Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-06
A RI A N D ARTIST S

Inc nrSt annual exhibition of the newly
organized Ceramic Club of Washington will
open at the S. w. A. Gallery 1920 Connec-
ticut avenue, with a reception and private
view, on Tuesday next, and the display will
be open to the public without charge for
admission from May 10 to -. This will be
the first important collection of local work
ever brought together for exhibition in
Washington, and it will doubtless attract
a great many visitors Perhaps the most
noteworthy contributions from the studios
in this city are the exhibits of Mrs V B.
Jenkins, Miss Mamie Stone, Miss Annie
Schoenborn and Miss Sue H. Buckingham
and in addition to the highly creditable
showing of local work, there are a number
of outside contributors who add materially
to the interest of the display. The Misses
Mason of New York have sent a remark
ably fine collection of decorated china and
many of the leading china painters in the
country will be represented. The secretary
of the club, Miss Mamie Stone, has charge
of the catalogue, and it will be an attract
i've booklet illustrated with half-tone pic
lures of some of the best works of the
club members. Nearly two hundred contri-
buttons have been cataiogued, and, as in
! many cases one heading serves for Il dozen
pieces, there VIII probably he at least BOD
pieces in the exhibition. The club members
plan to make the reception from to II
pm. on Tuesday quite a social affair, and
TO make the evening more tflbEdbe there
will be a musical program in charge of
Miss Emma Norris, assisted by Miss Buck
ingham. The Nannett Club, led by Miss
buckingham, will play several selections,
and Miss Nelly McNulty, Miss Blanche
Wood, Miss Stevenson, Miss Lillian Haley
Miss Iva Martin and Miss GruneWa1d are
among those who will furnish vocal or in
stcumental music.
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Miss Clara HIS many friends will be
glad to learn that her contribution t, the
Salon, a life-sized nude figure of a small
boy. has been accepted. Last year Miss
Hflrs work in sculpture won for her the
first prize in the Julian school. and her pro-
gress has attracted favorable comment
from many. Until recently she had plan
ned to come home this spring. but she has
now decided to remain in Paris another
year and return after the exposition in
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Mr.. Rudolph Evans, the talented young
Washingtonan, whose work in sculpture in
the Salon last year claimed widespread at
tention, has entered two busts this year, a
portrait of his uncle, DR. Theodore Evans,
and portrait of Gen. Goudy, the American
consul in Paris. Mr. Evans expects to CON
tinue his studies in Paris for at least an
other year. but may return to this country
after the exposition.
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Ever since the middle of April the newly
formed Ali Bahia Club has been occupying
pleasant quarters in the building on the
northwest corner of Pennsylvania avenue
and nth street, which is rapidly becoming a
favorite studio building. a schism in the
ranks of the Salmagundi Club was almost
inevitable, the club grew in numbers
and the new Ali Bahia Club was formed
about a month ago by band of students
who quietly withdrew from the original
organization to seek a more congenial at
mOsphere. Thirty-three members are now
enrolled, and the membership is limited to
forty, fact which led to the adoption of
the quaint name borne by the organization
The officers are Mr.. b II. Esterly prest-
dent; Mr.. Fred Albert, vice president, and
Mr.. Stanley RiIheimer, secretary and
treasurer. Regular sketch classes are held
at the club rooms on Tuesday evenings, and
it is proposed to have a model also on Fri
day night. On Saturdays the club makes
excursions into the country for outdoor
sketchng, and in every undertaking the
members endeavOr to get substantial benefit
from their work by studious application
However, one may be sure that fun is not
neglected, and secret ceremonies at the
mutation or new members and on other oc-
caslons add to the enjoyment of the regular
meetings.
The Salmagundi Club has also moved into
the same building, and recently held a
housewarming in honor of the first anniver-
sary of the society. The officers elected for |
the coming year are: Miss NJ. Z. Glennan, |
president; Miss Colosimo, vice president |
MISS Pattee secretary, and Miss Stoneman |
treasurer.
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Mr.. Carl Rohl Smith has practically COM |
pleted in clay two of the four large fig |
ures that are to stand like sentinels at the !
corners of the pedestal Of the Sherman |
monument. The two figures represent a |
typical caValryman and soldier of the in |
fantry, and the artillery and engineering |
branches of the army will be represented |
in the two figures that are still to be !
modelled. The sculptor has not yet made |
even beginning on the equestrian statue |
of Gen. Sherman, and it will probably be |
at least two years before 1t is completed.
All the preliminary arrangements have
been made, however, and the turnta BILE
mounted on wheels is ready to receive the |
skeleton framework whenever Mr.. Smith |
chooses to commence. By this device the |
sculptor will be able to work on the statue
III MS temporary studio south of the treas
ury building, and from time to time have
II rolled out into the open air on the short
railway which passes through the immense
Will thus gain an inestimable advantage by
being able to see the statue in the sunlight |
and near the place where 1t is eventually
to stand.
The members of the Art Students League
who came together for the last regular
meeting of the season on Tuesday after
noon were much gratiied by an offer of
three prizes which President Page has
promised to give next year for the best
work done in the various classes As orlgi
na1ly proposed the prizes were to be of $25,
SO and $40, but Mr.. Page has left the ap-
portionment of the total sum somewhat to
the discretion of the LEAGUE. The annual
exhibition of the school is to be held on
May 30 and 3D. with a reception and pri-
vate view on the evening of the 10Th, and
the students will be able to work very
nearly to the end of the month. The prize
scholarship, which gives the winner
years free tuition in the New York Art
League, will be awarded in a few weeks,
and the expectancy with which all the stu
dents are awaiting this event lent timely
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