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auspices of the Board II Education in
lecture centres in the borough of Man
haitian. Both will be opened on Thurs
day evening. John quincy Adams, as
sistant secretary of the Municipal Art
Commission. will give one Of the courses
at Public School 1865, 1OSth street. west
Of Amsterdam avenue, while the other
viii be given by Louis Weinberg of the
College of the City of New York.
The subject of Mr. Adamss course will
he Art and Daily Life" and the opening
lecture will discuss art in the Use of
Things Later lectures will take up
The Beauty of Machine made Things"
Paintings Belonging TO the city OF
New York" THE Guild Painters Of
Holland" and city Planning" Louis
Weinberg will discuss Modern Artists
and Their Message" treating of Mllet
Whistler. Manet the International Art
Exhibition and Rodin.
Next Tuesday evening Alexander T.
Van Laer will continue his course of
lectures on The History Of Painting"
ut the Museum Of Natural History,
Seventy street and Central
Park West. with lecture on "S.r
Joshua Reynolds and The Painters "
England"
Tho Keramic Society Of Greater NeN
York begins its annual exhibition in the
blue room Of the Hotel MCAlpin.
November O. The exhibition. which il
is promised will contain several inno-
vations. will last until November II.
The Theodore b. starr Company an
nounces James l.. Clarkos exhibition OF
sculpture and African hunting trophies
IN It's galleries from November TO 81
Arvid Nvhom write. ontcrtainingiy
of his countrNmn Nndcrs Horn IN tho
current number % tn" Chicago Itr"
arts JoHrHnl He has mica first hani
, Information 10 recount Of that breezy
and attractive personality and tcns
many amusing stories OF him.
Here IL one concerning Jorns portrait
f the King:
"'r1c old King. though Very wca ;h",
was known to be extremely economicG.
{ in money matters, and therefore n1
, made an agreement with Xorn about
tho price II painting. before the sittinSs
commenced The artist asked q certain
price for a portrais nj the King In plain
clothes and a somewhat larger sum II
the King should wish to- bc painted N
uniform with all his medals and ius.gnil.
II meant moro work. and 80 Iuru in
sisted on more pay. 1t was decided that
plain clothes should be the thing. BIZ,
when the day for the frs, sitting came
the King appeared IN full uniform.
Whcn Zorn reminded the King Of thor
bargain he said: How much did you
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The other pictures in this exhibition
call for little comment. The fashions
in which they are painted are discarded
fashions and there is not sufr1cicnt life
reflected in them TO lead US to believe
that there is the hope OF resurrection
for them in the future. Mr. AleXandcr's
three CanvascS are not of recent make.
They are in the period. however. that
gave him his vogue. and upon the alb
surbcnt canvas that allowed him 10
wash in his oil colors liquidly like
Temporal; and that was "A pleasant
innovation 10 the students of a genera
tion ago
There are traces Of refinement in tho
work as there are always in this artist :
production. but there i also a dscon-
certinS lack of seriousness and a too
great haste in execution. II is not an
eNaggeration TO say that there j.
scarcely IA line in the tall panel in
which lady in pink stoops and does
not conquer that is I uut of drawins
or poor as mere line TIE young lady
In Dutch costume is better and tho
drawing more happy. hut the roughneSI
with which the light is pldstcrcd on the
background back Of the young lady
hips in the effort Ia pull the attention
in. il frivolity Of handling that would
| he unf rgivahle in legitimate oil paint
ing.
II is not our custom to dwell upon
such slips, but this time we are com
PEELED To protect those students who
shall come to see the Henri portraits. at
al costs.
The other artists To complete this
group are Charles G. Curran. Frames
&. Jones. Richard +. Maynard. Jules
/ Turcas, Frances Grimes and Anna
Vaughan Hyatt.
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For these African antiques are deeply
religious. Mr.. SticglitZ claims that all
Of he pieces in the exhibition are eN-
amples of fetch art. "Thcy didn't know
good those Africans. as we know It.
These figures were supposed to ward
off evil" 7 have read somewhere that
the root of all religions lies in the great
Mystery. It began with the first con-
Formation with Death. Art that. begins
80 nearly i'm the same place may well be
serious and may without much fear he
accepted MS religious. Tolstoy arrived
at the idea that the basic principle in
all the great religions was the same
In that case we must ask Mr.. S'icglitz
to believe that these long dead Africans
since they did mean passonatrly what
they carved into his show. knew good"
even as We know 1t.
