Evening star., 1939-04-09


years or more. We knew about the
Senator's anti-monopoly legislation,
his work on the revision of the Fed
eral bankruptcy laws, his opposition
to any suggestion of Capitalization of
power and his fight for the under dog,
or, more elegantly expressed, the un-
derprivileged, but We were wonder
ing from where he got his great
popularity IN the West.
Mr.. Keating knew him first when
he was a cub reporter on a little
paper out in Boulder. Colo. The
Senator later went to Denver to ask
for a Job on the Rock Mountain
News. of which Mr.. Keating was edi
tor. He has always said that he was
turned down. but Mr. Keating, who
prides himself bit on his prescience
or Irish faith in premonitions, is
quite sure that he was the one
turned down by the clever young
man from the East. It was after
Mr.. OMahoneys trip to Denver that
he settled in Cheyenne, where he
worked on paper and later became
private secretary to the late Senator
Kendrick.
In passing: If the Prime Minister
of Ireland-or Eire-wishes to in
dulge in chat in Gaelic. now the
official language of the Irish Free
State, he will have to talk with the
Irish Minister, Mr.. Robert Bren-
nan. who can reel off a bit of the
ancient tongue in mellif1uous tones.
We do not think the Senator from
wyoming knows Gaelic although he
gives his name the original pro-
nunciation. When we heard Mr..
Brennan speak Gaelic it sounded
somewhat like the Provencals of
Southern France. The voWels sound
mouille. The English Of both the
Minister and Mrs. Brennan is the
English of Dublin--said to be the
purest in the world.
Finnish Children Exhibit
Paintings and Drawings.
It's not such a far cry from Ire
land to Finland-the people of both
republics like freedom with a cap
ital F. We must confess the art
of the two countries differ, as both
yield to climatic influences One
is more temperamental than the
other. but in both countries legend
and folklore enter into the atmos-
pheric conditions and control, to
an extent, feeling and color effect in
their compositions and literature.
We were much intrigued last week
by the exhibition of paintings and
drawings by children of Finland
which were shown at the Children's
Federal Art Gallery. We were also
impressed by the enthusiasm and
interest in those in charge of the
gallery.
Our attention was called to the
fact that the Firms must have been
alarmed by the present war scares
in Europe, for in several of the
childish paintings there are evi-
dences. One, by 12-year old
girl, entitled The War Has Been
Avoided shows a group gathered
in front of newspaper office.
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news. The grouping, the color and
native characteristics of feature and
dress were well brought out.
Most of the pictures-Water COL
ors-were of the daily life and
activities surrounding the people in
town and country. In portraiture
there was a bewitching picture of a
Lapland child, by girl of II years.
The winsome charm. the brilliant
color of the native dress, were all
pleasing. Fairy tales were the sub
ject of several. Among these were
two drawings of the Kalevala, the
Finnish national epic Their con-
ception of St. George and the
Dragon would not meet the British
idea, but it was delightful
The exhibition, which was assem-
bled bV the Finnish LEGATION. WAS