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imal and with Il succession of heayes
planting itself across the river on the en-
emy's flank. The repeated and biting at
tacks. like so many gadfiies, finally force
the huge. numbering animal to recross
the river and resume its former position.
Maj. Bigelow chose the Charlottesville
campaign for his critical presentati be-
cause. he says. 1T presented a greater
variety of military problems and expert
ences than any other i'm which an army
of the United States had taken part. In
no other was there rapid success
sion of critical operations. Moreover,
no other one approaching IL I'm Importance
has been so imperfectly apprehended and
described
This assertion has been disputed II has
been claimed that the characterization
applies as well III not better to Gettys-
burg. But Maj. Bigelow shows that tho
Army OF Northern Virginia, under Lee
was facing crisis-a crisis that was ad-
mitted 10y Lee himself How the crisis
WIS ayerted. how Rockers initial sue
cess was frustrated in the end by Lees
generalship and his own failure to meas
IRE up to his opportunities. is told In "A
story so fun. so simple and so convincing
that one realizes that new importance
has been uncovered in events already In
teresting. but 'fmperfectly apprchendcd."
Maj. Bigelows narrative is assisted by
nearly forty carefully drawn maps OF the
different commands. Then. too. there are
auxiliary sketches and battle plans. The
book is a large one, over a foot square,
well bound and well printed.
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so rapidly that work twenty-five years
old is of little use to the reader of today.
This present volume brings strictly up to
date the mechanism of sporting weapons.
poil. .;ng out the advantages of this or
that feature of shotguns. dwelling upon
calibers and chokes, devoting a space to
the subject Of ornamental engravings as
we'll as stocks. locks, etc. In addition to
his treatment of the gun itself the author
In the second part of his work discusses
the science of wing shooting, studying the
problem of aiming, and pointing out some
elementary principles which the novice
on the hunting field should master before
swinging a gun to shoulder. chapter on
shooting psychology is especially interest
ing, while a final chapter on hints on
shooting, together with an appended pres
i, entation Of some of the elementary doc
trines of field etiquette, will be of service
to all who are devoted to the sport. The
work is handsomely printed with numer-
Gus illustrations which add to it's value.
WIDER ISE OF THE SCHOOL,. PLANT.
by Clarence Arthur Perry. Introduce
ton by Luther Halsey Gulick, NJ. II.
Russell Sage Foundation. New
York: Charities Publication Com
mittee.-
Sentimental tradition for hundreds of
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York Centre" School Library in Good
Use Saturday Night "A Buffalo School
House Helping Working Boys to Become
More Efficient ''Practieing Housekeep-
ing: Laundry Work. Newark, n. j. In
Tiny Cool Cots School Yard Nursery,
Cleveland" Dancing in School Build
ing 1.-THE 'Tarantella'-in no Danger
From Traffic New York School Girls
Breaking Down Race Prejudice" This is
the finest of text books for boards of edu-
cation and superintendent of schools.
CUBA. BY Irene a. Wright. illustrated
New York: The Macmillan Com
pany. Washington: Brentano's.
Ten years of travelling about Cuba.
from north to south, from east to west,
on one active mission or another, gath
cred the impressions that go into this
uncommonly fresh and interesting study.
The author describes in vivid, off hand
way what she has seen. and modestly
ventures opinions on various matters
that these years of acquaintance have
formed. She writes graphically of the
land and sea features of the island. and
Of the climate. She picturesauely de-
scribes the towns. each in its distinctive
character, and discusses both the for
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years has, in unconscious self-accusation
kept schoolhouses closed and locked for
all save a relatively small portion of time.
Then a few, here and there. ventured to
wonder at the sparing use of these boast
ed instruments of efficiency. Recently
well defined stir about this matter has
arisen. And at last one man has made
bold to set down careful plan for the
wider use of the school plant. by making
each schOOlhouse the complete social
center upon which the interests OF that
community converge. The excellence of
this volume rests upon its simple and con-
crete character. Mr.. Perry describes what
is actually being done, how it is being
DONE by whom and what 1t costs. Sc
lecting from a wide and varied field, he
shows both the general awakening toward
this matter and the stage or aspect
which It's present development covers.
