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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09

He had kept that clean. He had re-
sponded to the trust she had placed in
him last night. His reward seemed re-
moved forever beyond his grasp. He
mustn't think of that. As far as possible,
he must strangle thought; for McHugh
waited for him at the foot of the stairs,
and the former detective had sharp eyes,
"You been gone long enough to find a
regiment of ghosts, Quaile."
Quaile managed to answer:
II wanted to make sure. You and
Watson found nothing?"
McHugh spread his hands.
3Never anything but shadows where
those footsteps limp
Quaile at his heels, he walked into the
library. Josiah had drawn his rug about
his knees. Now and then he shook as if
he experienced sharp chill. Quaile was
grateful for the lowered blinds, which
kept too revealing light from his face.
"What am to do?' Josiah sniveled.
II can't sit here night and day waiting
for him to come back"
MeHugh sat down.
Lets get to cases. There's nobody in
this house except us four You've said
there was no one here-no servant even
when you sent Watson on the Grand"
Eyes; I'm sure"
@How long before we came in did YOU
hear the footsteps?'
mot more than five minutes. Watson
got back right away
McHugh glanced at the butler.
"You saw nobody, Watson-nobody
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
By WADSWORTH CAMP
illustration by arthur 1. Keller

heard them. They frightened me, too.
l ran here"
II want to believe you"
He broke off and grasped her elbows.
@Tell me-, he begged. @Don't you see
you've got to tell me?'
With an impetuous vehemence, she
tried to free herself. Her breath caught.
3Let go my arm. You hurt. You lied
last night. You are going to tell"
McHughs shout reached them from
the lower floor.
@Quaile! Quaile! You found some
thing up there?"
what are you going to answer" she
whispered.
He made one last effort.
3You won't explain?"
"No; but if you tell them"
He let her arms go. He steadied his
voice and called:
Nothing, Notwithstanding. I'll be
right down"
She braced herself against thedoor-jamb
and hid her face.
II can't wait" he said. "Will you be
able to get out unseen?"
Her head moved affirmatively. He
looked back from the door.
Barbara! Barbara! Why did you
come here?"
SHE gave no sign. She did not move.
So he went slowly along the hall and
down the stairs. He sought no excuse
for his action. She had challenged the
fairness OF his own attitude toward her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
MAGAZINE SECTION for July o, 1916

4 BUSY woman journalist doesn't
~ have much time or enthusiasm
~ left over at the end of strenu-
L - Gus day for bout with the darn
ing ball or the mending basket. That's why
the Mind Your-Mending Shop started.
Miss Eve vom Baur used to come home
from her days work editing the woman's
page Of the Fleming Sum sometimes with
three-cornered tear, sometimes with the
lining loose from her coat, and always,
always with little hump of thread where
o button used to be. She didn't have time
to look after these small atrocities herself.
So Miss vom Baur simply had to buy
suit after suit and frock after frock and
blouse after petticoat.
One day she talked this matter over
with Mrs. J. Searle Barclay, Jr, and the
two Of them deduced that there ought to
be hundreds of other people in city like
New York, both men and women, who
were suffering in the same acute way. So,
between them, they started the Mind
Your-M ending Shop, and the junior part
ner's mending pile was the first consign-
ment listed.
This shop does everything for the bust
ness woman that she never has time to
do for herself. 1t does everything for the
bachelor man that he has never had any
one do for him since he grew up @Our
shop is better to man than wife is,
say its owners modestly; for the more
mending and darning man wants done
the better we are pleased. We never
scold. We SMILE"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09

card asking that their mending be called
for.
Men, on the other hand, are apt to
bring their mending themselves. Some
times they open it up and, pointing out
the defects, explain with great detail
what they want done. One man insists
that all his colored socks be darned with
black because that was the way his mother
did them. Sometimes it takes quite a
long discussion for man to tell just how
he wants coat patched or the buttons
moved over. Many of the men who are
waiting in line stand with their socks
draped over their arms, with charming in
formality, although there are some who
wouldn't open their bundles for worlds,
nor have them opened in their presence.
They blush at the thought; so they do
them up in tight little wad and tie them
tight with string. These with brief nod
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09

