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viousy indicative Of irritation. Good
enough for her. reflected Jombley, pet
tishly. Why didn't she look where she
was going?"
He opened his morning newspaper.
Then he flung it violently over the railing
to the street below. His anger increased
by about 80 per per , cent n. II ne ~ had
last weeks paper on him he'd throttle
him! He quit mumbling passionateiy as
a whistle announced the approach of an
other train, and prepared to board it. The
shopping bent; shabby fat man who
should have been bathtub bent, FIVE gay
young sprigs with school books and cigar
cites. three giggling girls, an elderly LADY
and two ordinary men in blue serge suits
Jombley was not discourteous man, but
his mind still throbbed anent the news
boy and, anyway, the girls blue coat was
hardly to blame, since his eyes were
turned the other way, for thlnkins tnal
the blue coat sleeves against winch ms
hung belonged to the smaller OF INC tWo
men And even courteous man doesn't
pause on an elevated platform to give an
other man right of way, especially when
he is in bad hunor. Jombley pushed
through the door heard an exec ,s II,
blue form yield the way. and looked down
into the blacklist, most furious gray eyes
that he had ever beheid; ..,,
81 beg your pardon:' snapped tnelr
essence Of sarcasm. Gentlemen first"
she said meaningly to the portiy iaas;;
who assented with The , nasey IF they
They'd trample their own motners II 'heS
saw an empty seat!
"rI-" Jombley stammered.
Then the portly lady. VINO wore ,oeos d
mauve broadcloth suit, but i no s fabned
him onward. II amt got all day, she
observed, coldly. and he perforce advanced;
Afterward he twisted his head aFot mo
coach, She was looking out OF the win m
dow. Anyway" spluttered Jombiey.
wasn't looking. Darn that newsboy!
And then he tried to p, read 1oan .h in 'front.'
When fate is mischievous she places
M limit to the game she plays. 1em,
bley bumped into the girl going ou.. anu anu
he didn't apologize she "ou ~
listened If he had.
He had another view of gray eyes
blackened by rage; then she swung do"i
the street and Jombley turned up announcer
to the mems furnishing store of which ne
was manager. Being very sensio!e
vonnr man, he argued that the world is
large. and an accident was an ACCIDENT;
and since it was unlikely that he would
meet that young woman again ne Wouio
| proceed to put the matter out OF MS
mind.
morning teaching new salesman AT
noon he went out for lunch. but ne
| varied his usual procedure. Instead OF a
restaurant, he went to a cafeteria just
opened by a friend Of his, who had in
yited him to drop in some day and in
| spect the place The word was familiar.
| Of course. to Jombley. but he didn't fully
| realize till he got there what 1t actually
| meant. Then. amused, he followed the
| example set by those in front OF him.
erahbed a tray and proceeded to fill 1t
with what he liked best.
| When he started he hadn't minded
| other people With each added article
of food his shoulders and elbows became
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last is given in full and ably illustrates
the commissions careful and thorough
methods of work and the value OF such
expert judgment. This official document
is of more than usual interest, and, it
may be added, is presented in appro-
pirate form. we'll printed and pleasngly
illustrated by photographs of the Nc
MILAN fountain, the Millet and Butt
memorial, the design for the Lincoln
memorial, the Maine tablet design and
the design for the Rostron medal. The
members of the commission are Dan
iel c. French, sculptor. chairman: Fred
erick Law Olmsted, landscape architect;
Thomas Hastings. architect: Cass Gill
bert. architect: Charles Moore, layman:
Edwin II. Blashfield, painter, and Pierce
Anderson, architect
::
DIRGE HARRISON. whose group Of
- paintings are now on exhibition in
the hemicycle hall of the Corcoran Gal
lery of Art, contributes to the current
number of Scribner's Magazine an article
entitled THE Appeal of the Winter
Landscape" in which he describes fully
the attraction the snow-covered country
has for him and its significance gen.
orally.
