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~ evans have come two paintings as
gifts. and from Miss Murray Led
yard and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins num-
Der as loans. One Of those presented by
Mr. Evans is by Louise Cox, the wife of
Kenyon Cox. and the other is by George
Glenn Newell. also a New York painter.
Mrs. Cox paints children almost exclusive
ly, and this picture Is of a little lass of
five or six years looking with admiration
and delight at a small bunch of arbutus
in a vase. 1t is entitled May Flowers"
and represents the deep-rooted and almost
universal child-love of blossoms which
few seem to appreciate or understand.
The little girl wears a simple frock OF
blue and Is seen kneeling on couch In
delightfully."- childish attitude. 1t is paint
ed less tightly than usual and is very
pleasing in effect 1t is. undoubtedly.
picture which will make strong appeal.
The painting by Mr.. Newell Is of cat
tie, though it Is catalogued as 'Mists OF
Morning. Cows are standing in the i'm
mediate foreground in the wet grass be-
side q bit Of water. the edge OF a pond,
perhaps 1t is early morning and the
rising mists heavily veil the distance.
where the outline OF hills are discerned.
The sunlight has just burst through this
veil and brilliantly illumined every near
by object. 1t is an interesting and an
unusual study. The cattle are we'll drawn
and strongly painted. the atmospheric ef-
feet is admirably rendered, and the gen.
eral composition is good. In many re-
spects It is the most notable work Mr..
Newell has produced.
The loans are paintings OF less recent
date, fine old family portraits and genre
paintings selected with great care and ex-
cellent judgment. Among the paintings
loaned by Miss Ledyard are two portraits
of peculiar interest, one by Gilbert Stuart
of John Murray Of Murray Hill. New
York, and the other by Jarvis OF John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17
Hard on Husbands.

StI, FOR ONE am in favor of the bill TO
abolish the use of aigrettes and par
adise plumes in ladies' hats. l ia
vor this bill not only for moral reasons.
but for financial ones as WELL
The speaker was Col. Lionel c. Harris,
ornithologist OF Memphis. He resumed:
THE cost of these aigrettes and para
disc plumes is a dreadful thing for any
husband to contemplate. I saw yesterday
Virot hat covered with aigrettes that
was ticketed $500. And that reminds
me
"A lady novelist wrote to a publisher
last month
"'Please send a check in advance of
royalties. / want to buy new hat for a
June wedding.
The accommodating publisher sent the
lady a check for $50. She acknowledged
it Indignantly.
~ said.' she wrote. that wanted a
hat, not VEIL"
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otherwise. too. the record is but single
step away from direct official report OF
navigator and discoverer to kingly patron
and benefactor The Atlantic coast, in
North America. has been the subject of
so frequent and SO thorough inyestiga-
ton that unmodified knowledge of this
region is well beyond the reach of aver
age reader. The Pacific coast, on the
contrary, is virgin to the modern his
torian. In its study. this author uses the
full panoply of original research and
scientific method. The archives Of Spain.
Mexico and the United States constitute
the fresh sources Of unchallenged fact.
Out Of this high scholarly experience, the
general reader. as well as the more arnbi-
tious student. gathers a clear and authori-
tative account Of the origin and early
growth of the state that stands supreme
for romantic, medieval inception, and
dramatic subsequent development. A
picturesque imagination and literary skill
on the authors part. together with the
purely formal aid Of maps. charts and
plans. supplement this body of facts in
making an authentic and compelling pre-
sentiment of the initial years Of the Golden
state
TURKEY OF THE OTTOMANs. BY
Lucy NJ Garrett. New York; Charles
Scribners Sons. Washington: Bren-
tanos.
Ills extremely WCll WIllICH, we'll
Illustrated volume comes as an addition
TO the series now being issued by these
publishers to give Information concern
ing the various European countries and
their peoples. Starting out with the distinc-
tons that set off one kind of Ottoman
from another-the Moslem from the
Christian and the Christian from the He
brew-the author passes to clear and
readable account of the machinery OF
Turkish government as this is expressed
in q sultan and something like parlia-
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Toms Reform.

Upton SINCLAIR, at a vegetarian
~ banquet at Battle Creek. said of a
social reform he disliked:
THAT social reform Is as foolish and
ridiculous as the reform attempted by
Tom Haines.
Tom Haines was playing checkers in
the general store with q man who kept
looking at the clock.
What do you keep looking at the
clock for? said Tom.
Because, said the man, L see by the
Sunday paper that every time that clock
ticks old John D. is $40 richer
Tom Haines rose hastily.
