Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-18

son, Mrs: Flora Lewis Marble and Miss
Mathilde Mueden.
Mr.. Edward Siebert has been I'm toun
most OF the summer up to last week. when
he left for short stay at Paxson, Va. to
get breath Of country air and do a lit
tie sketchfng. Mr.. Siebert will begin an
Oh canvas this winter. representing a scene
IN New York eating house by night, for
WHICH ne mas already made several studies.
The decorations in the Congressional Ii
trary have been all but completed for some
Time now. There are, however, a few
pieces of bronze work yet to be put i'm
place. In the gallery of the rotunda there
are still two statues lacking-those of CO.
lumbus and Michael Angelo. The figure
OF the ciscoverer of America has been fin
ished by the sculptor. Paul W. Bartlett,
and sent to the Henry-Bonnard Bronze
Company Of New York city, by whom 1t
is now being cast 1t is expected that il
will be here in less than two months The
model for the figure of Michael Angelo is
still in the hands of Mr.. Bartlett in Paris,
but is about ready to be sent to thrs coun-
try for casting. There are also a couple of
rymphs tc be placed in the inches on the
right and left-hand sides of the Roland
Hinton Perry fountain at the west front
OF the library. These are also being cast
and will be Put I'm within a few weeks.
The figures for the clock in the rotunda
nave been finished by John Flanagan, and
are now being cast i'm Paris. The only
other piece of work remaining is the bronze
doors for the right-hand entrance on the
west front, the work on which was cut
short by the untimely death OF Olin L.
Warner. The doors have been finished by
Herbert Adams as nearly as possible in ac-
cordance with the original designs and are
now at the foundry in New York for cast
ing. They will be shipped some time this
fall and put up as soon as possible. With
these few exceptions the decoration OF the
library Is finished. and the superintendent
expects that by the beginning of the new
year at the latest this remaining work will
be here and in its place.
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Mr.. Carl Weller has just returned from
East Gloucester. where he spent about ten
days in sketching. Before going there he
made brief stay in York. Me-. and at
both of these places he secured number
of interesting sketches. He worked en-
tirely in water colors. and he is very sue
cessful i'm making quick studies in the me-
dunn and in expressing a great deal with
a few deft strokes of the brush. When at
Gloucester he visited Annisqusm and made
a couple of good sketches of that pictur-
esque little town.
1t is expected that the Corcoran Art Gal
lery will open again on Monday, after be-
ing closed to the public since the middle
of July. DR.. F. s. Barbarin. the curator.
is in town. and has been at the gallery for
the past week getting things ready for the
winter reopening. There have been no
new pictures purchased during the sum-
Eer, and very few changes will be made
with the arrangement of the old ones.
Some that have been on exhibition there
will be moved, but the rearrangements will
be slight.
There was some unexpected delay in Sc
curing the new exhibition hall of the So
ciety of Washington Artists. on Connecticut
avenue above L street, owing to the fact
that at the last moment the owner of the
property desired to insert in the lease a
clause giving her the right 10 sell the place
at any time, IL she SO desired. There was
no objection to this on the part OF the COM
mittee In charge. but as the owner has
been away in New York city, 1t has neces-
STATED some little correspondence and more
or less delay accordingly. By the begin
ming OF next month. however, work on the
Interior ought to be well started. 1t Is the
intention to open the hall with a loan ex-
hibition about the middle of November.
No steps have yet been taken toward Sc
curing pictures for this. but the committee
anticipates no trouble In bringing together
q fine collection from Washington and
vicinity