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The Washington times., 1938-01-05

The Japanese cenSorS were or
dered to supervise all incoming
and outgoing messages.
WIRELESS DISRUPTED
At the same time, the entire
Chinese staff Of the international
radio office, where Nipponese sen.
tries were posted yesterday. failed
to show up for work today. disrupt.
ing all wireless service.
British, American and other Of
ficials of the Shanghai Municipal
Council, governing body of the
International Settlement, took a
grave view of japanese proposals
for reorganization of the Settle
ment's administration in view of
recent handgrenadings and other
acts of violence against the Jap
anese.
MORE POWER ASKED
The japanese demanded a wider
share in local administration Of
the settlement, reorganization of
the police force, and the right TO
control areas north Of Soochow
Creek without foreign interference
as well as other measures designed
to tighten Nippon's grip on the
foreign section.
Members of the council con-
veyed the Japanese demands to
the British, American and other
interested governments. A promi-
nent member of the council stated
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The Washington times., 1938-01-05
D. G. Budget Up $954, Sol;
i. S. Deficit to Be Billion
S5,OOO,OOO Set
AS Lump Sum
Donation

The President today asked Con-
gress to appropriate $47,344, ,702
to run the voteless District for
1889. This is an increase of 1884,
SCI over the present year.
Autocratic officials of the Fed
eral Budget Bureau recommend
only $5,OOO,OO0 as the Federal
contribution for running the ma
tion's Capital, and in directing
how each dollar is to be spent,
down to the last penny, force the
city to face a certain deficit of
$3,347,819. On the other hand,
manipulation of the gasoline tax
and water funds will leave a sur
plus of $3.50 ,638 which cannot be
touched.
The budget is based on esti-
mated revenues from a $3.50 real
estate tax without the business
privilege tax which expires this
year. The deficit is almost GER
tain to be increased with the
failure of the business privilege
tax to bring in the estimated
$3,OoO,0O0 Tor the current year.
TAX INCREASE
Approval of this budget by Con
gress will mean that District tax,
payers must make up the deficit
either by a return to the $1.75 real
estate rate of last year and pay
ment of an income or sales tax,
or face revised business priVl-
lege tax. In the face of this Situa-
ton District officials and civic
organizations are bringing pres
sure to bear to have the Federal
contribution hiked to $7,500,0OO.
Except for isolated instances the
program is merely a sustenance
budget to continue the present
activities of the regular depart
mentS.
The school system which for the
past two years has been insisting
upon a five-year $3O,000,000 build
ing program, was given cold
shoulder.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
GREATER Navy
PLAN DRAFTED
BY YPRESIDENT
Message
To Tell Program

Q.N.S0 President Roosevelt is
assembling data for a special mes
sage to Congress outlining a new
naval building program, Navy Of
ficials and House leaders indicated
today following a White House
conference.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Charles Edison declared no final
decision was reached today on
types or tonnage but that rather
we discussed what might be done" !"
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
ACTION SPEEDED

Representative Taylor of Colo
RADIO, chairman of the House Ap-
jropriations Committee, confirmed
this statement. He said today's
conference followed up the recent
letter the President addressed to
him as Appropriations chairman,
warning that gravely unsettled in
ternational situations might force
immediate launching of an addi-
tional building program of con-
siderable scope.
Taylor said the Appropriations
Committee was going to proceed
at once with the independent Of
fices bill and follow it with the
Post Office and Treasury meas
ures. The committee will be ready
to take up the naval appropria-
tionS bill thereafter. e..
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
OTHERS PRESENT

Others present today were Ad
miral William D. Leahy, chief OF
naval operations; Representative
Carl VinSon of Georgia, chairman
of the House Naval Affairs Com
mittee, and Representative Will
liam B. Umstep of North Caro-
lima, chairman of the Naval Ap-
preparations subcommittee.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair tonight and tomorrow; not much
change in temperature with lowest to-
night about 30.
The Washington times., 1938-01-05

