Evening journal., 1913-04-29
News Of Local Art Colony
BY G. Roger Daniels.


known artists have become indelibly
impressed on the minds of almost
everybody. The Gibson girl, the Har-
rison Fisher girl or Robert Robin
sons old man.
Here of late a new one has been
creeping in and is making itself
known. That new one is the Thrash
er boy, or rather, to be more exact,
one might say the Thrasher gang.
During the past year they have been
coming in increasing numbers. Prob
ably on a calendar, then again ap-
pearing from the cover of the Satur-
day Evening Post Last year a group
Of this gang" hard at it in a wran-
gle over which side was to get first
bat" formed an advertising poster
that was widely circulated by Spauld-
Ing & Co. This year there comes an
other poster with new group of the
aforesaid gang" busily engaged in
store. BY way of a trademark, lit
tile facsimile of last years poster
Appears in the background.
The week before last a couple more
Of the same gang appeared on the
cover of the Country Gentleman
This month a new series is be-
ginning. This time in the advertis-
Ing sections Of the magazines. Two
Of the gang" have decided that old
Ike" Walton is better teaches than
any old pedagogue that ever lived.
and consequently they played
hockey" They are pursued, however,
by the hand of fate, OF if you will,
their mothers hand plus club. and
for refuge they are hiding behind a
fence. Above them the smiling face
OF the Cream of Wheat "cullud pus-
son" gives life to the fence. and
It all goes to make up a very good ad
of the poster variety. There are
others of this series to appear, and
from the present indications the
Thrasher gang" will be pretty we'll
known before long.
In the Red Book this month Gayle
Hoskins individually holds up the
end of the colony. "The Dodger.' one
of Harris Dicksons good narratives
of Sunlover Sam, is the story and
some good Hoskin illustrations ac-
company it, 1t has not been long
since, wearying from the comfortable
quarters at 1905 Franklin, Hoskins
packed his easel and grafonola on
the "old grey car" and jOurneyed
northward. hence to Claymont, and
sojourns there at the time of writing.
I'm speaking of the Red Book it
might not be ou. of place TO mention
that Bechdolt the author of the
Mother Monohan stories, that were IL
lustrated by Koerner, is writing a
new series of six stories. The illus
trations for these will be from the
brush Of Douglas Duer, and from the
appearance of the originals, they
will constitute a very good series.
Desert Gold, by Zane Grey. appears
among the spring fiction. with Illus
trations and a cover in color by Duer.
It will be remembered that the Riders
of the Purple Sage the last Zane
Grey book, was also illustrated by
Duer.>>
A new hook by Charles Neville
Buck will appear shortly with DueI
as the illustrator.
II would seem that Frank e
Schoonover either had a monopoly
or a half interest in the American
Magazine, the way his work has beer
appearing in It of late This month
there arc two more stories illustrated
by him. AN officer Born and
s"Smokc." the latter being executed in
color.
With the Curtis magazines this
month there appears only one story
i'm the journal illustrated by a Will
mington man. That one is the "Coun'
try Doctor" a serial. with illustra.
tions by w II. ID. Koerner. We would
very much like to sec Herberl
Moores series for the Parallels
come out little oftener but cheer
up. there'rc coming The Post. how
tever. is more generous this week. T'
begin with. one of Robinson's old mel
appears on the cover and that starts
things right off looking homelike anC
interesting. Then there is the Flight
ing Six" a story by Edward Mot
Wooley, with some black and whites
bv Koerner accompanying It. Natu
rally enough. the weird hallucinauo'
of what and who Jack London thinks
he was still keeps coming under th'
little of John Barleycorn.' Thes'
literary logiambs that clink OF pub
licity and the American eagle ram
pant on a field of arrows. arc eNcus
able. however. and indeed very wei
come when they are accompanied b.
a series of illustrations such as II. ]
Dunn is doing for them. It IS SOM
of best black and white work seen II
the Post for a long, long time.
A subject picture. "The Disturber.
wherein racy little motor boat
playing havoc with an old longshore
mans claims to fish off the wharf !
by Henry j. Peck, and appears l
Scribner's this month
JOIN PEACE ADVOCATES.
General. r. Coleman DUPONT pres
dent of the DUPONT Powder Compan,
and Francis l. DUPONT, director
the company, have been chosen honol