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Interesting
N e w S i n
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Mr.. and Mrs. Wander
bilt Stop in D. G.
Other Visitors.

Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt OF
New York, spent last night in WASH
ington at the Maydower on their way
South.
Mrs. John Hay Whitney of Upper
vile, Va, is stopping at the May
flower while In Washington for a
short stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Griswold are
at the Carlton, having come from
their home in Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ridgway of
New York City are at the Carlton for
9 few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hughes OF
Pittsburgh, Pa. are passing short
time at the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Somerville of To-
ronto, Canada, are stopping at the
Dodge.
4 DR.. and Mrs. w. K. Nicely have ar
rived in Washington from their home
In Philadelphia, and are at the Carl
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Reid, accom-
panied by DR.. John M. Smith OF Mag
i1olia, Miss, are stopping at the Dodge
for few days.
Mrs. Regina Mayper of New York Is
spending several days at the Mar
Unique before going to California
Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus G. Chese'
brought of Brooklyn, N. Y, are guests
OF the Dodge.
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Bay State Society
Ladies' Party Tonieht

The Massachusetts, Society of Wash
ington will hold its annual ladies'
party in the main ball room of the
Wardman Park Hotel this evening"
This will be formal leap year and
Valentine party and many novelties
for the entertainment of the guests
will be introduced during the evening,
such as robbers waltz, favor march.
leap year dance, as well as the old
time favorite Paul Jones' The George
town University Glee Club will also
entertain with a program of vocal
numbers. A cordial invitation is ex-
tended to all Bay Staters and their
friends to attend. Guest reservations
may be made through the acting sec
retary of the society, Mrs. William j..
Byrnes.
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Professor CainO to
Lecture SATURDAY.

Prof. Domingo Caino of Georgetown
University will give the second lecture
of the International Art Forums series
Saturday afternoon in the ballroom
of the Powhatan Hotel.
Prof. Caino'S topic will be "Contem-
porary Italian Literature" A limited
number of guest cards are available to
non-members by calling the secretary
at the forums studio, 1341 Connecticut
avenue northwest.
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Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. II. W..
Turney of Oakcrest, Va, were hosts
last night at a dinner dance at the
Army and Navy Country Club In cele-
bration of Comdr. Turney's birthday
anniversary. Among the guests were
Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. j. B. Dow,
Lieut. and Mrs. Roger Brooks OF Wash
ington, Lieut.. Comdr. and Mrs. A. j.
Spriggs of Aurora Hills, Lieut.. and
Mrs. G. B. H. Hall of Clarendon and
Lieut.. and Mrs. John Jones of Alex
andria.
Mrs. Burton F. Toulotte was hostess
today at an attractively arranged
luncheon and bridge party at her
home in Lyon Park, Va. entertaining
Mrs. James Dorsey, Mrs. c. Lewis,
Mrs. Louis C. Carl. Mrs. A. T. Rowell,
Mrs. Arthur Orr, Mrs Calvin Kephart
and Mrs. w. B. Lamborn, all of Ar
lington County.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Harry King Of
Silver Spring. Md, entertained at din
ner in their home on Dale drive last
evening for DR.. and Mrs. Keith Selby
of South Bend, Ind, who are en- route
to Vienna, where Dr. Selby will take a
special course in surgery for three
months. DR.. Selby, who is Mrs. Kings
cousin, and his wife are visiting Miss
Florence Fallgatter, chief of the Home
Economics Division, in Washington,
and Saturday will sail from New York
on the steamship Champlain. Guests
at the dinner also included Mr.. and
Mrs. Kings son, Lieut.. Harrison King
of Fort Myer, Va.
Mrs. Margerye Prytherch enter
tanned last night at a Lincoln birthday
anniversary party in her attractive
home, The Pines, Aurora Hills, Va.
Dancing in the recreation room was
followed by supper at midnight.
Among the guests we're Dr. and Mrs.
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Arizona Society to Celebrate.