The Japanese cenSorS were or
dered to supervise all incoming
and outgoing messages.
Evening star., 1938-06-19
Mt. Everett
.PianoClass
Offered

WELDON CARTER, director and
w teacher Of piano at the Washing
ton Musical Institute, will conduct .
master class for advanced pianists on
Mount Everett this summer from July
10 to August Is. The following pianists
have enrolled for the course: OF the
faculty, Roslyn G. Craven. Charles I.
Davis and winifred Chamberlain.
Other students are Edgar Craven,
Gladys Fielding, Lois Mecker. Elva
Powell, Sarah Powell, Marjorie Russell,
Dorothy sornborger, Robert Taylor,
Dorothy Tendrick and Dorothy Todd.
Last Friday evening the Washing-
ton Musical Institute held its formal
exercises and recital in the hall Of the
institute.
An instrumental certificate" In
piano was given to Edwin Porter
Brereton. intermediate certificates
were presented to Edgar L. Craven,
Mary Van Allen and Morton steinberg,
piano. and Dolores Marye, violin. Pre-
paratory certificates were given to
Barbara Stellwagen and Mary Ridg-
way, piano. and Mary Martin. violin.
DR.. Edwin N. c. Barnes Of the faculty
spoke to the class and the certificates
were presented by the director. Weldon
Carter.
The program was presented by those
receiving certificates, assisted by
George Harold Miller (of the faculty.
Helen shenton and Margaret williams,
singers, and Winifred Chamberlain,
pianist. also Of the faculty.
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Adds to Interest of
Public Given to
Mellon Gift.

cation Of the life then lived. It Il
. life-sise, three-quarter-length DOR.
trait Of the Prince Of Wales-later
King Edward Villas he appeared
upon the occasion Of his visit TO the
United States in 1850. It was given
to "Mr. Buchanan" by the prince as
70 slight mark" Of his grateful recol-
lection Of the hospitable reception and
agreeable visit to the White House, /"
with the further statement that he
would never forget the cordial vel
come vouchsafed him by the American
people. The letter was addressed to
Mr.. Buchanan a. ex-President, but
undoubtedly the gift was onicial-
and who can say that 1t may not
have been this that determined the
destiny Of the Harriet Lane Johnston
collection-and In turn that of the
National Gallery Of Art.
The portrait is the work of Sir
John Watson Gordon, . Scottish
painter Of Edinburgh-appointed by
Victoria "Limner for scotland"-not
= great artist. but . good painter,
showing In his work strength and
character. With this portrait are
shown, and reprinted in the cata-
logue, two charming letters from
Queen Victoria to Mr.. Buchanan, one
accepting for the prince the invitation
to visit in the White House, the other,
later, in appreciation. Both begin
informally. MY good Friend" and
are essentially motherly, showing q
side Of the Queen which Is sometimes
overlooked.
After all, the Victorian era was not
completely one Of outstanding bad
taste. Let 1t not be forgotten that
it was in the days Of Victoria that
these dozen and more excellent and
charming paintings which led to the
inception Of our National Gallery Of
Art-and in turn to q Smithsonian
Gallery-were brought together by
Harriet Lane (Mrs. Johnston), niece
Of the President of the United States
and mistress Of the White House.
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Music College Opens
Summer Session.

