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director of the Pennsylvania Academy
School. and IL teacher of long expert
ence as we'll as a painter Of distinction.
OF course Mr.. Vonnoh does not minimize
the value of foreign travel, nor the adj
vantages of familiarity with the works
of the great masters, but he believes
these should come in postgraduate
course" and that for academic training
the American art student need not go
outside of America. Mr.. Vonnoh paid
high tribute to the collection of American
paintings In the Corcoran Gallery. de-
claring that the fact Of the merit Of the
works was not theoretical, but demon
stratable-that artistic judgment was not
a haphazard matter of opinion. but the
result of study confirmed by the expert
ence of successive generations
1t Is Mr.. VonnOh's belief that in art
education we have until very recently
been beginning at the wrong end, train
ing young men and women to be artlsts
first and artisans afterward. rather than
manual arts should be taught in all
schools from the kindergarten up. TO
just such systematic training as this ne
attributes Frances commercial suprem-
acy. Because France has trained gener-
ations of her citizens in industrial art,
we are today purchasing back from that
country at an enormous advance in price
product which we exported as raw mate
rial. This should not be.
Mr.. Vonnoh and his wife, Bessie Potter
Vonnoh, the sculptor, will hold an eXhi-
bition of their works in Philadelphia at
the McClees gallery early in April. Mrs.
Vonnoh's was, it will be remembered,
exhibited at the. Corcoran Gallery here
last winter, and more than one Of Mr..
Vonnoh's portraits and figure paintings
have been seen in the Corcoran Gallery'S
general exhibitions.
AN exceedingly fine example Of the
"A work of Gilbert Stuart has been
loaned to the Corcoran Gallery by Mrs.
Silas w. Terry. 1t is a portrait of Mrs.
Terrys grandmother. and is exquisitely
painted. The canvas is not large, but
shows the young matron seated with
her hands crossed in her lap either be-
fore an open window or a curtained re-
cess. The face, which Is youthful and
vivacious, ID turned toward the observer,
and though the pose Is -demure, there is
sparkle of mischief in the merry eyes and
a pertinent suggestion in the tiptilted
little nose. The pigment has been laid
on more thinly than usual and with
evident directness. The coloring is fresh
and harmonious. So simply is the medium
handled that the work has the appear
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added, apparently as a sort Of corollary
by CAD. when l get home next week, I'll
stay there!
| But however carefully Cor carelessly)
we handle the tiller on life's voyage. 1t
is the little casual currents and unexpect-
| ed side winds that really set our course
| for us. AS Hughie rolled into bed that
night he reflected, rather regretfully, that
! the incident of that evening was closed
, forever. He had definitely cut himself
| off from the Maclears, at any rate, for
| the very simple reason that he had just
posted to them a hundred one-dollar notes
as a temporary loan until their ship
| came in carefully emitting to mention
| that his own was due to go out in
! twenty-four hours. and giving no address
for purposes of repayment.
But for all that the incident had def
nitely altered his course for him. or, at
any rate. was destined to send him round
! by an alternative route.
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CHAPTER VI.-Continued.

Hughie told her. Presently they left the
trolley car-Anglice, electric tram-and
struck off down a street in Brooklyn.
The girl turned in at a doorway and
paused at the foot of a stair.
Won't you come up and see my hus-
band Mr. Marrable?" she said. tits ten
flights up and we don't run to an ele-
vator; but l know Dennis would like to
thank you himself"
Hughie had intended to refuse-he hated
being thanked as much as most matter
of-fact people-but fash OF unusual In
sight revealing to him the fact that the
true object of the invitation was not to
exhibit him TO the husband, but to enable
this proud little lady to exhibit her hus-
band to him, he felt reasSured ana al
lowed himself to be borne aloft TO LIE
Maclear aerie. Here gigantic and i'm
pulsive son of Kerry. gaunt ana hollow
eyed through long bed keeping. wrung
his hand in a manner which made him
feel glad he was not refractory termi-
nal, what time Mrs. Maclear, in sort OF
up-to-date version Of the song OF Miriam,
described Hughes glorious triumph over
Noddy kinahan. laying special stress
upon the ecstatic period during which
Mr.. Kinahan. at the instance OF Hughle,
had enacted the part of human planoia.
He left them at last wondering in MS
nedft, dS He tTdIupSu HoHio uHuei ehe
stars to his hotel in West 42d street, what
the plucky couple were going to live on
during the next two or three months The
| man was still practically a cripple-he
must have been badly mangled-and 1t is
hard work fighting for time In country
whose motto. as regards human as well
| as other machinery. is: Never repair!
| Scrap and replace!"