The most ancient Of these carven
masks are the mos, dynamic. The eyes.
lips, noStrlls, project from concavc sur
faces in these heads as surfaces are
projected in modern cubistic art. The
parallel was not long in being remarked;
but just who among the cubsts was the
first to adopt the cult for /. Is not
known. Matisse has some interesting
pieces in his drawing room. Early IN
the game they were shown in conncc-
zion with cube art" Last spring the
little gallery stared by Mr.. Brerner in
Washington square held a few pieces,
but this at the Photo Secession is the
first exhibition Of ancient African wood
carving, as such This collection is
owned privately in Paris Tho museum
at st. Petersburg was DESTROYS nf bor-
rowing !. for = show, but IN spi~ of the
alliance" il was refused. II was owing
To the efforts of Mr. dc Zayas. tho carl
caturist. that the carvings reached New
York and IT Is also worthy Of record
that he managed the shipment at thc
historic moment when most Americans
abroad were parting from their luggage
indefinitely
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The Metropolitan Museu moi Art gave
reception Thursday evening to the
New York Commercial Tercentonary
Commission and every visitor received
a lcaflct upon which was printed tn"
following quotation from an address by
DE witt Clinton. Governor OF New York
To- the American Academy of the Fine
Arts. in october. 1876:
There arr certain mighty pillars
which support the complicated fabric Of
society. and there are distinguished or
naments which h"autlfy and embcllish
It. Upon agriculture, manufactures and
commerce: upon science, literature,
morality and religion all associations
Of the human race must rely for sub
sistencc or support--hut the fine ats
supcradd the graccs of n Chesterfield 10
the gigantic mind Of q Locke. They are
tn. acanthi which adoru tho Corlnthian
column the halns which surround the
sun of knowledge: they excite labor,
produce riches. enlarge the sphere OF
innocent amuscmCnts. increase the
stock of harmless pleasure, expand our
intellectual powers improve our moral
faculties. stimulate 20 illustr!ous deeds.
enhance the charms of virtue d!nuse
thu glorios 81 hcroi-m. augment the pub
lie wealth and extend tho national repu-
tation.'
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out Of the way, however. by the sports
man, pure and simple, who will take a
delight that is all his own in the famous
racing events engraved by Reeves after
Pollard; the Preparing to Start, Good
wood; 1.-The Gold Cup, Ascot; THE
Winner of the Derby" In the series of
horses and dogs by Henry Alden, and
in the shooting and fishing scenes. An
especially interesting hunting plate
portrays the death and burial Of the
celebrated Mr.. Tom Moody. Mr.. Pol
lard has engraved above tho scene the
lamented spOrtsman's injunction:
ono favor bcstow. It's the last | shall
crave,
give a rafting view halloo thrice DER
my grave,
and this the mourners are doing in the
picture Justify.
Walker WhiteSide has commissioned
Morris Molarsky to paint a fun length
portrait of him in the character of "Alr.
WI" in which he is appearing a the
Maxine Elliott Theatre, Molarsliy is n
Philadelphia artist who has recently
opened udio at 80 West SiXty-sev-
enth street in this city He IL a pupil
and prize winner of the Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Ar,s, His best known
pictures are "A Lady in White" and "a
Study In Pink and Gray"
Two new courses of free public lee
lures will be begun this week under the
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Number two in the succession of ono
man shows iu the Daniel Gallery Is
Rror Nordfcldt. who is 4 refugee. torn
forcihly from Paris by cruel fate and
flung back To Chicago and Us Mr. Nord-
feldt went To Paris from Chicago.
lie hardly had enough of Paris we
think. He acquired the approved pal
etc Of thc day and paints with the
fashionable roughness. but there is not
yet enough personality to make these
canvasrs stick ont in crowd. certainly
not in French crowd Alou- tho best
he shows Is ,hc breton \Iilasr.r seen
from a height. Cczannc fashion. hut
with really too Opaque a sky. The fig
urc pieces include two studies of youth
full negroes in one OF which. called THE
Feast" a young Colored boy and girl
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We not al know that he has given his
life To- this work. and is he not. consc-
quently. exempt firm thu reproachca
that AuatO,e France aimed az Dclacroix
In La Rcroltc dcS ingcs? Those cmana-
lions OF the neshiy school. tho dccora-
lions 10y this artist in Saint-Sulpice. we're
the source Of most Of the moral vacilla-
tons in the parish, ono of the most
aSiute of Anatole Frances priests main
taincd. Artists. no matter how clever.
should f-low closely the instructions
Of the clergy WHOM about TO engage In "A
church decoration. Instead Of trusting
90 the inspirations of the cafe or the
studio.
