Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-18

miniatures set forth simultaneously by
the Pennsylvania Society Of Miniature
Painters.
There are some excellent paintings.
bat the dominant note is modernism"
end The main section Ii completely
Given over to works of An ultra char
aetor. Oriental art IN the past was
e In true, largely . matter OF symbols
and formulas, but It was even 90 per
tsetIy natural expression of the life
Snd religion Of the people by whom II
was produced Unless we are ready TO
admit that yellow journalism and
Oomtc pictorial supplements best typify
the spirit OF our own age, we cannot
accept the modernists are rs sincere or
aignificant. And yet. lest some new
overlooked. this insufferable work In
endured patiently until the public.
which IL Inevitably the court Of last
resort, determines that 1t u value
lDea.
rhae all the world has not gone mad
AZ drawings by various artists shown
= connection with this exhibition
elaborate and beautiful drawings Of
loreien places made by Thornton
Oakley, euriously decorative and In
tsresting drawings Of western scenery
Studies BY Lillian westeott Hale. an
amazing 1ftf1s PEN and ink drawing OF
srhe Terrible Ogre" of childhood's
Areams BY Gertrude e. Kay, and many
6shefs-feally exquisite things done
Win much art and delightful feeling.
Another notable feature Of this
Yhfladeiphta exhibition is an alcove
given over exclusively 70 sketches and
studies by Violet Oakley for her nonu-
Wental mural decorations In the Penn
aylvania s4atehouse at Harrisburg
These are all historical subjects and
q. 80
great characters Of American history
move through the pictured scenes not
merely as personalities but az the en-
bodfment Of ideals
Among the water colorS shown thos<
tx. Of which four are Of the sea. by
rfes Of Illustrations for water Babies
by Jessie Wilcox Smith; several
themes for wood block prints by Ber-
tina Lum, in her characteristic man.
ner: outdoor pictures by Charles War.
rem Eaton. W. L. Lathrop and Arthur
Dow. and . group of street pictures
and pictures done at Gloucester b.
Eelicie Waldo Howell.
This exhibition will remafn open unit
December >.
The New York Water Color Clubs az
hibition is not as large ~ the Phila
delphIa show, nor is It quite as radical
bat 1t IL by no means important Tws
galleries contain the 400 or more *
hibi.s and. while possessing . divert
Ing interest they give little encour
asement for the future. Most Of thu
work shown is usual, though some Il
excellent. Miss Felicis Waldo Howell
pictures are prominent there because
of their spontaneity and simplicity, a
they are in Philadelphia and here. Il
fact. one might almost say that In al
three exhibitions II is Miss HowsH'
work which II most remarked and fur
nisnes the most vital and lasting i'm
preston. Her picture Of nag-bs
d&cked city street. In Honor Of tn
Belgian Commission" 10 reproduced q
tile frontispiece to the New York Wa
ter Color Clubs catalogue.
group of fifteen miniatures and tw,
dczea or more pieces of small sculpture
asd diversity and interest to this exhi
bstien Among the former 10 o yer!
.. eeiient work by Miss Bertha z. Per
re Of thiSscity, entitled The Blue XII
mssna.'' and with the latter are mum
: bcrsd q fourtain hg uYe by Herbert Ad
A1a Seyeral animals by Anna w. Hyatt