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William i. Evans for the best picture In
the American Water Color Society cNhi.
bliion has been awarded 10 Mr. Ross Tur.
ner for his painting entitled The Dawn"
which was. by the way. given place or
honor by the hanging committee In this
same exhibition Miss Ruth Sypherd Glenn
ents of this city shows number of wood
block prints OF Partisan scenes which
have been favorably noticed.
out of the accumulated interest on q
balance of $50 remaining in the hands az
trustees after the purchase of Washington
Anston's "Belshazzar's Feast" now in
the Museum of Fine Arts. Boston. another
painting by the same artist has been pro.
cured. ''I-riel.'' which is its title. Was
painted In ISIS. and until recently was
owned by the Duke of Sutherland. II is
said to he one of Allstons most success.
full canvases and has been declared thor.
oughly representative. The intention or
those who made the purchases is 10 leno
the picture TO some suitable institution
i'm this country. and in commenting upon
this the art critic OF the New York Times
SAYS: When the Washington gallery be-
comes in reality a national gallery there
will be little question where such repre-
sentative paintings most properly can 10
placed'' LEILA MECHL1N.
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MRS. HUMPHREY WARD.
tFrom a portrait by Albert Sterner)

reception at Mrs. Parsons one guest bub-
bled over with enthusiasm about an incl
dent In a book which everybody who
heard her knew that Hall Game had
written Another discoursed about Don
0van.' which Edna LyalI wrote but Mrs.
Ward took it all in good part and did not
enllghten any one about her genuine
works She may be satisfied that, though
she did not meet them. she mas thousands
and thousands of American readers. and
her income is swelled to dts present big
figures through her American ROYALTIES
The chatty envoy from China Mr. WI.
was deeply interested in Mrs. Ward not
that he ever reads novels or that he
cares for social reformation. but he
wished to talk with woman who has
made so much money writing books Mr..
WI has high regard for any one who
can make money.
Among the delightful "reminiscences
which Mrs. Ward confided to few
friends was the story of how she first
came TO write. The first money she ever
made with her pen was after her mar
riage to literary man. Thomas Hum
phry Ward. an art critic of great
London daily But this was dry stun.
an article on early Spanish kings. in
tended for the Dictionary of Christian
Biography" Her old Oxford friend. DR..
WAGE. ordered this and paid her 10
guineas t$1UD for her work. She re-
ceived over 100000 for David Grieve. ;.
and at present she is getting $4,000 for
the rights given an American monthly
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Newton. ABB. head of the depart
ment of history in Lawrenceville
School. and Edwin Bryant Treat.
AN master in Lawrenceville School
New York. Cincinnati. Chicago:
American Book Company.
THE SPELL OF THE YUKON, and
Other Verses. BY Robert W. Service
Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co.,
ACTAEON's DEFENSE; and Other
Poems. BY Alice Wilson. Boston:
Richard c. Badger
COWBOY LYRICS. BY Robert V. Carr.
Chicago: ". B. Conkey Company.
POEMS. BY Mary Berri Chapman Hans
brough. Published by the Author.
THE DAYS THAT PASS. BY Helen
Huntington New York: John Lane
Company.
Gordon. author of 'Befo' the War:
Echoes in Negro Dialect" New York
and Washington: The Neale Pub
fishing Company.
THE COTTON PICKER; and Other
Poems. BY Carl Holiday. MA. au-
thor of "A History Of Southern Liter
ature" New York and Washington:
The Neale Publishing Company
THE SPIRIT OF LOVE, and Other
Poems. BY Charles Gibson. Boston:
Published by the Author.
pOEMS AND TRANSACTIONS. BY
Frederic Rowland Marvin. Troy, n.
V: Pafraets Book Company.
Observed and Depicted. With Incl
dental Study of the Cause of the
Poverty Which AFFECTS so Many: Fol-
lowed by Timely Comments on Home
Topics. BY George Wallace. New
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The Tyranny of Tailors.
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times.
For a long time the men of civilized
countries have been dressed in rational
and comfortable manner. Evening dress.
the frock coat and silk hat. the three
button cutaWay coat. the easy fitting sack
of moderate length. the trousers neither
tight nor baggy. have not appealed to
artistic sensibilities. perhaps. but they are
suitable to the spirit of the age. and we
have all been felicitating ourselves on the
permanency of fashions in mems dress.
