Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-04-16
EVENING Chat

Phlladelphia artist, who Is painting
the mural decorations for the Senate
chamber and for the Supreme Court
chamber at the State Capitol, will be
interested to know that the panels for
the hall of the senators are well under
way and that when the legislature
meets In January they will probably
all be in place. Miss Oakley Is paint
ing the works at her studio In Oak
Lane. Philadelphia, having finished
engaged on the great 45-foot panel
which Is to go across the space at
the top OF the alcove of the presiding
officer. There are to be seven panels
In the Senate chamber symbolizing
Peace and Liberty in Pennsylvania,
and the big, painting is to be the cli-
max. so to speak. This will contain a
gigantic central figure representative
of brotherhood and it Is expected to be
masterpiece of the artist whose work
In the executive reception room at
tracted such widespread attention. In
order to handle the commission, which
was originally given to Edwin A. Alb
bey. and at his death given to Miss
Oakley, who had studied under him,
1t was necessary for the artist to en-
large her studio and to make studies
in this country and abroad and also
to collect great variety of costumes
and articles for the warlike and group
ing pictures which are to have a place
in the series. She also had made a
replica of the front end of the Senate
chamber in miniature, exactly proper
toned, and into this she fitted her
studies for the panels. so that the
whole end of the great chamber and
all Of the decorations have been re-
produced The placing of Miss Oak
ley's paintings is being awaited with
much interest in this city because of
the interest in her paintings dealing
with the development of liberty and
freedom of conscience, popularity
known as the Penn series, in the Cow
ernor's apartments. These have been
reproduced and are now in many
schoolhouses. The series upon which
she is engaged will be equally interest
ing, in the opinion of those who have
looked at the studies, and form the
second of the great works from the
brush of this talented Pennsylvania,
as 1t will be recalled she is also COM
mtssioned to paint the decorations for
the Supreme Court chamber consid-
cred by many the stateliest of the
rooms in the Capitol.
National Guardsmen are much in
terested In the general orders issued
by General Stewart announcing that
the First and Fourth Brigades will
participate in the joint maneuvers with
the regulars and militia of eastern
States in the great campaign for the
capture and defense of the national
capital because the Eighth Infantry
Will be included. This will be the first
time that Colonel Hutchisons men
have been sent out of the State in ma
neuvers, although they have worked
with regulars at Gettysburg and Mount
Gretna. This years proposition is the
aVtpnSiVa n ha rtoly a
more Pennsylvanians will be engaged
than ever before. The First Brigade
took part in maneuvers at Pine Plains.
n. Y, couple of years ago, being the
first brigade to be sent on such work
outside of the State.
State Zoologist H. A. Surface is of
the opinion that unless people get
busy now and band their trees for
canker worms there will be trouble for
many fair tree this year. The wing
less females are Just about getting
ready to go up the trees to lay their
eggs on the twigs and these eggs will
be source of no end of annoyance
next summer. Banding trees may not
make them look very well. but 1t saves
them.
Some fishermen came back to the
city yesterday morning as early as 9
O'Clock with fine trout One man
started out to fish about o'clock and
at daylight got down to the sport in
earnest. In an hour he had a nice
basket and marched up street showing
his friends what the early angler could
do on the first morning of trout sea-
son. He was considerably envied for
his skill, or good fortune, as one man
added with just tinge of malice.
Speaking of trout fishing, one of the
city's fishermen was jollied yesterday
by some friends. They knew that he
would be unable to get away and
about noon telephoned to him that
fish wardens were after him for catch
ing fish under size. He insisted that
he had not been out at all. but they
said that the descriptions given tailed
with him.