Mr.. Perry counts the schoolhouse the
appropriate place for the common con-
Germs of the neighborhood in which 1t
stands-for lectures and other entertain
mcntS, for recreation, for meetings on all
common local interests, beside the famil-
lar evening and vacation schools. A par
tial list of the illustrations in this eN-
cellcntly pictured book reveals, in u meas
urc. the character of the whole: Com
peting Against Street Loafing in New
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Laugh Turned Tide.

A NOW prosperous Washington mer-
chant recalls an incident in his early
start In business which. slight as it was.
remains. he says, wildly in his memory.
He had been on the lookout for customers
In his little store during the greater part
of an exceedingly dark and dismal day.
Telling his juvenile assistant to fetch him
II necessary, he stepped across the street
to see an acquaintance. also a young
man who had just started upon q mer-
camille career in a modest way.
The latter ne found to be in the same
predicament as himself. He had not had
a customer all day, and his affairs gen.
orally. had Of late been dubious. After
discussing this common melancholy stu
alton. the two friends i'm adversely re-
lapsed into moody silence, and stared
out at the rain, which still continued to
pour down like heavens wrath
Suddenly the first mentioned merchant
gave start. as though he had received
q shock from an electric battery. A tall
individual. dripping with moisture, had
stepped into lis establishment. He was
could be the long-looked for customer,
when the tall man came out and proceed
ed in his direction. Entering the store,
he disclosed a funereal visage quite in
keeping with his somber garb
Il beg your pardon, gentlemen" he
said in sepulchral tones, but l represent
an establishment which makes a special
ty Of furnishing mortuary memorials at
very low rate, If ordered at present.
Now. you are young men, it Is true. but
even In the event of your not choosing to
purchase tasteful tombstone for rela-
tive, you yourselves might care to take
advantage of my very unusual Offer"
The merchant says that both his friend
and he date their prosperity from the
good laugh they had at til juncture of
the melancholy strangers announce
ment.
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this young lady over into an interested.
unselfish. but still very rich young per-
son. An enjoyable story for girls. who
will now and then be astonished or pos
sibly tired. at the pearls of elderly wis
dom and advice dropped by this little
girl for the improvement of her grown
up charge.
THE CAMPAIGN OF CHANCELLORS-
vILLEs. 4 Strategic and Tactical
story. BY John Bigelow. jr.. major
L. S. Army. retired. New Haven.
Yale University Press.
Immediately upon the publication OF
Mai. Bigelow's work it was recognized as
one of the most important contributions
to civil war literature that has yet ap-
peared. His story of the charlottesville
campaign stands as a monument OF palms.
taking research. careful comparison and
Intelligent criticism. Every detail In the
work of prepara ration for the campaign
and the conduct Of. its operations is so
fully set forth that the effect is That of
demonstration. a person with least
vivid Imagination cannot but picture the
Army of the Potomac, lying opposite
Fredericksburg, on the north bank of the
Rappahannock, arising like mighty an
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portraits of 100 living men, statesmen,
bankers. journalists. merchants. all men
who are doing important work in the
world. In greater part they are well
known in Washington, not only through
their participation in national affairs, but
also because of their Identification with
local interests. The reading of this work
brings wildly before the minds eye the
salient characteristics OF some of the
best known personalities of the day. 1t
Is impossible to enumerate the subjects
treated of by Mr.. Stealey in this'volume
He has, however. made an excellent Sc
lection. ranging from the President Of the
United States to the younger men in the
ranks of the days business In every in
stance he brings distinctly into focus the
distinguishing feature of the personality
he Is thus briefly outlining. So vivid are
his descriptions that there is no occasion
for illustrations.
THE AMERICAN SHOTGUN. BY
Charles Askins. Illustrated New
York: The Outing Publishing Com
pany.