An occasional improvement that really
improves is not frowned upon. The re-
cent elimination of the double breasted
evening WaistcOat was a boon to stout
men in middle life. and the graceful ac-
ceptance of the single-breasted. pointed
garment by slender youth has been ap-
preciated 4 man may have cuffs on his
coat sleeves if he chooses to. or even a
velvet collar his dress coat. but the
best taste is the simplest
The disposition of some of the tailors
to revive some of the grotesque styles
of the sixties should be resisted by all
intelligent men. Braided coats and waist
coats single-button getaways. brocaded
waistcoats glass buttons. queer lapels are
not in accord with the spirit of the age
The plea that the tailors want to get
away from the conventional styles of the
ready made trade should not be needed
by sensible men. Modern distinction does
not depend upon dress. Tailors are in
clined to be tyrants and tyranny was
never SO unpopular and Improbable as
1t now is. Let us all stick to rational
styles.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE GOLDEN HYNDE; and Other
Poems BY Alfred Noyes. author of
Poems New York: The Macmil-
Ian Company. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop.
CUBA; and Other Verse. BY Robert
Manners. Toronto: William Briggs
WOVEN OF DREAMS. BY Blanche
Shoemaker. author of THE Song of
Youth" New York: The John Lane
Company.
A ROSE OF THE OLD REGIME; and
Other Poems of Home Love and
Childhood BY the Bentztown Bard
,Folger McKinsey). Baltimore
Doxey Book Shop Company
SAID THE ROSE; and Other Lyrics. BY
George Henry Miles. late professor
of literature in Mount st. Mary's Col
lege Maryland. With an Introduce
ton by John Churton Collins New
York: Longmans. Green & Co.
GYPSY VERSES. BY Helen Hay Whit
ney author Of Some Verses New
York: Duf1ield & Co.
UNDER THE LAUREL. BY Frederic
Crowninshield. New York: Dodd
Mead e. co. Washington: Wood
ward & Lothrop.
OUTLINE FOR REVIEW: AMERICAN
HISTORY. BY Charles Bertram
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cal Study of Their Principles. A
Chronological Table of English So
cial Legislation and a Comparative
Digest OF the Constitutions of the
Forty-six States. BY Frederic Jesup
Stfmson professor of comparative
legislation in Harvard University.
author of American Statute Law.
Boston: The Boston Book Company
LABOR, OR, THE MONEY GOD:
WHICHs A Story of the Times. BY
Charles FELTON, Pidgin. author of
Quincy Adams Sawyer" Boston
Mayhem Publishing Company.
WILD FLOWER FAMILIES; the
Haunts. Characters and Family Re-
lationships of the Herbaceous Wild
Flowers. With Suggestions for Their
Identification. BY Clarence Nj. Weed.
Lowell. Mass. State Normal School.
With S3 Illustrations. Philadelphia
j. B. Lippincott Company.
A COMEDY OF MANNON. By>Ina Car
vey. Illustrated by William Fuller
Curtis. Boston: Dana Estes & Co.
THE AvENGER. BY f. Phillips Open
helm. author of The Master Mum
mer." Illustrated by ALEC Ball. Bos-
ton: Little, Brown & Co.
THE MASTER INFLUENCE. BY Thomas
Mexican. author of The Vortex.
Illustrations in color by Will CRETE
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Com
pany.
THE DUCHESS OF DREAMS. BY Edith
Macvane. FrontiSpiece by AlonZo
kimball. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippin-
colt Company.
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT. BY John r
MCINTYRE. author of With Fighting
Jack Barry" illustrations by Fran
ces Rogers. Philadelphia. J. B. Lip
pincott Company.
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lens by the story of Robert Elsmere, have
been unremitting for the past ten years.
The influence of this hall is commensurate
with the vast amount of personal thought
and endeavor which the distinguished au-
thoress has lavished on her work Just
now settlement workers are not having a
very happy time of ii In Great Britain
Notwithstanding her illustrious connec-
tons. literary and religious flor Mrs.
Ward is the granddaughter of DIR. Thomas
Arnold Of Rugby. and niece OF Matthew
Arnold. the illustrious essayist and critic)
her novels stirred up great indignation in
the established church. She Is considered
one of the most dangerous enemies of the
state church. Rectors of parishes deeply
resent the establishment of settlement
workers within the confines of their par
iShes as a reflection that the parish is not
worthily filling its duty of attending to
the poor. Parliament is filled with APP
peals against the tenement and settlement
workers. and if certain legislation sue
ceeds. many Of the missions will be closed.
