Evening star., 1935-03-17
Tales of Well-KnoWn Folk
In Literature, Art, Politics
Sale of Morgan's "Paintinss in Little" Causes
Coment-Senator Vandenbers's Hobby IS
Hamilton-Corcoran Exhibition.

wrestlers, centaurs and other larger
than-life beings have to be rolled aside
or whisked of to the limbo-well,
maybe the basement, where rests those
white statues OF old which once
adorned the old Corcoran Gallery, now
the Court of Claims.
Mr.. Jonas Lie, president of the Ma
tional Academy of Design, who was
chairman of the jury which selected
the canvases for this exhibition Of
contemporary American art, is one OF
the outstanding American artists Of
the time, whose paintings have a
place in most of the large art gal
leries of this country and In several
abroad, including the Luxembourg
Museum in Paris. A Norwegian by
birth, he came to America as q small
boy and received his art education at
the National Academy-of which he
is now president-and the Art Stu
dents League of New York. BY choice
and training he Is pre-eminently an
American artist.
Any one who owns a palette, brush
and a few tubes of paint, or may
have a chisel and a mallet, can en-
ter competition in the annual inde-
pendent art exhibition for Greater
Washington, which is the one to have
its mocratic showings in the large
stores. The opening Is on April %
for the reception of pictures or other
objects of art, and it will take the
unanimous vote of the members to
reject any piece of work. AS far as
known there is to be no pre-view, no
tail coats nor evening gowns, but q
free show open to all comers. Mrs.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is expected
to take interest in this exhibit SINH
lar to those she helps to foster In
New York.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, to
whom Mrs. Roosevelt paid beautiful
tribute recently when she radioed
about outstanding women in America.
will sail away for Turkey Tuesday,
where she will join with the women
of 40 countries in celebrating equal
suffrage for women in that far East
ern place. She expects to arrive in
Istanbul by the 18th of April. where
the meeting will take place. The dis
tinguished suffrage leader, with her
beautiful white hair, will head dele
CATION of 10 women to the twelfth
congress of the International Alli-
ance of Women for Equal suffrage
and Equal Citizenship.
On February 8 the women Of
Turkey were permitted for the first
time to vote in the general election
and were also permitted to stand as
candidates for the National Assembly
AS a result II of them were elected
deputies to that body. No more veiled
women in Turkey. Will the romance
fade with the wells 1t is wondered?
Suffragists say not-but-Every one
would feel that they had been cheated
if Nine. Munir, wife of the Turkish
Ambassador, should cover her lovely
reddish blond hair with veil. For
tuntely wells are now taboo.
In France hope has been long de-
ferred, but fruition is expected before
the close of the present year and a.
100000 women are waiting who
would obtain the right to vote. One
of the foremost women in the move
ment in france is the Duchesse de Ia
Rochefoucald-was she not formerly
the beautiful Matte Mitchell Of
Washington, one reads about? Bull
garian women are taking heart from
the success in Turkey and are pre-
pairing. it is said, for q more intensive
campaign because the present gov
ernment is so progressive in all di-
rections.
Down in Tennessee wher the Speak
er of the House, Mr.. Byrns, came
from, and the distinguished and
scholarly Secretary of State, and
Senator Mcclellan. the women are
clamoring for the right to serve on
the jury. Perhaps its not generally
known that they were denied. that
privilege, but they are to make it
known and the League Of Women
Voters, the East Tennessee Women
Lawyers Association and the Busi-
ness and Professional Women's Clubs
are all up in arms with banners fly
ing and the slogan is: "On to the
Halls Of Legislation" Are the wom-
en- to be the deciding vote in the