The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-03-24

FboyS No'S S
Works to Arouse Interest in
Practical Steps to Assist
Veterans.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Jacob
Epstein's remarkable Venus. now
on exhibition at the Sculptors' Gal.
lery. 102 East Fortieth street. Is to
the lay person somewhat OF an
enigma.
Though her appearance is puz-
zling. her purpose and presence in
that gallery, along with other works
clear-they will help to answer a
distinctly modern need.
The effect of visit to that inter-
esting converted studio stable is
more far-reaching than the casual
visitor might guess. There. for a
very small sum, one may revel In
the products of great imaginations
and help disabled ex-service men as
well.
Aiding ex.soldiers in this case is
not the perfunctory charity Of send
ing around q pretty glass of jelly
with empty sympathy.
Proceeds from the exhibition viii
be turned over to "The Community
Councils Corporation, Inc.," an or
ganization which has built I'D q
great industry for ex-service men.
The slogan ia Help the Disabled
Man to Help Himself"
Tv-1,. -, vy1v~ "A ~ VAnu.
1T IL a triumvirate of IDEAS"
said Mrs. Charles Cary Rumsey, Of
the exhibition committee, in discuss.
ing the work.
Exhibitors, service men and the
councils cooperate for mutual ben
eft.
A visit to tho galleries discloses
the works of modern English art
lists, Jacob Epstein. Henry Gaudier-
Brzeska, Eric Gill, Wyndhom Lew
is, Augustus John. Gwen John and
j. D. Innes.
The dynamic quality OF Lewis
work contrasts with the fine draw.
Ing of Augustus John, Just as the
Venus of Epstein, with features
and appendages eliminated contrasts
with his own comparatively con-
sentative modelling Of the Tin
Hat" and Admiral Lord Fisher"
Mother and Child" in marble,
by the same sculptor, receives a
great deal Of attention from visi-
tors. 1t In a curiously chiselled, fea.
tureless piece which challenges the
attention Of even the most deter
mined skeptics toward modern ten
denotes. Jerome Blum, well.known
painter. said of It:
1T has the peculiarly attractive
quality of the silhouettes OF fig
uFes seen in the dark"
To artists this gallery has the
added boon OF a mo commissions"
basis for any work which may be
sold there. 1t is the aim, accord
ing to announcements OF the COM
mittee, TO show the best work avail
able Of any period in all mediums,
and to bring before the New York
public objects of art which might
not otherwise be viewed. The gal
lery Is a wholly non-commercial en-
terprise. Works for sale may be
exhibited, but the gallery accepts
no commissions"
Work For Veterans.
Work for disabled ex-service men
was taken up by the body OF COM
munity councils two years ago.
When the corporation was organized
to help rehabilitate the men a tract
or 2SO acres was bought in Duchess
county at Dover Furnace, where
agricultural and industrial training
has been provided for. This place
Is running on a strictly productive
basis.
To create in the individuals mind
a hope for the future before de-
preston sets in. is the aim OF the
group. Men are trained to make
things OF real commercial value,
and in this way get remuneration
for their labors and not the charity
that would buy here and there the
pitifully useless things which many
people have foolishly taught dis
abled men to make.
The articles to be made are Sc.
lected, materials supplied and a
market provided. At 20S East
Twenty-first street. this city. can
be found the city shop center
where these articles of standard
merchandise are sold every day.
The work is on a profit-sharing
basis.