Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-02

slow progress was that she needed facts
having been dealing previously with TIE
results OF her own ina gination so shs
Went forth at last and began tn hunt
facts, looked for old coverlets in all sori,
or places. traced their history. studiec
the weayes and designs and I'm short
acquainted herself with the art until shs
mad accumulated materials more tina,
sunlcient to fill her pages and Yield
DOCK OF uncommon value and interest
Ahd now IT has been issued an unusual.
~ attractive work that ought to be in.
strumenta1 in reviving q domestic indus.
try once common but NOW almost lost
In her text the author discusses cover.
lets historically and artistically. geo.
graphically and commercially In h.I
pictures. OF which there arc sixteen tull.
page color plates. she shows examples ~
various weaves and designs, some al
them rarely beautiful and intricate
reV1vai or home weaving ought to foiloS
the printing Of this attractive work.
FOR LOVE OF MARY ELLEN, A Re-.
nance Of Childhood. BY Eleanor
Hoyt Brainerd. with illustrations
by Rose Cecil o'NeilL New York!
Harper & Bros.
Pity Blind Wildly with Six cML
oren- This was the quantity lettered
legend on bit Of once white cardboard
that hung from the neck OF well
dressed. clean. soIemn-eyed woman u
crowded part Of tho city holding forth a
TN can Tor contributions II Ia no won.
der that throng assembled, and that
nnally a policeman interviewed and p,t
sympathetic questions to the blind wid.
dy. whose solemn blue eyes were fas
beyond the suspicion OF darkness Ma
wonder that a stately old gentlemas
maize his way to the center OF the crowd
ana after few judicial questions gath
ered up the amateur mend. cant and car.
fhar -hnv, ba
chanced to know quite Well. This was
not Mary Ellen. but Mary Ellen's proxy,
through whom. indeed came fortune "a
that good woman. The story OF her lit.
tie adventure In the world is one OF tho
most effective little bits OF fiction thai
mas been written in many a long dav
Here is the blending of tears and laugh.
ter that makes q triumph OF composition
| WILLIAM It. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PIECES OF THE SEA. by Harri-
son 5. Morris. United States com
missioner general to the Roman art
exposition Of 1911, etc. Philadel-
phia: j. B. Lippincott Company.
Visitors to the Corcoran Gallery OF Ari
have often admired that wonderful sea
scape which is entitled ION the Coast of
New Jersey" with its pellucid green Wa
ter and its narveiously realistic ripil,s
and sand lines. 1T Is one of the best blis
of work ever done by william Z. Rich
ards. who has been acclaimed the great
est sea painter this country mas ever pro.
! duced. In this volume are gwen repro
ductionS OF some of the best ones of IT,
Richards canvases, accompanied by
sympathetic biographical sketch and a.
pralSement OF his work. Mr. Richard
was born in Philadelphia in 1888 and dir
/ at Newport in 1.W5. beng therefore srN-
enty-two years of age at the end OF IA
life In that time he had PAINTED great
number Of pictures. possessing a remark
able interest and persistence. Through
out his career he WAS guided by a love of
: truth and he insisted upon pain eng ma
ture as he saw il. Few men have ever
touched brush to canvas who possessed
his remarkable power OF craftsmanship
and none has ever exceeded hun in the
| revereat.al affe ctlonate regard of his am
| that inspired every stroke.
WOMAN IN THE MAKING OF AMERT-
CA. BY III. Addington Bruce IL
Illustrated. Boston: Little Brown q
!
The part played by women in the deveL
opment Of the western republic has been
noted repeatedly by historians in single
| instances, but now for the first time the
cases of heroism and sacrifice and die
rect contribution have been brought IL.
gether III d clear-yisioned study. Here
are the familiar stories and also many
others less commonly read about bat
| none the less worthy OF recoe milton ana
| commemoration- The volume is llp :
trated III part from cotemporaneo =
prints and portraits.
THE GOLDFISH: Christina. story
for Children Between Six and SiAtN.
| BY Julian Street, author of "r.ts
Need Of Change" etc. illustrations
| by Eugene Wireman. New York:
John Lane Company
Another of the little tales that have It
first been printed in magazines and ar
now published as books is The Gol,l-
fish, which should be read by all mot
ers and small boys. Parental wisdom :
not SO universal that the important l.
son which this little story teaches IN p
not be profitable study for practic,tl.r
( every adult. Several beautiful color pla, +;
make of 1t incidentally an attractive M
day gift book.
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