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a considerable and successful business
career, took up the art OF painting,
which he now pursues in a semi.pro-
fessional way. He studied for a short
time with the late James Henry Moser
and some Of his small sketches OF
landscape are reminiscent of the Pc
culiar charm which Mr.. Moser's own
work invariably possessed.
A little sketch in this exhibition.
entitled Might" has unusual poetic
quality and shows a sensitiveneSs to
the subtler effects which nature some
times produces. Among the other pic.
lures included in this exhibition are
two Of streams--one a little mountain
stream running over a rocky bed, ad-
mirab1y transcribed. Here, too. was
found Mr.. Wagners picture Of Wash
Day. in a Florida Winter resort, seen
previously in one of the local exhibit
tions at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
The exhibition included also two ad.
mirable flower paintings, one of peo-
nies, the other Of hybiscus, both ex.
tremely well delineated.
Lately Mr.. Wagner has taken to
uortrait painting, 1t Is his intention
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in fact. while there they were guests
at his Pittsburgh home.
g y Il
An exhibition of 100 works by
"A Augustus John, one of the fore
most portrait painters of Great Britain
will be held at the Anderson Galleries,
New York, in November. Among these
will be portrait of the Secretary of
the Treasury recently painted in Mr..
Johns London studio.
THOSE who visit the division OF
Il prints of the Library of Congress
to see an exhibit little realize the
amount of service which this division
renders. In recent compilation of
statistics for the year ending June 30,
1897 the following items are given:
Total number Of prints, photographs
and reproductions available through
this department. 462,SS6; books and
pamphlets on the fine arts GnCluding
architectural. 43,203: number of books
served in the division and main read
ing room during the previous Il
months. 5000; periodicals, ASA;
prints and photographs consulted,
95.064; stereoscopic views consulted,
2O.Z4O. Photographs lent, f,olGI nuinDef
of readers, 4,197.
The photographs lent comprise Illus
trative material such as portraits, art
studies, views of countries, etc, and
relate to painting. sculpture and archi-
lecture. They were used by govern
mental departments, private and pub
lie schools. colleges, societies, clubs
and welfare associations.
The outstanding exhibition of the
year was. of course, the Joseph PEN
nell Memorial. inaugurated April %.
to continue throughout the present
season. There were, however, two
smaller but significant exhibits, one
illustrating some of the achievements
of China in the arts of printing and
literature; the other. open-air school
and outdoor education,
y X n
SPEAKING of prints, John c. Van
- Dyke. professor OF art and ache
ology at Rutgers University, some
time lecturer at Princeton. Columbia
and Harvard Universities and author
of various books on art. has lately
issued Charles Schribner's Sons, pub
lishers) a sumptuous volume on 1.-THE
Rembrandt Drawings and Etchings,"
of which he has made critical study
and now reassigns in large measure
to the masters pupils and followers.
Quite a sensation was caused in inter
national art circles few years ago
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NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS
Awards Go to Modernts Carnegie Institutes international
Exhibition--Concerning Prints and Etchers.
Local Notes.

understandable Joseph Pennells con.
tention that Whistler was a better
etcher than Rembrandt" he says. "If
Rembrandt did all the dull, heavy
work put down to him he can hardly
be placed in the front rank of etchers.
And in still another respect MIR. Pen.
nell was right. Neither Rembra ndt,
nor any one of his school or period,
understood the possibilities and re.
sources of etching so completely as
such mloderns as Whistler, Meryon,
Buhot, without mentioning a dozen
living etchers. The subleties of line,
the delicacies of tone. the contrasts of
light and dark. the exact truth of
values, the effects of half tone, air and
envelope, and the methods of printing
are all much better understood and
employed with greater knowledge to-
day than in the seventeenth century"
Here is another shock. Again the
modernists score. They, too, claim
that they are wiser than Rembrandt!
u n u X
A MONG the greatest Of modern
etchers 0meaning of our time or
that of our immediate forefathers)
was Charles Meryon. the French
man, who chose almost invariably
as subjects Partisan architectural
themes, and as an etcher of such sub.
iects is practically unexcelled. There
is an unusual etching by Meryon now
on view at the Dunthorne Gallery on
Connecticut avenue. 1t is none other
than a broad, almost bird s-eye view Of
the city Of San Francisco, a city which
Meryon never visited. Apparently, the
etching was made on order. presum
ably for two San Francisco merchants
or merchants doing business with those
in that city. 1t is long, narrow.
panoramic view. The initials of the
patrons are shown in decorative de-
vice. Doubtless it was done from
sketches. or even possibly photographs
sent to Meryon. 1t has an exactness
which is almost Photographic, but at
the same time amazing artistic charm.