THE summer session Of the Wash
inston College Of Music opens to-
morrow with . schedule Of classes
which includes theoretical subjects and
individual lessons in all instruments
and voice.
On Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock
the i've grades Of the preparatory
school hold their promotion exercises
and the sixth grade class will have it,
graduation program in the evening at
$50 o'clock.
Last evening the 33d annual COM
mencement took place in the concert
rooms Of the college, bringing to q
close the series Of programs played by
graduates - Johanna Womeldorph,
organ student Of Lewis Atwater, played
on her teachers diploma program ut
the Unitarian Church.
Marie de Porry and Anthony
Chanaka, pianists. receiving teachers
diploma, played joint program ut the
college, which included major works
by Bach. Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin
and Debussy. Frances Perry, Margaret
Cooley and Florence FAvinsky per-
formed their second-year certificate
repertoire, which included shorter
works BY Bach, Beethoven, Chopin,
0rieg, Debussy and Nendelssohn's
"Serenade. Op. H." . duo with Helen
Miller at the second piano.
Marion Wolberg and llarjorie vesta
wilkins, teachers diploma students,
were heard In works BY Bach -Tausig,
0luck- Brahms. Chopin and the 0rieg
Concerto In A Minor" With the sec
ond piano played BY Mrs. Roberta
Leia Mead Burt, violinist played short
pisces By Bach, LAlo and Doulanger,
also VeracinAs sonata On another
program.
William Collins and Elsa Kasser
shared . program playing composi-
tions by Bach. Schumann, Chopin,
Chabrier. 'valse Romantique," . duo,
with william Holden ct the second
piano, also numbers BY 0oosens,
Poulenc, de FAlla, Debu@y and the
List Hungarian Fantasie," with lfrs.
Roberts ct the second piano. Alice
Inserscll. receiving the second-year
certificate. was heard In WORKS by
Bach. Beethoven. Chopin, 1chmmaun.
Rgyel ara Oe6uDy.
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Series
Opens With
Orchestra
Civic Musicians Will
Give Symphonic
Selections.

A SYMPHONIC program has been
chosen by Or. Kurt Hetsel, con-
ductor Of tho Washington Civic Or
chestra. for the initial appearance Of
the orchestra 1T the National Sylvan
Theater, In the Warrington Monu-
ment Grounds. Tuesday, opening the
1885 summer season. under the joint
auspices Of the Community Center
Department and the Once Of National
Capital Parks.
The concert, which viii begin at
3 O'Clock. will feature 0oldmark'a q
overture "Sakuntala," Haydn's Sym
phony No. 2 in D Major" Peer 0ynt
Suite by Grieg. "Roses From the
South" Strauss waltz, and Wag-
ner's prelude to die Meistersinger. y
The Summer Festival COMMITTEES
announces that reserved section tickets
and general admission chair tickets
are available ut tho Willard, Hotel
Washington and the American Auto
mobile Association. Music students
desiring to acquire orchestral ex-
perience are invited to Join the Or
ganization.
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|HERO'S PORTRAIT HUNG AT UNIVERSIT