The Arizona State Society's annual
Admission day banquet-commemo-
rating the twenty-fourth anniversary
of Arlzona's admission to the Union
will be held at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at
the Hay-Adams House. Representative
Greenway and Dr. Walter C. Lowder-
milk, associate chief of the Soil Con-
servation Service, will be the speakers,
and others on the program will include
j. Elmer johnson, vocalist. accom-
panied by Miss Gertrude Friberg and
A E. Way. illustrator.
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Recital and Dinner
AT Arts Club Tonight

/ Mr.. Chester Morrill,, jr., will give a
piano recital this evening at the Arts
Club, following the club dinner at
which Miss Sybil Baker and Miss
Mary A. Pugh will be hostesses. Mr..
Morrill,, who Is one of the younger
artists Of the club, will include In his
program selections from Beethoven
Chopin, Moskowski and De Falla and
che white Peacock" of Critics.
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Congressional Club
Musicale Friday

Congressional Club viii have q mu-
sicale tomorrow afternoon. The pro-
gram viii be given by Mr.. H. Le Roy
Lewis, baritone and teacher Of voice
culture. He is also a soloist at st.
/ Andrews Episcopal Church of Wash
ington, d. c. Mr.. Frederick Weaver.
pianist and member of the faculty
of the Peabody Conservatory of Mu-
sic, In Baltimore, will give several Sc
lections.
The hostesses for the occasion will
be Mrs. William H. Dieterich, Mrs.
Thomas s. williams, Mrs. Thomas j.
O'Brien, Mrs. J. Leroy Adair, Mrs.
Ralph e. Church, Mrs. William Ar
mold and Mrs. william A. Rodenberg.
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Bulletin of Exhibitions

CORCORAN GALLERY ART-Permanent collection,
Clark collectonEropen
Drawings by Sargent Forty-hrst
Washington Water Color Club
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART UNITED STATES NATIONAL
SEUM-Pmnen collections Evans Gelaty Ralph Gross john
glass windows John La Fargo and other
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION DIVISION OF GRAPHIC ARTS
of etchngs Morris Hobbs of Chicago.
ART-Pemanen collections Whistler
Oriental paintings
pottery miniatures, etc
Constitution
tion of Federal Project w. p.
GALERYPermanent collection paintings
old and modern masters also works in sculpture.
who studied Studio House Phillips Memorial Gallery
Mondays Fridays pm Admission
Hewitt 1870 Fifteenth
Closed December IS to January q
paintings by
Blue of Oklahoma
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS DIVISION ARTs-Exhibon of
Autographs drawings
illustrations Walter Appleton
Pictorial photographs Of the Statue of Liberty
LIBRARY prints by
artists
MOUNT PLEASANT BRANCH by B
Chase Frances Wheeler.
BRANCH-Paintings Landscape
Club
oAILERY-Painting by Bernice
LITTLE GALLERY 2oo streetwae prints by
lists at moderate prices
MODERN MAsTERs-Panngs designs by
Hrdy.
PANAAdERIcAN UNoN-Exhbaon photographs Mexico by
d. L. Ladg and g. e. Fischer.
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one Of the oldest examples Of Spanish
Americap pictorial art.

one Of the oldest examples Of Spanish
Americap pictorial art.
A MOTHER feature emphasized Is
plates of puppets made by the
Lano family. who. with old-world
traditions, settled in Michigan. and
became puppetiers of note, exhibiting
and performing with all sorts of shows,
including the great Ringing Circus.
Nor is this all-there are clocks Of
various "vintages," glass, pottery, hat
boxes and hats-some very strange to
present-day eyes-slippers and jew
elry. This basic material is being as
sembled, and to be given permanent
form, with the intention of preserving
record of achievement for the bene-
At Of historians. designers and crafts
men. Incidental to its assemblage,
much general information is being
gathered. In New York State, for
instance, a complete list of craftsmen
is being compiled; in New England
specialized study is being made of tex
tile designing and the work of the
Shakers. Besides which, valuable ex-
hibits in private ownership are being
recorded.
The making Of the Index Of Ameri-
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A third section shows dolls OF many
kinds and from widely distributed To-
cations. One OF knit material, stuffed,
soft and safe for the youngest play
fellow; another Of wood, jointed. A
third has kid body-somewhat elon-
gated--and composition head. 1t is
quite a shock for those Of the older
generation to discover that several
OF these historical playthings were
created within q remembered child
hoods days.
n But the costumes that are represent
ed go back q good bit further, as does
bead bag-most perfectly rendered
and the coverlids and quilts. Samplers
copied are Of the mid-nineteenth CEN
tury vintage and seem to belong to
an entirely unknown world. How
we have stepped out" since then!
This Index of Design may have more
uses than was originally supposed.
Specially featured lin this exhibition
is a series Of reproductions Of paint
ings illustrating the Stations Of the
Cross" made in the early days Of the
settlement Of California for mission,
San Gabriel-Arc Anger-in the
southern part Of the State. They are
crude, TO be sure, but interesting as
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CHRISTS BIRTH HAS INSPIRED SCULPTORS AND PAINTERS
Stained Glass Windows by John La Fargo Placed
Among Treasures Now Possessed by National
Capita-Features of Local Art Circles.

