Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02

an October twilight The srfn has but just
set, and the pale, full moon Is making an
entrance from behind bank Of clouds on
the eastern horizon. In the, foreground are
two cows wandering leisurely homeward,
and to the right, shortening the vista, Is a
graceful row Of almost leafiess trees. 1t Is
simple composition, but just as 1t stands
the picture will be found altogether at
tractive, possessing the pictorial element to
an unusual degree, and being rendered in
free, painterlike manner.
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Mr.. E. L. Morse has recently finished
most excellent profile portrait of DR.. Leland
0. Howard, and is now at work upon like
nesses Of DR.. H. W. Wiley and Mr.. B. H.
Warner. Mr.. Warmers portrait he has
Just got under way, but DR.. Wylie's is well
nigh completed. and is both broadly painted
and exceedingly characteristic. In all three
Of these portraits, in fact. Mr.. Morse has
succeeded in transferring to his canvas
vital Interpretation of his sitter's person
atty, together with likeness of the outer
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Carl Smith have removed
their studio from Mt. Pleasant to No. 1870
18th street, where they have now a most
attractive home. Mrs. Smith has Just fin
ished miniature of an old lady for an
out-of-town patron, which has been highly
commended, and Mr.. Smith has upon his
easel portrait of Justice Bingham which
he is painting for the Bar Association of
this city. Mr. Smith had but few sttings
for this portrait before the justice went
south, but it has already been pronounced
an admirable likeness by his distinguished
sitter's family and friends.
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In the water color exhibition of the
American Art Society, which has been held
in the New Rosenbach Galleries in Phila-
delphia, Mr. Walter Paris and Mr.. Jules
Dieudonne Of this city were awarded sill
yer medals.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the we'll
known authoress, has also recently paid
Washington artists substantial complt-
ment by sending her agent here to select
from local studios the paintings to be hung
on the walls of her new home in New York
city. Mr.. Messer. Mr.. Weyl and Miss Per-
RE We're among those thus honored.
A collection Of recent work by Mr.. Wal
ter King Stone. who for some time made
his home in this city, has recently been ex-
hibited in the rooms of the Prang Educa-
tional Company in Chicago and highly COM
mended by critical writer's.
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The English courts have just granted
Lord Townsend of Raynham Hall permits
sion to dispose of two hundred of the paint
ings which he Inherited with his estates,
including the "Belsarius," by Salvador
Rosa, for which, 1t Is said, Mr.. Pierpont
Morgan has offered $4,000. Lord Town
sends right to dispose of this particular
picture was disputed by his cousin, Colonel
Townsend. the next heir in line, but upon
his proving that his income was not at
present sufficient to keep up his estates the
court wisely decided in his favor, only slip
ulating that he keep the family portraits.
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The Copley Society of Boston Will hold it's
usual Twelfth Night revel, at Copley Hall
on January'6 This year each member is
supposed to wear an old English peasant
costume, though any costume worn before
the year 1890 will be considered admissible.
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Arrangements have been made with the
managers of the art section for the st.
Louis fair by which paintings may be
judged on the walls of the Pennsylvania
Academy. This is advantage to the
Academy, to the artists, and to the people
of the east who may not be able'to get to
the exposition. 5tE II
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The Nineteenth annual exhibition of the
Architectural League of New York will be
held in the Fine Arts building from Feb
ruary IA to March inclusive. Gold and sill
yer medals are offered, in open competition,
to residents of the United States under thir-
ty years of age for the first and second best
designs for a recreation pier for a first-class
American seaport. The Presidents prize,
which is open to members of the league
only, will be awarded for the best design
for a stained glass window, representing
the Annunciation, and the Henry 0. Avery
prize of $50 will be given for the best de-
sign for an electroler suitable for a newell
post in the hall of a public library.
The fifth annual exhibition of the .Amerf-
Society of Miniature Painters is to be
held at Knoedler's in New York, from jan
uary % to February 6. The officers of this
society are I. A. Joseph, president: Laura
Combs Hills vice president, and William
j. Bear, secretary and treasurer.
There is bill before Congress appropri-
ating a sufficient sum to erect bronze
statue of Sequolah, who invented the alpha
bet which is still used by the Cherokees, to
be erected in the public square in. Table,
Quah, Indian territory. 1t Is doubtful how
ever, If it will get beyond the printer and
recorder