Evening Star Newspaper, July 4, 1936, Page 15

FOS T TER'S FAME WIDESP] * STEPHEN FOSTER’S BIRTHDAY America and the World, Upon This Date, Bow to Melodies of Greatest of the Nation’s Composers, Who Has Won the Most Enduring Fame. By Alice Eversman. ODAY is the birth anniversary of 2.merica's greatest composer, Stephen Foster. The adjective “greatest” is not too superla- tive to use in describing the status of this genial fashioner of melody, for the most enduring fame of all is to be enshrined in the hearts of a people. No better or finer reason is needed for elevation to the ranks of the elite than the apparent simple one of stirring the emotions of his countrymen to tender sympathy for courageous en- deavor. This, Stephen Foster did through his beautiful melodies, which are known and loved throughout the length and breadth of the land. To eountless numbers he has brought the fairy touch of beauty or the more vig- orous spur to courage, fulfilling his part in the national life through the senius of his musical creation. Nor was his influence of a single period or belonging to a particular era, nor to a certain type of indi- vidual. Although his native land has grown in sophistication and economic power since the day in which he lived. the charm of his simple and touching musical gift has not dimin- ished. In fact, today, 110 vears after his birth and 72 from the year of his death. Stephen Foster is honored by musicians and laymen with a greater esteem, that bids fair to in- crease as time passes, and the coun- try has fewer geniuses of his type to reach the hearts of all classes of people with their musical thoughts. But the appeal of Stephen Foster's music is not confined to this country, mor is his music of such purely na- tional character that its appreciation is not readily accorded from other countries. Today, the works of Foster are known over the world. and the manner in which the knowledge was brought to other musical nations is an interesting story of how a mere suggestion carried surprising results. 'HROUGH the unselfish efforts of Josiah K. Lilly in Indianapolis, valuable Fosteriana has been given & resting place in Foster Hall, & beau- tiful building erected on a hillside in the suburbs of Indianapolis, sur- rounded by woods, orchards and gardens. Here reposes a splendid collection of original letters and manuscripts, and precious first edi- tions, together with everything per- taining to the life and work of Stephen Foster. From this shrine, three years ago, & bulletin of the aims and purposes | of Foster Hall was sent to Franklin Adams, at that time counselor of the Pan American Union. Mr. Adams, whose life work was making known Latin-American music to the people | of this country, seized an oppertunity | offered by a friend in Caracas, Vene- zuela, to send two compositions of the | beloved composer of the United States Lo be played by the National Band of | that city, at a Fourth of July celebra- | tion. 'ay Down South” and “Gems From Stephen Foster” were the num- bers forwarded. Mr. Adams wrote Mr. Lilly: “We bhave since learned that the Foster music made a deep impression and that at its first rendition there were two encores. My American friend does not recall any other selections ever having been played three times #n one concert in Caracas.” Further in the letter he voices the suggestion that was to be the start- ing point from which a world-wide appreciation of America’s musical poet awas to grow: “The success in Caracas of ‘Gems of Stephen Foster' brought to my mind the thought that it would be a splendid thing if a band arrangement could be made of Foster’s most im- pressive numbers, so that the distribu- tion over the world would not be handicapped by copyright restrictions. The band arrangements should not be expensive and I am sure that the Union could place such an issue with all the leading bands in Latin Amer- fca. The people of other American republics respond to melodic selec- tions, %o it is easy to understand why Stephen Foster's numbers charm them.” Mn. LILLY not only accepted the idea with enthusiasm but agreed 8o publish the arrangements in large quantities at his own expense. To Luis Guzman, the talented Colom- bian, who is a member of the Marine Band and whose arrangement of Latin- ‘American music has been heard often on the pan-American programs, was confided the complicated work of ar- ranging 20 of Foster's finest melodies for this distribution. Thousands of copies were sent to South America, this country and Canada, with the re- sult that Foster's works were fea. tured on many important