Evening star., 1934-11-18
Tales of Well-KnOwn Folk
In Literature, Art, Politics
a Brief Fling at Politics-Mrs. Roosevelt
Opened Exhibition of Childrens $ Art.
Mrs Meigs' Social Bureau.

The Cabinet or American 1lluStra-
tions," a collection of original draw
ings now on exhibition in the Print
Division of the Library of Congress. is
by william Allen Rogers, the car
toonist who will be remembered by
Washingtonians through period Of
years extending to his death in 1881.
These drawings are delightful and in
themselves are a record of events
which influenced the policies of IA
tions during several decades. There
is no more popular way of showing
the course of history.
Recent art sales throughout the
country show that the public still has
money to invest in luxuries-if beau
tiful pictures can be called luxury;
OF course, one cannot eat them, but
one can feast his soul. Western COL
lectors have in recent years enriched
the galleries of the East by the gift
or sale of their collections. Last week
at the American Art Association An
derSon Galleries, Inc, in New York,
the etchings and engravings by
Duerer, Rembrandt and other masters
from the collection of the late Frank
H, BeSler of Milwaukee, Wis, we're
sold. The bidding was brisk, and
among the 60 examples by Duerer
on sale were The Knight. Death and
the Devil" dated 1913: "Melancholia, u
st. George on Horseback" and 9TH
erS.
There were SO etchings by REM
brandt, among them the first state
of Rembrandt and His Wife Sas-
Notwithstanding creature she was
THE Angel Appearing to the Shep-
herds" and that one of wonderful
beauty, Christ at Emmaus."
Penrhyn Stanlaws-shades Of the
nineties-sayS in his opinion Ep-
STEMS Venus is more in keeping
with modern life than Greek art. No
one will gainsay that, Mr.. Stanlaws;
when you say we are sick of beauti-
full legs, beautiful arms, beautiful
bodies Speak for yourself, John.
You say they are more in harmony
with ancient Greece than this jazzing
age; but the ladies with those lovely
figures you used to draw are coming
back in fashion and stays are rising
and growing tighter, and boyish forms
are no longer chic.
P. w. AS must feel encouraged
over the sales from their show in
the Corcoran Galleries, still going on
Mr.. Robert Woods Bliss, the dis
tinguished diplomat and sometime
"a fo Arnavofioo
eral pictures and Mr.. Duncan Phil
lips has added several to his COL
lection. Two pictures by Richard
Sargent, in the P. w. A. showing
were particularly pleasing-"Dupont
Circle No. and No. g" The first will
doubtless appeal most to those fa-
miliar with the circle and the ap-
proach from Connecticut avenue.
Graphic art is in the air and Uncle
Sam must be using reams of paper
and hundreds of pencils, for no matter
TO whom one addresses himself for
information in government depart
ment, there is Immediately forth
coming a little pad and while the
official talks circles and triangles and
rectangles appear ad lib on the paper
Doubtless visions Of plans yet unborn.
N. R. A, P. W. A., A. A. A., all pic
turize what is in their brain. The
Postmaster General always has a pad
and pencil handy.
Even the debutante promoter makes
tiny graphs and lists of balls, dinners
and parties; bachelor lists which may
be had for the price; eligible guest
lists and even smart florists. Now,
there are social bureaus IN Washing
ton, but in New York there is a
Personal Service Bureau, that does
everything for one but his religious
devotions. Not long ago Mr.. Ernest
Hemingway, popular author, wanted
an exceptional gift for a friend who
had in abundance, SO Mrs. Meigs
of the bureau suggested two peacocks
to decorate the friends lawn. No
time was lost, the gorgeous birds were
found and dispatched, arriving in the
nick of time.
Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. Graham
Fair Vanderbilt, Mrs. John T. Pratt
the National Capital knows her as
just that charming Ruth Pratt, late
of the Lower House of Congress-are
members of the Board of "Hostesses,
Inc" a charity organization in New
York, whose work is far-reaching
and to which these busy society
women devote a great deal of time.
The client has to pay for the serv-
ices of this organization and the
profits go to the New York League
of Girls Clubs.
Aspiring young writer's should read
"The Story of Best Sellers" Messrs.
]. A. Goodman and Albert Rice, in
the current weekly number of popu-
lar publication. 1t would hearten
them to renewed efforts and help to
dispel encouragement when they
know how many of the best sellers of
the past two or three decades went
begging for publisher, only to