1t is of arresting interest.
Several recent plates by our own
cotemporary, Frank w. Benson, are
also on view now and to be seen
for the first time at the Dunthorne
Gallery.
A MODEST little exhibition Of
\ water colors by S. Peter Wag-
ner OF this city has been on view
for about fortnight in the reception
room at the Playhouse. on N street.
Mr.. Wagner, it will be remembered.
is an architect by training, and after
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to begin some time this Winter study.
ing in New York.
X X * X
CHARLES r. KNIGHT, who at one
~ time was associated with our local
group Of Washington artists but for
some time has had a studio in New
York, has lately been commissioned to
execute series of IS mural paintings
for the Field Museum of Chicago. The
series, 1t is said. will constitute the
most ambitious attempt yet made to
dramatize the evolution of life on the
earth.
X X
EOR several years dorado Taft, the
distinguished sculptor, who is a
member of our National Art Commits
sion and who has consented this year
to act as adviser to the new sculpture
class at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
has given a series of Illustrated lee
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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.
CabelI. ]. b. From the Hidden way
1925. YP-C lief.
Cullen. Countee; Copper Sun. Up
CS95co.
Rhodes. Bonsall. Sunrise and Dusk.
YP-R346s.
Van Roosbroeck. G. L., comp: An
Anthology of Modern French
Poetry. Y39P-9V357.
Walker, r. s. My Fathers Farm,
YP-W 153m.
Wurdemann. Audrey. The House Oh
Silk. YP-W967h.
Botany.
cheyney. E. G. What Tree Is That?
NX-C42Sw.
Keeble. Sir F. w. Life Of Plants.
NB-K244 /.
Bose, Sir J. c. Plant Autographs ana
Their Revelations. NB-B653p.
sinnott. e. w. Laboratory Manual for
Elementary Botany. N-St66 !.
Standley. p. c. Plants of Glacier Ma
tional Park. NC-St26.
Drama.
Dane. Clemence, pseud. Mariners.
YD.D 193m.
Gilbert. Sir w. s. The Story Of the
Mikado. 1924. YD-G372ma.
Howard, S. c.. The Silver Cord. I'd
ouid. i'1lesla Hermon. Joan the Maid. YD-
stauffer. r.. NJ, comp. The Progress Of
9St28p.
Sociology.
Fairchild, H. p The Foundations OF
Social Life. H-F 164f.
Sorokin, P. A. Social Mobility. H-So67s.
Eastman, r. O., inc. GAINESVILLE and
SO Other American Communities.
I-Ea7.
Mace, c. A. Sibylla. HAC-M Is.
Education.
Flexner, Abraham. Do Americans
Really Value Education? IKS3-F63.
Forest, Ilse. Preschool Education.
IKH-F76Sp.
Freeland. G. E., and others. Teaching
in the intermediate Grades. IP-
FS73t.
Gist, A. s., and King, w. A. The
Teaching and Supervision OF Read
ing. IP-G44St.
Glass, J. M. Curriculum Practices In
the Junior High Schools ana Grades
5 and 6. IPC-G467.
Judd, c. III. Psychology Of Secondary
Education. IKI-JSS3p.
Koos, l.. v. Trends in American Sec
ondary Education. IUS3.KS36t.
Reed, H. B. Psychology of Elementary
School Subjects. IKI-R25p.
Reinoehl, G. M. Course of Study in the
Technique of Teaching in Elemen.
tary Schools. IQ-R276.
Williams, l.. A., and Rice, G. A. Prin.
ciples of Secondary Education. IT,
W676p.
Auerbach, Felix. Die Grundbegriffe
der Modernen Naturlehre. 1910.
LH-Au37.
Damn -Etienne, Paul. Das Hotelwesen.
1910. RYH-D Is.
Fischer, Gustav. Observation-Disclosures
Maschinenkunde. 1911. RGBP-F52.
Heigel, X. T. Politische Hauptstro-
mungen in Europa i'm 10. Yahr-
hundert. 1911. JU30-H364.
