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reasonable causes for the present con-
fusion in art standards and made clear
the fact that this confusion extended
into other fields.
A statement made at the outset that
the artist was less needed today than
heretofore. and had less opportunity
because of social changes, was contro-
verted by lay speaker, who pointed
out the increasingly close alliance of
art and industry and remarked the
fact that human nature does not
change. nor do its requirements.
The danger of overproduction, Of in
ferior work, of the lowering of stand
ards was called to attention. as we'll
as the importance Of reliance on ex-
pert advice and the unanimity Of in
telligent, informed opinion.
Mrs. Meyer led the discussion with
skill and lightness of touch and in
terest throughout was fully sustained.
There was from time to time spon-
taneous laughter, as we'll as applause.
Painting by
Grace Merrill Ruckman.
A COLLECTION of paintings by
= Grace Merrill Ruckman is now on
view in the Woman's City Club, on
Jackson place. AS Is customary in this
club. the paintings constituting the ex-
hibition are distributed on the walls
Of the two reception rooms and the
room used for formal dinners. as they
might be were they permanent pos
sessions. This adds not only to the
charm Of the rooms. but to the ef-
fectiveness of the showing. In the
present instance majority Of the 26
paintings shown are flowers and still
life. very colorful, very decorative and
exceedingly well done. The appear
ance, therefore, is, at glance, that OF
a flower filled room, but one in which
the decorations are well disposed. On
the walls of the first reception room Is
a very impressive study of still life and
flowers, an elaborate composition ad-
mirably handled. Here also are studies
OF pond lilies, Of tawny lilies, as well as
a landscape or two. In the adjoining
rooms are studies of phlox, delphiniums,
zinnias, chrysanthemums and peonies,
besides several marines, painted on the
coast of New England.
To be sure, the basis Of Mrs. Ruck-
mans art is reality. She paints the
flowers in such wise that they take the
place of the living actuality, but she is
not slavishly initiative, she composes
as the artist should and sets forth the
appearances Of reality, placing her
emphasis where it is needed, manifest
ing that which might have passed un-
seen. And after all, Is not this very
true art and its function-to open our
eyes to beautiful thoughts and things?
Many have thought so.
A Distinguished Mural
Painter Comes to TO10n.
THE announcement of lecture on
l. mural painting by Miss Violet
Oakley of Philadelphia in the United
States Chamber Of Commerce audi
torium next Wednesday evening, under
the auspices of the Washington Society
of the Fine Arts, is of unusual interest,
both because of the present activity in
this field and the fact that the lecturer
is one of our leading mural painters.
When the new State Capitol of Penn
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Obviously Miss Johnston has not

Obviously Miss Johnston has not
restricted her attention to the great
houses of Virginia; rather has she
sought out and recorded the smaller
ones which might otherwise have
been overlooked and forgotten. And
it is these which give the clue to
life in the early days, as well as to
the taste and skill of the builders.
Some are in very bad repair-some
have disappeared even since she has
photographed them. In every In
stance Miss Johnston has spared no
pains to verify records and to estab-
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gilded by the sun. The sea is some
times deepest blue or again dull
menacing gray, but always it has
motion. Truly applicable to this ex-
hibition are the lines by c. Fox
Smith, which run:
"An' I don't care if it's North OF
South,
The trades or the China Sea,
Shortened down or everything set
Close-hauled or running free
You paint me ship as is like ship
An that1l do for me-"
Two of these paintings have inter-
est not merely intrinsic, but because
Of historical circumstance. One, the
largest canvas in the exhibition and
hung as center on the west wall, rep
fesents the British ship Java and the
American frigate Constitution, after
the latter had defeated the former
in 1872. The two vessels are lying
parallel to one another, the Java dis
masted, in the foreground, the Con-
stitution, with tattered sails, in the
rear. This is an excellent compost
ton and very well painted, with re-
serve and strength, yet historical ac-
curacy.
