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orable mentions went, by the same
method, to a small painting in oils
by Charles A. r. Dunn, MY Wife
and Baby; to Winfield Scott Cline
for q water color, Getting Ready"
and to Oke Nordgren for = work in
black and white. "On Long Island"
The voting was done by members Of
the club, and by credits" under 4
carefully worked out system. the range
being prescribed. According to this
ballot Mr.. Jameson's prize winning
picture topped the list with 1888
points and Mr.. Dunn's portrait study
followed with = total OF 1880. There
was q considerable number OF rum
ners-up which gave indication Of va
rance in Judgment as well as Of even
ness in merit, and 1t was interesting
to note that these favorites were, As
were the honor winners, almost alto
gether the works of conservative
painters following old traditions rather
than attempting to break new roads.
This does not mean however. that
the show As q whole is backward
looking; far from 1t. In fact, few
exhibitions that the Landscape Club
Of Washington has set forth have
given, rs does this. indication Of cur
rent trends. The tendency to be bru-
tally frank is at present quite the
vogue. and not infrequently the sole
purpose Of the painter seems to be
to strike the public in the eye and
thereby gain attention. On the other
hand it must be confessed that those
who eschew this forceful method fall
into the error OF underemphasis.
which results in sheer dullness, and
to be bored is less exciting but no
more pleasing than to be hard hit.
The truth is that neither is good
painting. and good painting is what
we really want. Indeed, despite much
current forgetfulness. painting is an
art, and unless 80 practised has no
excuse for being The layman regards
painting first according to result
and second with interest in the way
such was attained. There is a sheer
beauty in paint on canvas, or for that
matter on paper, but it all depends
upon how it was put there and what
it stands fort is not a mere hap
pening, Mr.. Whistler to the contrary,
and none knew 1t better than he.
Outstanding in this Landscape Club
exhibition, for beauty Of execution and
unity Of effect, are two paintings by
Minor s. Jameson-the prize winner,
Winter Sunshine" and q second, a
summer landscape, Near Pawtucket.
Vermont" both Of which are simple
enough in theme but attain signifi-
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foundations remained. The millrace
and millpond Allied up, and there sur
vived little to indicate that mill had
been there.
In 1891 the States survey of historic
sites made it evident that, next to
Washington's birthplace, this was
probably the most neglected historic
spot in Virginia. It's proximity to
Mount Vernon gave assurance that q
restoration of the mill would be seen
by many tourists, so it was undertaken
as . State project. Careful research
disclosed detailed information regard
ing its construction. Excavation at the
site revealed the original foundation of
this and other buildings. Stone was
procured that had come from the old
Warrington quarry on Aqua Creek,
which produced the stone for the orig
inAl mill. Wakeman's mill near Front
Royal was found to have the proper
type Of machinery, some Of which was
salvaged for use here. The work
progressed with great care and every
detail was authentically reproduced
The restored nill was run at times
for the edification Of important visi-
tors.
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our leading public and private print
collections. More than once his works
have been reproduced in the publica-
ton known as THE Fifty Best Prints
OF the Year." high and much COW
eted honor.
This exhibition of prints by Mr..
Woiceske is the first of the series to
be held during the current season in
the Smithsonian Building, selected
and arranged by Mr. Ruel P. Tolman,
acting director of the National Col
lection Of Fine Arts. Other etchers
to be similarly honored are James
Swami, r. H. Palenski, Cyrus Leroy
Baldridge, Harold L. Doolittle, Eliza
beth Orton Jones and Elizabeth White,
none of whom has shown here before
Hordtio Walker, Painter OF
"Ape Maria" in the Corcoran
Collection, Dies.
Horatio Walker, painter of ave
Maria" in the Corcoran Gallery Of
Art. and of other famous canvasses,
died on September 81 at his home on
the lie d'Orleans, near Quebec, and
another distinguished figure in the art
life of the last half century has van
ished from mortal sight. Born at
Listowel, Ontario, 80 years ago, the
son of an English army officer, Mr..
Walker was distinctly Canadian, but
so closely was he associated with the
activities in the field of art in the
United States that the inclination
was to claim him as our own. Dur
ing the 80s and COS he was much in
New York, and for many years ex-
hibited regularly in our leading gall
leries his works both in oil and water
color, receiving thereon the highest
awards. A quarter of century ago
a new canvas by Horatio Walker was
an event in itself, and museums Wed
for the privilege of display as we'll as
for purchase. Mr.. Walkers we'll
known painting, "Oxen Drinking" now
belonging to the National Gallery of
Canada, at Ottawa, was, when COM
paratively new, included in one of
the Corcoran Gallery of Arts exhibi-
tions of contemporary painting.
The only instruction that Horatio
Walker ever had was from a minia-
ture painter, J. A. Fraser of Toronto:
otherwise he was self-taught. Michel
angelo and Turner he claimed as his
patron saints" and he undoubtedly
learned through careful study of the
works of the masters, but the fact is
that he was richly endowed with
genius and the ability to master a
technique which gave him adequate
power OF expression. The subjects he
most loved and painted best were from
the lives Of the simple French Canad-
ians among whom for over IS years
he made his home. He was called
the American Millet" because Of his
representation of peasant life, but
further than this there was little SINH
larity between his paintings and those
of his great French colleague.
The City Museum, st. Louis, has
his Wood Cutters; the Albright Gal
lery, Buffalo, his sheep Shearing";
in the Metropolitan Museum, New
York, are his Narrower" and "The
Sheepfold." But after all, fine as
these are, they do not compare in
spirit and distinction with the "Ave
Maria" which may well be accounted
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Bulletin of Current Exhibitions