and whispered word they leave at the
desk and hurry forth to dive into the
nearest subway station.
The manager of the shop sits behind a
counter in little office between the two
big work-rooms, noting in book each
package received and any suggestions its
owner makes in regard to repairs. Her
customers say it gives them sort Of a
honey" feeling to bring their mending in
to her. 4This is the only domestic hour
in my life, said one business man the
other day, gratefully handing over a
frayed bath-robe.
Besides all matter-of-course repairs,
this shop loves to tackle new problems.
One day woman lawyer came in.
"What can | do she asked, ito keep
my dresses smart and fresh when | have
to pore over musty law books every day
for hours?'
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was beyond contradiction. She
- had concealed herself in a remote
part of this house after the limping foot
steps had frightened Josiah Bunce But
he couldn't cry out her guilt as long as a
chance remained that she might explain
her presence here. He would give her
that chance if he could keep the Others
downstairs:
He stopped and raised her wrists. The
flesh was cold under his touch; but she
stirred almost Immediately, opened her
eyes, and endeavored wildly to get to her
feet.
Barbara! he said. aWhat are you
doing here?"
She had struggled to her knees. She
paused there and leant back against the
wall, breathing harshly.
"You mustn't ask that
"You will tell me-" he said.
But she shook her head She made
herself go on, with odd, uneven pauses
between the words.
@You've not forgotten that you love
me-that you-promised to trust me?
You won't let them know I'm here?"
He was certain then that she held the
explanation Of Woodford's ghost-a solu-
ton infinitely more abhorrent than that
spectral one from which he had always
shrunk.
@Then you did that" he breathed. at
was you who made the limping footsteps
that frightened Bunce"
She glanced up with unstudied bewil-
derment
@How can you think that? No. l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
Men Come in Person

FOR woman it's a saving in both time
and money, they say at the shop, to have
her clothes attended to. She only has to
buy about half as many when she keeps
them in good repair, and that means she
only has to shop half as much. Shopping
bores the business woman to distraction
AS rule, the women patrons of the Mind
Your-Mending Shop send around post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09

The shop manager made note. "We'u
think about it, she said
Finally Miss vom Baur solved the
problem by inventing the "savafrock," a
long, smartly made coat of China silk,
which reaches from the chin to the heels
The lawyer looked so chic in it that the
shop Immediately began to manufacture
the 1savafrock' by wholesale.
Last week a regular man customer
brought in forty-three old-fashioned four
in-hand ties. They were of beautiful ma
terial, but out of style. "They are Just
the patterns and colors l like" he said
plaintively, @but my folks won't hear of
my wearing them any more" Those old
four-in-hands were promptly made over
into forty-three nifty little new bow ties
which made their owners eyes sparkle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
They All Wanted to Help

ONE day a gentle old man appeared
with knitted lavender silk scarf.
worn almost threadbare
3Could you possibly repair this?" he
asked. ut is dear to me.
Every one Of the dozen girls in the shop
wanted to have hand in restoring that
scarf. One girl dry-cleaned it. Another
shopped to get silk to match the worn
lining. Another put the lining in An
other tied new fringe on the ends. There
was bare suggestion of lavender flower
fragrance about the tie, and a fifth girl
brought fresh lavender flowers and kept
the tie in them till it's owner returned.
When he came in, all the girls stopped
their machines and the shop was still as
he picked up the tie and held it to the
light. at looks, he said slowly, ajust as
beautiful as it did the day she made it for
me. And, do you know, the lavender
fragrance has lasted all these years.
The Mending Shops customers are
charged at the rate of thirty cents an hour
for machine work and fifty cents an hour
for hand work. Which means, you see,
that mother is potential millionaire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
The Mystery at Woodford's

