Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1932, Page 84

. aN——— THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 10, 1932, Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words ACROSS. 1. A fleet of armed vessels. §. Urgency. 18. A meal 10. Cauterized. 20. To drive forward. 21. Eludes. River; brook. Able or adroit Bedeck with lace. A melody. Accorded in sound. . Dexterous. Passage between sand banks. . A metal. . Fatigues. Wicked. Assails with con- fusing noises . A dove-tailed tenon used in hoisting 39. Rebuilds. 41. A British general. 42 Watches: fosters. 44 Upon. 45, A portable cover- ed chair or ve- hicle. &Y. Feasted with joy- ous merriment. 50. A raised plat- form. 82. Made clear and calm. $6. Turns outward. 59. Prohibits. 59. Adhere closely. 80. Low flat marsh land. #1. Ground plots. 63. Pertaining to one’s birth. 86. A portico. 68. One. 68. Administered medicines. 90. Pertaining to or © supported by a wall. 2. Not well. 73. To withdraw from fellowship. 75. Followed exactly. g% 8% 2uB ggrun 9. To change place. 79. Soon. Notes of Art and Artists — snd a loan exhibiticn from the Rosenbach gal- leries reviewed next week. of Philadelphia, State to another, .One who com- plains. . Any of various Old World plants of the water-lily family. 5. Word of denial. 5. Ascended. .To provide food and entertain- ment. Reprimanded. Rended asunder by force. To affirm posi- tively. An earthy deposit containing lime, clay and sand. .One of the 12 apostles. Masculine. Human beings. Burning or ar- dent. A foundation. . A carnivorous animal. Smooth, hard coating. . Mental pictures; ideas. Roof of the mouth. _ Crescent-shaped. To mourn for. A genus of beetle. A iong seat with a back. .To obtain a sum- mons or service; Scotch law. A place of retire- ment. DOWN. To attack with argument or abuse. Retreat. . 0ily tissue which fills the cavities of bones. . A measure of area. . Costly. . Receive. . Globes. . Participates in & sale. « . Deprive. . Heroic; narrative. . A tradesman. all of which will be exhibition of etchings and drypoints by i Eugene Higgins which opened at the divi- of graphic arts, Smithsonian Building, March 28, is the work of an artist with some- thing to say—a message of such strong human sppeal that one is apt to overlook the master- ‘manner of its telling. Life *hrough Mr. s’ eyes has the dramatic intensity of ggle, but no gentleness or beauty. For derelicts, the luckless and the downtrodden gre his chief inspiration. These are not vic- tims of the depression, but the submerged classes of all times and countries in their ele- mental character. Mr. Higgins’ somber vision Is said to be due to the poverty of his own early years and his bitter strugzle to achieve a repu- tation. He was born in 1874 of Irish parents, in Kansas City, where his father was a stone- gutter. The boy early manifested an interest in ereative expression, chiseling heads and figures out of the chips in his father’s stone yard. This early leaning toward sculpture left a lasting im- pression upon his painting and prints, in which his figures are dealt with broadly, with little gttention to detail. This gives his work strength pnd appealing sincerity. While still in his $eens, Mr. Higgins moved to St. Louis, attended the School of Fine Arts, and saved the money earned by odd jobs, which took him to Paris at the age of 23. There he spent seven years in PTBcole des Beaux Arts under Gerome, and in Julien’s Academy, and independently studied she teeming life of the Montmartre section, where he resided. Of the 50 prints shown at the Smithsonian Building, a few portray people whose energy ves their future some hope. Such is “The ys of ’49,” perhaps the most cheerful print in the entire group, in which there is an ex- hitarating sense of optimism and adventure spurring the pioneers on their westward jour- iney. This etching is also illustrative of the well co-ordinated design in which Mr. Higgins excels —the interrelated angles and horizontals. The man behind the second wagon is most expres- sive, eloquent of the dogged determination of our pioneers, despite the heaviness of long- borne fatigue. “Don Quixote and Sancho Panza” has a touch of humor in the jaunty knight on his bony neg, contrasted with the solid Sancho jogging alongside. TBE subjects of most of Mr. Higgins' etchings, however, are so honelessly poor or unfortu- nate