ART Seventeenth street and New York
drawings Of sculpture
Kang Caves Augusta Adiikin
and M. Hotchks.
WASHINGTON 2o7 street NW-Twenty NTH
exhibition of Landscape of Washington.
INSTITUTION Graphic Arts The Mall at
sW-Exhibion etchngs dry points and aquans
r w. Woiceske of Woodstock N. Y.
MUSEUM Natural History Building Con-
Tenth street NWExhibiton Of 200 prints
artists, Federal project, w. P. A.
SW-Exhbion Of pictorial photography
by Tmmons of Coshocton, Ohio.
PHILLIPS MEMORIAL GALLERY, Twntynrst NV
selected
gallerys collection in arrangements.
Building Eighth and x streets NW-Speca
OF colors by Olin Dows
HOWARD UNIVERSITY GALLERY, 2401 Sixth street NV
reproductions Of modern paintings.
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Restoration Work Near Mount Vernon
Offers Opportunity to Make Mill
Popular Relic.

tempted to carry of souvenirs. and it
is impossible for him to prevent this.
He needs assistance if visitors are to
be allowed in the buildings. However,
If there is ne one about and you show
sufficient interest, he may unlock the
door to the mill and allow you to enter.
Just inside the door Is a large fireplace.
wood piled up, but no fire is laid or
burning.
There is the complete equipment Of
q e-Revolution grist mill, includ-
ing 4 .l6-foot breast-type power wheel,
geared with wooden cogs to turn
wheels which are geared similarly to
two large granite millstones, one for
wheat and the other for corn. All OF
the machinery Is handmade of hard
wood. But there is evidence that the
wheels have not worked for a long
time. A blacksnake skin lies where
its owner shed it. On the floor and
on the working parts are little piles
Of wood dust. The worms are hard at
work, slowly, but steadily, devouring
what Is probably the only mill Of its
kind in the world.
On the floor above is the complete
equipment Of . cooper's shop, including
a shaving horse. tools for shaping
slaves and . two-man smoothing
plane. They are not labeled ~ mu-
scum pieces, but are lying about in
their places awaiting . workman, just
such : workman Is George Washing
ton Scott, for he ID = master carpenter,
thoroughly skilled In their use. He
can cut slaves just rs they were in
Washington's time ana bind them to
make barrels.
Scott can tell you the history Of the
mill. The original mill was built here
about 1885 by Augustine Washing
ton. father of George Washington.
George acquired it from his elder
brothers widow in 1852, and his diary
indicates that he became greatly in
terested in it. He rebuilt it in 176o,
and at times visited it daily. Indeed,
it was the last place he visited before
his death.
THE mill continued In use rs long
as the Mount Vernon estate re-
mained in the family. but when the
Mount Vernon Ladies' Association took
charge, 1t was abandoned ana neglect
ed. The stone was earted away fer
other buildings until nothing but the
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By Lewis Barringfon.

