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think that perhaps the Trustees Of
Art Museums may have been bit
too generous of late in lending treas
ures which are in reality possessions
of priceless value Of the world at
large.
It should be remembered that ships
do sometimes 60 down, as well as
burn up, and that other unavoidable
accidents haunt the paths of paint
ings that leave their secure home
to travel in foreign lands. Would
it not be better that we, doing hon.
age, should go to them rather than
that they should come to us? After
all there is, furthermore, special
delight in seeing works Of art in
their own lands-as well as an ap-
propriateness.
Majority of Masterpieces
From Private Collections.
Obviously this does not refer to
masterpieces of painting already in
the United States, and in this par
ricular it Is gratifying to know that
the WdJOTlty VI CIlc WOIAo w UC oCV
forth in the Masterpieces Of Art"
exhibition at the Worlds Fair will
come from American collections.
Many of these are private collections
which means that the works loaned
may otherwise, save by very linn
tied circle, be seen at no other time.
Glancing over the list Of works
promised 1t Is interesting to note
how many OF the private collectors
who are so generously making loans
nave come into the market In very
recent years, and what a number
reside outside Of New York in the
Middle States and in some instances
West Of the Mississippi.
The paintings In this exhibition. to
which. by the way, the President has
lent his Claude Lorratn landscape,
shown last wear in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, and the National
Gallery Of Art certain treasures from
the Mellon collection, will be ar.
ranged chronologically BY schools
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while savoring Of today should
reach into tomorrow.
Old Masters and
Contemporary Artists.
When the Worlds Fair OF New
York was originally planned the In
tention was to omit an exhibition OF
art, under the conviction that art
in action" motivating the design
of the fair as a whole, gave sufficient
evidence of its place, not merely in
an exposition, but in life. So great,
however, was the outcry from con-
temporary artists and art associa-
tions that modification was first
made through the inclusion Of an
art building to house and exhibition,
Nationwide in representation, of the
works of living American artists.
Then, through the generosity and
broadmindedneSs of group, prefer
ring to remain anonymous and
therefore styled Art Associates,
Inc," arrangements were made for
the erection of a second building to
house and display works by old mas
ters lent by collectors and museums
in this country and abroad. and to
be known as the Masterpieces of
Art" exhibition.
The former-that of contemporary
arts under the direction of Holger
Cahill, chief of the section of Art of
the w. P. A. The latter has been
assembled and will be directed by
w. r. Valentine, director of the De-
troit Institute of Art and one of
the leading art authorities both in
this country and abroad. Neither
Of these exhibitions can be seen as
yet; thier opening having been de-
layed in the first insctance by the
building being still under construc-
ton, and secondly by certain exhibits
being tardy in arrival.
Transportation Risk
Emphasized by Fire.
1t was by great good luck that the
five paintings to be lent by The
Louvre, Paris, to The Masterpieces
Of Art Exhibition at the Worlds Fair
were not on the s. S. Paris when she
burned at her dock recently. They
were to have been transported by
this carrier, but had not been taken
aboard. The group includes Char
din's famous canvas La Benedic-
ite," besides great paintings by
Fragonard, lie Main, Poussion and
Clouet, the loss of which would have
been irreparable. This makes one
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Travelling Show Selected
From Biennial Pictures
Numerous Cities Will See Works
Ranging From Traditional
To Sophisticated Mode
By Florence S. Beyrvman.

The biennial exhibitions Of the corcoran Gallery Art Wash
ingon outstanding displays from the standpn national
and value contemporary paintings Painters all sections
their works Months of labor
Gallery Of selection price
exhibition 1t surprising
that 1t is shown but six weeks and then dispersed.
Actually it is not completely dispersed
American OF Arts with headquarters in this city will take
Watson adviser OF the Treasury section
associate editor of the Magazine
travelling exhibition from the
OF IS to 40 paintings
Gallery
been promised to the Federations show.
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IL is interesting 10 see now the
miniature Biennial compares with
the original exhibition, as analyzed
by Miss Mechlin in her review on
March 26. She mentioned the
country wide representation, with
the majority of paintings from stu
dios in or near New York, the Ma
tion's art center, and l8 from WASH
lngton and vicinity. The travelling
Biennial has to date nine paintings
from New York and an equal num-
Der from Pennsylvania; others from
such distant places as New Mexico
and New Jersey, Maine and Texas,
Illinois and Georgia, and, finally,
two paintings from Washington, by
Edward Bruce and Nicolai Cikavsky.
