Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-05

i, exhibition for certain groups of pupils
in the high schools. This will take the
place OF what is generally known as
decent SERVICE" which many museums
now regularly provide. Art is with
out question an open book" but a few
words of explanation or suggestion
sometimes makes the text more illuin-
mating. One who is i'm the habit of
either producing or living among pic
and more intimately than those who
know nothing OF their technique and
little or their fellowship. A guide who
Is familiar with road can always
make journey more interesting,
whether it be through open country.
city streets or in a picture gallery.
This Is the reason why expert guides
or decents in art museums have dur
ing recent years been quite general
iy installed. Furthermore, that which
one knows well is most apt to prove
of interest therefore. each individual
who becomes better informed concern
Ing art is likely to contribute in time
10 the upbuilding Of more appre-
the cities east and west special eff
fort has been expended by art organ
izations to bring the school children
the little citizens"-in close touch
cellent result. In Boston, Toledo and
indianapolis the museums have them
selves conducted the campaigns. In
New York it has been carried forward
League, and with amazing success.
Under this organization not only spe-
cial gallery tours are conducted with
expert guidance, but lectures given in
the metropolitan and Brooklyn mu-
seums. at which thousands of children
nave been In attendance, coming on
Saturdays, unattended and without in
ducement. and coming again and again
this season by the Washington So
ciety of Fine Arts, with the consent
and hearty agreement OF the Corcoran
Gallery. and in the hope of larger de-
yelopment in the future
THE Art talk at the Corcoran School
Of Art will be given Monday after
noon at AIS by Richard N. Brooke, vice
president Of the school and the presi-
dent Of the Society Of Washington Ar
lists. The subject will be The Use
of the Sketch Book"
As
THE Syracuse Museum has recently
purchased two paintings by
Everett L. Warner, one entitled DE
cember Hillside" and the other, a
smaller canvas, entitled THE Poor
Mans Club" These make five pictures
by this painter that have been pur-
chased by museums for their perma-
nent collections within the last year.
WILLIAM SILVA of this city. who is
'" now residing at Carmel the |
Sea, on the coast of California, held an |
exhibition OF his paintings under the |
auspices of the Friday Morning Club, |
Los Angeles, lately. It was at Carmel |
that William NJ. Chase held his class |
last summer instead of in Europe. as |
had become his custom 1t is, all say,
a most picturesque spot and one pc
culiarly appealing to painters of land |
Scape.
k*
EDWARD LIND MORSE. another
- erstwhile Washington artist, is |
living now both winter and summer at |
in the Berkshire Hills. For |
the past few years Mr.. Morse has given 1
almost his entire time and attention |
to the preparation for publication of
his fathers letters and journal which, |
in a work in two volumes, has Just |
come from the press.
If the late Samuel F. B. Morse had |
not been the inventor Of the telegraph |
he would have been better known as an |
artist. As it is, his portraits rank |
the best Of those by our early /
American portrait painters. hence no |
little part of his biography has to do |
with art and its early history in this |
country. OF special local interest are |
the accounts given of work done in |
this city, as, for instance, the painting |
Of the picture of the United States |
Senate. which il now owned by the
Corcoran Gallery, but was originally |
purchased by Daniel Huntington. How
exceedingly brief is the history Of
American art Is brought wildly to
mind by the fact that the entire span I
is comprehended thus by two genera
tons. Samuel F. B. Morse knew and
worked with Benjamin West in Lon
don. His son and bfographer lie /
painter of today, and by no means