Evening star., 1938-03-27


South,
To oaks of low orchestral secrecies,
Standing in holy stiffness of the
years
Drinking the ample nights empur-
pied wine:
While in the cavernous shadows at
their feet
Swift wings weave gallant vest
ments for the wind"
New waking voices
Lifting a chant of triumph and de-
light,
Throb to the scented moonlight
of magnolias."
HyattsvilIe Named for
Mrs. Huntington's Ancestors.
Mrs. Huntington is the daughter OF
Alpheus Hyatt, an eminent paleon-
tologist of his time and pupil of
Louis Agassiz. BY the way, Hyatts-
vile just near by, derives its name
from Mr. Hyatt's family. His daugh-
ter must have inherited her creative
ability from him and her love and
knowledge of animals and animal Gre
alton, for her statues of animals not
only show her knowledge of anatomy
and physiology, but her sympathetic
understanding of the species, the hab-
its and the instinct of the creatures
which she portrays. There is an orig
inalitv in her art and certain lyri-
cism in her technique. Her statue OF
Diana in bronze in the Corcoran
show is not only a figure Of dynamic
power, but of poetry and action. AS
the huntress stands poised on the tip
of her toes on small sphere. with
her bow in her left hand, and her
right hand in the position of graceful
vet physical force of having drawn
the cord, there is an audacious note
of balance which is made sure and
perfect by the hound leaping at her
feet In the Brookgreen Gardens
there is reduced replica of the divine
huntress.
Procrastination Is
Blessing in Disguise.
Helas! Today is the final showing
at the Corcoran Gallery of Anna
Hyatt Huntington's exhibit of bronze
and aluminium statues and statuettes,
many of which are small replicas of
her heroic pieces which are so well
known in this country and in Europe.
One must must differ with Henri
Frederic An1iel's lament over the ills
which he attributes to procrastina-
ton when he deplores "' the
things which we leave dragging
behind" because there Is compens" lion
for instance in belated visit; far
from the madding crowd, to a de-
lectable show when one can drink
in the beauties of art without being
elbowed and having to listen to crude
remarks which may stun a sensitive
nature. Not that one wishes to appear
snobbish--not at all
En- bien! If we had gone earlier,
We would have missed the pleasure of
watching that visitor in riding
breeches and boots-spurs, too-who
must nave been a Virginian of pure
stock, whose lean, chiseled features
and skin of bronze looked a living
part of the exhibit. Melted into the
atmosphere as he stood drinking in
the charm of the Colt Six Months
Old" whose long coltish legs. graceful
head and already budding development
OF chest and forequarters doubtless
made the horseman vision that colt
when he should grow up and would be
a fit entry for the Kentucky Derby.
As he stood there he reached out his
hand to pat the colt on the neck. and
then, ashamed of his childish naivete,
quickly drew back and walked away.
Mr.. Hartgen, the young man in
charge of the Huntington exhibit, said
that colt must be strangely intriguing,
for wherever he is placed he always
steals the show. He says personally
he always feels like putting his arm
around his neck and giving him a
squeeze and that he spends minutes
in finding just the right place for him
when he arranges the exhibition. If
you love horses-and who does not
go down this afternoon and look him
over and take look at that other
just colt" in the show; he is not
so pedigreed looking, no particular
oh l.i, L,,& IL