The other of historical import, and
calculated to arouse patriotic pride,
IS Mr.. Grants portrait" of the Con-
stitution, painted for the Navy De-
partment and reproduced in color to
raise funds for the rehabilitation of
Old Ironsides. The President, who
loves the sea and ships, and heads,
the list of distinguished sponsors of
this exhibition, has lent this paint
ing from the walls of the White
House. It eenters the north wall of
the exhibition. ~
Josiah Humphrey designed the Con-
stitution, the Constellation and the
United States, the first three Amer
1can frigates, launched in 1897, anG
"after the best French method" the
French in the Eighteenth Century
leading the world in ship design. It
Is interesting to note, in this connec-
ton, that 1t was the custom in France
to give these "scout-cruisers" of that
day feminine names, such as La
Gloire, whereas the larger ships were
usually given masculine names. Fri
gates, as will be seen in these paint
tngs, had three masts, but the pri-
vateersmen, as rule, had but two.
This latter type of vessel was called
o brig, was easily handled and swift
sailing, which naturally for the pur-
pose was very desirable.
The bark (spelled sometimes barquey
had three masts, the two forward
square rigged, and was the type
used by the merchantmen, and, with
modification, the whalers. In the
early nineteenth century New Bedford,
Nantucket and Vineyard Haven were
great whaling ports, whence sailed
many such vessels. In one of Mr..
Grants paintings he pictures typical
whaler with boatload of whalemen
rowing toward 1t. A characteristic
Of the whaler was the narrow deck
house astern. But who does not know
Of the whalesman's adventures through
''Moby Dick" and Rockwell Kent's
illustrations? Whaling was profitable
in this country until 1860, when the
Civil War and its aftermath practi-
cally brought it to an end.
The period between the War Of
1912 and the early Cos was that
Of the packet and the clipper ship,
freight and passenger carriers. One
Of the great builders of privateers,
and later, clippers, was the firm of
McKim in Baltimore. The first real
clipper built was, in fact, the Ann
McKim, a small vessel of 493 ton,
launched In Baltimore In 1882. One
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March. Both will be reviewed in
these columns later
The first annual Washington Photo
graphic Exhibition in the Junior
League Gallery, 2001 Massachusetts,
avenue. will be open tomorrow after
noon from $3.50 to $50 O'Clock. This
will be the last day.
An exhibition of the work Of Mary
E. Saltznan will open tomorrow after
noon with a tea in the studio of the
District of Columbia League of Amer
ican Pen Women. the Burlington Ho-
tel, to continue for a week.
NINE. RAYMONDE HEUDEBERT,
N young French artist, is opening
an exhibition of portraits, landscapes
and drawings at Linard's. 1920 Con-
necticut avenue, with a private view
tomorrow afternoon, to which cards
have been issued.
The works to be shown were ex-
fibited recently in the Marie Sterner
Gallery in New York, which, while re-
ceptive to innovation, invariably E1-
holds a rather high standard. Fur
thermore, some of Nine. Heudebert's
paintings have been purchased by the
French government and placed in
provincial museums. One very strik-
ing portrait, with architectural back
ground, is in the museum at Grenoble.
This painter is distinctly of the
modern school. Both her paintings
and drawings have cubistic elements.
She employs great simplification, and
she uses very limited palette. Even
when painting in oils, her color is thin,
and in most instances applied as a
wash in fiat tones. But this Is not
ineffective. The paintings composing
her exhibition were painted near
Paris, in the south of France, on the
Islands of Greece and in French
Africa. One Of her most notable
canvases shows group of Africans
in yellow-green native dress against
the blue green of African verdure.
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Johnston suggested depositing the
negatives In his department most
gladly accepted the offer. There and
then the pictorial archives of the
Library Of Congress were established.
They now embrace many, many mega
tives by Miss Johnston and others, and
cover a wide field.
Then the Carnegie Corp. came into
the picture by subsidizing q pictorial
survey Of Virginia, only stipulating
that the negatives be deposited in the
Library Of Congress and that certain
prints 60 to the University Of Virginia.
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1880. They have been on exhibition
during the past fortnight in Palm
Beach, at the Art Center, and are to
be shown the latter half of this month
in the Friends of Art House. East
Pleasant street, Baltimore. Included
in the showing at Palm Beach was a
large painting by Miss Oakley Of
Christ at Geneva-the Council Table
of the League of Nations" panel 612
by 81s feet in dimension. Arrange
ments are being made to have this
entire collection presented and placed
in the library of the League in Geneva.
