Evening star., 1933-01-22

chosen, possess very genuine artistic merit and
beauty.
Never, perhaps, has our quantitative produc-
ton been finer, more artistic, than it is today
Great strides have been made in the manufac-
ture in this country of glassware in colors.
OF china and Of pottery. This fact is in itself
an encouraging indication of improvement in
taste on the part not of few but of the many
THE art division o. the Public Library has
issued this past week a resume of its work
during the year 1892 which is quite
astounding. No less than 151,114 pictures. as
well as 1854 books on art were circulated
Reading lists were compiled, clubs were as
sisted inquiries made by commercial firms
answered. and so on. through long list In
addition to the constant use of the picture
collection by the REGULAR classes of the graded
and high schools teachers of special groups
found pictures invaluable in their work es-
peclaily those in the schools for backward
children and for foreigners. Local artists have
made. 1t seems, use of this source of informa-
ton in pictorial matters. Jemes Newell draw
ing upon reference works literally when pro-
ducing his fresco murals for the Board Room
Of the Potomac Electric Power Co
And with all this extraordinary activity the
department is planning even more usefulness in
the future, a wider range of material more
generous loans, a greater number of far-reach-
ing contacts. The field covered is extremely
wide. including the handicrafts as well as the
industrial arts. amateur photography, home
decoration and the fine arts of painting and
sculpture.
This work is in charge of Mrs Dorothy
Stokes Branch.
DURING the past week the Arts Club has
- been showing Bel Boheme posters en-
tered in the 1888 competition. The sub
Ject Of the ball this year will be Castles in
the Air" therefore castles figured largely in
the poster competitions Poster making is an
art In itself. and not one which every one can
master. The posters entered in the Arts Club
competition this year were of a fair standard
OF excellence. but not exceptional Perhaps
just at this time inspiration rem a little low
OPENING today at the Arts Club and con-
~ tinuing through February 3 are exhibi-
tons OF paintings in oil by Harry Leith- Ross
member OF the Salmagundi Club New York:
the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts and
other professional organzations-a capable
painter-and group o etchings by 10 distin-
gulshed American etchers assembled by the
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York
These 10 etchers are John Costigan Kerr
Eoy 'Who. 1t Is said, induced Robert Lawson to
take up etching), Robert Lawson himself Cor
oon IraHt' thlnp kappel, Rockwell Kent Troy
kinney. Martin Le-is, Chauncey RYDER and
Levon West-a varied and interesting assem-
blage. John Costigan does woodland scenes:
Goroon Grant, boats and the sea- Troy Kin
ney, dancers: Chauncey Ryder New York
landscapes; Levcn West pictures of our great
West; Rockwell Kent, Labrador and the North:
Philip Kappel, many subjects and all well:
Martin Lewis, scenes of New York-dramatic
effective.
HE second quarterly exhibition of works by
Washington artists which opened at the
Art League of Washington on January Is to
continue for a fortnight is one of the best
SHOWS held in these galleries. 1t was selected
oy an excellent jury. consisting of Catherine
=. Crltcner, Charles Bittinger and May Malone
Ashton. and it undoubtedly has given oppor-
tunlty to many artists for display whose works
are not commonly found in the current ex-
hibitlons. And with the newcomers are to be