programs. The success in\South America was phenomenal, the interest in and ap- preciation of the beauty of the music being sincere and instantaneous. Only recently, on April 2, the 125-piece band of Sao Paulo, Brazil, gave half of its program to Foster, the other $half being in henor of the great Bra- pilian composer, Gomez. Letters of thanks and appreciation have been received by Mr. Lilly from China, the Philippines and Hawaii, where Poster's music has been played. The Garde Republicaine of Paris has Ineluded many of his works in its rep- ertoire and other European cities are msking for copies, having heard of their lyric beauty. Thus, by the fore- sight of Mr. Adams, has the music of Stephen Foster been made known #o every naiion in the world. Not only Bs America indebted to him for the ppportunity to become acquainted with the music of our sister repub- lics, but the works of our own com- of truly national feeling have received with tender regard by btrangers. BE!DES Foster Hall, other memori- als have been founded, the latest of which has been erected on the Cathedral of Learning Triangle, Pitts- burg University campus. This latest foundation enlarges the aims of Fos- teriana in three ways: First, “the Inauguration of an annual Foster Song week, which will include the date of the composer’s death, January 13, when Foster's music and other native «music will be featured in the public dnd private schools, theaters and clubs of the Nation:" second, “the ereation of & fund which shall be used r solely for the benefit of needy musi- cians of unquestioned ability,” and thirdly, “a renaissance in singing by, the American people, through an aver- widening knowledge and appreciation of Foster songs.” The organizer and executive secre- tary of the memorial is Dr. Edwin N. C. Barnes, director of music in the public schools of Washington. Mr. Lilly is honorary president of the foundation, and in his Foster Hall In Local M F of August to the most tal- ented applicant. Only ad- vanced puplls will be considered. For further information inquire at the Studio Dupont Circle or by telephone. i ELICIA RYBIER will give a | half scholarship for the month Rebecca Chandler presented her piano pupils in an hour of music on Wednesday, June 24, at the studio, 1908 Nineteenth street, assisted by the pupils of Mary Park Clements, violinist. The planists on the pro- gram wer Maryline and Maxine Anderson, Lily and Frank Stone, | Royce and Elaine Silbersberg, Hewitt | Robertson, Marjorie Whitney, Clara | Marie Clark, Martha Jester and Wil- | fred Milofsky. The following vio- linists, Gordon Linke, Eloy For- Fominaya, Francis Staack, Merritt | Mount and Solon Kemon played, ac- companied by Olive Constant Pratt. | Warren F. Johnson, organist, will | | play “Introduction and Pssacaglia,” | ;by T. Tertius Noble, before the eve- | ning service tomorrow at the Church | of the Pilgrims, Sophocles Papas has returned from Minneapolis where he appeared &s soloist with the American Guild of | Mandolinists, Guitarists and Banjo- | ists, where he received favorable com- | | Bulletin he emphasises the fact that the hall is not a “memorial,” but that “such & term should be reserved for a greater enterprise 30 appropriately de- veloping in the city of Pittsburgh, the ‘home town' of Stephen Foster,” and concludes his booklet by quoting James Whitcomb Riley's verse: “And see that ye bulld it stately In pillar and niche and gate And high in pose as the soul of him It would commemorate.” usic Circles ments by the Minneapolis and St Paul music critics. He was also re- elected member of the Buard of Di- rectors. Mrs. Routt-Johnson-Manning con- cluded her series of monthly recitals by piano students ranging from beginners to artist players last Satur- day evening at her studio, 2700 Con- necticut avenue. The final recital, which was to have been held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth G. Alvord in Cleveland Park, has been postponed until Fall on account of illness and & hurried trip abroad. On two former occasions Darragh Nagle and Constance Russell, artist pupils, were heard in recital at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvord. The fifth annual concert of the Y. M. C. A. Glee Club took place Tuesday evening in Barker Hall under the direction of J. Nelson Anderson. The assisting artists were J. Clayton Marphis, singer, and Howard Cran- ford, violinist. Edith B. Athey presented Lucille Lofton in a piano recital on Friday, June 26, at her studio, 3202 McKinley street northwest. Assisting on the pro- gram was Barbara Boal, violinist, pre- sented