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Queer Places for Nests.
From Bailey's Magazine.

FROM balleyS Magazine.
very curious instance of holiness in
swallows was recorded in 1885 from Cey-
lon. In this case the birds built over
lamp in the dining room. What made
their choice of site more remarkable was
the fact that the lamp could be raised
Or lowered by counter weights, and the
connecting chains actually passed through
the mud walls of the nest.
Occasionally the bird selects a nesting
site which invites comparison with the
holiness OF the robin. In July last a pair
of swallows took advantage OF the open
window of an unoccupied bedroom in a
house at Felmersham in Bedfordshire to
begin building their nest on the curtain
rod Of the bed.
The return Of the owner Of the house
and the occupation Of the bed did not in
the least disturb or alarm the birds,
which completed the nest and brought Off
three nestlings within seven weeks of the
house owners return. They took no no.
tice Of the occupant OF the bed when
flying in and out Of the window feeding
their young, but the hen bird would fly
OF the nest II any one entered the room
during the daytime.
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moment, Of the Frenchmen Of today. and
paints in a high key with cool, clear
experiment alton, but it is experimenting
along serious lines. Miss Solomons Is
also painting q small interior, picture
of q young woman seated at a table IN
the corner of her studio A pleasing
TT is announced that Mr.. Fischer will
hereafter handle exclusively works by
the old masters and that therefore the
paintings, .ric-a-brac, etc. belonging to
the ". G. Fischer Art Company. am pre-
viously exhibited In their galleries In this
city, will be sold at auction in New York
in the comparatively near future. 1t Is
understood that an elaborate catalogue
is being prepared. To Neutrality-suspicious.
familiar with the galleries formerly on
18th street this sale will seem almoet
like the dispersal Of a private collection
to which the public were given access
and this, in fact, it really was.
A excellent report is given in the
American Art News by a special
correspondent Of an address made by
j. Carroll Beckwith at reception
eANOh III hAo uOuOT III JANUARY z,
in which is made reference as follows
to the important part a Washington
artist took in persuading Carolus Duran
to begin his classes Of Instruction: III
was Robert Hinckley. now the well
known painter at Washington, who
first conceived the idea of starting a
school. with Carolus for master Hinca-
ley admired the work of the young
Frenchman, called upon him and asked
II he would not give him lessons Duran
replied that there was a young French
man who had expressed the same de-
sire. and ii Hinckley would hunt him
out. and they would take a studio to-
gether, not too far from his own, he
would come to them twice a week and
criticise their work, but he vigorously
declined any remuneration whatever.
With joy the two men rented q studio
at 81 Boulevard Moptparnasse, and soon
several English and American students
Joined them" Among those who became
members of this class were Will Low,
Weir. Brush, Volk, Boutet de Monvel,
Sargent. Renouf and Kenyon Cox, be-
sides Mr.. Beckwfth and others. Ger
tainly brilliant group of young
painters and an able teacher.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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is president Of the club and Miss Bertha
E. Perrie. secretary.
4 X
THE regular monthly art talk at the
Corcoran School will be given Mon
day afternoon at 4:15 o'clock. by Mr.
Moser. The subject has not been an
nounced. but It will be something having
direct bearing upon the work Of the stu
dents and the result of personal expert
ence. This will ee the first talk Mr.. Moser
has given this season.
MIR. MOSER is at work now upon q
AVA small oil painting which pictures q
shower on Lake Placid. The clouds have
broken just above the horizon, but to
the left heavy shower. like dark-gray
veil, Is sweeping across the lake, cutting
OF the VISTA In Mr. Moser's studio at