Miss Mechlin further mentioned
that pure landscape is growing
scarce, still life is Ito the fore, and
nudes or half-nudes evidently popu-
lar" With respect to landscape, the
miniature Biennial is evidently not
entirely representative, as it includes
IA landscapes, more than one-third
OF the total But it has fine flower
and still life subjects and two of
the popular nudes, as well as six
other figures and portraits.
Inclusion of Spring Evening"" by
Ernest Fiene, which was awarded
the Fourth w. A. Clark Prize of
$500 and Corcoran Honorable Men,
ton Certificate, and also of Nicola
Zirolis White Pitcher" which re-
ceived second honorable mention,
makes the travelling Biennial better
than rs per cent representative Of
awards.
Beauty is expressed in no uncer-
tain terms in at least II of the trav-
cling shows paintings. Among these
are Redfeld's large canvas, The
River Edward Bruce's "Moffatt
Farm" Hayley Levers Late
Spring" Roswell Weidner's The
Willows" its shimmering color sug-
gesting Glackens or Renoir; RAN
dali Davey's Rosie" and Simka
Simkhovitch's "Sonya." both excel
lent portraits of little girls, but
strongly contrasted in rendering;
Flower Still Life by Adrian Siegel,
with charm of color in its fresh
flowers likely to be overlooked in
the current Biennial because of the
canvas small size; Nicolai Cikov-
sky's Corn and Peaches" (and sew
eral other vegetables and fruits !;
Hobson Pittmans Winter After
noon," a fascinating symphony in
orange and blue and a beautifully
balanced composition.
The travelling Biennial furthermore
ranges from paintings in the ira
ditional mode to sophisticated abb
stractions such as c. L. Purviances
"Gardenia"; from subjects of primi-
tive appearance, like Ipcar's Winter
Hunt" to complete presentations of
life. such as Moses Soyer's Girl at
Sewing Machine" Regarded in its
entirety, the federations little cross
section OF the Biennial will supply
an authentic glimpse to thousands
of persons far from Washington who
were not able to view the original.
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Little Galleries

Nelson Rosenberg In George
to,Un.
The first one-man show by Nelson
Rosenberg, Washington painter,
is now on view at the Little Gallery.
Georgetown, until May 13. He has
been working for the w. ?. A. for
the past three and a half years, and
IA Of the "a paintings shown are
loans from the administration. The
exhibition as whole reveals ver-
satile talent with a definite prefer
ence for satire and fantasy.
Mr.. Rosenberg's ability to paint
pure landscape with an appreciative
eye for exquisite color and pictorial
charm is revealed in six or eight Of
his water colors. notably "Novem-
ber," also "Hamilfarbs Farm"
"Buckwheat Field" and key
Bridge" But the majority of his
works are either fantasies in which
the unseen becomes visible, or Carl
catures Of types and places. In these
the artist is an ironic commentator
on his fellow man and incidents and
situations in ordinary life. Most of
these paintings are devoid of beauty,
either Of color or composition, but
that they are interesting and stin-
ulating cannot be denied Their ap-
peal Is intellectual rather than vis-
ual.
An outstanding characteristic of
Mr.. Rosenberg's paintings is the
sense Of action and movement,
which he obtains through several
devices-depiction of speed as
comets tail attached to the baseball
smashing into the reaching glove in
out at Third; use of acute angles
IN his compositions; drastic simpli-
fcation OF color and form which
produces a vivid appearance Of speed
In several paintings Of buses and
cars roaring along the highways.
These are extremely effective.
The Pitch, Phantasy and Equilib-
rum" Is a transcription of the sue
cessive movements Of a pitcher
winding up and throwing the ball,
which is bound to recall to some OBJ
servers the famous Nude Descend
Ing the Stairs" However, "The
Pitch" Is not cubist in character, and
there is no intention Of implying
that Mr.. Rosenberg was inspired by
the earlier painting. He said the
idea came to him while watching a
pitcher in action.
This artist has built his painting
upon firm foundation of study in
New York City at the Art Students
League, Pratt Institute, Grand Cen.
trail School Of Art, National Acad-
emy Of Design and New York School
of Fine and Applied Arts.
