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says man has to pay for job or
join an organization to work.
I am disabled war veteran, will
ing to work and have been work.
ing, but was fired from a barber
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Evening star., 1936-09-26
Food Inspectors Busy.

IT WAS not so many years back that
the Federal Food and Drug Admin
istration was busily engaged in check
ing on the substitution of cotton-seed
oil for olive oil. Many cases were un-
covered in which packages labeled
olive oil were found to have a high
percentage of cotton-seed oil.
Now the adulterant is being adul-
terated. New cases have been dis
closed in which preparations contain
ing as high as 80 per cent Of soybean
oil are being sold as cotton-seed oil. e
In fact. during the Summer period
the seizures by the agents Of the ad-
ministration, uncovered many food
frauds. There were dried apples. sold
by weight, of course. which had too
high a percentage of moisture, and
water out of tap is cheaper than
dried apples by the pound.
There were egg noodles tinted an
attractive cream color but which con.
tanned no eggs. There were fruit
crystals packed in containers shaped
like citrus fruits but which contained
no fruit juices.
Evening star., 1936-09-26
The Art World Loses
By Death of Artists.

The Phidian steeds haunted his imag-
ination' and galloped through his
dreams. In his Diana Of the Tides
they appear as he saw them In the
surf, breaking on sandy shore. The
painting represents what he called
the poets hour, the supreme moment
of the pageant a the year when the
full moon has risen In the east, be-
fore the sun has gone down In the
west"
The mural is, Of course, an ale
gorical Interpretation. In the dis
lance is the level, quiet water Of the
ocean, Just visible ct the horizon line.
The hour is early evening. Only .
little way above the horizon IS the full
moon. It CLOVIS like . beautiful nin-
bus behind the head and shoulder
Of the goddess. riding triumphAntly
to shore. She stands on large she'll
Her right hand u outstretched over
the water: her left Is elevated q she
holds alo1te her delicate bow.
Evening star., 1936-09-26

bodies of the horses worthy Of Diana.
goddess of the moon.
You were listening, were you. when
q radio lecture In q recent broadcast
referred to the story of the sea gull
memorial in Salt Lake City? The
speaker remarked: 80 the Mormons
imported sea gulls that devoured the
crickets and thus they saved the
crops"
1t was the word imported" that
made his narrative unusual, and stir
red the protests of radio listeners who
know the story of the famous seagull
memorial in the capital of Utah.
In this day Of destroyed Western
crops there is timeliness in the repe-
tition of this dramatic tale. In 1896
the tragedy is traced to drought and
to duststorm; in 1S48 It was blight
In the guise Of crickets..
The drama was set in the valley of
the Great Salt Lake. Hundreds Of
acres of wheat were waving their
promise of well-1illed barns. Crops
were gratefully viewed by the settlers,
whose eyes saw not only their own
needs but those of the immigrants
who were due to arrive in the Sum-
mer.
In May hordes Of crickets preceded
the immigrants. Perhaps no historian
has more vividly created the picture
Of the tragic scene than has Ban
croft: Men, women and children
turned out en- masse to combat the
pest. driving them into bitches, or
upon piles Of reeds which they set on
IRE, striving in every way, until their
strength was exhausted. to beat back
the deyouring host. But in vain they
toiled; In vain they prayed"
THEN 1t was that myriads Of sea
sulls rose from the islands that
dot the Great Salt Lake, and de-
scended upon the crickets. The gulls,
after the manner Of the luxury-loving
Romans, gorged themselves; regurgi-
tated, then renewed the process Of de-
vouring the crickets The. crops were
saved. The Mormon settlers saw In
their preservation . miracle.
Approximately quarter Of CEN
tury aso this Autumn there was erect
Evening star., 1936-09-26

is interesting to know that the Limited
Editions Club Of New York has COM
missioned Edward A. Wilson to make
series of illustrations for special
edition of Hervey Aliens popular novel.
to be gotten out within the coming
year. 1t will be interesting to see to
what extent the work of this distin-
guished illustrator will coincide with
the perturbation Of the film producers
agent in this field. which is certainly
very vivid and has the advantage of
the third dimension.
The Limited Editions Club has also
commissioned Grant Wood to make
series of paintings to illustrate
Main Street" by Sinclair Lewis, of
Evening star., 1936-09-26

