The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-03-06


give a dinner tonight at their home or
west Tenth avenue for the Rev. DR.
and Mrs. s. S. Estey and the elders OF
the First Presbyterian church. The
company will include DR.. and Mrs S
> Estey, Mrs. Claude Hoover of Edg-
erton, Ohio, Judge j. T. Clarke, Col
John Brier. Mr.. and MIS-. j. A. Nc
Giftin, Mr.. G. M Chase, Mr.. and Mrs
j. b Larimer, Mr.. and Mrs. N. w.
Laubach, Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Loomis,
MI and Mrs. F. ]. Brown, DR. and
Mrs r S. Magee, Mr.. and Mrs. L. H.
Stricken and DR.. and Mrs. Thomp-
son.
An interesting event of the week is
Mr. George M. Stones exhibit of some
OF MS more recent work, mainly por-
trait and genre pictures at his studio
in the Crawford building which began
today and will continue all day tomOr-
row. The studio will be open evenings
as well as mornings and afternoons. Mr..
Stone is assisted today by Mrs. Stone,
MIS-. ]. c. McClintock. Mrs. Albert T.
Reid, Mrs. Norman Wear, Mrs. Norman
Pass, Miss Crosby, Miss Marion Wear
and Miss Gertrude McClintock, and on
Charles F. Spencer, Mrs. H. 0. Carney,
Mrs. F. w. Watson, Mrs. j. r. Bur
row and Mrs. L. d. Whittemore. This
evening he will be assisted by Miss
Aline Lamy. Miss Allabelle Troutman
and Miss Mary Overholt.
That Mr. George NJ. Stone is q paint
er of national reputation is shown by
the large number of his works owned
in different parts of the United States
and by his recent tour of the east
where he painted portraits of promin-
ent people in Cleveland, Boston and
Phila delphia. Mr.. Stone returns to
Philadelphia in June to fill other COM
missions.
The present collection comprises
work done in Topeka during the past
year or so and never before exhibited.
OF one of his pictures which was ex-
hibited at the eighteenth annual ex-
hibftion of oil paintings by American
artists held at the Art Institute in
Chicago in November, 1905, the Greater
West Magazine published in Chicago
says: "A delicate treatment of land
scape is the painting by George Mel
vile Stone of Topeka, Kansas. The
Horse Pasture'-no poetry in this title
as you perceive-shows a landscape
with group of trees in the distance
and in the shadow of which rustles an
old barn. In the left foreground a
grey horse is silently cropping the
grass. The animal like the landscape
is environed in tender atmosphere of
sentiment"
Other out of door pictures with or
without figures are THE Gondoliers,"
owned by DR.. McClintock, luminous
atmospheric treatment of the Venitian
sea and sky with a gondola and two
gondoliers in the foreground. THE
Banana Boy .eThe .Catboat Man."
"The Barefoot Boy" 1.-The Garden
Gate" Rural Free Delivery" THE
Return from the Hunt" Spot. Frank
in Venice the original study from
which the painting owned by DR..
Plass was made. There is a delightful
feeling of air and sunlight in all of
these landscapes which is characters
tic of this artist'sp work. One of the
most charming small pictures : is the
one containing portraits of DR.. Lind
sey's father I@and I'll mother, from
made about the time OF
their marriage The portrait of Ruth
Wilson in white, sitting in big leath-
sr chair, is a fine rendering of textures
and values. The portrait of Mr.. H
D. Garvey is marvelously true to life
and a fine scheme of color throughout
Mrs. ]. c. Mohler in summer cos
tune of white, against a background
Of dull red, relieved by light flterlng
half closed shutters and
point d'esprit curtain gives a wonder
ful feeling of cool corner of the room
IN summer. The portrait of Secretary
Coburn nas already been admired by
many who saw 1T in Mills window this
winter, but it is even more powerful
and realistic seen in the studio.
A mastery piece of technique is the
portrait sketch of Mr. 5. Jerome Uhl of
Cincinnati, painted by Mr.. Stone in one
sitting while Mr.. Uhl was here this
winter.
These are only a few of the many
excellent things in this collection which
t is a real treat to visit. No invita-
ions have been issued for the exhibit
which is open to the public.
Senator E. F. Porter of Pittsburg
rave a dinner for about thirty guests, |
members of the legislature and news |
PAPER men, at the Elks club last night. |
rhe table flowers were carnations. |
Fhe dinner was an elaborate one of
on oorrSaS h0piuntnP s. o'clock
The bad men in the territory have
oeen picking on Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. |
little boy Johnny who is |
he state Journal newspaper clippings
bout the lemons they have been |
handing him. Shame on 'em for a |
week!
A life size portrait in oils by Miss |
Nina Peacock of the Peacock family |
,et, an Angora cat, Roscoe, is exhibit |
d in the window of Waggoner's drug |
tore this week. Roscoe" is a thor |
,ughbred with a pedigree a, mile long,
tut he has such nervous tempera- |
nent his owners are afraid to exhibit |
lin, so the next best thing is to show |
lis picture, which is a very good one |
nd does credit to both painter and
model.
A family who have recently moved
Q Topeka are going to be Talked
bout because they are so unc1vilized
hat they eat only when they are hum
ry. regardless of the hour and not at
tated intervals regardless of the APP
elite which is the respectable, recog-
lied custom.
Leavenworth Post, Tuesday Mrs.
V. J. Black came from Topeka today
0 visit Mr.. and Mrs. David Atch1Son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Wilder OF
-ansas City were the guests of rela-
ives Sunday.
The S. r. telephoned a Social Head
ner who was about to give Violet
ga. In Lent, you know, the violet