by Elsa Raner, and accom- panied by Jane Boal. Pianist Has ' Schedule of 40 Concerts Next Season and Be Heard Here. FTER a year's absence from the American musical scene, Viadimir Horowitz, noted Russian pianist, will return to the United States next sea- son for a three-month tour of 40 concerts that will bring him to Con- stitution Hall on Sunday afternoon, January 24, at 4 o'clock, as one of the attractions of Dorothy Hodgkin Dor- sey’s first Sunday recital series. Horowitz and his wife, the former Wanda Toscanini, daughter of Ar- | | turo Toscanini, world-famous or- | | chestra conductor, are spending the | | present month in the Swiss Alps and | | will spend August near Salzburg with | Maestro and Signora Toscanini. The | month of September will be spent in | Venice, visiting the Count and Coun- | | tess Castelbarco, the latter a sister of Mrs. Horowitz. Early in October the pianist will | begin his concert season with a | Scandinavian tour of three weeks. During November he will play 20 concerts in London and other major music centers of Europe, sailing for the United States in December. At the conclusion of his American tour, | Horowitz will make his first tour of Australia and New Zealand. In addition to Horowitz, Mrs. Dor- | sey’s first Sunday afternoon recital series will offer appearances by Nelson Eddy. baritone; Gladys Swarthout, so- prano; Heifetz, violinist, and the Metropolitan Opera Quartet, consist- ing of Josephine Antoine, soprano; | Helen Oelheim, contralto; Joseph | Bentonelli, tenor, and Julius Huehn, baritone, Dancers: Aid Greek Drama. A COLORFUL combination of old Greek legend, alluring dancing figures, and costumed singers will make up the presentation of the Arts Club’s contribution to the Summer Hestiva] program of the Community | Center Department and the Office of National Capital Parks, Friday night, | at 8 p.m. at the National Sylvan thea- ter at the Washington Monument, when “Phaeton, Son of Phoebus,” is | given, | The event will be made even more notable by the assistance of the United | States Marine Band—its only appear- | ance this Summer in the festival pro- | grams on the Monument Grounds— | and under the baton of Capt. Taylor Branson, special music will precede and accompany the pageantry. | For several weeks Capt. Bransan {and the Marian Chace Dancers have been in rehearsal for the event, which is to be given in pre-view on Wednes- day evening at the Arts Club for members of the club and their guests. The poetic theme of the drama, aided by the music, both instrumental and choral; the dances arranged by Marian Chace, with herself and Michael Logan in solo numbers, and the epilog spoken by Maud Howell Smith combine to tell the tragic legend of Phaeton. The reserved chair section is al- ready proving immensely popular, and Horowitz to Return| New Series Of Concerts 'To Be Given for Music Events During Summer. | THE Washington Summer Concerts Association will present a series of | Summer concerts commencing Sunday. July 19. This association was formed by members of the National Symphony Orchestra, 1935-36, for the purpose of creating employment for 80 musicians Association Formed | : Roof HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1936. B3 BIRTH ANNIVERSARY REGAL MARYLAND ART GIFT Walters Gallery, Whose Collector Was Associated With Washington Circles, Represents One of Rarest Treasures Assembled By Any One Individual. ¥ ‘Oi"nament. i’er;a-cotla, Etmlfafi, LV C?ntury B.C,on erhibition at the Walter's Art Gallery of Baltimore. Pupil Events Are Recent Offerings Lippitt Group Heard in Home Program at Chevy Chase. THE commencement program at the Washington Musical Institute, in which Mary Paul Freeman and Wini- fred Chamberlin, degree pupils of this year, were featured, was outstanding. Mrs. Freeman played a program in- cluding Bach’s “Fantasie C Minor, Beethoven's “Sonata E Flat Major, “Le Cathedral Engloutle,” by Debussy, and “Etude D Flat Major,” by Liszt. These were played with sweep, dignity and discriminating musicianship. sitions more of the romantic school, with great warmth and dramatic effect, including “Mystic Procession,” Saar; “My Joys,” Chopin-Liszt, and “Erl- | king.” Schubert-Liszt. The assisting artists were Mary tina from “Robert le Diable” by Meyerbeer, with power and sympathy. Joseph Harrison, young cellist with beauty of tone and a brilliant technic, played “Adagio,” Tartini; “The Swan,” S. Saens, and “Scherzo,” Van Goenz. Unger C. Murnan, jr., young baritone, with & most promising and powerful voice, sang Schumann's “Two Grena- | diers.” The certificate