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ing reception will be held the evening of
Monday, the 1th of December.
A S has already been announced, an ex
hibition of the late Augustus Saint
Gaudens' work is to be held in the sculp-
ture hall of the Corcoran Gallery at the
same time that the exhibition of paintings
is set forth in the upper galleries. This
will include a majority of the casts and
originals, displayed In the Metropolitan
Museum last spring, and is being held I'M
der the auspices of the American Institute
of Architects. 1t is to be arranged under
the special supervision of Mrs Saint eau
dens, and the catalogue. which, by the
way. Is to be deliberately illustrated, will
be compiled by the sculptor's son, Mr..
Homer Saint Gaudens. The week after
the exhibition opens. December To- the
annual convention of the American Insti-
tute of Architects will assemble in this
city, and on the evening of that day spe-
cial memorial exercises will be held in the
Corcoran Gallery. Nine or ten short adj
dresses commemorative in character will
be made by distinguished statesmen, dip
lomats, artists and writer's. among whom
may already be named Secretary Root,
the British and French ambassadors.
This will undoubtedly be one of the most
notable events. not only Of this winter.
but of many years. and it will attract
many persons of prominence to Washing
ton In England Mr. E. A. Abbey is TAX
ing a lively interest in 1t and personally
bringing ii to the notice of the leading
British art societies, while in France and
Germany other corresponding members of
the institute are doing likewise.
IRON first to last this convention of the
! American institute of Architects
promises to be of unusual interest, for,
besides doing honor to the memory of
Saint Gaudens, 1t purposes to give the
better part of two days to a discussion of
government control of the fine arts
Among the speakers will be Secretary
Garfield. Senator Newlands, PRESIDENT
Pritchard of the Boston Institute of Tech
nology, President Butler of Columbia
College, New York; Mr.. Eames. former
president of the American Institute of
Architects, and Mr.. Trowbridge. repre-
senting the Society Of Beiux Art Archi-
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YER a thousand pictures have
been entered for the Corcoran
Gallery's second exhibition OF
contemporary American paint
ings, which will open December
Z. These represent about four hundred
painters. and will be sent from all parts Of
the United States. England and France.
The works by American artists residing
abroad were judged by a jury In Paris and
have already arrived but the rest will be
judged in about a fortnight in New York,
Philadelphia, Boston or Washington. spe-
cial juries meeting in each of these cities.
This will not only simplify the matter of
selection, but minimize the expense for
exhibitors, all costs of transportation be-
ing borne by the Corcoran Gallery from
the cities in which the pictures are judged.
And in addition to these thousand pic
lures submitted by their respective paint
ers, at least two hundred and fifty can
vases by artists of special distinction have
been invited, which alone would guaran-
tee high standard and assure the exhi-
bition success. When in February, 1907,
the Corcoran Gallery held its first exhibi-
ton of contemporary American paintings
the consensus of opinion was that no bet
that time, been assembled. and that the
standard then set would be hard to sus-
tain. But the feeling among those who
are most capable of judging now is that
the approaching exhibition will be in no
wise less interesting or notable. The
generous prizes OF s.. 600. 81. 800, 81, 900 and
$500 offered by former Senator w. A.
Clark and the Corcoran Gallery's an
nounced intention of making purchases
have undoubtedly proved attractions, but
the growing conviction that Washington
is becoming and will be the art center of
America is also In part accountable for
the wide interest manifested. The jury
of awards and hanging committee for this
exhibition will consist of Irving r. Wiles
OF New York. Hugh II. Breckenridge of
Philadelphia. Edmund C. Tarbell of Bos-
ton. Richard N. Brooke of Washington
and Mr.. Frank d. Mil!et, secretary of the
American Academy at Rome. The open
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CURRENT NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS.

