The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-20
DOES SHE MOvE?|
co, INVESTIGATE
Pleasant Hour for You al the
Fine Arts Salon Here
ny THE POLICE REPORTER

ny THE POLICE REPORTER
told the editor I had been 10
the art exhibit and he smiled and
the assistant city editor arohed his
brows.
Now. II the plebeian police reporter
wants 10 60 TO the art exhibit. that's
his business. Moreover. II In en-.
tirely within his pecketbook. for II
is free. don't see anything funny
about II.
mt hcrc's something that IN
funny. When q Seattle business
man reaches that degree Of r.
nanciiu succrss wherc ne can sf.
ford 70 think seriously u art,
the first thing he DON Ii TO
board . train for New York. or
Pnrk. o. Rome 10 buy some pio-
turcs.
And right here In Seattle arc
ptr&urcs that he couldn't touch
for less than $1,000, painted BY
leading American Artist~. just ~
artistic ~ anything he can find
In New York or Europa
SALON HERE HAS
81 PAINTINGS
At tho salon OF the Seattle Fine
Arts society this month are ~ paint.
ings by leading American painters.
Ever been to the art exhibit7
Ought to 60. IT'S at i2i, Fourth
ave. Two hundred and fifty people
visit II daily. according to the young
woman who sits BY the entrance
and who. by tho way. will tell you
obligingly many interesting things
about the exhibit and the meu. and
women who painted the plcfurea
Tho highest priced painting" she
explained. lis Summer Pastimes.
down there on the wall TO the right
It's $4,000. The artist. j. Alden
Weir. 10 dead. That may be one
reason why the price 10 ~ high A.
| II Ia.
There's another painting. that NJ
tie one to tho left. Youna Woman
Knitting. It's si7s. and the cheap.
est In the exhibit"
had TO admit I thought tho
SITS picture moro desirable than
the $1,000 piecA
HE VOTES FOR
BY l.ANlfILGHT
Another. sprin9time. that she
said was worth S2.Tso. would much
prefer to Mat,inicus. Srotssque.
futuristic looking canvas priced at
81. 900. but, had the money. l would
rather give more. dousiy more. for
BY Lampiisht. painted by Edward
ID. Dufner.
My uncuitivated artistic sense
failed to rise To wild appreciation of
either springsime or Mattinicus. but
l frankly admired IN my plebciAn.
police reporferish way. BY Lamp.
light. the portrait of young WON
an seated by . lamp doing needle
work.
First of l passed the picture UP
a. unworthy OF as much attention
N. for instance, Winter Mocnriaa. Il
always did find pleasure In wintsr
wandering thru the woods In the
mcw. especially Of moonlight
niSht& and Winter Moonrtss h .
BIN Of wfntsr night tsAnzplsntsd
from the out-of-6oors into the salon
II In vista Across . snow-covered
01P1sA1c ~ to0 Ua8S VI Wupas Win
dark streAm Of water clipping By
in the foreground thru tbs ahadcwy
NOV. and Acro~s the dark wAtsr u
the one BIT Of color. the CLINT Of the
yellow moon
rRNs AGAIN TO
HIS FAvORITE
admired u. then turned again 70
by Lamplisht. and saw what I
hadn't seen before. the aiive.ness Of
tho woman by the lamp. I noted
the soft warmness Of her hair. the
delicate coioring OF her skin. the
nafuraincas Of her. ~ she sat there,
and the blending Of light that shone
thru the lamp shade fanciod cuos
she moved
Isspent an hour shra shed my
police reporter personality and en-
joycd myself.
II you want TO know why II Il that
many others like me 70 TO the art
exhibit and come away delighted,
I cannot tell ron. But they do.
Go. and nnswes tho question
for youSeaf. And give the no
ture by .LAmp,ixht . serond
look. and . third. and tell mo
dOna aho move or doenst shcS