exercises drew an- other large group to an interesting | and to give concerts during the Sum= and vicinity. The management of this new organization wishes to stress that National Symphony Orchestra Asso- ciation, J The orchestra wil consist of 80 per- formers, the great majority of these having played in the National Sym- phony Orchestra in the 1935-36 season. The few vacancies which occur will be filled by former members of the National Symphony. Such familiar and well-known artists as the follow- ing will occupy, as in the National Symphony, their first chair positions: Frank Gittelson, concert master: Jeno Sevely, leader of the second violin sec- tion; Walter Reidiger, first viola; Howard Mitchell, solo cellist; Jacques Posell, first double bass; Harold Ben- nett, first flautist; Harold Gomberg, first oboist; Gilbert Stange, first clari- net; Leonard Sharrow, first bassoon; Paul Garrett, bass clarinet; Sune Johnson, first horn; Robert Clarke, fAirst trombone; Thomas Mullikin, tuba, and Sylvia Meyer, harpist. The posi- tion of first trumpet will be filled by Lioyd Gelisler, first trumpet under the celebrated conductor, Fritz Reiner. Some world renowned conductors have accepted invitations to direct these concerts, including Willem van Hoog- straten, Dr. Nikolai Sokoloff, Antonia Brico, Henry Hadley, Erno Rapee, Al- fred Wallenstein, Fabien Sevitzky and Sylvan Levin. ‘The concerts will be held at the Watergate near the Lincoln Memorial. ‘The orchestra will play on a barge moored at the water front as was the case last Summer. However, on the advice of the engineers at the Bureau of Standards, one radical change will be made, inasmuch as no shell will be erected, but a sound-board will be constructed around the orchestra. To further public interest the Wom~ en’s Committee of the Washington Summer Concerts Association was or- ganized. Mrs. Walter Nash was elected president. Mme. L. de Sokoloff, chair= man, and Sylvia Meyer, secretary and treasurer. Other active members of this committee are Mrs. Arthur Sea- ton, Mrs. Jeter Horton, Mrs. Lester Neumann, Mrs. Paul Hatch, Mrs. Stan- ley Thompson, Mrs. Maxfield Dunlap, Hazel Gibson Wood and Gretchen Hood. A Junior Committee was formed comprising Lilla La Garde, Katharine Fuqus, Mary Virginia Williams and Mary Ann Greenough. An advisory board was also elected. On this board is Issac Gans, formerly president of the Washington Chamber of Com- merce, and at present a member of the A. B. C. Board. Opera in Atlantic City. the Summer Festival Committee an- nounces that both reserved and un- reserved section chairs are available now at the Willard and Hotel Wash- ington newsstands, the A, A. A. Ticket Bureay, the Arts Club and the Frank- lin Ad_m!nlmflon Building. Summer Program at Y. W. C. Am of four informal singing evenings will be held on the roof at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, on Tuesdays, July 7, 14, 31 and 28, at 8 o'clock. Mary M. Bur- nett, music secretary, is in charge of these hours, and Edith L. Dawson will be the accompanist. Men and women are cordially invited to join these hours which will include the singing of old familiar melodies, folk songs of many countries, rounds, canons and simple part music. » Fobwwmcnnmnuz opening Iast Saturday and Sunday of the Summer season of grand opers in English on the Steel Pler at Atlantic City, Jules Falk, artictic director of the Steel Pier Opera Co., now begin- ning its ninth consecutive year of glving opera in the language of its audience, announces a gals holidsy double bill for this Saturday and Sun- day evenings. Claude Debussy's “L'Enfant Prodigue” (the prodigal son), with which the renowned French composer won the Prix de Rome, and Mascagni’s - “Cavalleris Rusticans” are paired for perform- ances hoth evenings. In the Summer season of 24 per- formances Verdi’s “Rigoletto” is an- nounced for Saturday and Sundsy evenings, July 11 and 13. Perform= ances continue every Saf and Sunday to the middle of September. > mer to music lovers of Washington | it is in no way competitive with the | program showing the work of elemen- | tary to college preparatory grades in | piano and violin. | Those receiving certificates were Eva | N. Sherwood, Morton Steinber and | Mary Van Allen of the fourth grade and Sarah Powell, Martha Carrier, Frank Etzler, Margaret Shoup, Robert Taylor and Elizabeth Benson of the sixth grade. On the tenth and final recital of the | year Thursday, June 25, were pre- sented Nonceta Osmond. Kitty Sim- mons, Lois Marr, Dolores Cordell, Wee Gersdorf, Dickey Essers, Ann and Ellen Petree, Karl