The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-19
SEEING ART
TREASURES
Mr.. P. h. Dodge
Tells of Work
Abroad.
SKETCHES ALONG
HOLLAND CANALS
Painting in Partisan Studio and
Sightseeing All Over
Europe.

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip H. Dodge have re-
great portion of Europe, and which oc-
cupied the past two years. During their
absence Mr.. and Mrs. Dodge, in addi-
| ton to having a long vacation stay at
| their own cottage at Sea Bright, near
| Santa Cruz, California, have enjoyed
visits among friends in the East. and the
| remainder of their time abroad was
given to sight seeing and work.
| Naturally their European tour was
given over TO visits to the art centers.
and in addition to sketching among the
dykes and Streams of Holland, along the
Rhine, In the midst Of the lakes and
| SHOWS of Switzerland. on the canals of
Venice and in the sathedrals Of Rome.
| Mr.. Dodge had the pleasure Of three
months work in Partisan studio. where
| with his fAvor1ts medium he put IN many
| hours. coming In contact with the new
some OF his treasures In the way Of
sketches and finished paintings will be
exh.v.ted at the fall Art League view.
Speaking of his visit Mr.. Dodge said last
evening:
| "Our trip was in every way most de-
| lightful. We took our time and visited
the scenes which appealed to US the
most We did not follow the beaten
| track at all. but went about as We would.
| though of course we saw the principal
cities We spent our first winter after
l Coi Arnio ont-
tage, and the next spring in the East,
going abroad last summer. We were ac-
companied by ]. @. Wood, sailing from
Boston to Rotterdam. He left us there
| to go to Oberammergau, whine we took
up the round Of the points of interest in
Holland. We found many things there
| in the way of art treasures and his
torical places and l enjoyed sketching
along the canals. There is more of the
primitive life and custom in Holland
/ than in any country that we visited.
I'VE thoroughly enjoyed Cologne,
where we had a round Of cathedral and
churches, all full of treasures. The trip
up the Rhine, with stops at the prtn-
cipal points was full of interest, as was
that through Switzerland. We saw
Geneva and lake and castle were full
of striking effect to US, as were the
other towns. the mountains and snow
tclad peaks which held us for many days.
It was after our visit to the principal
points there that we went to Paris, ar
trlyins, in time to see the last days of the
| Exposition. This was an unexpected
pleasure as we had not counted upon see
ling it at first. Paris Is a mine OF treas
ure for the sightseer. and we dug amid
i the art works. We took rooms In the
lstudents' quarter and l worked In
studio. which had been that of st. Gau-
q Into a Il
tlaW Of Mrs. Oliver p. Emerson.
| .I worked there with much pleasure,
ENJOYING the contact with the students,
/ especially the Americans. and doing
much sightseeing the while. After three
months of this life we again started.
this time for the south, going through
i Florence Venice, Naples and Rome.
| There are no words toedescribe the
pleasures of seeing the old masters
works there though We had the most en-
| ioyable time of the year and in the cities
named we met many friends BACK 10
/ Paris we went for a few days and tnen
! a month in England was most pleasant,
as one feels after reaching London that
| he is amid the scenes of the homes Oh
/ our fathers.
"At many points during our trip we ran
across Hawaiians. In Paris We met Mrs
/ Emily Judd and her daughter, in Venice
Mr. Give Davies, in Florence DR.. and
Mrs Day and DR.. Thomas. In Florence
as well we saw Mr.. Wood and his then
hancee. now his wife, and her mother,
| Mrs. Goddard. We were travelling with
| them and spent many pleasant days. In
fact everywhere we went We found some
one whose aloha brought back our home
| From recent letters I find that Mr.. and
Mrs. Wood are now spending tneir
| honeymoon at Slough. out of London,
and have not made any definite plans,
| though it is more than probable that
they will stay abroad until Mrs. WOOD
| has finished her studies.
| Mr. Dodge has been most astonisneo
by the growth of Honolulu and the many
| new faces seen on the streets. For the
present and until plans have been made
for their future lines of endeavor, they
! are making their home with MI and MRS
Joseph o. Emerson, at Hackfelo anu
Spencer streets.
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