Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-08

n. c. Wyeth was in Boston, TINS week,
conferrinV with Professor Baker OF Har-
ward apout the Plymouth nageant It's
ain,o.t eno veav. since the landing of the
P,lprims. Mrs. Iloman. says they isnded
ON ..a starm and rock-bound coast (; the
records state they came Ashore ''amor
diverse corntields and little running
brooks" They set sail from Plymouth,
Enpland, on September ., lozo, and they
landed on the ltowlder forever iamoue as
Plymouth Rock on December II. At was
bleak and cold, but not high and rocky.
There could harilv bc a greater contrast
than that between the two Plymouths.
Ours /, low and sandy. the English town is
set high on a rocky harbor, very beauti-
full harbor with outlying rocky islands.
The town sets back and great wide
ssplanadc overlooks the hav. Here is a
statue of the mighty Drake, who, Devon
folk believe, comes back In every crisis
Ia heir the English seamen. They say his
spirit lives IN the British Navy and always
will and that is Devon folk lore. A statue
of the doughty Miles Standish in our
Plymouth, would he as fitting as Drake in
the English town.
Now. whatever there may be in the
legendary lore pf our Plymouth, and
Whatever there may be of historical set
ting ana ali tttlI RptH With Il ff8Et aAAt ~
present times -oneby to the present
generation, we may he quite sure that the
two coliaboraiors will make the most OF It,
and present it hs II should be. II is a
IHplcndid thing and they will do it well. 1t
tSiI I,e historically correct and it will Toe
grat SUCCESS.
T This Is only ono OF the many works that
Wvath has ON hand at present He is
able 10 swing them all and have them all
coming on well, he exllts IN the JOY of
work and glories in the days achieve
ments. That is the wonder OF IL that he
,loes so much and does it so well, but then
he doesn't belong to a union, and work SO
many hours day, no whistle makes hirn
hurriedly throw down his tools and gath
er up his coat and hat He works every
minute Of the wur king day and makes the
time and talent stand for something.
The biggest commission Nycth has re-
ceived r, rntly IS TO decorate two large
luncttes in the Missouri State Capitol at
Jefferson City, Confederate and Union
pieces, communicating scenes IN the
south western theatre OF the Civil War,
for it was in the northern part OF the Con-
federate territory and IN the lower part OF
the Union territory that the trc really
burned Brangwyh does the other panels,
and both men are to have their work conf
pieted in January, 1921. The Illustrating
and the painting continue too, and Nyeth;
who was asked TO do Robin Hood and
King Arthur after Howard Pyle had done
them, is now working on Robinson Crusoe,
Mits Standish and Westward Ho.
And as for shows! Wyeth has land
scape at the current exhibition OF the
Pcnns sylvania Academy OF the Fine Arts,
and a large exhibition OF his paintings and
illustrations is being held at the Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn. A special catalogue
was gotten out for this with a sketch OF
the artist, ss follows
n. C. wYETH.
Not since the exhibition by Howard
Pyle IN this gallery several years ago, has
the art of the illustrator been more ably
represented than in the present exhibition
by MIR n. c. Wyeth. The public is well