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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17

TT is generally understood that color is
one of the leading factors or elements
in art, but how significant it may become
unrelated few realize And yet the dying
or coIoring of stuffs, or ether materials
is essentially an art. The value OF q
vase depends somewhat upon its shape
but equally, if not more, upon its color
and glaze. What is it but color which
gives the porcelains of China and pot
teries of Japan such extraordinary value
in the eyes of art connoisseurs? 1t is
color and pattern which di1ferentiate the
textiles of the Italian renaissance and the
rugs of Persia and the east from fab
RIGS of the present time
1t is interesting to know the use of
color. unrelatedly as color, is not a lost
art and that some of the finest dyeing
which has been done for many years and
in two continents is being done at Neigh
borhood House in this city. Strange as
1t may seem. fabrics of liberty silk are
sent here from Paris to be colored as only
the superintendent and director of this
well known social settlement can color
them. This is art-dyeing of very su-
perior and unusual order.
Mr.. Neigh, who had some art training
before he came to Washington, began
this artistic dyeng about five years ago
with little thought that it would in time
become such an industry that it would
terment work under his direction And
yet such is the case. The work began
when certain costumes were wanted for
festival. Mrs. Hemmick, who has al
ways been interested in Neighborhood
House and done much to benefit it, was
assisting. and discovered by chance that
by use of a simple household chemical
certain metallic luster- could be obtained
in colors employed as dyes.
This led to experiment and surprising
results. Colors are not used solidly, but
in combinations and in analytical designs
And it is here that the art comes in. Any
one can strike single notes on a musical
instrument, but 1t takes q musician an
artist. to combine these notes harmoni-
ously. Color and music are very closely
related and give almost identical sensa-
tons of pleasure. Last Saturday room
in Neghborhood House was filed with
innumerable scarfs and lengths of liberty
silk so dyed that they composed harmo-
niously. This was a consignment for
Paris, the largest order given and de-
livered across the seas 1t was a feast
OF art the colorful joy of sunrises and
sunsets combined. Oddly enough, the
designs were not outlined, but suggested
definite enough. and yet essentially i'm
pressionistic. The cooring was oriental
and yet modern. and in feeling occidental
The colors We're in themselves gently
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17

, better raising than you're giving him.
Anyway, the juvenile court was here yes
terday''-Addie had a confused knowl-
edge of the difference between court and
agent-"and they didn't seem to think
, that you had a right to leave the chill
dren alone all night with just a young
ster of twelve to take care of en-
You tell the juvenile court woman"
business But Millys face grew grimly
frightened. She looked at Artie fearfully
He was winter than Milly. who had had
the Group And
She drew a choking breath as she
thought of the many, many years before
be, with the poor care that was the best
that she could give him? II won't.' she
reiterated fercely. It don't care if he
would be better off. II want him"
some, filled with worry. Christmas had
/ been the hardest time. She had hoped
that Andy would come then, but he
didn't. Now it was nearing March. Tho
whole world seemed wrapped in a dreary
grave cloth of sleety slush. M:lly went
10 and from work stolidly. For while
she had looked eagerly at the faces on
the street. hoping some time that she
might see Andy. But she didn't look any
more. And while she used to climb the
stairs eagerly at morning when she came
home hoping, now she climbed them
duly. without hope. And SO she was sur
prised one day to find Adde there wait
! ing for her. Her face was excited.
you've heard something" said Milly
quietly.
'Milly, where do You think Andy went?
You'd never guess. He was arrested and
sent to the Rridewell-a street fight that
he happened to be passing and got mixed
n. Andy has temper. there's no deny
ing. And he wouldn't let YOU know, and
So Will you let him come back? He
sent me. He gets out today
In jail?" cried Milly: Her eyes spark
led. Then she sat down quickly, as
though her legs had given way from
weakness. rs that all. and l thought he
had deserted me! Dear me! l must have
some nice bacon and eggs. He likes
EN-" And then Milly began to cry.
CTHE END)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17

