The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-04-24

foreign governments; Miss Critcher
can be truly called an eminent artist,
for her work has attracted nation
wide attention.
| there came another artist into the
aney. This was Miss Ellen Day
Hale, portrait and mural painter. Miss
| Hale is the daughter of Everett Hale
Miss Hale opened her studio in the
alley and rented home at 174S N
street. just In front of her work =
shops. 4.4
Miss Gabrielle p. Clements. whose
mural paintings have created quite
sensation in Baltimore and in other
cities, has Joined Miss Hale and the
two artists now occupy the same
| studio.
When Zolnay first took up his work
In the livery stable i'm the alley he
set about to transform the entire
place He had rented the house at
| 1888 N street for his wife and two
children, girls fifteen and seventeen
! years old, and he began to "clean up
First, he started on his backyard and
| established an Italian Garden, which
/ artists love to visit in the summer
| time. Next he began TO work on the
| livery stable. 1t was hard work. but
| In a comparatively short time he was
| estaDl1Sneu-nc ndu HNeu UP
rooms and started work.
Halls FROM ROUMANIA.
Zolnay. teacher of sculpture.
| holding classes In the alley, halls from
Bucharest, Rumania. coming here
some thirty years ago. In 1908 he
was director of sculpture at the st.
Louis Exposition. After travelling
throughout the country he finally de-
cided to make his abode here. Among
his works is the famous memorial t.
Winnie Davis, daughter OF Jefferson
Davis, president Of the Confederate
states: "Sequoyah," the Indian who
Invented the Cherokee alphabet, which
statue, the gift OF the State OF Okla
homa, is in Statuary Hall. in the
Capitol. On the front of the Central
High School three friezes-Manual
Training, Business Training, AMI
Academic Training-are his work.
Not only do artists frequent the
alley but would-be artists also. Zol-
nay has many students and holds
classes in the alley daily. He has for
his students scholars from Walter
Reed, children of the rich and many
persons famous socially in the Cap
ital Among his students are Miss
Olive Blant, Mrs. l.. +. Miller, Miss
Minerva Kendall and Mrs. w. f..
Kelly. widow of former United States
Consul to Rome.
But as to the alley. 1t is just
like other alleys and has several en-
frances, from ~ street and Rhode Is
land avenue. Come in from the. east
one first meets Zolnay's studio. then
Miss Critcher's and next Miss Hsle's.
Between the Hale and Critcher studio
within the next few weeks will be
erected the studio building and then
the alley will be well populated.
NEIGHBORHOOD UNDERSTANDS.
When the artists began visiting the
alley quite a bit OF commotion was
caused in the neighborhood by those
persons who just could not under
stand why such a locatio for work
shops should be picked. And they
got suspicious. 1t was not until Miss
Critcher kindly consented to let some
would-be actors rehearse in her stu
do that the people of the neighbour
hood really learned what was going
on ain their alley" The rehearsal
had started and IL was just after
dawn The villain was occupying the
center of the stage and he was yell
ing at the leading lady.
alice. / am going to Kill you"
And at the top of his voice, too. This
was too much for the suspect!ng