Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-13
DAZZLE Ships HELPED
TO CONQUER hun MENACE
Interesting Story Is Told in Pictures,
tho Work OF Artist John
Everett.
FORM a REMARKABLE RECORD
Ship Painting in War Time Proves
Ono OF Many Methods Used by
Entente Seamcn to luzzie German
t-}oat Commanders.
II, ANNE Mnnrn>IA>I:.

uN ANNE MOKTON LANE.
LONDON, january Efficiently thccr .
Was begun an exhibition ~ New York |
"t pictures which have received the
Saction Of the british gorHnmcnt to
ID. shown outside Great Brittin.
They are the work Of John Everett. ,
a highly interesting and distinguished
English artist. who mas mad spe-
cialiy OF scascapcs and picArs. or
shins on the high seas ana aArcst in /.
docks.
l;a:iy in the war. when the use Of
'a'n"uiiagc as applied to shippiAG be-
c"inc special and practical portion OF Z
defense at sea. as the camouiiatr of
Guns airplancs. munition sheds AMI
d'hcr machinery OF battles became
,ninpoucnt part of war on land.ANIr ,
Everett saw the wonderful possiiii-
''"s that might accrue from a rear.l /
-, The commerce atloat as p!ctofpI
history in color.
IS all know now that hostilii In
make ceased, the mystery That sui
founded al ports aud shipping in TN
allied countries was MS necessary AZ II
was dense. Therefore. II was only ,r4
'cr many weary months t!Ia, Air. RI
"rctt through personal persuasidl.
btacticni influence and genuine hati
WORT WAS accorded The privilege \
tl'H Maicsty's government, OF ylsitiH
~" :,rca; docks OF LONDON aud I.ivel
POOL, in order tina; he might make pid
lures OF the amazing transforms tipi
wrought by paint aud scientific KNOWN
edge upon The units OF Uhc nce:.
Mt NAV SOON SEE now \
tAMUIFlAGE WONk WAS DONE:
Md now that tho t-buts have cea sed
i-om troubling ana the submarines are
~ rost within british waters. by per-
mission OF the government Mr.. Ever
mis- two or three years work In dock
ards, at exhibitions in London and
New York.
J went to see MIR Evorc,, me other
day in his interesting and remarkable
"tuhio' which is situated off the beat
IN track OF general traffic In a sor,
%; stde-trackcd field in St Johns wood
wci,known artists quarter of sub
urban London.
This studio OF Mr.. Everct,s is =
converted barn q: great size and with
. nnusual lighting qualifications. It's
walls are hneL and q large portion o.
rs nnor space filled with pictures OIL
ships
Al these ships display camounage
seiSIhat have piled their way between
England and America in war time ant
survived the lurking dangers of enc
my attacks. Others have succumUct
To the pcr!Is OF G-boats.
These pictures form a remarkabi,
ievord That must he OF extreme in
nave crossed the Atlantic III war time
hut also 10 many thousands, VINO hav,
heard OF the strange masqueradirS y
ships on the high seas.
In England the painting and de
signing oi sca-going vcsse.s has beer
carried on under .he direction OF
dazzle office" and Mr.. Everett wa
appointed as it, Illustrator.
Now that The curtain + being lite,
from some OF the amazing sccretS -
The admiralty and War once. NJ.
Everett has many interesting ching
ale psInfinE .. %. ana The nossf
h'iity or Its continuation after an
DAZZLE SHIPS" Is
.. coon DEsrnIprrvE TER,
nn ct ,tnGP,nsn me word camouhage i
80 by tie Anglo-Saxon tongue Inc
rs uses In war time have been dis
f sHat H. 1aia Nj Everett, = ,hini
nip IS much more illustrative ync,
app!!Gd TO the use Of This ar; at SCI,
And. after all, IL is not a ycfv ny,
Idea. because we are told ,hat IN
ancient Greeks painted inc.r shin
Mn n'e eyes ana cneeks upon ,hei
BOWS 10 give them Il ierrifvin. OK
preston OF wiSdom that might serv,
10 confound their enemies
bnt we Inodcrns did better ;han thi.
war time; We had our ships painte.
~ snch way that their strange col,
"n ,Hes' w ana curious .i, suipinga an,
) serve 10 give rise 10 Uncertainty IN
4 dazziins the eyes OF the watcilfui fo,
IN 'act. as | VERY, early discovered
z!c department., the obie,t of sj,i,
painting In war time has really Yer,
he i,s'e F TO do with ,es real imeaning 81
means the Discrimination OF natural oh.
leo,s with the !and3cape by pra, oo
i've colorng 1850
Commands Norman Wii!ktnseemn.' e T. ! I
has '' nr any ! J., IS the only System which
,hG VARIATION OF light. and which n.
nins its object MOI only by eIudim.
ne submarine 10y invisihility. bn, '' bl
T. tNhlusins its observers
MAKES N DIFFICJLT .r0
"r,. MaouLATE sHlPs COURSE
paint the .o nr .,~ on ,a me limitations OF
;S,csn1n.Eons ships, pushes back rk't these Sc
maKss ,he ~ c faS as possible and
ne problem Of calculating tie course
..n = Vessel SCI extremely difficult.
the many picture; ;i IN have wi'' notice IN
SHIPS, is entirely different from ,hn
G ~ d:, 10 Two dazzie-ships are alike
and the success OF Commander Wii.'
kinson's Inventions we're so mu,ke,i
" 'hni ,ha az! inc the Weary war time months.
~. me! We're adopted hy every on :
Il th ,att'h Ihn MN ihi' marine service.
scen w NY pirtureS when they are
interest TO Americans. They will ,hen
ne ;tp'e 10 see exactly the source from
hrafcd the perils Of the sea dur;n o.
! the past four years. ""' '"s
nave shown my portraits of these
waters and British Iocss ing !; nsh
hat perhaps will he better apnreciatetl
nowadays in the New World. becansr
II - go closely linked IN these DAYS
with the Old" "s
HHIFISH WARSHIP uIT
AMiDSHIr. Nu LIVES LOST
Among the pictures which will he
seen by permission of the OF the British
Sovernme are III. NJ S Victori1m
bringing Convoy of American Troops
INTO London. Mr.. Everett told me
ihat ihis snip was afterwards tor
pouoeu. She was hit amdships bi,t
hN SOinC miraclc sln LIZ. ;.,.-