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Olmsted Brothers fellow Of the Ameri-
can Society of Landscape Architects
and editor of Landscape Architec-
ture and City Planning. The speaker
on "Our Responsibility to the Flu
ture" will be Robert w. de Forest,
president of the American Federation
of Arts and president, also, of the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Among the numerous entertain
ments provided by the local committee
will be reception on the last eve
ming in the Isabella Stewart Gardner
Museum. Fenway Court, rendered by
the trustees of that museum, at which
time a program of music will be rem
dered by the Harvard Glee Club.
There also swill be reception at the
Boston Museum and n concert by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra on pre-
ceding evenings.
Our local art associations will be
well represented.
4 I the Eose Gallery in Boston, dur
4 ing the present month there is
being held n memorial exhibition OF
the works of William Baxter Closson
who. through frequent visits to
Washington and frequent exhibitions
Of his works, is particularly Wel
known to lovers of art in this city.
This exhibition comprises oil paint
ings, water colors, pastels, drawings
and woodblock prints.
As a writer in d Southern newspaper
has stated, Mr.. Blossoms art is linked
with two generations. Along with
Frank French Timothy Cole and
others. he belonged to Il group who de-
veloped engraving on wood in America
to a point of world supremacy. Back
in the eighties Mr.. Closson was
awarded a medal at the Paris Salon
for his engraving of Georgue Fuller's
famous painting. "Winifred Dysart.
1t was only after the art OF wood
engraving was 10 a measure super
seeded by mechanical half-tone process
that Mr.. Closson turned to painting,
in which field he won almost equal
distinction. 1t is said that the great
est influence of his life was the love
and study of the works of Monticello,
and there is marked kinship be-
tween the works of this great French
and our own modern American mas
ters. Mr.. Closson delighted in color,
despite the fact that for years he
had to do entirely with black and
white reproduction, and his paintings
We're mosaics of color, interpreting
the gayety of life-that gayety which
is life's ornament and not it's shame.
He loved to render, in Monticeiii
style which he made his own, such
events as the Wellesley College fete.
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REVIEWS OF SPRING BOOKS
Some Facts About International for
Women-Late Novels From the Publishers
A Mystery Tale

The jewish Publication Society
America.
SOCIAL JUSTICE: The Moral OF the
Henry Ford Fortune. BY Charles
Norman Fay. author OF Labor in
Politics." etc. Cambridge: The Cos.
mos Press.
BUSINESS IN POLITICS; Sugges-
tions for Leaders in American Busi
ness. BY Charles Norman Fay.
Cambridge: The Cosmos Press, Inc.
THE SOMBER FLAME. BY Samuei
Rogers. New York: Payson &
Clarke. Ltd.
MOMENTS OF BEING: Poems. BY
Arthur B, Price. Boston: The Four
Seas Co.
THE MOODS OF GwYNN MrRICK;
With Other Poems. BY George
Henry Badger. Boston: The Bea-
con Press, Inc.
THE YOUNGEST RIDER; A Story Of
the Pony Express BY L1nise
Piatt Hauck. Illustrated by Fred
Harman and from photographs
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Co.
NATIONALISM IN ITALIAN EDU-
CATION. BY Howard r. Marraro.
~.
Romance Languages. Columbia
University. New York: Italian
Digest & News Service, Inc.
WHERE AND HOW TO Sci MAN
CSCRIPTS; A Directory for Writ
ers. Written, compiled and ar
ranged by William b. McCourtie.
Fourth edition. revised. Spring
field: The Home Correspondence
School.
STORM OF THE OLD FRONTIER.
BY Marshall r. Hall. Philadelphia:
Henry Altemus Co.
THE RHYTHM OF LIFE: Poems.
BY Rhoda Walker Edwards. NJ 7
York: G. p. Putnam's Sons.
WHAT'S YOUR AVERAGE? BY A.
III. NJ, NJ. L. II. and ]. NJ. jr. With
an introduction by Kathleen and
Charles G.. Norris. New York: L.
p. Dutton & Co.
