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some philosophers claim, that
psychic vibrations of some kind
emanate from all our moods.
For this brief season, we can
avoid unhappiness as far as possi-
BILE and seek out pleasant things.
Among art exhibitions, for instance,
we can select those which promise
positive reactions, rather than feel
ings Of futility-which are, un-
fortunately, what some contem-
porafy shows produce in the aver
age visitor.
1t has been remarked in this
column before that the profess
sional and amateur photographers,
when left to their own devices, al
most invariably choose pleasant
subjects. Month after month, this
fact is demonstrated by the exhibi-
tions arranged in the Photography
Gallery Of the Arts and Industries
Building, National Museum. During
December there is Members
Show of the New York Camera
SAAS, SoAAPooAAAS IlCdl ~ ~ pllOtO-
graphs. Again one discovers that
the man with a lens records we'll
being and contentment, beauty or
at least picturesqueness.
New Ideas Revealed.
There is no intention of imply
ing that choice of subject matter
is the chief distinction of these ex-
hibitions of photography. Nearly
all of them reveal experimental
ton in arrangements, textures and
ideas. The present show ranges
from traditional portrait studies to
a surrealist effort entitled Study
in Crime" apparently obtained by
photomontage plus double exposure
There are attempts to obtain pat
terms from many different objects;
one, for instance, captures the en-
tire side Of an apartment house in
such way that the rows of win
dows, seen from a perilous angle,
make rectangular design. Pump
kins in baskets form a pattern the
photographer has entitled "Ovals. u
Since the photographers are rep
resented in the current show by
several photographs each, it is pos
sible to discern individual tastes
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Birds and Other Subjects
EtchingS and Aquatints by
Benson B. Moore at Arts CLUB.

Benson B. Moore at Arts Club.
Benson B. Moore, we'll known both
for his paintings and etchings, is
holding an exhibition of the latter,
at this time. in the drawing room
and hall of the Arts Club, sharing
honors, as it were, with Mr. Hibbard,
whose paintings hang in the gallery.
Mr.. Moore, like Ernest D. Roth, is
half-tone engraver, and first
turned to painting and printmaking
for his own pleasure. In recent
years, however, his avocation has
become his vocation and now takes
all his time OF the 80 prints that
he is now exhibiting, the majority
are of birds and animals, studied at
the Zoo, or in the open, and rem
dered with really extraordinary skill.
Especially we'll has he rendered birds
and fowls through the medium of
etching giving indication of their
characteristics and texturally like
wise of their plumage. His prints
of Quail and "Woodcock" are eSpe-
cially artistic and true, as are also
his pictures of owls, Harris Hawk"
and "Downy Woodpecker." In
some instances he has shown the
birds in flight, as for instance,
| startled Buffleheads." Occasionally
he renders his birds in color, as in
Passenger Pigeons" Wood Ducks"
and "Peafowl," using method quite
his own and decoratively very at
tractive.
OF his animal subjects certain
ones stand out for pictorial COM
position and subtle rendition of
characteristics. Among these are
"Leopards Reconnoitering,' Noun
tain Lions" and Gray Foxes" the
first two of which are aquatints, as
are his prints of Blue Heron" one
of which hangs over the mantel.
Much may likewise be said in
praise of some of Mr.. Moores etch-
ings of boats, buildings and harbors.
He has a good eye for composition
and often a very sensitive touch in
the employment of the etching
needle. but occasionally his hand
is a little heavy. The sincerity of
his work can never be questioned,
and this is a sterling quality. Mr..
Moore, while an excellent teacher, is
himself almost entirely self taught.
The worth of his work, which, by the
way, because of his modesty, he
prices almost absurdly low, is well
understood by collectors here and
abroad and he is represented in some
OF our leading museums as well as
in the Bibliotheque Rationale, Paris.
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Corcoron Gallery of Art