Heilborn, Adolf. Der Mensch der
Urzeit. 1910. PWA-H36.
Henning, Richard. Gut und Schlecht
Wetter. 1911. MH-H396.
Launhardt, Wilhelm. Am Sausenden
Webstuhl der zeit. 1910. RAI-L37.
Poske, r. w. p. Oberstufe der Ma
turiehre. 1911. LH-PS4.
Rusch, Franz. HImmelsbeobach chtung
Nit Blossom Auge. 1911. LR.
R893
Schmidt. o. E. Semper der Jungling.
X47R-Sch55s.
Steinmann, Gustav. Die Eiszeit und
der Vorgeschicht1iche Mensch. 1910.
MK-St3.
Vedel. Valdemar. Heldenleben, Nit
teialterliche Kulturideale. 2 ". 1910
IL. F'E-V51.
Verworn, Max Die Mechanik des
Geisteslebens. 1910. QAN-V61.
Zander, Richard. Vom Nervensystem.
1910. QAN.Z /.
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TRY Again !!

Lieut.. Carlton c. Champion, jr., is
the original hard-luck aviator of the
United States Navy. In his flight
miles above the earth the other morn
ing he was convinced that he had. by
a substantial margin. broken the
worlds altitude record. Secure in this
belief. he risked his life to bring his
plane safely back to earth with the
Paragraphs intact, to prove his record.
He fought four separate fires, was
rendered nearly unconscious by the
loss Of his oxygen tube, and 1t was a
nip and tuck proposition as to whether
he should save his own life by para.
chuting down or stick to the plane and
save his instruments. Finally reach
ing the ground, .he was shocked to
discover that one Paragraph was
demolished and the other injured
Celebration later by the Bureau Of
Standards showed that the registered
altitude was short of the record.
Lieut.. Champion, however, will not
be discouraged by this unfortunate
series of events, and America some
day in the near future will hail him as
the holder. of one of the most priced
records of aviation. He will undoubt-
eddy make another attempt soon and
the well wishes of the Nation will be
with him as he ICONS upward into the
skies to contribute his part to the
development Of aircraft.
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placed in the same category as that
which occurred recently in Georgia
when a low-fying Army aviator killed
4 plantation owner who was walking
in his fields and sped away, 1t never
theless resembles it in some aspects
In the Georgia case every available
means was used to find the flyer, who
remained unknown until the search
pointed Enthusiastically to him. In this
case the aviator must have known
that he was wanted to explain his in
fractions of the regulations, yet he
remained in seclusion.
Is the hit-and-run aviator coming
to rival his brother, the hit-and-run
motorist? Too many glorious records
are being made in the development
OF flying to permit belief that this
brotherhood Of brave men will in
clude an element of this kind. In this
particular case, OF course, no actual
harm was done, but it Is certain that
neither the American public nor the
flyers who are risking their lives to
bring new fame to this country care
to have stains placed on the ledger of
brilliant achievement.
An intensive investigation should be
instituted, to be followed
by such disciplinary action as the
Navy deems proper. 1t is better to
correct tendencies of this kind at their
inception rather than to let them gain
The Washington public,
therefore, will await with interest the
results Of this inquiry.
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doubtless come another accident of
the same nature. There is no absolute
safeguard against such happenings.
1t would seem that the craft that
sank yesterday was capable of with
standing the pressure Of the wind.
Had the people remained quiet on the
first blow of the squall. there would
have been no trouble. But it is i'm.
possible to prevent such spasmodic
movements. The remedy Is to pro.
hibit the use of craft for pleasure
riding that can be so easily capsized,
to limit the number of passengers
which there is no danger of such a
disaster.
But who can guarantee that regula-
tons to that end will be adopted and
continually and fully enforced? What
assurances can be given that every
excursion boat advertised for Summer
outing service will be watched by
official observers to make certain that
the limit is not exceeded?
1t may of course be said that no
regulations can possibly safeguard
against all extraordinary visitations
of nature; that no craft. however well
built or however wisely loaded, can
withstand sudden, tearing gust. and
that no rules can prevent panic. That
may be true, but the fact remains
that in the season of daily exodus
from hot cities for pleasuring all &C
commodations are VIGOROUSLY over
taxed and rules are RENTED and
chances are taken, the penalty for
which is paid by the innocent victims.