vHE most interesting event of the
past week in the local field of
art was lecture given by
Miss Anna Seaton-Schmidt on
Puvis de Chavannes, the great
French mural painter This lecture was
given in the auditorium of the National
Museum Tuesday evening under the aus
pieces of the Washington Society of the
Fine Arts. 1t was the third lecture in
the popular course on master painters.
Miss Seaton-Schmidt is we'll known
as a writer and lecturer on art; she is,
however, specially familiar with the
works of the French painters, having
lived in Paris for considerable time,
and being peculiarly in sympathy with
the French people. 1t was in company
with her friend, Elizabeth Nourse, the
American painter who has won so many
honors in France. that she first visited
the studio of Puvis de Chavannes and
made the acquaintance of the great art
list an acquaintance which as time went
on ripened into a real friendship This
distinguished painter was originally in
tended for a mathematician, Miss Seaton-
Schmidt said. and but for breaking
down of his health might never have
turned to art as Il profession. 1t was i'll
health which first took him to Italy, and
it was the works of the great Italian
masters which determined his career.
Mathematics and art, the lecturer de-
clared, were not Incompatible. Indeed she
insisted that they were closely related.
rhythm and balance being determined by
unconscious but truly mathematical pre-
cision
An outline of the painters life was
given, together with On account Of the
influences which surrounded him and af-
fected his art. Some of the wcrhs
of contemporary painters were shown
among the numerous illustrations, and
the thread of development was finely
traced. In all, the speaker said, one
felt the ose relation of art to life, tor
through the complexity of outward Incl
dents there was without interruption in
dicatiou of the inner growth of intel
lectuality and purpose which led to great
attainment. That genius is abnormal
Miss Seaton-Schmidt denied, quotin
Rodin, who AYERS that genius is sanity
and hard work. and requires, to become
effectual normal living. The character
of Puvis de Chavannes. as she portrayed
it, was sane. ample and normal. He was.
it would seem, a man of broad sympa-
thies and unusual understanding, a great
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A Far-Reaching Investigation Afoot.

, A movement from which great educa-
tional and civil value is expected has
been begun by the National Civic Fedora
ton. of which ex-Mayor Seth Low is
president The federation proposes an
Investigation of the vital elements OF
present-day American life under the gen.
eral heading of "a national industrial
survey" The subjects to be probed in
most thorough manner are:
The factors concerned in the production
of wealth.
The methods by which the wealth pro-
duced Is distributed among the several
factors engaged in production.
The effect on industrial, social and in
dividual progress.
The progress made by this country III
the last several decades, socially and in
dustrially.
The grounds for the socialist demand
that private ownership in the means OF
production Of wealth be abolished.
The differences in the fundamental aims
and methods of the labor movements, as
conducted by the trades unions, the So
cialist parties and the Industrial Workers
Of the World.
Scores Of the nations leading men and
women will direct the investigation.
which is expected to take the greater
part of the year, If not more. and a
staff of several hundred experts Will
contribute to the gathering and analyses
Of data
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17