tain pictures painted in the Adirondacks
and the Appalachian mountains in re-
cent years, each Of which is, in it's way,
a masterpiece, big in suggestion and ex-
trefneiy subtle in treatment. There is
none who interprets this particular theme
as well as Mr.. Moser: none who makes
SO patent its significance and charm
y X
MIR. BROOKE has retaken his old
AVA studio at TIA Pennsylvania avenue,
which. when the building was remodeled
year or more ago, he was obliged to
vacate. This brings him again into the
neighborhood Of the Corcoran School of
Art, Of which he is vice principal, and
In locality long familiar. He is at
present at work upon a number of land
scapes begun last summer on the north
shore Of Massachusetts,. One of these is
the moors at Gloucester. The mar in of
pond is seen in the foreground, and the
high peak Of a mass Of gray rock like a
miniature mountain marks the sky ne
to the left. Another shows a see he
along the wharves of Gloucester when
the sky was gray and the water troubled.
The latter is in the spirit of the works Of
the modern Dutch painters, Maris, Mes
dag and others, who in the homeliest sub
ject found poetry and strong character.
MISS ALINE SoLOMONS has begun
IVA an interesting still life study quite
in new vein. Instead Of working in her
usual toneful method and in rather a low
key, she has adopted the palette. for the
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government-owned telegraphs in AUS
has some $4,000 miles OF telegraph, with
5000 telegraph Offices. or one for every
1890 people. The message rate L. II
cents for sixteen words in town and sub
urban service, Is cents within the state
and - cents throughout the entire fed
GRAFTON. The average inhabitant of Aus
tralia sends two and one-half messages
a year. The area of the United States Ii
approximately the same as that of Aus
tralia- We have a telegraph office for
every 1900 inhabitants. and We send
about one message year for each in-
habitant. Our average rate for tele-
graphic service is several times higher
than that obtaining in Australia
1t is the contention of those who ad-
vocate the government ownership of the
telegraph that ii would result In much
lower rates, and that this in turn would
vastly increase the telegraph business or
the country and make it popular method
of quick communications for social inter.
course as well as for business transact
lions. 1t Is claimed that by substituting
automatic transmitting and receiving in-
struments the capacity of heavy trunk
lines could be forced up to from 12.000
to $4,000 words an hour The telegraph
companies in the main still stick to the
assertion land operators say) that this
gives them capacity enough to take care
Of all business coming their way. IL 10
ment ownership that by the installation
Of mechanical sending and receiving de-
vices the government could reduce rates.
perhaps even to the point OF cutting them
In halves All Of which is denied by the
companies.
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and foliage: the landscape gar
dener with flowers and shrubs,
earth and water, when forming pictorial
compositions. The mere fact that the
picture thus created has not been trans
cribed on paper or canvas makes it no
less work Of art. At the National Mu-
scum recently there has been some pic
ture-mahng of an exceedingly artistic
character, of which. however, compare
lively few people have been aware. The
object of the pictures which have been
produced is to illustrate the habits and
customs Of the American Indians, and
each comprises five or six life-size fig
ures.
Instead Of being painted. the figures are
in the round and the pictures composed as
tableaux with living models. Each occu-
pies an entire case, and is given appro-
pirate setting. From every viewpoint the
groups compose WELL that is. form a
well balanced. pictorial composition, and
no detail which would add either to &C
curacy or effect has been overlooked or
sighted. The difficulty OF thus combining
science and art Is great, but the value of
the union is almost incalculable. The
artist in composing picture as a rule