it for exhibition until January was there
fore acceded to cheerfully.
MIR JOSEPH DE CAMP of Boston has
IVA been in the city this week painting
a portrait of President Roosevelt for
Harvard University. Mr.. De Camp is a
member of the Ten American Painters
and the winner of the Temple gold medal
of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine
Art in 1899. His work is invariably
scholarly. reticent and toneful-of a kind
which through genuine worth will endure.
IT has been learned with much interest
that Miss Anna v. Hyatt, who makes
a specially of animal sculpture, will spend
the coming winter in Washington, purpos-
Ing to work much at the Geological Park.
Miss Hyatt is pupil of Henry Kitson Of
Boston, and of both H. A. MacNeill and
Gutzon Borglum of New York. and has
already produced some excellent original
work. She was represented in the Balt-
more exhibition last April by a life-size
crouching panther which called forth
much favorable remark
WHILE the local art colony has been
?" materially strengthened by additions
this autumn, it suffers severe temporary
loss in the absence of Mr. William H.
Holmes who left Washington this week
to attend a scientific congress in Chile.
He will go first to England. then to Brazil
and Argentine Republic and from thence
to Chile. returning via Peru Ecuador and
Panama. and will be gone fully four
months. Mr.. Holmes is the curator of
the National Gallery and chairman of the
exhibition of the National Society of the
Fine Arts as well an active member
of the Washington Water Color Club.
NN Monday at 4:15 O'Clock the first of
~ the monthly art Talks will be
given at the Corcoran School in the lower
hemicycle hall by Mr.. f. c. Messer. the
principal. Mr.. Messer will take his
subject Some Conclusions" and will tell
of impressions received and deductions
made while visiting great galleries in
England. France and Holland during the
past summer. These talks are intended
primorily for the students of the Corcoran
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School, but they are also open to those
VINO are especially Interested.
MIR. MESSER has just finished two
A'A very interesting paintings. Roth
are landscapes, one an early morning
transcription. the other a late afternoon
In subject and treatment they are quite
dissimilar. but in feeling they are much
the same-true. poetic and appealinp
America has perhaps made her largest
contribution to the art of the world In the
held of landscape painting-such land
scape painting as this. for as Tolstoi has
SAID Art is feeling handed DOWN
something interpreted which is vital. sig
nlficant and moving. 1t is the pictures
that open the eyes Of the beholder that
are truly delightful and valuable-and this
II would seem these recent PAINTINGS of
Mr.. Messer's must do.
A LII of the societies invited to nomi
nate regents to the National Acad-
envy of Art have sent in their nomina-
tons. and a meeting of the board of re-
gents will be held in this city on the 10th
of November. at which final ARRANGEMENTS
will be made for the convention tn no
held here in January. The purpose of
this convention is to form a federation
of the fine arts, and art organizations in
all parts of the country have signitied
their intention of sending delegates to if.
A MONG the American exhibitors at the
1 last Paris Salon was Miss Lucretia
Spilman of Warrenton. Va, a former pu-
pill of the Corcoran School and pupil Of
Mr.. Andrews, who was represented by
two portraits and miniature. OF one of
these portraits Gustave Geffroy. a well
known French critic. wrote in La De-
peche. Il note also a charming portrait of
A little girl. Suzanne. in a white muslin
dress with blue ribbons seated on a sofa
among pink cushions. by Miss Lucretia
Spilman, which recalls the works of the
clever and subtle Whistler" Miss Spill
man. after spending two years in Paris,
has just returned 70 her home In Virginia
She may possibly spend a portion of the
winter in Washington. opening studio
here. LEILA MECHLIN.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE HERO OF PIGEON CAMP; or.
How Lucci Made Good. By Martha
James, Author of The Boys OF
Pigeon Camp" Illustrations by J.
w. Kennedy. Boston: Lothrop. Lee
& Shepard Company. Washington
c. c. Purse1l.
THE PRUE BOOKS-LITTLE SISTER
PRUE, By Amy Brooks, Author of
Dorothy Dainty Series" Illustra-
lions by the author. Boston:
Lothrop. Lee & Shepard Company
Washington: G. c. Pursell
AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS
TEXTBOOK ON FIRST AID AND
RELIEF COLUMNS; A Manual of
instruction.: How to Prevent Acct
dents and What to Do For Injuries
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tects. The meetings will be held at the
New Willard Hotel and the Octagon and
will conclude on the evening of the 18th
with a banquet.
THE National Society of the Fine Arts
! announces this week its program of
lectures for the coming season as fol-
lows: November Is. 'The Beginning Of
Art" Mrs. Cornela Stevenson of Phila-
delphia: December 18. Japanese Homes"
Prof. Edward S. Morse of the Boston
Art Museum; January 20, Handel (mu-
sically illustrated), Prof. Otto T. Smons:
February II, Architecture" c. How
ard Walker; March II. William Hogarth
and His Engravings." John Frederick
Lewis, president of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts; April q. "A
Master of Decorative Art-Veronese."
Kenyon Cox. All OF these lectures will be
open only to members Of the National So
cety of the Fine Arts. but, in addition to
them. course, free to all. will be given at
the Public Library January Il and g.
February and %. March and 30. 1t
was about three years ago that the Ma
gained, and its membership now Is be-
tween three and four hundred. Under Its
auspices last winter the exhibition Of
tapestries and textiles was held in the
Corcoran Gallery. and through its In
strumentality much interest has been
awakened in practical problems relating
to civic art Mr.. Charles M. Ffoulke is
president, Mr. Bernard r. Green treas
urer. and Mr.. +. E. Wright, secretary.
TN the Walker Gallery. Liverpool, is now
on exhibition a painting by the distin-
guished French artist, Leon L'hermitte.
which was purchased last summer for the
Corcoran Gallery's permanent collection.
1t is large canvas 10 by 16 feet in di-
mansions and represents family of
French peasants in harvest field. In
the foreground is a mother with young
baby in her arms and back Of her are the
other members-all life size. BY many
critics it is considered Lhermitte's mas
terpiece. and when 1t was shown in the
Salon in May it attracted wide attention.
The Walker Gallery was eager to pur-
chase it and was preparing to do SO when
the CoreOran Gallery obtained possession.
The request that the painting be lent to
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tects. The meetings will be held at the
New Willard Hotel and the Octagon and
will conclude on the evening of the 18th
with a banquet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