Hughie had solved the problem to his
satisfaction by the time he crossed Brook
J Ign bridge.
| For the rest of the way home he thought
of other things. A bachelor however I'M
gregarious, is at heart sentimental ami
NAL. and during his walk Hughie was
contemplating with his minds eye the pic
| ture that he had left behind him as he
said good-night-the picture of "a snug
| little kingdom up ten pairs OF stairs,
tenanted by little community of two,
self-contained and self-suficient, daunt-
less in the face Of grim want and utter
friendlessness-and.d despite his own health
and wealth. he experienced q sudden feel
ing Of envy for the crippled and impecu-
NOUS Dennis Maclear.
| IT suppose" he unused to himself, 1T
doesn't really matter how rotten q time
lyou have In this world so long as you
have it in the right company" Then he
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ley, the we'll known miniature
~ painter of Montclair. n. j., has
been working in Washington,
staying as a guest at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. William p. Emo. From
miniature painting to mural decoration
might seem a far cry, but Mr.. Manley Is
now giving as much time and thought to
the latter as to the former. and succeed
ing equally we'll with both. He has. in
fact, developed a new style of mural
painting-pictures transcribed with very
thin medium on white cotton cloth, which
give much the appearance Of ancient tap
estries and yet have a character distinctly
their own. He usually employs land
scapes as themes, interpreting nature in
a somewhat classical manner in the spirit
of the great English landscape painters
of an earlier century. There are many
arguments in favor of this style of land
scape painting Art is something more
than the reflection of nature; there Is
truth which transcends accuracy; our
interest in pictures which are drawn or
painted is not dependent upon subject un-
relatedly, but upon the way some one
else Ohe artist) has seen the subject
the impression it made upon him.
MT. lMdnley HIS StuulSQ> Hdtuic Adilh-
fully, his note books are full 4of accurate
drawings made out of doors, therefore he
can venture to indulge in visions, COM
posing from memory his themes Fon this
reason, also, his dream -pictures possess
more than the germ of truth, are, in
deed. as nature itself, significant and sug-
gestive. One of these decorations shows a
long vista across open country framed. as
it were, by groups Of tall handsome trees
to the right and left. the foliage of which
has been colored by autumn frosts.
In another instance the color scheme is
IN dull greens and delicate golden tones.
with a touch of blue in the distance
where the sea lies under the broad open
sky. Some of these decorations are COM
paratively small. others are quite large.
They are not attached to the wall, but
framed in simple holdings and hung fiat
as an inset panel. In many ways they
have an advantage over paintings in oils,
inasmuch as they can be seen equally
we'll in any light. and cannot crack or
peel. the color being literally dyed in the
fabric.
Mr. Manley has devised scheme for an
entire room-a landscape occupying all of
the wall space between the wainscot and
the cornice, a space eight or ten feet. in
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width. In this case the paintings would
be fastened to the wall as any other
textile covering. and would, in color, har-
monize with the woodwork and the gen.
eral scheme of furnishing. Such a room
might be very imposing and Yet reticent
and restful in effect. Mr.. Manley is an
explorer in the field of art. Not only has
he devised a new method for mural paint
ing, but new ways Of manipulating the
several mediums. Not infrequently, in
painting small landscapes. he uses a
combination Of oil and water colors, and
with excellent effect, OVERLAPPING the latter
with the former and thereby gaining addi-
tional body and strength. Furthermore he
has invented new mode of expression
'Carbontypes pictures drawn on
Japanese paper by means of q steel point
and the intervention of an ordinary sheet
of carbon paper.
These are not only unique but peculiarly
charming, resembling somewhat ltho-
eraphs and also etchings. In the render
the same time broad masses of shadow
can be admirably interposed. These car
bontypes'' Mr.. Manley does directly from
nature and they have the freshness and
spontaneity of original sketches. In
these his sureness of hand and ripeness
of knowledge are manifested 1t is true
that the pleasure to be found in line is
more esthetic than that discoverable in
color. but for this reason it is when
found the more acute. In whatever form
Mr.. Marley chooses for expression there
is invariably evidence of a subtle but
compelling artistic instinct, feeling for
beauty Unborn. but intelligently cherished
and restrained. 1t is this that gives to
his work exceptional interest and value
Mr. .Manley is at present painting NINA
lures of both Mr.. and Mrs. Emo.
X X
DORERT VONNOH was in Washing
~ ton the early part of this week, get
ting the pictures he painted abroad dur
ing the past three or four years through
the custom house and making arrange
ments for an exhibition to be held here
early next season. Mr.. Vonnoh, like al
most all the American painters who have
returned recently from lengthy sojourns
abroad, has come back with increased
belief i'm American art and enthusiasm for
the accomplishments Of American artists.
