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Club Exhibition of Miss Pearson Paintings Has Brilliant Quality
Corcoran Sales Exhibit
Receives Support With
Growing Public Favor
Art Contest Conducted
BY Club Federation Gets
Many Fine Entries

light, rendered in high key with
strongly demarked outlines. after
the manner Of Harold Western.
James Porter's street Riot" and
Margaret Cumberlands Fulton
Street, New York." in winter. are
both ambitious themes rendered In
such wise as to justify increased con-
fdence in future attainment on the
part Of the painters.
There is in this exhibition less
work in black and white than might
have been expected, Minnie L.
Briggs, Benson B. Moore and Kay
Knapp carrying OF all the honors.
Mrs. Briggs shows recent etchings
of historic mansions and old trees,
Mr.. Moore etchings Of ducks and
woodcock, and Kay Knapp draw
ings, in pen and ink and wash, Of
horses.
The prize awards were as follows:
Oil paintings-First prize to
"Spring In Maryland" by Roger M.
1tAICeaoC, oCCOAAA PANC, "OOAoeoSAs
New York." by Norma Bose; third
prize, Covered Bridge" by William
F. Walter: honorable mention, "Ver.
mont Farm" by Minor Jameson.
Water colors-First prize to House
on Prospect Street." by George Ann:
second prize, "Zinnias," by Iona
Miller Keplinger; third prize, "Mexi.
can Landscape" by Susan B. Chase;
honorable mention, Lee Mansion"
by Ruth P. Stafford.
Black and white-First prize,
Spring Air." by Kay Knapp; second
prize. "Woodcock," by Benson B.
Moore; honorable mention, Ghosts
of Yesterday" by Minnie L. Briggs.
Sculpture-First prize to Mare
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single file by Chain Gross, entitled
'Harvest," which was designed and
modelled to stand at the entrance Of
the Court Of Nations. There is no
compactness in this composition-
no actual relation to the lump
mass"-and in this it follows
modern rather than q tradition
precedent-but it was wanted to be
seen In silhouette, and this end it
serves admirably.
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which there are both light and air.
They are imbued with life, real per-
sonages, and though they make the
picture, they are merely a part of it.
Not an inch of the canvas is out
of key or inharmonious; not touch
that does not seem to have been
placed by the brush in precisely
the right place; each accent just
where it should be; nothing that
need not be said dragged in.
The same is true of two very small
paintings, neither more than by 10
inches in dimensions, one entitled
New England Parlor," the other "At
the Melodeon," single figure in
each. In the former cne of the
ladies in Conversation Piece" (the
one sitting down is here seen at
the piano; in the latter a meiodeon
takes the place of the tea table and
the player wears gown of lovely
cherry red. It would be natural to
expect works of such small dimen-
sions to be done with great precision
but herein, In this instance, lies
their surprise, for the fact is that
they are boldly and broadly painted
and convey to the observer a sense
of gusto in the doing as well as of
ease and knowing.
There are other examples, notable
among which is Lady With Guitar, u
which greets the eye of the visitor
Immediately upon entrance. The
lady in this picture is seated with
her back to the observer, the sun
light falling on her gown, and the
door beside her, from an unseen
window, with great brilliancy. To
her left is a gate-legged table on
which are two books and a vase OF
flowers near a window curtained
in sheer white. In the corner, lend
ing dignity, is grandfather's clock
with hands indicating the time OF
day. The illusion of sunlight never
found better expression through the
medium of paint on canvas.
In these paintings there has been
no evident intention of following the
Dutch or the English school-from
both of which, in style and manner
they are widely separated. In fact
they are one and all frankly Ameri-
can-typically New England-that
New England of which all our coun-
try may be proud and from which
some Of our best pioneer stock was
descended. But it is the consum-
mate art which Miss Pearson brings
70 her task as Interpreter which
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John Gernond, Young WASH
ington Painter, Exhibits in
Phillips Memorial Gallery

