Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-01-26


the BETTER Homes Institute. ~ their
lectures yesterday IN the after.
Boon ~ iva o'clocL. the blackburn
building was filled a. IT, utmost
capacity 10 hear Nr. Cranes gal.
lery talk on paintings. Others.
wha could not get ih,o the building
and could not hope a. hrIr word
~ the lecture. waited outside the
doat until u was over. The great
Croun. composed both II men and
women. was described by Dr. Crane
~ Que II the most intelligent and
kecnly Interested audiences he has
ever spoken 10. AZ threeihiriy
o'rIacL another tremendous crowd
greeted Miss Hansen. the dress
demonstrator of the Chicago Art
institute. at the First Baptist
tl,mrii. Women filled and packed
the main auditorium the north wing
and the gallery upstairs. Men woe
conspicuous by their absence 10
thi. lecture. ~ $50 y. M. the third
large crowd 81 the day welcomed
Dr. Cran- ~ he appeared 10 sivs
SECOND lecture NJ tile baptist Church
"n Interior decoration.
E,ss Cranes talk on gallery pilntl''e
at tive O'Clock Yesterday was Described
b. thnae who had the good fortune N
hsnr n ~ mitch tho hes, thing ~ Tho
1.ni 'hsi Amarillo las ever had. ce'
srinlng q painting ~ the seac'iS;
shere the waves were breaking az ms,
the rocks. the great critic mad ~,
members 20 his audience hear tbs
wives a. they broke h. made them see
the fine uHay as IL was flung int 'hC
air and th. sunlight as II Il rtci
through the water and glisiened On tie
wp,, wet rocks "" made them fs,i
thu iuggsdress - IA" rocks which hid
resisted tbs cnslaughts - the oreai ~
uniuld Years. and the sullenness 4 the
sca as " ircedrd tom each assa ~
against the rugged rockbound co ~,
only 20 dash vainlv against u nncs
u,.re Ne tGd them that the paintin-
vas uf the Atlantic Coast because ht
water was 9. lighter blue than would
have bcsn 'hc case I'D the arts, icc'
De. letting tn deeper Tue - the paciflc
other painting were taken In hand and
explained In similar manner In
way watch gave th,see who Were q
fortunate as t. hear lin an understand
lng ~ thc :hlngs n. artist Nw un'
f.t whom Ne was engaged IN painting
his ture
MIS- Eid,r q CO., Fillmore = "e'
Who has lived IN amarillo for tn -
eighteen wears and has through u"
lonF ne ;she is ,ilhtS years old bel
h..n an arden ADMIR- Il art and thing
artistic said after the lecture that
was the hes, critique by Tar that she ha
heard since coming % Amarillo, and on
4 ,he hest she has heard IN her lif'
time during which she has visiie
many art Institutes and hcsrd man
noted art cri,ic;s. Mrs. Riders diug'
ter Miss Margaret, Is an artist 81 n
r1s,n ability herself
Mis- Evelyn Hansen's lecture wa
| ~tag,d q, the Baptist church. shoril
after the gallery talk by Ross Cram
In Il SIC dealt with the attire ot won
On. both young and old what ], shoul
~. and mere particularly what u shon'
net he For her demonstrations ~
used living modcls--a number ~ y'un
| aides from the High - honl and cr
tunes furnished by the Mnriz"n Stor
Miss Hansen informed h'r hare.
Ina, In selecting color schc"c T. va
qaccss1ry % take the complexion in'
.onsidsr-tion. she analyzcd ih' o'r
plcvinr ~ her models showing iu
vhi,h roiors won't we'll with o1'h. ar
which were unsuitable She stated ih'
thor ,hinrs than the complexion ougl
,lso 20 De- considered. among them "
t,.ir he ives nd the lines - The iigur
She vns listened ,n with Tho 81 ISIS,
'cn,ion throughout her talk
The second ~ the Ross Crane le
lures on Interior decoration was hst"n'
% by considerably larger audi"n'
han that which heard his first ON
=, seemed that all who came th" fr
! night were present again on Tu"~d'
/. night. and that thev had brought
: heir friends with them. ON Munds
p nirh, nr Crane started his demnns'r
b don with a hare room. nothing IN
, save one picture and fireplac" la
4 nigh, he varied 'he procedure hy '
> ginning with an over stuffed ronin--o
Z which contalned medley ~ misc
p l'aneous objects with which iho va
= md the floor were cluii'red mp al
n the roon was given ihe appearance"
,. over .crowdedness. The Doctor ~ Hom
stated that the room was ~. and d.
nosed the case a. one - acute cong
4 ton. In n process - elimination
= mad article after article taken oui
. The room and order gradually oal
\ where confusion had been IN TAXI
sram the roam those things which We
p ~uDerfluous. he considered each obj
|. individually and asked whether n
lining was needful. whether II served a
useful purpose In that room; u u