the Tides" was sent over from the
artists studio in Rome 1t was in
formally exhibited in one of the lower
galleries of the New National Mu-
scum. If the reader saw the paint
ing at that time he doubtless clearly
recalls the fascination to be found in
standing directly in line with Diana's
swiftly moving horses and III looking
the goddess in the eye. 1t was an
experience comparable to meeting
some great leader after he has de-
scended from the rostrum end has
placed himself physically on a plane
with his auditors.
Now, Diana rides high, her place
being so lofty that many visitors to
the museum fail to note her presence.
The mural, however. repays the sight
seer for the effort made to find it.
Just who was Diana. who so skill
fully drives her fest-moving steeds
In the colorful painting?
IN A day when SO much is said
about presidential policies, the
threat Of war, there seems to be little
time to devote to ladies from Roman
mythology. But to persons with GER
tain precious memories simply the
mention of the name of Diana strips
away the years and stirs one to think
ing of the leisurely days Of childhood,
when gods and goddesses were, on the
whole, much more real than-let us
say-the Governor Of Kansas or the
Bishop of washington. In those days
Diana was . reality and the crescent
moon was her exquisite, luminous
symbol.
John Elliott received his commits
sion to paint Diana Of the Tides"
In 1905. Before undertaking the work
he and his wife spent considerable
time In Greece. In her biography Of
her husband from which Mrs. FL
lott has given the writer permission
to quote there Is this interesting par
agraph:
"The hours spent on the Acropolis
at Athens studying the frieze Of the
Parthenon were just like . post
graduate course to those months Of
study IN his youth spent among the
Greek marbles q the British Museum.
Evening star., 1936-09-26

Navy and Marine Memorial
and the Story of Crop
PeriIs in West.

ed In Salt Lake City striking me-
mortal which honors the sea gulls. the
deliverers of the pioneer Mormon COL
onists From pool 80 feet in diam
eter rises a shaft is feet high At
the top is a large ball of granite. Here
two sea gulls have paused in their
flight. Unlike the gulls which hover
over the Navy and Marine memorial
near Washington, these gulls are OF
bronze overlaid with gold leaf.
The sculptor of the monument is
Mahonri Young. the distinguished
grandson of the Mormon leader.
Brigham Young. The artist, who is
also an etcher and painter. designed
the mosaic over the entrance to the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints at Sixteenth street and Co.
lumbia road. Washington. He also
executed the figure of the angel
Moroni in Salt Lake City, a bronze
replica of which is mounted on the
slender spire of the Mormon chapel
in the National Capital.
The pedestal of the memorial in
Salt Lake City is decorated on three
sides with bronze panels. In the first,
two oxen. drawing a pillow, are driven
by a man and his small son. Sill
houeted against covered wagon
stands the settlers wife, busily en-
gagged in preparing a meal. Beside
her, on the ground. sits an Indian.
He watches the struggle of the white
man as he wrestles with the resisting
desert.
The second panel also has the desert
for setting. Straight across the inter-
vening acres the eye is carried to the
pyramidal-shaped mountain, which
looms sharp against the sky. The
blight of the crickets has descended.
A farmer, bowed by the Illustration
of his efforts, sits with head lowered.
In contrast to him stands his wife.
With head thrown back and eye alert,
she sees the gulls which have flown
inland from the lake. The crickets,
described by an early writer as wing
less, dumpy. black. swollen-headed,
with bulging eyes in cases like gog-
giles, mounted on legs of steel wire
and clock spring" are no longer
threatening the very lives of the
settlers. In low relief and in high,
the gulls float in this panel with
characteristic buoyancy.
THE third panel is designed in
= grateful memory of the de-
liverance of the courageous Mormon
| forefathers. It is harvest time. A
sturdy farmer swings his scythe. In
| the field with him are women and
children, released from the terrors of
starvation. The sea gulls, which swept
from their island homes to destroy the
crickets having performed their mis-
sion, have returned to the lake. Pros
perity is round about.
On the fourth side of the pedestal is
this inscription:
"Sea Gull Monument.
Erected In Grateful Remembrance Of
the Mercy of God to the Mormon
Pioneers"
Matching in beauty and significance
Is the inscription on the Navy and
Marine Memorial:
ITO Strong Men Who Upon the Wa
ters OF the World Have Given Life
and Still Are Offering It in the
| Performance Of Heroic Deeds"
Evening star., 1936-09-26
By C.. Ofis.Cor.
HAvRE. FRANCE,