Anne GOldthUQlte E Z h1O1tS
Water Colors and Prints.
A special exhibition of water COL
ors, etchings and Autographs by
Anne Goldthwaite of New York,
opened in the Corcoran Gallery of
Art on December Is, to continue to
January II. Although Miss Gold
thWaite maintains a studio in New
York City and is a member of sew
eral of the leading professional art
organizations there. she is a native
OF Montgomery, Ala, and, contrary
to established custom, spends all of
her summers in the deep South"
This accounts for so many of her
subjects being Negroes and Negro
| life in this part of the country.
These are very true and quite mimi
table; they have environment and
| appeal-the latter inherent but also
made evident through the artists
sympathetic understanding.
What could be more typical of
the old South than her etching en-
tiled "Saturday"-a picture of an
old cart, with wobblety wheels,
drawn by very lean mule and
driven by a perfectly happy indi-
vidual of dusky color, vending its
way along a hot, though shaded
street as if it had all the rest of life
to get somewhere. There is nothing
sordid or vulgar in Miss Gold
thwaites pictures of the South, but
when she represents the low class
whites OF the North there sometimes
is. Perhaps this is invoked by dis
dain-or more likely the irresistible
temptation to show up that which is
almost unbelievable.
Miss Goldthwaite has amazing
skill and cleverness in her drawing
whether she uses brush, needle or
crayon, and while this may be q
great asset. it is also a thing to be
feared. For instance, her water COL
ors, while exceedingly clever, only
give slight indication of what she
may have meant to express, good
enough for her own purposes as
studies or memoranda. or for Show
ing to an intimate circle, but not
for public exhibition. It Is not quite
fair to be 50 meagre with the public.
On the other hand, when it comes to
etching or dry point, she uses line
with much more satisfactory results
as for example in drawings, in line
only, of a flutist and violinist play
ing vociferously. Far better still are
her more serious works in this me-
dium; two or three portraits which
will always stand with the best. OF
these one is of Harold Bauer, noted
musician and president of the
Friends Of Music in the Library Of
Congress-; another a Head of q
Woman" and q third Of "An Eccle-
siastic." The last two were both in
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land, after which, for some time, It
was again in Italy in the collections
of Cardinal Fesch of Rome and
Claudius Tarral. Then back it went
to England to Thomas Wentworth
Beaumont-father of the first Baron
Allendale-and from him to his di-
rect descendant, Wentworth Henry
Beaumont, Viscount Allendale-
whence it came to Mr.. Samuel H.
Kress in New York. 1t was included
in the italian exhibition arranged
by the Royal Academy in London in
1880, and previously in the Burling-
ton Clubs exhibition in 1912; the
Royal Academy's exhibition In 1876
and in the exhibition held under the
auspices of the British Institution
in 1848; in all of which, incidentally,
it was accredited to Giorgione. How
fortunate we shall be to have it here
for all time in our National Gallery
of Art.
Paintings of Winter
Ne1D England Scenes By Aldro
T. Hibbdrd ShOUn at Arts Club.
Winter has come to the Arts Club
by way of an extremely engaging
exhibition of paintings by Aldro T.
Hibbard, the majority of which are
snow scenes Mr.. Hibbard lives at
Rockport, Mass, and, as stated in
these columns last week, is a pupil
of the Boston Museum School, but
he has done most of his painting in
New Hampshire and Vermont, and
almost invariably when snow is on
the ground. OF the 16 pictures that
he shows here, at this time, all but
two or three are of nature in winter
dress. Mr.. Hubbard paints broadly
and his works have exceptional
strength. He is undoubtedly a real
ist, but he is by no means bound by
reality. He paints what he sees, but
in such wise that it becomes a work
of art, transmitting his emotion and
opening the eyes of the beholder to
the beauty which has beerf manifest
to him. Especially significant is his
treatment of form, the building up
of the landscape. the modelling of
the hills and their relation to the
valleys. Also notable is his rendition
of sunlight on snow and ice, dazzling
IN its brilliancy, or on distant hill
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dow in the Workshop" under the
conviction that such a window would
open upon such pleasant scenes as
those which Mr.. Hibbard sets before
us. And why should it not, rather
than on ash heaps, filling stations,
tenements and untidy backyards-
of the type so often in these days
to be found in current exhibitions.
What the world sorely needs today
to save it from the horrors of war
and commercial greed is more
beauty. Here is great opportunity
for contemporary artists if they will
only reach up to it.
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Camera Artists Choose
Realm of COntentment
Beautiful and Picturesque
In National Museum
In National Museum Gallery
By Florence s. Berryman.