George WAshington as q young colo
mel; one Is owned BY the National
Society Of Colonial Danes in Virginia;
the other, executed for the Society of
Colonial Wars, now hangs III Arling-
ton House, along with copies she made
Of two other old portraits for organi-
zations which presented them to the
United States Government. These
two are Peale's portrait Of Lafayette,
for the Society Of the Cincinnati, and
"WAshington at Yorktown" Her por-
trait Of Washington the Mason" I"
painted for the George Warrington
Bicentennial Commission, Il In the
Washington Masonic Memorial In
Alexandria, and Delaware College has
her Caesar Rodney" copied from the
original in the Department Of Justice.
A portrait Of Admiral Dewey, which
Mis- Burdette painted from photo
graph, was hung in the Navy De-
partment last year. Recently por-
traits Of President Wilson and his
first wife. also from photographs. we're
placed in the Wilson memorial room
In the hdependent Presbyterian
Church, Savannah, Ga.
It is unusual for . creative artist to
be able to subordinate her individual
ity 70 completely - Miss Burdette has
done in copying these famous por-
traits BY earlier painters, and infusing
old photographs with vitality. She
employs different technique from
that with which she paints her own
portraits, flower and still life subjects.
She endeavors in every instance to
approximate the brush strokes Of the
earlier painters. She says It u much
more difncult and more time-consum-
ing to produce q good copy than to
paint an original portrait. This may
surprise the lay public.
Copying has been somewhat dis
credited because Of the numerous run
of-the-n1ine painters whom one sees
in the great galleries Of Europe. for
instance. turning out dozens Of
copies" Of famous old masterpieces
which are not copies ct an. Failure
to reproduce some subtle detail such
- Mona Lisa's smile, makes the
copy . worthless object. Hence one
regards with satisfaction Mis- Bur-
dette1 telling capture Of the facial ex-
preston - veil g the phyhacAi ap-
pearance of Gen. Lee. which are 70.
mi1iar - - hun any plaUtog1aphic
rspEoductao0S.
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Florence Vincent Yeaser viii pre-.
sent her pupils In voice and piano
in . recital Thursday evening at Sis
at Hamline Church, Sixteenth and
Allison streets NV. The following
will be heard: Dolly Ashby, Lillian,
Virginia and Carline Chandler, Stew
art oivens. Janis Housley, Margaret
Hinson, Margaret Ann johnson, Bobby
Jones, Milton Kendall, Betty Miller,
Ruth Orr, Jane Orr, Martha Polk,
Billy Polk, Gretchen Ritter, Patricia
Ritter, Nancy Ellen Repass, Dorothy
Rogers. Marian Slye, Elliott slye,
Bobby Southworth, Doris Trout, Char
lotte Wenxel, Harry M. wilkins and
Florence v. Yeager.
The Department Of Agriculture
Chorus, Robert Frederick Freund, d.
rector, will sing for the Al Club
encampment this evening. Victor Neal
u the accompanist.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Potter presented
their voice, piano and organ pupils In
recdtals on Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings at the Calvary N. Z. Church.
Mildred M. Chapman presented q
group Of her pupils in q recital satur-
day ut the Woodside School, with Lar
retta Bombara as guest pianist
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position Of the unfastened vest buttons,
revealing an expanse Of white, which
ties together the light-toned areas Of
head and hands. Several people who
viewed the portrait were incredulous
that an ofhcer accustomed to military
standards Of dress would have over
looked two vest buttons! But Miss
Burdette was able to refute this charge
Of artistic license by showing the
photograph Of Lee from which she
copied his attire.
Miss Burdette, one Of Washington's
outstanding portrait painters. accus-
toned to execute her works with the
subjects seated before her. has IN re-
cent ysars besn much tn demand for
the production e soplss of famous
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fltted for the task, but he was in
structed to design a building which in
height and style would conform with
the National Museum Building, OF
which the Washington architectural
firm Of Hornblower & Marshall were
designers. The plans were made and
approved-but nothing came of it.
They were for building to cost ap-
proximately 100000 and Senator
Lodge introduced into Congress a bill
authorizing its erection, with an initial
appropriation, but 1t did not pass.
THE bill, which authorizes the erec-
tion of q Smithsonian Gallery OF
Art, provides site, appropriates $40,-
600 for plan and preliminary study
assures maintenance when completed
but does not provide building costs
which, 1t Is understood, will be pri-
vately contributed. To those of other
nations this would seem extraordinary
but in the United States almost all OF
our museums have been built as well
as supported through private benefi-
cence-which is reasonable enough 50
long as our Government is fraterna]
rather than paternal.
The commission charged by Con-
eress with drawing up plans for the
Smithsonian Gallery of Art and carry
ing out the provisions Of the recent
act has held one meeting, at which
Frederic A. Delano was elected chair
man. The other members are the
secretary Of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. DR.. Charles G. Abbott; the chair
man OF the Smithsonian Art Commits
sion. Mr.. Charles L. Borie, jr., architect
OF Philadelphia; the head Of the Sec
ton Of painting and sculpture Of the
Procurement Division of the Treasury
Department, Mr.. Edward Bruce, and
the chairman of the National Com
mission Of Fine Arts, Mr.. Gilmore D.
Clarke. Two sites are under con-
sideration-one on the north side OF
the Mall, at about Twelfth street, the
other on the south side at about
Fourth street.-The latter practically
opposite the National Gallery Of Art
Either would certainly be very &C.
ceptable. If angels" can be found to
meet the building costs all will be well
TO RETURN to the Harriet Lane
Johnston collection which lighted
the fuse. Seventeen paintings and
three works in sculpture are in the
catalogue. The majority Of these were
in all probability acquired abroad
Mrs. Johnston was, 1t will be remem-
bered, the niece of James Buchanan
18th President Of the United States
and not only served as hostess for him
in the White House but also when he
was on diplomatic assignments abroad
Buchanan was born In Franklin
County. Pennsylvania, in 179l. From
1921 to 1881, he was q member OF
Congress, then came two years a.
Minister to Russia and two years in
the United States Senate. After -four
years as Secretary of State, he had
two years in London as American
Minister to the Court Of st. James
from which he stepped directly into
Evening star., 1938-06-19

