The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-16
LARGE GATHERING AT THE
ACADEMY THOROUGHLY ENJOYS
ENTERTAINMENT.
MENT.
OLD FOLK TURN OUT
LARGE NUMBER OF ELDERLY PEO-
PIE ATTEND OFFERING IN AID
OF sHELTERING ARMS
HOSPITAL.

a somewhat extraordinary gatheT-
ing filed the Academy last night
where and when rather remarkable
entitled Angels in
Art" was given. The gathering was
composed for the most part Of elderly
folk. Men and women whose hair
was shading from sable to silver or
from gold and brown to gray pre-
dominated. while men with shining
foreheads that ran back to the crown
Of their heads and overlooked to their
ears and white haired grandmothers
were numerous.
Fiuttering about the foyer and trip
ping up and down the aisles were a
number of pretty damsels in white
frocks who beseeched, and not vain
w. everyone to purchase candy and
programs, for modest sum. too mod
est ever to require any change. The
pretty girls like moths. or a new
order OF busy bees. flashed from be-
hind big white pillars, ribboned in
royal purple. but their home for the
night appeared to be in a bower, or
hive. in the rear Of the foyer
They were most efficient young
saleswomen, and had way of coax
ing coins from everyone that would
ment store sales manager superin-
tending a church fair
All For Good Cause.
It was all in a good cause for the
extraordinary gathering referred 70 In
the beginning was attending the re-
markable exhibition of Angels in
Art for the purpose Of aiding the re-
sources Of the sheltering Arms hos
pital
The entertainment has already been
described in these columns Briefly,
IL is a series Of tabIeaux wants with
attendant music, the angels in the pic
lures being personified by young So
ciety women.
Then the curtains on the stage were
drawn back a framed picture appeared
in dazzling light against a sky of
heavenly blue, Rocked with misty
clouds. while angels Of every size and
form posed in the foreground after
groupings arranged from famous pic
lures
Three times each picture was shown
while the spectators Numbered their
approval II was all very novel
charming. delightful, and was thor
oughly enjoyed.
Raphael and Chcrubs.
Angels of Art, said the program,
are representations of angels in living
pictures, after works Of the old mas
tiers. The 'old masters" are painters
so long dead that they are regarded
as sure enough authorities on angels,
cherubim and seraphim and especial
~ saints, Be that as il may. Signor
Raphael had most original ideas on
the subject. or his cherubim have
been grossly misnamed His cheru-
bin, commonly called cherubs. were
cute little things with heads, should
ers arms and a pair Of wonderful
wings. They always seemed TO he
leaning over a easement Of clouds or
peeking from behinds clockiike
pillar, 50 that If they really had bodies
they were seldom. II ever, visible.
In reality cherubs were altogether
different. Anyway. the Jewish old
masters, who designed Solomon, his
temple. had quite a different idea
about cheruhim. for II is written in
the first hook Of Kings that in the
oracle Of the temple We're two cheru
bin each ten Cuhits high land FIVE
and five Cubits the other wing Of the
cherub: from the uttermost part Of
the one wing 10 the uttermost part Of
the other were ten Cuhits,' Now az
cubii was about eighteen inches.
so a cherub fifteen feet tall with
wings stretching fifteen feet when
spread was probably anything but
cute and cunning. The chances are
he was a very stern appearing guar
dian angel with rather forhiddlng
visage and not the least like the dear
little cherub who sits up aloft,
Singular and Plaral.
The Bible chronicles speak Of one
cherub and two cherubim the latter
always being the plural Of the for
mer whereas according to the old
masters who lived in the time OF Sig
nor Raphael and Herr Ruhens a
cherub was a sort of baby angel
valiant warriors of ST. Michaels i'm
perial guard.
However, as presented at the Acad-
envy last night the more modern, or
less ancient. idea was the accepted
one and only angels and cheruhs ap-
peared in the pictures presented by
Mrs. Henry Wood and her sister, the
baroness. J. NJ. Won krctsehman. In
this manner;
THE PROGRAM.
Prelude for organ.
Prologue, spoken by Miss Garlic
Patroness. Mrs. Henry Baskerville
No. f-Ange1 of the Annunciation
Simone Martini, 12S3-1344,
Museum, Antwerp.
Miss Carol Minor.
Patroness, Mrs William Hodges
Mann.
Music--.tnthem.
Choir of mixed voices.
No. 2.--I4ittle Angels at Play.
Aibrecht Duer. faTf-tS2s
wood cut, 1911. THE Holy
Family Resting in Egypt
(Adapted1
Wilhemena Raughman,
Elizabeth Chesterman,
Rose Bell Brady. Edith
Bowe. Lucille Coleman.
Churchill Addison Ed
ward Addison. ID. c.
O'Flaherty. Jr.