Christmas will not be merry this for thoughtful
however kindly treated him
peace and plenty Of Christmas in the United permit
to lose sight OF the lack Europe just everything
makes Christmas day to be enjoyed Nevertheless
selves and friends celebrate
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H tributes to Influence of Nativity Represented National Gallery
Mellon and Kress Gifts
Show Many Examples
Winter Comes to Arts Club
Through Exhibition of Snow
Scenes and Similar Paintings
Bv Leila Mechlin.

AT this season when the birth of Christ celebrated throughout
world attention naturally focused paintings
which the event Among these of the finest
works OF by the greatest
that people travel half when they
change the they
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the touch are the coins and medals
wrought with utmost subtlety of
craftsmanship as well as art by
Saint -Gaudens and some of his con-
temporaries. If the public is to be
educated to a desire for sculpture
in the home even at low cost, it
must be sculpture worthy of ad-
miration. For the knowing, this
may be good enough, but it is not
for such it is offered.
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Small Works in SCULPTURE

S"IuH VOfkS IN OCuIptuEe
Whyte Gallery Exhibits Linz
tied Editions.
The Wythe Gallery is featuring
this month, in addition to its exhibit
ton Of paintings by members of the
Studio House" group, a collection
of small works in sculpture by
sculptors of New York issued in
so-called limited editions" and
sold at from S. to $50. These
are carved in wood-mahogany,
teak and walnut, cast in plas-
ter, terra Gotta and concrete-the
last a new stone composition rather
pleasing in color and texture. The
subjects range from sleeping kittens
to reclining nudes and include a
penguin, squirrel and a fish, cScus
performers and a caricature of
Mayor La Guardia, as well as a COM
pletely mystifying abstraction"
None is more than a few inches in
dimensions, and, with rare excep-
tions, the work is sketchily wrought
as for purpose of study or first step
toward later accomplishment.
The sculptors making contribution
are chiefly of the new school, repre-
sented by the lately organized
Sculptors' Guild, under the auspices
of which two very successful out
door exhibitions have been held in
the very heart Of the New York
business district. William Zorach,
president of the guild, is represent
ed, as are Slobodkin and Robert
Laurent, Warren Wheelock and
Chain Gross, all well-known names.
Mr.. Laurent, who is, after the first
Of the year, to be visiting instructor
in sculpture In the Corcoran School
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cluded in an exhibition of American
Etching shown by invitation, in the
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, in
1928. Among other exhibits in the
current showing is a lithograph of
the painting, Her Daughter" by
which Miss Goldthwaite was repre-
sented in one of the Corcoran GAL
lery of Arts recent biennial exhibi-
tions. These water colors and prints
are to be seen in cases in the upper
atrium.
Oil Paintings by Art Students
Exhibition Is Sponsored by Of
flee of Education.
An exhibition of oil paintings by
art students in colleges, universities
and endowed art schools, through
out the United States, opened re-
Gently in the art gallery of the new
Interior Department Building, to
continue throughout January. This
exhibition is sponsored by the
United States Once of Education
and gives q wide and encouraging
survey of work in this field from our
East Coast to the Far West. It will
be fully reviewed and illustrated
later, but q word may be said here
and now with regard not only to its
scope but excellence; the freshness
of the work shown and its admirable
arrangement.
The art gallery In which this ex-
hibition is set forth is on the seventh
floor of the South Interior Building,
with entrance on c street between
Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets.
In the same building, on a lower
floor, incidentally, Is to be seen an
extraordinarily flne exhibition of the
arts and crafts Of the American In
dian.
Lotin-Americon Tour
Fello,os of American Academy
to Make Trip.
The interchange between the
United States and the South and
Central American republics, not
only of the evidences Of culture, but
Of things that will promote cultural
relations as suggested by our Depart
ment of State, is being promptly
put into effect. The American
Academy in Rome is sending its fel-
lows in painting. sculpture and
architecture to South America this
year. instead Of, as heretofore, to
1taly-because Of the war-and
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1939-07-20