"DcldcroiS lived in n time " bias
phomy ard impiety." said old Per" Gui-
uardon. busy AZ work restoring the said
decoration. Painter Of the dccadcnc",
ne was not without grandeur. "" was
finer than his epoch. Hut ~" ld"k"d
soul. simplicity. purity. 70 goo and 10
paint angels il" needed that virtue SUI
prcmr. ,has'ity. which I, with m" aid
Of God. have done my best 10 practice"
"For goodness sake hush. Michel
cried old I"phyrinc. tho model. from
the base 81 the ladder Int ono must
never pursue a translation from Anatole
France too far.
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of the Photo Secession now support
carvings. strange wooden carvings,
qucerer carvings than YOU will see any
whore els in town. Mr.. SticglitZ * on
deck with sensational and sardOnic the
Orlcs that Surmount the din Of bates
and shine above the dust clouds arising
II, m crumbllng empires. His first lieu
tenant. Mr. WallIowltz. Is there also,
less wan and pale than OF yore. hut more
unutterably philosophic than ever Mr..
IordCh, who IL a primitive. very fond OF
painting his personal rccollcc,!uns OF
ancient Egyptian history, now enters
upon his sophomore year in this aCdd-
envy of arts ana thrills, Several OF tn"
new recruits had the look Of being per
manent additions to this society. al
though one of them, a most clever Young
man, an Albanian refugee twas said,
had rather too decided and f,rceful
manner for q recruit. Being clever, no
doubt he will soon subduc himself.
All Of the dramatiS persona are on
the scene. You understand. They ar"
al word perfect In their parts and
eager for the curtain. Hamlet. that Is
to say Mr.. StelGltz. can hardly wait
until the big scene In the fifth act. where
he jumps into the grave and deiles Mr.,
k-nY-n t-X to outweep him in grief
for the corpse. The anticiputory emo
| ton IL so strong and so contagious that
you. even YOU, who have seen the re-
| hearsals and know that il Is only n
| play. are beginning to wonder whether
| you are going 10 disgrace yourself by
| blubbering outright. when suddenly
! horrid doubt intrudcS itself. Perhaps
we had counted too naively upon Mr..
k-ny-n OK always playing opposite
roles to us. Mr.. K-ny-n OK likes an
Gent art of any sort. These are ancient
carvings that we are about TO show you,
ladies' and gentlemen. Mr. K-ny-n C-X
will ike these wooden images lie will
not clash swords. He Is, in fact. upon
our side. Is it not wonderful? And
vexatious?
1t spoils our big scene completely.
| It's no fun having art shows unless we
may wake somebody up with EN-. who
can we wake up with these carvings?
No one. They are several hundred
years old and. therefore, hors concours.
! Everybody will love them. 1t would
have been awfully wicked Perhaps. but
| in the interest of art. just lhahle, TO have
dissembled n bit with this show. Sup
pose Mr.. Stieglitz had assumed a timid
air which he can do very we'll and had
announced that he wasn't at all sure
/ that there was merit in these produce
| tons the work of a little colored boy
named Rastus Johnson, who lived az
l37th street and LenoX avenue but he
was determined 10 give them "A trial;
what a fuss there would have been,
Then when Mr.. K-ny-on C-X had had
/ his tit. and all of us critics had tied
ourselves up into irretrievable cOncm-
slons, We ourselves probably holding
Rastus To he an impudent little upstart
totally lacking in sense of decorum ana
religious instinct, then, we say. Nr
Sticglitz could have come forward with
the truth about these carvings, and he
would have had us.
He would have had me, at any rate.
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her son, Mr.. Elliott Porter. who will
be in the north until the opening Of
school in the autumn. when he will
return to resume his studies at Prince
ton university.
Mrs. Porters daughter, Mrs. Pat
Campbell. will entertain a few friends
at tea Saturday afternoon at her home
in Huntoon street, complimentary to
her mother. There will be table at
cards. and those who are asked to play
are: Mrs. Porter. Mrs. William Red
wood Smith. Mrs. j. M. Cornell and
Mrs. r. J. Parker.