The title of the lecture that Miss
Oakley is to give here is Mural Paint
ing Yesterday and Today" but it will.
she intimates. resolve itself into past
inspiration and present-day painting
on walls-a comparison" The word
"modernistic" she claims is misleading
when applied to that which in many
cases is "a looking back to earlier and
simpler periods for style able to ex-
press a more abstract and unrealistic
architectural tendency" She will have
stereopticon illustrations-oft the best
not the worst-for why" she says,
waste time on the bad when dealing
with so stupendous subject as paint
ing on walls"
Miss Oakley expects to arrive in
Washington from the South on Mon
day or Tuesday and hopes to be able
to see some of the new murals in Gov
ernment buildings before she gives her
lecture. This Is the last in a course Of
five lectures, arranged by the Wash
ington Society of the Fine Arts this
season. each of which has been on a
different branch of art and given by
distinguished practicing artist.
Lectures on
Persian, Painting.
A NOTABLE series of four illustrat-
"A ed lectures on Persian painting
by Eustache de Lorey, former direc-
tor Of the French Institute Of Arts
and Archaeology, Damascus, Syria.
will be given in the Freer Gallery Of
Art at 4:45 o'clock on the afternoons
of Wednesday. March IL; Thursday,
March IL; Friday, March 13. and Sat-
urday, March II. Those desiring to
attend should use the entrance at
the south on Independence avenue,
rather than on the north, facing the
Mall. Admission is free.
Other Exhibitions
OF Note.
The exhibition Of drawings and
prints by Kathe Kouwitz of Germany.
consisting Of 56 items. which opened
in the Art Gallery Of Howard Uni
versity. March 2, will continue
the coming week. They come
from private collection, but are CIR
culated by the College Art Association
and are very significant. There is no
more interesting personality in the
field Of the graphic arts today than
this young German woman, the wife
Of Berlin physician, the daughter Of
a master mason and an artist-and
there is none who has made larger
In the field than she.
The Library Of Congress owns a
number Of her prints depicting labor
agitations and conditions, which are
powerful and stirring presentations,
but, as Mr.. Francis H. Taylor Of Wor-
cester has said, "too fervent and sin
cere to be classified as propaganda"
Very excellent exhibitions of illus.
trative work by the late Alice Barber
Stephens and prints by Mrs. Bryant
Brooks may be seen. respectively, In
the Library Of Congress and In the
Building. the former for
N indefinite period. the latter during
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Of sailor blood in his veins does
not regret their passing.
Interest is added to the Grant ex-
hibition by what, in moving picture
vernacular, would be called "close.
ups" pictures of the decks of ships
sailing in the steady South East
Trades" or washed by the waves in
dirty weather. In one instance the
sea and sky are shown unbroken by
sailing craft, and as a painting OF
midocean this takes its place with oul
| best American marines.
| Not only does Mr.. Grant picture
the sea and ships, but those who
go down to the sea-" the sailors and
seafaring men. Thus, many of these
paintings have human interest
which directly relates them to life.
OF the 81 pictures shown, only one
is of an on-shore subject, and that
is of the artists studio window in
Cornwall. beside which Mrs. Grant
is seated, and through which one
can see ships in harbor. It Is a de-
lightful interior in which light and
air are well interpreted.
This exhibition, which will be on
view until the end of March, is
sponsored not only by President Roose-
velt and the Secretary Of the Navy.
Mr.. Swanson, but by Rear Admiral
Adolphus Andrews, chief of the
Bureau of Navigation; Rear Admiral
Joseph K. Taussig. acting chief Of
naval operations; Rear Admiral C..
c. Bloch, judge advocate general of
the Navy; Rear Admiral F. B. Upton
of the General Board. and Rear Ad-
miral Spencer S. Wood.
Water Colors By Philip Bell
At the Public Library.
pHIL1P BELL, who painted an ex-
tensive mural in the Mckinley
High School last year. under Govern
ment patronage, is holding this month
an exhibition of water colors in the
Public Library. They are not attrac-
tive subjects, but they gain attraction
through the art of the painter. There
Is something spontaneous in MIR. Bells
work, something which gives indica-
tion of enthusiasm on his part; and
this is well. Why should q painter
paint unless he has something to say
something to show-other than his
own cleverness? There is no self-con-
sciousness in Mr.. Bells work. In some
instances it is slight, but it shows
study, and not only study but gift;
and, strange as it may seem in the
present welter of production, this is
rare. No one can adequately define
beauty, or explain art, or qualify
talent, yet all three manifest them
selves perfectly obviously and are
quickly recognizable when found. That
Mr.. Bell has talent goes without say
ing. and for this reason his works are
refreshing, worth while. 81. F.
