Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-12

studio The masque. written by Louis
Evan Shipman. was a buriesque full OF
poem from the pen of Percy Mackaye. read
by Iris" which paid high tribute to Mr..
saint Gaudens' art. The scenery for the
play was painted by eminent artists, the
setting supplied by John Flair, and the
music composed especially for the occasion
by Arthur Whiting. At tho close of the
exercises an exquisitely fashioned golden
bowl was presented to the sculptor as "a
token of the esteem of his Cornish friends
and neighbors." The poem which accom-
panied the presentation written by
Mrs Percy Mackaye and read by Miss
Frances Grimes one of Mr.. Saint Gaudens'
assistants. but the cheers and applause
which marked its conclusion were heartily
given by the entire company aud testified
even more potently than words to the
spirit of good will abroad. This was high
tribute to the personality of the man as
we'll as to the skill of the sculptor, and 1t
should help somewhat to dscredit the Leg
end of professional jealousfes. A master
today rarely fails to receive appreciation
from his colleagues, and it is their praise
which to him is most significant and well
come
That great art manifests itself to the lay
man as wen as the connoisseur is partially
shown by incident related by Mr.. Du
Mond. the director of fine arts at the Port
land exposition. farmer he says, pass
ing through the galleries came across Mil
let's famous Man with the Hoe and
though entering at noon was so impressed
by this canvas that he was loath to leave
at 6, when the building was closed. Being
questioned. he acknowledged that he knew
nothing about the painting and had never
heard of 1T or its painter but, earnest in
his appreciation, offered to purchase 1t at
any price. The method he probably DID
not understand, but the painters message
made him direct appeal
A new museum devoted to Moslem ana
oriental art has been installed In the
Louvre and opened about a fortnight ago
to the public. Included in it's list of inter-
esting and varied exhibits Persian car
pets Of fifteenth and sixteenth century
weaving, Arabic carving of the tenth CEN
fury, japanese silks and lacquers and rare
specimens of oriental pottery and porce-
lain.
Tourists in Italy will be able to view this
summer for the first time in several years
the wonderful paintings by Pnturicchio.
which adorn the walls of the Bergis apart
ment in the Vatican. These rooms have
for a number Of seasons been occupied by
the papal secretary of state, but IN re-
Spouse to the repeated requests of artists
of all countries change has been made
and the galleries reopened to the public.
The Italian senate is reported to have
recently set aside a fund to pay for the
restoration of the stained glass windows
of the Church of St. Paul, outside the gates
of Rome, which were broken, If not to-
tally destroyed, in 1891, by the explosion
of a powder magazine. This is the church
which was burnt in 1914 and rebuilt with
startling magnificence through the gifts OF
Roman Catholics in all parts of the world.
Both the Sultan of Turkey and the Car or
Russia contributed marble to its interior
furnishing, and among its celebrated pos
sessions are three affairs made of mala
chite brought from the Ural mountains
y portrait painted by Titan of his friend
Pietro Aretno which for many years has
hung in the ChIgi palace, in spite of the
stringent laws of Italy, found its way this
summer to a London art dealers, and has
recently been purchased by an American
collector. The price paid was a trltie less
than S125,0O0.
The commission for the monument to be
erected in Worcester, Mass, in memory of
the late Senator Hoar. has been awarded to
Daniel Chester French, but owing to the
fact that Mr.. French has already on hand
more work than he can well accomplish.
there is some doubt whether or not he will
accept it.
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The Worcester Art Museum, which Is
holding at present its annual summer ex-
hibition, has recently added four notable
paintings to its permanent collection
Port de Trouville." by Eugene BoudIn;
women Bathing" by John LaFarge: 'Oc-
tober Sunshine" by Blackjack, and The
Venetian Blind by +. c. Tarbell.
LEILA MECHLIN.