Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-18
n Thursday. Friday and Satur-
day of the coming week the
decorations which F. d. Millet
has just painted for the Post

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decorations which F. D. Millet
~ has just painted for the Post
| masters room in the Federal
building at Cleveland will be exhibited at
the Corcoran Gallery of Art. These dec
orations represent the collection and de-
livery of the mail in all parts Of the
world and are very different from any
thing up to the present time in the field
of mural painting. The form the decora-
lions have taken is that Of deep frieze
of conventional design in which are set
as units the little illustrative pictures.
The colors of the frieZe are blue and
gold the background being fiat tint OF
the former of dull rich tone, and the
scroll-like pattern upon it being in yell
low of golden hue. The motifs of the
design are the grapevine, the cornstala
and the morning glory, the narrow bor-
ders being in the first and the broad
spaces being filled by the last. these
| conventional patterns are very rich and
! effective. Set in the midst are the pic
| lures, each complete in itself and yet
| forming a link in the chain of a mar
| rative which embraces the world.
There are probably few persons who
are aware of the great variety OF ways
! in which mail is collected and delivered
/ y OF one place OF IOcd1llS apparently Hos
| Mr.. Milet overlooked. East Africa.
| Alaska, India, Siberia, China, Siam,
| South America, England, Canada. the
| United States and every other country
is represented. And not only present
| but past ways are shown-the mail pack
| ct the post-rider and the stage coach are
| illustrated as we'll the great iron horse
and the ocean greyhound. In one little
! panel the painter has ventured upon
| prophecy and pictured an aeroplane. He
| mas made an interesting story. In one
small panel one see, man III SOW SHOES
| carrying his mail bag Oh MS back; III all
! other the sled drawn by reindeer, In
| third an Oriental walking across a
! treacherous morass on tall stills, In d
! fourth the turbaned runners of India.
| The East African mail carrier Is pictured
| riding an OK, the Assyrlan mounted on
a camel. There is from northern Eu-
| rope a woman in wooden sabots; from
| China "A man mounted on a donkey. Then
there is the stylish high cart driven De
/ the mail carriers through the rural dis
/ tricts of England, the London postmen
! and our own uniformed men. Some OF
I the panels are little larger than a man 5
| hand. but others are the size or the aV-
| erase easel picture. In every one the
utmost mains have been taken to insure
! accuracy. and no detail has been slight
! ed Thus while the frieZe as a Whole
! will satisfy the requirements or decora-
! ton, the little pictures. IL Is thouSnt,
will preserve in graphic and permanent
I
| hean Sail is universal lanSuaSe-and
! art ,, tnis kind all can understand ana
/ appreciate.
iT1NDER the ausDices of the Society of
- the Applied Arts, an exhibition OF
student work from the Pratt Institute,
| Brooklyn, is being exhibited at l.29 Con-
necticut avenue. a small one-story build
| ing previously occupied as, store. In
this one ROOM admirably lighted, is set
/ forth collection of studies representing
the ACCOMPLISHMENT of the several classes.
! The majority are mounted uni iormiy, but
! not framed, and can thus be readily ar
! RANGED and mos. agreeaDiy shown. Inc
! Pratt Institute teaches tedc.eTS anu
/ trans workers: the nne arts are moulded
in its curriculum. but as coherent part
! of the applied It's. and tue training gwen
i'll the tine arts Is auxiliary Rather than
primary some of the students OF ,he
| Pratt Institute go out as painters, Illus
traitors and sculptors, but many more be-
! come desgn metal workers and The
like Ii is no, what Is called school OF
industrial art. but rather school OF APP
piled design. The TWO are however, very
closely allied.
| The jewelry exhibit, made up of photo
graphs of completed work, is specially m
| terestlng. good designs and excellent
| workmanship being displayed. To con-
| trast this handwrought Jewelry with
much that is put forth under the name of
| ARTS and crafts" is edifying. The pend
ants brooches and watch fobs shown in
these photographs are simple, and evil
IDENTIFY not in costly materials, but they
| seem to have been formed with care and
elaboration, to have some grace ana
beauty, and yet to make small pretension.