The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-17

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black This is considered too sombre
| by many and is also often unbecom-
ing. This is overcome in the instance
of the hat above by the use of rides
cent coque feathers massed at the
front of the crown and failing toward
both sides of the hat. This trimming
is comparatively cheap and most
iserviceable, outwearirg most other
| feathers.
| At the party given Saturday after
| noon by the members of the Topeka
| Federation of Women, for the wives
of the state officers and of the legiS-
1 lators, informal addresses on art were
made by Mrs. Lenore Doster Cooke and
Mr.. George Stone. Mr.. Stone spoke of
! his student life in Paris and gave some
interesting "reminiscences of some of
/ the leading American artists of the day,
many of whom he has known init
mately. He gave a good many personal
recoIlections of some of the artists
whose pictures are to be shown in the
ant exhibit to be brought to Topeka by
| the Federation for two weeks begin
| ming February 26. He spoke with spe-
cial warmth of his master in Paris,
Worley, who has pictures in the ex-
hibit.
Mrs Cooke spoke on the subject.
What Is Art and her answer to the
question was Art is seif@eXpression
along aesthetic lines, in harmony with
the trend of the times. The art of all
ages and nations and peoples has re-
Elected in it's pictures, it's sculpture,
and it's architecture. and its literature,
the dominant thought of the time and
the country. The art of Rome was
an expression of the governmental and
military idea; the art of the middle
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church, another form of art interprets
the idea of Imperialism, and SO in our
Gay the trend of the time which is
democratic and socialistic (using the
terms in the philosophical senSe) is
shown in the art works of the day,
which portray, the common things of
life the laborine man, the children of
poverty, the quiet face of nature. little
fence corners. and the things of ordi-
nary human interest. Millet was one
of the early workers in this line of art,
and he was ahead of his day. Every
picture should carry a message. In
making a portrait. the artist must put
into it his understanding of the char
acter of the subject. At the worlds
fair in Chicago. the stream of human
ity that passed through the art gallery
singled out for their admiration one
picture whose technique was wretched-
breaking Home Ties" but its simple
homely message was the kind that
made the visitor want to go home and
be better to his mother and his brother.
The idea of the school of impressionism,
which has been carried to u fad in
some cases, is founded on the effort
to express, by Indebtedness of out
line, the sense of uncertainty in the
times the plastic and changing quality
of ideas and beliefs. The fixity of
was set out in the sharply defined out
line In speaking of the way in
which picture should be viewed, Mrs
Cooke said: "A picture is to be looked
a and not to be smelled Every picture
has it's focal point which varies for
different people. and that point is
reached. anywhere from six to fifteen
feet away from the picture, according
to the distance where the brush marks
cease to intrude on the vision.
The program for the afternoon was
opened with music. Miss Gwendolyn
Chase and Mrs. Warrick Updegraff
sang, and Miss Beuiah Wentworth
played the violin. About fifty guests,
many of them out-of-town women.
were present. and the list of hostesses,
members of the federation, is as fol-
lows: Mrs. Matilda s. Mcfarland,
Mrs. Margaret Hill -McCarter, Mrs y.
Mrs. F. w. Watson. Mrs. Lila Day
Monroe, Mrs. ]. r. Raster, Mrs. Lucia
o. Case, DR.. Elnora G. Whitmore,
Mrs. a. s. Hull. Mrs. Mary Lawrence
/ ANSiSOus MIS- W. W. IAflClFefi
f. Roudebush, Mrs. Albrecht Mar
burg. Mrs. o. L. Moore. Mrs. c. Ii.
Curry. Mrs. J. c. Wood. Mrs. Emma ;
Marshall Mrs. A. A. GODDARD, Mrs ~
O. Wellman, Miss Gertrude f. Barnes,
Miss Maude A. Barnes, Mrs. C'has- F.
Spencer, Mrs. Zina Cowles Wright.
Mrs. b. F. Shumate. Mrs. G. Fl. Sam
son. Mrs. Eli G. Foster, Mrs. C. J.
Evans. Mrs. Eta J. Hadley. Mrs. I'll.
o. Garvey, Mrs. ]. F. Swftzer- Mrs.
Virginia n. Nellis. Mrs. T. c. White
ker. Mrs. P. J. Clevenger, Mrs John
T. CLANCY. Mrs. y. B. Campbell. Mrs.
c. o. Skinner. Mrs. H H. Welty. Mrs
S. s Beggs. Mrs. George J. Crossman,
Miss Effie Graham, Mrs. H. L. Cook,
Mrs. J. V. Rowles, Mrs. G. c. Bow
man. Miss Helen Curry. Mrs s. j.
Hodgins. Mrs. Frank Doster. Mrs. H.
]. Whitcomb. Mrs. ]. c. McClintoca.
Mrs. f. d. Clithero, Mrs. Scott Hop
kins. Mrs Norah r. Roark- Mrs f. =.
Lee. Mrs T. ]. Myers. Mrs. r. w
Coppedge. Miss Lucy Kingman. Mrs
Carr Taylor. Mrs. Patrick Walsh
Mrs. F. P. Whitnore. Mrs. DIR. Petti-
inh ArrS FRA