What are you going 20 do? said the
man. =
Stop the clock. said ToA."
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H. Corning. The bench is carved in low
relief and is excellent in line and proper
ton; the mantel is an exact copy OF one
in the Octagon made about 1900. Truly,
better taste must have prevailed then
than now, for there is something very
artistic as well as charming In the grace
and simplicity OF this old design.
On the mantel have been placed a pair
OF American pottery. while in the fire.
place opening are to be seen pair OF
andirons designed and modelled by Louis
Potter. the sculptor. These are in bronze
and are kneeling figures. man and
woman, each with an arm screening the
face and head slightly bowed If more
of the artists would turn their attention
to producing works OF art In the form OF
objects of utility II would be well. But
even simple pair OF BRASS andirons
would serve fittingly with such a mantel.
This exhibition will remain open until
Friday afternoon.
THE Corcoran Gallery of Art had an
interesting and much interested
group of visitors Wednesday-fifteen little
children from one Of the public kinder
gartens under the charge of two teachers.
1t was a great event. marking the close
of the school year. and the children were
apparently thoroughly impressed with the
importance of the occasion. They were
not personally conducted, not told what
they should see and admire, but permitted
to gradually make their way around the
galleries pausing where they wished and
admiring what they would, and II must
be said that very few older citizens dis
play as much genuine interest. The first
gallery visited was that on the main floor
which contains works by American sculp-
tors. Here Houdon's statue Of Washing
ton was instantly recognized, and Ward 9
Indian Hunter and Mrs. Vonnoh' s
statuettes Of mothers and children special
~ admired
Upstairs in the picture galleries 1t was
such paintings as Detaille's Passing
Regiment" and LHermitte's harvest
,.:hick attracted Immediate affen-
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE siFFRAGETTE, The History of
the Women's Militant Suffrage
Movement. IO03-I9tO. by f.. Sylvia
PankhurSt New York: Sturgis K
Walton Company
THE ROSE DOOR. BY Esteile Baker.
Chicago: Charles IL. Kerr * 60.
TRAVELS IN THE CONFEDERATION.
u7S3-I7sp. From the German ~
Johann David Schoepf Translated
and edited by Alfred J. Morrison.
Philadelphia: William j Campbell
MRS. MAxON PROTESTS. BY Anthony
Hope, author Of The Dolly Dia-
logues. etc. illustrated by r. r
Schabeltz. New York Harper 4
Bros
PRESBREY'S INFORMATION GUIDE
For TRANs.TLA>Tr TRAVEL
ER>. Seventh edition. New YORK:
Frank Presbrey Company.
WHITE MOTLEY, 4 Novel. BY Max
Pemberton. author of The Little
Huguenot" etc New York Stureis
4 Walton Company. Washington:
Ballantyne & Sons.
PHRNNETTE. BY Marthe Troly-cur-
tin. Frontispiece by Frank H.
Desch Philadelphia j r Lippin-
colt COMPANY
THE BUSINESS OF CONGRESS.
BY Samuel w. Mccall member OF
Congress from Massachusetts New
York: The Columbia University
Press
THE Old DANCE MASTER. BY VII
liam Romano Paterson tBenjamin
Swift Boston: Little. Brown 4
SONGS OF CY wARMAN. Boston:
Rand Avery Company
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER IN THE
LONDON COURTS. BY Thomas
Leaning. illustrated. New York:
Henry HOLT d Co
TUBERCULOSIS DIRECTORY, Con-
tanning q List Of Institutions, As
sOciatiOns and Other Agencies DeaI-
lag With Tuberculosis I'm the United
states and Canada. BY Philip =
Jacobs. Phi. u. New York: The Ma
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention of tuberculosis
RIGS OF THE ORIENT. BY c. n.
Clifford. New York: Clifford 81
Lawton.
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ton The teacher in charge said that
she had found as a rule that colorfui
pictures, such as sunsets, invariably MADE
appeal, but that Of all the pictures the
universal favorite year after year had
been Corot's Dance of the Nymphs,
which was loaned by private collector.
The art museums Of the country are now
adays making q special effort to reach
the little citizens" believing that while
they are of an impressionable age most
can be done toward cultivating taste and
engendering love of beauty. It Is
pleasant to know that the Corcoran Gal
iery is proving serviceable in this direc-
ton
TN the library Of the Corcoran gallery
! were to be seen this week two paint
ings by Sarah Ball Dodson. who died five
years ago in Brighton, England, where
for number of years she had resided.
