The Ocala evening star., 1915-03-29
Art Program at the woman's Club


After a short business session at
the Woman's Club Saturday after
noon with the president, Mrs. C. R.
Tydings, presiding. Miss Byrd Wart-
mann, chairman Of art, took the chair
for the remainder of the afternoon,
her program being one of the most
thoroughly delightful given before
the club this winter.
The first number was piano solo,
"Hieland Lassie," by Miss Annie Mac
Kay. It is not often that the club has
the pleasure of listening to one so
| young in years as this pretty little
musician, and her rendition of the
charming piece gave much pleasure
/ to heI audience.
| 4 round table, Pictures that IN
terest Me, Influence Ne and Why" :"
conducted by Mrs. G. W Martin, af-
forded a pleasant opportunity to hear
| Mrs. William Hooker, Mrs. E. G. Peek
and Mrs Martin describe their fav-
orite pictures. Mrs. Hooker told of the
mural decorations in the Boston IL
brary. She spent three winters in
Boston, during which time she visited
frequently the library and SIN Quest
of the Holy Grail in fourteen scenes,
she considered the most wonderful of
all the pictures. Mrs Peek's favorite
is Rudolph Bacher's ''Madre Dolorosa =
and Mrs. Martins, ''The Drove at
the Ford" by James NJ. Hart
d Pierpont Morgan's Gift to the
METROPOLITAN Museum of Art was
the subject on which Miss Wartmann
interestingly spoke. She is one of
Ocala's most gifted musical instruc-
tors and equally as talented an artist
as a musician. When in New York.
and that is often, she spends much of
her time at the museum and her talk
was based on personally CLEANED
knowledge more than the knowledge
acquired by studying art, for which
she has an Unsuitable longing. Nor
gan is an American first and last
whose chief idea is to uplift and ele-
vate, said the speaker He has financ-|
ed the work of digging up antiquities
in art and has kept expert buyers in
the field with the result that he has
obtained the most wonderful collec-
ton in the world. Collections made by
other finaneiers are lost when COM
pared with that of Morgan. Miss
Wartmann told of the seven sets of
medieval tapestries, antedating 1900
and very rare; of the illumination col
lection, perfect and representing ev-
cry period; and of many Of the other
collections. The Oriental section has
gifts of varying Importance, all beau
tiful. In conclusion, she said:
"These are only suggestions of the
wonderful works of art so general in
their uplift that Mr. Morgan felt were
trust for the people. The value of
Mr.. Morgan's bequests cannot be
realized in money, talk as we may in
multi-millions. Art is not to be esti-
mated by money standards-the real
loss to the public and the museum to-
day is not the objects that have been
withdrawn. The loss of Mr.. Morgan's
interest and energy is the real trag-
edy.'
The principal speaker of the aft
ernoon was Mrs. d. NJ Smith, who
told of italian Art Mrs. Smith has
travelled extensively abroad and is
familiar with all the pictures she
named and their painters. For the
pleasure of our readers who were un-
able to be present at the meeting we
will publish in detail Mrs. Smiths ad-
dress which she delivered without
notes.
The meeting concluded with social
half hour, Mrs. ]. d. Rooney and Mrs.
NJ. A. TenEyck, hostesses, serving re-
freshments consisting of snow pud-
ding cake and ice cream. The latter
was a gift to the club through
courtesy to Mrs. Rooney from the
Mo-cola Company.
the Eastern Star sewing circle will
meet in Yonge's hall Wednesday aft
Iernoon.
Mrs. s. Lanier Robertson, who has
been quite sick for the last two days,
is better today.
Miss Taylor of Quincy is the guest
Of her sister, Mrs. F. R. Bridges, ar
irving Saturday from Jacksonville,
where she has been spending several
days with another sister who is i'll at
hospital in that city.
Miss Fanny Clark was the week
end guest Of relatives at Sparr. She
returned yesterday at noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. F. Blesch visited
Mr. Blesch's farm at Lady Lake Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Sidney Maddox and her smart