Gersdoff, Nancy McWilliams, Louise Riggs, Helen Hoyem, Mary Willis, Mary Hubbard and Patty Paul. Charlotte Gardner Lippitt presented & group of her pupils Sunday after- noon at a delightful musical tea at the Chevy Chase home of Mrs. J. Edward Chapman. Mary Apple acted-as mis- tress of ceremonies for Mrs. Lippitt in announcing the numbers. Gllbert Linville, tenor, s former pupil, now at Juilliard, contributed several imteresting groups. Agnes Fealy, soprano, gave “Song of the Robin Woman,” Schubert’s “Ave Maria” and “Bird Song.” Helen Ben- ham, contralto, offered two numbers, | Winifred Chamberlin rendered compo- | Stevens, soprano. who sang the Cava- | Agatha Eubank, Barnes Lawson, Mary | May, Joanne Paul, Carolyn Wendt, | Barbara Stellwagen, Marion Maxwell, | Carolyn Koontz, Thelma Volland and | Betty Bainbridge, Daniel Buckley, Jane | Service Band Concerts. ’I‘Hl United States Navy Band, Lieut. Charles Benter conducting, will play the following concerts during the week beginning Monday: Monday, 11 a.m., “Hour of Memo- ries,” Bail Loft, Navy Yard. Monday, 7:30 p.m., at the Capitol. ‘Tuesday, 10:15 a.m., Sail Loft, Navy Yard. Tuesday, 7:30 p.m., World War Me- | morial, West Potomac Park. ‘Wednesday, 7:30 p.m., band stand, Navy Yard. ‘Thursday, Navy Yard. ‘Thursday, 3 pm., Naval Hospital. ‘Thursday, 6:30 p.m., Veterans’ Hos- pital, Mount Alto, Friday, 6:30 p.m., Formal Gardens, Walter Reed Hospital. ‘The schedule of the United States Army Band. Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, | leader, certs, to be given during the coming week Monday. concert in the Army Band auditorium, 8 p.m.; District of Co- lumbis World War Memorial, Poto- mac Park, 7:30 pm. Tuesday, Army Medical Center, | Walter Reed General Hospital, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, ium, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Tuberculosis Hospital, Fourteenth and Upshur streets north- west, 6:30 p.m. Friday, 10:30 am, BSail Loft, Army Band Auditor- p.m. | The activities of the United States Marine Band. scheduled for the com- ing week, will include Monday, 8 p.m., concert at the Ma- rine Barracks. Tuesday, 5 p.m.,, dress parade at the | Marine Barracks. | Tuesday, 6:30 pm. concert at the Tuberculosis Hospital, Fourteenth and Upshur streets. Wednesday. 7:30 p.m.. | the United States Capitol. Thursday, 7:30 p.m., concert at the District of Columbia War Memorial, Potomac Park. Friday, 10 a.m., the band will re- sume its weekly “Shut-Ins Dream Hour” series of concerts. Friday, 8 p.m.. concert in the Syl- van Theater, Monument Grounds, | sponsored by the Community Center Department. concert at | Curran’s “Dawn” and “Calm as the Night,” by Bohm. Nellie White sang the familiar “Long, Long Ago.” Marion Wilfong, meszso, “Florian Song” and Roger's “The Star.” Mabel Barrows sang the old and familiar “I Know a Lovely Garden" of d'Hardelot. Mrs. Shelby Livingston, contralto, favored with two numbers, “Friends of Mine” and “Rockin’ in de Wind,” while Kathryn Jones, soprano, was heard in Massenet's “Ouvre tes yeux deus” and Curran's “Life.” One of the best received numbers of ‘women's voices in “The Canadian Boat Song.” A mixed quartet consisting of Mr. Linville, Miss Fealy, Mrs. Benham and two bassos, Ernest Weaver and Charles McLendon, rendered “Think Love of Me” and “Merry June.” On Sylvan Theater Program MARY WILLIAMS, One of the Marian Chace dancers appearing in the Arts Club production of “Phaeton” at the sxlevan Theater on Friday eve- ning. The Marine Band, under i leadership of Capt. Taylor Branson, will play a preliminary program and the music for the dancers. : v - includes the following con- | Army Band Auditorium, | 3:30 pm.; United States Capitol, 7:30 the afternoon was a double trio of | By Leila Mechlin. UR near neighbor, the Wal- ters Art Gallery of Balimore has just issued a handsome, illustrated handbook of its collection, which not only affords in- structive reading, but invites inspec- tion. In this gallery, on North Charles street at Mount Vernon place, in the center of which stands the Washing- ton Monument, the entire history of art from 5,000 years before Christ to the present time is traced by original examples. Comparatively speaking, it is & gallery. One can walk through ¥ $n less than half an hour, but one cowld spend days and weeks in study of its collection. It is to facilitate such study that this handbook has been issued. ‘The inception of this great collection, of which, by the way, omly about one-sixth is on view because of the limitations of space Prancis Henry Taylor, director of the Art Museum of