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Tho gown shown is Of ivory white
wolfe with trimmings of white MORE
ribbon. The peasant blouse of wolfe
has a collar of white organdy and a
fulled vest Of the same. the little but
tons in tango contributing the sole
color on the gown. The short sleeves
are finished with a rufde Of MORE rib
bon and have an under cuff of lace
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summer With her brother. Mr.. Philip
Hay.
Miss Helen Davis has gone to Beulah.
Colo. to join her mother. Mrs. e. r.
Davis. who il spending the summer in
the mountains.
Mrs w. E. CocheI, Of Manhattan, Il
the guest Of DR.. and Mrs. r. e. West
Mrs. Hattie Hedges, Of Baldwin, will
arrive next week to visit Mrs. Festus
Foster.
Mrs. II. A. Kingsley and her daugh-
ter. Miss Mabel Kingsley. win leave
Sunday to spend two weeks in Wash
ington. d. c. They will stop en- route
to Chicago. Cleveland and New York.
Mr.. and Mrs- Robert Tasker LETT to-
day for Estes Park. Colo, for an out
ing of q month or six weeks. DIR. J. C.
Taslxer and Miss Harriet Tasker Of
join Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Tasker and
accompanied them to Colorado.
Mrs. III. A. Mayberry and her SON,
Mitchell, and Miss Ethel Mayberry
have gone to visit relatives in Chase,
Kan.
Mrs. R. w. Brown and her SON.
Gailand, will leave Sunday for Kan
sas City to join MIR. Brown In q per-
manent residence.
Little Anna Louise Woodbury., the
daughter of Representative Fred H.
woodbury. of OMvet. Kan. will return
10 HeG nome saturday, a1Cer q visit OF
few weeks to Mrs. J. F. Daniels.
Mrs. Grace Marian Abbott has gone
to Independence, Kan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Gary and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Larrabee Of Macon
Mo-, have returned home. after a visit
to Mr.. and Mrs. A. A GODDARD.
Miss Gertrude KitcheN will leave
soon for Boulder, Colo, to spend two
weeks with friends
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. Felix and their
son. John. have returned from q visit
to friends in Kansas City.
DR.. and Mrs. L. M. Mathews of
Memphis. Tenn, are guests of Mrs. C.
G. Foster at her home in Harrison
street.
Mrs. B. M. Sutton and her daugh-
ter, Burmah. and Miss Irene Leeman
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. HAM
of Enid, Ok. From Enid they will 20
to Oklahoma City to visit Mrs. r. c.
McLain.
Miss Ethel Pierce of Elgin, Ill, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. HI. HI. Parr at
Arlington Heights. Mr.. H. H. Parr,
who represents the American Cigar
company, Mr.. H. J. Parr Of the Way
man Bruton Snuf company, both of
New York. are spending their vaca-
ton at their home in Topeka.
Mr.. Ed Grote has gone to Denver,
Colo. to visit his daughter. Mrs. Owen
Ethel, and he will visit various places
in the mountains before his return.
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Mrs: Hafg Thursday night, at his home
In West Tenth avenue. The evening
was spent at cards. and the guests
were: Mr.. Haig. Mr. s. E. Cobb. Mr..
Archie M. Baird, Mr.. NJ. J. Drury. Mr..
e. Stople. Mr.. H. c. Claussen. Mr.. H.
A. Perry, Mr. G. C. Bowman, Mr. w. e.
Brelsford. DR.. j. D. Freeman, Mr.. ]. H.
McGon, Mr.. T. S. Stevens. Mr. Harry
Hobson and Mr.. J. A. Stewart
Miss Florence Smiley gave a dinner
Thursday evening in compliment to
Miss Rebecca Stanley. who will be
married on July II. Covers were laid
for: Miss Stanley, Miss Fern Fitzpat-
rick. Miss Helen Fair, Miss Ruth
Grandon and Miss Marian McGraw.
= .
Mrs. A. w. Benson. who is visiting
friends in Ottawa, has been entertain
ed at some social affairs in that town.
for her Thursday, and Mrs. H. F.
Sheldon was hostess at a breakfast
for her Thursday morning.
Announcement is made Of the mar
riage Of Miss Sylvia Hughey and Mr..
Bernard Dewey. which took place
Thursday evening at the home of the
brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. L.
Hughey Of 42O Polk street. The bride
was attended by Miss Lucille Grote. as
maid of honor, and Mr.. Dewey's best
man was his brother, Mr.. Thomas
Dewey.
The brides gown was white char
meuse, and she carried q bouquet of
brides roses and lilies of the valley.