Miss Dodson was born in Philadelphia,
and studied first in the Pennsylvania
Academy School, and later in Paris. An
exhibition of her paintings was held at
the Pennsylvania Academy last month.
The pictures shown here were land
scape and figure painting. both strong in
color and rather decorative in effect. The
one set forth a meadow filled with scar
let peoples and bordered by wood the
other young woman in blue costume
seated out of doors in a brilliant light.
Both were precisely in the same tone
and rather lacking in atmospheric effect.
but pictorial and we'll handled. 1t is
possible that a group of Miss Dodsons
work may be exhibited here next season.
WILLIAM p SILVA has just COM
w pleted two Washington pictures
which are rather unusual in theme and
extremely attractive. One shows the will
low trees on the Speedway as they APP
pear late in the afternoon, dark against
the bright western sky. with the river
lying like silver ribbon between the
Virginia shore and that on which they
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Nicholas Rogers, the original owner of
Druid Hill Park, Baltimore. Dr. Anton
Gloetzner of this city has also loaned
quaint early painting, Nativity, attrlbut-
ed to Otto Won VENUS.
That the public at large is taking an in
terest in the National Gallery collections
is shown by the fact that the galleries
are visited even at this time OF year by
more than 400 persons a day.
kx
THE Architectural Clubs annual exhi-
l bition is not attracting as much at
tention as it should. Doubtless the late
ness Of the season has something to do
with It. but the Indifference of the public
to things architectural is probably more
accountable There Is as much art in the
designing of a house as in the painting
of a picture and it Is quite as intelli-
gible The culture of people is mani
tested even more strikingly by buildings,
parks and streets than by chance exhibit
tons of paintings, or even permanent
picture galleries.
The Washington Architectural Clubs
exhibition sets forth in such manner that
all may comprehend it the actual state OF
art among us as reflected In architectural
design Some OF the best architects in
the country have made contributions. and
the local representation is full and good.
Progress especially is to be noted In gov
eminent building and in the designing OF
unpretentious country houses. Further
more, from the standpoint of the artist.
some interesting exhibits are made. There
is q pictorial perspective of the Scottish
Rite Temple exquisitey rendered by O.
r. Eggers: several of country houses by
Wilson Eyre. who in rendering perspect-
ives has a style peculiarly his own; Ed
ward J. d. Dom. jr., Of this city shows
a charming pencil drawing of a house de-
signed by his firm. Wood Dom & Dem
ing, Cor Mr.. Henry st. George Tuck
err and Charles Bachmann renders in
colored crayons most cleverly clubhouse
designed by Heacock & Hokanson. To
the general aspect of the exhibition much
charm is lent by a marble garden seat
and a mantel with fixtures loaned by J.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
SOME RECENT ADDITIONS IN
THE FIELD OF HISTORY

A list is given below OF some OF the
new historical books recently added to
the Public Library. large part of the
library's history collection is placed
temporarily in the open shelf room, where
the books may be examined at leisure:
Roman History.
combs ssse-h isos rre s5ss story OF the Cats
Botsf1rd. q: W. The Roman Assemblies.
ps ch.mpRsyy Mr. Mr.. E. W. Romance of Imperial
Davis. , W. nod Influence Of Wealth In Imperial
HI HARDY: F.; &c. g; Studies in Roman History.
Mackenzie. w: NJ. Pompeii. painted by Al
sihler. f. g.; Annals of Caesar. Fass s,2e.
Nero snd ST. Paul. FF36-T79.
European History.
ss ES.e a,erF 9d Historical
Jane, L. c. From Metternioh to Bismarck.
Larson. Z. NJ Syllabus of European History
for Secondary Schools. Fso-Ls27s.
France-History.
DucIos. G. p; Secret Memoirs Of The Regency.
the Minority Of LoniI XIV. Fsa2, Ds5.
Il Levy. Arthur. Napoleon Intime. Fss442.
LIT.
English History.
Cheney: F.: r. Readings in English History.
Cowan. Samuel. Royal House of Stuart From
Hanover. ~ 1908. F4.scsa7 - nus
MUMMY. +. A.. ed. The Girlhood OF Queen
Elizabeth. 1909. F454e- MeI5
Scott, Eva. King in Exile: the wanderiucs OF
Charles III from June. 1876, TO July. 1854. 1905.
F4o54- ScoSs.
Asia-History
Franklin. 7. II. The Rebuilding OF King Solo
''I Hooker. Mrs. Mar. Behind the Scene, IN
Picking. F66 H765.
sems2ov P Etc., Of Rl0d
pore 1857: a civilians notes. FG962 Sh54
Trevelyan. Sir G. o.. bart. caWnpore. Fsss2-
Egypt-History.