VI THE tall horseman. master OF
Mount Vernon. one of these days
should canter down miles to his
L grist mill, as he once did, he would
see a shrine to his memory, but a
shrine neglected and rotting away.
There is the same sycamore, grown to
mighy proportions, but threatened sad
ly by decay. The large stone building.
a reproduction built for the Washing
ton bicentennial celebration, 1882.
stands locked and deserted on the orig
inal site, a hillock near Dogue Greek.
whose waters join the Potomac so
yards below. In the rear is q restorA-
ton of the miller's cottage. empty. The
other buildings and the wharf are
gone.
Instead of being greeted by the mill
er, as Washington was, you can only
peek through the keyholes and windows
of the mill and examine the mud-daub-
ers' cells around the doors. Perhaps
you may see black widow spider which
has BEEN incased in the mud as food
for larvae. You will find the miller's
cottage quite spick and span, but
locked and without furnishings. You
may climb down into the dry mill
race in an effort to see the mill wheel,
but you will find that q better view
can be had by leaning ever the tall
race below.
If you look for the iron ring in the
sycamore to which Washington tied
his horse, you will find only an i'm
mense cavity which has been filled by
tree surgeon. On the smooth sur
face Of the filling are the signatures Of
many tourists. The C. c. c. boys who
were working on the road last year
evidently had no pencils, for they have
punched her initials into the filling,
exposing the tender sap-wood. Fungi
already have begun their work of de-
struction, and the tree surgeon will
have to return soon or decay will kill
the tree.
IF THE tide is in, you may see q man
down by the boats in the creek.
Upon inquiry he will turn out to be
the caretaker, George Washington
Scott.
Scott has learned from experience
that it Is not wise to let all passing
tourists into the mill. Many have At
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painter henceforth, that in 1924, he
moved with his family to Woodstock,
N. Y, and began studying under John
Carlson. one OF our leading landscap-
lists. He has remained in Woodstock
ever since, painting and etching for
the most part the country in that
vicinity, following no particular school,
but striving to satisfy his own high
ideals. For the outdoor world, espe-
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The variety in facial types lends
further interest, some being essentially
Chinese while others are Tartan. but
above all there will linger in the men,
ory of the visitor the impressive grace
of the standing figures, the serene
unearthly expression on many OF the
faces, and yet in all these faces and
figures there is sense of life everlast-
ing, something without beginning or
end.
AN exuberent feeling for life." Miss
Mullikin has said. seems to have
caused the rock to break forth with
human figures like tree with leaves.
1t is not, we surmise, as something
produced by m.n. but a work of
nature, without artifce, to be taken
for granted.
For over 1900 years these sculp-
lures have looked down upon all that
has happened in China. and have
ments and also the destructiveness of
knaves and vandals, eloquently wit
Messing to a great religious movement
while holding its secrets inviolate.
Today these sculptures are jealously
guarded by handful of priests and
villagers. We ask ourselves how long
they will survive. and because Of the
uncertainty of the answer, are more
conscious of the great contribution
Miss Mullikin and Miss Hotchkis have
made through the medium of their
paintings and drawings
Miss Mullikin and Miss Hotchkis
have told their story of their Journeys
to these caves and how the work was
accomplished, in small volume print
ed in Peking in 1885. elaborately lie
lustrated by reproductions Of the
original works. More lately Miss
Mullikin has contributed to the March,
1888. number of the National Geo.
graphic Magazine an even fuller ac-
count of the sculptures.
Landscape Clubs Exhibition
In the Arts Club Varied
And Engaging.
The twenty-fifth annual exhibition
of the Landscape Club OF Washington,
which opened week ago today in the
Arts Club, 2017 1 street NV. is one
of the largest and most comprehen-
sive that this organization has yet
held. Approximately 10 works are
included in the catalogue, of which
the majority are in oils, with a fair
number also in water color and in
black and white.
The clubs medal was voted to an
oil painting by Minor S. Jameson
entitled Winter Sunshine" and hon.
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age Of Is, having shown an aptitude
for art, he went to st. Louis to work
in a stained glass studio. To this
work he gave the best Of 20 years,
designing and executing windows tor
churches, chiefly in the West and
South. During all this time he spent
his spare hours painting, and it was
probably with the idea of being a
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cially in winter, he has great fond
ness. His etchings have been widely
exhibited by various professional
bodies, and he has been elected to
membership in the Society Of Amer
ican Etchers, the California Print
makers, the Chicago Society Of Etch-
ers and other similar groups, besides
which he is represented in many OF
Evening star., 1938-10-09

r THE tall horseman. master Of
Mount Vernon. one of these days
should canter down miles to his
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
9Th Regiment to
Present w ar
Play at Du Sable

