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ris steadman, author of Homo Por-
traiture," etc. illustrated. New
York. D. Van Nostrapd Company.

UNIT PHOTOGRAPHY. BY Frank Nor
ris Steadman, author of Home Por-
traiture," etc. illustrated. Ne"
York: D. Van Nostrand Company.
Mr.. Steadman has been working for
a number OF years In the development
Of a system of scientific photography
which will eliminate the error of per-
sonal Judgment, without diminishing
the artistic quality. He has presented
In this work a treatise Of definitely
practical nature which offers sugges-
tons to both the professional and the
amateur photographer that should inn
prove the quality of workmanship and
lessen 10 risk OF failure. Mr.. Stead
mans thesis is that photography is a
working Of natural laws, that light Is
regulated by conditions and that upon
the volume and quality OF light de-
ponds success. not nero picture TAX
ing" but correct results. His chapters
in this work are technical, but under
standable, SO that his suggestions are
all of value to the reader who seeks to
put them to test and into practice. Sew
eral artistic photographs are used to
illustrate the method of light testing
which the author advocates, and the
volume contains many useful direc-
lions for the development of plates and
the making of prints. 1t is work that
every amateur photographer should
read and from which much benefit is
certain to be derived.
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PEELED and he would see her apart from
all identifying efforts. as she was.
Moreover, he would not like her people
she was sure of it-and when he saw
ed with tears she went to work in
the kitchen.
There was little more to be done,
| and yet she kept feverishly busy.
After dinner her father went to town
| in the old buggy with the storm cur
was leaking worse than ever. A dark
spot of moisture was beginning to
show on the dining room carpet. Mar
jorie had to put down pan. She filed
the old stoves with wood and went
| upstairs to dress. She had laid out
the pink wool frock which she had
worn SO often and SO happily at Cousin
Louise's, but when she thought of the
1eaky spot and the rag carpet and the
old stove, she felt that it would only
make her appear ridiculous. With
that thought fresh tears came. And
she had already cried so much.
Il shall look a fright" she sobbed,
and felt ready to die with misery.
smoothed her hair and went to the
closet to select dress. Her hand
strayed over the meager array of suit
able garments. then quickly stopped
upon a lavender bingham.
ut goes with the rag carpet she
thought, bitterly.
An hour later she saw him getting
out of the buggy and fastening through
the rain to her, as she waited for him
at the front door. How wonderful he
looked! She tried to make him feel
that she was glad, but her heart was
telling her that it was all a mistake,
that only sorrow could come TO her
now.
Whatever he felt he showed only
warm appreciation of the hospitality
offered him. And he had the true gen
tleman's way of appearing to see moth
ing. neither the worn places on the
best forks nor the pan under the leak.
Yet Marjorie knew that nothing es-
capped him, and her heart grew heavier
each moment.
It was during the evening that she
parlor. A silence came upon them.
He had leaned forward with his hands
loosely locked between his knees.
studying the carpet. Marjorie viewed
him in agony. trying to get at his
thought. Suddenly he leaned over and
drew his hand almost caressinsiy
across the carpet. Then he looked up
at her quickly with a smile and half
ashamed flush.
TN afraid I lost myself just for a
moment he said. II was back in my
boyhood home. That carpet recalled
it all. We had just such a carpet on
our best room. My mother made it.
I think He got up and crossing the
room set down beside Marjorie on the
old haircloth sofa. MY mother would
have liked you. She always said to
can wear a Bingham dress gracefully"
And then all Marjorie's dreams came
true.
(THE ENDD
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League, proved extraordinarily inter-
esting and reflected great credit upon
Miss Schroeder. who was chiefly re-
sponsible for 1t, having originated the
plan and assembled the collection. 1t
was surprising to find what wide terri
tory could be covered in so small a
space, and most interesting to observe
in direct conjunction the work Of ear
lier days with that of the present time.
