The Washington times., 1908-08-16
MACDONALD PAINTS
SOLDIERS PICTURE
Portrays Vividly the Solitude
of the Frontier Army
Post.

| In the portrait work Of Harold L.
! Macdonald there is always a novelty Of
| composition which is OF itself attractive
and interesting Thus far he has been
| able TO give in each portrait a dis
/ ttnctive character which separates II
from his other work. and seems TO bear
but little relation except in the matter
! Of excellent technical expression, and
in this he is never lacking n that quail
/ ity which commends itself 70 the paint
er as well as the layman.
| In his studio in Thirteenth street, MIR.
/ Macdonald is now engaged upon por-
trait of an army officer which presents
qualities Of marked interest. lie has
painted portraits of other officers, hut
/ they have presented entirely different
/ compositions.
/ Former portraits have shown the fun
| dress uniform of the service, the parade
/ apparel of the officer with all of the
| accessories Of insignia and expensive
accOutrement This IS an officer IN his
field uniform in which there is little to
distinguish it from the uniform worn
/ By the enlisted men in actual service.
! The composition shows the officer at
the door Of his tent. The pose is a
| seated one, and the uniform shows the
| effects of hard usage All Of the care
ful preparations for a portait so far as
spick-span attire are lacking. The com
/ position presents the idea Of a hard
/ worked officer in the midst OF real ser
/ vice. and this impression IS strength
ened by the meageT equipment OF the
/ tent; by the worn and sOued uniform
a FsaH s.F g-f.s rfel14 H.l.
brown that comes from the exposure of
| an out-Of-door life
/ In the right hand the officer holds a
| folded telegram. The face is serious
! and the expression Of the eyes seems
! 10 indicate the near approach OF some
| one. The work IS interesting in its
motive, and in its wide departure from
sll conventional arrangement The sol
/ itude and desOlateness Of life at some
/ OF the frontier posts is graphically pre-
| sented.
An interesting purchase has recently
/ been made by Charles l. Freer for his
| collection of the works OF Whistler. in
| tended for the national gallery. This
picture is Of interest to Neutrality-suspicious.
| as well as TO admirers OF the work or
/ Whistler To WashingtOnians for the
| reason that 1t was made in this city
/ IN 1854, and 10 admirers OF Whistler
| for the reason that II is one Of the
1 earliest If not the earliest portrait made
/ by Whistler.
The picture Is a charcoal sketch made
| on bun paper, much Ike the bun
detail drawing paper used by architects
and dTaUghtsmen. The size OF this
drawing is bat a trifie larger than eight
/ by ten, and the subject is a study Of
| a lad engaged in the work Of painter
with his easel before him. The model
for this sketch was John Ross Key,
/ then with Whistler, an emplOye OF the
Coast Survey. The picture was repro
duCed in the April Century as an illus
! tratlOn accompanying a very interest
/ ing article by Mr. Key OF his personal
| ploye OF the survey.
Almost too good to be true is the
/ story that comes from Paris Of the
! recent invention and demonstration In
/ that city Of a process by which the
/ films of the moving picture machines,
/ known as the biograph, kaleidoscope.
/ and CinematOgrapn are made in such
manner that when projected upon the
! screen the scenes are not only IN color
/ but the COlOrs and shades Of color are
said to be as accurate as in the Lu-
miere process, concerning which refer
! ence has been made In this column.
/ The simplicity OF ther description is
! somewhat bewildering, in that il does
not seem that the results claimed
could be produced by the methods de
/ sCTlbed. The film itself when examined
shows no trace of color as is seen in
most color plates or films. The pic
and in the projection of the pictures
upon We screen the color sitter
! IS used in front Of the projecting Ian
| tern. That pictures can be made
! through q color sitter which viii faith
/ fully record color tones when the ex-
posure IS so rapid that twenty-five pic
lures are made during a second, seems
/ hardly possible, and Vet this is the
| claim Of this new invention.
/ The inventor is ar Englishman. and
! a resident OF Brighton. .. Albert Smith,
/ and his connection with the biograph
/ work covers a period OF some twelve
| years. For the past three years he has
! been at work at color photography as
| applicable to the making OF moving
! pictures, and his invention is described
I as method by which the colors are re-
/ corded on the sensitive film in the same
| manner that the graphCphOne records
! sound waves. and that these color
4 waves are not observable until they are
projected through the color sitter onto
| the screen, when they are brought be
| fore the eye in all OF the variation OF
/ color I'm the same manner that the vari-
| atiCn OF sound and tone is produced
| when the wax record is used upon the
| graphOphOne.
| One OF the later and more improved
methods Of deceiving purchasers con-