The Washington times., 1918-01-06

when he writes in his, title LJem:
THE yelled and violet breath OF q
vesper bell wooes the amethystine
hills"-and yet you have the entire
picture with its twilight hour in a
few words. A musical friend tells me
that II comes to a very gratifying
close in its musical cadence, and 1t
does to me in the absolute finality, in
the completeness OF the picture.
That is modern art. isn't it? Do /
make myself clear? Well, in another
blank verse, la Crepuscule," that he
has inscribed to Anne Simon-whose
death last summer was such a loss
wrought through a maze OF word
pictures of twilight, a philosophy OF
Immortality. The picture slowly
obliterates one thing in the evening
landscape after another until dark
ness falls. Then, The lonely bird
in the pine-tree dreams of the hope
and promise Of a tomorrow"
Still I, personally. always feel that
one dare not soar too far in that
verbal ether. The atmosphere might
prove too rare for a mortal to breathe
and the effect is too perilously near
that Of the over-esthetic Decadents.
But one feels ones feet on earth be-
times, and realizes the complete har-
mony between such thoughts and a
Debussy or other modern French
landscape in music. There are some
rhymed poems too, but these impress
me most.
An attractive frontispiece drawing
of Louis Thompson by Paul Swan re-
minds one that this young aspirant
for literary honors is also a painter
as we'll as a singer. He comes OF an
extraordinarily talented family, and
Is a cousin OF Paul Branson, the ami
NAL painter. understand Mr.. Thomp-
son, who has always been more or
less OF a musical dilettante, has now
decided to make music his profession.
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You know. Susan. every one has
been so concerned with being hos
pitable to the soldiers that the fact
that this town Is simply overrun with
new girls seems to have been over
looked. One sees new faces. attrac-
tive faces, everywhere-on the street
In the shops, in Lotels-but social af-
fairs being so decidedly out of date.
they continue to be new girls" and
no one meets them. However. dis
covered way the other evening.
Have you heard OF the Girls Club
n the Church OF the Covenant"
No? Well, / hadn't either until thurs
day evening, when a girl friend in
weighed me into attending a Church
meeting" where one takes her knit
ting and does war work" wasn't
a particularly Jolly eve
ming, but 1 enjoyed myself so thor
oughly that ! enlisted" at once, and |
hope to attend every meeting.
Mrs. Wilson Compton, a very at |
-racttve young matron. who has been
living here about a year. conceived
he idea of forming a club Of the girls /
n the church and inviting all strange |
girls In the city to get together"
Ind at the same time 20 do various I
md sundry things useful. interesting.
md entertaining. This club is one .
y the most effective organizations |
" its kind ] have heard of. and has /
Ilrcady some 200 members
among the active workers in II are 1
Yrs. Compton, president: Mabel Gran
I'm. who is social secretary and /
fathers IN all the new girls; Dayina
N.elden. who Is more or less nov,
iere herself, is the business secre-
airy. and Bessie Fahuestock. treas
Irer: Catherine Hill. daughter OF DR.
nd Mrs. David Jayne Hill. and the
lose girls, daughters OF DIR. and Mrs
T. y. Rose. Frances Carpenter has
barge Of the dramatic cIub which
furnishes amusement for the mem
ers. mere are classes in knitting.
urgical dressings. the girls make
crap books fo-' the soldiers. and a,
heir last meeting they formed a
,rench class, which is also open to |
he soldiers and already has a num-
er OF enthusiastic pupils. Mrs
has charge of this class
-.
Wnr Worker II
Decides Against SIeuthIrr.
\ winsome little war worker in
Washington during the week was
HISS Frances Landy, as she is known I
o the theatrical world. In reality
his charming young actress. VINO has
cen seen here with Ethel Barrymore.
ohm Drew, and Otis Skinner. is
war bride"-the wife Of
lieut.. James ". Mangan, L. $. A.. now
over there" with General PershIng. {
he and the young officer. who is 4
Columbia man, were married in New
DIRK In October.
Just before the Cabinet meeting Fri
ay afternoon she was preaantad In