The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-31
Lenten Affairs of Interest
 to the Feninine World
Something About An Art Exhibition in Washing ton-A Birthday Party-Mr. and Mrs. Gussens Student Recital This Evening at the Jefferson-Other Al
 fairs of Note-Personal Notes
Fly MYRTLE MILES

The collection of paintings exhibited this week at Mayors has amply demon- strated Birmingham's appreciation of art. One cannot always, to be sure. judge the artistic culture of community by the number of expensive art treasures in their possession since the most capable judge of a splendid canvas may be the least able financially to acquire it. How ever, as it happens a number of these beautiful paintings have found their way into Birmingham homes and yesterday morning six were sold to be hung on the walls of the Ridgely apartments. Besides there have been scores of visitors.
 The collection comprises the work of some of the greatest of modern painters, the pictures are done in oil, water color and pastel; there are few dry point etch- ings, and I noted even several fine steel engravings-copies of originals displayed in the exhibition. Some are truly lovely; others, believe it or not, all who court foreign productions in art or crafts, would suffer in comparison with the work of some of our local artists, whom everybody knows have produced things of which to be inordinately proud. It is, though, display which everyone should see, and will be here only few days longer.
 The paintings of Eugene Mulertt- Dutch water color scenes-have attracted especial attention among the visitors to the exhibition. He has been compared to Millais; certainly he is touched by the same appreciation for the simple things of everyday life-depicting the Dutch peasants, the huge armed wind mills and lowlands fishermen in their little boats and quaint cottages along the canals.
 Another whose work is splendidly rep, resented is Edmund Ostahus, the splen- did outdoor painter, whose work takes high rank among the animal painters of the country. One of the finest things he has in the exhibition is a canvas on which he has pictured two beautiful Jlewellyn setters-nothing else the splen- did dogs have trampled down the brown sedge grass about them in some field, in the quest of game and stand, with sensitive noses raised. just indicating the present of the little feathered fellows they have followed. Such picture would delight any huntsman. It is particularly Interesting here since it portrays dogs who are well known to several local sportsmen. The one in advance is a painting of Count Whitestone, grand sire of Major Whitestone'. Mir T. T. Ashford's beautiful setter. who recently won a handsome cup. The other is Joe Cummings" another celebrated cup win ner. MT. Ashford, who has seen both dogs, says that they are faithfully de- pcted by the painter
 There are other beautiful paintings of animals. One painting, done in oils is a barnyard scene-exceeding1y cheerful and portraying several cows and hens, with the appropriate surroundings
 Aurel has done some brilliantly colorful things. one charming water color bou- doir scene. There is a single fgure-a woman looking into a mirror. Her atti- fude is delightful. her costume, with it's vivid scarlet sash, tremendously pie turesque. For those who appreciate cre- fulness of detail, there is Turkish painting by Medna-a woman in her Fur kish robes The lovely eolors of costume and surroundings would delight anyone
 Rieschel's paintings please me perhaps most of all. Carl Weber has a delightful apple blossom water color It describes man in a cart. a wet afternoon. and the colors are grey, green and soft The horse Is just such an old broken down. big, strong, hard working fellow as you see any day; the man sits huddled over him quite in the same spirit-the dumb driven cattle spirit-as the horse
 George Howell Gays paintings have cfeated vast deal of enthusiasm. There Is an exquisite marine scene The break CTS are soft and white as you would wish them to be and the rays of the sun are slanting delicately rosily and quite tim Idly over the blue and white of them Then there is a landscape which is de-