An exhibition Of water colors and
oil paintings by John Gernand, a
young painter, still in his twenties,
whose formal training has been alto
gether and exclusively in the Phil
lips Gallery School, opened last
Tuesday, in the Phillips Memorial
Gallery, to continue to the 9th. Mr..
Gernand intended to be an architect,
but, during q years illness, after
studying professionally in a Mid
western university, he made up his
mind that it was painting. and not
architecture, that he wished to make
his LIES work.
II wish," he now says, ito paint
4 world that is both true and poetic,
containing a balance between the
grace and musical quality OF things
and their intensity and inner mean
ing. I want my work, too, to have
some reflection Of the thought of
the age in which we live"
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Here, too, on q much larger scale
than all else, is the Young Lincoln"
the rail mender-by Louis Slobod-
kin, which was 50 Objectionable to
some that it was ruthlessly removed
from the fair, where 1t had been
installed in the Garden Court as q
fountain figure (not . very appro-
pirate placement. to say the least) ,
and now In bronze, is to be put in
the new Interior Department Build.
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The Public Library Shows
Suzanne MuIIett's Water
Coiors of Mexico

The water colors by Suzanne Null
lett now on view in the Public Lii
brary, Eighth and K streets NV,
make very effective showing. They
were, with perhaps . couple Of ex-)
ceptions. painted in Mexico last
summer, and evidence = distinct
advance on the part of the artist.
Water color Is a dincult and exact
ing medium, and to handle it well
takes courage as well as gift and
experience. Miss Mullett evidently
has this all-important quality. Her
painting Is bravely direct. What
she has seen and has to say is set
down definitely and without hesita-
ton. Her use of color is excellent
and those things which she has
chosen to present are essentially
paintable.
Particularly attractive is her rem
dition Of Royal Palms" in soldierly
array. Also Of both a Road at Pin
de Ia Questa" and the Lagoon" at
the same place.
Miss Mullett is the granddaughter
Of the late A. B. Mullett, architect
of the State Department Building,
and the niece of the late Tom Null
lett, who was also an architect. She
is herself not only a water colorist
and decorative designer but also
teacher. The exhibition at the Pub
lie Library will continue throughout
November.
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art for an infinite number of years
is that quality which we call taste"
and which, in the present hurly-
burly of life, seems to be disappear
ing. It is the evidence of the pos
session of this quality on the part
of the painter which makes the art
of Miss Pearson so uncommonly
gratifying.
Etchings and Lithogrophs by
American Printmokers at
the Arts Club

Fifty etchings and Autographs by
well-known American printmakers,
published by the Associated Ameri-
can Artists, at the popular price of
IS each, are on view until November
"a in the reception room, dining
room and hall of the Arts Club. In
cluded in this showing are works
by both conservatives and progress
sives, which not only gives oppor-
tunity for comparison, but freedom
of choice according to personal
preference. Moreover, the Hanging
Committee seems not to have played
favorites, works by Biddle, Curry
and Grant Wood being given equally
favorable placement with those of
Gordon Grant, Philip Kappel and
G. JAG Young.
It is the conviction Of the or
ganization known as the Associated
American Artists that prints should
be the peoples art, just as were at
one time the color block prints of
japanese artists, and therefore those
they issue are priced very low. Un-
doubtedly this is an advantage to
both artists and public, but one of
the frailties of human nature is
to covet that which is rare. The
majority of etchers print not more
than IS or 100 impressions of
plate, and then destroy it, partly to
insure the quality of each print,
more especially to give added value.
There is very much in the skill
with which an etching or a litho-
graph is printed, and to suppose
that a plate turned over to a COM
mercial publisher for multiple print
ing would yield the best possible
impressions is trifle Utopian-but
it has been done. In fact it is just
this that Joseph Pennell, who was
himself, in ideals, q perfectionist,
proposed should be done when he
left his own plates to the Library
Of Congress to establiSh . National
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American Life as Reflected
in American PAINTINGS

The first of the lectures In tho
regular course sponsored by the
Washington Society of the Fine
Arts for the current season will be
given next Wednesday evening in
the lecture hall of the Chamber Of
Commerce of the United States. It
will be on American Life as Re-
hected in American Painting" and
will be illustrated by stereopticon
slides of paintings shown in the
very engaging exhibition held in the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New
York, last summer in compliment
to the New York Worlds Fair. The
lecturer will be A. Hyatt Mayor.
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Special Exhibition in the
Corcorun Gallery of Art

