Evening star., 1917-10-07
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS

society on literary subjects, as we'll as
a course of lecture-recitals on the mod
ern orchestra and a series of concerts
by accomplished musicians. The pur-
pose of the society is to correlate the
arts and. as far az possible. place
within the reach of all who wish it the
enjoyment to be found in art in it's
various modes of expression.
The course of lectures on the fine
arts will be as follows: November IA.
"The Serbian sculptor Mestrovic." by
Edith Chadwick of England; December
u. Flemish Art and the War by
Maurice w. Brockwen. Cam bridge Uni
versity lectui er; January 16 The Rus
sian School of Painting" by Christian
Brinton; February 13, The Need of Art
in Life" by Ian B. Stoughton Holborn
of oxford, and March IS. Prints and
Their Makers" by Fitzroy Darlington
of the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts.
All these lectures will be illustrated
by stereopticon and will be given. as
heretofore. in the auditorium OF the
National Museum. The lectures on tho
decorative arts will again be given by
Frank Alvah Parson. but Will this year
he In the auditorium Of the Central
High School, the board of education
granting Its use in view or their edu-
cational character. In this course there
will be six lectures, and non members
can obtain tickets through subscrip-
tion for 81. But the course does not
begin until January.
Joseph Pennell is making. with the
authority of the government. series OF
Autographs of picturesque war worE,
munition plants. navy yards and mill
| tary camps in this country, similar to
the series that he made under the di-
rection Of the British government, and
has been invited to make by France.
| The series when completed will be frst
shown here IN the national gallery at
| the National Museum. In Great Britain
| the initial exhibition was In the Guild
Hall, London, after which number of
sets were exhibited in provincial gal
leries under municipal auspices. Some
I what tho same plan will be followed
| in this country.
MI. Pennell has discovered much
| beauty in those things, which to ths
majority are far from beautiful. The
wonder of work" Invariably enthuses
| him. He was one of the first to inter-
pret beautifully the skyscrapers of New
| York. His drawings of the work on the
| Panama canal, made some years ago.
were revelation to many who thought
| machinery always unsightly. The great
| war-making activities likewise are not
| without their romance to him, terrible
as they may be. and his drawings. while
having artistic worth. will also be
found to have wide Significance. And
yet in not one will there be the least
detail which all the world may mol
know. Otherwise they may not pasa
the censor. Mr.. Pennell has. 1t Is un-
derstood. practically completed the So
ries. but the date of the exhibition hare
has not yet been announced.
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There has been considerable discus-
sion lately concerning the erection In
London Of a statue of Lincoln, a replica
in bronze Of statue by George Gray
Barnard erected last winter In Cincin-
natl through the munincence Of Ar.
and Mrs. Charles p. Taft. This statue
represents Lincoln without beard,
standing In an ungainly attitude, with
in pain. The dress 10 siovsnly, tha
lpeculiarities Of the figure 30 sxag-
Gerated that 1t becomes not d likeness