The general impression prevails that
in the hurry and hustle of current
times very little handwork Is done
which is worthy of consideration and
completely taken the place of that
once made by hand. But in this exhi-
bition were to be seen beautiful hand
wrought things fully comparable with
in this land. Mr.. Stones hand wrought
silver compared admirably with that
wrought by Paul Revere. which was
loaned by Mrs. Edward Cohen. There
were old blue and white bedspreads
equally good in pattern and no less
we'll woven.
With books of early centuries show
ing fine bindings and also wonderful
illuminations were displayed books
bound and Illuminated today not one
whit less exquisite or skillful. Miss
Marian Lanes bindings are invariably
fine, beautifully fooled, excellent in de-
sign and execution. From the Herter
and other hangings, both old and new,
tho prototype and the fresh product.
To the eye of the average observer
there was no choice, one being as fine
as the other in texture and equally
lovely in color and pattern.
Neighborhood House contributed some
of its dyed fabrics, showing almost un-
dreamed-of exquisite color notes. Miss
Lydia Bush-Brown exhibited some fine
examples of stenciling combined with
embroidery original designs most
skilfully wrought. Remarkable in the
way of needlework was a chair seat
done in close cross stitch on fine can
vas by Mrs. C. Z. Swift, Il work rival
ing in character the finest tapestry of
other days. There was most interest
Ing example of worsted work. flowers
embroidered on canvas, which was
wrought perhaps as much as one hum
dred years ago. and another very SINH
lar done during the present year.
There was. moreover, d remarkable
patchwork quilt done in the time of
our grandmothers placed side by side
with one no less marvellous. but lately
finished every stitch of which was put
in by hand.
Mrs. Charles w. Richardson loaned
some fascinating old luster ware, and
Miss Muhlhofer showed some interest
ing experiments in luster decoration
done today. Clarence Dean loaned in
teresting examples of pewter, an old
Italian chair, tapestry and leather
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-23
BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE SOCIAL CONMoNw'EALTH; =
Plan for Achieving Industrial De-
mOcracy. BY BERNARD A. Roscublaft-
New York: LinColu Publishing Cor
poration.
STORIES FOR CARMENCITA. By SAL
vador Calderon X. Translated from
the Spanish by Aioysius e Gahan.
member of the New York bar.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FRANK
CASE. tRcprinted in part from Col
liers Weekly by g. 4, Connolly OF
Golfers Weekly. New York VAIL
Ballous Company.
MAKERS OF AMERICA: Franklin.
Washington, Jefferson. Lincoln. fiy
Emma Lillian Dana, Model School
Hunter COLLEGE. New York. lmmi-
grant Publication Society.
MY HEARTS RIGHT THERE. Nv
Florence L. Barclay. author ct Tho
Rosary" etc. New York. q. l.. Put
MANS Sons.
OUR KNOWLEDGE or CHRIST: IN
Historical Approach. by i.ucius
Hopkins Miller assistant professor
of biblical instruction in princeton
University. New York. Henry Holt
& Co.
EROS, The Development Of the &c,
Relation Through the Ages. ;y Emil
Lucka. Translated. with introdu"-
ton. by Ellie Schlcussncr New
York: G.. +. Putnaul's Sons.
CHRISTIANITY As MYSTICAL FACT:
and, The Mysteries OF tntiquit,. iiy
DIR. Rudolf Steiner, author of "ANs-
ties of the Renaissance. ct" fbnd
edition. revised and enlarged. liti-
ed by ii. Collision. The author sod
English translation. New York. q
!. Putnam's Som.
SONNErS OF 4 PORTRAIT PAINTER.
BY Arthur DAWSON Ficlle. New
York: Mitchell kennerlcy.
An OPEN LETTER TO THE NATION
WITH REGARD I'd PEACE
PLAN. BY James Howard kehlcr.
New York: Mitchell henneriey.
THE PROMISE OF LIFE. Ey Howard
sutherland. author of "fdHlls or
Greece" etc. Chicago: Rand, Nc
Nally & Co.
WHAT GERMANY WANTS. Rl Edmund
Won Mach Boston: Little. Brown "
THE HOUSE WE LIVE -; Architect
and Tenant. Talks About the nody
and the Right sc of II. EN Nilliatn
Elliot Griffis. J.. II. d, author of
Brave Little Holland" etc. New
York: Funk 6; Wagnalls Company.
SUCCESSFUL SELLING. BY f. Leici-
ter. New York: Funk & WaSnalis
Company.
GERMANY AND ENGLAND. BY J. A.
Cramb, NJ. A., late professor of mod
ern history. Queens College. Lon
don. With preface to the American
edition by Moreby Acklom. New
York: Z. P. Dutton & Co.
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"Kriegspiel."
From the Scientific American.