THE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL
OF THE MARITIME AND Ma
TIVE CUSTOMS REVENUE OF
CHINA SINCE. THE REVOLT
TION OF 1911: With an Account OF
the Loan Services. Administered by
the INSPECTOR General Of Gus ,rns.
BY Stanley F. Wright, Commis
sioner Of Customs and Personal
Secretary to the Inspector General
Shanghai: Statistical Department
Of the Inspectorate General OF Gus
toms.
CREATION: A History of Non-Evolu-
ticnary Theories. BY Edwin Ten.
new Brewster, A. NJ, Member Of
the History Of Science Society. II
lustrated. indianapolis: BoobsM Mer'
riil Co.
YOUR NERVOUS CHILD: A Guide
for Parents and Teachers. BY Err.
win wexberg. NJ. D.. Authorizes
Translation Into English by wal
ter Beran Wolfe. M. D.. F. r. S. M.
Iuea sstIevO y 1IsqTv :EIo1 MsS
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the recognition on the part Of the
architect of his interdependence upon
the painter, the sculptor, the landscape
architect, the craftsman. There was
much less talk at this convention of
professional interests and much more
talk of idealistic attainment. AT the
opening session of the convention
admirable addresses on the allied arts
were made by the president Of the
institute, Mr.. Medary; the chairman
of the committee on allied arts, MIR.
La Fargo; the president of the Society
of Landscape Architects, Mr.. Shurt-
left; the president of the mural paint
ers, Mr.. Covey; distinguished repre-
sentative of the American Academy
in Rome, Mr.. Gregory. and a repre-
sentative of the Art-in-Trades Club,
Lorentz Kleiser. In response to a
question asked from the floor as to
the practical working out of collabora-
tive problems on the part of architect,
landscape architect sculptor and
painter, Mr.. La Fargo gave two in
stances in his own work when large
projects had been so planned not only
in perfect harmony but in such COM
plete unison that when the final result
was attained no one Of the collabora-
tors could say how much or how little
he had contributed to the end.
If any one doubted the virility of
the art movement in America, he or
she need but to have attended the
meetings of these two national bodies
during the past week 10 have had such
doubts dissipated.
THE American Federation of Arts,
also a national organization de-
voted to the advancement of art and
its appreciation, with headquarters in
the 0ctagon, in this city, will hold
it's eighteenth annual convention this
week in. Boston. 1t is the custom of
this organization 10 meet on the even
years in Washington and other years
elsewhere.
This convention will bring together
200 or more representatives Of art
museums and associations from all
parts of the United States. The open
ing meeting on Wednesday morning
will be in the Hotel Statler. The
afternoon meeting on that day viii
be in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts
and the general discussion will be
What the Small Art Museum Can
Do"
The subject at the morning session
on the following day. again at the
Hotel Statler, Will be The Allied
Arts. With Special Reference to the
Development of the Crafts" The
principal speaker at this session will
be Ralph Adams Cram. fellow Of the
American Institute of Architects, con-
sulting architect for the Washington
Cathedral.
The session that afternoon will be
in the new F'ogg Museum, which will
not be formally opened until next
month. The subject of that session
will be fTraining of Art Museum Di-
rectors and Leaders in Art Apprecia-
ton" The principal speakers will be
the director and associate director Of
the Fogg Museum. Edward w. Forbes
and Paul ]. Sachs.
The sessions on Friday will deal
with "City Planning with Special
Reference to Park Design" and with
"Our Responsibility to the Future.
The principal speaker on city plan
ring will be Henry Vincent Hubbard
professor Of landscape architecture
at Harvard University, partner ol
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Radio Transnlitters to Be Halved
In First Step of Commission Program

powerless on the air or to control
broadcasting--a period of about nine
months-the Commerce Department
kept an accurate check on broadcast
ing. The record of all broadcasters
is on file in Washington and can be
and is being used in many cases.
Separation Plan.
The new ALLEGATION scheme will in.
sist on minimum separation of 10
kilocycles, which doesn't mean any.
thing to the average layman, except
ability to separate stations on the dials
Of his receiving set. But when stations
broadcast at separations of 10 kilo-
cycles or more they can be separated.