Petrie W. NJ r. Arts and Crafts Of Ancient
Egypt. FFIl-P44.
Rappop ,r pss.sn History Of E,sgt From $50
Sergeant p. W. Cleopatra of Egypt. FL
weigalI, A. E.. P. Guide to the Antiquitic. Of
New England History.
tation 1905 1915. 1905 Fs44B72sa.
Ca Carpep rs; c E Pilgrims and Their Monu-
Chronicles q the Pilgrim Fathers Fs3I-c4ss
Crawford. NJ. G. ST. Botolph's Town: an a.
count Of old Boston in colonial days. 1908.
French. Allen. siege OF Boston Fss2Fsse..
Sylvester, II n; Maine Pioneer Settlements.
winthrop ,e John n Journal History Of New
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stand. The other is of the Washin gton
Monument as seen at night across the
White Lot, appearing as ghostly specter
against the starit sky. The trees in the
foreg round are heavily massed and show
here and there the twinkle OF street
or an automobile lamp The contrast be-
tween the foreground and the sky Is
marked, but probably not more so than
fact warrants. Both pictures have not
only an element of beauty. but genuine
pictorial charm-they appeal to the eye
and also to the imagination. Mr.. Silva
will spend July and August at Sandy
Spring, where he will have an fmprovised
studio. He will there develop some Of
the sketches he made on his southern
trip last winter into larger and more
mature paintings.
THE portrait OF the late John Hay
l author and statesman, painted by
John Singer Sargent, has again been
loaned to the Corcoran Gallery OF Art.
This is one Of Sargent's best works, and
as a portrait is worthy of comparison
with the great productions OF the master
painters of Europe at the time of Rem
brandt The gallery is most fortunate
IN securing it even as loan.
A T last catalogue of the American ex-
hbition in Rome has reached this
country, and what is and what is not in
cluded in that display is no longer a mat
ter of mere conjecture There are SO
pages to this catalogue, and 731 items are
set down, 1873 of which are Oil paintings,
275 water coors. etchngs and drawings.
1873 works in sculpture and 80 photo
graphs of important monumental works
in the American cities. A great many of
the paintings have been borrowed from
public and private collectors. The Ma
tional Gallery in this city has loaned
Henry Oliver Walkers 'Musa Regina"
and John w. Beatty's plymouth Hills"
Senator w. A. Clark loaned A. E. Abb
bey's Sylvia which for number of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-17

- EVERAL interesting additions have
been made to the National Gallery
collections this week. From Mr..
. Evans have come two paintings as
Gifts and from Miss MNrraN Led
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BOOK REVIEWS.

THE LETTERS OF ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON. Biographical Ed1tion.
Edited by Sidney Colvin. New YORK:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-20
JAS. B. DUKE QUITS
CHEMICAL BOARD
R. J. and w. N. Reynolds Also
Retire at Meeting of
Stockholders.
GENERAL BUSINESS GOOD
Decided to Sell S2,ooo,ooo in
Unissued Preferred
Stock.
GENERAL BUSINESS el
GOOD

At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Virginia Carolina Chem
ical Company. held in Jersey City yes
terday. j. " Wallace. T. S. Young and
J. \. Long were elected directors to
succeed J. b. Duke, r. ]. Reynolds and
W. y. Reynolds. retired. The other
retiring directors were reelected.
President S T. Morgan. In his annual
statement to stockholders. said lp
part:
The general business OF the COM
psny. aside from that of its principal
subsidiary companies and the Southern
Cotton Oil Company, has been satisfac-
icry. under the conditions. :he .arti-
l,zer and mining departments showing
i slightly larger profit than last year.
The quick assets of tho VI :gtnla-
o; liabilities. excluding bonds, IS in
round figures $4,000, 900. without con-
si1ering the reserve.
'7 he company shows Il srnu::inS
mere ase in its sales, the total amount
OF business last year being $50, !s".9l 6.
and this year s56,356,659. The German
potash properties are In good condi-
tior. The tremendous decline in the
Price of cotton seed products occa-
stoned the poor earnings shown tnis
"ear"
To Sell Unissued Preferred.
There were represented at the meet
Ing a total OF 364.9S0 shares of COM
mon and preferred stock. out OF total
of 459.s44 shares
y resolution was passed authorizing
tie directors to sell the s2.o0a.o0o IN.