Within the walls of the War College.
in the city of Washington. are great
libraries of military history and text
books of war: steel cases. jealousy
guarded, containing the published
maps of all the lands of the earth,
pamphlet after pamphlet of informa-
ton regarding the terrain and re-
sources of the different countries. gar
nered no one knows exactly how, and
q high ceilinged room which contains,
among other simple furnishings, a
huge, soft pine table.
The yellow surface OF the table top
is seldom seen, for there is usually a
map upon it; a map whose limits reach
to the very edges, pricked here and
there by little pins with vari-colored
heads; and also, there Is usually a
group Of quiet. intent gentlemen, Off
GERS of the army, leaning over the map.
moving the pins here and there or
shifting wooden or leaden blocks from
place to place.
1t is in this room that the war game
reached it's climax, at least in the
United States: for the officers studying
general staff. and they are not playing.
"Kriegspiel' comes to US from Ger
many. In the time Of Frederick the
Great the game took OH its first SEM
blance of application to the study OF
the art of war, an outgrowth Of the
game of chess. the earliest vas game.
1t was first taken up as a diversion,
and although IN a crude form, 1t
achieved considerable attention. 1t is
used now In the instruction of every
army Of the world.
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promised a vacation; and that fall
had been allowed to pay visit to
her fathers city cousin. That was
wonderful experience for the country
girl. Cousin Lou lived In fashionable
way. Her husband drew large sal
AIRY, and as they had no children they
lived up to it as they went along; they
kept Il maid. always had cut flowers
about and attended the theater and
opera. Before Cousin Louise had
dared to show Marjorie to her friends
she had bought for the girl some pref
ty, stylish clothing. Then she was SUI
f1ciently satisfied with the glowing
young creature to introduce her 20
her circle. Among them was a young
friend Of her husband. an architect, am
bilious, promising and almost bril-
liant. At parting he said II am com
ing to see you in your own home And
Marjorie felt a thrill of joy. She told
Cousin Louise. 81 suppose you know
what that MEANS" Cousin Louise said.
MY dear, you have won d prize. You
can never do better than to marry
Paul Lindell.'
1t was a happy Marjorie who came
home to the old farm. But she was
no sooner there than her happiness
fled. She was troubled with doubts and
fears. She realized. poor child. that 1t
was one thing to be seen in Cousin
Louise's rose colored drawing room
quite another to be seen amid the ugly,
and worn out surroundings of her own
home.
HE imagiues, perhaps, that we live
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-23
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
BY Earl Godwin.

TT won't stay shut if I should said
Abbie.
The conductor attempted to shut it.
but he failed.
will you lend me your screw
driver so 1 can fix it when you leave?"
asked the conductor in a sort OF mere
man. voice.
Indeed, am not a carpenter" re-
turned Abbe. II do not carry tools
with me-"
But you must have had one to I'M
screw them screws" insisted the man.
"Oh. no, I didn't
The man thereupon asked to be let
into the secret, but Abbie said he ought
to know the combination to his car as
well as she did, and refused to talk
about it any longer Meantime the
conductor was in a frantic state, as he
had never supposed young woman of
fashion could unscrew Il well fastened
car window without burglars tools.
The passengers thought it a great en-
tertainment.
Eventually Abbie got off the car,
flinging over her shoulder a last mega
tive answer to the conductors plead
ings to be let into the secret of the
open window. and the car sailed on to
tho car barn.
Just before it reached there jolly
fat person rolled off the car. AS he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-23
THE EVENING STORY.
RAG CARPET.
Copyright, 1915, by ". Werner,