Better work, he insists, is not being done
anywhere in the world today than here
in the United States, and not even in
France can there be found better art
schools.
This from Mr.. Vonnoh means a. great
deal, for he was for a number Of years
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Addresses will be made by authoritative
speakers on topics of broad general in
ton Of Sculpture to Landscape" Public
Libraries and Art" "A National School
of Industrial Art" American Handi-
craft" Garden Cities" The sessions of
this convention are invariably open to
the public.
A illustrated lecture on Textiles
"A was given at the Public Library
Tuesday evening by Miss s. G. Flint, as
sistant in charge of textiles at the Mu-
scum Of Fine Arts, Boston. Tracing the
early history of weaving. Miss Flint
showed, first. examples OF textiles found
i'm the Coptic tombs, commenting upon
their designs and in some instances their
texture. From these she passed to con-
sideration of the Italian. Spanish and
French fabrics. linens, silks. brocades,
damasks and velvets, and from these to
tapestries. Briefly she touched upon the
subject of Persian rugs, and at greater
length she told of the development of the
various kinds of lace. Most of her Illus
trations were reproductions Of specimens
in the Boston Museums collections,
which are exceptionally fine. The sub
ject is exceedingly interesting, and Miss
Flint presented it with exceptional clear
hearers not merely enthusiasm but de-
sire for further inquiry.
81
THE news Of the death Of Kenyon
! Cox. which occurred at Long Beach,
Cal, this week, came as shock to
many. Mr. Cox was one Of the foremost
Of our American artists and his loss
will be seriously felt. He was painter
az sculptor a writer and lecturer-fn
fact, one of the many-talented few.
Two years ago he lectured before the
Washington Society Of Fine Arts in this
city: the mural decorations in the south
west gallery of the Library OF Congress
are by him. ands very frequently his
works have been shown in the Corcoran
Gallery's exhibitions. His portrait OF
Augustus Saint Gaudens many will re-
call. Likewise his painting. Hope and
Memory" has become familiar through
repeated reproduction. Mr.. Cox be-
longed to the academic school, and was
not drawn hither and thither by the fads
of the day. His paintings were profound
ly studied and carefully rendered. and
they had, as a rule. sculpturesque sug-
gestion. Under persuasion OF sculptor
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author OF 1.-The Clue" Frontispiece
by George w. Barratt. Phfladelphia:
j. B. LippincOtt Company.

1t seems to be inevitable that when a
young detective gets into q criminal case
in fction-in which a handsome young
! woman is involved the personal element is
certain to work itself into the equation in
short order. Young Mr.. Burroughs, who
tells this sprightly tale in the first per-
son singular: finds himself clouded in
judgment soon after his entry upon the
Crawford murder mystery by reason of
the fact that the person most directly
In line Of suspicion Is the entrancingly
beautiful niece of the dead man. Then,
when suspicion shifts to her fiance and
centers there persistently through many
chapters, he cannot help feeling that pos
sibly he is prejudiced, for he knows that
Gregory Hall is nothing but rascally
fortune hunter whose interest in Miss
Lloyd wanes perceptibly when it is dis
covered that the heiress has been in fact
disinherited. OF course, the clues all point
in the wrong direction, and 1t Is not until
the famous Fleming Stone, who can de-
duce the truth from the clearest pane
of unstained glass that ever came out of
g. factory, is called into the case that the
right man is finally accused and confesses
taking the customary poison, half chap
ter before the hero and heroine reach
the amazing discovery that they love
each other.
THE CAMERA FIEND. BY E. W. Hor
hung. illustrated. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons.
Mr. Hornung chooses as the hero Of his
newest mystery tale a sixteen-year-old
English school boy, an unfortunate chap
afflicted with asthma and compelled for
that reason to go to town occasionally for
treatment. On one of these trips he gets
into the most remarkable situation that
probably ever confronted youngster,
awakes from sleep in the park to which
he has been driven by the unhospitality
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Of supposed friends to find himself &C.
cused by a strange old gentleman Of hav-
ing while sleep walking shot q park
loafer to death. Mr.. Hornung works out
of this material a story of exceptionally
good texture. The school boy has good
qualities in him hitherto unsupported by
his family and friends. and he proves a
match for student of psychic phenome-
centers. A touch of romantic interest is
lent to the story, which concludes with a
surprising climax.
