Evening star., 1934-05-06
to convey. they were attentive listen

to convey. they were attentive listen
erS.
About q hundred people who could
not get in to hear Prof. Tugwell's
address-it was not q talk-enjoyed
themselves looking at the housing
models on exhibition in the rotunda
of the Museum. 1t Is q most inter-
esting display and charmingly placed.
The model Of the new chapel at Fort
Myer was one Of the prettiest.
In its new program Of recovery 1t
seems to be the desire of the admins
tration to bring all contemplated
changes and improvements in living
conditions within the vision of the
man in the street, SO that he can see
as we'll as hear what 1t Is trying to
accomplish.
The display Of home arts and crafts
in the Department of Commerce
Building has drawn enormous crowds,
and little groups of visitors have fire.
quently been heard discussing the
adaptability of certain phases Of the
work shown. These exhibitions Of
what real people are actually doing
with the resources at hand seem to be
a sort of inspiration. A young textile
worker was watching a housewife
weave cloth on a primitive-looking
loom and was heard to exclaim:
Gosh, I'll tell grandmother about
that, for she can weave, but seemed
to think her old loom was worthless.
I can rig it up" Maybe this is what
is meant by morale" when the dis
couraged cheer up a bit and take hold.
Paris Is having an interesting dis
play of American art at the Ethno-'
graphical Museum at the Trocadero.
It is the art of the American Indians,
collected by French colonists and mis-
sionaries in this country before 1875,
and is said to be finer than any which
exists in the United States.
The patriotic colonistS and jealous
missionaries of the time collected
these specimens of original paintings
for the instruction of the princes OF
the royal house of France, and they
have not before been on public ex-
hibition.
The collection is described as re-
lating principally to the ritual SYM
bols of the Sioux and Algonquin
Tribes, and the greater part of them,
painted on elk, deer and bison skin,
were for use as magic signs on cere-
monial robes" There are several
scenes described as representing the
battles and exploits of great chief
tains. A collection of European color
prints depicting the life of the Amer
ican Indians is also part OF this eX-
hibition.
DR.. Herbert j. Spinden. curator OF
ethology at the Brooklyn Museum,
urges the study of Indians, on teach
ers, and pays a tribute to the Red
Men, when he says that they have
"beaueathed to us standards Of artis-
tic expression which is a chal- |
lenge and an inspiration to all man
kind"
One of the ladies of the Presidents
cabinet, Mrs. Ickes, Is not only
learned in Indian lore, but for years
has spent much of her vacation time
among the Indians Of New Mexico
and other States. She has written OF
them in an intimate and sympathetic |
way and has been the means since
coming to the Capital to live, OF in
teresting many people in the history
of the several tribes, as well as In
their needs and aspirations-for they
have aspirations.
Now that she has declined to run
for reelection to the Illinois State |
Legislature. Washington will see more
of her, for she combines charming
social graces with rare political acu-
men. 1t is said that once in the
political arena, one never quite loses
the Joy and excitement Of contest
and mingling with ones fellow men, |
so when the Secretary Of the Interior
finishes his duties as cabinet oflcer,
it is wondered If Mrs. Ickes will not
again seek public Office. While be-
longing to the Republican party, she
seems to go along comfortably with
the administration.
Secretary and Mrs. Ickes. have a
good, old fashioned Democrat for a
neighbor out in Spring Valley, where |
they have taken the house Of Comdr. |
and Mrs. Alfred H. Balsley.
Senator Bennett Champ Clark OF
Missouri, is not far away and the
Senator always stands ready to give
information on the tenets of the
Democratic party, or parliamentary
procedure. His father, Champ Clark,
sometime Speaker of the House OF
Representatives, was a classical
scholar and often after a hectic day
in the House, would return home, |
settle himself comfortably and pick !
up his well thumbed copy of the 1lald
which he always read in the origi- |
nal. He learned his classics from DR..
Joseph Desha Pickett of Kentucky, |
who was the grandson of the Gov. !
Desha, who was the friend of Lafay- |
ette.
AS the recovery program is not the
problem of any one party but is the
task for all, President Roosevelt has
asked many men to come along, re-
gardless of creed or previous activi-
ties. One of his most distinguished
assistants is Mr.. Ohoate Of New York.
son of a distinguished father, bril-
liant member Of the New York bar,
and since several months chairman of
the Federal Alcohol Control Admin
iStration.
Notwithstanding his father has
been dead for over 16 years, Mr..
Choate still signs himself Joseph H.
Choate, jr. Certainly a charming