Mrs. Ward. however. is made of sturdy
stuff. and she is holding her own in ST.
Pancras. and her pen Is busy with de-
lenses of the work and its objects.
Mr.. WI Talks to Her.
Mrs. Ward is one of the few eminent
writers who does not delight in talking
about her books. Perhaps she was sur
prised that so few whom she met were
really familiar with her novels. AT the
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English Settlement Methods.

Giottos head Of Dante. probably painted
from life. and for long hidden, ana mere
are a number of Fra Angelico's beautifui
conceptions, set forth with a reverent love
which has given them enduring value.
The great Venetians. Bellini and car
pacciO are both represented. the FORMER
by Madonna and the latter by picture
of st. Jerome in his study. which Is par
ticularly interesting in detail. his book
shelf showing a neat array of manuscript
rolls, and the solemnity of the scene
being lightened by the Introduction OF a
jolly little dog. quite modern In appear
ance. Among. Botticelli.s works repro
duced may be mentioned Venus Rising
From the Sea" and among Fra F1iippl
Lippis Lovely Madonna" GhirlandaJo.
who was also fifteenth century painter,
is of all. perhaps. the most interesting,
and his Nativity and Last Supper" are
great masters of the high renaissance one
finds excellent reproductions of Raphaeis
lunettes Poetry Theology and Jus
tice" in the Vatican. Michael Angelo $
.Delphic Sibyl. Jeremiah and Ezekiel
in the Sistne Chapel; Leonardo da Vinci's
Mother and Child lunette in mosaic.
and Titian's Sta Anthony of Padua." Two
Interesting interiors arc shown. giving en-
tire schemes of decoration. the Arena
Chapel at Padua, which Giotto painted.
and the Piccolomini Library at Siena.
which was decorated by Pinturicchio. the
friend and fellow-worker of Perugino.
From this same Piccolomini Library the
illuminated letters of a choral book are
shown, and with the work of the Sienese
school Is associated series of paintings
depicting scenes in the life of ST. Cath
crime. beautifully rendered by II Sodoma.
a pupil of da Vinci. And these are liter
ally but the beginning. There is a
curiously interesting procession of kings
by Gozzoli. splendid series of allegorical
figures painted by Paul Veronese: AL
bertinellfs Meeting OF Mary and Eliza
BETH" which is in the I'fiizi Gallery. to
say nothing Of works by Mantegna. Fra
Bartolommeo. Andrea del Sarto. Giorgione
and others.
The collection is not. however. restricted
to the works of Italian masters. There
are faithful copies of paintings by Hans
Memling Durer, Hobein and the Van
Dykes. Taken as a whole, the collection
is remarkably comprehensive, and. aside
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his mother and brother. His plan is ia
return to America in a few weeks and
spend the greater part of the summer al
East Gloucester.
The artists now are quite generally dis
cuSSing plans for summer holidays. Miss
Atwater leaves in about a fortnight for
Gloucester. where she has a studio; Miss
Perrie will sail for Europe the last of
this month Miss Mueden will go in June
probably. and Mr. Messer in July. Mr..
Brooke cOntemplates spending the summer
at his old home near Warrenton Va and
Mr.. Powell will be for some weeks at
least at his country home near Bluemont
The exodus has not yet begun. however,
and until some time in June there will be
little cessation in activity in local studios
Mr.. Ernest Moore, an English artist of
distinction. who has been spending the
winter in Washington, has just finished
an exceptionally interesting portrait of
Mrs. w. Sinclair Bowen. the wife of the
well known local physician. Ii is three
quarter length and represents Mrs. Bow
en- in hat and furs standing with her face
turned to the left and toward the observ-
er. 1t might be called a study in browns
for the coat is of Russian pony. the high
collar and muff beaver and tho hat a
shade between the two with soft white
feathers for accent. The background gives
suggestion of out-of-doors. OF cold. crisp
atmosphere. without entering into detail.
Primarily it is admirable likeness, in
terpretative not merely of appearance but
personality. vivacious. Elusive. appealing
yet positive and strong. This is. or should
be, the first requirement of portaiture. and
In this instance TO 1t is added skillful
brushwork and fine rendering. The color
is excellent. the drawing accurate. and
the manipulation of medium fluent and
suave. While broadly painted. il is well
finished. and though effective at long
range capable of close inspection. The
painter has undoubtedly achieved
signal success and produced work of
notable merit A number OF Mr.. Moores
recent paintings including portraits of Mr..
