The Washington herald., 1909-05-13
WASHINGTON CHAT.
By THE SPECTATOR.

4 distinguished visitor IN town is Al
fred East. r. A. the English landscape
painter. whose picture. a Passing
Storm Is familiar to all those who have
visited the Luxembourg 8tr. East is a
fl1e-lOoking man, tan and graceful, with
the manners and bearing that worldwide
travel give He comes from the old mar
ket town of Kettering, IN Northampton
shire, where the parish church, which
dates back 10 the fifteenth century.
tempts people from the beaten track OF
travel
Mr. East received his first instruction
IN his profession al the Government
School OF Art in Glasgow. which was
supplemented by a course at the Ecole
des Beau1-ATts. IN Paris. where he stud
led with Flurey and Bouguereau. There
is perhaps no English artist better known
outside OF his own country than Mr. East
He Is an associate OF the Societe Ma
Jonal ces Beaux-Arts OF France. has
been decorated by the kings OF Italy and
spain, and was a gold medaIist Al the
eXhibltlons IN London. Paris. and Munich
Mr. East IS a strenuous and prolific
worker. and now. nearing sixty. paints
With the same passion that dorninatea
him in youth
The Queen OF Spain IS a eres. admire,
Of this talented artist. and not Io1g q o.
wrote and suggested that he visit ,ha-
country, asking at the same time E.
there vas any way in which she coulF
serve him. Mr.. East promptly replie5
yes, she could serve him bv making h
as comfortable for him TO paint a,
possible. and upon her assurance thai
she would. he packed his easel and
started OF for the land OF CASTLE a,
the very first town he stopped. the navo,
OF the city waited upon him the mornine
after his arrival. when he was StiU IN
bed, and asked TO know what he coulf
do for his comfort Give me the best
policeman you have" said Mr.. East. 10
carry NY traps and 10 keep the small
boys away that is all I shall require. -
Not one, but two, policemen were de
tailed for HIS service. and thus chaper.
oned he made his tour Of Spain. Mr.. Eas,
has what he calls his tea studio in Lon.
don. but his work is done in his work
studio in the Coteswold Hills.
A grizzled veteran Of the G. A. R and
two exemplary women-one could tel
they were such by the very set Of theil
clothes. the precision OF their movements
the angles Of their noses, and the grin
lines about their colorless mouths-prob-
ably his wife and sister-in-law. stood be.
fore Kenyon COx's tympanum. The
Arts" in the north end Of the main cor.
ridOr OF the Library OF Congress, or
Tuesday afternoon.
What's them?" asked the younger OF
the two women. pointing 70 the picture.
''Them's ancients," relied the old man
staring hard At the graceful figures.
"Ancients. fiddlesticks." said the Other
woman, 'them's hussies. Come along
pa"
No one has given US such dignifled and
true pictures Of the South as that veteran
novelist. George ". Gable. who is here
IN attendance on the National Academy
Of Fine Arts and will speak at one OF
the meetings on the Northampton flower
garden competition Mr.. Cables first
book. "Old Creole Days, was published
just thirty years ago. This was followed
by The Grandissimes,' the most inter
esting Of any Of his novels Mr.. Cable
was born and brought up In New Or
leans. and served as a Confederate Of
flcer during the civil war, so that he
writes with a full knowledge Of the
subjects he delights in. His first liter
airy work was done on the New Orleans
PicayuEe as a reporter, and his stories
and short sketches for that paper were
as picturesque and characteristic as any
OF his later works For the last few
years Mr. Gable has made his home In
Northampton, Mass, and it was he who
inspired the garden competition which
he viii discuss In his paper. In his later
years Mr.. Cable has written but little.
the last thing from his pen being The
Cavalier" published in the early SOS.
But, then. a man who is on his way 20
the eighties has earned retirement and
the pleasure TO indulge himself in garden
competitions. home culture clubs which
Is another OF MS fads, or anything else
bis fancy dictates.
A gray-bearded G. A. R. man, born in
Hungary. but resident in this country
since the revolution Of l34s made him an
exile carries in a venerable pocketbook.
along with many other treasures. a Ger
man version Of Yankee Doodle which.
he says. ne has sung on many q battle
field to the violin accompaniment Of a
companion in arms The first verse and
the chorus reads:
De- Yankee Bub ist nett and xchlz1k.
IND ninns- al ~ fett Mann:
Bei Spsel ind Tanz. 5el Ball und Schvank
So nUnteT vie en- Frett, Mann
CHORUS
Tsskee Doodla. hslts wscnt
Yankee Doodle dandy;
F1rchte nscbt &c drzn'rds lfseht
Taut.a rln-.afn k--.k.