Issued preferred stock OF the company
authorized in 1904 to be offered to
beth classes of stockhol lers on tho
basis of Ia per CEN of their hold
lrGs, at n price to be settled later.
The proceeds are to be usel to provi ln
working capital for the company's in
leased b,Iiness.
In urging the adoption OF the reso-
luton, President Morgan said that 1t
was the opinion of the directors that
this method OF financing was prefer
able to the issue Of 100000 author
lied bonds now in the treasury, which
Will become available for sale on De-
cember /, because the directors believe
that the stockholders should have an
opportunity to share In the benefits
that would be derived from the use
of the new capital.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-20
SECOND DISTRICT
LEAD S COUNTRY
Exports More Tobacco Products
Than All Others, Because
of Local Plants.

Because OF the tremendous output OF
Richmond manufactures, the Second
Virginia District. United States Inter
nal Revenue Department is the largest
in point OF the quantity of nanutac-
tured tobacco exported.
Collector NJ. X. Lowry has Just COM
pleted his report of the expectation OF
cigars, cigarettes and other manufac-
tured Roducts OF tobacco made from
this district for the fiscal year which
ended June 30 The compiled figures
show the totals OF all untaxpaid art,-
cles which were unaccounted for at
the beginning OF the last fiscal year,
those that were removed for export
during the year and unaccounted for
Ct the close OF the year.
The total amount OF manufactured
tobacco which went TO other countries
was l.5l2,ll2 pounds. Cigars exported
amounted TO $4,000 in number. while
the total in cigarettes reached 3,9l2,-
600
The reports OF other districts for
this year have not yet been heard
from, so no comparison can be made
but in the previous year more tobacco
was exported from this dstr!ctSthan
from all OF the remaining districts OF
the country combined.
NO tax Is paid IN this country on to-
baceo exported. but the revenue de-
partment keeps a close and careful
watch upon Il
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-20
CAMP NAMED IN
HONOR OF SALE
General Vaughan's First Order
Pays Compliment to
Adjutant-General.
LEAVE FOR cULPEPER TO-DAY
First Brigade Staff Ready for
Work at Annual
Encampment.
LEAVE FOR cULPEPER TO-DAY

General c. c. Vaughan. Jr.. COM
handing the First Brigade. Virginia
Volunteers, and members of his staff
VIII leave this morning for Culpeper
to arrange final details to receive the
First Regiment Sunday. This Will be
the opening of the annual cncampment
for manoeuvre practice of the State
troops. which will continue for three
weeks. each regiment spending one
week under canvas. Acknowledgement
Sale will remain here for several days.
General Vaughan. who was In the
city last night. issued orders covering
the camp routine. Field order No. 1 de-
signates the camp as Camp w. w.
Sale. in honor OF the Adjutant- General
OF Virginia
The party leaving Richmond this
morning will include General Vaughan.
Colonel 10 Lane Stern and Major Allen
Potts. Other STAFF officers will go to
Culpeper from their home stations.
They are: Major Clinton L. Wright.
Colonel Charles H. Consolvo. Colonel
Junius Lynch, Maj A B. Percy. Major
Thomas Shelton. Major Winfree, Major
Lawrence Waring and Lieutenant Con-
rad.
Captain Raltzel. United States Army.
has been retailed by the War De-
partment for service with tho Virginia
troops to aid in the manoeuvre work.
Camp Is In Readiness.
Camp Sale. which Is now In readiness,
VIII be model as far as sanitary con-
ditions are concerned Nothing has
been spared TO thoroughly equip II
with all of the twentieth century ap.
planes designed for such purposes
In the orders issued by General
Vaughan are rigid rules regulating
camp life with view of mainS.ining
health as we'll as perfect discipline.
Scrupulous cleanliness of everything
pertaining to the mess Will he main
tanned. The orders prescribe that
cooks must be clean and neat In per-
son. Food Will be protected from flies
by screens.
Wash basins will he placed at con-
venient points near eacn company wa
ter taps. ana each company command
or has been ordered TO go so far as
to require their men to wash their
hands before eating
Attention OF the soldiers will be call
ed to the fact that all water on the
manoeuvre grounds, except that piped
to the camp should be regarded as un-
safe for drinking purposes. unless
sign placed nearby indicates its purity.
The water system at the camp will
be under the immediate control and
direction of Major Potts. brigade quar-
termaster.
Richmond will be represented at the
first encampment by the First Dattal-
ion, First Regiment. under command OF
Major l. T. Price. The four companies
VIII entertain here Sunday morning at
o'clock