The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-10

nv committee on selection TINS year
VIII consist OF Mr.. Harold Mott-Smith,
Mr.. ID. Howard Hitchcock. Mrs w. NJ.
Graham, Mrs. Kelley, and Mrs. A. b.
tucker. The Musical Committee will
meet Saturday morning at the Leagues
rooms TO arrange the details Of the
musical entertainment TO be given dur
ing the exhibition.
Every one will be glad to see the
work Of Mrs. Tucker again on the
walls. Latterly Mrs. Tucker has been
interested in the musical circle of the
League, having been chairman of its
committee; but this year she will send
two very nice water eolors, q sunset
and bit Of local scenery.
Miss Anna Parke will also con-
tribute some interesting sketches of
Hawaiian scenery The members OF
the League regret that her iii health
has called her away to Boston, SO that
she viii not be able to serve on the
Pictorial Committee. Mrs Kinney viii
also exhibit some water COlors. Ian
Sheong, young Chinese who has
studied with Mr.. Hitchcock off and on
during The last four years. will send
number OF pictures of scenes in or
near Honolulu. One of these shows
kaumakapili church after the fire;
another, house on Kukui street burn
ing; another, bit OF the road half a
mile beyond noaualua; another. rice
field near Paiama; another, field with
trees and sky; and still another, a bit
Of Nuuanu stream.
Mrs. w. M. Graham has done some
good work in typography, and a few OF
her best pieces viii be seen at the eX-
hiDitoD. One OF these is a settle. each
separate piece OF which was designed
by itself, parts being put together al
forwards. The back Is really a notable
piece of work, the mask and the sur
rounding decorations revealing quite
Enthusiastically the dignity of art. The
same Is true OF the cover on a table
box, which was made with similar
pains and success. Both OF these elab-
crate decorations are free hand work
made without being designed before
hand; and IL is not too much to say
that to those who see them they viii
reveal the possibilities OF typography
Mrs. Graham viii also send a fine
screen Of similar WOrkmauz hip; an eX-
cel.ent piece of elaborate wood carving
in the shape OF q kOa wood mirror.
and perhaps some chairs; and some
plaster casts Of Hawaiian fruits. These
lave a good deal of interest. partly be
cause they are very wei done, and
partly because they belong to a set o.
thirteen which are to he used as
models for wood carvings, the latter 10
be incorporated in d sidebOard as one
OF its decorative features Mrs Ora
ham has already carved number OF
the panels, and she may possibly ex-
hibiC them with the plaster mode 5.
The casts represent the CHA. the only
Indigenous Hawaiian fruit. the mango.
the alligator pear, the guava, and the
pineapple.
Mrs. William II. Marshall has finish
ed several pictures for the exhibition.
the largest and most attractive of
which is fine group of California
roses in and around glass bowl. An
other of her pictures is a good view OF
the kaumakapii ruins, well composed
-desOlation in the fore ground, tree
burned bare of leaves and little branch
rs, ruined telephone pole, and green
hills and q palm tree behind The pic
ture was painted from in front towards
Nuuanu stream, and the time of day
apparently late afternoon) seems to
have been chosen with reference to
bringing out the color of the brick by
the fierce heat. Recalling the Past"
is a still-life piece consisting of a Ha-
waiian flag draped loosely but effect
lively around a cane Of koa wood.
a feather lei hangs over the same
stick, and a cocoanut cup stands in
front OF the flag on a native mat.
Another picture, called Lei Aloha"
shows leis tumbling in profusion out
from a big native basket, red, white
and pink carnations, male, lima, ka-
huna and plumaria. The grouping is
artistic, and the picture altogether
pleasing. The Absent Boy" ~hows an
old broken straw hat with guavas run
ming out at the side. A vivid flower
piece shows the double hibiscus, and
the deep red of the flower under favor
able circumstances is faithfully pre-
served. Another consists of plumaria
and ii leaves, and another shows the
uu fish in II leaves just as you would
bring 1t home from the fish market.
Mr.. A, r. Gurrey is a malihini, and
5is pictures Will be viewed with a
great deal of interest. He does capital
skies and seas, in fact, most of his
work is seascapes with carefully stud
led and well-painted cloud effects. He
has picture OF the shipping, the water
front, and the hills rising behind it, ap-
parently painted from the breakwater,
which is strongly suggestive of the
first glimpse you have of Honolulu as
you come in on the steamer. The
quiet water is noticeably good.
The Wreck of the O'Brien" is very
a clustering day and chop
by sea, on which the hulk rolls in a
very natural and lifelike manner, bit
Of reddish shore rising sharply, neavy
clouds, plenty Of life and action. An
other picture ia study OF reflections
in the water from a yacht moving
gently along. Another and much bet
ter one shows the waves curling over
and breaking on the beach.
In one called "Adrift" a canoe rides
on waves little agitated after sunset
The bank OF clouds behind which the
sun has gone down shows dark in front
OF reddish sky which peeps out from
behind the edges and through the
cracks. The upper clouds move. and
the waves are full of perpetual motion.
Not a speck Of shore Is seen. Another
picture shows wayes-frOm the shore
below an almost cloudless sky after
sunset, with a ship crossing the dis
lance. The waves are very good. and
the shore shows the glistening sand af-
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