Alexander Graham Bell. Mr.. William II.
Holmes and DR. Wylie Will be on exhibit
ton next week in the assembly hall of the
Cosmos Club.
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of Congress. Four great winged
frames have been placed in the main hall,
on the second floor. and in these the prints
are set forth. There are about 100 In all.
and for the purpose of reference they
have been arranged by the names of the
painters. alphabetically so that turning
the pages of these great books one does
not follow chronological order. but
passes to and fro. as it were, from one
neriod TO another. 1t is impossible.
however not to note the distinguishing
features of the several schools: and when
conversant with the collection as whole,
il is pleasant and profitable TO turn sue
cessiyely to those who worked together.
10 compare the veal and the strong, the
early and the late. and to trace out the
kinship of motives.
Quaint and grotesque may seem the
work of the first masters, but there
is in it an earnestness and SINGER
ity which demands respect and car
ries conviction. In the fifteenth
century. when many of the pictures
represented were painted, the church
was the great patron of art and the walls
of the churches the artists canvases 1t
has been said that then every Italian was
in a way an art critic. for every church
was an art school. and yet il must be
remembered that the object OF art at that
time was primarily pious narration. This
accounts for the preponderance Of reli-
gious subjects and their manner of pres
entation. And then the road was new
art had scarcely wriggled out of Its
straight jacket when the first great
painters began to dream dreams-both the
Byzantine and Gothic influences had to be
reckoned with. But what Is more. here IS
an excellent opportunity TO study the de-
velopment of mural painting-here the
greatest masters of the world may be
studied and their methods compared.
Turning 10 the prints themselves one
finds an almost bewildering amount of
material for consideration. Here Is
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from it's popular interest. of great value to
the student.
i
An important meeting was held last
Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Pinchot's res
sembling a loan exhibition of laces in
this city was discussed. he plan is to
assemble such an exhibition for the Ma
tional Museum first step toward the
upbuilding of Il department of textiles.
Both Mr.. Walcott. the secretary of the
Smithsonian Institution. and Mr.. Rath-
bun. secretary of the National Museum.
were present. and showed themselves to
be heartily in sympathy with the scheme.
The hope Is that when the National Mu-
scum moves into its new building the old
building may ne given over to an in
dustrial exhibit. which will include ex
amples of not only the ancient but mod
ern crafts. At present 1t is scarcely more
than n hope but lace exhibit is a step
toward fulfillment and a token of pro-
gressive interest. The need of such a
department of the museum
is obvious. and the opportunity for the
formation of an adequate collection at
the present time especially good.
There is much Of more than passing
interest in the Washington Architectural
Clubs seventh exhibition. which opened
last week in the hemicycle hall of the
Corcoran Gallery. Not only are some
notable architectural works shown. but
some excellent decorations and clever
water colors. Mr.. Millet's studies for
the Baltimore custom house decorations
have attracted much attention, and Mr..
f. H. Blashfields preliminary drawings
for mural painting In the College of the
City of New York have also awakened
interest. Exceptionally delightful are
Violet Oakleys designs in color for
stained glass windows for the residence
of Mrs. Mary n Gibson. Wynnewood,
Pa, and likewise cut Of the ordinary is
an over-mantel decoration modelled i'm
high relief by the late Edward kemeys
which has been cast in plaster and col
ored. Many of the renderings of per-
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Il the Turkish position in European poll

| tics.
Judge Farmans book consists of three
parts. First he gives his personal i'm
pressions of the country. telling of his
own Individual experiences upon his ar
Val consul general of the United
! States and his various pilgrimages to
points of interest. including Mount Sinai
and finally discussing the question of the
route taken by the lsraelites on the oc-
! casion of the exodus. Then he devotes
several chapters to the securing of Gle
opatras Needle for the city of New
|. YORK. in which enterprise he figured as
the god in the machine. Finally the work
is closed by the consideration of the po-
litical and financial aspects of Egypt dur
ing the past thirty years. Judge Farman
pays high tribute to Ismail Pasha
whom he regards one of the great men
OF history. He attributes to Ismail Pasha
the virtues of truly progressive ruler
despite his extravaganza and oriental in
dulgences. He pictures him a s the victim
of intriguing power. and makes no con-
cealment of his strong sympathy for the
dethroned monarch
This volume is a tremendous Indictment
of both England and France for the ffnan-
clal and military crimes which. the author
alleges. have been committed i'm the lower
Nile valley during the past few decades
PERSONALISM. BY Borden Parker
Bovine. Boston: Houghton, Mifiin &
Co.
