Evening star., 1934-04-29

But Mr.. Kunze is confident that every
thing will be In order by wednesday
morning. He said yesterday. 1--WE
are up-to-date, and have arranged tc
take care of late orders arriving Mon
day and Tuesday.
Mr.. Farley, it was announced late
yesterday, will speak on Nationwide
hook-up from Station WEAF, New
York, at $50 tomorrow evening. His
subject will be: THE Post Office De-
partment and the Mothers Day
Stamp"
Alvin W. Hall, director, Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing, already is
receiving compliments on the Mother S
day stamp. All who have seen 1t
appear to agree that it is beautiful
specimen of engraving art.
MIR. Hall says: 'Never before in
my experience have known SO much
interest in any stamp among Bureau
employees. Every one seems to want
copies. Groups are clubbing together
to obtain flrst-day cancellations. The
enthusiasm is fascinating to watch
Additional plates have been en-
ployed in the printing Of the Mother S
day stamp, and the complete list now
stands as follows: Flat-bed. 21,202
to 212O5, inclusive; rotary, 21,210 to
21,219, inclusive.
First printings from the flat-bed
plates went to Guam, Puerto Rico,
Hawaii and the Virgin Islands.
Robert E. Fellers, superintendent of
the division of stamps, has announced
that the philatelic agency will have
plenty Of both hat-bed and rotary
types for collectors.
A reader inquiries: what is the
difference between flat-bed and rotary
press stamps?" Scott's Catalogue an
swers: THE rotary press stamps are
printed from plates that are curved
to fit around cylinder. This curva-
ture produces stamps that are slightly
larger, either horizontally or vertical
ly, than those printed from fiat
plates. Stamps from fiat plates
measure about 1872 to 10 nm. wide
by 22H nm. high. When the i'm
pressions are placed sideways on the
curved plates the stamps are 1912 to
20 nm. wide; when they are placed
vertically the stamps are % nm.
high"
The rotary press stamps Of 1919
1926 were perforated II by 10, the
rotary Harding stamp of 1928 was 10,
and the rotary stamps Of 1926 to date
have been IL by 1912, the exceptions
being the coil stamps, which are
perforated 10.
A link of history connects the name
Of Whistler with the Century Of
Progress Worlds Fair stamps, as well
as with the Mothers day stamp. The
painters grandfather. Maj. John
Whistler, was the builder Of Fort
Dearborn and the founder Of Chicago.
In Uncommon Americans" Don c.
Seitz writes: Besides being master
Of the brush, pencil and etching
needle, and pretty handy with his
pen, Mr.. Whistler was master Of the
is given to a carefully selected few
Of the earth's millions, by some we'll
planned scheme that accurately
gauges the amount the universe can
stand. This art he cultivated and
practiced ardently He made him
self the center of interest in whatever
circle he cared to affect, until the
world was his stage.
Theatrical, eccentric and quarrel
some, according to the common view,
he had, on the other hand, a nice
idea Of the requirements Of advertis-
ing, and quite upset the ethics of his
profession by his assiduity in keeping
himself before the public until his
merits as an artist were so clearly
recognized as no longer to need what
might be called the playing up OF
his personality.
Whatever hardships may have at
tended his long career, they were the
results of his temperament rather
than obscurity. His was no attic
genius, shivering in the shade. He
lived as he pleased, liked and hated
as he pleased, through the many
hued years of the last two-thirds of
the nineteenth century, and stood long
enough on the threshold of the
twentieth to be remembered as one OF
the great figures clustered about its
dawn.
"Whistler's accomplishments In art
remain supreme; his dictums un-
shaken. Combining the methods OF
VelaSquez with those of the japanese
he produced paintings supreme in
color and delightful in composition
Call them 'nocturnes' or what you
will, they remain unique and i'm
perishable as achievements, while as
an etcher he continues unsurpassed. .
G. A. M. Wilson, box 765, Albu-
querque, N. Mex, is campaigning for q
stamp to advertise the grandeur and
beauty of the Carlsbad Caverns. He
says that $4,000 citizens have Joined
in petition to Mr.. Farley.
If the Post once Department
grants the request of the Boy Scouts
for stamp, it perforce will have to
consider the Girl Scouts also.
Official reports indicate that about
100000 MARYLAND Tercentenary
stamps remain unsold. All the rest OF
the edition has been distributed.
The duck hunters license revenue
stamp will be an annual affair. A diff
ferent design will be issued each year.
Mr.. Farley yesterday took part in
the dedication ceremonies of the new
Federal Building, st. Louis, Mo. He
said In the course of his address: "Our
records in Washington show that the
fret met of11ro wac octohlfehnA IN