HAVRE, FRANCE.
n ANY Americans happen to
MI stay over night and some.
Iv times . whole day in Havre
4 4 either coming or going on
many trans-Atlantic liners that call
here. Most OF them wander around
the town or 60 out to Sainte Adresse
that was the seat Of the Belgian
government during four long years
Of war. Others wonder what things
Of interest they might visit in the
old Norman town founded by King
Francis I In the sixteenth century
Many have visited the Havre mu-
scum, . stones throw from the piers.
It has some pictures well worth see
ing. One particularly reminiscent of
home Is Brooklyn Bridge, by Renouf
remember when he painted it. He
settled his easel on the roof Of a
tobacconist store in Brooklyn, so as
to have Just the view he wanted of
Roebling's masterpiece. And Havre
has some fine Boudins. 50 much
sought after now. and many other
good pictures.
But Of greatest interest to Ameri-
cans Is q set Of eight water colors
by the well-known French artist, Fe-
lix Regamey, who has illustrated
many books Of travel, especially. Of
travel in Japan.
For years the pictures hung on
the wall Of the central staircase, but
as years went by new pictures crowded
them out. and now they are relegated
to an attic room.
THE most important and the most
striking of the pictures is one
shape Of q book with red edges. On
the right page Regamey has painted
. figure Of Liberty holding a sword.
and to the left, two flags blending
their colors. the Tri-color and the
Stars and Stripes. Broken chains lie
at the foot of the figure. and be-
meath again stretches a view of the
fortified town Of Yorktown. Auto
graph signatures Of Is members of
the delegation sent by the French
government to the centenary of York
town in 1881 are seen close by.
Among those names are Max Outrey.
French Ambassador; Rear Admiral
Nalligor. Gen. Boulanger, Comman-
dant Linstein. representing the Presi-
dent of the French Republic; Naval
Capt. Cavelier de Cuverville and Mr..
Francois de Coralle, delegate of the
Department of Foreign Affairs.
Felix Regamey himself Is in the
picture as delegate of the Department
Of Beaux Arts. A group Of naval Of
ficers, officers of the Foreign Legion
and dragons. fills up the picture.
On the right page is the Yorktown
column. Beneath are medallions of
Count de Rochambeau, Marquis de
Lafayette and Count de Grasse. Close
to the medallions Is an excerpt of
| the invitation. sent to the French
Evening star., 1936-09-26
NEARBY are sea gulls, the wings of
which repeat the outline of

NEARBY are sea gulls, the wings of
which repeat the outline of
Diana's bow. That she Is sweeping
toward the beach Is indicated BY .
number of details Of the composition,
one Of which Is the nuttering and bill
lowing Of Diana's soft garments Is
she presses against the wind. Be-
tween the breakers, white with foam,
is the shell on which the goddess is
poised. Before the shell leap four
white horses, two with heads lowered,
two with heads thrown back. It Is
explained In John Elicit, the Story
Of an Artist" that the relative posi-
tion OF the horses heads suggests the
rhythmical rise and fall Of the waves
themselves.
This is rainbow-hued painting.
Blue and purple and rose pink. and
green, and opalescent white are found
In the evening sky, In the waves, In
the wings of the ses gulis, IN the
Evening star., 1936-09-26