In the old and more hectic days of
radio. separations of two, three and
four kilocycles were frequent and
each other--both blanketing the air
so neither one could be heard salts
factorily. In the new scheme the
commission will insist on separations
Of upward Of SO 'kilocycles between
stations in the same broadcasting area
roughly 100 miles--so that listeners
even without sensitive sets can re-
ceive the signals Of several local sta
tions.
The commission is we'll along with
the job. After it's completion--within
the week--it will sit back and wait
for the kicks to roll in. But it is
satisfied they won't b many, nor will
they be we'll grounded, for no Gov.
ernment body has taken its task more
firmly in hand than these five men
who are giving freely Of their time
and brains to handle a job that Con-
gress didn't believe was worth pay
when 1t failed to pass the second de-
flciency act. The commission will sit
on the lid all Summer and late into
the Winter-rearranging and policing
until next February when the Sec
retary Of Commerce will take over
the job under the statutory provi-
sions Of the law. which created the
commission to act only for a year.
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lv because they happen to fft into the
picture puzzle the commission is now
putting together, and not because OF
priority or vested rights or any OF
the other misconceptions that have
been allowed to filter out in the name
Of the commission. In other words,
these stations were good boys during
the time when others hoped about
like popcorn on a griddle; they salts
fed their audiences, and their rights
were respected, while others pirated
wave lengths Above all, they mt into
the picture in their places without
any necessary shifting about.
To Divide Transmitters.
If is also certain that In the con-
sested areas of New York and
Chicago some stations will have to go
out of business entirely-crushed by
the competition and inability to meet
the four tests of priority and merit
on which the commission Is baslng It's
declaration Of right to broadcast.
TWenty-eight Of 46 stations IN New
York will undoubtedly have to divide
transmitters and time, even though
they may retain tilo SstIiIO N0h iCSSSh %
For the commission believes that the
advertising value of the call letter
should be retained. Stations in resi-
dental areas will be required TO re-
duce power so the little fellow may be
brought in with interference from the
big chap a few blocks away. Stations
will be required to keep on their wave
within exact limits under extreme
penalties.
In it's big job the commission has
four tests which stations must meet
before they will even be allowed on
the air at all.
Public service is the first test, with
the record of the stations carefully
scrutinized. Programs of high type
and we'll rounded will be the determin'
ing factor.
The second test will be mechanical
efficiency, which comes down to the
engineering and operating factor.
Those broadcasters who maintain con-
slant frequencies and do not deviate
into the other fellows side band to
cause interference in the receiving set
will receive favorable consideration.
Priority in the use of frequencies Is
the third, which means briefly that
the older fellows and those that have
acted squarely with the Government
and the public will get the preference.
Finally the chap who has none or
few black marks against his record
will have an edge on the fellow who
has not co.operated with the authori.
ties. Even while the Government was
Evening star., 1927-05-15
NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Importance Of Recent National Conferences in the Capital
Closson Memorial Exhibition in Boston
Autographs View

member of the National Arts Club, an
instructor at Cornell University and
for 10 years has been head of the art
department Of Leland Stanford Uni
versity. He directs Summer school
of etching and lthography at Wood
stock, n. Y, and he has developed a
special method of his own for litho-
graphic production. His works are
owned by the British Museum. the
New York Public Library. the Library
Of Congress, and are to be found in
other public and private collections.
AS a rule photographers make their
drawing with photographic crayon on
paper and transfer it to stone. Mr..
Browns drawings are all made direct
ly on the stone, and thus he is enabled
10 obtain, many hold, superior results.
Mr.. Tolman, head OF the department
of graphic arts of the National Mu-
scum, declares him to be the best litho-
graphic artist in this country.
Fifty of Mr.. Browns proofs are in
cluded in the present showing. These
are for the most part landscape sub
jectS and are quite variously handled.
Some are as delicate. almost, a a sill
Yer point, and others have the vigor
and richness of tone of crayon draw
ing. In quite a number Of his land
scapes he introduces figures-women
bathing in a lake. a man fishing by a
high fall. In no instance do these fig
ures intrude, however, or do other
than take their place in the landscape
setting with which the artist has pro-
vided them.