The CorcorAn Alumni Sales Exhi.
bition, which opened on November 2
and will continue to the end of the
month, Is finding much favor. Five
sales were made within the first few
days and there was assurance that
others would follow. These first nve
were virginia Sum-" by william De
]. Rutherford; Bouquet" by Evelyn
Lloyd: "Plowing," by Mitchell jamie
son: virginia Barn." by Marguerite
Kumm; "Brickyard Shanty," by
Margaret Cumberland, and walter
Burr" by Muriel s. Clark.
The Corcoran Gallery Of Art will
open this afternoon two notable spe-
cial exhibitions-one Of drawings
and Autographs by John Sloan and
the other Of portrait miniatures by
members Of the American Society Of
Miniature Painters.
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The Fifth Annual Metropolitan
State Art Contest sponsored by the
art department of the District OF
Columbia Federation of Women's
Clubs opened in the foyer Of the
United States National Museum,
under the auspices of the National
Collection of Fine Arts last Wednes-
day afternoon with a private view
and reception, at which time the
various awards made by local news
papers and merchants were pre-
sented to the winners.
The jury Of award, consisting OF
Lester Stevens, painter; Hans Schu-
Ter, sculptor, and Clifford K. Berry,
man, cartoonist Of The Star, cannot
have had an easy task, as the works
eligible, because of merit, were un-
commonly numerous and the gen.
eral average Of attainment high.
There are in this exhibition more
oil paintings than water colors, but
the latter make by far the better
showing. In fact, the standard
which these paintings, in what is
supposedly the weaker medium, up
hold is quite exceptional. Outstand-
ing in matter of breadth Of treat
ment and effective presentation are
such works as High Pastures" +"
by Lucia B. Hollerith; Maine
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Popular Prize Awards in
Connection With Land
scupe Clubs Exhibition

In connection with the recent an
nual exhibition Of the Landscape
Club in the Arts Club, the following
popular prizes were awarded on bal
lot Of visitors: First prize to A. J.
TED Nesirsr for his painting entitled
Our Ttalee Trip: second pei1o b
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American Print Makers
Have Local Exhibition
Showing Peoples Art
Nationalistic Spirit Marks
Collection of Sculpture
For Federal Buildings
Bv Leila MechIiu.

delight to come paintings good in quality and
which
gallery Of the Arts Club 2o7 NV where they
the next two weeks.
Phiadelphan by long
obtained Among
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and Foal," by Kathleen Wheeler;
second prize, "Fari," by Zelda
Hirsch; honorable mention, Mother
hood" by Mrs. Guy r. Veale.
This exhibition will continue until
November %.
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Ing. A gawky figure 1t Is, to be sure,
and q sad dull face: eyes closed and

ing. A gawky figure 1t Is, to be sure.
and q sad dull face; eyes closed and
suffering; anticipatory Of things to
come, perhaps, but not so kindly
and wise as it should be to represent
this great God-fearing man, whose
heart was full Of tenderness to all
who suffered. Lincoln's uncouthness
which George Grey Barnard, and
now Slobodkin, have chosen to repre-
sent was q mere external and gives
no glimpse of the inner man-power
Of mind and strength Of character
which made him what he was. To
split rails is neither great hardship
nor distinction; 1t was what Lincoln
did with the rest of his time that
lifted him above the masses. On
these grounds, the Slobodkin statue
utters only truths.
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Calcographie Museum, the Library
publishing unlimited editions there
from to be sold at very moderate
cost. Undoubtedly most plates will
yield a much larger edition than
is as a rule printed, but the wis
dom Of thus reducing market values
Is still under discussion. Meanwhile
the Associated Artists are putting
the matter on trial. Here are signed
prints which normally would sell
for at least $40 on sale for one
fourth that amount.
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Henry w. Olson for painting en-
titled "Fisherman's Shack" while
for third honor five painters were
tied-Roger Rittase, James H. Tur-
ner, Lester B. Stevens, H. w. Moore
and Garnet Jex.
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Probation Reform

In declaring that probation admin
1stration in many cases has "degen-
Grated into lax and purposeless ex-
ercise OF judicial clemency which
complicates rather than facilitates
the administration of Justice" the
report on that subject issued by the
Department of Justice after three
year study, draws attention to a
field where there is self-evident need
for reform.
The report, covering one phase of
general survey of criminal justice
procedure, finds the probation sys-
tenn laboring under three handicaps:
Arbitrary and unrealistic statutory
restrictions"; inadequacy OF super
visory officials, and the careless atti-
tude OF the courts themselves in
using the probation device.
This would indicate that improve
ment generally is demanded, and the
Importance Of such reform is empha-
sized in the declaration that, despite
its shortcomings, "the advantages Of
probation as an aid to crime preven-
tion and to the rehabilitation of Of
tenders far exceed its weaknesses and
defects"
The criticism for the most part is
directed at conditions in State courts,
but Federal tribunals are not found
without their faults, and it is here
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A Fiction Dies