" were sea gull. This Summer.
just as though the gull were
u the revolution in Spain, an
American woman diplomat. the
drought or Gov. Landon, the sea
gull has made page one of our news
papers. The Star thus recently car
ried the story of a man who was
shot by a hunter who had intended to
bring down gulls rather than hu-
man victim.
August issues Of illustrated English
magazines have included photographs
of gulls battling against heavy winds
which lashed the coast throughout
July.
In theatrical magazines and in
columns of dramatic criticism in
newspapers there have been long ar
ticles on the extraordinarily success
full revival, in London. Of Che
kov's play, "The Sea Gull" The
masterpiece has been produced at the
New Theater by Komisarjevsky, with
an all-star cast. Nightly, for many
weeks, Constantin has shot the sea
gull and has given it to Nina, who
fails to see in it the prophecy Of her
own fate.
A new full-page photograph of
George Raft and Dolores Costello
shows the popular motion picture
actress wearing a crepe gown printed
in May wine and white, the motif Of
the design of which Is the sea gull
in full flight.
The aluminium gulls which hover
over q conventionalized aluminium
wave in the environs of Washington
are, therefore, quite in the mode of
the day. They have joined q goodly
company Of gulls which have found
their way into modern art.
En- route to Alexandra or Mount
Vernon, many surprised motorists
catch a heeting glimpse Of the Navy
and Marine Memorial, ground for
which was broken on December 3,
1880. by the Secretary of the Navy,
Charles Francis Adams. Americans
lost at sea are honored by this me-
mortal, which is the work Of Ernesto
Begni del Plata, sculptor, and Har-
vey w. Corbett, architect.
IT WAS originally planned that the
sea gulls, which form so important
. feature Of the monument, should
be cast in bronze. To art-loving iay-
men. uninformed concerning the
methods by which wonders can be
wrought in aluminium for the benefit
Of the artist, the flight Of the gulls is
little short OF miraculous. Like Ezra
Of old, the visitor to the memorial Is
"astonied."
These graceful sea birds are not the
only gulls to be found in the art
world Of Washington. There are, for
example, the gulls In the beautiful
painting, Diana Of the Tides" by
John Elliott. The mural has for 4
long period lured the eye Of the visitor
to the New National Museum.
For many Washingtonians the
painting has special signifcance. It
was given to the Nation by Larx An
derson and Mrs. Anderson, two dis
ttnguished residents Of the Capital.
The artist who executed the work,
the late John Elliott, was the son.in-
law Of Julia Ward Howe, who, with
her daughter, Mrs. Elliott, had many
close afiiliationS with Washington.
| For long period after Diana of
Evening star., 1936-09-26
Cough Mixture Kills Fish.

Cough mixture may be good for
coughs. but it is believed to be respon-
sible for the demise of three dozen
trout in the River Deer. near Hols-
worthy, England. The disposal of un-
wanted ingredients from drug stores
was surmised at meeting in ply.
mouth of the Tamar and Plym Fish
cry Board to have ruined 3 miles
of fishing. The only cause which
could be suggested was that the cough
mixture, which was poured down the
sewer, had reached the river.
Sugar and other industries in Hawaii
have ioined in soil conservation
Evening star., 1936-09-26

grapher. Ufer's death followed very
shortly those of his Taos colleagues,
Couse, Dunton and Cassidy, the loss
of whom practically denudes the Taos
colony. To the art Of this country all
these men have made worthy and no
table contributions.
Painting by Cassidy
Purchased by Government.
III PALACIO," the ofIicial organ Of
the Museum of New Mexico at
Santa Fe, announces in a recent issue
the purchase Of a painting. Breaking
Camp" by the late Gerald Cassidy, for
permanent placement in the new In
terror Department Building. This pre-
Evening star., 1936-09-26
WATER COLOR HERE
Large Group of Prints to Be Included in List
of Initial Showings for Art World :,
of National Capital.

mer, the distinguished eye specialist
of worldwide fame, and . memorial
relief which viii be erected on the
battlefield Of the wilderness in Viz.
ginia in memory of Gen. James 8.
Wadsworth, the grandfather Of Rep.
resentative Wadsworth Of New York.
These occupied him almost to the
moment of departure. A head by Mr.,
Nose, which was shown last Spring
in the independent exhibition at
Sloane's. was purchased, it will be re-
membered, by Mr.. Mellon. Mr.. Moses
sculpture has in recent years found
its way into some of the leading ex.
hibitions as well As exclusive private;
homes. He is Dane by parentage
but American by choice, and one Of
dorado Taft's boys"
Historic Murals Painted
By Gladys Brannigan.
MRS. GLADYS ,BRANNIGAN. an
~ erstwhile Washington artist, has
been painting murals under the w.
P. A. Federal art project for the junior
high school in Portsmouth, N. H.
They are four in number and repre-
sent historical themes associated with
that locality.
The first pictures the Breakfast
Hill" incident, when = party Of raid
ing Indians was surprised and pris-
oners were released. The second has
to do with Lafayette's visit to the
United States in 1924 and the welcome
accorded him in Portsmouth on Sep
tember 5. The third records . visit
from Washington and shows the gen.
eral entering the gates Of Landon
House where he drank tea. Finally.
the fourth depicts the Ranger" in
Portsmouth Harbor, under the COM
mand Of the intrepid John Paul Jones,
flying. for the first time, the Ameri-
can flag with its stars and stripes,
made for Jones by the ladies Of Ports
mouth.
These themes. so we'll chosen, have
been developed in simple poster-like
style and painted in fiat colors appro-
pirate to the wall surfaces. The panels
are by ca feet in dimensions and
are placed from to feet from the
floor on the auditorium wall.
Mrs. Brannigan was assisted by
Mrs. Alice Cosgrove. and both artists
entered into the work with great zest
This adventure in mural painting
is new to Mrs. Brannigan, but for it
she has had excellent preparation in
her painting Of easel pictures and her
teaching at Hollins Junior College.
An exhibition of Mrs. Brannigan's s
water colors was held q few years ago
in the Corcoran Gallery, attracting
much favorable attention. She is
regularly represented in the current
exhibitions held here and in New
York and at Gloucester. and her gift
and skill are recognized.
E. A. Wilson to Illustrate
"Anthony Adverse"
BECAUSE Of the popularity Of the
new film, Anthony Adverse" 1t
Evening star., 1936-09-26