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has found, is tangible manifestation
Of the miracle of art"

AAeAo ASoAAAy 40 toAA6A ANlC AAloAAA4SCteA kASAA
OF the miracle of art"
Primarily Lydia Bush-Browns silk
murals are for decorative purposes,
but also they are pictures, and not
infrequently pictures of places to
be readily identified. For example,
one was of Bermuda with its white
toy houses, decorative branching
cedar trees and blue water dotted
by butterfly boats with tiny sails
spread. Others were of scenes in
Persia, which the artist visited some
years ago; a few were of New York,
and two or three of city roofs and
gardens seen from back windows
in Washington and New York. All
of these. needless to say, were con-
ventionalized, reduced to the lowest
equation with all the essentials re-
tanned. The impression made on the
artists mind through actual vision
found expression from memory with
personality thrown in.
1t seemed to have made no diff
ference what the theme-the sky
scrapers of New York. the fishing
feet off the coast of Brittany, fish
from the depths of the seattle
procedure was the same and the
result equally happy. In more sense
than one the modern idiom was
used, for into these designs crept
a consciousness that we of the pres
ent day have become "air minded
therefore the high horizon and the
downward looking point of view
But the principles that Miss Bush
Brown enunciated and has used
are those which have, through
common agreement, become tradi-
tional. 1t is this which gives her
work stability. Let it not be for
gotten also that this artists talent
was inherited, she being the child
OF a sculptor father and painter
mother, but the gift bestowed at
birth has been cultivated and has
fowered along purelysoriginal lines.
From the first Lydia Bush-Brown
has had an extraordinary color sense
and comprehension of the require
ments of decoration.
Her manner of presentation was
particularly engaging, enthusiasm
for her art bubbling up delightfully."-,
but never overflowing, nor obscur-
ing the factual. In short, this was
a memorable evening.
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eler and Etcher, Shows Work.
A comprehensive exhibition of
etchings and dry points by Cadwal-
lader Washburn, held in the New
York Public Library during March
and April, afforded Frank Weiten-
kampf, curator of the hbrary's print
collection and one of our leading
authorities on the graphic arts. op-
portunity to survey this etchers
career and estimate his achievement
in an article published In the Lii
brary Bulletin. After personally pay
ing high tribute to Washburns work
he remarks that going his own
way is his predominant charac-
teristic," but explains that he does
1t with calm confidence, Unsuitable
in his quest, indefatigable in his
work, steadfast in his artistic in
tegrity." Those who have had the
pleasure of seeing Mr. Washburn's
prints exhibited here in the Smith
sonian Institution and the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, as we'll as the Arts
Club, know how true this is. Incl
dentally, Mr.. Washburn is now on
his way to Teneriffe to reclaim the
more than 200 paintings and prints
he left there when conditions in
duced by the Spanish war made 1t
necessary for him to return to the
United States.
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emily the meetings Of monarchs and
the discussions of boundaries have
been going on among our neighbors
overseas for a much longer time
than we Of today always remember.
Because of Poland's present stra-
tegic position, especial interest at
taches to her art exhibit at the
Worlds Fair.
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before us OF foreign lands carry
conviction; undoubtedly they are
veracious, but also they have real
loveliness, no matter how drab and
dry the land or how commonplace
the surroundings. Hers was the
artists eye which discerns beauty in
unlocked for places, and hers the
power to make 1t evident to others.
And how far flung must have been
her travels! Here we have on the
canvases she so ably painted
glimpses Of scenes in Spain and
Portugal, France, England, Mexico
and our own United States, each
showing, what is more, the distinct
characteristics of location.
With these landscapes and town
pictures are hung, happily, several
paintings of flowers which add color
and beauty. These are uncommonly
sensitive in handling and peculiarly
lovely to behold, even in this season
Of young leaf and blossom. Most
elaborate is a large canvas, window
in Paris" which shows large vase
Of flowers set against the light-an
extremely difficult problem in trans
cription, but rendered practically to
perfection without an error in tone
relation or color combination. 1t is
atmospheric, blithe and at the same
time controlled. Scarcely less notable
are Summer Flowers" "Phlox,"
Mexican Jar" Purple and Orange
or for that matter less charming.
Can anyone question the integrity
of such beauty in art? 1t would
seem impossible.