He has painted a great variety of
subjects; whatever it might seem that
came to hand-a boy playing guitar,
the butcher in the market, the pam
theirs in the Zoo, . cat asleep on q
straight-backed chair - incidentally,
his cat. Also the view from his studio
window, the front Of q junk shop,
snow tracks up an alley, mountain
partly hidden by clouds, and in every
one Of these themes, mostly mundane,
he has found and manifested interest,
which quickens imagination and
makes esthetic appeal; the reviewer
does not know how, nor probably
does he.
This Is an excellent little show,
creditable alike to the painter and the
institution by which 1t Is made avail
able. @
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Uncle Sam Speaks
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their physical and mental welfare.
Legislation affecting the child is
also touched upon and explained.

Legislation affecting the child Is
also touched upon and explained.
The only canned" programs in the
whole Government Is that of the Fed
eral Housing Administration. These
have to do with the explaining of the
Federal housing act in all Of its rami-
fcations and are made into records
that are electrically transcribed.
In addition to these programs, the
Once Of Education has one and the
various heads Of other departments
and bureaus 60 on the air on special
occasions.
No man putting out radio programs
for the Government has q better grasp
Of the problems than does Morse
Salisbury Of the Department Of Agri-
culture. Mr.. Salisbury has been put
ting them out for the past 10 years,
and he has worked out a system
while 1t may not all be his own in one
sense of the word, Is, in another sense.
"all his own"
Evening star., 1936-06-28
General News
Of Social Interest
In LaytOnsville

T AYTONSVILLE, Md, June 81
Mr.. and Mrs Charles NJ. Saxelby
Of Pleasant View Farm spent last
week in Saranac, N. Y. Peter Saxelby
will leave shortly for Florida, where
he will spend the Summer with his
aunt.
Mrs Verda Griffith, who has re-
Gently moved into her home here
after living in Harrisonville for ID
years, was given a houseWarming and
kitchen shower Saturday evening,
June 20 There were 25 present.
Mrs. Chester Albrecht of Baltimore
entertained Mrs. Ira Davis and Mrs
William Wachter of Kempton and
Mrs Allison Taylor of LaytonsyilIe at
lunch at Olney Inn Saturday, June 20
Mrs. Nettie E. Hawkins of Etchison
entertained at dinner Thursday eve
ming when the guests were Mrs. Mary
Bell Allnutt, Mrs. Remus Riggs, Mrs.
Allison Taylor and Miss Helen Taylor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Lindsay of
Alexandria, Va. and their houseguest,
Mr.. Forrest Chiswell of Cleveland,
Ohio, were dinner guests of Mrs. AL
bert Hawkins and Mrs. Julia Becraft
Sunday.
Miss Genevieve Fearnow and Miss
Anna Fearnow have returned from
their colleges to spend the Summer
with their parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Fearnow, at the Southern M. E. par
Sonage. and have as their guest Miss
Anna Jane Cooper of Virginia.
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Miss Mertz to Wed
Mr.. Brannan Julv 7

Mr.. and Mrs. Leven G. Mertz have
issued cards for the marriage re-
ception Of their daughter Lois Lucille
and Mr.. William Paul Brannan, July
I at $50 o'clock, in their residence
on Montague street. The ceremony.
which will take place at home at 5
o'clock be witnessed only by men,
bers of the immediate family and a
few close friends. Miss Mertz has
chosen her sister. Miss Marjorie Mertz,
as her only attendant, and Mr.. James
M. Craig will be best man for his
nephew
Mrs. Mertz will entertain at tea
this afternoon for her daughter and
will be assisted by Miss Marjorie
Mertz. Miss Rebecca Mckinney, Miss
Mary Wood, Miss Anne Hawvermale,
Miss Dorothy Bair, Mrs. William c.
Weitzel and Miss Connie Cooksey will
alternate at the tea table.
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Son of Admiral
Engaged to Wed
Miss Dieffenbach

Mr.. GEORGE PETTENGILL. Sd,
son Of the newly appointed COM
mandant of the Washington Navy
Yard, Rear Admiral George Petten-
gill, U. S. N, and Mrs. Pettengill. is
to marry Miss Anne Dieffenbach, their
engagement having been announced
yesterday by her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Hagen Diefenbach. of
Newark. N. j. Admiral and Mrs.