Zone of the false. misleading world
traditions he says. lis that which pro-
claims the tropical landscape to be ma
lures supreme effort in the domain of
natural out-of-door beauty and which
classes the landscape of the temperate
zone as a very poor and uninteresting
second by comparison
''Of course, the very opposite of this
is true" he adds, going ON to say: ANY
one who has resided long in the tropics,
and has suffered as have from the bar
barrie riot of tropical color-the bowling
green's and blues and reds and yellows
that everywhere atfiict the eye in equa-
torial ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS why the only
really great school of landscape painting
which the world has ever seen should
have grown up in the misty north. 1t is
not contrast which makes beauty, but
harmony. Furthermore, it is open
to reasonable doubt if the most vociferous
efforts of our post impressionist brothers
will succeed in wholly destroying our
, taste for the works of Whistler and Of
Botticelli.''
! And again he says: '''It is the growing
recognition of the fact that the true func-
ton of art is the creation of beauty which
| has turned the attention Of SO many of
| our first landscape painters to winter sub
| jects.''
All this throwing special light and Civ
| ing fresh insight into this painters point
| of view is at this time particularly in
teresting to those who would avail them
selves of the opportunity of studying his
| pictures.
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fountains which are a delight to the eye
and not infrequently genuine works of
art. while her great cities count their
numerous fountains among their chief
adornments. Signore Ricci has illustrated
in water color some of the finest in Rome
and has presented them in all their most
picturesque aspect. In his Interpretation
of landscape and use of pastel he has
been less successful. His water colors
have spirit. but his pastels are very life
less. His architectural themes show good
drawing and color, but his landscapes
lack in structural strength. and in tone
are monotonous One would scarcely sup
pose them to be the work of the same
artist Certainly they are not up to the
standard of the artists best.
OF all the countries of Europe the CO.
temporary art of Italy is probably less
known than any other in the United
States, and yet much of it is exceedingly
admirable and In spirit essentially mod
ern. In Venice every two years a great
international exhibition OF contemporary
art is held in which, with the works of
the foremost artists of today, the works
Of Italian artists are shown and to ex-
cellent advantage
Miss LESLEY JACKSON showed in
AVA formally at her home last week a
group of studies made last summer IN
Provincetown. Mass. These studies en-
braced paintings OF iSureS ooiie out VI
doors in the Hawthorne class and land
scapes and similar subjects painted indie
pendently. 1t is an extremely interesting
collection, indicative of not merely the
progress of the painter. but changes in
modern methods and conceptions of paint
ing. Single figures are seen painted out
of doors in blazing sunshine. The paint
is laid on directly and the color, which
is fresh and pure, is held in broad masses.
The effect is truly dazzling. Sunlight
such as this was not painted before the
French impressionists began making their
experiments. But this is not French I'M
pressionism-it is still a further step IN
advance 1t is sunlight as Soroiia mas
painted it-sunlight liquified and poured
iayishly out. 1t is student work, 10 DC
sure-no canvas is finished-the attempt
is to get form, color. relation OF Faiues-
that is all and enough. The results are
amazingly significant. ,,
After this same manner, MISS JackSo'l
painted a picture which she Will prooapiy
EXHIBIT later. of three boats, one red. one
green. one somber colored, lying beneath
protecting canvases under the lee OF
white house, all bathed in glowing sun
shine. which is wonderful lnterpreta-
tion of light and color. realistic frank
and admirably composed. She also mas
nainted in the same manner and spirit
garden of brilliant blossoms, likewise
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NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

IN Wednesday evening Walter Scott
~ Perry, director of the department of
fine arts in the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn,
gave an illustrated lecture before the
Washington Society Of the Fine Arts on
Renaissance Architecture and Decora-
ton Mr.. Perry said at the outset
that. while the. majority Of people were
inclined to think architecture difficult to
comprehend it might be summed up in
ten words. each one Of which stood for a
factor in its development. Among these
ten words were plan. Intel, arch, open
ings, climate and material.
Going back to the earliest buildings
found in Egypt, Mr.. Perry successfully
traced the development of each factor in
architectural design down through the
renaissance, bringing the several styles
into interrelation. All building, he said.
was not architecture any more than all
writing is literature, explaining that 1t
is only the best building and the best
writing that are worthy Of these names.