which it will publish q new and spe-
cial edition at the Lakeside Press
These awards, the prizes of $4,000
and 81 900 each given by this club to
illustrators and other activities along
similar lines would seem to indicate
a renewal Of interest in illustration,
which is encouraging.
The Art World Loses
By Death OF Artists.
THE art world has met with serious
loss through deaths of artists this
past Summer. Among those whose
passing has been recorded are Walter
Ufer of the Taos School. Wilson Irvine
Of Old Lyme and Bolton Brown, litho-
Evening star., 1936-09-26

sents a scene on the Navajo Reserva-
ton the morning after a Yebechi. or
healing ceremony. when the Indian
visitors are preparing to leave at sun
up for their distant hogans. For it Mn.
Cassidy made hundreds Of sketches
and individual studies. and the finished
work is said to have factual accuracy
as well as excellent artistic effect.
Evening star., 1936-09-26

Lithographs by
Mabel D,uight.
THE Little Gallery. Intimate Book
shop. 1904 o street. announces an
exhibition Of Autographs by Mabel
Dwight. opened September 81. to con-
tinue to October 2l.
Evening star., 1936-09-26
Art World Of Washington
Has Various Reminders
of Their Services.
By Alice Hufchins Drake.
Historic MurGls Painted
By Gladys Brannigan.

you, too, would be excited If you
" were a sea gull. This Summer.
just as though the gull were
L the revolution in Spain. an
Evening star., 1936-09-26

Carl Nose Accepts
Position in st. Louis.
sCARL NOSE Of this city has been
appointed head of the Sculpture
Department Of the st. Louis School
sof Fine Arts and has removed his
residence to st. Louis. During the
spast few months Mr.. Nose has exc
cuted . portrait Of the late DR.. VIII
Evening star., 1936-08-13
BANN|STER CASE
DEFENSE ACTIVE
Additional Evidence Offered
in Effort to Refute Extor-
tion Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 13.-Defense
counsel offered additional evidence
today in effort to refute the States
charges that three defendants ex-
torted $1,000 from Harry Bannister,
actor and theatrical producer.
Jerome Jacobs, a lawyer; Harry s.
Hechheimer, formerly Bannister's at
torney, and Raymond Derringer, for
merly a private detective, are ac-
cused of threatening to publish de-
rogatory information about Bannister
unless he gave them the money.
The threats, the State claims, took
place while Bannister was engaged in
a contest with Ann Harding, his for
mer wife, over custody Of their
daughter Jane.
Jacobs and Hechheimer testified yes
terday that the money was paid to
Derringer, who was employed. they
said, by Bannister to aid him in his
legal difficulties with Miss Harding.
The denied they received any part Of
the money.
During the croSS-eXamination of ia
cobs, the names of several prominent
persons were injected into the trial.
Questioned by Assistant District At
torney Eugene ]. Finnegan. Jacobs
denied that he ever had attempted
to shake down" Walter Chrysler, jr.;
Paul Bonwit, former head of Fifth
avenue woman's shop; Henry Huddle-
ston Rogers, jr., or a man named
Kerngood, whom Finnegan described
as head of the A. B. c. Board in
Baltimore, Md.