Evening star., 1907-08-31

a stretch OF moorland. But what a factor
in the witchery of Gloucester are these
moors. Here and there great frowning
boulders rise in their midst, while from I'd
to end they are overgrown with wild
flowers. Earlier in the summer wild roses
bossomed in abundance. ana now their
bright red lips make gay the fields. Then
there were buttercups, iris, daisies and wild
carrot, and now in their places clethra. hard
back. golden rod and tanzy are to be sesn.
There are great bushes of the sweet-scented
bayberry also. as we'll as hucklaberry
bushes entangled with blackberry vines.
Nor is this all. There are scraps of wood
land meadows, marshes, sturdy elms stand
Ing alone as santinels and groups of WILL
lows afording cool. welcome shade. And
there is besides all this the little town
itself, with Its crooked streets, its quaint
old houses and its little gard ms as merry
with color as Josephs coat. Th2se are the
things the artists paint and which for them
make Gloucester BY twos and threes they
come, until the town seems full or them.
Early and late they are at work, from June
TO November, and yet the supply of avail
abe subjects Is never exhausted-the chang
ing sky and the shifting tide make all
things new-and all the ctu1es can never
be painted 1t is at Eastern Point that
most of the artists consregate, and it is
here and on Rocky Neck that most of the
studios are to be found.
Far out on the point, where a broad
view OF both the sea and harbor is to be
had, Mss Cecilia Beaux has built herself
stucco and timb2r. The former is low
rooted and widespread, but the latter, with
hish-pitched roof and long upright WIN
dows, somewhat resembles a chapel From
the road they are quite SECLUDED, and the
casual visitor to obtain access must pass
through a little wicket which leads into
veritable leafy maze. 1t was in her studio
here that Miss Reaux painted the portrait
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis.
Somewhat in contrast to Miss Beauxs
studio is that of Mr.. Walter Dean. the
of the white Squadron hung last winter
in the naval affairs room at the Capitol
in Washington. 1t is an old sail loft;
roomy, but unpictorial, built on piles on
the inlet side of Rocky Neck Within are
boats. fishnGts, oars and paddles, together
with paints and canvases, but they are for
U.s. rather than ornament, for Mr.. Dean
loves the sea, and he has made many of
his sketches while in a boat. No wonder,
then, that his Deep Sea Fishing found
many admirers when it was shown last
winter in the Corcoran Gallery's eXhibi
tion, and was said to smack of the salt
sea air
Mr.. Burpee, whose work likewise appeared
in the Corcoran Gallery's exhibition and Is
familiar to many in Washington, is occupy
ing this year one of the Harbor View
studios, which is set little back from
the road which runs from end to end of
Eastern Point. He too has given most of
his time to painting pictures of boats and
marines, and few have met with better
success than he. There is sincerity and
quiet dignity about his work. which, to-
gether with its pictorial interest, makes it
very attractive. A little farther along this
same road, perched high on rock and ap-
preached by a flight of wooden steps be-
meath dropping tree, is the Delphine studio,
occupied both last season and this by Mss
Grace Atwater of Washington. Miss Lesley
Jackson shared it with her last year and
Miss Berry this. 1t is of wood stained
'green, both without and within. There is
a long window at one end which admits
abundant light, and smaller ones in the
front and rear. Without boxes of mas
turtiums give a touch of color and within
the walls set forth the seasons work-a
really charming exhibition. Miss Atwater's
time has been much broken this summer
but she has accomplished considerable work
and produced more than a little of uncom-