Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-21

the gallery win not be open, nor win it be open
ON New Year night. The next, and the last,
evening opening win be on January Q.
A NOTABLE hearing before the Patent Com
mittee of the Senate was held last Tuesday
morning in the Senate Office Building This
hearing had to do with the vestal design copy
right bill, passed by the House July 2, and
now in the hands of the Senate committee
This bin is of the utmost Importance both
70 art and to artists in the United States. It
protects, through the medium of copyright, the
creative artist from loss by theft of the product
Of his or her creative ability. The pirating of
designs has been carried to such an extent, in
the United States that it has become q national
disgrace, an extent Of which few outside Of art
and manufacturing circles are aware The
designer can now only secure protection by
patentmg his design, process which - 50
deliberate and lengthy that by the time pro-
lection is secured. If the design has proved
marketable, it is in most instances copied
Amazing testimony was given at the hearing
by the leading silk manufacturers Of the
country and the exhibit Of original and pfrated
designs displayed was truly shocking.
A second hearing on this bin will be granted
the opponents (of whom there should be few
early in January, after which It Is hoped the
Dill may be presented to the Senate, passed and
become . law We cannot expect TO excel in
unless We protect the designers The fact that
there are over 5000 accredited designers and
that our American designs are taking on an
essentially nationalistic as wen as fine char.
actsr gives further indication Of the impor-
lance Of this measure. The hearing Tuesday
was attended not only by leading manufacturers
put by representatives Of professional OEgani-
zations and such national associations as the
American Federation of Arts representing over
400 art museums and associations throughout
the country.
a the Arts Club. 2017 street, is now TO- be
seen an interesting exhibit of pictorial
photographs by Clara Sipprell of New York and
WOODSTOCK, vt Miss Sipprell is one of the few
who use the camera as a purely artistic medium
and the results she obtains are not only R5fas-
ing but thoroughly Individual
Tne present exhibit consists chiefly n not
entirely Of photographs made in the Southwest
views OF adobe houses pueblos, etc., in Santa
Fe, Taos and their vicinities-also Of some
wen known personalities, Indians and others
Included IN the collection Is q very charming
interpretation OF piece of Indian pottery
which seems, because Of lighting and atmos.
pnerlc erect TO have spirit Of its own In all
o. Miss Spprells photographs it is a matter
OF lighting, OF shadow, Of composition of sen.
s1tave appreciation on the part of the pkotoV.
rapher Of beauty not only of form but of erect
There Is something also in an Of her work which
de1ghtfully subtle, reticent and sensitive.
slsCently obvious. art Of this sort, always me
Is even the more welcome
N interesting contrast is q group Of paintings
Dy Alice JudsOn Of New York, which stimuli
taneously is shown ut the Arts Club in an adj
jacent gallery.
Miss Judson divides her time between New
YORK and Boston. She Is q pupil of the Art
Students League and studied at one time under
y. II. TWachtman, whose work by the wav IN
essentially subtle. She is member of the Ma.
ton Association Of Women Painters and Sculu-
tors, the North Shore Arts Association and the
washington Water Color Club. Among her
more notable works 10 an over-mantel (ecora.
aon m the administration building Of thu Mat
bewan State Hospital ct Beacon, NJ Y.
The paintings IN this exhibition are Of sIh-
jects found in Gloucester, Brittany and else.
where. One Of the most charming perhaxsn IN
noWer study entitled "1Sosegay."
HE PhtladelphiA Art Alliance Is HOLDING an
exhibition Of American prints Over 600
artists from different parts of the country sub.
n1itted prints to the jury. OF that number only
about 400 were accepted. Among these 400
WORKS was print by Glenn Madison Brown of
TINS city, OF street in Annapolis Md. Mr.
Brown Is prominent member of the Arts Club
and son Of Glenn Brown, for many wears
secretary of the American Institute of Arehi.
Gects, author OF O monumental work on the
United States Capital. and an ardent advocats