CARRIER is also conservative painter
Of landscapes, figures and interiors
works which invariably render impress
sions Of beauty, with quiet dignity and
sincere, strong feeling. Mr.. Curray is
not unacademic in his manner of
painting, but his choice Of subjects
savors Of the extreme modern school.
which registers . prediction for the
sensational and horrifying. He may
be said to have specialized in the So
called American Scene" Mr. Glack-
ems and Mr.. Lahey both belong to the
advanced" group in New York, which
sponsored the Armory Show. and have
helped to create vogue for the works
of the French post-impressionists,
themselves. Mr.. Glackens employs .
very personal formula in his painting.
Mr.. Lahey has more than a regard for
the great tradition, but is open-minded
to innovation. AS q whole, the group
Is thought to be well balanced and
widely representative.
Pictorial Photographs.ot Early
American Architecture to be
Exhibited.
NEWS of an exhibition of recent
photographs made by Frances
BENJAMIN Johnston of historic build
ings in the South. which is to be held
in this city in February, comes via
North Carolina. where she has lately
been working. This will comprise pic
torial records of early architecture in
Maryland, Virginia, North and South
Carolina made for the Pictorial Ar
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GUNS PICTURE WAR

about them. They were brought on
the battlefields for study. each coun-
try being anxious to learn all 1t could
about the captured tanks. Some OF
the difficulties to be encountered
when you build tank are: The type
Of tract may not grip the ground prop
erly. the motor may not have enough
power or the weight may be poorly
distributed.
During peace time the Europeans
embellish their guns with coats Of
arms" the colonel said. as was ex-
amining a German crest on a gun,
"but during the war they kind o.
forgot about that"
During a war" Capt. Van Syckle
further explained, you use all the
old guns you usually see sitting around
in front of post Offices and in public
parks"
There is one such post ONCE"
gun, 21-centimeter howitzer, from
the Village Green at Brussels, at
Aberdeen. Krupp made 1t for Bel.
gians and took it back again."
AT ABERDEEN. too. are the first
- three tanks built by the United
States during the war. At first there
were no motors to operate the tanks:
they used steam engines instead. The
frst United States steam-driven tank
Is one Of the most interesting "skele.
tons" in the big tin museum. The
third tank, too heavy for its power,
is a three-wheeled affair built like
steam roller. 1t is steam-driven
by an inside sprocket on the wheel.
This type was tried out. but none Of
the early models got anywhere.
Next you come to the first United
States tank with gas-electric drive,
but it lacked power enough to light
in its drive.
There are some little light tractors,
used by the French in the Sahara
In 1925. They were built to run on
sand. They we're another attempt to
build something that would run on
mud.
According to Capt. Van Syckle,
People have given up building tanks,
armored cars. cross-country cars on
a commercial chassis. They build
and design now from the ground up"
Did you know $4,000 or $4,000 ex.
perimental models have to be built
before a tank can be found that iS
workable? But, as the captain
pointed out, the first kitchen stove
cost about $4,000 in experimentation
before a usahle stove uas made and
it cost 100000 to build the first
steam turbine
Just because a gun is big, 1t
doesn't have virtue" said the colonel.
Yet look at the Big Bertha, die dicke
Bertha" the Sunday supplement gun
that was made such fuss over during
the war. 1t weighs IS tons.
Bertha Krupp was head of the
Krupp guns at that time" the captain
remarked.
If 200-year -old cannon interest you,
there is Moros Lantaka from the
Philippines.
COL. zORNIG remarked that 1t
would take 10 people. technically
informed, to give a really exhaustive
talk on the various guns, shells and
tractors In the museum. The young
ordnance officers were having a class
on the museum material as I was
going through. The class is all oral.
which may indicate to you something
of the secrecy with which armies sur
round things like ordnance,
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THO Other Notable GIFTS to
National Institutions.
IN THIS connection mention should
be made OF two other notable gifts
"A portrait Of DR.. Leonard Stejneger,
head curator OF the Department Of
Biology OF the United States Ma
tional Museum, painted by Bjorn
P. Egeli and presented to the Smith
sonian Institution by DR.. Stejneger's
friends on his birthday, the 3Oth OF
last october, q strong and vital work
redounding much to the credit Of
the painter, and of a bronze bust of
Elihu Root. by James Earle Fraser,
executed for the Carnegie Corp. Of
New York, by which organization
it was presented to the Nation. This
is replica Of the original, made for
the corporation and presented TO the
Council on international Foreign Re-
lations. 1t is an excellent likeness and
fine Characterization Of one of the
great American statesmen and leaders
In thought of our day.
Paintings From the Ranger
BeQuest and Prints Accepted.
IT is o provision Of the Ranger be-
quest that paintings purchased
from this fund and assigned to Ameri-
can institutions may be claimed by
the National Gallery OF Art during q
five-year period beginning 10 years
after the death OF the artist repre-
sented. Five paintings, under these
conditions, were lately recalled and
passed upon by the National Gallery
OF Art Commission at its recent meet.
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chives of Early American Architecture
(under grant from the Cornegie Corp)
for the Library Of Congress. To these
archives Miss Johnston already has
contributed about 5000 negatives.
Under three previous grants she has
gathered material chiefly In Virginia
and Maryland. This fourth grant has
enabled her to extend her quest and
activities TO the Carolinas, which Is
very gratifying. She has found East
ern North Carolina especially rich In
specimens Of fine early building. This
territory has been less explored and
exploited than almost any other In the
South. Miss Johnston combines In
her Photographic work accuracy and
artistic charm. The houses she pho
tographs have, when seen In her
prints. atmosphere as well as architec-
tural merit.
The Annual Exhibition OF the
Washington Water Color
Club Opens.
THE Washington Water Color Club
will open Its Forty-first Annual
Exhibition in the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art tomorrow to the public. This Is
always an event Of note. Washington
water colorists stand with the best in
the country. and the clubs annual
shows are well chosen and Of lively
interest.
Phillips Memorial Gallery announces
an exhibition in their print rooms of
drawings and prints by Clifford Beal
to open January g.
Evening star., 1936-12-26

