The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-05
Music And Art Workers Open
 Fall Season

native, who, can furnish pictures for an entire art exhibit, and sthese paintings of such merit that they. at tract the connoisseur and win high praise from thees Hblest judges of art. Not only at holhss has the work of Carrie Hill won encomiums, but in art exhibitions in larger cities, her contri- buttons have stood out among the most excellent, and received eloquent trib- ute and honorable mention from critics During the past week the exhibit has been open 10 the public daily in the board of education building on Park avenue and Twenty first street. and will continue open all during this week between the hours of nine and five o'clock. It is sponsored by the Allied private showing of the pictures on last Monday evening.
 Arranged on the walls of the rooms are about forty canvassers. expressive of green hills and fresh valleys in New England, where the artist spent sum mer; fresh flower ostoudies from home gardens, and travel sketches full of the varied charm of time and place. Over the Dunes to the Sea- is the expres- sive title of lovely New England landscape, full of warm color.
 "In the Foot Hills of the Pyrenees" is an exquisite landscape of southern France, revealing far view over noun tains, fleckless sky of blue, and little cottage homes nestling in the valley where tall poplar trees stand like sen tinels A favorite with all of those who love and appreciate. our southern pines, is the picture that the artist calls Alabama Piness' In this she has caught so truly, So genuinely, as only one who knows 'the subject, can the rhythm of the trees. their tall, state iy bodies and fronded tops, and the long shadows on the ground.
 There are flower studies from an Old Fashioned Garden, so lovely, so bril- liant and lifelike. The flowers the artist used for the subject models were gathered mostly from the garden of Mrs. Ross Smith. -,;
 Her pictures done abroad are very lovely, and greatly admired. The in- terior of a chapel in St. Stephens sug- gests the exquisite colering of an opal. An old Moorish bridgel in Granada, the Tangiera Market, are excellent works of art. Many of her foreign paintings have been purchased by Birmingham people, among whom are Mir. Connolly, tATrs. Carie, Mrs. Charles Sharp, Der nard Szold, Mrs. Sylvia Pizitz, Mrs. Angus Taylor. The paintings show to such advantage the unusual talent of Birmingham woman, that one wishes they could all stay ln Birmingham homes.
 MRS SHARP ADDRESSES CLUB
 The Allied Arts club met last Mon- day evening in the rooms of the board of education building.iS The members were received by Mrs. Eldred, who acted as hostess, and welcomed by Dr. Glenn.
 After viewing the exhibition of Car rie Hills paintings, the club went into executive session and transacted busi- ness. Mrs. Eldred's suggestion to use the slogan, An Art Gallery for Bir- mingham," was adopted.
 At the close of business, Ferdinand Dunkley presented Mrs. Charles J. sharp whose talk on the Appreciation If Modern Art was the feature of the evening. Mrs. Sharp, always delight ful speaker, was most interesting on tlfis occasion when deaEing with a sub ject that appealed to her so strongly. Speaking spontaneously, and with her usual ease and fluency, she told how modern art caught and reflected the spirit of the age, and dealt in free ex- pression, as all things are freer. From her broad experience in art galleries abroad and at home, she compared the old and the new; from the Mona Lisa in the Louvre as it originally hung there, up to Dangerfield and contenE- porary painters, she discussed art val ues. After all, she concluded, it is what each individual gets out of a picture that makes appreciation; it is what an artist puts of himself Into the pictures When one has never seen fog on a mountain, one cannot appreciate how truthfully an artist hes depicted that fog on canvass Mrs. Sharp held her audience. fascinated for some forty min utes. George Bridges was introduced and; spoke briefly on going abroad. Mrs. El- dred, speaking for Dr. Glenn and the board of education, rendered the use the Allied Arts club at any time. The tomorrow, Monday, evening, at the board of education building, when mem- lbers may bring friends to see the ex-. hibit, and enjoy the features of the pro, gram. ~
 c. Jinarajadasa, learned lecturer and savant of India, delivered most sehol- ,arly and profound talk on Art and the Emotions" before the Allied Arts club in the ball room of the Tutwiler on Wednesday afternoon. This was compliment and courtesy to the eldb that was sincerely appreciated by it's entire membership. Mir. Jinarajadasa included in his eloquent address the arts of architecture, sculpture, paint ing, poetry, music, sand dancing. Those N who were privileged to hear him will long treasure his beautiful thoughts, exquisite wording, and instructive ideas. ,ogs.
 AWARDED FIRST PRIZE
 Sara Neal, who paints china so beautifully and does so many deftly designed decorative things and unique gifts, has been notified that she was awarded first prize in the china paint ing exhibit at the Tri-State fair, held