He showed how the same elements of
art entered alike into the design Of the
facade of a building, of a book cover, a
piece of furniture or piece of textile,
and he clearly described the distinctive
features which differentiate the works OF
the several periods. Furthermore. he re-
ferred frequently to the public buildings
in Washington, using them from time to
time as illustrations, and thus making
them perpetual lessons to his listeners.
The lecture was not only exceedingly
interesting, but very instructive. and will
not soon be forgotten. The slides used
as illustrations numbered at least hun
dred. and were exceedingly well chosen.
Not a few were beautifully colored.
THE trustees of the Corcoran Gallery
/ of Art have given to the Public
School Art Teachers Association a col
lection of photographs of paintings in the
gallerys permanent collection. These
are to be used by the members of the
association to stimulate appreciation Of
art among their pupils. Art. like music,
Is best appreciated by the masses when
made familiar.
:. x
TWO notable exhibitions opened in New
York this week. First, the exhibit
ton of 1.-THE Ten," which opened in the
Montrose Gallery Tuesday, and, second,
the annual exhibition of the National
Academy of Design, which opened in the
fine arts building yesterday.
LEILA MECHILN.
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HE exhibition of paintings by
Blendon r. Campbell and Da-
vid Ericsson, which opened
Tuesday and will continue I'M
til April 1, at 126 18th street, Is
of unusual interest Neither painter has
previously exhibited in Washington, nor
has attained elsewhere, as yet. special
distinction, but both show in their works
pronounced ability and talent Of rare
quality.
! Mr.. Campbell exhibits portraits and fs-
ure paintings. Mr.. Ericsson landscapes
and city pictures. The work Of the for
mer instantly impresses even the casual
observer as peculiarly individual and ar
tistic. 1t is fresh and vivacious, but 1t
Is also mature and well considered. This
artist knows how to draw and has gained
the mastery of his material; he is a
good technician; his impressions are
given artistic interpretations; he has
something to say. What is more. there
is a distinct element of beauty in his
work, which is coupled, as it should be
to signify, with strength and virility.
OF conspicuous note and merit Is por-
trait of his little daughter seated in a
chair near the fireplace in his own home.
of pervading personality, but this por-
trait is a picture we'll composed, charm
ing in color, excellent in effect. as were
the portraits of the great painters of
other days, and yet in an entirely new
vein BETTING the present rather than the
past.
To either side of this oil painting hang
portraits in red chalk, one of the Hon.
Henry White, the other OF a young girl,
both exquisitely rendered. In these one
finds beautiful drawing, fine use of line,
precision coupled with freedom, delicate
yet firm modelling. vitality and reposeful
expression-real portraiture and real art.
To such work one can give unstinted
praise. In addition to these portraits Mr..
Campbell shows a number of decorative
paintings, which are also quite out of
the ordinary. One is long panel pictur-
ing nymphs on the seashore, another pic
lures nude maiden and q swan in a
leafy dell, yet others set forth other fig
ures in sylvan surroundings. All are
painted in a high key in a manner pc
culiarly this artists and are chaste. i'm
aginative and engaging. possessing the
fflmy loneliness of chance visions OF
dreams.
Mr.. Campbell in rendering these deco
rative themes loads his canvas heavily
with paint to the surface of which he
gives Almost an enamel finish. The re-
suit, oddly enough. is almost the same
as If he painted. extremely thinly and al
lowed the grain or weave of his canvas
to show, but the result is in all probable
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,ped in summer sunlight. This. t.

STEPPED in summer sunlight. This, too,
carries conviction.
Miss Jackson is best known as a water
colorist but all these paintings are IN
strokes. By those who are interested IN
modern art or in the phenomena of light
and it's Interpretation these studies could
not fail to be found engaging.
T asst Saturday Mr. and Mrs. f. Carl
IL Smith gave a tea and housewarming
to inaugurate the use of the new studio
lately added to their residence, at 1873
18th street. Quite an exhibition of Mr..
Smiths works was set forth at that time,
both in the studio and drawing room, and
in the latter collection of Mrs. Smiths
miniatures was shown.
