in the capital of Finland, where she always received ovations not accorded any other artist by the Helsingfors audience. .

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