The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-01-10

will furnish music . Committees are
actively handling all details and sue
cess seems assured.
disappointment is Of course felt at
the CITY Councils recent refusal 10
appropriate funds for "A public library.
but this III merely acting asy an i'm
petus to the organizations further
ing the movement. BEING "a Tnamb Der
I OF the Cooperative Committee for n
/ Richmond Public Library, the night
school league is doing its share. The
Administrative Board has shown its
approval Of the work by granting free
use Of the armory and all public spir-
tied persons are given the opportunity
10 aid by purchasing tickets for next
Wednesday night,
Personals.
Miss Isabel and Miss Elizabeth
Scott, daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs.
! Frederick William Scott. OF West
Franklin street leave today for St
Timothy's school, at Catonsvlle. Md.
/ Miss Mary Carter Stuart, daughter
Of Governor and Mrs. Henry Carter
stuart. who has been spending sew
to Sacred Heart Convent. In Albany,
y. Y. today.
| Clyde Eorford has returned to the
| city. after spending the holidays with
! hrs parents, MIR. and Mrs. NJ. I.Nor-
ford. in Stony Point. Va.
Auction Bridge Party.
| Many tables have been engaged for
the auction bridge party which Is 10
he given at the Commonwealth Club
this afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock under
the auspices OF the Girls Club for the
benefit of the Belle Bryan Day Muir
sery. Tea Will be served after the
game. Several attractive prizes have
been donated. Among those who VIII
he present are the Mesdames Isaac
Davenport. Josiah Ryland, c. Il.
Doyle. Herbert Mann. Brydon Ten
nant. Lucius Cary. Charles Wyatt. Ell
lis Talbot, Cloyd Kent. Edloe Donnan.
Roswell Trimble, william Augustine.
! 81. George Cooke, +. Addison Rem
nolds. Horace Halves, Charles Wor-
than. Charles L. Williams, Jr., Rob
ert Pegram. Philip II. Powers Car
roll Montague, Isaac Newton Vaughan,
Jr., James Branch Caben, Wingtteld
, Scott. William NJ Habliston. Stan
yarne Wilson, George Powers, Alvin
Smith Allen Chambers, +, T. Nor
gan. Jr., Edmund Strudwick. Jr.. John
: Kerr Branch. Aubrey Young, w. l..
. T. Rogerson, +. O. McCabe. Robert
Blankenship, W. II. Hoofnagle, Mrs.
fHarwood. the Misses Bertha BuCkner
: Wall, Doreen F1tzGerald. Nellie Rem
nolds Mary Halves. Ellen Wright
q Wise. Isabel Carter Sue Gray and
: Mary Williams.
DIR. Anderson VIII Speak.
: Or. ID, Il. Anderson viii address the
members of the Womans Club this
afternoon at 4 o'clock upon the sub
: ject of "Civtc Survey" Or. Ander-
- son is secretary of the Civic Asso-
citation. Tea will he served later in
the evening. Mrs. Moses d. Hoge
:, Jr. Ia chairman.
Browning Glass Begins
. Miss Hattie Belle Greshams class
in the study OF Brownings life and
works will be held at the Art Club
:. this afternoon at 4 o'clock for the
! first time.
q Meeting of Z. ID. G.
, The regular meeting of the Rich
= mond Chapter, L. y. c., will be hel1
a this morning at II O'Clock In Lee
4 Camp Hall. AS the annual reports OF
: the officers will be read and final ar
engagements made for tho ball to he
, given by the chapter this month, q
a fun attendance Is earnestly urged.
:. Visiting daughters are cordially In.
vited.
Important Board Meeting.
@ The woman's board of the Meth
. odlst Institute will meet at the insti-
v tute, Nineteenth ana Grace Streets
y this morning at II O'Clock. A full
@ attendance Is urged.
4 School Service Club to- Entertain.
Plans are perfected for an enter
tainmeHt to be given by the Girls
- School Service Club. of Ginter Park
n on Friday, January IL, In the assem-
bly, hall The affair. will be one OF
the most elaborate the club has ever
q given. and the program will be q very
o attractive one
! Richmond should bc Art Center.
Z NJ ISIS Nora Houston and Miss Adele
n Clarke, introduced by Mrs F. T. Moi
9 fit, delighted the AR tClub yesterday
- afternoon with vivid descriptions OF
n the collection of oil paintings by con-
temporary American artists on ex-
I hibt at the Corcoran Gallery OF Arts
n in Washington.
8 Richmond was the first city In
: America in which an art academy was
started. stated Mrs. Moffitt in her in
! PRODUCTION. and she proceeded with the
. interesting and enlightening facts OF
u its organization. She also gave a
II short sketch Of the Valentine Museum
: and told OF its helpfulness in connec-
II ton with the art classes at the club
She then introduced Miss Houston, the
! talented art worker of the club.
Miss Nora Houston. the speaker OF
. Richmond in her early gtrlhood she
studied art under Henri and other
4 well-known artists In New York for
y two years, and she finished her course
r in Paris where she lived under the
best teachers for four years
Miss Houston prefxed her descrip-
= ton of the Corcoran exhibit, which
she and Miss Clarke have recently Wis
/ tied, by holding a high standard for
the artist The thought must be
greater than the work and the soul
; must be greater than the body In a
. painting. or we are offended by "A
r lack Of proportion" said Miss Hous-
, ten. I'VE naturally have good taste
We learn bad taste" Iamenting the
cheap prettiness' of most OF our
present objects of admiration. Miss
; Houston commented ON the absence
of this type picture in the exhibit in
Washington. She divided the classes
OF paintings on exhibit int othe realis-
> tic, sentimental and brilliant types,
and under each class she wildly de-
, scribed examples by such notables as
. Henri, Kent, George de Forrest
Brush, George Bellows. and Chase.
emphasizing the portrait of Joseph JEFF
. ferson IS rip Van Winkle." which