a trinity of his talents by contributing a
number of water color paintings, each OF
a character that the art critic STYLES "a
gem"
SABOTAGE. BY Emile Pouget. Trans
lated from the French. with an in
PRODUCTION by Arturo M. Giovan-
nitti. Chicago: Charles H. Kerr &
Co
The strike" and the boycott" are now
terms of clear meaning. The content OF
sabotage is as yet more obscure. The
purpose here is to explain the actual
meaning of sabotage as it is understood
by those who advocate its use. The
bulk of this exposition by Emile Pouget
traces the rise of sabotage in France and
its development there. The author gives
any number Of concrete examples of
it's use among industrial workers, and
the great variety of forms that 1t as
sumes, concluding with an open and
ardent advocacy of its use as a neces-
sary antecedent to the successful strike.
An introduction to NJ. Pougets study by
Arturo Giovannitti from the Essex coun-
ty Jail, Lawrence. Mass, is, in part, an
outline of the subject in relation to the
labor situation of the United States, and.
in other part a bitter arraignment OF t g
socialist party for its formal rep d.a-
ton of sabotage as means OF economic
and social warfare. NJ. Pouget makes
First it is natural, an inst nctive. re-
volt against human exploitation. speciil-
cally, this means that it is relaxation
of effort on the part of the worker when
wages, or other conditions, appear TO
him to be unfair and oppressive. TIE hnl-
cally, however. and in rs second mean
ing, it is a mischievous tampering with
the means of production SO that, in case
of a strike. the machinery of production
shall be completely disabled, maklne any
output imposs. BILE When the s.iike is
either impossible or inexpedient the OBJ
ject is to damage the quality of the pro-
duction. narrowing markets and shaving
profits by this means. Sabotage in this
second sense is an eXpedient of war and
not a systematic hampering of produc
ton as the author is at pa MS to explain.
The book. as 1t set out to do, makes con-
crete explanation of sabotage even if it
does not succeed in its effort to make it
justifiable.
BEHIND THE BEYOND: And other
Contributions to Human Knowledge.
BY Stephen Leacock, author of
Nonsense Novels" etc. Illustrated
by A. II. Fish. New York; John
Lane Company.
1t is astonishing how prodigiously funny
certain everyday happenings may be
made to appear by the simple expedient
of representing them exactly as they oc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17

Of the most readable and interesting per-
sonal accounts Of the four-year CAM
paign that has been published. strik-
ing frontispiece opens the volume. SNOW
ing old time pictures of the -four PROM
ers In blue thanking a recent portrait OF
the author.
PATENTS, TRADE MARKS, DESIGN
PATENTS, A Text Book in Read
able English. By Henry c. Thorn
son. registered patent attorney Il
luStrated Boston: Bellevue fuphsH-
ing Company.
Compact with valuable information for
business men and inventors. this volume
is calculated to be warmly welcomed py
a large public. 1t summarizes effectively
the patent laws and practices Of the pat
emf office by means of series OF ques-
tons and answers, thus concentrating the
information in an easily remembered
form. Numerous Illustrations accompany
the work. giving examples OF patent
drawings and specifications with particu-
lar trade marks and proprietary designs.
The work is of convenient size, IN hex
ible binding. printed in large type for
easy reading. It is thoroughly indexed.
THE NEW PHILOSOPHY, The Science
Of Physical Phenomena. First Ex-
plantations Of Electricity, Gravtta-
fion, RepuIsion and the New Atomic
Element Rex. New Explanations of
sound, Heat. Light. Cohesion, Mag
netism, Atmosphere, Astronomy and
Nervous Force. BY Calvin Samuel
Page illustrated. Chicago: Science
Publishing Company.
Prof. Page made an important discov-
cry In physical science twenty-five years
ago, but was unable to interest the pub
lie, universities, scientists or publishers In
his hypothesis Of the nature of matter
He has, however, now put forth the re-
suits of his life study in a well printed.
admirably illustrated volume which Wig
orously and lucidiy sets forth the new
philosophy of matter. 1t is difficult for
the unscientific reader to grasp the full
Significance of this work. for 1t is of
highly technical nature, though written
with view to public understanding. At
the outset Prof. Page lays stress upon his
assertion that space is empty and pre-
sents his arguments forcibly to prove the
! assertion. He vigorously puts forth his
revolutionary hypothesis. attacking the
most cherished doctrines of physical
scientists. He has, he declares. discovered
| q new element which he has named rex.
the existence of which explains much
that has been heretofore mysterious in
| the realm of science. He carries his new
philosophy throughout the whole range OF
| physics, reaching some striking conclu-
| sions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17

