Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1933, Page 65

[ ACROSS. 1. Song. 6. Residue. 11. Sprites. 16. Spars. 21. Form of oxygen. 22. Wooden strip to give strength to. 23. Alm. 24. Additional. 25. Musical instru- 97. Signals. 98. Couch. 100. Froth. 102. Christmas. 103. Also. 104. Shortening. 105. Mansion. 107. Joint. 109. Run wild. 110. Teach. 112. Spanish coins. 119. New York Island. 120. Reading desk. 122. Fastened. 124, City in Persia. 127. Ankle of a horse. 29. Native com- pound. 30. Pace. 32. Bevel the end of a timber. 33. Part of the eye. 385. Simian. 36. Recline. 38. Revise. 40. Devour. 41. Stock. 42. Colorer. 43. Military store- 140. Handle. 142. Peg. 143. Got up. 145. Greetings. 148. Spray. 150. Scatter. 151. Triple. 152. Proverb. 153. Openings. 154. Treatise, 155. Clans. 156. Musical instru- ments. 157. Import. DOWN. 1. Tint. 2. Unclouded sky. 3. Routines. 4. Numeral. 62. Pertinent to pub- lic finance. 63. Tavern. 64. Engrave with acids. all green and suggestive of Midsummer warmth and fragrance, is memorable. But of unique interest is the interior. A Colonial mahogany dresser on which stands a bowl of fruit, candlesticks and other objects, and over whilh hangs a platter is pictured with an old-fashioned wing chair to the right, a mahogany side chair to the left. The light pours through a curtained side window; an old-fashioned braided rag rug is on the floor. Each object is exquisitely rendered and yet none intrudes. The composition as a whole has complete unity. Here is a work accurately seen and sympathetically rendered, very charming. Mrs. Abbot, the wife of the distinguished sec- retary of the Smithsonian Institution, studied at the Corcoran School of Art under the late E. C. Messer and Richard N. Brooke, later under Catherine C. Critcher and Edmund Tarbell. : COLLECTION of rare antique Bulgarian folk embroidery assembled by Velko M. Baboff, director of the Bulgarian Art Gallery in Sofia, was placed on exhibition in the Sears, Roebuck & Co. galleries, Connecticut avenue, last week under the distinguished patronage of Simeon Radeff, minister of Bulgaria to the United States. Mr. Baboff got this unusual collection together from all parts of Bulgaris. Many of the pieces shown are over a hundred years old, some dating back for three times that period. The pieces, some of them a foot square, some less, some more, have been put together in mosaics very skillfully and in & most interesting manner. The desire for orna- ment and for an increase of beauty is inherent in man, angd in all nations it has been custom- ary from earliest time, for costumes to be embroidered and decorated with needlework. ‘The superiority of Bulgarian embroidery is due, it is said, to the fact that it is both individual and composite—individual in general form and line and color, but composite as the basic de- signs are often modified or rendered more intri- cate by foreign influences. Its patterns have been borrowed from other neighboring nations, but have been adapted skillfully for Bulgarian use. It is interesting to trace in these em- broideries the influences which have come ap- parently from afar—from Egypt and India, from Persia and Byzantium, but which all, without exception reflect Bulgarian taste. Much red and many other bright colors are used in these embroideries, but the stitchery throughout is fine, so fine, In fact, that it can be examined ‘The Bulgarians themselves are proud of their achievement, and the queen and princess make a point of wearing the national Macedonian costumes, fieo&llecflm,mndmmolweroomees. *48. Watched FHE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MARCH 12, 1933. ———M. 19. Stomach of & ruminant. 20. More sound men- tally, 27.Cry of a sheep. 31. Leaving a will. 34. Copy. 37. Tuber. 39. Sour. 41, x 42. Unit of force. 44. Be carried. 45. Untruths. 46. Cozy. 47. Smoke. secretly. 49. Kind of velvet. 50. Dishonorable. 52. Toilet case. 53. Heraldic furs. 54. Temper. 56. Battleship. 57. Master. 58. Autograph book. 60. Sacred writing. 62. Interpreted. 65. Annoyed. 67. Lunatics. 70. Messages. 72. Earths. 74. Pruits. 75. Fabric pile. 77. Heavens. 79. Snare. 81. Point. w5 ERERBLBEwE logue to the president of this museum, Louis Horch, for its appearance here. The Sears, Roebuck art gallery is headquarters for the Washington chapter of the Roerich Society, which is entering now the second year of its existence. Supplementing this showing of Bulgarian embroidery is an interesting group of colored etchings by P. P. Morosoff, a Bulgarian of Sofia. These are almost all of Bulgarian sub- jects, rather large plates strongly etched, very foreign in feeling as well as in subject, and extremely interesting. Another interesting feature of the March exhibits in these galleries is a series of por- trait sketches of American Indians and African Bantus by A. J. Barmouw of Columbia Uni- versity, New York—works in water color, crayon and charcoal—bold, strong, direct, im- pressive. Of the Carroll collection of paintings by old mention was made last works George A'rthenflk:ubnrym'mmm March 15 an exhibition of good printing, last season at the Telfair Academy, Savannah, a:.