the presidency. His niece, Harriet
Lane, had q gracious personality and
apparently exceptionally good taste,
for the paintings which she assembled
have in most instances very real
artistic merit. Especially noteworthy
are the portraits Of the great English
school-"Mrs. Hammond" by Sir
Joshua Reynolds; Miss Kirkpatrick"
by Romney; Lady Essex Is Juliet" I"
by Lawrence; Mrs. Abingdon" by
Hoppner. and Miss Murray" by
Beechey. The last Of these would have
been eligible for inclusion in the ex-
hibition Of Portraits OF Children"
held here last winter in the Washing
ton Gallary Of the Museum Of Modern
Art. for Agnes Murray cannot have
been more than 8 or 10 years Of age
when Beechey painted her in white,
high-waisted frock with her pet dog
There Is something very simple and
very lovely in the manner of presenta-
ton. But apparently at some time in
the past someone had tried to improve
upon 1t. for when this picture came
into the possession Of the Smithsonian
it represented q mature person more
elaborately dressed. In the process of
cleaning the original work came out,
and to little Miss Murray perennial
youth was restored.
The same way another painting
in this collection, a Madonna and
Child" attributed to Luini, regained
its original beauty and significance.
This is a large panel about 81 inches
hhigh by so wide, painted on wood
Because 1t was splitting, restoration
was deemed essential, and with con-
summate care undertaken. What was
the surprise Of the restorer, when
removing paint, obviously overlaid, in
the left hand corner. to discover q
little lamb toward which the Christ
Child was reaching. thus explaining
a heretofore inexplicable attitude and
gesture
The volume on THE National CAL
Try Of Art" written and compiled by
Mr.. Holmes in 1909, since reprinted
by the Government Printing once,
contains reproduction Of this paint
ing before restoration which may
Interestingly be compared with the
picture in its present greatly improved
state
This painting has an interesting
history. According to a published
statement Of the person who did the
repainting, the panel in the Harriet
Lane Johnston collection is only y
third Of the original. Another third
Is said to be in private ownership in
Boston, but the whereabouts of the
other section is not known. Whether
1t is actually the work Of Luini-Da
Vinci's pupil and close followers
by no means certain, but there Is
undoubtedly q resemblance in the
pose of the figures and style Of paint
ings to some Of this artists famous
paintings. The coloring, texture and
brush work are very fine.
A MOTHER painting in this collec-
tion recalls the time in which
1t had its inception and gives indi-
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portraits, or Of such composite pic
lures - the recently completed Gen.
Lee" She does not recall how she
happened to engage In this type q
work, but thinks her initial under
taking was portrait Of Robert Treat
Paine. painted from photograph for
Cambridge Theological Seminary. This
was followed by two copies Of the
self-portrait Of Americas first great
miniature painter, Edward Malbone,
which is owned by the Corcoran Gal
lery Of Art; one Il IN the T1fair
Academy, Savannah, Ga: the other.
privately owned.
HMIss BuRpSTT1. hkswtss painted
~ two eoptas q Fsaigs portzait q
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Recital by Students
OfMusic School.