HISTORY MADE vIsIBLEt q Syn
chronic Chart and Statistical Table
Of United States History. BY George
f. GrOscup, B. A. With q chronology
ical text by Ernest. D. Lewis, A. NJ
New York: Windsor Publishing
Company.
This exceedingly clever invention serves
to spread out the history Of the United
States. complete in fact and in sequence
Of facts, so that it enters the eye as a
picture does. The old much-in-little
phrase takes on real meaning in this
case. A thin handy. atlas-like book this.
containing the substance OF four centuries
Of American history. Condensation to es-
sentials. perfection Of arrangement. a
skillful use of type to indicate the rela-
tive weight Of events, and all manner Of
maps and diagrams Of record and COM
parison are the means by which one is
here. able to visualize history. This rec
ord, moreover, is no thin string Of wars,
campaigns, battles, but broad field in
stead. covering discovery, expansion, po-
litical evolution, growth of industry and
trade. character Of population. advance
in education and SO on to present historic
limits. AS a mere summary Of fact this
is a most useful publication. Its supreme
value, however, lies in its comprehensive
views of historic relations. With it at
hand one is able instantly to see events
in their proper time and place relations
to other events. these correlations con-
shutting the final point of historic study.
Teachers, students and general readers
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still in the prime of life.
THE Washington Society OF the Archie
illogical Institute ofAmerica will hold
its next meeting Wednesday evening in
the assembly room of the Carnegie In
stitution, at which time Prof. Esther Boise
Van Deman will deliver an illustrated
lecture on Some Master Builders of An
cient Rome" AS the classical style has
been adopted for all our public buildings
the master builders" whom we are fol-
lowing would seem eminently desirable.
x x
THE exhibition Of water colors sent out
by the American Federation OF Arts.
to which the Washington Water Color Club
made generous contribution, has, since
leaving this city. been shown. at Denver
under the auspices of the Artists Club,
In the San Francisco Institute Of Art and
at Stanford University, from where it has
been sent to Milwaukee. In each city
much interest was shown and high COM
mendation given to the works set forth,
Among those represented in this collec-
ton are Mr.. Moser, Mr.. Holmes, Miss
Perrie. Miss Jackson, Mr.. Child and Miss
Sawtelle.
MIR. and Mrs. F. Carl Smith are trav-
AVA cling in the east Writing from
Constantinople the last Of February. they
told Of an inspiring and delightful So
journ in Athens. as we'll as Of their in
tention Of continuing their journey to
Egypt.
- -
"WEDNESDAY evening a lecture was
w given at the Washington Club be-
fore the Washington Society of the Fine
Arts by Henry Rankin Poore. the well
known painter. Mr.. Poore took as his
subject Picture Art and graphically
explained the principles of composition
upon which pictures are upbuilt
LEILA A1ECHILN.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE RE.
GENTLY ADDED.

"A idTSe NUMBER OF new cnlldrer'S books
lave been added to the Public Library
| to keep pace with the increasing demand
They have been selected with care and
in accordance with the chldren's int rests
They include stories, books for younger
children, handicraft, t-of-door books
and much that is useful in connection
with school work
Bible Stories.
,c Broadgs:; E. II. Book of the Christ Child.
Cragin. L. E. Old Testament Stories for Lit
tie Children. jCBG- Cs44o.
History and Biography.
Bacon Bacon z; NJ; BOYS Drake: tE.p5s1b. ,o..
GyeEbeI; H. A. Story of Modern France.
Guerber. Il. A. Story Of Old France jF39-
Holm Erich. Eugene. Empress of the French:
.Kuechier. c. G. F. Queen Maria Sophia Of
Naples l,,s;. forgotten heroine. jE.Msaae7k,
1909 e: jE.eMsl7h ne0 i''e' f'0" American lA'e
Schmidt n9da rsssnsad charemasne: . BY G.
.Tsppsn. z: II. The Story of the Roman Peo-
Wheeler. H. F. B. Story of Napoleon. tFss44e.
Wood Wood, Eric. famous ANGUS Voyages of the Great
tr IT. the German BY G. F. tptOa. nG gEeEuassa:
Geography.
Browne F. A. SPAIN tG4o-Bs17
Clark. Alfred. Ceylon. JG6J9-C54.
Thompson, NJ r. Denmark. jti50-T3s6.
Walter. L. L. Russia. jG5i-WlH.
Occupations and Pastimes.
Flint: I: G, Small Gardens for Small Garden
Foster. o. II. Cookery for Little Girls jRz-
Goodwin: F; E. Goodwin's Course in Sewing.
,osE sns &C. ID fs ss. FG% n Wonder
McGauain. Idabelle. Handicrsft for Girls.
