Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30

this city. which is the work of Gertrude
V Whitney This was the most i'm
pressive of the monumental sculpture
shown said the art critic of the New
York Times. 1.-The primitive character
appropriate to the destination of the
fountain has been kept clearly in view,
and no excursions into the region or ex-
traneous ornament have been permit
ted to mar it. The reliefs OF the centrai
shaft are boldly executed. with. nevertne-
less a charm of surface and elegance OF
contour that SAVIOR of modernlty de-
spite the archaism of the type; but the
figures. deeply sunk in part and partly
projecting beyond the surface of the
shaft, also the typical ornament of the
fat surfaces. are wholly in keeping with
the spirit OF Aztec art, and the total ell
feet is remarkable for its dignity and
simplicity Of mass" In this same exhi-
bition a model of the statue THE Sun
Goddess" by Miss Janet Scudder, exc
cuted for the Brooklyn Institute of Arts
and Sciences. was shown and favorably
mentioned, as well as certain small
bronzes by Mrs. Bessie Potter Vonnoh-
A MERICANS are well represented in
"a the Paris Salon this year. and none
better. It is reported, than Miss Eliza
beth Nourse, whose painting, ehutieo
"CIosed Blinds has been purchased by
the French SOESTJlillcHt IhO PANeoAS A~P
resents the corner of a room In an old
house into which a mellow light sits, as
if were. Through the interstices Of
closed blind. Like all Miss Nourse
works. it depicts French peasant life and
is simple and full Of genuine Ieel1ng
Though not a native Of Washington, Miss
Nourse has many friends in this city
a REMARKABLE exhibition of Flemish
n art will be held in Brussels this
summer in connection with the interna
tional exposition, and the foreign visitor
will have exceptional opportunity thus to
view the greatest masterpieces produced
in Belgium. The retrospective section
will contain paintings owned by public
institutions and private individuals In
Paris, London, st. Petersburg, Rome,
Madrid, Berlin Dresden, Inc hague ana
elsewhere Included in the catalogue VIII
be Van Dycks portrait of the Snyders
Family loaned by the Russian govern
ment. and the same artists portrait OF
Mary Louise of Tassis, belonging to
Prince Lichtenstein of Vienna.
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THE Capital Camera Club will open
! its annual exhibition in the henley
Gle hall of the Corcoran Gallery Of Art
next Saturday evening with a private
view and reception. Nearly 300 pictures
will be set forth. all of which were Sc
lected by a jury of artists. The Camera
Clubs exhibits are invariably interest
ing and attractive.
ON Monday afternoon the last Of this
~ seasons art talks will be given at
the Corcoran School by E. c. Messer the
principal, at a quarter past four o'clock.
These talks are quite informal and are
purposed chiefly for the benefit OF the
students, but are open to the students
friends. and to limited extent, to 9TH
ers specially interested.
LEILA MECHLIN.
on nothing in particular. 1t is merely
nonsense song and the part that l recall
is:
- Little Ben's the drummer. big Ben's the fifer,
! am the little boy can read, write and cipher;
so between you and me- IL is very plain TO sea
How 1 learned to pick the banjo by the double
rule OF three.
lin the same way there Is a fragment
of another song that sticks in my mind.
All 1 remember is:
II jump in my skin an down the river drir.
An ketch as many soft crab as ever niger
Hf.'
There is another song that probably
was campaign ditty in the early days
but / cannot hitch 1t on anywhere. It
Is to the effect that:
'cap'in Rags he made his brags at fighting he
was lucky;
He'd sew them gals in cotton bags in spite Of
old Kentucky
''She used also to sing The Tom-bigbee
River and that is probably we'll known.
though l have not heard any one else
sing 1t for years. But one Of the queer
est joltS l ever received, and it shows
how the old songs got twisted was in
connection with what evidently was a
comparatively modern parody. The old
woman used to sing a song that had a
refrain:
:" Poor old soldier. get drunk any more:
Poor old soldier, never get drunk any more:
Never get drunk. never get drunk, drunk any
more.
Il never thought anything of it as a
kid, though the air was catchy, but the
first time I went to see Faust / was
electrified when the soldiers chorus
marched out of the big stone arch at the
back and swung down to the front with
the German flag flying and the music
going in the same old strain,
Poor old soldier. never get drunk any MORE
Anybody who has heard the opera
knows how the words and music fit. Wish
/ knew more about the genesis of some
Of those old songs. but don't"