Evening star., 1922-11-19

by Horatio Walker. who is best
known for his paintings in oils.
Catherine Walton Morris. the tall
ented daughter of Harrison Morris.
who seems to succeed in whatever, she
| turns her hand to. whether 1t be the
drama or poetry or painting, shows
three picture of the sea.
Violette Constance RaditZ. the little
girl Of twelve whose work has Gre
ated quite sensation. exhibits two
drawings showing imaginative quail
ity and good craftsmanship.
There are no less than seven water
colors in this collection by Elisabeth
Sraldins of Denver. Col. who. it
will lie remembered. spent one winter
here, and there is watercOlor by
Mills Thompson, an old member OF
the Art Students League.
\ good deal CT the work in tins
/; exhibition is tinged by lnodernistic
tendencies, but for the most part it is
eminently sane. vigorous and color
full and. though 1t does not seem to
touch the highest level. it is emf
nently good.
FRANK GARDNER HALE of Boston,
l. one of the foremost, il not the
foremost. maker of hand-wrought
jewelry and enamels in this country.
will hold an exhibition of his work at
1897 Connecticut avenue for ten days,
beginning tomorrow.
Mr.. Hale is represented in the mu-
scum circuit exhibition of American
handicraft now on view in the Ma
tional Gallery of Art. which. after
closing here the last OF this week,
is I" (" to five of the leading mu
seums. terminating at the Metropoi-
tan Museum. New York. in May.
Those who have not yet seen the
eNhi bition at the National Museum
should not fail to do SO this week.
as ii is not only of notable interest,
but promises to become epoch mark
ing as the first Of it's kind held in
this country.
THE CoIcoran Gallery of Art now
is showing in the anteroom to
/ its special eXhi bition gallery u group
of miniatures by the members of tho
! American Society of Miniature Paint
ers. Il circuit exhibition sent out by
the society.
THE Washington Handicraft Guild
is holding its exhibition in the
| Are Center Gallery, 11o6 Connecticut
| avenue. Handwork in many mediums
| is shown and Il very attractive dis
play greets the visitor. On the walls
are fabrics representing the arts OF
dyeing, weaving, wood-blOck printing
| and needlework. On the shelves and
| in the cases are displayed pottery.
! decorated china. basketry. metal
| work. book binding. illumination.
| even artificial flowers. There are
wood carvings of very attractive de-
i sign by Ruth Tanner. who during the
war did excellent service in the hos
pitfalls as a reconstruction aid. teach
ing her craft. There are notable con-
[ tributions from eight or more of the
present aids at Walter Reed Hospital.
all Of whom are accomplished crafts
women.
| There are some charming baskets
| by Mrs. Frank W. Smith; a group Of
very interesting pottery has been sent
| by Edmund u. F.. Curtis of Wayne.
Pa. who is at the present time hold
| ing an exhibition in one of the oth
avenue galleries. New York, with
G. Russell Cheney.
There is a very handsome copper
etched tray by Miss Montgomery, lent
i by Mrs. HitZ.
Miss Endicott shows work in silver.
attractive in design and we'll exc
cuted.
From Miss Marian Lane comes d
group or DOCKS eQulSuelS DOunu III
finely fooled leather and two or more
| illuminations beautifully rendered
work of d very distinguished char
acter.
Mrs. William Mcfarland has con-
tributed some very interesting exam
pies of work in silver and copper and
Mrs Martin has sent some beautiful
dyed fabrics. as has also Mr.. Neleigh
of Neighborhood House.
Indeed all of the work shown is Of
an interesting and comm endable
character and reflects great credit
upon the Washington craftsmen.
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y exhibition of paintings by J.
= Theo. Morgan opened on Thurs
day at the veerhoff Galleries. a full
er notice of this exhibition will ap-
pear later.
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WARD BROWN is showing at the
w present time some Italian
sketches in the rooms of the Pen
gum Club. 1904 G. street, by special
invitatiL..
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A T the Arts Club, 2017 I street. is
an interesting and important ex-
hibition by Mr.. Ernest L. Ipsen OF
New York. LEILA MECHL1N.