The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-01

a good many of his picturs the simple
scenes in the life of the European
peasant and the small farmer of this
the commonplace incidents of the
everyday life of the poor a lively in
terest and sympathetlc touch. HIS s
Gathering Fire Wood and "An Old
Estate are among the canvases of
that kind. He has an interesting
painting of Connecticut hills and
there is an appealing charm about
his country roads and quiet fence
corners.
The group contains some good ma
rine scenes, including picture of the
Maine coast. 1.-The Harbor at Kat
wyk' bringing in Fish A picture
that was a good deal admired was an
old stone bridge with a herd of cat
tie passing over it. The Lone Fish
erman," picture that claimed a good
share of attention, showed a small
stream with a lad sitting on the bank
with rod and line.
Besides the pictures of Mr.. Grippe,
the exhibit contains the work OF some
Topeka artists. Mr.. George Stone has
two pictures on the walls. one of
them, 1 believe, was lent for the eX-
hibit by Mrs. J. c. McClintock, who
owns it. 1t is called 1.-The Royal
Highway" 1t is a desert scene and
shows a monk plodding behind a
mule, facing a snow covered noun
tain in the dim distance. The atmos-
pheric effects are particularly good in
that picture. The other picture by
Mr.. Stone is THE Dutch Market
Boat" which was painted during his
residence abroad, while he was in
Holland.
Mrs. Katherine Lindsay Perkins has
a small picture, THE Door Way" in
the exhibit. Mrs. Robert Coppedge
has three of her pictures in the ex-
hibit. One of them which she calls
/ .sMarcI W 10 painted
| last month on the north side of the
river, on Soldier creek. Upland Pas
lures" is a canvas showing a sum-
mer scene, and THE Seasons is a
group of three small paintings, of
! summer, autumn and winter scenes.
! One of the pictures in the exhibit
was painted by Miss S. D. Crosby, a
local artist of ability, whose death oc-
CURED some years ago. Her painting.
'BircheS from the Maine Woods was
placed in the exhibition. Miss Crosby
was a sister of Mrs. NJ. c. Hammatt,
who is vice chairman of the art de-
partment of the federation and said
to be a competent judge and critic in
matters of art.
In the collection of Grippe pictures
is one which is not named in the cata-
logue. The card bearing the name of
the painting was lost in transit. The
managers of the exhibit have offered
a prize to the person who submits the
best name for the picture, and the
the Old Red Barn at Woodstock, by
Mrs. Coppedge.
Mr. Willard Wattles, who is instruc-
tor in English in Kansas university, a
member of the Kansas Authors club,
and who has good many friends in
Topeka interested in his work as a
writer, has recently sold some poems
to the Smart Set magazine. The editor
of The Smart Set Mr.. H. L. Mencl<en
has asked Mr.. Wattles to submit to
him all unpublished work, and has Of
fered to select the poems for a pub
lished volume of poems.
Harpers Weekly, The Independent,
and the American Magazine have ac-
cepted contributions from Mr.. Wattles
from time to time. The poem Man
a year ago, was mentioned by William
Stanley Braithwaite, of Boston, in his
American Anthology for 1914, as lone
of the distinctive !, poems 3. of the year"
At meeting in the Auditorium re-
Gently, one of the fighters against
Demon Rum told the audience of the
necessity of healing the divisions
among the various temperance socie |
ties. THE various organizations, he
said. will have to unite, and there
must be no squabbling among each
other One of the women in the |
audience said to the person sitting next
to her: II have no interest in that. II
never knew they had any disagree |
mentS. L don't Know what he is talk
ing about The other woman an
swered: "Nor do 1. but if he talked |
about the fights among the women's
clubs in Topeka 1 would understand
all right
Miss Marian Williams will give a
party Saturday night at the J. F. Jar
rell home, in com pliment to her cous-
ms, Miss Mamie Lyle Dickey and Miss
Dorothy Dickey of Tulsa, Okla, and
also honoring Miss Lucille Robinson
and Mr.. Wallace Robinson of Kansas
City. Miss Irene Miller will entertain
for the visitors Friday.
Miss Mamie Lyle Dickey and Miss
Dorothy Dickey, who attend an acad-
envy in Kansas City. are spending the
Easter vacation with their cousins,
Miss Williams and Miss Barbara Jar
rell. They are daughters of Mr.. and
Mrs. W. L. Dickey of Tulsa, formerly
of Topeka. Miss Lucille Robinson and
Mr.. Wallace Robinson. who are visit
ing at the Williams and farrell homes,
are the son and the daughter of a
prominent Kansas City man who owns
the Kupper hotel of that city and the
Tulsa hotel of Tulsa, Okla. They will
return to Kansas City at the end of
the week, and the Misses Dickey will
remain until next Tuesday. the close of
the Easter holidays.
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