The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-18

usual language, expressions and phra- ses. all all of which make her a fas- einating speaker, far more wonderful to listen to than to read after" in my humble way of putting it.
 But any way, either hearing the commander or reading about her, she holds the same world interest to us all
 One of the most beautiful tributes ever paid to the Commander Miss Booth was that which great painter and artist who painted her pictures a group of them-such a wonderful subject she proved-when he declared. , that she could have been Raphael, Michael Angelo, with the brush herself had she chosen. as we'll as model for these great masters. for with her talent and her exquisite conception of the beautiful and the spiritual in life she could have been anything she chosel
 This celebrated painter Darius Cobb of Boston. after painting the group of pictures of Commander Booth, gave out the following interview to one of the great writers of Boston;
 "As a model there is no Madonna ever painted with the vital, magnetic looks of holy motherhood which is seen
 in the face here of Eva Booth where she is dressed in rags with the mu- sfcal instrument on her arm. The ex- pression surpasses any executed by Raphael By the side of hers the faces of his Madonnas become too esthetic too little human
 q see in her the characteristics which distinguished Mozart, Raphael, Joan of Arc, some of the old marshals of France, and so many of the men of genius who have accomplished the highest in their life work said Mir. Cobb.
 He sat in his sky-high studio in the Studio building with the gray light of a rainy day Altering down upon the heroic pictures, landscapes, heads and sculpture about him, vital man with the artists keen perception. He han dled the pictures of the worlds great est woman humanitarian as he talked.
 'The universal culture of the great. est artists is well known. Rubens was the master ambassador of his time; Michael Angelo was an engineer and sonneteer; Durer was known as a painter. but he was also a great writer tor, Phidias, was also musically in clined These illustrations could be continued almost indefinitely. Now Evangeline Booth has just that tenn perament 1 believe. that she could sue ceed as a poet an artist, a musician or a writer"
 She has the power of looking at human nature or a sunset and taking it in with almost Raphaelic comprehen- sion. Deep spiritual and sprituslle characteristics; tho power of seeing the complexity of things like general and working way through difficulties to a desired end; all these would help to render her a success as an artist"
 Art would be nothing to her as merely picture painting. however. It would mean something more impor- tant. far deeper than that. It would oS PuihtAi6 iihcs iHSpiTSu Dy tHc niS nest motives
 There are some painters who paint for prizes and for renown and all sorts of selfish reasons. It is better to be a self-respecting mechanic than to put pictures up for prizes. That is the most degrading position a man can occupy 'The\ prize appeals simply to the selfishness in a man. It tends to repress those who do not receive it and does not elevate those who do. It is often resorted to to stimulate a failing interest. and does not reach the legiti- mate motives at all.''
 Evangeline Booth would not be oi that ilk of painters, her inspiration would have no love of comparison to distress others. She sees to the root of everything.
 There is certain characteristic in her