Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-11
EASTER PICTURES ARE
NUMEROUS AND EXCELLENT

m HE young artists gave the art
editor" d hard task this week.
Il SO many of the pictures were al
together too good to be laid to one
side, and so many more were beauti-
fully drawn but failed to catch the
meaning in the suggestion for topic,
and then so many more young artists
made their pictures in perpendicular
instead of horizontal fashion.
great many of the pictures were
exceptionally desirable, and there
were three with the words Roll of
Honor in the card, which were prac-
tically equal in artistic worth. The
final decision between them was made
by the engraver, who selected the one
which would reproduce best the prize
picture by Lorita Bates. The pictures
by Helen Howell and also Florence
Strom were very, very good. however
Virginia Smith of Santa Barbara sent
in two excellent pictures this week one
of which is reproduced. Her work IS
generally marked by originality ana
the Interpolation of the stained glass
window as a background for the maid
en- singing the Easter carol was very
artistic feature.
Mary Bisch contributed pretty
drawing. in which she combined the
lilies and Dummies effectively but un-
fortunately the ink which she used
was not sufficiently black to permit OF
reproduction.
The picture submitted by Irwin
Haines is we'll drawn. but his Easter
effect is not made very emphatic, and
so the picture could not be used, re-
CARELESS of the excellence of the draw
ing.
Nellie Cooley from Upland sent
picture with the Easter lilies and some
excellently drawn rabbits, but this INK
was blue and her picture therefore OUT
of the prize possibilities.
One of the best of the hundred h
more pictures which it is impossible to
reproduce today is the one sent by
Ruth Head of Long Beach. This was
almost perfect so far as composition
and drawing goes, but the lines, al
though plain and direct, were too faint
to make successful reproduction. III
these boys and girls would only learn
to use plenty of good black INK IN as
few lines as possible they would find
their work improving very rapidly
Among the pictures which would
have been used If space had permitted
are those by Purman Bennett, 1401 Ell
Moline street; jamie Elthea Shameless.
Compton; Marie Louise Altman, 1913
Monterey road. South Pasadena; Mar
garet r. Bennett 1401 FL Molino street.
A great many other pictures were
submitted but failed to suggest the
Easter idea with the force which they
were needed or were otherwise insult
ed for use this week. The best of these
were contributed by Ernest Kerrle, S617
South Grand avenue; Charles Towney
Coiner, 527 Chapala street. Santa Bar
bara: Bernadette Heledrick, 212S Es-
trella avenue, Polytechnic high school;
Earl Thompson, 226 South Sichel street:
Ruth Hammond. 1881 West Thirty
sixth street; John Clark, SIG East
Fifty-fifth street; Zylpha Dismuker'
Watts; Helen Abbott, 1894 Orange
street: George A. Johnson, 1884 Sixth
street, San Diego; Velora Peltier. Mon
ticello; Floyd Hogeboom, 1900 East
Twenty-seventh street. and Lewis
Standlee, SO North Fair Oaks avenue,
Pasadena.
Among the excellent pictures drawn
and submitted by Juniors of 10 years
or less We're those sent by Voris Fl.
Conner, 947 East Forty-eighth street !;
Marguerite Stickney, Barton Hill
school, and Irene Tanner, Psi East
Thirtieth street.