Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-08

them have been permanently placed In
public buildings and great institutions.
Five have been painted for the West
Point Academy and two for the Naval
Academy at Annapolis; others are In the
Treasury Department. the State Depart
ment, the Capitol and the Supreme Court.
as well as local clubs and residences. to
mention but a few.
MISS ELIZABETH SPALDING. who
AvA spent last winter in washington.
has lately held an exhibition of her water
colors in Erie, New York and Meadviile
Pa. where they were most favorably re-
ceived. Miss Spalding spent the summer
at Woodstock, and is returning this au-
tumn to her home in Denver. Her paint
ings are sympathetic, colorful and skill
full in treatment.
A the twelfth annual meeting Of the
Washington Society of the Archie
illogical Institute, which will be held
next Wednesday evening, Mrs. 8.
Arthur Strong tEugenie Sellers) will give
an illustrated lecture on art and En-
pire: The Influence of Roman Imperial
ism on Later Antique Sculpture Mrs.
Strong is assistant director of the Brit
ish School in Rome, and comes to Amer
lea as the fifth foreign Norton memorial
lecturer of the Archaeological Institute.
She has lectured on Greek art and
archaeology at the British and South Ken
sington museums. delivered the Her.
mione lectures at the Alexandra College.
Dublin; organized an exhibition of Greek
art at the Burlington Fine Arts Club and
written several books which are regarded
as authoritative. From st. Andrews
College she has received the degree Of
LII. d., and from Dublin University the
degree of Lift. D., and she has been
elected life fellow of Girton College,
Cambridge.
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MEMBERS of the stats Of various
lv1 educational institutions and repre-
Washington met last Monday afternoon
at the Octagon for the purpose Of plan
ming the formation Of an art and archie
ology league, which will be primarily
educational in character. The meeting
for organization will be held next We'd
nesday afternoon, November II. at $3.50,
at the Mount Vernon Seminary, when
Mrs. Arthur Strong of the British School
OF ArcneOlOSS III AsOfc WAL Uc the 8ucSt
of honor 1t is expected that Mrs. Strong
will make few remarks on the intimate
relation of art and archaeology. Those
who may desire to become charter MEM
beers of the league can obtain cards of
invitation by addressing Mitchell Carroll,
chairman pro tempore, the Octagon.
A \ exhibition OF works by the four
"a leading Washington cartoonists and
other local newspaper illustrators was
held this week in an improvised gallery
on + street. in conjunction with works
by the students of VIII e. Chandlee's
School of Illustration. The drawings
shown were extremely interesting and
clever. The cartoon is a very direct mode
of expression and an extremely forcefui
phase of art The carteonist to be sue
cessful must grasp the salient facts and
be able to present them SO that all may
understand at glance. This requires
command of medium and skill. to say
nothing of wit, intelligence and talent
In this exhibition the work OF the pro-
observation-disclosures who have attained
was exhibited as a demonstration of pos
sibility The work of the students. which
was set forth in conjunction. naturally
was less strong, but in some instances
showed promise.
TN the hemicycle hall of the Corcoran
l Gallery of Art an exhibition of sum-
,nar sl,atcboS hy ctndants If the Sch0al