Evening star., 1927-04-24
NJ u SIC
BY HELEN FETTER.

in the very early morning or very
late at night, when her other many
activities of overseeing gardening,
marketing, repair work, etc, do not
require her presence during the
Summer season. She is Queen Bee
of Pcterboro, and no one with her
example before him could be other
than industrious in the inspiring
freshness and coolncss of that cli-
mate and turn out the best possible
Job in book, play, sonata or paint
ing.
There is the guest house for a few
specially invited transient guests of
a few days or a weeks stay, with
its annex across the road. There is,
high on the hill, entirely away from
everything else. the dormitory house
for the workers who are at the coll
ony for four or six weeks of conceu-
trated work from May until Septem-
Der. At luncheon time Giuseppe, the
blue-eyed Italian boy in charge of
the truck wagons, carries the ther-
mos bottles and lunch baskets to
each studio. leaving them on the
doorstep if the occupant does not ap-
pear at the screen door to smile at
him and take in the refreshments
personally. However, it was the
writer's personal experience couple
of seasons ago, when enjoying a
jaunt on such a food tour with
Giuseppe the first day at the colony,
so as 10 get tirst-hand impressions,
in practically every instance, no
matter how famous the particular
creative artist or how hard at work
he or she might be. to find him
standing ready for the basket, for
the air up there certainly does
sharpen the appetite.
In this space it is impossible to
go into all the fascinating details
of the work done at the MacDowell
Colony; only a glimpse can be pro-
vided to show the earnestness and
sincerity Of the purpose behind this
work, also its breadth. True, many
of the artists up there the year the
writer was a visitor were gray
headed and well established, but
there also arc, each season, few of
the young set, who so much more
urgently need this background and
opportunity, who are accepted from
the list and given the chance.
In Washington there are two vital
organizations interested in the Mac
Dowell Colony, primarily. The one
longest established is the Mcdowell
Club, of which Miss Georgia Miller
is the director. This club is modest
in proportions and gives a benefit
each year for the colony.
The other organization is the
Mcdowell Society, of which Mrs.
Duff Lewis is secretary and Mrs.
Edward Hood Watson, 1ll2 Fair
mont street, is treasurer. This or
ganization includes in its membership
Mr.. and Mrs. H. X. Bush Brown,
leading local sculptor and painter,
respectively, who have enjoyed the
sharing of one of the colony studios
in past seasons.
At this time the MacDowell Socie-
ty urges Washingtonians TO consider
the following:
To give inspiration to creative
minds was one of the moving
thoughts with Mrs. Elizabeth
Sprague Coolidge when she estab-
lshed the chamber music courses in
the auditorium which she donated
TO the Library of Congress.
Few are privileged to do these
big things, but all who enjoy music
can do their share toward inspiring
musical and other are productions
by contributing to the MacDowell
Colony at Peterboro, n. Fl.
Oar Nation regrets its loss of Ed
ward MacDoweli before the full ripe
ness of his genius. Let our National
Capital lead in assisting Mrs. Mac
Dowell to realize her husbands
dream and to fulfill the promise
made to him before his death.
Join with others i'll showing your
appreciation of the many privileges
which you enjoy in Washington by
contributing to the MacDowell fund"