Mr.. Smith has made a specially of
Dutch figure paintings. but he is also a
painter of portraits and of landscapes.
paintings in strong color of the sea coast
at Gloucester. Mass, studies of the great
canyons of the Colorado, made on a
western trip some years ago, and also
certain souvenirs in the way Of water
color sketches of Egypt and the far east,
made on a comparatively recent Mediter-
ranean trip. Among the most successful
of his figure paintings are two of a
mother and child - one painted several
years ago in Holland, the other only last
winter in this city.
THE report of the commission of fine
arts transmitted by the President to
Congress December 10 has just been pub
lished in the form of pamphlet of forty
three pages. This gives the membership
of the commission, its jurisdiction, work
and reports.
Fifty-nine matters requiring expert
judgment We're submitted to this COM
mission during the year, and. to quote
the report, 1T is believed that the efforts
of the commission have resulted not only
in a marked improvement In the beauty
and artistic character of monuments and
public buildings erected in and planned
for Washington, but also in a saving of
thousands of dollars to the government
Its recommendations have invariably
been in the direction of simplicity and
against ornateness.''
Among the submissions of special note
are the Lincoln memorial plan and site,
the Barry memorial. means of connect
ing Potomac Park with Rock Creek Park,
the treatment of the Union station
plaza. g. proposed bill authorizing the
erection of statues of Hamilton and
Thomas Jefferson. The report on the
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THE EVENING STORY.
UNLUCKY JOMBLEY.
Copyright, 1914. by W. Werner.

Copyright, 1913. by ". Wcrner)
Jombley had every intention of being a
reasonable human being when he left his
boarding house that morning. and this in
spite of the fact that his landiady, a
woman Of varying temper, had put forth
a breakfast that only hardened old board
ers could down. The coffee was the sad
hue known as drab, the toast was fos-
SLICED dough, the eggs had been laid,
judging by their taste, cons back. JONI
bley was in that unrebellious frame Of
mind when he saw by swift glance that
he had exactly forty-five seconds to get up
the elevated steps. through the turnstile
and upon the approaching train. Pos
sibly if the coffee had been less drab his
brain would have been brighter and he
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moro conscious of them. And there were
neonle on all sides, also in front and be-
hind. In fact, he never knew that one
city could produce so many 1olks an ~
ing. He got red in the face with help
Iessness. The tables seemed miles away.
There was no place to put the tray ne
couldn't drop it, and he knew that ne
couldn't hold it much longer. Every
second some one jabbed him ana II "ap
bIed He took a step, was showed back,
took another, was pushed, pushed on
ward. breathing hard by turns and hold
ing his breath the remainder OF tne
time lest the tray turn turtle, as II
threatened. And somehow he got TO tne
end of the circuitous aisle, sot pas
tho coffee urn and into the compare
lively open space surrounding the tables
where he could sit down. And then 1t
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happened. He saw slim, neat blue
serged sleeve aslant a tray holding beans,
lemon cream pie, coffee and apple sauce.
That sleeve was too familiar to be mis-
taken. He shivered stiffened himself for
the unavoidable compact, and the next
second two trays had collided and their
united contents tangoed merrily over the
floor.
Its your walled the girl Cant 1
ever lose you?
I'm sure said Jombley, stiffly, that
I haven't hunted you"
And then, In angry silence, they re-
garded each other and the heap of spilled
food. Other patrons sailed by, taking a
firmer hold on their own trays as they
laughed at the mishap. A porter came
grinning to gather up the mess And
then, with a sigh, the girl turned to get
another tray. Jombley, watching her,
grasped her intention. Good heavens.'
it again."
Yes" coldly, Il am
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ity more lasting. For decorative pur-
poses this color scheme and treatment is
most suitable and the effect is particu-
larry attractive.
There are other panels treated IN some
what the same manner, but quite diff
ferent in style. One is a japanese sub
ject another is of birds and flowers
These, while JapaneSquein suggestion. are
by no means initiative, and they display
color schemes which are far from ORR
entail. In all Mr. Campbells work there
is a lightness of touch, an individuality,
an imaginative quality, which gives sig
nificance and charm quite out Of proper
ton to what might be reckoned as con-
ventional merit.