The present book is compilation of
the n w. Harris lectures at Northwest
ern University for 1907 EARLY in the
last century" states the author. M
Comte the founder of French postivism.
set forth his famous doctrine of the
three stages of human thought The
final stage rules out of consideration the
personal element. substituting the oh
jectiveness of science. The aim OF these
lectures is to show that critical reflection
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York: j. S. Ogilvie Publishing Com

York: j. S Ogilvie Publishing Com
pany.
NARCISSJS, and Other Poems. BY
Grace Demo Litchfield. author of I'm
the Crucible" New York: G. P. Put
mans Sons. Washington: Woodward
G. Lothrop.
MY BUNkIE, and Other Ballads. BY
Erwin Clarkson Garrett. Philadel-
phia: j. B. Lippincott Company.
WOMAN IN THE RAIN, and other
Poems BY Arthur Stringer. author
of The Wire Tappers." Boston: Lit
tie. Brown & Co.
COLUMBTS; Drama. With Introduc-
ton and Notes BY Arthur Dough
erty Rees. Philadelphia: The John
c. Winston Company.
THE PASSING OF THE STORM, and
Other Poems BY Alfred Cashier
King New York. Chicago. Toronto
Fleming H. Revell Company.
THE DISINHERITED, Observations in
Travel. Giving New Views and De-
scriptions of Old Routes and Scenes
also Conditions of Old World People
THE PASSING OF TINE. BY William
De Forest Thomson. New YORK:
Robert Grier Cooke.
Grayson Selected and Compiled by
Mrs William H. Armstrong thls
daughter). New York and Washing
ton: The Neale Publishing Company.
SMILING ROUND THE WORLD. BY
Marshall p. Wilder. author of Ihe
Sunny Side of the Street. illus
trated New York: Funk Wag-
nails Company.
THE LAW OF THE FEDERAL AND
STATE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE;
UNITED STATES; With AN Histor1-
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PERSONALISM. BY Borden Parker
BOVINE. Boston: Houghton, Mifiin &

Celebrated English Au-
thoress Discusses Some
Phases of Social Settlement
Work-Some Things About
the University Hall Settle
ment, Which Was Opened
as the Direct Result of the
Publication of Her Most
Popular Novel. Robert
Elsmere "A Dignifed. Re
served Woman. Mrs. Ward
Proved Somewhat Disap-
pointing to Those Who An
ticipated Dash and Bril-
liancy.
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speotives in color are worthy of note for
their artistic feeling and extreme clever
ness, while closely allied with these are
to be found a number of water color
sketches made chiefly by architects as
memoranda or play-work. Mr. Henry T.
Pratt sends quite group of these, which
have freshness and vigor; Mr.. Ward
Brown contributes two of note: Mr. E.
w. Dom. jr., one. and Mr.. Smith two.
Mr. James Henry Moser. president Of
the Washington Water Color Club and
Miss B. +. Perre. the vice president.
are also represented BY all means. this
been held here. 1t is free to the public
and will remain open until the afternoon
of the I'D.
The third annual exhibition of oil paint
ings by American artists. held by the
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. opened in
the Albright gallery on the same day that
the International exhibition opened at the
Carnegie Institute. Pittsburg. 1t is about
hall the size of the latter, composed en-
firely of native work and exclusively Sc
lected. That is each picture which is
shown is specially invited. and none is
submitted to jury This is inclined to.
raise its standard. but initiates against
it in other respects The pictures it's
catalogue includes are the cream not
only of this but of several years output
and though many are old friends. they
are all worth seeing again. From the
Corcoran Gallery has been borrowed the
May Night" by Willard Metcalf: "A
GIRL in Brown. by j. j. Shannon: Eng
fish Cod by W. NJ. Chase. and North
east Headlands. Massachusetts Coast -
by Childe Hassam. and among the Wash
inSton artists represented are Mr.. James
Henry Moser and Mr.. Everett Warner.
the former by his large canvas. "Connec-
ticut Cornffeld.'' and the latter by his
Brooklyn Bridge I'm a Snow Storm" to
which the Jennie Sesnan medal was
awarded at the Pennsylvania Academy's
recent exhibition.
. Mr.. Everett Warner was in Paris at. the
time of the opening of the salon, but
is now, it is understood, in Italy with