Colonel William J. Warfield,
commanding officer Of the 9th
Infantry, announced this we e
that the regiment will present
the great war drama, Journeys
End" May 2O-21, at DuSa b | c
high school under the direction
of Lieutenant Wesley B. John
son, a senior student at Good
mans Theatre School of Dramat-
ic Art.
The entire cast will consist of
the enlisted men of the 9th In
fantry Regiment. On the general
committee assisting Col. War
field in directing the business
end of the show are Major An
derson F. Pitts, regimental ath-
letic director; Captain c. U. Tur-
pin, regimental supply officer;
Captain James B. Cashin, adju-
tant; Lieutenant Fleetwood M.
Mccoy, personnel adjutant; Lieu
tenant Wesley B. Johnson, "Play
Director and Warrant Officer
Walter 0. Dyett, director of the
9th infantry band.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

sumo marital relations after her
return from singing engage
ment abroad in 1884 was given
by Miss Brown us the reason for
the rift Ia their happiness. She
told the court that her repeated
efforts at reconciliation were in
vain. Attorney w. A. c. Hugh
es, Jr., represented her.
Miss Brown married DR.. How
ard secretly i'll Portchester, N. VI
in 1882 while still a student AT
Juilliard School of Music and
graduated that year. While at
Jullliard she also won the Mar
garet McGill scholarship, y three
year alumni award. The mari
age was not publicly known until
nearly two years later. DR.. IIo--
ward Il the son Of Rev. Florad7
Howard, vicar Of 5t. Jude Chapel.
New York City. He is graduate
OF New York university and was
pursuing medical course at
Flower Hospital when his marri-
age became known.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

your vote he is too independent
to be thoughtful of the interests
OF the many whose votes he paid
for. Whether the voter gets paid
directly or indirectly is beside
the point. A new kind of politi-
cal revival on the pay-as-you-go
basis would be a "face-saving'
process. If political leaders of
the right sort would educate the
people on the theory, practice and
power Of political organization,
they would find intelligent pre-
cinct workers who would wiling
ly give their time to organiza-
ton matters. You can't say this
plan will not work because it has
in other places.
Intelligent participation in gov
eminent can become as serious
as religion. The rising tide Of
racial cooperation in politics is
just as possible and effective as
in the field of business. In the
Second and Third wards there
are hundreds Of orthodox church.
es, store fronts and spiritualists
gatherings that get along on the
pennies from the people who live
there. Why not have political
center in every two blocks where
those in attendance would pay
the rent themselves. Over a
period of time they could save a
small fund to pay for signs and
sample ballots in the interest Of
the candidates Of their choosing.
Sooner or later, politics to them
would not simply be the activity
of a few ambitious individuals
but process in selfgovernment
whereby the ordinary citizen will
become more articulate in the
functions and responsibility of
government. The people ought to
learn the value of their vote in
terms Of prestige and services
and should market it in these
terms. Such an intelligent
movement would win the acclaim
of the press and pulpit.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
WESTSIDE NEWS
By L. B. BAILEY
HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. STEVENSON

Mrs. S. A Stevenson died
Thursday, April 81. Funeral ser
vices were held April Is at HOO
a. M, at the Greater Union NJ.
B. c. church, Damen avenue
and Warren Blvd. Condolences
were sent by the senior choir,
Sunday school, missionary So
ciety, State YMA-, Baptist Wom-
en- Of Illinois and the Nurses
department, who gave their SER
vices to the bereaved family.
Mrs. Stevenson leaves 5 aunts,
4 uncles, Z nieces and host of
Of friends, who shall long re-
member the colorful and useful
life she lived. The funeral SER
vices were attended by many,
among whom was your reporter,
L. B. Bailey.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01

der to make some of us realize
this we may have to educate
them by pickets and boycotts of
present exploiters. But in the
meantime we must get prepared
to cash in on the opportunities
that develop. We should begin
a war on all non-Negroes who
are getting what we need and
should have.
For example, we should picket
the local office of the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance company be-
cause they will not hire us as a.
gents and refuse to make loans
on Negro property. While we
would not injure that company,
it would dramatically show Ne
groeS how much farther their
money would go if spent with a
Negro owned insurance company.
So let us not fight a particular
race as such, but all those who
take, all and give nothing in re-
turn.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01


