Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-01

| The exhibition of enlarged colored
photographs of the British navy,
which opened on Friday with a private
| view and reception in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, is Of both timely and
unique interest. Because of Great
Britain's policy of silence during the
war concerning the exploits Of her
+; great navy, we in America are just
beginning to realize how colossal a
work it has carried on and with what
amazing courage and tenacity.
! In this exhibition the story of the
daring deed done by the Vindictive,
blocking the Zeebrugge harbor, is
graphically set forth. Pictures are
| shown of the boat before and after
the encounter. There are pictures
also of the intrepid men who volun-
teered as the crew for the difficult and
dangerous undertaking.
| More picturesque, perhaps, are the
| photographs of the explosion of depth
bombs, the water ascending in a great
| column as smoke from volcanic
! eruption.
i There. are photographs Of the
U-boat and the U-boat destroyers.
Gliml<es are given. moreover, OF the
grand fleet, or, at least, a section of
| 1T, on guard in the North sea. Some
| of the photographs are still withheld
from publication by the naval censors,
because, in spite of the fact that we
believe the war to be over, the peace
treaty has not yet been signd.
Not only do these photographs
graphically set forth the British navy,
but they exemplify to what heights
!; photography both as science and an
! art has attained and how large a
part it has played as factor in war
Victory. The men who have taken
these naval photographs have had not
only to run great risks, but have artistic
instinct and excellent technical training.
! In not a few instances the photo
graphs now on view in the Corcoran
Gallery are works of art, excellent
in composition, impressive in effect.
The coloring, moreover, has been most
skillfully done and IN such wise as
to heighten effect without attempting
the actual.
AS rule. enlarged photographs
have an unpleasant effect of being
stretched out of focus, but t!tese en-
| fragments do not give that impress
sion, and the reason may partly lie
in the admirable employment of color
tinting. =
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Another exhibition that is quite out
of the ordinary will be opened in the
corcoran Gallery on Thursday, De-
cember S. This is an, official exhibit
ton Of Persian art from the interna-
tional Panama-Pacific exposition and
will be shown under the auspices of
the official Persian commission. i
/ It comprises tapestries. rugs, fur
niture, pottery and metal work and
is said to express the very essence OF
assembled by DIR. Ali Kulf Khan, for
some years Persian official repre-
sentative here.
| Among the exhibits included in this
collection is a great royal tapestry
on which 100 women labored for ten
years and which was spread before
the Persian rulers throne twice a
year during state occasions.
Isfans, Teherans. Mira Sarabands and
others. OF special interest is a silk
antique Isfahan, the border of which
portrays a lion hunting the. gazelle.
Some of the brocades date from the
thirteenth century,
The pottery also is ancient and was
i taken from the ruins of old Rhages
and Sultanabad.
The collection. since being. shown in
San Francisco, has been exhi bitgd. lin
several of the leading art museums.
1t will be on view in the Corcoran
i Gallery until December 81.
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! At the Public Library there is now
on exhibition a large COLLECTION of
cartoons by Clifford K. Bergman,
cartoonist of The Evening Star. His
drawings give in vivid manner his
tory Of recent events, local. national
and international They speak Ian
guage which is universal and are
set forth in manner both Skillful
and assured. Mr.. Bergman is an ex-
cellent craftsmen and he has. ths
gift of presenting his subjects in ex-
] cellent form. %
1t is not too much to say that CO.
much il not more to mold public opin-
ion than any other class. Germany
considered Raemaekers, the Dutch
cartoonist, one of her most powerful
enemies. and with good reason. Our
! own government in the last two years
peal and has -resorted to artists
painters. illustrators and cartoonists
| to get the message Of need-fnoney,
men or whatever it might be-to the
There are some thoughtful people
who declare that the chief mission
of art is to reflect contemporary life.
If this is SO, the work OF the car
toonist not only fully complies with
the requirements, but goes step
further, helping to formulate opin-
ion and thus influence events.
The Bergman exhibition at the
Public Library is therefore Of inter-
est from many viewpoints. It will
continue for a fortnight or more...
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William T. Evans. who died last week.
was one Of the foremost collectors Of