will become the duty of the commission
Of fine arts to pass upon the merits of the
model and accept or reject 1t for the
government. Municipal and federal art
commissions are, as it were, expert
watchmen whose duty it is to prevent I'M
worthy works of art being imposed upon
an unwise or Indifferent public. This is
not always understood.
Y*
THAT the value Of such watchfulness
and expert judgment is fully realized
by the present administration is demon
strated by an executive order issued by
President Wilson a little over month
ago to the effect that whenever new
structures are to be erected i'll the Dis
trict of Columbia under the direction Of
the federal government which will affect
in any important way the appearance of
the city, or whenever questions involving
matters of art and with which the federal
government is concerned are to be de-
termined, final action shall not be taken
until such plans and questions have been
submitted to the commissioners of fine
arts.
THE exhibition of paintings by the
society Oh Hlcli w IiO dlHl inc al
West" is still attracting attention in the
llemicycle of the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art. It will remain on view until January
2S, when 1t will be followed in about
week by the annual exhibition of the
Washington Water Color Club.
THE Corcoran Gallery of Art is begin
ming already to plan for its bien-
NAL exhibition which is to be held next
December. Without solicitation, former
Senator w A. Clark has again offered to
donate 5000 to be distributed as prizes
for the best works shown in this eXhi-
bition. This generous offer almost as
sures the success of the exhibition, for
these substantial prizes, together with
the purchases Invariably made by the
Corcoran Gallery for its permanent col
lection, make the exhibition peculiarly at
tractive to the artists, who naturally re-
serve for it their best works. These BIZ
ennial exhibitions have come to be reck-
oned as important events in the American
art world and have placed Washington
on a plane with the larger cities Of this
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17

ment was scrupulously observing The
Hague convention even beyond require
ments in respect to the treatment of cap
tured opponents. No more Illuminating
picture OF these conditions has appear
ed, and the work is of permanent value
fully justify:ng its present reproduction
under a new publishers imprint
ON WITH TORCHY. BY Sewell Ford.
author of "Torchy," etc Illustra-
tons by Foster Lincoln. New York:
Edward ]. Clode.
The ''Torchy" books, comprising the
materials that are printed serially in the
Sunday Magazine Of The Star, are al
ways certain to be warmly welcomed, for
Mr.. Ford adds continually to his circle
Of readers by maintaining the high
slangy story telling is wholesome and
funny, and in the course OF his various
experiences Torchy introduces acquaint-
ances and friends who never fail to be
entertaining. The latest Torchy volume
is a delight from tho first cover to the
last
FOUR BROTHERS IN BLUES Or, Sum
shine and Shadows of the War Of
Civil War, from Bull Rum to APP
pomattox. By Capt Robert Gold
thwaite Carter. u. s. A., retired.
Washington: Gibson Bros. Inc.
Capt. Carter. now retired from active
military service. has in this volume pre-
scented the story of the experiences OF
himself and his three brothers in the
civil war The material is taken from
the letters and diaries Of these four
young men. covering the four years Of
the sectional struggle, from first Bull
Run to Appomattox. 1t has nothing to
do with the strategy and grand tactics
OF the war. but Is chiefly concerned in
the personal experiences of the quartet
through whose eyes the reader is enabled
to obtain clear view Of war time life.
The author enlisted as a private in the
22d Massachusetts Volunteers and after
the war entered West Point and grad
uated from that institution in 1870. aft
erward distinguishing himself in the In
dian campaigns. He was awarded a
congressional medal of honor for most
distinguished gallantry" in this latter
service and was also given the grateful
thanks of the state of Texas" through
its legislature for prompt action and gal
liant conduct in campaigning against hos
tile Indians. He is at present resident
Of Washington and is occupying him
self with writings on military subjects.
for which his experiences in the civil war
and his subsequent career have excep-
tionally fitted him. This work is in
spired by brothery affection and is one
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ton to the state of New Jersey animates
1t. Free and fearless discussion of men
and measures that have been conspicuous
within the past twenty years dominates
1t. A most readable manner. energetic,
clear. direct, engages one throughout.
The book is storehouse of political in
formation. Already the legislature has
placed it in the public libraries of the
1t is accepted as authority on the civil
and political matters with which it deals
BEATRICE OF DENEWooD. A Sequel
to 1.-THE Lucky Sixpence." BY
Emile Benson Knipe and Alden
Arthur knipe. illustrated by c. NJ.
Relyea. New York: The Century
Company.
The seeds Of this romantic adventure of
revolutionary days were sown in ''The
Lucky sixpence." The little heroine Of
that tale, unlike many a heroine. proved
herself of a quality to serve with equal
grace in this later one. In the ardors and
stresses Of the revolution the story moves
from England to America where the
transplanted social life. keen-edged by
the mutual animosities Of wing and tory,
with the alternate Citations and depres-
sions OF victorious or disastrous cam
paign and battle, forms a close and color
full background for the love story of John
Travers and Beatrice of Denewood. The
luShy o4APSASS' wv $4,000 o'SA
the new adventure to play substantial
part in this vicissitous revolutionary ro-
nance In the multitude of modern nov
els that depend upon colonial history for
both atmosphere and motive Beatrice of
Denewood' stands not only among the
most picturesque ones. but among the
few also that are consistent and believ-
able romantic inventions.
AS THE HAGUE oRDAINS; Journal of
Russian Prisoners Wife In Japan.
BY Eliza r. Scidmore, author OF
Winter India" etc. New York: The
Century Company.
About six years ago Miss Scidmore
presented a vivid portrait Of the Russo
japanese war as seen through the eyes
of a Russian woman of rank. whose hus-
band prominent officer, was captured
at the Yalu and taken to u military
prison In Japan. The work comprised
reproduction of her experiences as they
were written in the form of a diary.
Miss Scidmore in her Introductory
acknowledged that the characters We're
all imaginary, but the work was based
upon a careful investigation of cond.-
tons in the Japanese military prisons,
which comprised temples. town halls.
schoolhouses, barracks and hospitals
transformed for the occasion. Her con-
cius.on was that the Japanese govern
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-17