Mr.. Ericson's work is less individual
istic than Mr.. Campbelrs, but also inter
esting and impressive. He has lived
much of late in BRUCE and has pictured
this quaint old world city delightfully."-.
His canvases show its picturesque old
streets, its towers and market place, its
encircling stream and surrounding coun-
try. These are honestly and frankly
painted with an excellent use of color
and feeling for composition. One of the
subjects he has Transcribed is the inte-
rior of a church, and it Is admirably
rendered. Another is a picture Of the sea
off Ostend. Yet others are landscapes
with cattle, painted in Holland. The ma
rine is little suggestive of Mr.. Ericson's
former master, the great Whistler, in the
subtlety of its suggestion and its surface
tonality; the latter might be found a
little reminiscent of Mauve, though per-
haps in this instance it is similarity of
theme which creates the impression.
There is a freshness and sincerity as
well as a strength and sobriety in Mr..
Ericson's work which entities it to con-
sideration and esteem and will secure for
it an excellent place in the ranks Of
contemporary production. The works of
these two artists are, while quite differ
ent, altogether sympathetic and form col
lectively a harmonious and pleasing eN-
hibition.
AN Italian painter, Dante Ricci of
~ Rome, is exhibiting a collection Of
his water colors, pastels and etchings in
the Moore galleries this week and next
These are chiefly Of Roman fountains of
the seventeenth century and Italian land
scapes. The water colors. and especially
those transcribing architectural themes,
are the most interesting features of this
display. These in many instances are
characteristic, colorful and engagingly
rendered. The subjects are well chosen
and inherently picturesque
Italy excels in her fountains and sets
us here q notable example in the prod
igality of her use of water for ornamental
purposes. Her smallest towns boast their
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lust HUMAN
| NATURE
~ or RIIaa1kT -A21So9

vv7HEN duck gets shot its troubles
w are over. The man who sits in a
=" ducking blind. with icicles on his
eyelashes continues to suffer.
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Bill tia baggageman says that when
anybody gives him a cigar he has to
smoke it before he knows whether he
has been bribed or bunked.
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would have seen the girl in navy blue
serge rushing from the opposite direction.
They met violently at the entrance to the
steps. The impact knocked his hat off
and it rolled back into the gutter he had
just passed. BY the time Jombley had
rescued it and wiped off the siush the train
was pulling around the curve. He was
angry and he was in frame of mind
that caused him to feel glad that the girl
on the bench in tense attitude, Oh.
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The heathen's garb is neat and nice
though simple, learned men assert Some
tattoo markings will suffice to at him
with an evening shirt.
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National Flowers.


From Life.
Teacher-Now, children, can you tell
me what are the national flowers of Eng
land?
Class-Roses.
Teacher-And France?
Class-Lilies.
Teacher-And Spain?
Glass (silence for a minute then small
voice at back of the schoolroom)-Bull-
rusheS, ma'am.
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One of the most melancholy things I
know of is a lot of household furniture
standing on the sidewalk in front of an
auctioneers. 1t is always the closing
scene of story that started happily
and ended sadly.
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Grandpa Mintliker says the kind of
dancing society needs is the old-fashioned
uuadrille, where there was more foot
shakin' and less holdin' hands.
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ssss ss stand sS TN; tas i ssar WITH
" Zephaniah Stiggins, who has
wondrous speakin' power. He'd talk
about the eagle an the dove an such
like things until You thought that maybe
you yourself was sproutin' wings. He
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1t is a form of egotism that makes a
person consider himself kind-hearted be-
cause he keeps a pet dog.
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DHE exhibition of paintings by
Blendon r. Campbell and Da-
vid Ericsson, which opened
Tuesday and will continue I'M
AZ Aor;I = OF 7oe 18th street ia
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1911. XYFP-B4lo.
Bridges Robert. A Tract the Present State
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Dawson A. II. A Dictionary OF English Slang
and Colloquialisns. XD-D32S. Reference.
Earle, S. C., and others. Sentences and Their
Elements 1911. XG Ea756.
Johnson. Ben. The English Grammar. 1909.
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Brink, C. NJ. The Making Of Grafton. Nx-
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