has only to consider the laws Of compO-
sition. light. shade and color. but the
scientist has to further satisfy the de-
mands of truth. The result is excellent
and most pleasing, information is given,
and in q way which makes It memorable.
The Curtis photographs Of Indians In
measure fulfill this function and in the
same manner. The groups at the mu-
scum have been composed by William III.
Holmes, who Is, 1t will be remembered.
scarcely less distinguished as an artist
than as a scientist; the figures are mod
eled, and most admirably. by y: 8. j:
Dunbar, the sculptor, under Mr.. Holmes
supervision. and the details are arranged
by H. W. Hendley. In all there will be
sixteen groups. eight or nine OF which
have now been completed. One OF the
last Of these to be put In place is Of Pc
culiar local interest. representing the maxi
ing of stone implements by the Powhatan
Indians on Piney branch, whore much of
their broken stone is yet to be found.
There are five Indians In this group. each
in q different attitude. and yet all intent
upon the same occupation. One prizes up
the bowlder which the next prepares to
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Pennsylvania Academy Of the Fine Arts
and then in the Colarossi Academy in
Paris. He has made a speciality of land
OF Redfield and schofield. with a little less
vigor and more refinement. There is
nice feeling and sentiment in his pictures,
freshness. spontaneity and gentle har-
monies. which give them not only inter-
years ago q group Of his water colors
were shown in a dealers gallery in this
city. and since from time to time his
canvases have been set forth In the Cor
coran Gallery's large exhibitions. The
collection of his paintings which will be
exhibited here next week and for a fort
night has been shown recently in other
cities. where it has received much favor
able comment.
4 X
TWO portrait busts have been loaned
to the Corcoran Gallery recently
and placed on exhibition in the gallery
given over chiefly to cotemporary sculp-
ture. One of these busts is of the late
William T. Walters, by William H. Rine-
hart. and the other is of the late Thomas
J. Walsh. by U. S. J. Dunbar. The
former has been loaned by Miss E. r.
Scidmore. and the latter by the sculptor
The bust of Mr.. Walters was made prob
ably thirty or thirty-five years ago-that
OF Mr.. Walsh comparatively recently, and
It is interesting to note the difference in
the method especially OF treating details.
The newer method is distinctly the freer
and holder. but the old method has a
strength and dignity which is very en-
gaging; in gaining vitality one loses, it
appears, soldity. AS hating as is some
of the craftsmanship in connection with
the modelling of the Walters bust there
Is gravity about 1t, a charm in sur
face finish, which recalls the sculpture of
ancient Rome, which the sculptor un-
doubtedly took as his model of perfec-
ton. The Walsh bust is strongly model
ed and very virile-a work full of the
spirit of the time.
THE prospects for the Washington
Water Color Clubs annual exhibit
ton, which will open February IA, are
uncommonly good this year. Not only
are the local painters promising notable
contributions, but out-of-town water COL
orists Of distinction have entered works.
The Water Color Clubs exhibition is in
variably one of the most interesting
events of the year. James Henry Moser
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subject can be found 50 fitted to the ca
pacity of the general reader.
MY RAGPICKER. BY Mary E. Waller.
author Of The Wood Carver of
Lympus." etc. Boston: Little
Brown & Co.
Even in the beloved wood Carver of
'Lympus' Miss Waller did not pass the
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used to light up all sides OF the few
cardinal economic principles upon which
these facts rest. Any intelligent 1labitual
Newspaper reader has much of this ma
terial. loose and unorganized, already
in his possession. This study organizes
such scattered material, adding to 1t in
organic manner. Again, 1t uncovers the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03