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Midsummer Disaster.

A few days more than twelve years
ago, July "a. 1915, the steamer East
land. loaded with excursionists, cap.
sized at her dock in Chicago when
she began to careen. and hundreds OF
people rushed to one side In panic.
OF the 1000 persons aboard, 812 were
drowned. Yesterday Chicago expert
enced another disaster of the same
character, only on a smaller scale. A
small excursion steamer, carrying
about sixty-five passengers. mostly
women and children. was hit by q
sudden squat about a mile out in Lake
Michigan, and when the people ran ir
fright to one side and then to the
other as the craft yielded first to the
wind pressure and then to the shift
ing of weight, 1t went under. At the
latest reckoning, twenty seven were
drowned and twenty.eight were res
cued, leaving the fate OF the remainder
uncertain. Proportionately this was
the greater calamity.
Inquiries are Immediately set ir
motion. The cause Of the disaster
will be ascertained. Responsibility fol
taking on so great a number of pas
sengers that the craft could not with
stand a sudden blast of wind and the
instructive movement of people in re
Spouse to the fitting of the deck will
probably be fixed. Somebody may b.
punished for the occurrence, though
this IL doubtful. And then. after 4
period Of scrupulous care in the load
ing OF excursion boats. there will
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEVELL.

man realm, what was called a love
| philter."
Slipping this into friend hubby's
| coffee. or whatever it was they drank
! then-a days. Mrs. Titus Lucretius Ca.
rus had the doubtful pleasure Of
watching her husband become mildly
| insane.
Anyway. this is the legend that has
| grown UP around tho poem and its
writer. Tennyson used it as the basis
| of his fine poem.
There is strong reason to believe.
however. that this whole story is sim
| ply fabrication of the enemies of
the sect built up to throw discredit on
one who was regarded as an enemy
to the prevailing religion then totter-
| ing to it's fall before the purer light of
| Christianity.
| X y 81
The internal evidences of the poem,
| except for that last book, the sixth.
show few indications of the propa.
ganda that the poem was composed
during the lucid intervals between the
| fits imposed by the love potion.
The high ethical purpose of The
Nature of Things is apparent in
every book, and will be found by any
reader who approaches it with a mind
free from prejudice. 1t must not be
read with any reference whatsoever to
Christianity, but only in relation to the
religious systems Of the elder Greeks
and Romans. with the galaxy of the
gods and goddesses, curious fabrica
tons of the minds of men. at once SUI
perhuman and less than human.
1t was to liberate the minds of men
from the bonds of this mythological
superstition that Lucretius wrote. The
fear of the gods, and the resulting fear
of death he held to be the source of
all human ills He asked men to pu.
| rlfE their hearts from all violent pas
SionS. The fear of punishment after
death, it was held had it's source in
the fear of the gods. and these two
Tears inspired men to ambition and
avarice and other violent passions.
Lucretius spoke up. in immortal
heXameter, for true religion, "a
heart at peace with God" one of the
simplest and therefore greatest def
nitions in literature. Let no one who
may be inspired to look up this book
for themselves be misled into be-
lieving that Iucretius was not greater
than the philosophy he expolnded.
Although he swallowed the Epi
curean philosophy. in it's explanatory
phases, hook, line and sinker," he
was infinitely greater than his sub
ject, and this has been made manifest
to every one who has ever read the
book in the original Latin, or who
is fortunate enough to come across
Prof. IL. A. j. Munro's prose trans
lation.
No less critic than Lord Macaulay
said of him: 'In energy, perspicuity.
variety of illustration, knowledge of
life and manners, talent for descrip-
ton. sense of the beauty of the ex-
ternal world and elevation and dignity
OF moral feeling. Lucretius had hardly
ever an equal"
Now, all this is high praise. and it
would seemsthat such a book and
such a writer ought to be better
known in a land where scientific and
mechanical achievement is so great
as in our own. For Lucretius was
in sense, scientist. since he wrote
Of atoms, or first bodies," as he called
them. He wanted men to look up,
and not be afraid. to carry their heads
| high and to have a heart at peace.
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WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS

political topics. Senator Walsh Is
confident that the anti-third term reso-
luton will have solid Democratic
backing and will pass the Senate.