ing. Two of the fve-a painting OF
Central Park and the Plaza" by Will
liam A. CONN, who died in 1925, and
. landscape, Cliffs at Sunset, Upper
Colorado River" by Thomas Moran.
who passed away in 1926, were both
claimed-the three others offered re-
leased because the artists were al
ready and better represented or for
other cogent reasons.
A water color by Prout, offered by
Mrs. John T. Devine; an oil paint
ing entitled Dressing for the Re-
hearsal," by Seymour J. Guy, N. A..
offered by his daughter, and a eollec-
ton Of 1877 etchings and other prints
presented by the Chicago Society of
Etchers were gratefully accepted. Two
Autographs by Grace Neville Carroth-
ers and engravings and drawings by
Stanley Anderson we're likewise found
acceptable for permanent placement
In the National collection.
Fine Work for the Inder OF
American Design on Exhibition.
AN EXHIBITION of paintings in
water color for the Index Of
American Design by Federal art
project w. p. A. artists opened in
the National Museum. Tenth street
and Constitution avenue, on De-
cember II, where 1t may now be seen.
The work of the Index of American
Design is known to exhibition visitors
in Washington through the display
held here in the same gallery last May.
The present selection is, however. an
entirely new group, produced during
the last four months. under the di-
rection Of Holger Cahill, director Of
the Federal Art Project, and COM
prises very engaging material found
In Michigan. California, New Mexico
and Pennsylvania, as well as in New
York, Massachusetts. Connecticut,
Maryland and Illinois and other
States. Not only is the material new,
but the skill of the Index artists is
seen TO have increased in competence
1t is an interesting and excellent
showing.
There is considerable diversity in
the material displayed both as to
kind. and time of production. One
section is devoted TO Shaker crafts.
and examples are given of furniture,
rugs and all manner OF household ar
ticles made by this sect, as well as the
costumes worn by both men and
women. Another section is given over
to ships figureheads and cigar store
figures carved Of wood and painted
quaint In the extreme and properly
to be placed with folk art. Two OF
the figureheads are of draped figures,
rather classical In line and concep-
ton, but others are extremely realis-
tic. and, 1t would seem, i'll suited to
their purpose, as. for example, a rather
SNUG sea captain standing erect as
a ramrod and holding q sextant In his
hands. How he escaped demolition
by the sea 1t is hard to understand.
Perhaps even the waves were alright
ed. The tobacco store figures are OF
many varieties as set forth In these
paintings-not only Indians, but
Turks, Egyptians and Negroes-some
Of them very fetching. Why, one
wonders. have they disappeared9
Hitching posts are no longer needed
but such alluring doormen as these
must still have their usss.
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can Design Is one Of the largest and
most far-reaching undertakings OF
the Federal art project OF the w. p.
A. 1t is now operating in IS States.
1t will eliminate In the issuance of
series of portfolios of plates in black
and white and color which will illus
trate the rise and development of the
decorative arts in America. These
portfolios will be supplied to educa-
tional institutions all over the cum
try, furnishing students with source
material from Colonial times to about
1900. Already $500 renderings have
been made by project artists.
The extent Of the work that Is being
carried on by the Federal art project
of the Works Progress Administration.
in addition to assembling and put
ting into usable form this index of
American design, Is so great that it
seems almost unbelievable. According
to a report just issued, $500 artists
and art teachers are employed by the
project in A States. About 450 mural
paintings are now under way or COM
pleted and placed in schools, colleges.
libraries and other educational or tax
supported institutions throughout the
country; besides which many thou
sands of canvasses" have been and
are being painted. to say nothing Of
the making of an equal number Of
prints. Teaching activities are car
ried on in 500 centers, and 1t Is es-
timated that $4,000 children and
5000 adults receive instruction weekly.
And finally. art-cetner galleries have
been established and are being oper.
ated in four Southern States, Okla
homa. Utah, Wyoming. New Mexico,
and elsewhere. If there was not dan
ger Of exploiting art Oh an inferior
quality this would seem Indicative of
an American renaissance. But this
danger is very real. The creative gift
is rare and art produced without it
is neither valuable nor lasting. The
illustrative paintings made with accu-
racy for reproduction in the Index of
American design are well done-ad-
mirable. But no creative gift is here
required-the artists" are copyists
and craftsmen. Very different is the
painting of murals and easel pictures.
But perhaps, to be optimistic, this
very welter Of activity in the field Of
art may leaven the soil so that from
1t in time will spring the men and
women of genius for whom we so
eagerly await.
Corcoran Jury of Selection and
AUard for Biennial Exhibition
Announced.
THE Corcoran Gallery Of Art has
announced the appointment Of
the jury of selection and award for
the Fifteenth Biennial Exhibition of
Contemporary American Painting to
be held next March and April. Will
liam Glackens of New York is named
as chairman, with whom will serve
John Stuart Curry of Kansas and
Connecticut. sDaniel CARRIER of Phila-
delphia and Lumberville, Pa; Rich
ard Lahey Of Washington. principal of
the Corcoran School Of Art, and VIII
liam M. Paxton of Boston.
The last named is essentially Of the
academic school-a painter whose
works are very realistic and almost
meticulous in detail. It was to a nude
by Mr.. Paxton that the Popular Prize
In the last biennial was voted. Mr..
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~ NE Of the most unusual and
4 unknown museums in the
I world today is just a big tin
~ building at the Government
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25
Utopian Co.ops