an Monday an exhibition Of paintings
~ of Alaska will be opened in the hall
of the National Geographic Society in
this city. These paintings are by Leonard
NJ. Davis. who has spent much time in
Alaska. The collection was exhibited dur
ing December in Seattle and one Of the
paintings, Peril Straits" was purchased
by private subscription for a municipal
art gallery for that city. The compile
ton of the Geographic Societys new
building makes Hubbard Memorial Hall
once more available as a place for meet
ings and for exhibitions. 1t is very pleas
ant to have in this manner another ex-
hibition center added to those in Wash
ington.
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MI RS. II. ". Bush-Brown has recently
ASA painted an excellent portrait OF Will
liam Radford, the photographer. Mrs.
Bush-Brown has q faculty for getting
likeness and her brushwork is accom-
plished. Her portrait Of Miss Ellen Day
Hale. painted two or three years ago,
will always stand out in the memory of
those who saw it as an exceptionally sue
cessful work-a notably good portrait
The portrait Of Mr.. Radford compares
favorably with this.
= y
THERE is an agitation in Baltimore
for the erection of an art gallery or
museum which shall be the possession of
the city. or at least of the people. This
seems to have originated in desire Of
the artists to have suitable place in
which to exhibit their works. not period
ically. but continually. The idea thus
brought out grew rapidly until it now
promises important developments.
THE Baltimore Water Color Club is
now holding its annual exhibition in
the galleries of the Peabody Institute.
This will be followed in February by the
annual exhibition of the Charcoal Club.
which will comprise works in oil and
sculpture. Both are. as a rule, interest
ing and representative exhibitions.
THE Art and Archaeological League Of
1 Washington will hold its third regu-
lar meeting at Gunston Hall School We'd
nesday afternoon at 4 O'Clock. An in
formal talk will be given by C. Howard
Walker on How Art Should Be Taught"
LEILA MECHLIN.