Worchster, Mass, and chairman of the Walters Gallery Advisory Commit- tee, describes in his introduction to the handbook as follows: “The Walters Art Gallery, one of the great new treasure houses of America, and certainly as catholic in its scope as any other collection ever formed upon our shores, was begun in 1850 by Willlam T. Walters, who founded the railway system which his son Henry was to carry on and perfect. To the elder Walters col- lecting was the polite avocation of the man of wealth: to the son it be- came a consuming passion, an al- most primary interest which was to color a long and active career. “While he was living in France during the Civil War, because of the | secessionist sympathies of his father, | the young Walters became intimate | in the class room of the lycee with Durand-Ruel. A lifelong association was formed which, together with a natural taste for art and an easy fa- miliarity with artists, gave this | American an interest in the artistic | movements of the nineteenth century that was unique in its day.” William T. Walters died in 1894, and from then until the day of his |own death, Henry Walters spent a large part of his fortune in the ac- | quisition of works of art. Again, to | quote Mr. Taylor, “Few public collec- tions in America, perhaps only the | Metropolitan Museum in New York, | or the Fine Arts in Boston, can claim 50 prodigal a record of purchases or so able a performance.” The num- | ber of items in the collection is in ex- cess of 20,000, among which are some of the rarest treasures ever brought | together by any one person. The elder Walters collected paint- | ings. mostly of the mid-nineteenth century, and Chinese porcelains, be- sides which he acquired the largest and most complete collection of bronzes by Barye, the French scuiptor of animals, that exists. For the dis- | play of his paintings he built a large, | stately gallery as an addition to his | home on Mount Vernon Square; other rooms adjacent to this were set aside |for the display of his porcelains, among which was, and still is, the famous Peach-blow vase which brought a sensational price at the Stewart sale in New York. It may be. as Mr. Taylor says, that to William T. Walters collecting was “a polite avocation,” but, turning the pages of the little catalogue of the | paintings in the Walters' ecollection, published in 1892, one cannot doubt that it was to him, as later to his son, an absorbing interest. In this little book, small enough to slip conven- iently into one’s handbag or pocket, are notations in regard to the several works, when and how they were pur- chased, with, in some instances, letters from the artists indicative of friendly intercourse and genuine appreciation. There is no mention of prices, but for some of these paintings Mr. Walters must have paid the equivalent of a king’s ransom. E original Walters collection was rich in works by Millet, Daubigny, Dupre, Diaz, Corot, Rousseau, Troyon, Van Marcke, Delacroix, Gerome, De- | taille, De Neuville, Meissonier, Fortuny and others. Quite a number of these paintings were included in the “Ome Hundred Masterpieces,” a notable ex- hibition held in Paris in 1883. A few were painted especially for Mr. Walters. The majority were genre, pictures which were primarily illus- trative, pictures which told stories for this was the type of painting in vogue in that day, but they were by the leading masters. For instance, there was Gerome’s famous painting, “The Christian Martyrs—the Last Prayer,” upon which he declared he had worked 20 years, as well as his “Duel After the Masquerade” and “Diogenes.” There were paintings by the great romanticist, Delacroix, among them his dramatic rendition of “Christ on the Cross.” Alma Tad- ema’s illustrative but exquisitely ren- dered paintings of ancient Greek and Roman life, “The Roman Emperor, Claudius,” “The Triumph of Titus” and “Sappho,” were outstanding fea- tures of this collection, as were the charming child pictures by Frere and Knaus, the military paintings of De- taille and De Neuville, and the works of Meissonier and Fortuny, to men- tion only a few. Here, too, was evi- dence of the birth of & new spirit in such works as “Winter Solitude,” by Rousseau, “produced under intense emotion in eight days” and waiting 20 years to find a purchaser; in Mil- let’s “Sheepfold Midnight” and his other strong, simple pictures of peas- ant life. The only American artists represented were Ashur B. Durand and James M. Hart of the Hudson River School, and Elliott and Stone, portrait painters, the latter by a por- trait of W. W. Corcoran. William