Socialists and Technocrats have both told us how rich they could make us, the latter promising us something like $20, 900 year apiece if we would let the techni- cal experts run everything for us. New rivals are getting into the game. E. R.. Brown, general secretary of the Cooper ative League of America, pictures "a CO., operative community beautiful" in which every family would have an income not less than $4,300 year.
 There could be no question of such plenty, he maintains, under truly co- operative organization of society" Through cooperative production and consumption groups, we could all prosper. This prospect obviously is highly ideal- istic. It is a fact, though, that "co-ops" are growing remarkably in America to- day, and present progress continued for a decade or two might bring us to some thing like the status of Sweden, where about half the goods produced and serv- ices rendered are handled comparatively.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-25

from them. Outstanding tn this class arc the liquor and cigarette taxes. They far exceed estimates and consequently we fail to see why Connecticut's financial position need cause any alarm among re- publicans aiming at democratic otflce- holders.
 Also contributing to this added $6,000,- 900 in income is the old age pension tax, just collected for the first time. All these things are by way of saying that when the 1887 Legislature takes up the subject of taxes and relief of the property owner from heavy taxation, it need not be un- duly concerned about finding new ways of taxing Connecticut citizens. We don't, for example, need personal income tax, such as other states have and such as has been advocated.
 Commissioner Hackett himself says of the income tax, Tt should not be forgot ten, however, that the main source of tax income of the Federal Government is from the net income tax and that, be- cause thereof, the exclusion of an income tax from state tax system may be justi- fled on the ground that this particular source of tax income is already being suf- flciently tapped by the Federal Govern rnent. :" All of us will agree with that.