in Harvard University. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
The first count for Taussig's "Princi-
pies of Economics is that 1t is readable
1t is untechnical in form. Even the way
faring man can make it out. Again,
concrete facts and. what Is better still,
cotemporaneous facts in the main are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03

mark reachef by this lovely story OF
Nanette. a little ragpicker Of Paris.
The unsightly poverty Of great city.
loathsome occupation, homelessness. hum
ger. rags are the setting for this little
girl. whom the misery of life passed by
without blemish. A beautiful and touch
ing story of rare insight and delicacy.
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gent reader can gather the substance OF
this study. He VIII, moreover, ind 1t
deeply interesting al well a. profitable.
A grasp Of its large features sums the
subject OF economies in its working as
pect. This is a matter constituted for
the personal concern Of every citizen of
a democratic government. One doubts
II anywhere else Q presentation of this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03

underlying principles simply and shows
them at work shaping economic process,
es and defining the trend Of the economic
future. Again. the book is open through
out its course The author is too wise
to shut it up against the external adapta-
tons that must follow the rise Of new
sets Of economic conditions. Any intelli-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03
Would Keep It Quiet.
From the Chicago Journal,

FIom the Chlcago Journai.
Cant you gimme Q small raiser"
I'VE gave you a raise when you got
married"
'And foolishly told my wife shout 4.
I'd like to get hold of a couple OF dollars
every week for my own use."
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full of originality, but 1t was interesting
to note how in other instances trifing
differences made marked change in eff
feet No competition has been held under
government auspices or a monument OF
any sort which has resulted SO well or
terminated SO happily The commission
it's value not only to Washington. but to
the people at large, and the fact that
the commissions Judgment was not only
sought. but accepted as final. may be re-
garded as sign OF progress. The beauti-
full design for which the commission was
given was by Messrs. Freedlander g. Sey-
mour of New York. First, second and
third honors were given to James Gam
Ian & Beaded.
THE CORCORAN GALLERY OF ART
has received as gift from Charles
A. Mum and Victor G. Fischer q classic
Italian landscape by William L. Sonntag.
one Of the early American painters. The
canvas. which Is quite large. is painted in
the manner of the Hudson River School
and recalls the epoch when classic ideals
dominated both painting and sculpture In
America. A small body of water occu-
pies the center of the picture; on prom
inence to the right a Temple Of Venus Is
to be seen, and high on the left stands
group of trees. The landscape would be
be found imaginative If it were not so
faithfully rendered: as it is it falls just
between the two and Is neither one nor
the other, but a rather pathetic attempt
Of one having high aspiration.
1t is in q measure typical Of the time in
which 1t was produced, and for this rea-
son well worthy of preservation in a ma
tonal collection. The men of the Hudson
River School did admirable pioneer serv-
ice. but Sonntag was by no means one of
the strongest Of the school. When we
realize that less than a century separates
our art today from the art of the period
to which this picture belongs we realize
that we have indeed come far. Land
scape painting has been greatly devel-
oped in that short span. This painting
was presented in memory Of JOrsOn D.
Mum, the father of C. A. Mum. and for
many years publisher Of the Scientific
American.
A SPECIAL exhibition Of paintings by
n Charles Morris Young will open in the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art on the 9Th Of
February. Mr.. Young was born in Get
tysburg. Pa. in 1859. studied first at the
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are not only made with
paint. The city planner. for in
stance, works with brick, stone
and foliage: the landscape gar
dener with flowers and shrubs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03

A SPECIAL exhibition Of paintings by
Charles Morris Young will open In the
Corcoran Gallery Of Art on the 9Th Of
February. Mr.. Young was born in Get
tysburg, Pa, in 1859, studied first at the
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The United States is today the only
great country in the world not owning
and operat-
Only Great Country ing its tele-
Not Owning Telegraph. ties
France, Germany and other European
countries had government-owned tele-
graphs from the beginning. England
tried the private ownership principle for
a quarter Of q century, but the unsatis-
factory charges made by the telegraph
companies led to nationwide propa-
ganda in favor Of their control by the
government. Gladstone. who was then
the head of the ministry, yielded to the
demand, with the result that the govern
ment acquired the telegraph properties
Of the country. There followed q 40 per
cent or more reduction In the charges
and a 100 per cent increase OF business.
One gets an interesting comparison OF
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Galloway. T. W. Zoology: trxt-s.ok f'r
secondary schools. normal schools and college,.
1909. O-Gl35Z.
Moncrief, A. IL. II. Beasts of Business. r.
M743.
Reed. C.. 4. Camera Studies of Wild Bids
in Their Homes. Pc lt25.;c.
velyin Ellen. Wild-animal Celebrities. 800.
O-V54Sw
Whitney WorralIo, aud others Guide for the
Study of Animals O-Wcl4.
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Fight Reaches
Highest Pitch.

its highest pitch In the early seventies.
No sooner had the agreement Of the tel
egraph companies to sell out to the gov
eminent in five years from 1866 taken
effect than numerous plans were brought
forward In this connection. One OF these
plans was introduced in Congress by C.
c. Washburn Of Wisconsin in 1870. This
plan subsequently was Endorsed by the
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Babbitt. j. g. Physical History ~ the Earl
In Outline. 1908. MKB112p.
Sorsbe, X. +. Geology for Engineers. NC
So6S.
4WSI.
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MISS ALINE soLoMoNs has begun
IVA an interesting still life study quite
in new vein. Instead of working in her
usual toneful method and in rather a low
key, she has adopted the palette, for the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03

umes ] and III. BY +. w. Taussig
Henry Lee, professor of economics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-03

