Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30

tHc dllld mater Oh SOME OF t0e pest
known American artists and archi-
tects. On its rolls the names of
Sergeant. Saint Gaudens, Stanford
White. Whitney Warren, Beckwith.
Coffin and MacMonnies. Certain schools
and colleges are SO fortunate to in
spire great devotion on the part of
their students. as. in the story told of
every college. of the student being led
from the foot ball field who struggles
in front of the grandstand and shouts
Let ME go back. Id die for dear
Instructor Known as Master
But the affection of the students of
the Beaux Arts for their masters. their
very genuine. They do not speak of the
distinguished artists. architects. en-
gravers and sculptors who instruct
them as Doc" Prof" odd Stick in
the Mud" and "Bonehead." Instead they
call him Master, and no matter how
often they say it. they say it each time
as though they meant it. The Ameri-
can students. even when they return
to Paris, rich and famous. so at once
to call upon the former master of their
stelier. who, it may be. is not at all
famous or rich. and pay their respects.
And, no matter if his school of art has
passed, and the torch he carried is in
H.,
former pupils still salute him as mas
ter. and with much the awe the village
cure shows for the cardinal. When the
war came 1900 of the French students
of the Be;sux Arts past and present
were sent to the front and there was
no one to ltok after their parents. fam
lilies or themselves. 1t seemed a chance
for Americans to try to pay back some
OF the debt so many generations of
American artists, architects and sculp-
Whitney Warren, the American archi-
tect. is one of the few Americans who.
in spite of the extreme unpopula rity
of our people, is still regarded by the
French with genuine affection. And in
every way possible he tries to show
the French that it is not the American
people who are neutral, but the .Ameri-
can government One of the ways he
friendship for France is in helping the
students of the BeauX Arts He has
organized a committee of which he is
honorary president and of which Mac
Monnies, Beckwith. Danat, Coffin, Bon
nat and H. H. Harjes are members The
acting committee is composed of French
and American students working under
Ronald Simmons of Providence, r. l.
The others are Cyrus Thomas of Chi
cago. Alvah Crocker. jr. of Fitchbure,
Mass, and Francis Jaques of Boston
They work, and they work twelve
hours day. in the palace of the Beaux
Arts itself. on the left bank of the
Seine.
1t is hard to understand how in such
surroundings they work, not all dav.
but at all. The rooms were decorated
in the time of the First Napoleon; the
ceilings and walls are white and gold
and in them are inserted paintings and
panels of the most gorgeous color. The
windows look into formal gardens. and
courts filled with marble statues and
ousts. bronze medallions and copies of
Rome. In this atmosphere the stu
dents bang typewriters fold blankets
nail boxes, sort out wooden gloves. Gig
arettes. loaves of bread and masks
against asphyxiating gas. The mask
they send to the front was invented by
Francis Jaques of Harvard one of the
committee, and has been approved by
the government
Sends Packages to Trenches.
There is department. which sends
out packages to the soldiers in the
trenches, to those who are prisoners,
and to the soldiers in the hospitals.
There is system of demand cards on
which is list of what the committee
is able to supply. In the trenches the
men mark the particular thing they
want and return the card. The things
most in demand seem to be corncob
pipes and tobacco from America sketch
books and small boxes of water colors
The committee also edit and print for
the students of each atelier a monthly
magazine. 1t is sent to them at the
front and gives them news of their fell
loW-studentS, it has a list of those
killed. wounded and decorated 1t has
personal notes, gossip, jokes, and is il ,
Illustrated, it is not necessary to add,
with remarka Bile talent and humor 1t
is a sort of glorified alumni weekly. 1t
is printed by hand. The committee also
supply the students with postcards on
which the students paint pictures in
water coiors and sign them. Every
student ana ex-student. even the mas
them are very valuable At = francs
90 centimes the autograph alone is a |
bargain. One student, who was a Grip
pie. and who was being supported by |
the committee. made enough money by |
the sale of these postcards to ena BILE |
him to refuse the support of the com |
mlttee and turn the money he had re- !
ce1Ved to the support of another stu
dent whose postcards were not so pop- !
uiar. Each postcard is numbered. and |
II you see one you like the artist will |
make you a copy of it. In many cases |
your so cents will not only make you |
patron of art, but it may feed a very
hungry family. Write to Ronald Sim |
mons or Cyrus Thomas, Ecole des
Beaux Arts. II Quai Malaouais.
There are more bargains.
In the north of France certain dis
tricts are held by the Germans, just as |
certain parts of Alsace- Lorraine are |
held by the French. The soldiers who |
come from those districts for the mo-
ment held by the enemy cannot re-
ceive from their parents letters. pres
ents or any comforts. So. IL you like |
you can adopt one, or two. or three.
You become his godmother. And you |
write him letters, and send him pres
nCf rdo he