YER a thousand pictures have
been entered for the Corcoran
Gallery's second exhibition OF
contemporary American paint
inps. which will open December
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ACROSS EUROPE IN A MOTOR BOAT,

A Chronicle of the Adventures on the
Motor Boat Beaver on a Voyage of
Nearly Seven Thousand Miles
Through Europe by Way of the
Seine, the Rhine, the Danube and the
Black Sea. BY Henry c. Rowland.
Author of I'm the Shadow" Illus
trations by Herbert Deland Will
liams. New York: d. Appleton &
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litical. Literary and Artistic. BY
Frederic Harrison. New York: The
Macmillan Company. Washington:
Brentanos.
This is the last volume of the series of
Frederic Harrison's collected essays. con-
stituting the final summing up of the po-
sition finally reached by man who pass
ed through many phases of religious
thought from ELUSIVE ritualism to Broad
Church. to latitudinarianism. unitarianisn,
theism, into Faith in Humanity" For
forty years Mr.. Harrison has occupied a
commanding position among the leaders
of English thought. The charm. ease and
force of his literary style are well known,
together with the definitely personal note
which he has been able to impart to his
expression of opinion on even the most
abstract subjects. The long duration of
his literary activity insures that in his
writings the last Of the great Victorian
school of authors Is still speaking as well
as the last of the group of scientists and
philosophers. which, with Spencer. OAR
win and Huxley. systematized the many
divergent phases of thought of the CEN
fury.
The present volume is divided into two
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

Mr.. RobinsOn's fame is widespread az
an authority civic improvement. lie
stands for municipal beauty. for urban
esthetics, for the uplift of the city beau
tiful. In these essays he appeals to the
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
Third Russian Doums.

The third Douma has only two Jew
ish members. Nisselevitch and Fried
mann, who have never held Office be-
fore, and are not 80 prominent among
their people as some of the men who
were elected members of the previous
doumas. "Inasmuch as the progress
sive element has less than half as
many votes In the present body as the
reactiOnary party" says DR.. Burger,
in Berlin paper, and remembering
that In the former evenly balanced
body the talented Jewish members
could do nothing for their people, It Is
not wise to expect much from the
group Of two. One can never foreten
what may take place in a legislative
body like the one in Russia, but 1t 10
safe to predict that unless they are
men of extraordinary genius the group
of two will play an unimportant part
in the proceedings"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
Two sicIsroom warninn..

