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Evening star., 1937-07-10
PRINTS ARE SHOWN
Work of Leading Printmakers Exhibited by
Library of Congress-Snithsonian and
Corcoran Have New Displays.

Gallery of Art comprises "a water
colors by Karl Oberteuffer which,
unframed, have been placed in cases
in the upper atrium. Many of these
were painted in New Orleans. others
in New England, few in cities in
Europe. All are in transparent color
and broad wash. The painter comes of
an artistic family, both his father
and mother having attained distinc-
ton as painters themselves. Both
are represented in the Phillips Me-
mortal Gallery.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art IS
collection has been enriched this
Summer by the loan of paintings from
private collection. Mr.. and Mrs.
Adolph Miller have lent seven can
vases by European masters OF the
past, and Mr.. and Mrs Copley Amorv
have placed in the gallerys safe
keeping their magnificent Copley fam
lily group and single portrait by
Copley as we'll as distinguished
portrait by Francis Alexander.
A unique collection of original
leaves from famous Bibles assem-
bled by Otto F. Ege constitute the
new exhibition set forth by the Divi-
sion of Graphic Arts In the Smith
sonlan Building this month.
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trance is to the left of the highway
Accot1nk is passed, with its handful
OF tiny, one-story residences and nicely
tended lawns. Here and there signs
say that land patents. among the very
first in the Nations history, were
issued through here. One of them
bears the date 1858.
QUEEN ANNE'S lace is blooming
now in all its pristine whiteness
and orange colored squash blossoms
further brighten up the landscape
There's cool breeze that accompanies
you for the rest of your journey.
Old Pohick Church is passed. Just
beyond it road sign says: "Old
telegraph line. One of the first tele-
graph lines in the world, part OF
the Washington-New Orleans Tele-
graph Co.. was built from Washington
to Petersburg in l847"
A few PAGES farther along a road
leads to Lorton. the District reforma
tory. 1nnumerable signs through
here advertise inns where delicious
dinners of steak, fried chicken or old
Virginia ham are served.
Now bridge leads you across the
Occoquan, or Bull Run, one of the
most famous creeks in all history
On all sides the farm land looks
prosperous. Early vegetables seem
ready for picking. Many residences
have been freshened up with new
coat of paint.
Henceforth it's roller coaster
journey over winding roads and gently
rolling hills. There's a grand view
of the mountains for at least halt
the trip. And, incidentally, the road
takes care of three-lane traffic mos
OF the way, with several enjoyable
stretches of one-way traffic.
About 80 miles this side of Fred
ericksburg a sign to the left of the
highway explains that iron was made
here in the middle 1700s. Quanticc
Creek is crossed, and soon to your
left you see the road to the Cuanticc
Military Barracks. Uncle Sans
estate here is beautifully kept and
we'll worth a visit.
AS you pass Chopawanlsic Creek the
notion strikes you that there are many
tongue-twisting Indian names o1
creeks and hamlets through here. It l.
easy to believe that a mere $50 years
ago all this was vast virgin wilder
ness. Almost everywhere the mighty
trees along the highway tower 40 to
so feet high.
When you traverse Aqua, tiny
dot on the landscape, a sign to the
right of the road points to the site
of the original Aqua Church, built in
1757.
A couple OF minutes more and you
catch a pleasant stretch of one-way
highway, extending about mile and
half. You're now apparently on a
slight mountain plateau. and the road
has many sharp curves leading
through Z forest primeval.
Evening star., 1937-07-10
NEW CRAFT ARISES
Glass-Blowing Sign Writers, of Whom There
Are Around Ten in Washington, Follow
Popularity of Gaseous Tubes.