UAILE advanced slowly toward
Barbara's motionless figure. The
main fact-the shameful truth
was beyond contradiction. She
had concealed herself in n, remote
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less world, but tho moral OF every
artists life Is that success always
comes to him who holds on long
enough. The fish pictures. being a
steady product and always up tn par.
began to he recognized as among the
best still lifes being painted anywhere
in the world. They were rather large
for private collectors and museums In
this country could then be numbered
on one hand. Still they sold occa-
sionally and frequently they gained
prizes. a painter nowadays with as
sure IA position non his fellow paint
ers as Mr.. Chase had can almost exist
upon prizes alone,
1t will be time enough when the
memorial exhibition is before us to at
tempt to define Mr.. Chase's position
as an artist with greater precision. At
present II Is sufficient to chronicle
some of his many activities.
He was n painter. n cOnnoisseur. a
figure in the community and a teacher
and in all these capacities he served
society well.
Next Il MI. Chase's merit as a
painter ! am inclined to place his
ability as a cOnnOisseur. for although
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Brilliant Exhibition in
New Daniel Galleries

The Daniel Gallery celebrates It's
third scason by charging its quarters,
"A show OF prosperity which no one will
begrudge it. for from the first II has
cast In It's fortunes with the men
and has carved out a field of art ac-
tivity for itself which has been hon
orab,e In the extreme. To see such in
dependence paying for itself is a pleas
ure. Courage is not always rewarded
here below.
The new galleries arc In tho same
building. but nearer tho street level.
The colors of the rooms remain the
same, but they are even moro agree
able than before. profting by the pleas
ant proportions OF the new galleries.
The first work one sees on entering
Is a large new anvas by Samuel Hal
pert, Toledo Cathedral" and it IL APP
propriate for this artist to dominate
the exhibition. for 1t was he who
scored m Of the most brilliant sue
cesses in the Daniel Gallery's history.
His work Is apt to stand out In mixed
companies, for few paint with such
vigor and simplicity in these days.
This artist has returned from Spain
and will pass the winter here, but Err
nest Lawson, another Of Mr.. Daniels
exhibitors, fingers IN In the land Of
sunshine and bullfghts.
jerome Myers contributes n charm
ing picture of street life. Guy Pene du
Bots a satirical picture called "Tete-a-
tete," Marsden Hartley two ''sea
pieces" In an Intensely simple style. II.
Paul Belen. who used to b called
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men. His success with the public
came more slowly and was won as
much rs anything by the long sue
cession of still life fish pictures. which,
Of curse. are Incompatible. but which
after all represent only a phase of Mr..
Chase's talent. The Chase portraits
are tolerahly familiar to the present
public as they continued to figure in
the annual exhibitions until the last,
but OF The long series OF paintings of
interiors with figures" to give them
q non-comm!tting but sufficiently
identifying title. which occupied the
artist during the middle and most
strenuous portion OF his career. the
younger generation has no idea.
The appearance OF these interiors
in a memorial exhibition will come as
a surprise Ia our amateurs and stu
dents. They will be discussed this
time by Il public that has grown
vastly more liberal and no doubt "A
large share of the appreciation hat
used to he given them only by artists
car now he safely promised for them.
They were not impeccable as paint
ings, and compared with the famous
Ash pictures they were not so con-
sistently successful. but as an express
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sion OF the artists personality they
even excellcd them.
1t used to be said eve by tho adj
mirers of these interiors-which are
now hidden away doubtless in obscure
homes all over the country, for at
least they are not to he found in the
big public mlseums-thut the figures
In them were but skin deep, or that
the flesh was If too silk,n IA quality,
or that the faces had been touched in
with too high handed "A disdain for
form. bYt II later generation. which
has been making the same n even
worse accusations against the present
s~trugglers after sclf-cXpression, will
probably accept them AS conventional
realism, Mr., Chase has been emphati-
cally not n sympathizcr with the re-
cent tendencies that are conspicuous
In the day, m it. Will hc a curious
irony to find his memory benenting
even slightly 10y the changes they have
brought about in public taste,
Mr.. Chase was born IN fact in a
period as excellent for the develop
ment of his art as It was difficult for
It's exploitation. Coming into man.
hood In the reconstruction period fol-
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and his rather flamboyant cravats. I
do not know. but a dozen years later
when I first made his acqua.nt-
ancc the peculiar headgear Of Mr..
Chase had already become conspicuous
not only in society but TO the citizen
at large. Whistler. of course. ut that
time was turning the world upside
down with his eccentricit!es. and 1T
was hopeless for any one else to COM
pete with him on that line. Never
theless. the top hat of Mr.. Chase was
not without It's effect.
He became well known. but II can
not he said that his pictures sold well.
lie had frequent 'one man" exhibit
tons. which interested the art stu
dents OF that time. but the prices that
the paintings brought ut auction were
absurd. sometimes scarcely covering
the cost OF the frames. lie taught at
the Art Students League. as did ST.
Caudens and Cox, and the salary he
received. II was whispered about.
handily served in keeping warm the
p~ot-au-feu.
In the mcartime nc got along. II Is
always amazing. the in which
artists exist IN this callous anu care
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Claude Monet'S Grandson
a New York Artist