Mackay. {. D. Silver Thread and other folk
. THOMPSON. Z. s. The American Boy Scout.
Poetry.
Browning, Robert. Pied Piper Of Hamelin.
po ge St R,,i M5s Iss w. F.
Books for Little Children.
Davidson. e. B. Blowing Away Of Mt. Bushy
Davidson, f. B.. Bunnkins- Bunnies in Europe.
Gates Gates Mrs Mrs Little a n SiT Blue Blue, n
Potter, Beatri1 Tale Of Jemims Puddle DUCK.
Potter. Beatrix. Tale Of Mrs. T1ttlemouse.
Smith. E. B. Chicken World: 1YB;sm5sch.
Snltn, y. Z. rarm BOOK. y1b-SmooI.
Fiction.
Baker. E. A. Frolics at Paramount.
Baldwin, James. Stories Of Don Quixote.
Brown, A. r. Christmas Angel
Chase. J. A. Daughter Of the Revolution.
Curtis, A. T. Anne Nelson. D.
Elliott. Emilia Patricia.
Ellis, K. r. Wideawake Girls at College.
Gilmore, ]. II. Maidas Little Shop 3
Could T.. l.. Admirars Little Housekcepe4.
Gould. E. T.. Felicia Visits.
Johnson, ii. s. Williams on Service.
knipe. A. A. Captain OF the Eleven.
Mcintyre, j. T. Young Continentals at buuf0
Hill.
Madison. l.. +. Peggy Owen. Patriot
Otis, James Minute BOYS of Boston.
Paine, r. u. Cadet of the Black star Line.
Paine A. b. Hollow Tree Snowed-in Book.
Pendleton frank. Tim and Roy In Camp.
Ray, A. c. Sidney: Her Senior Year.
Sidney. Margaret Little Maid Of Boston Tov1
Stirling, Yates, 5r. United States MidshpmAD
In the Philippines.
Thrali Josefa. The Really Doll.
Tomffusop e. T. Young BlockadGA
Vamba Prince and His Ants.
wells, Carolyn. Betty's Happy Year.
wells. Carolyn. Dick and Dollys Adyentur01s
Zollinger, Guliclma. Rout Of the ForeigueA y
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THE CAMERA FIEND. BY E. W. Hor-
hung. illustrated. New York:

ance Of ease in execution which is the
sure, token of a masterpiece.
When one considers what meager train
ing this painter had and how he literally
built without traditions it seems in
deed remarka bic that he could have ac-
complfshed such results. 1t Is true that
he did not always rise to this height,
some of his portraits are very inferior
to it, but he produced many. and no
painter always does equally well. In this
and a few other instances he almost, II
not quite, rivaled some OF the great
English, portrait painters, which was in
deed high achievement. In the Corcoran
Gallery is to be seen another splendid
example of Gilbert Stuart's wOrk-a pOr-
trait of John Randolph, painted when
this celebrated Virginian was but lad.
Both portraits are very reWarding or
study.
THE Metropolitan Museum, New York,
! has just purchased for its permanent
collection a figure painting by Carl
Melchers which was recently shown
in the Corcoran Gallery here. 1t
is a picture of mother nursing her
baby and is a mastery work. Many
will remember it. The mother holds the
little one on her lap with her left arm
and looks down upon 1T with maternal
tenderness. The baby nurses solemniy,
but looks out upon the world, and, incl
dentally. its mother, with wise and in
terested eye. The little feet are bare
and are painted, as is the little fist,
strongly and with sympathy There are
certain fundamental things in life which
make common appeal. Motherhood is
one of these babyhoOd another. Mr..
Melcher's picture will never have to be
explained; it's significance is patent to all:
Because, however. the painter has clothed
his expression in beautiful form. has
presented the theme nobly as we'll as
skilfully, it is true that it's value is i'm
measurably increased. Mr.. Melcher's
style is essentially frank. but his man.
ner of rendering is by no means un-
gracious. The Metropolitan Museum is
fortunate in having secured SO excellent
an example of his work.
THE American Federation Of Arts an
nounces that its next annual conven-
ton will be held in this city the 10Th,
18th and 18th of May. This will bring
to Washington many distinguished paint
ers, sculptors and architects, as well as
museum directors ana officers of art or
CARNATIONS from all parts of the country.
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friends he undertook to model one OF the
figures proposed for the exterior decora-
ton Of the Institute OF Arts and Sciences
of Brooklyn, and carried the work to
completion with remarkable success His
writings were numerous and scholarly,
and his influence was far-reaching. His
death seems most untimely, for he was
still in the prime of life.