The Washington herald., 1922-02-26

mad. They paint a landscape with
orange lights and purple shadows
universally whether IT is SO in ma
ture at that time or not. Under
certain light conditions il would be,
but under certain others IL would
not. Yet these girls and boys gs
out and paint il SO whether they
see it or not. My great aspiration
is TO found an ideal art school,
where we Will take as students all
the poor girls and boys who will
have their art free, and we will let
the rich ones pay. Besides paint
ing and the plastic arts. we will
have Interpretive dancing. music.
and the drama. | long to make
others see all the beauty of the
world. TO teach people that you
cannot do anything splendid out
side unless you have a splendid
soul inside. Not only their enjoy
ment OF life. but their usefulness
would be greatly increased IL they
could only be made to appreciate
all OF Gods world about them"
little later Mr.. Bryant is 10
hold an exhibition of his recent
work in Mrs. FfouIkes weIl-known
tapestry ballroom.
Bulgarian Art.
Bulgarian art in variety OF
ceramics and embroidery by a fas-
Bulgaria. Nine. Nadejda s Vas
silen. OF Sofia. on exhibition at the
Art Center. 1lo6 Connecticut Ave-
nue., is attracting many visitors
This young woman, who is now vis-
Ag
remain here. was a student at the
Royal Art Academy Of Bulgaria.
and came to America only about
seven months ago. The exhibition
Is under the patronage of the Bull
Garian Minister. and il offers some
thing novel in native art. all the
objects having been produced by
Nine. Nassileff. the designs being
tives.
Holds Exhibit.
From real estate to art was the
career of Lewis Painter Clepha ne
who is just now holding an ex-
hibition OF some seventy-six pic
lures in oil and water color at his
studio. Ills street northwest.
open daily from 10 a. m. to $50
p. M, Sundays from 3 TO p. M,
and Monday evenings from to IL
O'Clock. through February IS.
Scenes from Italy. Greece. Hol-
land and nearer home. in Wood
stock. n. Y, and Washington. D.
G. are presented. some OF them in
is exceedingly enthusiastic about
he
lieutenant commander OF the
United States navy in charge OF
naval activities in the upper
Chesapeake Bay Previous to that
time he had taken his own 50o-ton
yacht across to explore the Medi-
terranean. visit Egypt and the
Black Sea.
Il was trained as an engineer"
said Mr.. Clephane. who Is a grad
uste of Cornell. class OF 30. but
was always painting. though
they didn't know it. My interest
was always in art"
Mr.. Clephane. who is a brother
of Walter c. Clephane. a WELL
known lawyer of Washington,
studied with Birge Harrison and
later with Alexander Robinson in
Holland. Old palaces and ruins
have attracted Mr.. CIephane as
subjects. among them an interest,"
ing old Greek Temple at Aegina,
Greece. a spot from which Athens
may be seen in the distance. The
pictures in the exhibition are for
sale.
Excavation Near Ephe.us.
Great is Diana of the Ephe-
-. l. -
sembled to drive st. Paul away
miles north of that famous old
Greek town of Asia Minor lies
the site OF ancient Colophon. to-
day the center of ardent archaeo-
logical interest since it has been
chosen from all Greece for cx-
cavation.
Professor Edward Capps. OF
Princeton University and formerly
American Minister to Greece. is
now chairman of the managing
committee of the American. School
at Athens, in which capacity he re-
ceived the cablegram which
aroused so much excitement a few
days ago, announcing that the
Greek government has granted a
permit for the proposed excavation
of Colophop.
BY special arrangement entered
into last year between the Ameri-
can School for Classical Studies at
Athens and the authorities of the
Fogg Museum OF Art of Harvard
University the two institutions are
to collaborate in the excavation of
some mutually acceptable site in
Greece. and in the publication Of their
results. The Fogg Museum sent TO
Greece, as its representative last