In a few carefully chosen words,
the Supreme Court yesterday struck
down a legal fiction which had re-
suited in the setting up Of a privileged
class among American taxpayers to
the detriment Of the people as a
whole. For nearly three-quarters Of
a century the court had clung to the
doctrine that there was an implied
constitutional immunity which pre-
vented the Federal Government from
taxing salaries of State employees and
the States from taxing the incomes
of Federal workers.
This doctrine had its origin in a
statement by Chief Justice Marshall
in his famous opinion in the case of
McCulloch VS.. Maryland that 1.-THE
power to tax involves the power to
destroy" This gratuitous observa-
ton found ready nourishment in the
lively jealousy with which the Fed
eral and State governments guarded
their respective perogatives, and
from it sprang the chain Of decisions
which carried the principle Of re-
ciprocal immunity from oppressive
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there is a green light, but this is not
always true.
All this confusion there, and at every
corner in town, is due just to one fact:
The signal lights never were designed
for the pedestrians, but strictly for
motorists.
There is no reason in the world why
the Press Building corner should lack
a signal for the southbound west side
pedestrian traffic. The walk" signs,
that have been tried out at Thirteenth
and F. streets for over a year have
helped the movement there, especially
the left side traffic.
Why not give the pedestrians green
lights on left sides? Surely no motorisr
would ever be confused by such lighting
There are many places where the
pedestrian now has to take great risks
because Of the lack of any signais
directly In front of him. know one
corner where two deaths Of pedestrians
occurred, and 1t Is not unlikely these
deaths were due to lack of any distinctly
pedestrian signals.
All OF the signal lights downtown
have overhanging brims, in some places
making 1t impossible for the pedestrian,
looking sideways as the system requires,
to see the light at all, as he moves down
the left side Of the street.
March %. LEFT SIDE WALKER.
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Shooting Stors
By PHLANDER JOHNSON.

Cheer Up.
Oh, de bull frog out on de waters edge
Singin' de lonesome song,
De screech owl hollerin' f'om de hedge
VIII note so sad and long,
An over yonder acrost de hill
Whah de daylight singers loved to trill,
You hears de note of de whippoorwill
Singin' dat lonesome song
So hush-a-by, honey, an don't jine in
A-singin' dat lonesome song:
But go to sleep as quick as you kin,
Cause dey doesn' mean no wrong.
A hard-luck story don never win
Much interest fr1lm yoh friend nor kin;
Dey jes' gifts drowsy when you stahts In
A-singin' dat lonesome song.
Evening star., 1939-03-28
CHEVY CHASE, MD.

Dear Sir:
1T Is always refreshing to turn from
the front-page wars, killings and in
nature stories. recently received a
letter from a brother at Kenton, Ohio.
and quote this, which I thought might
interest you and your bird friends:
"'My hobby is feeding the birds in
winter. feed them right outside our
dining room window. and watch them.
I wouldn't give q cent for it II couldn't
see them eat.
lone day recently we had as guests
cardinal, bluejay, flicker, dove, black
sapsucker, robin. Startling and, Of course,
sparrows. There were others, but those
are all can mention of1hand. The
pigeons came, Of course, but we look upon
them more as poultry than birds, but they
are always welcome, and how they can
stow away the food.
"They are not choicey-anything in
the way of food they eat with gusto. It
is interesting to watch the different
species eat. Don't tell me they don't
reason or think. A jay will pick up a
grain Of corn, fly to q limb and hold 1t
with his foot while he picks out the heart
Of the grain, discarding the rest Of it.
some sense, eh?
sour flicker friend cannot hold the
corn with his foot as the Jay does, SO he
reasons out another way Of approach; he
Grams 1t into crack In the cement walk,
then proceeds to crack 1t, and, not being
as discriminating as the jay, eats all the
pieces.
"'The cardinal can crack the corn on
the walk, and he also eats all the pieces
that Is, he will eat all the pieces the
impish sparrows do not grab. The SPAR
rows cannot crack q grain Of corn, so
they Just hang around when the cardi-
nal gets busy.
"I think great deal Of these maligned
little creatures. They do help to keep
down the insect pests in my garden. The
robin Is In class by himself. He wants
worms. When he cocks his head to one
side on the lawn he usually has located
an angle worm, and when he gets hold Of
1t he uses strategy. He doesn't pull too
hard-just holds 1t firmly, lets the worm
wiggle, gives it little yank, lets 1t ooze
out, and it's all over for Mr.. Worm
Il have a pool In my backyard, and
during those coolest days broke the ice
and watched the mockingbirds, among
others, take their bath. Not too cold
for them. They are full OF pep.
II saw one, stalked by cat, turn
on him and put him to rout, with fur
flying.
The mocker in the space Of 20 feet
swooped down three times and each
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Tool of the Axis