1t isn't hard and you know it already.
A British chemist, Sir William
Ramsay, in 1895 discovered there were
five rare gases in the earth's atmos-
phere. He gave them the Greek
names, neon, argon, helium, xenon
and krypton. The three first are
used now to produce different colors
in the glass tubes. Neon gas is found
in the earths atmosphere at a propor-
ton of only one part neon to about
5000 parts other gases.
A YOUNG glass blower will tell YOU
if you ask, that he can buy a liter,
/ nlne-tenths of quart, of neon for
So, and that liter of gas will fill from
300 to 1000 feet of tubing used in
his signs. But that is getting ahead
Of the story
When a sign to be made is sketched
and approved it is then drawn in full
and exact size. A master copy is made
and from this reverse copy is traced
on asbestos paper. When a word is
complete there must still be a glass
tube projecting from the back of it
by which a partial vacuum can be
created and the gas later introduced.
Hence the reverse printing.
Apprentice and master stand side
by side. Behind them is the tracing
on the long, broad table. Before them
is the work bench. To the right are
stacked 4-foot lengths of glass, clear,
or yellow, or ruby. according to the
work at hand. There are gas flames
producing intense heat, the cross fire,
the ribbon fire and the hand fame.
The apprentice begins the letter
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on the estate Of his only sister, Betty,
who lived at Kenmore. All the other
trees long ago died, but this one re-
mains, and is marked with tablet.
Kenmore Mansion, at Washington
and Lewis streets, is open to the pub
lie. The charge, so cents, may seem
exhorbitant. However, Kenmore is
glamorous. Mary, George, Samuel,
John Augustine and Charles Wash
ington were frequent guests. 1t has
touched American history closely. and
one may still feel in it the atmosphere
Of old days and call back memories
of the great men and fine ladies who
so frequently visited there. During the
Civil War it was used as headquarters
and hospital.
X ENMORE, classic example of Co.
lonial architecture, was the
home of Betty Washington after her
marriage to Col Fielding Lewis The
mansion is of brick, with thick walls
and great rooms. 1t Is Georgian in
type and perfectly preserved. There
are Sits in the shutters for rifles in
event of attack. Old trees shade the
beautiful lawns.
Kenmore was in imminent danger
of destruction when Mrs. v. M. Flem-
ing and Mrs. H. H. Smith founded the
Kenmore Association, bought the resi-
dence and estate and preserved it for
all time. Today 1t Is one Of Americas
loyeliest shr1neS.
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The hundreds of brilliant red glass
signs that burn holes in the night
and challenge the sun in the day
time have given rise to new and
highly specialized craft in Washing
ton, that of the glass blowing sign
writer's. The field is so narrow and
the skill required so great that there
are less than 10 Of them in the city
OF these only three or four may be
called past masters of the art.
Are these artisans glass blowers OF
the old type? Are they paunchy men.
with bellows for cheeks, who used to
huff and puff on globules of molten
glass to form lamp chimneys and
milk bottles? II you had thought SO
be prepared to Danish the picture
from your mind, for they are all young
men who have learned their craft in
the last six or eight years. When the
use Of gaseous tubes became general
in sign work about eight years ago
they had to learn everything at once.
They even had to build their own
equipment, some Of which is still
in use.
Like all good crafts, luminous tube
sign writing has rich historical back
ground which apprentices and masters
alike are never allowed to forget. In
this case the origin of the art lies in
the realm of pure science, and here
is where the Greek word comes in.
Evening star., 1937-07-10
Rubber Trees Survive.

EXPERIMENTS carried on in Florida
with rubber trees of two types
the Hevia and the Castillo have
proven very encouraging to arrjcu1-
| tural experts who are seeking to es
tablish rubber plants on Floridas
Wasteland in case of future economic
or military emergencies.
| The trees have withstood tenper-
atures as low as 80 degrees and IL is
anticipated that second genera tion
trees Will prove even more adaptable
to low temperatures.
Florida cannot compete with the
cheap labor of the East Indies in
producing rubber, but if Florida waste
lands were in rubber trees and rubber
rose above dollar pound, as it did
when restriction measures were an
piled in the East Indies shortly After
the World War, home production
might become practicable
The Castillo and Hevea rubber trees
belong to unrelated families, and
olHerent methods of tapping are re-
qulred. The Hevea has a continuous
network Of microscopic tubes in the
inner bark, which seep the creamy
latex to single cut. Tapping is re-
peated by pairing the rim of the cut.
the latex becoming more liquid and
the flow increasing on successive days,
the so-called wound response. This
method of wound renewal led to COM
mercial planting in 1896, 20 years
after the seeds were taken East from
Brazil
Tapping by the Hevea method can
not be used on the Castillo tree, be-
cause the latex tubes are not con-
nected, but the latex is more abund-
ant and was much easier to collect
by native Misunderstanding with
many cuts-which, however. soon
killed the trees.
Evening star., 1937-07-10
Roosevelt
Continued From First Page. }