T. Walters was s close friend of Mr. Corcoran and during his sojourn abroad made many pur- chases for the Corcoran collection. It is to him that we owe, in matter of choice and judgment, some of the fin- est canvases of the Eutopean school in the Corcoran Gallery, of which, by the way, he was for years a trustee. In the early 80s, before the Corcoran School orately at lunch. In later years the students of the Corcoran School were taken annually on a pilgrimage to the treasures collected by Henry Walters | in Europe. It was immensely over- crowded and very poorly arranged; the pictures were hung, as in the old gal- lery, frame to frame and row upon row almost to the ceiling; no effort was made at classification, one had to pick and choose blindly, and even so, upon Mr. Walters’ recent death it was found that approximately 200 cases were stored in the cellar unopened, an | unbelievable treasure trove. | During the lifetime of both father eand sop the Walters Gallery was only | open to the public under restrictions | on certain days in Lent for the benefit of the poor fund of Baltimore, but when Henry Walters died, it was found that he had willed the gallery and his entire collection to the city under the most liberal terms. This trust has| ing experts has been sought and fol- lowed. physical changes were made in the building and the collection was care- fully gone over, sorted out and rear- ranged, effectively and chronologically. derly arrangement adage, “Nothing in excess,” has obvi- ously been kept in mind. And this gallery is now open every weekday from 11 am. to 5 p.m. and on Sundays | and holidays from 2 to § p.m. without charge for admission. THE Walters Gallery of Baltimore is | not only a regal gift to the people, | but & monumental work of co-opera- tion and collaboration on the part of | experts and scholars of the utmost dis- tinction. It is by no means finished, | but that progress is being made is evi- denced by the publication of the | handbook so lately from the press. | In publishing this handbook, which is the collaborative work of the staff | and the Advisory Committee, the pur- | pose of the trustees is twofold: “To render an accounting of stewardship | to the public and to the art world of the activities of the past two years, and to furnish them with a general survey | of this newly accessible public mu- | seum.” -As to the book itself: Begin- ning with the art of Egypt, it passes to consideration of the art of the an- | cient East, the art of Greece, Rome and Tuscany, classical art, the art of the Near East, Byzantine art, Medieval | art, Renaissance art, the art of the later centuries. On a majority of its 175 pages are significant illustrations with which is text not merely descrip- tive but illuminating. Such a hand- book is the best substitute for scholarly companionship and guidance on a gal- lery tour. Also it can be taken home under one's arm and used continuously as reference. The publication of handbooks has become a custom in recent years with been administered with great vision | and judgment. The advice of the lead- | During the Summer of 1934 certain | The change is miraculous; from the | confusion of the past has come an or- | which satisfies | every esthetic sense. The Greek | art museums. Obviously, it i5 a part of their well-established educational programs, for art museums have ceised to be storehouses and have be- come educational institutions—and of the best sort. One of the first and also one of the best handbooks of a museum collection issued was that of the Art Institute of Minneapolis at the time that the la‘e Joseph Breck was director. This set a standard and fixed & type which such museums as the Metropolitan in New York and the Museum of Fine Aris. Boston, have been glad to adopt and follow. ‘These handbooks, better than many more comprehensive volumes, evidence to the layman the comprehensive character and scope of art. It is usual to associate art merely w painting and sculpture, and in eon- nection with our own day, that to dis- | cover it as in this Walters collection in mirrors, drinking cups, roof orna- | ments, utensils for cooking, jewelry, | textiles and pottery " must have a broadening effect on both vision and comprehension. Nothing can better give true proportion to contemporary movements or serve as better guide to their evaluation. It is this back- ground of knowledge of the art of the past that we sorely need in our young country. Reverting to the original Walters collection, it is rather sad and regret- table that, because of lack of space and the demands