Marjorie Gale gathered up broom.
dustpan and duster and stood back to
view the result of her mornings work.
The room was spotless. Yet with all
her careful endeavor to get the best
out of everything. it was Interestingly
shabby. More than that, it was poor
and plain. The girl felt drearily that
the dullest glance must perceive the
broken window pane, the patched wall
paper. the badly mended chair and the
faded strands of the rag carpet. But
it was the rag carpet that troubled
her most.
Since she had been old enough to
realize the shortcomings of their best
room she had hated that rag carpet
Other rooms had the same covering,
but somehow it seemed different in a
dining or bed room. In that large ana
exuberant household clothes always
were worn out at tremendous rate.
When garments could no longer be
patched or made over or converted In
to anything else that was useful they
were cut up into carpet rags. 1t seem.
err to Marjorie that she had lived all
her life in an atmosphere of carpet
rags. AS soon as she was big enough
to know the right end from the wrong
end of a needle she had been taught
to sew them. Her mother spent whole
evenings cutting bits Of cloth into rib
bons. A bright rag was hailed as a
had heard, Il shall be almost glad
when this or that wears out. 1t will
make good stripe for my new car car
pet" Once when there had been talk
of new carpet for the parlor Marjorie
had said, eagerly. 'Oh, let's have in
grain Her mother had looked at
her in establishment store carpet.
Well. 1 guess not. with all these rags
waiting to be woven up"
desperately poor. They had fertile
farm close to town: plenty Of stock
and fairly good buildings. There al
ways was enough to eat, eat and
sometimes money for the holidays.
school and the younger ones would go
when they were ready. But when 1t
came to spending money for mere
beauty's sake both Of the older Gales
they themselves had been reared on
rag carpet and it was good enough
for their children. AS for the rest Of
the things. they were plenty good
enough to accompany the rag carpet.
rag carpets Of her homo were to blame
for everything else that was ugly and
unnecessary in it. She had had dreams
OF earning money for a real body brus.
sells. or at least q delicate ingram: That
ed that as the eldest daughter she
must remain at home and help her
mother look after the household. for
her mothers strength was falling OF
jorie which she once would have al
lowed no hands except her own to
touch.
For long time Marjorie had been
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\ NEWS AND NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

made by the present owner, and not
to the pictures assembled by his father
It will undoubtedly be a great I'M
provement and lend much to the charm
and pleasure of these interesting and
unique galleries. Certainly all Wash
ingtonians who have 1t in their power
should avail themselves Of the privilege
OF visiting the Walters gallery during
the four months-January. February.
March and April-when it is open.
A SMALL bronze by May Howard
~ Jackson of this city is now to be
seen at one of the local jewelers. 1t is
a tiny statuette of negro baby and
takes the form of an ash tray or some
such receptacle, the baby sitting in as
well as on the rim of a shell. 1t Is
nicely modelled and a pleasing as we'll
as entirely sculpturesque conceit.
MGONDAY evening, January Is, the
W. William H. Riggs collection of
armor Will be placed formally on ex-
hibition in the Metropolitan Museum,
New York. the opening being signaliz-
ed by q reception. This is a very re-
markable collection, and one in which
w VIII naturally 1eel q
special interest.
E ARLY in February the Museum Of
u Fine Arts, Boston, will open a
new wing. just completed, In which
will be located splendid new series
OF picture galleries. This Will give the
Boston museum better facilities for
showing paintings than it has had be-
fore, and also more space for the ex-
pansion Of its collections.
@ARI MELCHERS, the distinguished
w American artist, was in Washing
ton this week on his way to Savannah.
Mr.. Meichers has recently returned
from abroad, having painted all this
fall and early winter quite uninter-
ruptedly in his studio in Weimar. He
was. 1t will be remembered, represent
ed by three notable paintings in the
exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery, and
in the Panama Pacific exposition he Is
to have an entire gallery for the dis
play of his works. Mr.. Melchers is q
resident Of Detroit, but he is closely
connected in an advisory capacity with
the Telfair Academy and Museum of
Fine Arts in Savannah.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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Corcoran Gallery's fifth BIZ
ennial exhibition Of cotempo-
III rary American paintings closes