The oil paintings hang In the
gallery of the club; the water colors
are to be found in the reception
room, dining room and hall, the
latter a little too crowded for the
available space, but still declaring
their merit. These, too, have the
authoritative touch and witness to
the artists understanding OF the
limitations as we'll as the poten-
tialities of her medium. Especially
engaging are the ones she did in
Mexico and in Guatemala. 1t is not
given to many passing from this
world to leave behind so rich a
heritage, testifying to strength as
we'll as gentleness, to valiancy OF
spirit and clearness Of vision, while
at the same time enriching those
whose privilege it is to find therein
both enjoyment and inspiration.
How better could an artist be
memoralized!
MuroIs on Silk
Displayed by Lydia Bush
Bro1Dn at Arts Club.
In the Arts Club on recent
Thursday evening Lydia Bush
Brown (Mrs. Francis Head showed
a group of her silk murals, COM
menting upon them most interest
ingly as each in turn was displayed.
These, done on Chinese silk Of
varied texture, were, she explained,
produced in the same manner as the
batiks Of the East.
A design is conceived, a cartoon
made. From the latter the outline
is placed on the silk with an imple-
ment not unlike q fountain pen, hot
fluid wax being substituted, however.
for tnk. Then comes tho dyeiuS.
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Notable Prints
Arms and Wengenroth Both
Win Prizes.

John Taylor Arms and Stow Wen
genroth. etcher and photographer,
respectively. advisers on Pennell
Fund purchases Of prints by con-
temporary printmakers for the ma
tional print collection of the Library
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Of Congress, have both recently re-
ceived coveted awards. To an etch-
ing by Mr.. Arms, entitled "Refec-
tions at Finchingfield," was voted
the Ellsworth Woodward Memorial
Prize by the Southern Printmakers,
whereas to ithograph, Picnic" 4"
by Mr.. Wengenroth the Mary S..
Collins Prize was given by the Phila-
delphia Print Club in connection
with its 11th annual exhibition, set
forth in its own unique little gal
leries,
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ing exercise. 1t did not go off as we'll
criticism were spoken. Gen. Marshall's
answer was not sharp. but it was firm
He replied that he had received the or
der only the night before and that the
exercise in question required more time
for preparation. Whether it was the
adequacy of the explanation or the
flrmness of the tone in which it was
given, it apparently made an impress
sion on the A. E. F. commander. In
1919 he appointed him his aide and
Gen. Marshall returned with him and
served in Washington for nearly five
years. His wife died in 1927, and when he
married Mrs, Katherine Boyce Upper
Brown, of Baltimore, in 1881, Gen. PERISH
ing was best man at the wedding
Since then he has served in China. as
assistant commandment of the Infantry
School at Fort Benning, Ga; with the
9th Infantry at Fort Screven, Ga; with
the Illinois National Guard. and three
years ago he was promoted to the rank
OF brigadier general and ordered to VAN
couver Barracks, Wash, to command
the 5th Infantry Brigade. He came
here from the latter post year ago.
Active in Community Life.
For Gen. Marshall the change was
not without some regret. He is fond of
garrison life, and with schools to at
tend, staff assignments and tours with
the National Guard and Organized Re-
serves, little time is left to spend with
troops. He has always participated &C
lively in the community life Of the
posts to which he has been assigned. At
some posts he has had tennis courts
and other recreational facilities estab-
llshed to make more attractive what
at some garrisons can be a monotonous
routine existence. He likes dancing and
on one occasion, when attendance at
post dances was not what he thought
1t might be-, called in two girls in their
teens to give the regimental band 4
little instruction in how the newest
tunes really should be played. The
band improved and with it the attend
ance at post functions.
The common prerogative of new
commanders to change things, widely
INDUCED in from company to CORPS
area, is not likely to be exercised by
Gen. Marshall in his new post. The
ramif1cations of the preparedness pro-
gram an too many and far reaching,
Construction of new quarters in the
Canal Zone must be co-ordinated with
the enlistment and training of troops
to fill them, and to man the new anti
aircraft batteries still under construc-
ton. BY the time the new planes are
ready pilots must be ready to fly them
and mechanics to service them. The
plan $50 vast that merely the admin
istration of it without change will be
all one man can look after. Matters of
policy, too, must be reviewed in the
light of a rapidly changing military
science. Developments in Europe and
the Far East must be interpreted to
apply to the defense of the United
States, which is more and more becom-
ing question of defense of the Vest
ern Hemisphere, even of the idea of
democracy itself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-07-02
Japanese Ban Tall Corn
To Guard Communications

PEIPING, China P,.-There will be
no corn-or anything else tall-growing
within quarter of mile of highways
and railways in North China.
