Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-23

angels. On the upper hntels of the pillars
which outline the tdDlet aree cherubs' heads
and on r the bases nave Awe Been Raced the
saints whose figures 6re a part of the conn
position The design asswen balanced ard
the modelling has been done with both force
and feeling ,a There Is ,, sonsthlng yigofous
pose and expression 81 thes evangelist and
OF the monk and inuher rendition Of the
Madonna and angeiSi MISC Hill has got
more than little ofifhe sentiment of the
decorative. and individually each part is
artistically wrought's
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*k III
The supplementary Use OF sculpture with
architecture is not. However. new to Miss
for the new home Of, q friend near Bronx
Park. New York, an overmantel panel
which pictorially interpreted the Psalmiss's
let the earth be glad" In the center OF
the panel she arranged a row of five He
brew maidens holding to heaven their arms
in joyous. instructive alteration, w:,ile to
either side stopping low she pictured two
male musicians playing upon Hebraic harps.
There is suggestion OF Egyptian simplic-
fty in it, but 1t gives forceful expression
to the Psa1mists spirit of exultation. Miss
Hill has also recently designed a unique
door knocker for an English residence and
has modelled with charming feeling tiny
spirited head of a piauant Breton maid who
wears. as well as picturesque, close-fttiac
cap. half-roguish smile.
X
Writers occasionally find their contribu-
lions in print years after they have sup
posed them lost in the editorial trash bas-
ket. but 1t is seldom that a sculptor runs
across monumental piece Of his own work
which he supposed had been long since re-
jected, as did Mr.. Mora. the father of the
painter, some little while ago Seeing by
chance a photograph of the Leland STAN
ford Memorial Arch which has been erect
discovered. to his great amazement q
frieze, which he had designed and entered
In competition for this purpose, but had
never heard from, ornamenting the upper
portion of the structure. The arch itself,
which is Of San Jose sandstone was de-
signed by Shipley. Rutan and Coolidge of
Boston, and Is one hundred feet in height
by eighty-five in width by thirty-six in
depth The frieze. which consists of SYM
bolical and historical figures. runs entirely
round the structure at a height of eighty
feet. That the sculptor has not received
notice of the acceptance of his design is
probably due to oversight or accident but
the experience is undoubtedly unique.
Speaking of memorials 1t is pleasant to
note that the people of New York have es-
chewed the prevalent bronze effigy form
and are considering the desirability of
erecting Museum of Municipal Progress
in commemoration of the life and labors Of
the late Andrew H. Green, to whom the city
Is much indebted. 1t is proposed to make
this museum repository for plans and
models of municipal architectural and engi-
neering works and to make there perma-
nant exhibit, in practical form, Of both cur
rent and perspective city improvement.
Two more of the local studios were tenn
porarily closed this week. Miss Bertha E..
Perrie and her mother going to Gloucester
for a few weeks and Mr. H. Hobart Nj
chols and his family leaving for Haven on
the Maine coast In both instances this
will mean the acquisition of interesting new
material for the local fall and winter exhi-
billions.
The good fortune which recently befell
-Da1vaille's picture In the New Salon
goes conclusively to prove that exhibition
juries are not always infallibie. and Is.
therefore. doubly appreciated by the fra
ternty of painters. This picture at the
first trial was refused by the jury, but on
the second was hestatingly admitted.
When the Salon opened 1t found unusual
favor in the sight Of the critics. and before
It's close was purchased by the French gov
eminent Here is consolation for the army
of rejected. but 1t must be honestly admit
ted that this thing does not happen often
A curious censorship has been exercised by
Chancellor Won Bulow. in connection with
the great Berlin exhibition, inasmuch as he
has put the ban upon any and all carica-
lures of King Edward, Joseph Chamberlin,
Hohenlohe, and also the Russian dignita-
ries but permitted those of President Roose-
Welt. Of French officials and even German
mobiles.
The Massachusetts commissioner of taxes
has recently declared that the Isabella
Stuart Gardner Museum, on the Fenway, is
not subject to taxation. This action was
taken upon the grounds that the museum Is
a public institution and is in direct OPPOSE
ton to the attitude assumed by the Treas
ury Department when, few months ago, II
collected an immense sum from Mrs. Gard
ner as import duty on those works of art
which now compose the museum collection
Mr. E, w. Forbes has lately presented to
the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard Univer-
SHY tWO lulSiSStliS SAdHiplCo Va saiS ~ai y
Italian school of painting. One Is a Venetian
madonna and child attributed to Vivarinl,
and the other is a Florentine presentation
of the same subject which is supposed to
have been by Pescllino.
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The Semitic Museum of Harvard Cniver-
sity has also received a valuable acquisition
DIR. Conrad Schick the distinguished
German archaeologist, who is now in Jeru-
salem, having sent it two models Of the
Temples of Herod and Solomon. They are
beth very large and unusually perfect, and
are said to represent the acme of model
makers skill.
A Dutch painter, Jan Van Beers, has hit
upon scheme by which his paintings may
always be satisfactorily authenticated. On
the back of each canvas in square of
white paint he places the impression of his
thumb and forefinger In black, which, as
prosecuting attorneys will testify, is sig
nature which cannot well be forged. HAD
the old masters done this and left regis
ter of thumb marks it would save consid-
cradle difficulty.fn the present day. but had