store. And you can also be sure that
he uses only the lightest OF light tackle
for the fish he's fishing for. He's had
the usual experiences, when fishing for
kingfish in Southern waters, of hav-
ing a big-voracious barracuda snap
off all his terminal tackle or tangling
with big. bulllike amberjack when
using tackle more fitted to catching
small reef fish. But that happens to
every angler who fishes Southern
waters. You never know The safest
rule Is this: Expect the unexpected" {"
The news dispatches recorded that
Mr.. Roosevelt lost some tackle on
tarpon down Texas way. Well, what
man wouldn't, I ask you, when he
uses l2-thread line on fish weigh
ing around between rs and 100
pounds? When you consider that
l2-thread line has a breaking strength
(weD Of about 36 pounds. the remark
able thing is not that so many lines
are broken but that the silver-sided
jumping jack of the sea ever is
landed on such light stuff But that's
the kind of fisherman the President
is. He doesn't use 40-pound test
line on hardheads nor does he use
150-pound stuff on tarpon. Like all
good fisherman, If the fish is smarter
than he he's content to say: Good
work, boy, and long life to you"
But any man who fishes for hard.
heads in the Potomac has to have
that old fishing virus running strong
in his blood. Franklin D. Roose-
welt loves it when he can't get any
thing better
Evening star., 1937-07-10

Few Artists Inspired Natural Cowboy Indian
Life the Past Century Have Survived
Sureasn and Frederic Remington Outstanding Among

an evident enjoyment, freshness Of
vision, inherently his own, not to be
assumed, and very appealing.
Il cannot think of Mr.. Remington
as strolling out on the prairie with
stool and umbrella and all the rest
OF an artists paraphernalia. nor can
I see him in my minds eyes," said
Mr.. Cortissoz, politely requesting
Three-Fingered Pete or Young Man
Afraid-of- His Horses to fall into an
effective pose and look pleasant I
see him instead on the back of a mus
tang, or busying himself around the
campfire, or swapping yarns with the
soldiers at frontier post, or 'nosing
around among the tribes"
THUS 1t is that Frederic Reming-
tons works register his virility and
sincerity today as we'll as they did at
the time they were produced. They
have none Of the studio element,
neither are they literary" The In
dians he painted are not of the James
Fenimore Cooper variety, idealized.
romanticized-they are human, real
people, people of the plains, living
their lives in their native environment
with simplicity and dignity implicit
thereto. An American sculptor, Cyrus
E. Dallin, born and reared in Utah in
pioneer days, has given us likewise, in
his own medium, interpretations of
Indian character which are eminently
true and artistically worthy.
Remington is perhaps more famous
however as chronicler of the cowboy
and his life than of the Indian and
his customs. 1t was among the cat
tlemen he lived and it was with their
eyes he saw life of the ranch and
plain. 1t was picturesque life, typi-
cally American, which had its day, a
brief one, and is all but gone never to
return. Cattlemen there are still but
OF a different type. Mostly they are
dude ranch ornaments living on the
Evening star., 1937-07-10
Art in Washington
CORCORAN GALLERY OF

CORCORAN GALLERY OF
ART-American paintings; w.
A. Clark collection paintings,
furniture, tapestries. rugs, lace,
etc; Barge bronzes; American
sculpture; etchings.
UNITED STATES NATIONAL
MUSEUM-National Art Collec-
tion-American paintings; works
by the old masters; stained glass;
objets dart; sculpture.
SMITHSONIAN INST1TU-
TON - Division of Graphic
Arts-Prints and process ex-
hibits; fine printing and IL
luminations.
FREER GALLERY OF ART
Oriental art; the Peacock Room;
etchings, drawings and paintings
by Whistler; paintings by other
American artists,
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Division Of Fine Arts-Etchings.
llthograph and engravings-color
prints and reproductions - by
leading printmakers. Pennell COL
lection, Whistleriana, Art read
Ing room.
Mural paintings in public
buildings, sculpture on public
buildings and in city parks.
Evening star., 1937-07-10
By James Nevin MiHw..

