The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-04-23
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That bad taste in the decoration of
the home, due to an imperfect knoWl-
edge of the principles of art, harmony
and ornamentation, are at the bottom
of much domestic discord. which leads
to bad citizenship, the writer of TINS
column endeavored to point out, IN
recent article UNFOLDING art education
in the public school.
il The public schools are doing great
things in developing the art sense IN
the average citizen, but, as church
occasionally needs an evangelist TO
come along and stimulate the work OF
its pastor, so does the daily humdrum
Of public school art teaching need an
Injection of life from the outside.
ffDuring the five days beginning
April 25, Topeka will receive this out
side stimulus thru the Better Homes
Institute, to be held at the city audi
forum, under the direction or Mr..
Ross Crane. head of the extension de-
partment of the Art Institute of chi
cago.
J Mr.. Crane is an enthusiastic. tire
less, skillfuI worker in the cause of
the better home. He intends to tell
those who go to the city auditorium to
hear his eight beautifully illustrated
lectures what a combination of util-
ity, propriety and beauty in the build
ing and adjoining of the American
home will do for human happiness, in
diyidually and collectively.
Along with Mr.. Crane will come to
Topeka Miss Evelyn d. Hansen, dress
denonstrator in the State Normal
school Eau Claire, Wis, who will en-
deavor to instruct. the rising genera
ton of Topekans in some heretofore
unthought of principles of correct
dressing.
Mr.. Crane will also bring with him
a collection of twenty carefully select
ed paintings by the best American tai
ent, as examples of suitable pictures
for adjoining the home.
The Better Homes Institute is be-
ing brought to Topeka by the Wo-
mans club and several other local
civic bodies. Below is the program
for the five days;
Program.
Monday afternoon, April % at First
DramatizatiOH of Home Furnishing, ME-
Ross Crane, in which is used portable
room, actual furniture, rugs, draperies and
Monday evening, April %. at s--second
DramatizatiOn of Home Furn1shlng-Mr
Ross Crane. Entitled Art Versus Aunt
Matilda" showing what can be done by
elimination.
tuesday morning. April &c, at 1880
Third Drama tization of Home Furnishing
Mr.. Ross Crane How to get the maximum
of comfort and beauty in home furnishings
at the minimum of cost.
Tuesday evening, April 2G, at S-Ffrst
Demonstration on the Art of Dress-Miss
Evelyn d. Hansen. In which will be used
living models. The lecture devoted to a
discussion of color especially. (HiGh
wednesday afternoon. April 27. at 3
Second Demonstration in the Art of Dress
Miss Evelyn ID. Hansen. With special
discussion of line and suitability to oc-
Wednesday evening. April %. at Slow
to Build a Servantless House'-Mr- Ross
Crane.
prom the Eyebrows fT upMMr. Ross q Crane
Chalk talk entertainment lecture.
Thursday evening, April Is, at Slow
to Plant the Home Grounds-Mr Ross
Crane Illustrated by exhibit and crayon
sketching. (High school)
Friday afternoon, April 20, at 3-Gallery
Tnik on the Paintings-Mr Ross Crane.
Friday evening, April %, at S-"Dollars
Make Your Town the Best Town in the
State in Which to Bring Up Child. Mr..
Ross Crane.
Another treat for Topekans in the
near future is a lecture by dorado
Taft of Chicago. dorado Taft is one
of the greatest sculptors of modern
times. and perhaps the greatest per-
son of his profession that America
has so far produced. He will come
to Topeka under the joint auspices of
the Topeka Art Guild, The Washburn
College Fine Arts department and the
art department of the Woman's club,
and will lecture at Washburn college,
either in the chapel or in Boswell hall.
Details will be published later.
1t was learned that Mr.. Taft was
about to make lecture tour of sew
eral cities in Missouri, Kansas and
Oklahoma, and after some little eff
fort he was induced to extend his
itinerary so as to include Topeka.
Mrs A A. Robinson of Topeka has
presented Washburn college with a
fragment of Toltec sculpture taken
from one of the famous ruins of south
ern Mexico and secured by her hus-
band, the late a. A. Robinson, former
president of the Mexican Central
railway. The fragment is regarded as
quite valuable, and the archaeological
department of Harvard university
once endeavored to secure it from the
Robinson family. Mrs. Robinson pre-
ferred to give it to Washburn college.
The Toltecs, 1t will be remembered,
were a race of superior culture, who
preceded the Aztecs as inhabitants
of Mexico.
A letter has Just been received by a
member of the Topeka Art Guild from
Mrs. Fern l. Coppedge, in which Mrs.
Coppedge heartily commends the
Guild for it's good work for the cause
of art in Topeka.
She stated that she is spending a
month painting, at Lumberville, in the
famous Bucks county hills of eastern
Pennsylvania. The town is situated
on the Delaware river, about half way
between Philadelphia and Easton.
She writes: "Lumberville is the
most charming place you could inn
agine. situated as it is on the banks
of the Delaware river. and the Lehigh
canal which was completed one hum
dred years ago. My studio is in the
old stone lodge of the lock keeper,
with windows right over the canal.
THE view of the canal is most en-
chanting. 1 do not see how Venice
could be more beautiful. with grea
overhanging trees reflected. and old
mills and canal barges, and a great
background of purple hills, all mir
rored in the clear water. 1t seems
quite unnecessary for the painter 10
go to Europe for material for his
brush
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