The New York herald., 1921-04-10
lens = Architectural Leagues Impressive

Il difficult to take this SERIOUSLY Inc
lady who was reading from Swinburne
broke off suddenly and said. i wish
that fat man." indicating Mr.. Stella
would say something. He has been
annoying me during my reading by
laughing"
Here there was a painful moment,
and what Mr. Stella reJoined or whether
he said anything at all was not re-
ported Miss Dreier. the president OF
the Societe Anonyme. thinking 10 pour
oil upon the troubled waters, arose and
said, "Why. / thought this was to be q
funny evening but tho lady with the
lace curtain shawl. who now appeared
to be distinctly ruffied. said We'll. why
cannot somebody explain 10 me what
these dreadful pictures on the wall mean,
ii they mean anything at all?" And
thereupon Dr. Phyllis Alderman pro-
ceeded to explain them to her in pro-
found and eloquent terms, thus bring
ing the evening to a safe and sane con-
clusion.
Charles r. Yandell & Co. are showing
an interesting collection OF antique
feathers fooled and embossed and IL
Illuminated. The house of Yanden, which
has handled feathers for generations.
first became interested in the antique
feathers at the instigation of the late
Henry G. Marquand, who with the late
Stanford White did so much TO initiate
the New Yorkers Of their time into the
finer phases of art Mr.. Yandell not
only began studiously to collect the An
est old feathers Of Europe but to manu-
facture modern feathers in TIE style OF
the old ones, and the art has been now
so perfected that many amateurs have
difficulty in distinguishing the antiques
f1as In ha
play now shown there are many old
screens, feathers for chairs and other
uses. and even feathers for wall cover
ings
Next Tuesday, April IL, Karl Freund.
decorator. will open his yearly spring
exhibition in Delmonico's ballroom,
which will continue until April II. This
exhibition will show a complete apart
ment. composed of foyer hall, dining
room. breakfast room. living room and
library. a number OF bedrooms. boudoir
and nursery. and they will be filled with
great treasures which have been col
lected from various sources In Europe
and in America, and also with Mr.
Freund's own creations, for which he is
so renowned.
The dining room will be panelled with
Aubusson tapestries from French cha
teau in the Loire, woven with gallant
subjects The breakfast room will show
series of transparent landscape designs
by Mr.. Freund. In the living room will
be hung painting by Andrea del Sarto :
In the library the portrait of young
Cardinal by Carreno; above the hall
mantel will appear a fine landscape by
| Crainsborough. There will be q maple
| bedroom of Colonial make. On the wall
will hang two portraits by Sharples OF
| a famous New Yorker, Col. Varick. and
| his wife, who was a Roosevelt There
Will be F'lorentine iron gate at the
very entrance and marble fountain in
| the entrance hall.
A small dressing room adorned with
rare Chinese silk pictures is planned and
a morning room wainscoted with bril-
| liant bird pictures In the Dutch style of
| Hondecoeter. There will be rugs from
France Spain, China, Samarkand, Persia
and India. Paintings range from the
twelfth century Tibetan Mandalas TO
the art of Couture, and furniture from
the formal beauty of the fifteenth cen
tury and the rustic charm of Crom-
wellian days to the sumptuous uphol-
stery we now require.
There will be an innovation in the
sale of the articles by having them ar
ranged according to countries. The first
day will start with America and con-
tinue with Holland. Persia, Asia Minor
| Spain and part of Italy. The second
| day continues with Italy and Is followed
| by England. The third day will show
France and Flanders and the creations
of Mr.. Freund's shops. The evening
session OF Wednesday will dispose OF
| lighting fixtures and lamps and an
extraordinary collection of Chinese and
Tibetian silk pictures from the twelfth
4 .. Ill
nese works of art
Edith c. Phelps Mrs. Stowe Phelps)
will make her debut as "one man"
exhibitor. beginning Monday. April IL,
| at the Mich Galleries, with a group OF
recent portraits and figure subjects.
Her portraits win prove OF especial in
terest because of the fact that the artist
with inherent good taste and artistic
4 feeling composss her work In a manner
that gives II a picturesque quality. she
does not believe in stiff, set portraits
that show a striving for a complete like
ness. for in her knowledge OF character
the likeness comes without any forced
effort. When she painted Mrs. oliver
| Hartman. her most recent work. she
thought well of pictorial Importance
and artistic arrangement.
The Frankl Galleries will have on
view for the next four weeks. futurist
silk tapestries painted with batik colors
from the Dutch Three Men Studio. These
are the first tapestries Of their kind
to have reached America. The artists.
well known in Holland, include Diederich
Gessner. Fred Buurman and Wurner
Pagnc.
The exhibition OF the paintings by
Bryson Burroughs. IN the Montross Gal
leries. has awakened so much interest
that it has been decided 10 extend il
until April 16