20 CLOSE is Fredericksburg to
~ Washington-only scant hour
and half's drive-that sur
priSingly few residents of the
District seem to appreciate its charms
to the extent Of making a motor jour-
ney to the quaint Virginia town with
the express purpose of looking at its
landmarks of appealing history.
If you happen to belong in this
general classification, it is suggested
here that you remedy your mistake.
Sunday morning, say around o'clock,
when traffic along Route l is ordi-
narily very light, is an ideal time for
the trip of only 81 miles.
Rest assured that you will enjoy
yourself. With streets named in the
tradition of old England, the city in
which Mary, mother of George Wash
lngton, made her home for so many
years has innumerable features of
tremendous interest, including places
OF intimate association with Wash
lngton, Monroe, Paul Jones and other
great Americans.
The four major battlefelds of the
War Between the States now included
IN the Fredericksburg and Spottsyl-
vania National Military Park are To-
Gated within 20-mile radius of the
city OF Fredericksburg (see map.
The situation Of the town, halfway
between the Federal and Confederate
Capitals and on the closest approach
from one to the other, made it an
important strategic location in the ex-
ecution of several of the Federal cam
palgns in Northern Virginia, aimed at
Richmond, the Confederate capital.
Under the administration of the
National Park Service, these four bat
tie MISUNDERSTANDING, Chancellors-
vile, Wilderness and Spotsylvania
Court House-are now available to
the public. Park drives follow the
trenches and battle lines. The numer-
Gus markers, entrance signs, direc-
tional arrows and road-name mark
ers make it easy for the visitor to
follow the battle narrative. On each
battlefield are located one or more
contact stations where trained his
torians without charge) render the
story of the conflict to the visitor.
Each Of the stations is equipped with
a visitors map upon which is indi-
Gated representative troop locations,
making the strategy and tactics OF
each battle more intelligible. Here
also are exhibited collections of bat
tlefield relics and photographs.
Although the park was established
because of its historical significance,
and this feature is emphasized, recre-
ational features have not been neg
lected. Picnic areas, equipped with
f1replaces and tables, are located on
all the battlefields. The Stonewall
Jackson Memorial Wild Flower Pre-
serve at the site Of Jackson's wound
ing on the Chancellorsville battledeld
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A FTER the hamlet of Stafford Is
= passed. sign to the right OF the
highway says:
Indian Trail. Here ran the orig
il1al Indian trail. In 1864 a road
was opened here, and in 1865 it was
extended to Aqua Creek. In 1850
this became post road. In Septem-
zer, 1871, Washington passed over this
road on the way to Yorktown, and
over it the French Army later
marched North"
You're now going deep into a great
valley. Literally speaking, the road
through here has been cut out of
Mother Earth's bed rock. In some
instances, in fact, the hillside has
been shaved as deep as so feet.
Potomac Run Is crossed and then
you pass through Falmouth, . tiny
hamlet With . handful Of antique
Evening star., 1937-07-10
II NlNEIYMlNUTE DRIVE TO HISTORIC FREDERICKSBURG
Quaint Virginia Town. With Street Names in the Tradition of Old
England, Has Many Features of Interest to the
Weekend Motorist

Is both a recreational and educational
development, while bride trail on
the Fredericksburg battlefield and
foot trails on each of the battlefields
serve both the horseback rider and
hiker.
F1RST of all, get on Route 1, the
main road to the South. often call
ed the Jefferson Davis Highway. No
doubt. as you roll along this justly
famous thoroughfare, you will agree
that probably no road within a 100
mile radius of Washington has any,
thing more to offer in the way Of
scenic variety or has more admirably
located parking overlooks. And. Incl
dentally, between here and Mount
Vernon is one of the very few sections
hereabouts where the eye, thank
heaven, is not annoyed by unsightly
billboards.
Give your gas pedal a rest so you
may really enjoy the beautiful Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway. You pass
WJSV, Columbias broadcasting sta
ton. Take note of the many fine
bride paths through here, and slow
down through Alexandria. II you've
never stopped off in this historic town,
by all means take look around for at
least few moments. Surprisingly
few Washingtonians, even the old
time residents. are familiar with the
many points of interest here. To the
left OF the main road. just before you
reach the center of town, is a large
white sign, directing you to Gadsby's
Tavern, Carlyle House and the old
Presbyterian Meeting House.
Lovely to look at are the we'll kept
falrways Of the Belle Haven Country
Club, to the right of the highway
Also inviting is Potomac Overlook
Certainly here is an ideal panorama of
green woods, blue-white sky and
ripping waves. No wonder this Sec
tion of the Potomac is so popular
among canoeists, yachtsmen and
owners of sail boats
After passing the big trafic light in
Alexandria you have your choice of
two roads. Either take the one that
leads sharply to the right, or, better
still. accept the pleasant suggestion Of
continuing straight ahead, by way of
Mount Vernon. On this latter route
you pass Mount Vernon Tourist Camp
to the right of the highway, perhaps
half-mile past George Washington's
beloved sanctuary. There's a fine new
tar surface on the road through here
A bit farther along, also to the right
Of the road, you'll note handsome
stone structure in the midst of q
lovely lawn. Stop your car and have
look. A large sign explains that
this was George Washington's grist
mill, first erected in 1760 and re-
produced in 1882 under supervision
of the Virginia State Commission on
Conservation and Development.
Half mile farther along is Fort
Belvoir, part Of the Corps Of Engi-
neers, United etatas Army. IT. en-
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white structures, most OF them wear
ing new coat of whitewash. There's
an especially fine new road surface
through here.
A couple Of minutes more and you
ride over an ancient white bridge and
into Stafford County. Fredericksburg
is at hand. Just inside the city linn
its, to the right of the highway. you
see small white building trimmed
with green shutters. This serves as
the National Park Information Serv-
ice. Without charge, you may secure
a guide here for your tour of the
major battlef1elds. However, at the
moment, 1t is suggested that, without
official guidance. you visit the follow
ing points of historical interest:
On Lewis street, near Charles,
stands one Of the l3 horse chestnut
trees planted by George Washington
Evening star., 1937-07-10