Previous to coming here the Speers
had been attending the Worlds Fair
in New York and visiting Mr.. Speers'
brother, Mr.. Paul Speer of Bogota,
New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Aiken attended
dinner given by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Bauer of Alta Vista Sunday in honor
of Mrs. Bauer's mother, Mrs. Flor
ence Price of Los Angeles, Cal. who
leaves for home soon.
Tennis tournaments are now being
played here each weekend, on the
public tennis courts. An invitation is
extended to the public to attend.
Mrs. B. T. Hynson assisted by Mrs.
Carl, Mrs. Jump, Mrs. Trazzare and
Mrs. Houghton were hostesses to the
Woman's Club luncheon on Thursday.
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Sandy Spring keighborhood

Mr.. and Mrs. Dean Acheson are at
Hardwood, their Sandy Spring home,
where they will stay for few weeks
before going to Canada for the re-
mainder of the summer.
DIR. and Mrs. L. Brunere are living
at the Porches for the summer
months.
A dance for the younger set was
given by Misses Ann and Jackie Boil
ling on Monday evening at Grove Hill.
Hubert B. Robson and Walter
Speakman arrived on Friday from st.
Paul, Mimi, and are the guests of
the formers parents at Old Sharon.
A number of young girls from
Sandy spring had cottage at Bever-
ley Beach for the past week. The
group, chaperoned by Miss Lucille
Appleby, included the following: Miss
Virginia Snowden, Mary Lloyd Ben
son, Virginia Beavers, Joyce Dill,
Patty Metzger, Peggie Frances and
Betty Jean Dodge.
"The Highlands" was host to a
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CEDAR GROVE

Mrs. Gertrude Burn of Purdum
spent from Tuesday through Friday
with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Talmage Watkins.
Mrs. Jessie Nicholson with Mrs
Clifford Nicholson of Derwood spent
the last of the week in Baltimore with
Mr.. and Mrs. Carson Nicholson while
Mrs. Clifford Nicholson's son was al
Johns Hopkins Hospital for treat
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brown enter
tanned on Sunday, Mr.. and Mrs
George Lyddard of Comus, Mr.. and
Mrs. Archie Brown and daughter of
Damascus, Mrs. Virginia Lyddard
Miss Ethel Wilmer, William Lerch
Evelyn Player, Reva Mae Brown all
of Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Main, Mrs
Alba Mullinix, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Purdum, Catherine and Richard Pur-
dunn motored to Hampstead, Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Myrtle Watkins and Mrs. Ger
trude Burns of Purdum were supper
guests Tuesday of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
son Duvall of Woodfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barbar hao
as their dinner guests Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Barbar, son Ellsworth
Mrs. Lettie Barbar and sons, Fran.
els and Donald, all of Washington, in
the afternoon Miss Marguerite Cauz.
zens, her brother-in-law and sister Of
Washington called.
Miss Emma Bauman had the mis-.
fortune to fall and her arm went
through the window on the landing
of the stairs, cutting her left arm
Several stitches had to be taken.
Mrs. Fannie King of Washington
was the luncheon guest of Mrs. Tai
mage Watkins on Friday.
Mrs. Stanley Mayer had as her Wis
itors Tuesday, Mrs. Robert Bauman
Miss Anne Bauman, Mrs. Laura
Hughes, Mrs. John Mayer and Mrs
George Payne all of Washington.
The Baptist Missionary Society
met on Monday with Mrs. Payne.
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Washington Grove

Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll Ware had as
their guests over the weekend Mrs.
Wares sister, Miss Mary Williams,
Miss Iva Menafee and Mrs. Pauline
Hoover of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ]. Walther
have with them for two weeks stay,
Mr.. Walther's sisters, Miss Anna Wal
Their and Miss Clara Walther of Ham
monitor, N. ]. A weekend guest in
the same home was Miss Clandine
Bageant of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Hardy have re-
turned to their home in Warren, Ohio,
after spending few days with Mr..
Hardy's mother, Mrs. William B.
Hardy. Mrs. Hardy now has with her.
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Schantz and daughter,
Nancy Lee, from Staten Island, NJ y.
DR.. and Mrs. Harry Schoening Of
Washington, were the supper guests
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Aiken.
Miss Kay Hazard returned last
Wednesday from Washington state,
where she attended Washington Uri-
versity at Seattle, during the winter.
Mrs. Hazard and daughter, Kay, have
taken the Macarthur cottage for the
summer.
Mrs. Joy Elmer Morgan of Wash
ington, was the house guest of Mrs.
3. T. Hynson the past week.
Mrs. Charles E. Becraft was the
honor guest Sunday at a birthday
dinner given by her son-in-law and
daughter, DR.. and Mrs. Frank Lana :
han of Manassas, Va. A huge birth
day cake with all the trimmings deco
rated the dining table. Those present
from the Grove were Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles E. Becraft, Miss Mable Be
craft, Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Becraft and
daughter, Helen Isabel, Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Bean, Edwin and Barbara
Becraft. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Pur-
dunn of Baltimore were also guests.
Rev. and Mrs. Richard N. Edwards
had with them from Sunday until
Friday their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh W. Speer and
daughter, Marcia, of Hays, Kan.
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number of cousins over the weekend:
Mr.. and Mrs. Stansbury Miller and
children of Germantown, Pa, and
Mrs. Caleb Miller and Miss Clara
Wilson of Washington, D. c.
DR.. Henry J. Nichols, who spent the
winter with his son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert H. Miller,
went to Westfield, N. j. for the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John N. Bentley have
two nieces with them for the summer.
Ethel d. Chasey and Audrey Murray
of Linden, N. j.
The July meeting of the Neighbors
Society held at Plainfield was presided
over by DR.. Stephen o. Beebe. The
club was entertained by talk from
Mrs Sharp of the Potomac Electric
Power Company
Mrs. Ira Gillikin and her daughter
of Charlestown, w. Va, are spending
several weeks with Mrs. Gillikin's
mother and sister, Mrs. ]. ]. Shoe
maker and Miss Clarice Shoemaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard B. Thomas.
Jr. went to New York on Thursday to
stay for several days at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Hurley on Staten
Island, and visit the Worlds Fair.
Among Sandy Spring people travel
ling north are Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
L. Thomas and their daughter, Miss
Cornelia H. Thomas; Mrs. Francis M.
Hallowell and her son, A. Thomas
Hallowell. Miss Thomas will visit I'M
til August first with Miss Hannah
Broomell in Arlington, VT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard M. Boeckel,
Jr. are receiving congratulations on
the birth of son, on July IL, at the
Montgomery County General Hospital.
The Montgomery Farmers Club
met with Mr.. R. Bentley Thomas on
Saturday evening.
Walter Frederick of Plymouth
Meeting, Pa, is guest at Wanstead.
On Monday evening Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Miller and Miss Helen Gray
Miller entertained with an informal
picnic.
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Modern cars are mar
reis Of mechanical eff
cheney, with their pow
err more than doubled,
without any increase in
size or weigh. Their
high compression yd-
tiOs require a special
motor fuel to deliver
maximum power and
efficiency without
knocks or pings" The
ne~ BethoIine is de-
signed especially for
these modern cars. Try
it and you'll discover
why sales are up more
than 4OOTo in 4 years.
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New FORKS Farmers

On February l, 1889, the f,.
population Of New York was arm sa.!
mated at $4,000. In 1929 i v n,s:
724, 1000. was
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Evening star., 1939-08-15
aundr Banks Lot Psychology Retain Metropolitan Horseshoe Crown
20 Years Aqo
In The Star

The Indians nosed out the
Mats, 4-3, as Jasper and Uhle
held the losers to six hits, half Of
which were from Shanks' bat.
The Giants bounced back from
double loss to hand the leading
Reds the same dose. The victor
les moved the McGrawmen to
within four r-and-one-half games
of the leaders.
Col. Jacob Rupert and 1t. Col.
T. L. Huston, owners of the New
York Yankees. who are warning
with Ban johnson, intimate that
the league president suspended
their pitcher, Carl Mays, recently
out of pique because the former
Boston hurler had. not gone to
the Cleveland club, in which, it is
said, johnson has a financial in
terest.
iris Speaker, playing manager
of the Indians, in predicting that
his club would win the pennant,
said that his team always plays
best in the final months and
makes a close race as the season
nears its finish.