that their spirit has been crushed. A peasant mother trudges homeward with her child after a heavy day's work, judging from her bent figure; a ragged hermit enters his oave in the hillside, followed by his dog, as storm clouds gather overhead; two half- drowned castaways drag themselves upon the sand of a rocky island; a group of refugees hasten from their homes, carrying bundles and bied cages, and driving pigs before them; & . Parts of a gar- ment. . To rise against authority. . Always. . Companion; col. . Piece of music of slow movement. . Cutting. . An African fly. .Sank in mud. . Two-jawed instru- ments for holding a piece of work to be operated on. . More delicate. . A weasel. i . Those who receive gifts. . Seasons. . A bulbous rooted plant. . Masculine name. . Dwelling in a place. . Makes known. . Rubbish. . More uniform. . An Ttalian city. . To forsake. . Sailors. . The people of one country. . To develop. . A trader. .To clothe with a robe. .An ornamental knob or button. . A preposition. . Measure of area. . A bank clerk. . To intimidate. .One affected with a terrible disease. . Portal. . An affection of the larynx. . The smallest pos- sible part. . Pertaining to the throat. . Excursions in a vehicle. servant. 86. To experience again. 87. Large ruminant quadrupeds. 88. Any broad pas- sageway. 91. The summit. 92. To curve or make crooked again. lonely tramp makes his way across a desert while ravens circle over his head. Or one enters some gloomy abode, where a despairing girl throws herself across her cot in a dark attic; a woman carries a steaming bowl to the supper table, where a patient but intent man and three clamoring children await her, while a hungry dog distracts her attention. In his print, “The Forgotten Trench,” Mr. Higgins goes beyond reality, to depict the chasm filled with a throng of ghosts and skeletons, illumi- nating this macabre scene with an unearthly light. This exhibition will be on view until April 24. EW exhibitions open at the Arts Club this afternoon, to remain on view until April 22. In the gallery will be water colors by Eliot O’Hara, a member of the Washington Water Color Club, American Water Color Society, North Shore Art Association and Ogunquit Art Association. In the reception rooms oils and water colors by Elise T. Clark will be seen. Miss Clark is a member of the Arts Club, the Southern States Art League and an artist mem- ber of the National League of American Pen ‘Women. IT is with extreme regret that we make an announcement of the closing, early in May, of the Gordon Dunthorne Gallery, Connecticut avenue and De Sales street. Throughout the 94. To give up the possession of. 95. Excites; puffs up. 96. Hinders. 98. A scuffie; affray. 100. More matured. 103. To entertain with festivities. rest of April, Mr. Dunthorne will dispose of some of his collections. It is hoped he will be able to reopen his gallery in Washington next Autumn. HE Landscape Club of Washington opened its Spring exhibition at the Mount Pleasant Branch of the Public Library on April 5, to remain throughout the month. A review will appear next week. LOAN exhibition of portraits, etc., of the early American child, to be held by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America at Dumbarton House, from April 20 to May 29, promises to be of exceptional interest. Among the portraits to be shown are those of Theo- dosia Burr and Susan May Williams (Mrs. Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte) by Gilbert Stuart, and others by such outstanding early American painters as Charles Willson Peale, James Peale, St. Memin, John Heselius, Joseph Badger, Jeremiah Theus and some of their contempo- raries, as well as miniatures of the British and American schools. Among the objects asso- ciated with the “Early American Child” will be shown the christening robe and silver bowl used as a font, of Richard Henry Lee. The committee on the loan exhibition is as follows: Mrs. Charles PFrancis Adams, Mrs. Stephen Bonsal, Mrs. William Cabell Bruce, Mrs. Wil- liam R. Castle, Miss Louisa Adams Clement, Peas Seized Under New Law T fell to the lot of 76 cases of canned peas to be the first shipment of food since the enactment of the MaNary-Mapes amendment to the Federal food and drugs act to be found misbranded. This particular lot was found to contain an excessive gquantity of hard peas and therefore not