However cleverly written, says the au-
thor of this work in his preface, an essay
on guns soon becomes old and valueless,
for changes in firearms have taken place
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Gallery thus secured is meritoriOus. but
it is not by any means as individual as
the one relinquished. That the picture
should return to Washington and remain
here permanently is indeed matter OF
congratulation. Miss 'Cassatt is one OF
the strongest opponents OF tne iIlPIe
sionistS' school. She is a Philadeiphian
by BIRTH a sister of the late president OF
the Pennsylvania railroad, but she has
resided for many years in France For
some time she has painted chiefly groups
of mothers and children. rendering them
with almost relentless veracity. Ii I'M
pressionistic in style. Miss Cassatt's work
is essentially naturalistic in manner,
yielding not at all to ideality nor re.
garding in the least the amenities o!
grace Her works have sentiment, but
are innocent of sentimentality; their SIN
cerity gives them conviction
THE Corcoran Gallery of Art has just
purchased from V. G. Fischer land
scape by De Book, a contemporary Dutch
painter. This will strengthen the gal
lery's permanent collection in works of
the modern Dutch school, a section which
is comparatively weak at present. The
Dutch school met with its first and best
Correlation in America. Excepting the
Mesdag collection, there was proDaDiy
none in Holland that compared with the
Waggaman collection so lateiy ulspeISeu'
There is distinct kinship between the
modern art of Holland and the art of
America, though the influence exerted by
the cotemporary~ Dutch painters is not
supposedly strong. The fact Is, how
ever, that the modern Dutch school Is
even now almost thing of the past. AL
though some of the young painters today
are doing commemorate work, none seems
to have a new message. and even those
who upbuilt the school in their youth
are but repeating themselves. This does
not mean. however, that in their prime
they were any less giants. nor that their
works do not merit preservation.
The Corcoran Gallery has reason to pc
proud of the painting by Josef 1sraels,
which it owns, and should undoubtedly
possess examples of the work of Albert
Neuhuys, Kever. Mauve, Mesdag and the
Marises. Perhaps some day it will. but
the opportunities of securing these paint
ers' best works are becoming fewer. In
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\ 4 NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS 4

is claimed. because the better pictures
came to the Corcoran Gallery here, the
inducements to exhibit in Washington
being greater. But there was much to
say in it's favor. Contrary to custom, the
first large gallery was given over ex-
clusively to sculpture, and therein the
sculptors made a brave showing. Daniel
c. French's recently completed memorial
to Alice Freeman Palmer held q place
of honor at one end of the gallery, and
Karl Bitter's portrait of DR.. Angel for
Ann Arbor University at the other. A
number of Mrs. Venneh's statuettes
shown in this city last winter were in
cluded In the catalogue. There were
excellent portraits, imaginative figure
compositions and some decorative groups
as we'll as notable medallions. That
many unfamiliar names were found in
the catalogue was significant of promise.
In the galleries given over to paintings
some important work was likewise shown.
In the Vanderbilt Gallery was large and
impressive painting by John w, Alex
ander. president of the academy, and in
the middle gallery a group of Winslow
Homer's paintings were hung. Among
Maine. owned by the National Gallery.
Charles w. Hawthorne, Gardiner Sy-
mons, E. c. Tarbell. Douglas Volk, Will
liam M. Chase and w. S. Robinson were
especially well represented. From this
exhibition the American Federation of
Arts assembled a collection of twenty
paintings to be shown in Milwaukee and
other midwest cities.
X y
TN an article on Mural Decoration in
America published in the current
number of the International Studio. Sell
wyn Brinton says: lit must be admitted
that tho Library of Congress in Wash
ington, taken as q whole. represents the
high-water mark hitherto attained by
American decorative art" Mr.. Sim
mons nine lunettes Of the muses.. he de-
clares, reach the highest point of all
especially "Calliope," the conception of
which recalls Michael Angeles paint
ings in strength Of simplicity" This is
certainly high praise. Referring to the
state capitol of Pennsylvania at Harris
burg Mr.. Brinton says in conclusion: I'VE
may regret the financial troubles which
have delayed the completion Of this fine
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building, but at least in America the
formative arts are not, as in modern
England, starved for want OF adequate
private, or. still more, public support. A
movement Is in progress, across the AT
lantic. which is creating great school
of decorative painting and sculpture
which is filling the land with palaces. not
of private delight only, but of public
pleasure and profit. and reviving for
modern life the great renaissance tradi-
ton of the "Stanza" and the Sistine
Chapel. That the decoration Of the Ia
brary here did much to give this move
ment impetus is very certain.
!. :.