In recent lecture on first aid to the
injured the speaker emphasized two
cautions that are so commonly disre-
garded as to be well worth repeating
In print. The first Is, never rub a per-
son with liniment that has been put
on flannel cloth, for the roughness of
the flannel and the friction on the
skin, with the penetrating ingredients
Of the liniment, will easily make an
abrasion Of the skin, producing a con-
dition that may take weeks to heal.
The second warning is that In any con-
dition Of Inconsistencies the hot OBJ
ject applied. bag. bottle, brick OF what
ever 1t may be, must be wrapped In
flannel or cloth before 1t is brought
into contact with the flesh Of the per-
son to be treated. A severe burn is
often made by thoughtless attendant
who puts a too hot water bottle next
to the skin while the patient is uncon-
scious or unable to move away.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
TIE Manufacture OF Pins.

In lTTD a prize was given TO the
Oolonist OF Carolina who produced
tbs orst native pins and needles. Dur
ing the war Of 1919. when. owing to
restrictions upOn commerce. the price
OF pins rose 70 the enormous sum Of
II per paper. the manufacture was
actually started 10 the United States.
but does not seem to have met with
success, as the, enterprise was soon
abandoned. The industry was not fair
~ started in this country anti the
year 1885.
The early pins in this country. as in
England, were made with globular
heads q fine twisted wire, made sep
aratelJ, and secured to the shank by
compression FROM a falling block and
die. These old pins had the misfor-
tune Of often parting with their heads.
1t WAS to overcome this dinculty that
the attention Of early inventors was
directed. The solid beaded pin. In
common use today, took the place Of
the old form about lS4o.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
Selected Her Own Colin.

This curious incident of travel In
Africa is told by A. Henry Savage
Lander: Il wished to buy a bag Of
grain, but the woman who owned it
would on no account accept silver
money for it. nor any article which
she saw in my camp. My Somali
servant had a bright idea-the only
one he had during the entire journey
across Africa. He went to one Of the
boxes OF provisions and tore off a
highly colored label from a corn beef
tin. Having licked it copiously. he
stuck it in the middle of his forehead.
lnquisitve, like a woman, the Carayu
asked him what he did it for. The
Somali said he had been seized with a
violent headache and the colored pa
per was a certain cure. The Carayu
at once offered the grain II the Soman
would part with the magic paper. Her
wish was satisfied without delay and
the woman departed happy"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
THE COOKBOOK.

In baking bread it is better to overdo
rather than underdo the work.
To make a good digestible pie crust
use cream instead OF lard. and it will
be light and healthful.
If there is not batter enough to fill
the gem pan. put cold water in the
empty space before setting the pan In
the oven.
The rich cheeses, which have the
largest percentage Of fat. are those
which blend we'll with bread In sand
wiches or with macaroni or rice.
For q quick cake beat until thick
four eggs. Add four tablespoonfuls Of
sugar, half a cup of -four. q little Gin
namon and lemon rind. Beat well and
spread on baking pan. Bake in quick
oven and cut ct once.
Sweet potatoes are much richer twice
cooked. Baked or boiled merely, this
vegetable is good. but when the bak-
ing or boiling is followed by a subse-
quent cooking In the pan or In the
oven they are far better.
A nne cheese pudding Is made by
grating five ounces OF bread and three
of cheese. Warm two ounces of butter
in quarter of pint of fresh milk and
mix thoroughly. Add two well beaten
eggs, salt and bake half an hour.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
Teaching a Parrot.

There are two ways" said q bird
dealer. "of teaching n parrot to talk
One way is to put him in a darkened
room. TO sit in corner and to repeat
over and over again the word you
want him to acquire. A clever parrot
Will learn word or q phrase after
some 400 or 500 repetitions. while for
some It takes a week or more. You
must keep still in the room. No sounds
from within or without the house
save your voice, monotonously repeat
Ing the phrase to be acquired. must
reach the parrots ear. Some people
teach their birds In a well lighted
room. speaking from place OF con
cealment in a closet or behind a door.
This method is not so good. because In
the light the parrots attention is dis
tracted"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
Death In Their Work.

elders, photographers and those who
handle the hydro and potassic cyanides
are liable to suffer from chronic poison
Ing by hydrocyanic acid. They have
headache, giddiness, noises in the ear.
difficult respiration, pain over the
heart, loss of appetite-in short, show
all the evidences of mild poisoning.
Zinc workers, too. suffer. Zinc is used
as pigment in calico printing, in dis
coloring glass, in polishing optical
glasses and il making artificial meer-
schaum pipes.
So men die in harness in these and
hundred other occupations, killed by
the very air they breathe, and other
men step into their shoes.-New York
World.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
soarnbwus, Egypt,s sacred nee,I.