An official order to this effect has
been handed down by Japanese army
officials in move to eliminate possible
hiding places for Chinese guerrillas
striking at lines of communication.
Any farmer caught violating the order
Is liable to severe punishment and con-
fiscation of his land at the hands Of the
military.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-03
To the Courts
Cleveland Plain Dealer)

Cleveland Plain Dealer)
 The s7,50Oo0O damage suit which the Republic steel Corporation has filed in Federal court against the steel union and TOO of its alleged members is likely be interpreted primarily as a legal maneuver to counter the claim for similar amount which the union recently filed with the National Labor Relations Board. as representing the wages due 5000 former rkers which the corporation. it is charged, has not fehired although ordered to do so by the board
 Like the unions claim, the corporations suit is probable prelude to long legal battle the final de- cision in which may be in the United States Supreme court
 The Repubiics action resembles in some degree tne case Of he Apex Hosiery Company of Philadelphia which recently awarded punitive or triple damages agaHls Inc members of a CIO textile union for in- tiries suffered as result ot 8 stdown strike. The sit-doWn did not figure however in the Little Steel WalEout of l937 the results of which the basis of tae Republics suit. The Apex case is now being ap- pealed. Its ultimate adjudication is likely to have important bearing upon the Republics suit.
 The Republic charges that the violence incident 10 the strike breach of the antitrust law and
 conspiracy in restraint of trade" This recourse antitrust legislation, evidenced in the Apex and Republic cases is a step in resistance to unioni- zation. Labor spokesmen contend that recent legislation specifically exepts unions from such pro- secution The ultimate determination of this point is certain to have vital bearing upon the future of n- dustrial relations in America.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-03
MORE POWER TO THEM

Fr r9 Department announces successful 20oo-horsepol Iadial air-cooled aircraft engine. s1ely five yeals ago was freely predicted that the limit for the type had been reached with output about one-han as great The new engine is of 500 lsore horse power than the giants which only year ago were hailed as he powerful radials yet pro dtced That was n the early tests of the tansocean n,ing boats of the Yankee Clipper class. Now add- taonai manufacturers of ar-cooed engines are known to be about ready with 2000-horsepower types.
 : 1iquid-cooled engines. in the development of which de United 5tate> Jagged for decade, are in pro dicuon With luly as sreat horsepower. Meanwhile tle large engine builders are known 10 b. making pYoge .e tlC development of so-ealed flat" engines of yesy large horsepower so designed that they may se buied wholly within Inc wings of huge bombers 4lld commercial air liners
 2 IlHs forward march of engine efficiency and Dovcr charaelaiae8 not by gradual progress but by ams4ngN rapid strides, is outstanding tribute to the development work of the American aircraft in dust1y which n a few short years has given us in place oi the old flvrd prcn propeller the controlabe pitch tbc constant-Speed and the fufeathering types hydraucaly or electrically conuolled-each to add it's important share in utilizing full advantage the flow Of power unieashed by mightier engines.
 h thIs poueI-plant development the National Ad- vtsory Committee for Aeronautics has played an im- portan role especially through it's research into slotted cowings and effective filming and baffhng for aircooled cylinders for the purpose of making efec- tive cooling possible for powers previously believed u- manageable because of heat. Further research of this kind is one of the many reasons why the NACA now seeks additional laboratory facilities strongly urged by Colonel Lndbergh after his air tour of in spection
 Fortunately developments such as the 20OO-horse- power engine just announced of definite value not merely to carry more bombs farther than ever before but to make swift and the air raids of peace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-06-03
WE CAN DO IT roo

The curative possibilities of human Information still of unknown. But the mere fact that shumans be subjected to the process familiar in srnany animals is startling discovery Without drugs and merely by surrounding the body temperature with ice, Drs Temple S. Fay and Lawrence w Smith, of Philadelphia, have been able to keep patients for days in state where their heart beats perceptible only by the eectrocardograph meaboism is reduced to 10 or 20 percent digestive processes stop All of these effects similar to true Information
 Quite obviously they constitute the most complete "rest' of which living body can be capable. Even the activities Of germs the body tend to slow toward halt.
 This hibernating condition is far deeper than