standard goods as the st#ndard has been promulgated by the Secretary of Agriculture. Under the amendment all canend goods, with the exception of meat and meat products and milk products, must conform to the standards set up by the department. So far, the standards have been set for peas, peaches, pears, tomatoes, apricots and cherries, and work on the other standards is progressing. As the amendment operates, the housewife knows that the canned goods she buys are of & minimum high standard for, unless labeled otherwise, the goods are to be at least as good as the standard. Sometimes canned goods fall be- low this standard, but still are edible and whole- some as in the case of the seized peas. In that case, the label is supposed to carry in sul- ficiently large print to be plainly evident the words, “Below U. S. Standard. Low quality, but not illegal.” To those of limited means who are unable to pay for the better grades, these substandard goods offer nourishment if not delicacy, and they are therefore permissable with the proper label. Adulterated and unfit goods are, of course, barred out altogether as the law pro- vided before the amendment was added. Dry Milk Industry Grows HE production of dry or powdered milk has reached proportions which now makes of this industry one of the leading industries of the country. In this process, all the water is removed from the milk or the milk products, usually by spraying the fluid into a tiled cham- ber in a very fine spray. A current of hot dry air removes the moisture and allows the dried product to fall to the floor in powder form. In 1930, the last year for which the Depart; ment of Agriculture has gathered figures, & remarkable increase in production over the pre- vious year was noted. Dried whole milk in a total of 15,440,000 pounds was up more than 2,000,000 pounds over the previous year. Casein, the largest single component of fluid milk, was up 11,000,000 pounds to a total of 41,819,000. Nearly 260,000,000 pounds of dried skim milk, 15,440,000 pounds of whole milk powder and 66,000,000 pounds of powdered buttermilk also were produced. Even cream has been dessicated, some 400,000 pounds of cream powder having been manufactured. 104. Moisture; fog. side. 106. An auction. 113. The sap of cer- 109. Entangle. tan trees and 111. To turn to the off plants. Continued From Fourteenth Page Mrs. John Washington Davidge, Mrs. Fréd- erick A. Delano, Mrs. H. Rozier Dulany, Mrs. Robert Goldsborough Henry, Mrs. Rose Gou- verneur Hoes, Mrs. McCook Knox, Mrs. E, Brooke Lee, Mrs. Breckenridge Long, Mrs. Har- rall Mulliken, Mrs. Armistead Peter, 3d; Mrs. William H. Wilmer and Mrs. Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the committee. Silk Worm Feat Marwvel HE marvelous cocoon of the silk worm still remains one of the wonders of nature, for this carefully reared and nurtured worm, when it enters the cocoon stage, wraps itself in one continuous thread often as much as four-fifths of a mile long. The discovery of the thread of the cocoon is credited to a wife of a Chinese Emperor as far back as 2600 B.C., but it was not until the sixth century since the birth of Christ that the manufacture of silk worked westward into EBu- rope. The first of the worms to be brougnt West were carried by two Persian monks in hol- low canes who brought them to Constantinople. After eventually reaching France, the silk in- dustry received a considerable acceleration which later drew England into the field, for many silk weavers were forced from France by the edict of Nantes. Seeking a supply of cocoons, the English sought to foster the pro- duction of the silk worm in the colonies. The first were introduced into Virginia with bounties offered for the production of silk. Virginians found, however, that tobacco was a more profit- able crop and the silk worm languished. Efforts were also made to establish the worm in South Carolina and in Connecticut, while 75 or so years ago an attempt was made in Cali- fornia, but they all came to nothing. Tasty Flake Honey Graham Crackers Sunalized—Rich in Vitamin D These Graham Crackers taste dif- ferent from all other crackers. They are sweetened with pure honey, baked with milk, and they are cheaper than other crackers and more delicious. Big 2-1b. box, 35¢ FOR SALE AT Wagshal’s Delicatessen, 1792 Col. Rd. 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