Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18

Mr.. Miller has pictured the woods with the
| greatest fidelity and given to each old tree
| It's true individuality He handles his me-
| dunn with the skill of the etcher and the
results results are all charming in the extreme
| indeed, so sincere is the feeling in some OF
| these sketches, so true the values and so
artistic the quality. that the absence Of
| color is little remarked in the harmony Of
| the whole.
|
| Mr. Moser is still in the Adirondacks,
| staying at present with Mr.. Shurtiefr, but
/, he will return to Washington toward the
| latter part of the month. In time to resume
his water color classes at both the Corco-
| ran School Of Art and the Mount Vernon
Seminary.
| Mr.. Walter Paris is In London. and will
| probably spend the winter in England. at
| his old home
The cover for the October Scribner was
| designed by Mr.. Mills Thompson who,
! though now hailing from the Quaker city,
was not long since numbered among our
Washington artists.
another honor has been conferred upon
Mrs II. H. Kitson (who as Miss Ruggies
was well known here). a special committee
| appointed by the governor of Massachu-
sets having awarded her the commission
for the monument which is to be erected
to the men of the 10Th 35th and 55th reg
| iments of volunteers who fell at Gettys-
burg. The design is the figure of single
volunteer standing on a rocky promontory
with MS gun over his shoulder and il will
| De cast In bronze. Mrs. Kitsou has but
Just completed another somewhat similar
soldiers monument for Massachusetts,
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number of valuable discoveries havo
| been reported recently by the various
archaeological societies that have men In
| the field AT Babylon the German orr
| entail Societys representatives have un-
! earthed 400 tablets. one of which Is con-
sidered specially valuable as it will ma
teriaily aid in decipherng the other az
| cient inscriptions; and In the Forum at
Rome excavators have found a tomb which
probably dates back as far as eight CEN
turtles B. c. and contains many curiously
wrought objects.
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The National Arts Club of New York is
holding unique exhibition consisting Of
bird cages of artistic design made of wood.
cane. bamboo, metal, porcelain, etc, which
have been loaned by Mr.. A. w. Drake of
the Century Magazine. In a measure this
Stt'llS almost as curious q COLLECTION the
button and buttonhole museum which fig
ures prominently in one of Stocktons
merry tales.
There have been several changes in the
Art Students League of New York this
fall. chief and most significant of which Is
the annexation of the Evelyn Nordhofr
| Bindery. This school OF crafts is to be
under the direction of Miss Florence Foote,
who studied under Golden Sand Arsor.
At the Lenox Library In New York
| comprehensive collection Of the york Of
! American wood engravers has recently
been arranged and placed on exhibition by
| the curator of the print department. Most
| or the exhibits have been loaned by the
: Century, Scribner and Harper Companies,
| and as these magazines had almost
| monopoly of the best, all of the foremost
| engravers are well represented.
1t is a rather curious fact that the French
national Inspector of fine arts Is an Eng
| lishLnan. His name Is Brown. and when
recently his term Of office expired the Pre-
| mier extended it indefinitely.