An ARMY OFFICER On LEAVE In
JAPAN. BY L. Mervin Maus, col
onel. United States Army. Illus
trated. Chicago: A. c. McClurg &
Co.
Out OF his leave In Japan" Col Maus
has made an admirably complete and
practical guide for the traveller in these
parts. He has, moreover, sketched bal
anced and spirited picture Of Japan. For
mosa and the Philippines for the reader
at home. Setting out from Manila. the
author went to Japan by way OF Formosa.
Around important centers, such as Maya
saki and Manila, or along certain Sec
tions of travel like the one threading
through FoFmosa, he gathers the sur
rounding essentials of each OF these, en-
hyening the whole with innumerable in
cidents drawn from both the past and the
present OF the people. History. religion.
custom, society. economics and politics
combine in these passing views of the
country. Throughout, the soldiers point
of view appears I'm hngerings over insur-
rections, uprisings. rebellions-vtytd spots
In an already brilliant ensemble. The
habit, too, of soldierly precision and care
for practical details Is here, working out
routes. points, rates-the thousand and
one routine features OF travel. Another
volume. covering Korea, Manchuria and
China, readers will be glad to know. IS to
follow the present one.
PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS: Vol
umes ] and ii. BY +. w. Taussig
Henry Lee, professor Of economies
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-12
Will
BE flag DAY
Anniversary Of Adoption Of
Stars and Stripes as
National Emblem

Friday will be Flag Day. It will
be the 135th anniversary of the adop.
ton Of the Stars and Stripes as the
flag of the nation, the official act
having taken place June IA, 1777.
The American Flag Association,
formed fifteen years ago, has sent
circulars to national state and civil
officers requesting that adtion b
taken to have the day properly cele'
brated. 1t is urged that on that day
flags be displayed on all public build
ings, and on so many business build
ings and residences as possible.
In former years it has been the
custom of the school children to hold
appropriate programs for this event.
For these school exercises the asso-
citation which has created the day
has ritual which the school chill
dren are expected to repeat, in witch
they pledge fealty to the flag and to
the nation. The object sought in the
observance of the day by young and
old alike is to create in the hearts
of all Americans a reverence for the
national emblem, and a love of coun-
try, and to inspire in them an ever
lasting spirit of patriotism.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-12
GRANDMOTHER
USED SAGE TEA
To Darken the Hair and Re-
store Gray and Faded Hair
to Its Natural Color,

1t is easier to preserve the color OF
the hair than to restore it, although it
is possible to do both. Our grand
mothers understood the secret. They
made a "sage tea,' and their dark,
glossy hair long after middle life was
due to this fact. Our mothers have gray
hairs before they are fifty, but they are
beginning to appreciate the wisdom of
our grandmothers in using Usage tea
for their hair and are fast following suit.
The present generation has the advan-
tage of the past in that it can get a
ready-t o-use preparation called Wyeth' 9
Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. AS a
scalp tonic and color restorer this prep
aration is vastly superior to the ordinary
"sage tea" made by our grandmothers.
The growth and beauty of the hair
depends on a healthy condition of the
scalp. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy quickly kills the dandruff germs
which rob the hair of its life, color and
lustre, makes the scalp clean and
healthy, gives the hair strength, color
and beauty, and makes it grow.
Get so cent bottle from your druggist
today. He will give your money back
if you are not satisfied after fair trial.
Agent, Breslow's Drug Store.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-06-12
What! COULD A
POOR BOY Do?
Amateur 1hespians viii Tell
You All About II Friday
Evening

When a young fellow is at sea on
the yacht of the father Of the "only
girl in the world" and the father
favors the suit of foreigner because
the latter possesses a title and little
else, what on earth is an enterpris.
ing young American citizen going to
do? You'll find the answer at the
Presbyterian chapel Friday evening
when the young people will stage
won by Wireless" a farce comedy;
in three acts.
Americans are quick to embrace
their opportunities, and the hero Of
the play is no exception to the rule.
The wireless apparatus, exactly the
same as that which won fame for
Jack Binns, and brought the Car
pathia swerving about to the rescue
Of the Titanic passengers who man.
aged to reach the life boats, proved
the salvation of the young man in the
play, and finally lands him in his
sweat-heart's arms, with her daddy.
standing beside them wearing a
bless you my children bless YOU,
expression upon his countenance, in
stead of a "getoell-out- of-here" angle
to his right pedal extremity.
Of course the spark plays a prom
inent part in the wireless, but as
to whether or not there is any other
sparkling done in the play can be