Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-17

seen against the right-hand wall as one en-
tiers, but the left|1and wall is unhroken and
completely occupied by paintings. All are
not equally interesting-some may not be
authentic-but a whole they are tremen-
dously impressive and individually many are
extremely significant. Mr.. Lambert has
one or the finest paintings Ralph Albert
Blakelock ever produced, but he has not
made point of collecting American works
indeed the catalogue OF his collection reit-
crates chiefly the names of foreign masters
OF centuries ago. Rembrandt and Rubens
Van Dyck and Reynolds, Titan and da
Vinci may be there-the visitor Can take his
note book II he pleases-but good works
there are in abundance, and memories Of
rich color and strong modelling will linger
long with those who view this collection
And what is best of all is that the owner
shares II generously with hhe world. His
beautiful grounds are opened every holiday
afternoon to the working peopiSHf the town
and none who wishes to see"the pictures
and applies to the owner is refused per-
mission. Here again is found a private col
lection profiting the people.
painting by Mr.. F. D. tMllet for the Es-
sex county court house i'm Newark. n. j.
has recently been exhibited at the Century
Club in New York and evoked both interest
and praise 1t has an historical theme-the
rebuk!ng of Chief Justice Frederick Smyth,
In 1174 for disloyalty to the cause OF lib
erty by foreman of a jury which he had
charged not to heed the lima ginary tyranny
5000 miles away. but rather the real tyran-
ny at home The rebuke was boldly
spoken and the painter has REPRODUCED the
scene with exceptional skill To the left
sit the justices in gowns and wigs: below
them. at table. are the clerks. while to
the right stand the jury, headed by their
intrepid spokesman. In composition 1t is
excellent N Ira STR
1t Is said to be the best work in many re-
spects which Mr.. Millet has yet produced.
Mr.. Millet is at the present time painting
in this city series of mural decoratio
for the new custom house in Baltimore.
The entire decoration of this building has,
In fact, been placed in his hands by the
architects. Messrs. Hornblower and Mar
shall. The principal series of paintings In
cluded in the scheme sets forth the history
Of merchant ships from the earliest time to
today. and represents an endless amount
OF careful study and historical research on
the part of the painter and his assistants
Few are aware of the meagerness of data
for such a theme of how creduous the
reading public for generations has been. or
how lacking In veracity the illustrators
One and the same picture has stood for
the Mayfiower and the Godspeed and going
further back more liberties have been taken
by the picture makers. To disentangle ia
Bile from fact was in itself a bewildering
task, but the pursuit for original sources
was not without interest. The prototype
of one painted ship was found on an old
coin and others have been discovered In
equally unusual places. And yet no at
tempt has been made to revive ancient
scenes The subject has been dealt with
decoratively. and the treatment has been
liant th~D, r11,, reo -{r IL
tiveness of the whole cannot be judged until
ALI the paintings are In place. but there is
no question as to the interest Of the work
In measure it is experimental for 1t is
distinctly novel, but it promises exceedingly
well.