of works of supreme importance, so few of the paintings purchased by William T. Walters are now on view and so little reference made to them in the new handbook At present the weakest section of the collective display is the department of painting. Perhaps the paintings that Mr. Walters bought with so much zest and admiration were not great, meas- ured by the works of the masters of the Renaissance, but they were fully representative of the school of the period which in the history of art has a place, and by no means an incon- siderable one. One may prefer the innovators, im- pressionists, post-impressionists and those who trail after them, but we should not forget that they had their roots in this very soil and drew nur- ture from it. Also something, it would seem, might be due association. But for William T. Walters the great Walters Art Gallery of today would probably not exist; therefore to his memory and his choice a certain def- erence should be paid. The work of | the French painters of the last cen- tury—1830 to 1880—strongly influ- | enced the art of America during this period; it was the corner stone of the Walters collection and a feature | thereof. It seems unfortunate. there- fore, that it should at the present time be so slightly represented and so | almost completely ignored. But per- haps we ask too much. None will deny that a bountiful feast is provided | through both gallery and handbook (Continued From Page B-1.) craze for sun-baths and coats of Summer tan. There is no type of Caucasian skin that will, without protest, stand ex- posure to the sun, day in and day out, year in and year out. Even the brunette will notice, to her chagrin, that her skin becomes dryer. that it perspires less and chaps more readily and that wrinkles develop. Therefore, ladies, don't let Old Sol get too familiar with your face, warns Uncle Sam. It is certain that, if women realized that excessive sunlight | upon the face would cause them to look ages older than their years, the present suntan fad would be far less popular. That the skin of the farmer’s neck, when continually expo#ed to the sun's | rays, becomes thick, brown and wrin- kled, is a fact apparent to all of us. The frequency of horny growths and cancers in these areas is less well appreciated. Not only is the normal skin dam- aged, but certain types of diseased skin are made much worse by sunburn. | This is especially true of acne, rosacea | and skin damaged from X-rays, but | 2150 in eczema and most inflammatory disorders. A dry skin that is already rich in thick and wartlike growths may de- velop multiple cancers as the result of a few hours’ exposure to a strong sunlight. Every skin specialist knows that a very mild degree of redness, resulting from an X-ray treatment, may be converted into a serious X-ray burn as the result of a bad sunburn «if you've been X-rayed recently, then by all means stay out of the sun). As an example of the damage that may be done, the case of a man suf- fering from psoriasis may be quoted: The patient, a brunette, some 50 year. of age, had long suffered from the dis. ease. Inasmuch as it did not yield well to treatment, one April he was advised to go to Florida for a fishing trip, and he was further advised to expose his body to the sun for not more than 15 minutes the first day. But did he follow this advice? "Not | exactly. He hired a launch, dressed | like Gunga Din, “with not hin’ much | before an’ rather less than 'arf o' that be'ind.” The tarpon were strik- ing well and it was over five hours before he was forced to think of his skin. The next day he was in a hospital, where he remained a full 10 days, and, to add insult to injury, | the psoriasis developed in many of the badly burned areas. | prophylaxis of sunburn is rather more difficult than it sounds, for those who spend only their week ends | in the open air, for they hate to de- | velop a protective tan before exposing | their bodies. For a favored few a serles of sun, or | ultra-violet, baths can be taken before | trips to the beaches, se that in an emergency & heavy coating of cold cream before each exposure is de- cidly useful. However, if one goes into the water this is soon washed off. Cream con- taining 10 per cent of quinine, hydro- chloride, bismuth subcarbonate or disodium naphthol sulphate will ab- sorb even more of the objectionable rays, although fhey will not completely prevent sunburn. Naturally, large hats or unfashionable veils are also an aid. Once sunburn has developed, there are many ways of alleviating it. 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