Miss Grote's gown was blue crepe de
chine trimmed with white net, and her
bouquet was of pink roses. The mar
riage was solemnized by the Rev. Mr..
Robert Gordon of the Baptist church.
The decoration for the house was of
pink and white garden flowers.
Mr.. Dewey is the son of Mrs. T. e.
and club circles of Topeka, and the
late Mr.. Dewey, who was a Topeka.
lawyer. writer and lecturer Of abil-
ity and at one time clerk OF the su-
preme court. The bride and BRIDE
groom were students together in the
Topeka high school, when the love
affair that resulted in their marriage
yesterday had it's beginning.
Mr. Dewey is engaged in the grocery
business. and he and his bride will
make their home in Topeka.
+ =
Mrs. Bernard Crosby was hostess at
a meeting OF her bridge club this af-
ternoon at her home, 901 Topeka ave-
nue..
The women who have been guests
at a house party at which Mrs. T. B.
Parker, Of West street, was hostess
have returned to their homes These
women ara schoOlmates who organized
as small Shakespeare club during
their school days and who have kept
in touch with each other for many
years by a circulating letter and by
occasional reunions.
The good time enjoyed by the group
seems to increase at each reunion. It
as been especially pleasant at this
time by the numerous diversions pro-
vided through the hospitality of Mrs.
Parker and her friends. A long auto
mobile ride to the country as the
guests Of DIR. and Mrs. Ernest, a pic
mic supper III Gage park, a second
automobile ride to see places of in
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c)OCHTy.

A. aroapem. Mt announcement OF
interest and social Importance Is mace
this afternoon by DR.. and MRS. John
Calhoun McClintock. who announce
the forthcoming marriage u phii1in
daughter. Gertrude. to Mr.. Fni1lp
Whitcomb, the son of Judge ana MRS
George H, Whitcomb. No announce
ment of more general interest among
society people has been made TINS
season, for the two families to De
united by the marriage are anone ME- LIE
most prominent in the city. MISS
McClintock is a gifted and intellectual!
young woman, and possessed OF sociai
race. poise. and distinctive tndiv1du-
Atty. She spent her early school days
in the College of the Sisters OF Beth
any, and afterwards she attended
Washburn, where she was a member
Of the Sigma Delta Psi sorority, now
the Alpha Delta Theta From there
ehe went to Smith College, Northamp-
ton. Mass, where she graduated q rev
years ago. She has musical talent,
and at college she took special work
in dramatic art. At the time OF ner
graduation from Smith she was chosen
to take the leading part in the college
play, a role that had contributed to
the fame of Ethel Barrymore. Since
her return from school she has held a
prominent place in society and has
been a favorite in exclusive social cir
cles She has travelled extensively In
Europe, having been abroad number
Of times.
Mr.. whitcomb, inheriting a bril-
liant mentality from both sides of the
house, has made an uncommonly good
record as a student. He attended
Washburn college. where he gradu-
ated with honors in 1910. He won the
Cecil Rhodes scholarship, and for the
past two years he has been attending
Oxford university, Oxford. England.
and finished his course there this
spring. He remained after the close
Of the regular school year for special
lectures. He is an athlete as well as
student, and took part in the rowing
contests and other athletic interests OF
the university.
Miss McClintOck expects to leave
next week, in company with her
father, for the east, and will sail soon
for Europe. Miss McClintock and Mr..
Whitcomb will be married abroad
though the place and the date have
not yet been decided upon. Doctor
McClintock is going abroad to attend
the great surgical ngress in London.
Mrs. McClintock and her daughters
Mrs. ]. c. Mohler and Miss Helen
McC1intock, have asked guests for an
informal tea Saturday afternoon from
NcClintock. The party is to be in the
nature of a farewell to the bride-to-be.
Il IL to be quite informal, and the
guests will be a few close friends.
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A party Of young people will have a
picnic tonight at Gage park. The
debutantes and their escorts who will
make up the crowd are: Miss Frances
Jobes of Kansas City. Miss Jane Alex
ander. Miss Marguerite Thrapp, Miss
Genevieve Herrick, Miss Sarella Her.
rick, Mr.. Henry Clay Anderson of Kan
as City, Mr.. John Medley. Mr.. Francis
willard, Mr.. Forrest Wright and MI.
Robert Ward. Miss Jobes is the guest
Of the Misses Herrick a few days.
= .
Mrs. Silas Porter will leave Tuesday,
Of next week for Alberta, Canada. and
Will spend the rest Of the summer with