Senator Harrison thinks the matter is
strictly OF Republican concern. Per.
sonally, T want to see the President
run again." says HARRISON. The
Democrats. are going to give him a
ride with a real horse" To the ques.
ton: who will be the Democratic
jockey" Harrison replied: He will be
trotted out in time. In the South the
disposition is not to talk candidates
so SOON"
The State Department points with
pride to the progress being made in
eliminating politics from the diplo-
matte service and in establishing the
precedent of naming for our foreign
posts men from the career service"
trained and reared in the diplomatic
profession. The department bulletins
the fact that out of the present list of
40 ambassadors and ministers, II are
men appointed from the ranks. Times
have changed since one of our early
diplomats in the days gone by declared
that the only requirements for the
American diplomatic service were Ito
take snuff often and slowly, to sit
with your back to the light and to
speak the truth" Another interesting
and related item is the announcement
that the entire expense of the State
Department at home and abroad last
year amounted. roughly, to $40 ,000,0 900.
and approximately $4,000, 900 were col
lected for passport and other fees, so
that the net cost to Uncle Sam was
just about 100000. AT that rate, if
Congress does not raise the salaries or
abolish the passport fees. the State
Department may soon be entirely
financially self-sustaining.
X X X X
Washington has just heard from
Congressman George Holden Tinkham
of Boston, who slipped away after
Congress adjourned for a solitary
travel trip to far quarters of the globe.
A card from him mailed at Yelling
ton, New Zealand, has arrived bearing
the message: my first stop on my
world tour" The Bay State Con-
gresham boasts the longest beard, the
finest collection of African big game
hunting trophies and the fiercest
antipathy to the Anti-Saloon League
of any member of the House or
Senate.
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-29
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Q. Is there any line OF retail buy
ing in which men make more pur.
chases than women?-W. l.. l..
A. A recent survey of IL classes
of retail establishments-depa
stores, drug stores. grocery stores,
silks, pianos, leather goods, automo-
biles. hardware, electrical supplies,
mems socks jewelry, mems neck
| wear--showed that in only two lines,
| automobiles and hardware, do men
make more purchases. Men purchased
50 per cent of the automobiles and 81
per cent of the hardware.
O. What President had at one time
executed a man?-P. $.
A. Grover Cleveland, when sheriff
of Erie County, N. Y, personally
/ hanged a murderer, refusing to dele
gate the unpleasant task to a deputy.
O. How long does 1t take to make
| raisins of grapes?-T. T..
| A. The average time necessary for
drying and curing tray of raisins Is
three weeks, depending on the
weather. The earliest picked grapes
| dry in 10 days, the later ones often
| taking four weeks or more. In the
! raisin districts of this country some
of the grapes are ripe by the middle
| of August.
O. How long is it since England
took Ireland, and what was the King s
name then?-O. n.
A. In 1855 Pope Adrian Nv by a
bull gave Henry ii of England au'
| thority over the entire island of Ire
| land.
| O. Are there more post offices than
/ railroad stations in this country
e. K.
A. There are approximately $4,000
| post Offices in the United States, but
/ there are only some 27,600 railroad
| stations.
@. Does the discharging of rifle
cause one noise or two?-C. T.
A. There are two separate noises
when a gun is discharged, the report
noise and the bullet flight noise.
| O. How long have we had Sunday
newspapers in this country?-H. L.
| A. The growth of the Sunday news
paper dates from the Civil War, but
it was not until many years after the
conclusion Of the war that the large
Sunday edition began to make its ap'
pearance.
O. How many of the big races did
Crusader win in 1926?-W. A. T.
A. Some of the most important races
won by Crusader were the Belmont
Stakes, Suburban Handicap, Dwyer
Stakes, Maryland Handicap and Havre
de Grace Handicap.
@. Why are French rolls called
| "croissants"?-T. =. j.
| A. During the siege of Vienna In
1888 by the Turks some bakers ap
prentices, who were working in under
ground bakehouses, heard a humping
sound which puzzled them. Two OF
the apprentices guessed that the
Turks were driving mine and re
ported the noise to the commandant
who verified their suspicious, drove a
second tunnel. and exploded a counter
mine which killed great numbers OF
| Turks and caused the siege to be
temporarily raised. A little later the
Turks were driven back to their own
country. AS reward for the intel
ligence shown by the baker boys, they
were granted the privilege of making