E-aE Corcoran Gallery's fifth BIZ
ennial exhibition Of cotempo-
rary American paintings closes
* tomorrow afternoon. About half
the pictures included in its catalogue
will be Immediately shipped to San
Francisco, to be shown in the Fine
Arts Palace at the Panama-Pacific ex-
position. Others go to Philadelphia
and will be seen there in the Pennsyl-
vania Academy's annual display, while
still others will start out on a circuit
conducted by the American Federation
Of Arts and ending at the Museum Of
Art In Detroit next May. For ten days
or more the Corcoran Gallery will be
closed to visitors, while the tempo
rary exhibition is taken down and dis
persed and the permanent collection
reassembled and hung. The date of re-
opening will be announced as soon as
it can be positively fixed.
-
TT HE annual meeting of the board Of
Art WIS held at the gallery last
Monday, at which time Mr.. Henry
White, former ambassador from the
Un1teo states TO cTduCe, was SiSCtSu
q member Of the board, filing the
vacancy created by the death of Ber-
nard r. Green.
At this meeting the board formally
accepted a painting by Max Weyl. Of
fered to the gallery by Emil Berliner.
This is a large, interesting and char
acteristic canvas and Is welcome ad-
dition to the Corcoran Gallery's perma-
nent collection. 1t represents vista
through arching trees across open,
sunny fields, and while in spirit rcmin-
iscent of the Barbizon school, from
which Mr.. Weyl undoubtedly drew in
spiration, is also very characteristic of
his work at it's best. The tree forms
are well indicated, the composition is
admirably set forth, the coloring is
strong and the effect exceedingly pleas
ing. While pictorial, this painting is
finely rendered. vigorous. impressive
and to an extent really mastery. 1t
will be found q very worthy example
Of Mr. Weyls work and a very satis-
factory addition to the Corcoran Gal
lery's collection Of American paintings.
Mr.. Berliner purchased 1t come years
ago from the artists studio.
ae HE exhibition of arts and crafts,
i old and new, held in the parlor of
the Octagon this week under the aus
pices Of the Art and Archaeology
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-23

like Cousin Louise" she thought. Il
tried to tell him. but / hadn't the
courage to tell him Just as it was
And now he was indeed coming that
very afternoon. All things seemed to
conspire against Marjorie. Her mother
was suffering from an attack Of liver;
q storm had come on and the roof had
sprung leak. The girl struggled
bravely against her own despair. She
knew tho outcome. thousand times
ness to let him come. She might better
have hidden farewell to him forever at
Cousin Louise's and left him his illu-
sion. Now that illusion would be dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-23
(THE END.)
Belated Thoughtfulness
from the Aurora (Mo.l Adyertiser.


man in New York wrote the Ad-
vertiser asking If Aurora was a good
place to live I'm. We told him yes, but
that it was a whole lot better place te
die in. as the cemetery was the most
beautiful spot in the whole town
Funny how we kill people off witt
filth and then work our daylights out
trying to keep the cookie burrs of
their graves.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
GEORGETOWN ORCHESTRA COL
LECTION.

A further installrncnt is given below
of the orchestral scores contained in the
Georgetown Orchestra Collection, row
available at the Public Library.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-23

THE Washington Society OF the Fine
Arts held its tenth annual meet
ing in the auditorium of the National
Museum Wednesday evening, at which
time Prof A. d. r. Hamlin Of Columbia
University, New York, delivered an IL
Illustrated address on The Architecture
of Today" AS Prof Hamlin is both an
architect and teacher, q professional
man and thinker, one who is brought
in constant contact with the foremost
men in his profession and is fully con-
yersant with progress made both here
and abroad, his observations and de-
auctions are especially significant. In
part he said:
The first and most obvious phenome-
non that greets our view is the extra
ordinary confusion in architectural
styles. Our streets suggest the grand
march of masquerade ball with COS
tunes of all ages and lands. This is In
strong contrast to the singleness of
style in all lands down to the nineteenth
century. But the laws that govern style
in art have not ceased to operate; the
change is due to a changed environ
ment, in which the same laws produce
changed results. BY the development
of steam power and mechanical manu-
facture, artistic craftsmanship was crush
ed out, the artisan artist displaced by
the mill hand. and the design of all de-
tails of architecture forced back upon
the architect.
Add to this the contract system,
which compeIs the architect, in the
scanty time allowed him between the
preliminary sketches and the signing
of the building contract. to complete
the entire design down to the smallest