Evening star., 1932-02-22
OLDEST INHABITANTS EXTEND
THEIR MOST NOTABLE TRIBUTE
Ceremonies in Honor of Washington
Birthday Are Broadcast to Nation
Through Coast-to-Coast Network.

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banks Of the Potomac populous pros
men and women with all political
American rights that are consistent
with national control Of the Nations
City. surpassed In magnitude only by
such cities rs London. and eaualed IN
attractiveness by no other capital IN
the world"
Clark Delivers Euloxy.
Mr.. Clark, IN his addrcSs OIL Wash
ington and the portraits. took oppor-
tunity to pay tribute not only to wash
ington himself. but also 10 Representa-
tive Sol Bloom. and to Theodore w.
Noyes. editor OF The Evening Star.
Mr.. Blooms direction Of the Bicen-
tennial. n great task. has been signally
successful" declared Mr.. Clark. The
elaboration Of the life OF Washington
he value for historical education and
tie inspiring lesson Of varied achieve
nent.
washington with youth avniled HIM
self Of sport and amusements." said Mr..
Clark. He gave strict religious OBJ
Servanoe without prejudice to sect. He
was scientific planter. He appreciated
the adjuncts Of home life. The ancient
Greeks had no greater hospitality than
Washington. His friends were daily with
him and his house was known to all
the vagrant train
He was a statesman: his advice was
bold and wise and without personal
selfshness.
Immediately preceding the Ameri-
can Revolution Washington to Bryan
Fairfax wrote: Have We not addressed
the lords and demonstrated to the COM
mons? And to what end? Does it not
appear as clear as the sun in its merid-
ian brightness that there is q regular.
systematic plan to fix the right and
practice Of taxation upon us. Ought
We not, then to par one virtue and
fortitude to the severest tests
The citizens OF the Nations Capital
have right which should be acknowl-
edged and ingrafted into the written
Constitution of the land that repre-
sentation is reciprocal to performance
of public duty. This contention Is
urged in the same resolute spirit of the
great Washington by the distinguished
editor Of The Evening Star. who is the
president Of the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants"
Mr. Clark. in discussing the matter
Of Washington and his portraits said,
1T is fortunate that Washington's por-
traits belong to the period of America S
highest talent in portraiture."
A Wealth of Talent.
Explaining the wealth of this talent,
Mr.. Clark said that Elizabeth Bryant
Johnston. the author of a standard
work on the subject, Original Portraits
OF Washington" including statues,
monuments and medals, names %
n =, nf xrrho l>,
professional and II she calls ''miscel-
laneous.' The author quotes that
Titan Ramsay Peale said his father,
Charles Wilson Peale. painted Wash
ington from life IA times"
Referring to Peale portrait which
Washington shows in his accounts was
done in May, 1772. Mr. Clark said the
original was in the Washington and
Lee University. 1t had been in the
Arlington House, he said and there Is
a reproduction OF it there in the place
where the original hung the reproduc-
tion having been done by Hattie E.
Burdette. 1T has a fidelity she has the
rare talent to execute" said Mr.. Clark.
Praise by Marshall.
Judge Marshall was quoted as saying
Of the Houdon's statue of Washington
at Richmond that the head Of Hou-
6on's statue at Richmond, seen at a
point somewhat removed toward the
side, from the front, presented as per-
feet a resemblance Of the living man
as he could conceive possible in marble" :"
Rembrandt Peale was quoted as saying
of the statue at Richmond: 1T is de-
fective in expression and wants the
charm Of living color, but it possesses
the same characteristic turn of the
head which distinguished the first and
last portraits of c. w. Peale in l772 and
1895"
Col. John Trumbull had exceptional
advantages to portray Gen. Washington
according to the speaker. The general
rode with Trumbull,' he said, that
the artist might catch his appearance
on horseback. Paintings by Col. Trum-
bull of Gen. and Mrs. Washington in
small size are in the United States Ma
tional Museum. That of the general Is
much like that by Stuart, but appear
ance at less years.
Stuart, who painted the famous
Athenaeum portrait used on the dollar
bill. was quoted by Mr.. Clark as saying
in his own words that he painted three
portraits from life Of Gen. Washington.
The one he retained at the time CT
writing. 1920, is in the Museum of Fine
Arts at Boston. The one Gen. WASH
ington sat for April II, 1876, is called
the Marquis Of Lansdowne portrait and
is the property Of Lord Rosebery Of
England. The third Stuart rubbed out.
The Athenaeum portrait, Mr.. Clark
said, is also called the standard por-
trait, the Household Washington and
the dollar bill Washington.
Stuart was wonderfully talented and
fortunate" said Mr.. Clark. He was
fortunate in that the men who were
his patrons were all very handsome
and the women very beautiful. and
both men and women had distinctive
features indicating character and in
telligence, or, as his biographer puts it.
those lines of physiognomy which
channeled by will the map of inward
life, which years of consistent thought
and action trace upon the coun-
tenance.'"
Gusts Preferred Trumbull.
George w. P. Gusts. adopted son Of
Gen. Washington, was quoted by Mr..
Clark as saying Of the various like
nesses of Washington: THE head of
Stuart is incomparably the best like
ness of the chief in his latter days,
but in the person that great master
of portrait painting failed entirely.
Trumbull has painted the only correct
portraiture Of Washington, as regards
the person-for the person of Wash
ington was unique. like that of no one
else. Stuart has given a plumpness or
fleshiness. rounded after the models OF
the academy. Washington was never
feshy, as witness his weight.
Houdon's statue taken in 1885 In the
Capitol at Richmond, is very fine
work and gives good idea of both the
face and person. I have bas relief
of Houdon. But of all my originals,
greatly prefer Trumbull's, taken in
1890"
Further detailed description of Wash
ington is contained on the back of a
portrait by James Sharpless, Mr.. Clark
said. Eliza P. CustuS wrote concerning
one of these Sharpless portraits that it