the ability to get along with 9TH
ers, and z, not to be ashamed Of
church affiliation.
Among other outstanding AL
pha K a PIP Alpha wome to
whom tribute was paid were a
few of those who have achieved
in the field Of music, namely,
Eta Moten, Marian Anderson,
Antoinette Garner, Hazel Harri-
son; those who have won Phi
Beta Kappa honor, Bobby Scott,
Hazel Brown Williams, Anna
Frances Broadnaz; in the field
of education, Charlotte Hawkins,
Brown, Mary Branch, Margaret
Davis Bowen, Hazel Mountain
Williams, Sadie /. Daniels and
Ethel Hedgeman Lyles; as Deans
of College women, Ann Jackson
Hartwell and the greatly beloved
and revered Lucy D. Stowe, late
dean Of women at Howard uni
versity.
Miss Ida L. Jackson, dean of
women, Tuskegee Institute, and
Past Supreme Basileus, introduce
ed the speaker Of the evening.
Marian F. Johnson, Basileus OF
Beta Xi, presided. Cleota Collins
sang, accompanied by Lorenzo
Jordan Cole.
The conference accepted the
invitation Of the Memphis dele
cation for next meeting of the
Southeastern Regional. Confer
eHce delegates were loud in tl,eir
Praise Of the courtesies Of the
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
PILGRIM REST HAS
IT'S ANNIVERSARY

Pilgrim Rest M. B. G. church
was glad to have as their guests
the following churches and their
pastors: Stony Hill M. B. C..
church, Rev. King, pastor;
Friendship M. B. G., Rev. Porter,
pastor; Rose Hill M. B. G..
church, Rev. Cleveland, pastor;
Progressive MB.C, Rev. Moore,
pastor; and Mount Sinai M. B.
c., Rev. Galloway, pastor.
We raised neat contribution
on our pastors first anniversary
and received other gifts from
members and friends. 0. Per-
kins, reporter.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
NEGROES. VERSUS JEWS

There is a recognized anti
Jewish feeling on the south side
on the part of Negroes. This
may be accumulated by the flood
of printed matter in our daily
papers relating the persecution Of
Jews in other countries. There
are, of course many tangible
reasons for this. However, we
must not ape the patterns Of
others and become prosecutors
Of any race. In our communities
Greeks, Germans, SwedeS and all
white nationalities treat us in the
same manner as Jews. They all
find us a fertile field for exploit
alton. They find us care-free
and jazz-mad. They can make
money by us and can thereby
gain eminence and security for
themselves. Some smart Negroes
have done the same thing.
The more, we can see our own
opportunities to improve our lot
on the buying power of Negroes,
the better off we will be. n Or
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
GREATER GALILEE
CLOSES RALLY

Greater Galilee M. B. c., 628
w. 18th st., will close their
Zodiac rally Sunday, May l..
Captains of this rally were Dea-
con c. C. Gilmore, Brother H.
Martin, Sister Lottie Shank, Dea-
con J. J. Shank. The public is
cordially invited to be with US
and help us put over this drive.
Rev. F. S. Gilbert, pastor; Lottie
Shank, reporter.
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
PENNIES AND POLITICS

For years it has been a notori-
Gus legend that the Negro vote
can be bought for a very cheap
price. Every book in the college
libraries on the subject Of social
and political philosophy state the
fact. In every urban center
| where there is a large Negro
vote, some few white men be-
come important in their own group
because they claim to have the
Negro vote in "their vest pocket. .
This ought to mean something to
those of us who take politics Sc
riously-more ought to take poll
tics seriously because through it
many jobs and services are a
valuable and the prestige of the
race may be raised considera-
bly,.
Since the vote may be cheaply
bought some scheme may be de-
vised whereby we who have only
pennies may buy our own way to
prestige and jobs. For example,
in the Second and Third wards
where we control the vote and
the leadership, the voters could
begin on the inStallment plan
and finance a respectable cam
paign by the fall election. It is
a travesty on democratic govern
ment to have individuals pay
six thousand or more dollars to
be a successful candidate.
Some Of the best men in those
wards who could best represent
the people don't have that kind
of money. When an individual
spends that kind of money for
Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1938-05-01
WHEELER CHAPEL C. Nj, e.
CHURCH
REV. A. r. DAVIS. Pastor

Sunday school, $50 a. M;
morning service, II a. m; Ep-
worth league, 6 p. m; evening
service, 1880 p. m. Each second
Sunday evening, junior choir
musical at 8 p. m. Each third
Sunday, senior choir musical at
8 D. m.