reflected glory of their forerunners
Modern invention and progress sweep
ing across the continent has brought
new life into being which has as
little relation to the past as the glar-
ing neon lights of the multiple Main
streets have to the cool, calm face Of
the moon.
Remington's first cowboy paintings
were rather garish in color. his sub
jects little too much dramatized, his
compositions rather loosely held to-
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r." He inserts small cork in one
end. At the distance he judges to
be proper from the cork to form the
straight line of the letter he must
make his first bend 1t must be a
sharp right angle. He holds the tube
in the cross fire, rolling it gently in
his hands 1t begins to glow with
the heat and become flexible.
If it becomes too hot it will fuse.
The walls of the tube will ioin to-
gether. He takes it from the fire and
makes the bend, holding it until it
begins to cool and harden Just be-
fore the glow dies out he puts it to his
lips and blows gently. In the bend-
ing the glass has tendency to be-
come thicker on the inside and thinner
on the outside. If he does not blow
into the tube it may collapse. or its
inside diameter may be reduced to
half that Of the rest of the tube.
He TURNS and lays the glass down
on the letter r. as it is drawn
on asbestos paper. 1t is still hot
enough to show a scorch mark. To
all appearances, it is perfect, but his
sixth sense tells him it is not. He
puts it back into the fame and re.
peats the performance.
He still has a u-turn to make in
the tube and double-back and then
still another angle for the leg of the
R All this time he strives to keep
the thickness of the glass on the outer
edge of the turns equal to that of the
inner edge.
When word is complete. electrodes
are sealed into each end by heating
the glass until it is flexible and then
letting it cool after it has fused at
the tips. The wires from the elec-
trodes project from the ends. Now a
smaller tube is heated and inserted
into heated part of the tubing in
the word.
The apprentice takes the trakils
glass to the pump bench.
The pump man" uses the heating.
fuslng and cooling method to fasten it
to the vacuum pump, There are still
impurities and there is moisture in
the tubing
Wires are attached to the electrode
lead-ins, They carry 80 milliamperes
at 10000 volts. just as do the signs
after being erected. The pump is
guaranteed to produce within the tube
almost a perfect vacuum. Perfection
isn't possible, of course. but it gets
within one one-thousandth.
HE current is turned on. The tube
gloWs plnkly. The tube heats and
releases impurities from the pores of
the glass as it expands. The color
pales away as moisture is withdrawn.
Inc current is cut off and the tube
cools, while the vacuum increases.
Soon the pump man" turns a glass
petcock. The pump is cut off and
from another part of the pump mech
anlsm colorleSs neon flows from a bot
tie into the tube. A red gauge, similar
10 the gasoline gauge on an auto dash
board, tells how much of the invisible
gas has passed into the tube. The
operator sewers the sign from the pump
by heating the bit of smaller glass
tube. 1t melts and fuses without loss
of gas.
Current is sent through the new
charge OF neon and the red brillianca
so familiar to us all shines forth.
Hellum IN noviel glass produces gold
color.
Argon and mercury in noviel glass
give green.
Argon and mercury in clear glass
SHINE with the blue light that Is nearly
as popular as the red.
Have you noticed the drops of mer-
curry in the bottoms of glass letter.
having the blue color?