The Bourgeois Gallery presents Il
number Of landscapes by James But
Ter. who Is a son OF T. l. Butt r. and
therefore a grandson Of the great
Claude Monet. When 1t is added that
young Mr.. Butler was born at Giverry
II will not come as a sh ok to the
reader to learn that our new artist is
an imprcssionist.
lie Is not. however. a blind copyist
OF his famous grandfathcr's manner
lie uses hot color anu violent contrasts
for his sunlirhts. but after "A method
OF his own. That his individuality be-
gins to emerge So soon after his de-
parture from Giverny Is "A good augury
hat he will carve a niche for himself
in the temple Of the future.
From his catalogue IL is learned that
Mr.. Butler during the last two years
has been painting at Candor. y. Y.
and the pictures now on exhibition
show the result of his work there. In
those landscapes the artists object
has been to express his personal idea
OF that inherent force and beauty
which animates nature. lie believes
that nature Is the only master, the
source Of all harmony and simplicity.
and he thinks that by penetrating the
deep meaning OF nature all American
painters. s%culptors and poets will help
to establish the found alton Of n great
characteristic American art"
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absence of sensational pictures so that
the %pecuniary returns from the auc-
tons never were adequate. The quiet
influence OF such a secure taste Is q
great beneft, however. not only to the
artists that have been i%ntelligently
~patronized but to the public that sees
the harmonious collection.
have said that MIR, Chase was quite
averse tc the tendencies OF the art of
the present. He lived to see masters
proclaimed who were as much anathe-
ma to him as Whistler had been to an
earlier generation. lie shut all the
doors Of his intelligence to them and
refused them consideration. 1t was
not an inconsistency. The moderns
came upon him too late In his life for
acceptance. that IL all. He remains
n OF the finest Of our collectors, all
the finer because he was exempt from
that modern sin of buying against
a possible rise in values"
The FIRST Of tho Mcdowell Club
group exhibitions IL open to the public
and will be followed by tho usual
series Of fortnightly shows. Tho idea
Of them has been suficiently recountsd
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and distinction is a powder blue Kang-
Hsi vase with cover and stand. II is
melon shaped with vertical. riblikc di-
visions beneath the glaze. Among the
other recent acquisitions to these gall
leries is a wooden mask OF the Cenkci
period that Is Of n rare style. and a
beautiful agate incense burner in gray
and brown. The agate Is finely carved
and the piece Is divided into three
separate tiers, which ft cunning'y to-
gethcr.
The annual exhibit " the kcramic
Society of Greater Now York is hcinS
held in the art galleries Of i'ratt In
stitute. Ryerson street, Brooklyn. The
exhibition. which began on Monday. Is
to continue during this week, and in
conjunction with IT antique European
and oriental tapestries are also being
shown.
Members OF tho society who are cx-
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Harry Berlin. signs n portrait that is
much more finished and also more in
tcresting than any that were ever
signed Harry Berlin. If Harry Berlin
Is the Mr.. Hyde to II. Paul Belcn's DIR.
Jekyll 1t would not he a really unkind
act tn wish that the disappearance Of
Harry licrlin might he permanent.
Edward Fisk shows some flowers in
brilliant color: the powerful design in
back ana white made from the High
bridge 10y Preston Dickinson has the
place of honor upon M wall and is
honorcd by much close scrutiny upon
the part of visitors. and others who
keep up the standards previously es-
tablishcd by themselves are Glackens.
Prendercast, Max kuchnc. John Marin.
the Iorachs, Walkowitz. Charles De-
muth and Man Ray.
For two weeks. commencing Novem-
Der I. the Daniel Galleries will be given
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way in which armor was made ana
worn. how various types OF swords
were used and how primitive ana
puzzling guns were fired have q leGiti-
mate interest. For this reason the
museum will offer it's members and the
public during the month of November
four lectures aiming to the field
in an understandable way. The lectures
will he given on Monday and Thursday
afternoons. November 6. p. IL ana TO-
at 4:l5. 10y Dr. Bashford Dean. inc
curator of this department. and Will
bc illustrated by mean of the oblects
themselves. and 10y the aid Of contem-
pnrary pictures which are found TO
shed light upon the hemc.
Tho first lecture will describe how
armor was WORE and VIII demonstrate
To- the audience how authentic armor
fitted the living models. how its weight
was carried. how various kinds 81
hcadpleccs were fastened in place, how
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lowing the war. he could still be fed
upon the nourishing Ideals that grew
ny in our soil during the years OF
peace before the great conflict. and
could profit by the system Of inter-
communication with Europe, which
was just then becoming easy. to join
the band NJ foreign art students who
were finally to fasten European stand
ards of taste upon us. Chase. Sar-
gent. 81. Gaudens, William NJ. Hunt
and Kenyon CoX as returned students
from Europe acquired as quick n pres
tige as would some visitor from Mars
ut the present time.
As far as Mr.. Chase was concerned
1t was IL success largely Of curiosity.
Whether he intrigued the public at
once with his fiat brimmcd top hat,
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hihiting their work. which created SO
much favorable cUmIn.n; IN art circles
last winter, include Marguerit" Anna
Cameron, Esther \. cdster, Alice l..
baltimore. Anna T.. Fitch, May E.stcllr
Freeman. Mary l.. Harrison, Nina
liatfela, Martha Hilditch. Alice liurd.
Anna Ack.r kipp, Alma lrontlss,
Janet Law. C"rnelia J.. Nelson. Doro-
thea Warren O'lIarn Lillian &. Smith.
GEORGIA unrcr. Clara Wakemau, +.
G. Wilcox and Lurena Wilson.
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COMMENT IN THE WORLD OF ART