MISS BERTHA e. PERRIE has just
4vA painted miniature of a young girl
which In pictorial charm and technical
merit will take high rank. The subject
had, it is true, exceptional beauty. but
the artists portrayal is- sympathetic and
expressive. The young girl has brown
hair and eyes and wears a large picture
hat, framing her face, and a white gown
over which pink scarf has been thrown.
There is piquancy In the quantity shaped
bonnet and exquisite delicacy in the col
oring of the dress and scarf. 1t is broad
ly painted and yet with close attention
to detail. Transparent color Is used and
the ivory itself allowed to manifest its
qualities. 1t is an excellent piece of
work. The miniature which Miss Perrie
painted of Everett E. Warmers father
last summer, which was shown in the
Pennsylvania Society Of Miniature Paint
ers' recent exhibition. was selected, with
others, to be exhibited in the Vose Gal
lery. Boston, in December.
X
:. *
THE regular monthly art talk at the
Corcoran School will be given Mon
day afternoon at 4:15 by James Henry
0cf1 81 %to Kyne lit, Wy
ter Color Club and instructor at the
school in water color.
THE Corcoran Gallery's biennial ex-
hibition will close in another fort
night. 1t should be remembered that it
is open to the public without charge
Tuesday and Friday evenings and Sun
day afternoons, as well as on the usual
week days. LEILA MECHLIN.
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eiener and native in Cuba in their mu-
tual attractions and repulsions. a gen.
eral view of the improvements being
wrought in the ways Of living, in the
means of communication, in industry and
i'm politics rounds this volume to full
measure of interesting and valuable in
formation
SUNSHINE ANNIE. BY Josephine
Scribner Gates. illustrations by
Fanny y. Cory. Indianapolis: The
Bobbs- Merrill Company.
A pleasant story for children's read
ing, wherein little girl passing out
from public home finds it in her
days work to take charge OF the doll
family in a small toy shop Imaginative
and with memory busy, she assumes, all
to herself, the part of matron to this
doll corner, and becomes absorbed in
finding homes for these waits and getting
them ''dOptcd,' just as she SO often had
seen it done before she herself was
''dopted.' One day a young lady. very
rich. very bored, very selfish, drifted
casually into the toy shop. From this
time the story opens to add to the small
girls duties the larger one Of making
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-07
CHAPTER XII.
I Play Truant.

l slept late, and on going down found
the table set in the breakfast room. A
pleasant inadvertence marked the choice
of eating places at Hopefleld Manor:
was never quite sure where should find
a table spread. No one was about, and
I was seized with that mild form OF panic
familiar to the guest who finds himself
late to a meal. AS I paused uncertainty
in the door, viewing the table. set, 1 no.
ticed. for only one person. Miss Octavia
entered briskly, her slight figure con-
ceaIed by Q prodigious Bingham apron.
Good morrow, merry gentleman" she
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BOOKS RECEIVED. /

THE VILLAGE MYSTERY AND
THROUGH WAR TO PEACE. BY
Benjamin +. Mason. New York: The
Broadway Publishing Company.
PHOCION. A Dramatic Poem, and
Other Poems. BY f. A. Doyle. Win
chester. Ohio: Published by the au.
thor.
GAY GODS AND MERRY MORTALs.
Some Excursions In Verse. BY Rob-
ert j. Shores. New York: Broad
way Publishing Company.
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will be used by Mr.. Bush-Brown for the
execution of large pieces of sculpture,
and from it. on the ground floor. opens
smaller studio in which he will model
his smaller works The entrance from
the house is on a gallery from which
stairs descend to the main studio and as
cend to a studio beneath the roof. which
is purpOsed for Mrs. Bush Brown, who is,
it will be remembered, a portrait painter
of no little distinction. All three studios
have large studio lights facing the north
and are splendidly adapted for practical
use. The walls are of brick painted gray.
