The Washington herald., 1922-08-20

father shouted. 'Zeke! Zekei You
let that woodchuck go!" clear
through his political campaign.
and his great speeches. how we
loved as children to read OF DAN
iel Webster! One of the saddest
days in my life. next to losing
faith In Santa Claus. was the day
on which We told that both
Daniel Webster and Louisa NJ. Al
cott were dead and that I should
never be able to see them. Whit
tier has also written two poems
on Webster. The f1rst one. 'Icha-
bod" was written on the occasion
when Webster spoke in support of
tive slave law. To Whittier this
was leading Of the Tempter.
''of all we loved and honored
naught save power remains;
fallen angels pride OF thought
still strong in chains. All else Is
gone: from those great eyes the
soul has ned: when faith is lost,
when honor dies, the man Is desd!"
Might not this whole noble poem
have been suggested by the sin
gle phrase from the Bible: And
she called the child Ichabod. say
ing. the glory Is departed from
Israeli" Whittier partly took
back this arraignment of Webster
In The Lost Occasion" which was
not. however. written until nearly
thirty years after the death of the
great Statesman.
There are three pictures by
Arthur Dawson of the contem-
porary American school. The
Road Through the Farm" shows
scene at the back Of the farm
Of Mrs. Toscan Parrott. the artists
set with Sheep" The third is
Lyme. Connecticut, where Mr.. Daw-
, son has spent nearly ten years of
his life. This 10 the artist Daw-
son who installed the John Barton
Payne collection now under dis
cusston. He was very firm
friend of John Barton Payne, and
the two men worked hand-in-hand
In many projects for art knowl-
edge and art appreciation. Mr..
Dawson received highest honors in
more than one branch of his
chosen field-art
Walter McEwan. also a contem-
porary American painter, has one
rather charming perturbation of
The Secret"
Mazzanovich. also contem-
porary American artist, has two
pieces. both scenes from Connecti-
cut. a Summer Day" and a Moon
rise"
Later we shall consider the old
masters In this collection.
Innate in the heart Of every hu-
hAN- L.
and harmony in our daily sur
In our opinions as to what is
really beautiful The wide appeal
Of q good. simple book on interior
decorating is due to this constant
longing, and also to the lack of
experience OF most Of US In chooo-
ing the really good.
! In reading Bernard Jakway's
The Principles OF Interior Decora-
tion." one Is impressed with the
vastness OF the subject. and Of its
possibilities. Who would have
thought that the subject has go
many angles as the sixteen shown
by the table of contents7
We are glad to note from sew
eral passages that the author does
not expect the ordinary house
keeper or nome builder to have a
very deep knowledge Of these
things. The vague, underlined faith
In the good taste OF any careful
observer who thinks at all along
these lines seems 10 stay with us
Still both homemakers and art
students welcome thoughtful
work on this subject. increasing
so rapidly in popularity.
The idea of giving In very SIM
pie form illustrations of good
taste and occasionally OF bad taste
is a fine one. The tendency in
such books has seemed to be 10
give whole interiors in which the
principles inculcated were hard 70
find. Simple wording is used and
the two words the writer had to
look up are such words as should
be in the ordinary good yocabu-
larry.
This book should appeal TO the
ordinary person who has some de-
sire for the best that can be pro-
cured in homemaking. to the art
student and critic. and to those
who have to do with interior dec
Grating as trade or pastime
The Inland Printer" is a maya
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