é‘o:here it attracted wide and favorable at- Besides the Metropolitan Museum the the direction of Henry W. Kent, secretary, who, though distinctly an amateur, stands high in of Kensington, Md., publication, but has done a real service in the designing and fine printing of announce. 135. Steut. 137. Moist. 138. Boat. general financial stringency is regarded as a calamity among those who know and love fine printing. The purpose of this exhibition is to demon- strate the possibility of so using type that it becomes artistically attractive. Printing is as truly an art as painting, drawing, etc. A poster, an invitation, a program, letterhead, the page of a book must all be designed, and to be effective, designed well, with careful regard to the use of black and white, perpendicular and horizontal lines, combinations, white space and dark accents. Almost any one can run a printing press. Only the talented few ean design a piece of good printing. The history “The Quest of the Perfect Book.” Obwviously, an exhibition of this sort—samples of the best printing that has been done—is of first in- ters, but it is equally of interest which makes use of printing. In industries, quality production de- upon demand, and demand upon Schomburg Portrait Prize of $100 for a paint- ing entitled “Woman With Jug” in the 1938 exhibition of works by Negro artists spon- sored by the Harmon Foundation which opened February 21 in the Galleries of the Art Center, New York. The George E. Haines prize of $50 for the most representative work in black and white in this exhibition went to James Lessne Wells, also an instructor at this Uni- versity. This exhibition, the fifth sponsored by the Harmon Foundation, is said to mark a great advance in the development of art among Negroes. One of the features this year is a group of eight pieces of sculpture by Theodore Ramos Blanco of Havana, whose work has mnot shown in this country. V. Baker of Pratt Institute, Alon Bement, director of the National Alliance of Art and Industry; Howard Giles, who has lately ex- hibited here at the Arts Club; Arnold Genthe, Eric Ber'v, Theodore Howell and James V. Herring, the last the head of the art depert- ment at Howard University. 13 Sunday Morning Among the Cross-Words Persian art exhibition to be shown in the Century of Progress World’s Fair at Chi- cago is to be seen here the latter half of this month in the Hekimian Galleries, 1214 Con- necticut avenue. The preview will be held on March 15. The collection, which consists of textiles, paintings, miniatures, pottery, bronzes and ancient editions of the Koran in vellum and parchment in the Peristan script, has been assembled and is to be shown under the di- rection of Dr. Ali Kuli Kahn, one-time Per- sian Minister to the United States, a member of the Persian Peace Delegation to Paris who will give a series of lectures on Persian art and philosophy both here and in Chicago. The exhibition will be open to the public through the courtesy of the proprietor of these galleries. * District of Columbia League of American Pen Women has issued invitations for a tea in their studio in Stoneleigh Court this after- noon from 4 to 6, when an exhibition of paint- ings by Mary Doolittle Dawson of this city will be shown. This exhibition will be open to the public on March 16 from 2 to 5 p.m. T “The Three Musketeers’'” Shop, 1529 Connecticut avenue, there is being held from March 8 to 18 inclusive, an exhibit and sale of American Indian water colors, blankets, rugs, baskets, pottery and jewelry from Pred Iéghwn‘a Indian Trading Post in New York Books Received Continued from Eleventh Page rice LeBlanc. New York: The Macaulay Co. LOVER'S LEAP. By Martin Armstrong. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co. MISS CHARLESWORTH. By Mabel L. Tyrrell, New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co, NIGHT CLUB DAUGHTER. By Katharine Haviland-Taylor. Philadclphia: J. B. Lip- pincott Co. a THIS BRIGHT SUMMER. Anonymous. New York: Covici-Priede. THE MURDERER OF SLEEP. By Milward Kennedy. New York: H. C. Kinsey & Co. LET ME GO. By Flora Sandstrom. New York? H. C. Kinsey & Co. PROM NINE TO FIVE. By Mary Badger Wile son. Philadelphia: The Penn Publishe ing Co. MRS. VAN KLEEK. By Elinor Mordaunt. New York: The John Day Co. THE RED HILLS. 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