1t is noteworthy that MIR. Brown
transcribes with equal skill extensive
views and intimate. nearby scenes
the gently undulating country of the
East, the high and rocky mountains
of the far West. Among the many
landscapes shown are two unusual
themes-a reclining nude, very chaste
and exquistely drawn, and a study of
huckleberries, decorative and at the
same time ealistic-scientificall cor
rect, both of which witness to the
artists versatility.
nPENING today at the Arts Club
are exhibitions of water colors by
Nell Patterson, IL pupil of the Cor
coran School of Art. the National
School of Fine and Applied Arts, the
Pennsylvania Academy and Charles
w. Hawthorne, and a collection of
etchings by cotemporary English and
American etchers lent by Gordon Dun
thorne.
These exhibitions practically con-
clude the series for the present season.
On May 20 they will be replaced by a
Summer exhibition of paintings by
members of the club. Entries for this
exhibition are limited to two for each
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BOOKS RECEIVED

MARCO MILLIONS: A Play. BY Eu.
gene O'Neill. New York, Boni q
Liveright.
THE IMMORTAL MARRIAGE. "
Gertrude Atherton. New York:
Boni & Liveright
THE TRIUMPH OF YOUTH. BY
Jacob Wassermann. Translated
from the German. New York: Boni
& Liveright.
MOSQUITOES. BY William Faulk-
ner. New York: Boni & Liveright.
THE NEW MEDICAL FOLLTES. BY
Morris Fishbein. NJ. D.. editor Of
The Health Magazine. New York:
Boni & Liveright.
CHARM; y Book About 1t and Those
Who Have 1t. for Those Who w mt
1t. Y Mary Margaret Mcbride
ana Alexander Williams. Decora-
tions by Elmer s. Hador. New
York: Rae d. He:..1e Co., Inc.
TITLE TATTLE: Being Old English
Saws Resharpened with One or
Two New Ones. BY Charles Hig.
ham. Privately printed.
A HISTORY OF THE JEWISH PEG.
PIE. BY Max L. Margolis and
Alexander s~Msrx. Philaaelphia:
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BY LEILA MECHLIN.

~ URfNG the past week attention
was directed to art Of very
substantial sort, through the
IL meetings, held here, of the
National Conference on City
Planning and of the American lnstl-
tute of Architects.
City planning and architecture are
3ust as truly art, and fine art, as
painting or sculpture, but because
they both are primarily utiiitarian
they are perhaps less we'll understood
or appreciated. The fact is, however.
that city planning and building are
intimately allied TO every day life ana
the city planner and the architect,
therefore, have it within their power
10 demonstrate to the people-at-large
the value of art a no other artist has.
Not only did the conference on city
planning and the convention of the
American institute of Architects bring
to Washington distinguished artists
from all parts of the United States,
but focused upon Washington the
interest of these artists, which IS
bound in the future, to be productive
OF good.
The sessions of both of these notable
gatherings were open to the pubhC.
Washingtonians had the opportunity
Of hearing a series of notable
addresses on city planning in its vari-
Gus phases, architecture and the
allied arts by those who have had
widest experience.
1t was the plan fer Washington
drawn up by the Mcmillan Park Com
mission about 1900 which gave inn
petus to city planning throughout the
United States, and those who remem.
Der the first exhibition of those plans
about q years ago, could not but
marvel at the accumulated result IN
a quarter-of-a century.
That which especially marked the
sessions of the city planning confer
ence and the convention of the Amer
lean Institute of Architects and set
them aside as notable was not merely
the knowledge manifested nor the
wisdom shown, but rather the aspira-
ton, the high idealism of the planners,
the architects and their. co-workerS.
Such idealism, coupled with an under
standing of practical means fore
shadoWS--in fact, assures--progress
an era of real development in art,
better America in the future. The city
planners comprehend, apparently, the
essential inteyrelatiop Of utility and
beauty and are preaching. or teaching,
the sacrifice of private interests for
public good-high, even highest ideals
of citizenship.