1t is one OF Cne paraQOXeS OF tne
Spanish war, and symptomatic Of
what lies ahead Of Spain that after
a month of earnest effort to sur
render, and thus bring peace once
again to the Iberian Peninsula, the
Republicans find themselves still in
a technical state of war with General
Franco, although there is no longer
any question Of serious hostilities
with the Republican army breaking
up and General Frances forces
marching into Madrid.
Apparently, from the thin excuse
on which peace negotiations were
suspended, General Franco is deter
mined to avoid any such thing as a
formal peace. The reason is not hard
to find, although one must look be-
hind General Franco to Mussolini
and Hitler for the real answer.
Formal peace would destroy the
continued resistance which serves as
the pretext for keeping the Italian
expeditionary force in Spain. The
eagerness of the Republican leaders
to surrender, since Premier Negrin's
ousting, was a blow to Nazi-Fascist
hopes for prolonged unsettlement in
the peninsula which would require
the presence of foreign troops to
assure the political victory" of the
Nationalists.
Mussolini is under obligation to
Great Britain in the Easter pact of
last year to withdraw from Spain
when the civil war is settled" but
the pronouncements Of his political
and journalistic lieutenants show
that this pledge was subject to
definite mental reservations. "Set-
tlement" is a vague enough term to
enable Italian troops to remain on
Spanish soil indefinitely.
The connection between Spain and
the aggressive designs of the axis is so
clear as to leave no illusions. Terri
torial aggrandizement, particularly
by Mussolini In the Mediterranean, is
facilitated If Italy can threaten
Frances security through the passes
of the Pyrenees. Mussolini looks to
Tunisia, Djibouti, and Suez, as he
has now clearly stated, and Spain
has a role to play in attaining these
goals, a role dictated by the lien Mus
solini holds on the Nationalist cause.
Evening star., 1939-03-28
THIS AND THAT
81 Charles r. Tracetuel.

time touched the cats back. The cat
escaped through hedge.
Sincerely, AK"
~ + +
Here again we find bird lover speak
ing up for the English sparrow.
Viewed rightly, and that is with tol-
Grafton, this sparrow Is q bird as well as
any.
While 1t has some poor, rather than
bad points, in regard to general bird life,
1t also has some good points.
As something to watch, 1t rather shines,
we think. If feeding the birds is mostly
done to afford entertainment, and that Is
the fact, despite any high-sounding
claims that may be made otherwise, the
English sparrow is one Of our best actors.
He and she is always on the Job, always
full Of vitality, always attending strictly
to its business Of eating.
The female, in particular, is q fetching
little bird.
She has rather more sense than the
male, and a prettier coat, being less
sooty, and more pleasing, with her soft
gray breast.
So much has been said against these
birds that many observers utterly fail to
recognize the beauty OF the female Eng
lish sparrow.
If she were suddenly presented as
rare foreign specimen, they no doubt
would rave about her.
Presented as Java spice bird, or some
such, the female sparrow would enjoy
the admiration OF ALL
- ~
Just as plain English sparrow she
seldom wins admiration from these
watchers, until such time as they come
to their senses. This is a pleasing devel-
opment, for it brings such watchers to
their full share of feeder enjoyment,
from which they had been depriving
themselves through their willful dis
obedience to the great human law Of love.
Humble English sparrows permit the
right thinking man or woman as much
opportunity to exercise this faculty Of
the mature human as any other living
thing.
Perhaps it would be found that tyrants
the world over, lost IN world OF their
own lopsided thinking, are animal haters,
rather than friends. Evidently it does
something to them.
Liking for dogs, let us say, is not so
much an exempliflcation OF the sporting
instinct. as of mans natural bent toward
love. at least with one side of him.
Cultivate this, and 1t grows into larger
love-
Begin with English sparrows, and you
may end with humanity, and a larger
vision
Great trees from little acorns grow.
In world Of hates, no one should be
afraid Of kindness, but rather haunt It,,
If necessary, in admiration OF humble
English sparrows, and from them up
to the larger forms of life.