Scarabeus, the god beetle Of the low
er Nile" has been worshlped, petted
and feared by several benighted sects
OF Egypt since the time when the
mind and history of man runneth not
to the contrary" Like the other sacred
creatures Of idolatrous countries, sew
eral mythical fancies are woven around
this chronological rarity.
The number of its toes, thirty, were
supposed to symbolic the average
number OF days in a month. On each
new moon day it deposited ball con-
taining $50 eggs. which the Egyptian
priests assured their followers referred
to the number of days in the year, the
brilliant golden color of the ball itself
personifying the sun. In ancient times
this curious beetle was declared to be
of but one sex, the male, but modern
investigation has exploded that one
myth at least
In connection with the Egyptian ma
lions the Gnostics as well as some of
the early Christian fathers speak of
Christ as the scarab@us and symbolic
MIN as a man with a beetles head.
The Egyptians always embalmed this
sacred insect.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
ENGLIsHMAN AND TURK.
How the Former obtrinea some Cash
Owed By the Latter.

How the Former obtcfnsd some Cash
Owed By the Latter.
An Englishman has Just had Q very
curious experience. says the London
Telegraph. He had lent a Turk some
money, hut the man was unable to
pay and en- his deathbed laid a par
tcular charge on bis wife and chill
dren to meet the debt. The eldest son
was making arrangements according
u, but also died, and be, too. begged
his family to pay the money as soon
as they could.
One day the Englishman received .
visit from a member OF the family,
who said that there were now four
members OF It left, and they were
ready to pay, but one OF the daughters
refused to subscribe her share. declar-
Ing that the money was never really
lent. The others, however, wished TO
settle the matter, and II the English
man would come to the house it would
be arranged. But" the Turk added,
IF you see there is any difficulty Just
say that you leave 1t to be settled in
the next worldv'
Accordingly the Englishman went to
the house at the appointed time and
met the family In the presence OF a
mollah, the ladies being behind a
screen. The mollah began by asking
if he had truly lent the money, how
much 1t was and If be would take any
less. One of the women behind kept
saying It was all fraud. The English
man then declared that he had lent the
money. that he had not asked for II,
that they had told him to come and
get it and il they did not want to pay
1t he would leave the matter to be set
tied In the next world.
There was dead silence for few mo-
ments. and then the women called
their brother. and each paid her share
without word. 1t seems the prospect
of meeting the father In the other
world without having carried out his
wishes was too serious n thing to face.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-02-20
PROOF OF THE GENUINE.
Cooks Great Idea TO Assure Patient.
That Pies Were the Real Thlno.

Just why DR.. Wiley. the govern
ment's pure food expert. should have
cared to take chances with restaurant
food is not known. Not long ago he
walked into a Washington safe and
took a seat. He evidently knew inst
what he wanted. for. waving aside the
bill Of fare the bowling waiter prof.
fered. he said
Bring me a chicken pie-one of
those little individual pies"
few minutes later II was SET he
fore him. brown and hot. and with 4.
smile of anticipation he broke the
crust. to find, just beneath. a three.
Inch feather.
Take this away" he commanded
What does It mean, anyway: tell me
that?"
The waiter was evidently a man Of
resource, for he Immediately leaned
over and said IN a confidential voice.
Why. Ahll tell yo', sab. It's dis
way. Yo' know dat DR.. Wiley been
raisin' such er howl bout food not
bcin' what hit was claimed ter be de
cook des puts one chicken fodder In
each one of dem pies to show ter folks
dat days recebin' de genwine article
sah!-SuCcCss Magazine.