The keynote of the architects con-
vention was the alliance of the arts,
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Motorized Mail Lines.

Rural mail routes in the United
States have been motorized to the
extent of 96 per cent. according to
the annual report of Postmaster Gen
eral Harry s. New. There are total
Of 54.31s rural delivery routes in the
United States. the combined length OF
which totals 1,249,97S miles. The
mileage traversed during the fiscal
year 1926 amounted to s77.045.7o3
miles.
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THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Recent accessions at the public
library and lists of recommended
reading will appear in this column
each Sunday.
Poetry.
Arlington, Mrs. Fl. D. FL D. GHilda
Doolittls.l YP-Al24a.a
The Archive The Archive Anthology.
YP-gAr24.
Brown. r. A, ed. Magic Ring.
YP.9Bs15m.
Bruins, J. P. Shadows and Lights.
YP-BS36s.
Carnegie Library School Association.
comp. Washington and Lincoln IN
Poetry. YP-9C2t6w.
Crane. n. c. r. Nathalia Crane.
Fellow III H. c. odes of Worship and
Service. YP-F335.
rockingham. Robert. comp. Songs OF
Adventure. YP-sFS35a.
Greenough. w. s. Three Skailywags-
YP.G8sSt.
Guiterman. Arthur. Sing the Pho
neer. YP.GS4Si.
Hannlyn, Harvey, comp. The Bright
side o. Things. YP-9H17sb.
Hamlyn. Harvey, comp. Others. YP-
sH172o.
Hughes. Langston.. The weary biues.
YP-HS7Tw.
Kleiser. Grenville and Elizabeth. Ran
dom Rhymes. YP-KS74r.
Lindsay, ". V. The Candle in the
Cabin. YP.LS46ca.
Lowell. ]. r. The Vision Of Sir Laun'
fal. YP-Ls5v.
Macdonald, Wilson. Out OF the vii.
derness. YP-M147o.
Markham. Edwin. ed. The Book Of
Poetry. 3v. YP-9M344.
Meredith. owen, pseud. Fables in
Song. 2 v. 1876. YP-M54f.
Meredith. Owen. pseud. The Wan.
derer 1876. YP-M54w.
Merrill. A. NJ, and sprague. G. z. w.
eds. Contemporary Verse. Up.
Neinardt. J. G. Collected Poems.
oBrien, E. J. H. Hard Sayings. YP.
Parker: Mrs. D. r. Enough Rope.
Pound, E. l.. Personae. YP-PS66p.
Sandburg. Carl Carl Sandburg. Up
Sa53a1.
Sanger. w. C. Songs Of the Hills and
the Sea. YP-Sa535s.
sassoon. S. L. Satirical Poems. Up
Sa7ss.
Snow. Wilbert. The Inner Harbor.
YP.Sn6i.
stait. virginia Sanctuary. 1925. Up.
Stephens. James. Collected Poems.
YP-St45s.
Teasdale. Sara. Dark Of the Moon.
YP.T227d.
Thomas. E. NJ. Selected Poems. Up.
1852.
Untermeyer. Louis. Collected Paro-
dies. YP-UnS3co.
Untermeyer. Louis, ed. Yesterday and
Today. YP-9UnS3y.
Vestal. Stanley. Fandango. YP-
whitman, Walt. Walt Whitman. Up.
wylie, Elinor. Elinor wylie. YP,
versa.
Drama.
Anderson. Maxwell and Stallings. ,
Laurense' Three American Plays
Bard. Andreas. The Bride Of Bag
dad. YD-B233b.
Barry. Philip. White Wings. I'D
B:7sw
Barry. Philip. You and I. 1929. I'D
B27sy.
Brishouse. Harold. Open Air Plays.
YD-BT64o.
Bryan, K. c. The Light. YD-Bs42l.
Canadian Plays from Hart House
Theater, ". /. YD-sC162.
Conger. NJ. L. st. Francis of Assist.