John MANvHLE, teacher Of voice
ut the Hamline School Of Music
will present . group Of his students in
recital tomorrow evening at Sis
O'Clock in Pierce Hall, Fifteenth street
at Harvard NV. The public Is in
vited. Those participating in this re-
cital are Mildred Archer, Marta Bro
kaw. Joseph Brooks. Emile Burn,
George Irving Chandler. Lena Echen-
laub, Bruce Etchison, Kathryn Sale
English, Earl Givens. Dale Hamilton,
Beth King, Jane Leitzel. Ernest Lv-
ingston. James MAgtll, Oliver McDor-
man. Frank Mervine, Anna Katharine
Moster. Frank Myers, Margaret Myers,
John Murphy. Fanchion Rawlett, Hal
lie Mae Reed, Alice Tyrrell, Louise
Vogel. Jane Winkelhaus, Irene WOLF,
Laura Young and william Zeller.
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Students to Appear
In Song Program.

FLORENCE HOWARD will present
a group Of her students In q pro-
gram Of songs on Wednesday at $50
pm. At her studio, 1408 New Hamp-
shire avenue. The singers include
Alice Sayama, Adah Fink. Tahminah
1rani, Myra Lillian Mitchell, Helen
Claire Lyons. jeanette Barbeau and
Alberta Collins. Leopoldine Week,
concert pianist from Vienna, Austria,
will be the assisting artist. Senior
students who will assist are Eleanor
Berge. Alice Sherrer and Frances
Tucker. Marjorie Davis is the ac-
companist.
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, Florence S. Bergman.
/ PORTRAIT Of Gen. Robert E.
\ Lee. painted by Hattie z. Bur-
4 dette, was sent last week to

A PORTRAIT Of Gen. Robert E..
~ Lee. painted by Hattie =. Bur-
~ dette, was sent last week to
q a Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, Lexington. Va, to be hung in the
presidents ONCE. The portrait was
commissioned for this location, as Gen.
Lee was president Of the institution
(then called Washington College, from
1855 until his death five years later.
Miss Burdette's portrait is strong
and dignified Interpretation of char.
acter, and q faithful likeness, accord
ing to all reasonable standards. It Is
also original" In view of the fact
that it is not . copy Of any existing
portrait or any single photograph, but
was composed by the artist from
number Of sources. The photograph
used for the head belongs to Maj. Ed
ward @. Belts, U. 8. A. (now living in
Washington), to whose grandfather,
Dr.. william Le Roy Broun, colonel, U.
8. A., 1t was given BY Gen. Lee. Pre-
sumably the latter must have consid-
cred 1t . good likeness Of himself.
From Dr.. Broun's brother. Capt Joe
Broun, Lee purchased hts famous
horse, Traveler)
This photograph had not previously
been used for 4 portrait; a. . matter Of
fact, Maj. Betts said that he has never
been able to find another copy Of it.
It II not in the Brady collection nor
the Library Of Congress.
The fi1ure Of Gen. Lee in Miss Bur-
dette's portrait required q great deal
Of study because she had 10 little with
which to work. A model posed for the
ngure. the appearance Of which was
suggested by a very poor photograph,
revealing only one hand. It did, how
ever, show Gen. Lee in position
suitable for the superb head.
THE artist had no dificulty in
changing the military coat OF the
photograph to the civilian clothes Of
her portrait; she explained that the
general appearance and cut Of both
coats IN that period was similar.
Lees ruddy complexion, white hair
and beard and brown eyes are en-
phasised By contrast with the dark
gray or his suit and warm gray back
ground. Artists win immediately
recognise the advantages 10 the CON.
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SINGER to Teach.

uLYANN EVANT1, infernattonally
known operate and concert ar
fists, will accept q limited number of
students at her studio, 1910 Vermont
avenue, until August IL. Miss Evanti
has had wide experience and brilliant
successes in the leading capitals of
Europe. Lessons in Italian diction
will also be included in the course.