Pettengill are expected to come to
Washington the first of next week,
when the admiral will assume his new
duties.
Miss Dieffenbach, who was grad
uated from Miss Boards School.
Orange, made her debut at the Essex
Country Club the Winter of 1929.
She is member of the Newark
Junior League and the Orange Lawn
Tennis Club.
Mr. Pettengill attended the Will
liam Penn Charter School, German
town, Pa; Bishop Brent's School,
Baguio, Philippine Islands, and the
Peking Academy, Peking, China. He
was graduated from Dartmouth in
1882, where he was a member of
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Mr..
Pettengill is associated with the Cen
trail Hanover Bank & Trust Co.
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Miss Wolhaupter
Visiting in Capital

Mrs. Earl L. Packer, wife of the As
sistant Chief of the, Division of East
ern European Affairs. has as her guest
Miss Hazel Wolhaupter of San Mateo,
Calf. Miss Wolhaupter is visiting in
Washington on her way to Cambridge,
England, where she will do research
work in Elizabethan literature. She
came here yesterday by plane and will
be in the Capital until July 10 when
she will go to New York to sail the
next day for England on the Cham
plain.
Mrs. Packer and Miss Wolhaupter
were in school together at the Univer-
sity of California.
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DR.. Luther
Is Guest at
Loudoun,Va.
MIR. and Mrs. Ken
worthy Entertain
German Ambassa-
dor and Others.
OUDOUN COUNTY Va. Jun

7 OUDOUN COUNTY, Va, June
27.-The German Ambassador,
Heer Hans Luther, was the
ranking guest Tuesday night
when Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Hartman
Kenworthy entertained 100 at their
home, Exedra, at Purcellville. The
hosts entertained a small company
at dinner preceding the party. Other
guests included Mr.. and Mrs. Cabot
Stevens, DR.. and Mrs. Warren Draper,
Rev. and Mrs. j. Armistead We'll
bourne, DR.. and Mrs. John Gibson,
the Misses Davis, Rev. and Mrs. Pey-
ton Craighill, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
E. Garrett, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Albers, Mr.. and Mrs. J. j. Mack,
Miss Edna Patton, Miss Ruth Robin
son, Maj. and Mrs. George Rice, DR..
and Mrs. John Howe Iden, DR.. and
Mrs. William Stonewall Davis, Mrs
Charles w. Wattles. Mrs. Nan Lippett
Hatchell, Mrs. William Homer, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles C. Carlin, jr.; Mrs
Thornton Perry and Mrs. Bowles
Iippet.
Mrs. Maud Lambert of Leesburg
has announced the engagement of her
daughter Louise LeFever to DR..
Benjamin M Drake, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. w. M. Drake of Port Gibson.
Miss. Miss Lambert is a graduate of
the Vanderbilt School of Nursing.
DR.. Drake received his doctors
degree from Vanderbilt University. He
has for the past two years been a
Hospital, NaSfvill, Tenn, and is at
present practicing his profession at
Waverly, Tenn. The wedding will
take place in October.
Mrs. Joseph c. Rogers and Miss
Martha Cockerille were hoStesses at
tea at the formers home yesterday
afternoon in compliment TO Miss
Dorothy Harley, whose marriage to
Mr.. Frank Hamilton Halle. jr., of
Greensboro, N c., will take place
Tuesday evening in the Round Hill
Baptist Church
Mrs. William Corcoran EuStis, Miss
Anne Eustis and Mr.. and Mrs David
EustlS, who have been at their estate
near LeeSburg, sailed the latter part
Of the week for England.
Former Gov. and Mrs. Westmore-
land Davis have been in New York for
a stay and were at the Waldorf
Astoria.
Mr.. Frank Littleton. jr., who has
been student at Pickering College,
Canada. has arrived to be with his
father at their home, Oakhill.
Gen. and Mrs. Ben H. Fuller Of
Hamilton are visiting their son-in-l law
and daughter. Maj and Mrs. Chester
Fordney. in Illinois.
Mrs. Edwin Conquest of Richmond
has arrived in Loudoun to spend the
Summer with her mother, Mrs.
Eugenia Fairfax, at Oakham near
Aldie
Miss Janet Patterson and Miss
Dorothy Patterson have as their guest
over the week end Miss Byrne Ware
Of Falls Church, and entertained a
small company at dancing last eve
ming in her honor.