The woodwork is finished in natural tlnts
On the wall in Mrs. Bush-Brown's stu
do is to be seen a full-length. life-sIze
portrait of her daughter, recently painted.
silk gown seated before a warm-gray
screen. Beside her. on taboret, Is a
Japanese vase, in which is single vel
low chrysanthemum, the flower and the
vase giving the touch of gold which is
needed to offset the gown. 1t is an eX-
cellent likeness and altogether a charm
ing painting. On an easel is another or
Mrs. Bush Browns late works-a portrait
of Admiral Evans and his little grand
daughter. Both of these paintings Will, II
is understood, be included in the exhibit
ton Of this artists work which Is to be
held in the Hemicycle Hall of the Cor
coran Gallery in February. In Mr.. Bush
Browns large studio are seen the models
for his equestrian statues Of Gen. Wayne
and Gen., Sedgwick, the former well
known, the latter still in execution, as
we'll as a figure of soldier marching in
line, which is to be placed when COM
pleted in public square in Philadelphia
In his smaller studio are some OF the
portraits he has modelled, among which
is a medallion of the late Cyrus Clark
of New York, who was instrumental III
securing Riverside Park for the city.
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first question that is asked is
where a suitable studio can be found.
The answer is always. of necessity, the
same-"There is none.'' To be sure there
are makeshifts, rooms in the Office build
ings adapted to the purpose, but not one
expressly designed. When Ernest Moore,
the English portrait painter, spent win
ter in Washington ne converted dis
used store on Connecticut avenue into a
studio. Mrs. Vonnoh last winter. after
searching in vain, was given the use of
room in the Senate office building by Vice
President Sherman, whose portrait bust she
was modelling. Ralph Clarkson has for sew
eral weeks, while painting portrait of
one of the members of the cabinet, been
occupying one of the government offices
I'm lieu of better place. To this prob
lem, as it now presents itself, there seems
but one solution-that of building. Sew
eral years ago f. L. Morse built charm
ing studio for himself on r street, which
after his departure from the city was,
unfortunately, remodeled as a residence.
Paul Bartlett. the sculptor, has built a
spacious studio for winter occupancy In
lexington, and now Mr.. and Mrs. Bush
Brown have erected a double studio of
generous proportions and pleasant inte-
rior aspect at the rear of their residence
on G street.
A HOUSE-WARMING was held in the
"A new Bush-Brown studio Tuesday
afternoon, just six weeks, by the way,
from the time the structure was begun.
and despite the stormy weather no less
than ninety persons were in attendance.
The residence was built more than fifty
In
so that the simple lines Of the studio build
ing are in excellent accord with it's ar
chitecture. From end to end the studio
measures about fifty-f1ve feet, and the
portion which runs through two stories
is at least thirty-five feet in length. This
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fact. some Of the most important pictures
in the Waggaman collection have found
their way back to Holland: The painting
which the Corcoran Gallery has 1ur-
chased is landscape, broadly rendered,
with strength. frankness and rather
loose technique. 1t is attractive in color
and composition and good example.
DICHARD " BROOKE, who was large
N ~ instrumental in awakening appre-
citation for modern Dutch art in TINS
country, and to whom credit for assem-
bling the Waggaman collection is chiefly
due, has now in his studio number OF
landscape studies made during the past
summer and autumn, which are of eXcep-
tional interest. All are Of similar size
and were painted in the vicinity OF war
renton, Va, Mr.. Brooke's summer home
Two show little streams flowing through
meadows and beneath partly clouded
skies. In one the water seems to have
suddenly bounded into the open from
leafy cover, and to be exalting In Tree
dom and the sparkle of the sunlight. They
are only studies, made in some instances
in single sitting of few hours. but they
reflect the face of nature and have
spontaneity and force. Tuesday afternoon
Mr.. Brooke, by special invitation, made
an address before the art section of the
Twentieth Century Club at the Public
Library on Foreign Influences"
-.
HOBART NICHOLS. formerly of this
! city, is we'll represented in the cur
rent exhibition OF the National Academy
Of Design, New York. by a landscape
showing rolling hills. clothed In midsum-
mer yerdure, beneath a partly ciouded
sky And he has at present on exhibition
in the Macbeth Gallery an exceptionally
clever and attractive little painting of
children on an ocean beach-probably the
beach at Bass Rocks, Mass. Both are
fresh in color andsvirile in execution, but
the latter in it's direct simplicity and sug-
gestion of movement has peculiar charm.
THE NATIONAL ACCIDENTS winter
exhibition, which closes today. has
not been accounted a success, partly, II