Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-29
Exhibition Of Water colors.

4IAA40ASAO4A Va I" dISI SOlOIS.
The exhibition of the Royal Institute Of
Painters in Water Cofors, which opened on
Monday. is quite UP to the level of the
eighty six which have preceded 1t since the
institute came into being. In collection
Of over 500 water colors there must neces-
sarily be some work that is mediocre, and
some which do not deserve place on the
walls, but speaking generally, the exhibi-
ton Is very fine one Landscape, as
usual figures strongly on the walls, and
one finds the names Of most of the old ex-
hibitors in the catalogue. Mr.. Edward
Gregory, the president Of the institute. is
not represented. but Mr.. Yeend King, the
vice president. sends three or four Of his
soft, luminous landscapes, and despite the
competition of the coming academy most
of the leading English water colorists have
sent work.
on entering the galleries is a fine portrait
of lady by Mr.. Hal Hurst, and near to
this Is delightful bit of rural England
from the brush Of Mr.. Edward Warren,
which Is full OF light and color, and nota-
bic for its fine rendering of atmospheric eff
feet. Mr.. Arthur Seven, who sends several
seascapes. is at his best in Sunset at Sea,
OF the Cumberland Coast or a different
kind but alike admirable in it's treatment,
Is Mr.. Edwin Hayes ''In Mid-Atlantic,"
where the wild waves are beating vessel
to destruction. =
Mr.. Dixon's Return OF the Ophir" is
rather hard and over-colored, and is of in
terest historically rather than as work of
art. Mr.. Byam Shaw sends a characteristic
work in Before Dead Henry's Corse,'' and
there Is wild piece of mountainous Welsh
scenery from the brush Of Mr.. E. Davies,
which visitors will linger long before There
is plenty of life and movement in Mr.. Top
hams picture, "A Prize in the Lottery" A
place of honor is given in the big gallery to
a fine study by Mr. Lee Hankey, entitled
Mutual Support"
Women as Booksellers.
Bookseling is a congenial occupation for
a woman, and it is surprising that one does
not hear that it has been taken up. 1 learn
that two ladies are thinking of taking up
this branch of work in Kensington. The
first departure is to be quite small one,
but the latest books will be on SALE A
speciality will be made Of those charmingly
bound volumes which hail from America.
There will also be secondhand depart
ment. The ladies have hopes. If they pros
per- of adding a reading room to their
premises, and there is even talk of dainty
tea as well at a small charge.
1t remains to be seen whether so much
can be organized under one roof, but the
idea is a fascinating one. One of the SIS
tiers is to have entire charge of the modern
book department, second will devote her.
self to the secondhand department, while,
should affairs prosper, a third will organ
lie the catering department. Libraries will
also be catalogued, and binding is to be I'M
ueTIdkeu III COuueCIlOu Win the SullQ u
women binders The reading public has so
increased within the last twenty years that
there is an ever-increasing public to support
such undertaking. If it does not sue
ceed it should be another opening for edu-
Gated women.
Lord Byron's Rooms for Rent.
There Is an opportunity for any one who
desires it to secure the rooms in St. James
street, near St. James palace. which Byron
occupied at intervals from 1908 until his
marriage six years later; they are to be
let at present The electric light has been
fitted, but apart from this modern improve
ment the rooms are very much they
were when Byron left them to make his
first speech in the house of lords, when
he received In them the congratulations of
Mr.. Murray on the great success of "Childe
Harold Present-day fastidiousness rather
boggles at the idea of a shop on the ground
floor; but the great associations Of the
place should more than counteract this
drawback. If such it, can be recOkoned in
the eyes Of tenant Of literary taste
Bazaar in Aid Of Sick Children.
The coronation bazaar in aid of the Sick
Childrens Hospital will be the largest thing
Of the kind ever held in London. 1t is to
take place the last week in june, when
London will still be full Of visitors, and
aristocratic society is taking it up with
great zeal. Many of the stalls will repre-
sent different nationalities. Mrs. Choate Is
to be at the head of the American stall,
and she will be assisted by a number Of
American ladies. 1t is probable also that
there will be one or two colonial stalls, as
well as an Indian one. The leaders of fash
ionable society have thrown themselves
energetically into the project of the bazaar
and with their aid it will no doubt be a
great financial success. Should the wealth
er be favorable it will be held mainly in the
open air, in the grounds Of the Sick Chill
dren's Hospital.
Lease of the White Horse Inn Sold.
Many American visitors will have per-
sonal knowledge of. and those who stay at
home will know from their Dickens, the
famous white Horse Hotel' at Ipswich
which was immortalized in "Pickwick" as
the scene Of that hero's romantic adventure
with the lady in yellow curl papers,"
Yesterday the nine and half years re-
mainder Of its lease was sold at public
auction. The bidding started at 10000 and
went languidly up to fla 800 at which fig
ure the property was knocked down to the
present tenant. This is, of course, a lead
Ing hosiery in Ipswich. and, in addition to
the fictitious Mr.. Pickwick, has been visited
by George l. T,Ouis XVIII ofJ yrop