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p."'e"' ia1n'lIeS OF l.a''an reservlst'.
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DR.. Deans Lectures
on Arms and Armor

The average American knows little
of ancient arms ana armor. but since
the installation of the RIGS collection
in the Metropolitan Museum OF Art he
has shown a deep interest in them, as
may he judged 10y the many questions
that come to the ~custodians there from
all directions. The livolicst concern
appears to bc in the practical matters
touching on the subject rather than on
the side Of their artistic Importance.
Nevertheless. questions about the
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over 10 a benefit fer tho French tuhe,-
Crlvu~ var victims, a charity in which
Edith Wharton j. interested. Tie col-
lection az y. L.. Gdllatin VIII lie shown.
II Ompr.Scs tn" modern French
graphic school ana works ny American
artists who OF late have beer IN
France. fDra!n and S'"irien VIII have
the best representation cvc given
them in america. and there VIII ho
works hy such mon as beC1f. bJun!"r.
Fant.n lHtour. kenoir lau'rec. Wits
ter and GiaCkcns. Admission VIII he
% cents.
Mr.. Fukushima OF the firm OF Dee
4 F~uhuShima recently returned from
"A Trip 'r Europe and Is NOW showing
in his galleries a number # rare purCc-
lain ana other objects of oriental art
which l." WAS al. L. acquire there.
Among th"ln j. "A pair of lare" vases
dating from the chen Lung period Of
an unusual interest. The decoration
consists Of two figures in decided re-
lief AGAINST q rose pink background
The emblem for which the two figures
strive H. the emblem If wedlOCk.
Another large vase Of great charm