Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-13

pink, against which the yellow light of the
warning signal Is pale and cold. The fore
ground is in shadow, but a falterlng, we'll
worn path can be discerned trucking down
through the short salt grass. There is IN
this picture much of the restful quiet of
the in-between time, much OF the poetry
and sentiment of the place and day, winch
aside from it's execution, marks 1t as the
work of one who sees beyond the mere ex-
terror of things.
Mr.. E. H Miller has taken up etching
again, and is at work upon plate showing
a group of trees in all the picturesqueness
of their summer foliage. AS an etcher Mr..
Miller ranks with the best in this country.
and his knowledge Of the woods Is far
more intimate than the majority of paint
ers. For many years his summers have
been spent in the heart of the Catskills,
and in his studio he has number of water
colors showing the interior of the primeyal
forest which possess the charm of reality
and are at the same time broadly and
artstically handled. In nature there is moth
ing more enchanting than the dancing sun
light of the midsummer wood, and In art
there is nothing more commonly unlnter-
estingly Interpreted.
A number Of attractive posters showing
Colonial ladies in all the charm of pow
dered hair, court plaster and brocade which
have been calling attention this week to the
approaching doll show and kettledrum to be
held under the auspices of the d. A. R., are
the work of Miss Aline Solomons. They
are simple, striking and well adapted for
their purpose.
John s. Sargent, according to common
al,1
18th of January, and Immediately upon
landing in this country purposes coming to
Washington to paint portrait Of the Pres
ident. Mr.. Sargent is to be accompanied by
M Paul HELEN, the dry point etcher, whose
clever. superficial portraits of society wo-
men have been as much fad in later
days across the as the oyerworked Glib
son girl has here.
A curious exhibition is now in progress in
Paris, consisting of collection of artistic
signboards. The purpose Is to Induce the
merchants to use more attractive signs,
and to persuade the artists of ability to
take up this branch of work. Among the
contributors are such well-knoWn men as
Detaille. Gerome, Mucha. Willette and the
sculptor Derre.
Inc color Scheme Oh the ol LOulS eApOSl-
ton is to be old ivory or cream white. the
committee having abanuoned, on account
of the size of the buildings. the original
intention of following the prismatic scheme
used so effectively at Buffalo. Two coats
of paint are to be applied as soon as each
building is completed and a third will be
put on all just before the exposition opens.
The official emblem Of the exposition,
which was obtained through recent COM
petition. contains six figures typifying. re-
spectively. agriculture, commerce. art,
science, genius and progress, and was de-
signed by Charles Holloway of Clinton.
Iowa.
An extremely interesting lecture on 1.-THE
Madonna in Art" was given on Thursday
evening at the swoman's Club by Mrs. H
Darlington Bolton. Stereopticon slides of
100 famous paintings were used as iIlustra-
items, all of which had been made espeoial-
~ for this occasion Mrs. Bolton treated her
subject from the religious rather than
technical side but made 1t comprehend the
work of all the worlds famous figure paint
ers. It Is theme In which she has been
deeply Interested for some years. during
which time she has gathered a collection of
over 1900 reproductions Of paintings of the
Madonna. Such lectures are not only pleas
ant, interesting and Instructive, but help
full In the development Of artistic apprecia-
ton. and 1t would be well II more OF the
same character could BE- given here.