1925. YD.C762s.
Cowan, Sada. Pomp. YD-Cs3sp,
Currie, c. H. Whittier Goest Thou?
YD-C937w.
Dukes. Ashley. The Song Of Drums.
YD-DsS3s.
Dunning. Philip, and Abbott. George.
Broadway. YD-D926. -
Everyman. Everyman and Other
Plays. 1925. YD-Ev279c.
Even. Alfred. Shakespeare. 1904.
YD-S9ew.
Goodrich, A. F., and Palmer, r. A.
Caponsacchi. YD.G627.
Grimball. Z. 3. The Wait. 1928.
YD.G6s2w. "
Hanlin. u, -sP. The Rock. 1921.
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also characterizing engagingly such
remarkable personalities as Ernest
FenoIlosa, Okakura kakuzo and
Charles L. Freer, through whom these
were built up.
* X X X
THE Art Promoters Club, George
L. Washington University, is spon-
soring an exhibition of landscape
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paintings by Samuel o. Collins. Pa
irons of the exhibition, which is to
be held at the clubs gallery. 2009 l
street northwest, are Nine. Josephine
de Lagnel. Edgar Nye, Rowland Lyon
and Gertrude r. Brigham. The eXhi-
bition opens this afternoon with re-
ception from 4 to 6.
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=: ::: S IS i: +: !; &: &:
National Cnnference on CITY
The Washington times., 1927-03-14

sicians want to give them. That is
one Of the things DIR. Damrosch
learned. Likewise ne learned that
the so-called popular taste is for
real thrilling music of very high
artistic character that has an idea
behind it and tells a story. The
public win not tolerate exhibition
pieces or scientific demonstrations
Of harmonic problems-no matter
how great the composer who in
vented them.
Over the week end there was a
most varied program, that was
more or less pleasing in all its
many characteristics-not the least
satisfactory being the Allen Nc.
Quhae-Marie Narelle concert Of Irish
songs during the Atwater Kent hour
last night. Both singers have mas
tered the art Of singing straight to
the hearts of their audiences and
both gave practical demonstration
Of their ability last evening. Secre-
tary Herbert Hoover was. an early.
feature on the WEAT-WRC pro-
gram Saturday with a talk on the
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River
waterway project, delivered at New
Haven.
An equally pleasing feature Of
the Saturday night program was
the piano recital Of Everett McLain
which opened the WRC evening
exercises. The young musician
The Washington times., 1927-03-14
LOCAL PROGRAMS
WRC-WaahInrton-laa

s:ls-7:4S a. m.-Tower Health Exsr-
eises broadcast Jointly with wEAF
from the Metropolitan Tower. New
York city
1883 a. m.-Ariington time signals
IL noon-"Livs Stock Flashes" pre-
pared by the Department OF Agriculture
and the University Of Maryland Exten-
1915 p. m.--George r. ROSS. pianist
1880 p. m.-Lenten services from
Keith's Theater under the auspices OF
the Laymen Association Of Washing-
p. m.-organ recital from the
Homer L. Kilt studios.
"a p. m.-concert by the United
states Navy Band Orchestra from the
Navy ang,..4 Yard. Lieut.. Charles Bentsr.
SIS p. m.--Janssen'B Hosbrau Or
chestra from WEAF. New York.
- p. Proxy ana His Gang from
Wear. New York. sss' nom
:, 2 ?. ma Z P. Gypsies from wEAT.
10 .. m.-"Fidelio" by the wEAF
Grand Opera Company from WEAF.
II p. m.-Meyer Davis Swanee syn
copators from the Swanee ballroom,
WRHF-WashIngton
II .. m.-Current events, music. po-
lice reports.
$40 p. m.--From the washington
uditorIum-''National Guard NiRht'' Of
the Chauber of Commerce Industrial
Exposition; among the features pre-
scented will be an organ recital by Mrs.
Nell Paxton, organist Of CrandalI's Met
National Guard Band, and other at.
fractions
The Washington times., 1927-03-14

The United States Navy Band
starts proceedings for WRC this
afternoon at o'clock with its regu.
lar weekly afternoon orchestral con-