The sun., 1919-07-27
NNouNcEMENr Is made b,

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"A the Bush Terminal Company
- that the opening Of the exhihi-
ton OF Batik art work win be Tues
day. August s. The exhibition will
last for ten days and large number
Of leading professionals in Batik win
exhibit. The exhibition will be held in
the reception halls OF the International
Buyers Club. which occupy the entire
third floor of the Bush Terminal Sales
Building. and which In stained oak
and luxurious Tudor furnishings win
AFFORD an admirable background for
the beautiful Javanesc art works.
On the opening evening Of the ex-
hibition Eva Gauthier, the mezzo-so-
prano, will give an Interpretation OF
Javanese folk songs while dressed In
costumes OF Royal Javanese Batik.
Mile. Gauthier. who prior to the war
sang at Covent Garden in London
end created YnioId, the boy. in "Pel-
leas and Melisande" after studying
with Dubussy. spent several years in
Java while recuperating from the
strain of operate work. She was in
troduced into the highest court circles
by the Dutch officials, SO that she was
able to pursue her studies of Javanese
folk songs. It was while in Java that
she. gathered her 1nimitable collection
which will be shown at the forthcom-
ing Batik exhibition.
Arthur Crisp will exhibit several
handsome pieces, among them the ia
nous "Sorceress' done by PETER
Mijer and Mr. Crisp. The large Batik
panel "Springtime," done in nine colors
by G. Bertram Hartman and Mr.. MiJer
will be shown. The symbolic Batik
Hospitality" by Mr.. Crisp, Is loaned
by the Hotel DUPONT Of Wilmington,
Del, for the exhibition. PETER Mijer,
the Dutch artist, and celebrated au-
thority ON Batik. author of the recently
! published volume Baths and How to
Make Them" will be represented in a
number of handsome individual pieces.
Mr.. Mijer spent some years In Java
studying Batik and is recognized
authority upon the art. Ethel Wallace
OF Philadelphia will exhibit some won
Gerful vetahangings in Batik. Miss
| Wallace is now making Batik por-
trait Of Mile. Gauthier, which will be
shown at the exhibition. The artistic
work Of the Misses Ruth and Helen
| Reeves win also be shown.
The list of exhibitors to date is as
follows: Noank Studios, Miss Ethel
Wallace, Mile. Gauthier, Mr.. Arthur
Crisp, Mr.. Pieter Mijer, Elizabeth Laf-
R,x, n, 10
Neegaard. Ruthanna shop. Hook Mill
Studio, Charles Yandell. Bell Colborne.
American Museum of Natural History,
Javan Studio, Mary Tannahill, Helen
c. Reed. Arthur Durham. Francesca
de Capdevila, Machelin, Hazel Burn
ham Slaughter, Academy Art Shop and
Reiss exhibition. v
The exhibition will show Baths in
screens, hangings and other decorative
uses, lingerie, negligees, evening
gowns. opera coats, skirts. waists,
neckties, scarfs, curtains, spreads.
Utensils used in Batik work win also
be demonstrated Scenes showing as
semblcd Batiks each contributing TO
decorative effects, in the household
will be reproduced. The exhibition is
under the direction Of Mrs. Flora w.
| HOFFMAN,, manager Of the Decorative
| Terminal Sales Building.
The term Batik is taken from the
Javanese word .batek." signifying
painting in wax, and the process is
known to professional dyers as wax
resist" The designs are carefully out
lined on the material in molten bees
wax or mixture of bees wax, parafir
and rosin. Then the cloth is immersed
in a cold dye bath. the pattern COW
cred by the wax. of course, being pro,
tected from the dye. On water or gaso.
lene and another color applied in the
same way to the part previously pro.
tected by coating in wax and dipping
the fabric into the dyestuff, the
pattern is developed further. Many
persons unfamiliar with the art OF
Batik seem to think that it is akin t.
such ultra-modern arts as are exem
plified in the schools of Cubism ant
post impressionism. This, however, IL
very far from the case, for Batik,
have an intensely practical applica
ton, and are used in the decoration o.
the daily garments Of some millions o.
: Javanese.
A private film has Just been received
In New York from England and thu
leading part is taken by the Prince o
Wales. 1t shows the heir to the Brit
ish throne doing stunts" with Col. W
q. Barker. ". c., d. s. o., NJ. c., one o
Canada's most famous air pilots.
The setting Of the iilm is at thu
Hounslow airdrome. : Col. Barker
whose left arm is permanently dis
abled and strapped to his breast. tool
the Prince up and for fifteen minutes
the watchers had a succession o
thrills as Col. Barker pulled off stun
after stunt that few airmen with boil
arms would dare have attempted. o.
his return to terra firma the youni
Prince confessed that he experiences
many curious sensations but that tn
trip was simply topping"
The film was made by the stat
photographer of the Canadian arm.
and has been sent to, the Canadian
War Memorials Exhibition at the An
derson Galleries as an extra attraction
for the final days OF the exhibition.
An unusual collection OF paintings
awaiting at the Pen and Brush Clut
where American artists are exhibiting
in a wide variety of subjects. 18th
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