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who himself, won first prize in the
previous biennial; Francis Chaplin of
Chicago, Russell CoWleS and Guy
Pene Du Bois of New York and Alex
ander r. James of Dublin, N. H.,
once member of the teaching staff
of the Corcoran School. Obviously
the works shown in the current ex-
hibition represent the taste, judg-
ment and prediction of a majority
of these artists.
Prize Awards Are Announced.
The awards made were: First,
Clark prize $4,000 and Corcoran
Gold Medal to Vermont Farm" by
John Edward Heliker, one time pupil
of Thomas Benton: second, Clark
prize $1,000 and Corcoran Silver
Medal to The Good Samaritan" by
Fred Nagler, whose works have been
Illustrated in America Today"
published by the American Artists
Congress and art in America"
gotten out by w. P. A; third, Clark
prize ($1,000) and Corcoran Bronze
medal to Poor Fishing" by Max
Weber, Russian-born pupil of Ma
tisse and author of "Cubist Poems;
fourth, Clark prize (s500 and Cor
coran certificate of honorable men
ton to Dolce Far Niente," by
Zygmut Menkes, of Polish birth and
training, member of the Societe des
Independents and Salon d'Autumne,
Paris.
1t is quite customary for prize
awards in art exhibitions to be re-
garded with amazement and dis
agreement by the public-but these
will be found many times more
doubt-raising and controversial
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nave Deen well SelecCeQ 1Or tnlS ex-
hibition in location not heretofore
provided with facilities for such dis
plays. Hence, they will be seen by
many people who may have foregone
opportunities to attend exhibitions
which meant long ride to the cen
ter of the city. The selections in the
present loan group include a number
of Mr.. Phillips earlier acquisitions,
works of the impressionist school and
others Of predominantly natural
istic character, which are reproduced
or mentioned in his book, "a Col
lection in the Making" Among
these, which are in the reference
room of the new library, are Will
liam Glackens' "Bathers at Bel
port" with its shimmering colors
dominated by various rich, warm
blues; Hobart Nichols joyous Gas
cade," foaming over the sunny rocks
against high-keyed greens and blues,
and Theodore RobinSon's "Giverny," !"
a lush green landscape of the lovely
little French village with it's rose
colored roofs, where the artist stud
led with Claude Monet.
In the same group are two paint
ings of bridges in French cities, both
excellent, but quite different in
handling. Samuel Halpert's "Pont
Neuf'' is a simple and reticent'pres-
entation of famous bridge in Paris;
G. Loiseaus Bridge at Rouen" is
done in the impressioniSt broken
color, and is lighter and SUMMER
than the other painting, but it does
not sacrifice form; the massive
bridge appears to have been here for
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Bookshop Exhibition

Paintings, Autographs and silk
screen prints by Mervin Jules are
on view at the Bookshop until next
Sunday. This artist is almost en-
tirely preoccupied with the poor
downtrodden classes in their un-
fortunate aspects, with sharp
thrusts at the Capitalists" and
ironic comments on what he regards
as the foibles of most of us.
Mr.. Jules smooth brushwork,
jewel-like colors when he chooses
to get away from blacks and browns
and meticulously drawn detail are
characteristic of work in the ira
ditional mode. But his bitter OBJ
servations and savage irony are ex-
pressed in somewhat caricatured
figures which constitute one of the
myriad claSsifications of the mod
ern school" His most engaging
work in the present group is Lady
With Antiques" in which he pokes
comparatively gentle fun at an an
gular spinster seated among her
I4SoooAS Co. 1AC lldo ucplCGSu GIle
latter so realistically that many a
collector" will covet them. But the
sinister Night Business" the glut-
tonous implication of Banquet"
the leering faces in "Burlesque,"
the brutal overtones of Shooting
Gallery" and several others are all
evil aspects of world we know too
well is wicked. Mr.. Jules completes
his portrait with Little Tailor"
whose bald, waxen head is hope
lessly dwarfed by his mammoth
sewing machine. In one instance,
represented by his painting, Base
ball." the artist escaped from his
melancholy observations and en-
Joyed himself Fundamentally.
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past there has been a glamour oc-
tasioned by the strength of the
works shown and the charm which
they exerted "a glamour which
none can gainsay. Sometimes this
glamour still persists, but we are
living today in time of transition,
of confusion, beWilderment and
fear. That this should affect our
art Is natural. 1t must be borne
with patience, fortitude and an
abiding faith in the future.
Such has been the history of art
since the beginning-the best sur
vives-the experimental and less
good goes-no one knows where.
In setting forth the Seventeenth
Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary
American Oil Paintings, the Cor
coran Gallery of Art makes the fol-
lowing statement concerning its
purpose which obviously should be
kept in mind.
THE aim of this institution is to
present to the public, with the close
cooperation of its jury, an eXhibi-
ton of oil paintings by living Amer
lean artists which accurately reflects
the trend of contemporary painting
In this country, which illustrates as
completely as possible what Amer
ican painters of today are doing,
which is broad and truly representa-
tive in its scope and character, and
which includes the best available
works exemplifying the different
schools and phases of painting as
they now exist"
This is followed, astutely, by a
warning to the effect that it should
not be forgotten that in recent years
the work of creative artists has
undergone change-not merely paint
ers, but sculptors, writer's and musi-
clans, seeing and creating different
ly-to which the public should not
be blind or unsympathetlc.
Warning Follows.
In connection with a review OF
the Society of Washington Artists
recent annual exhibition, attention
was called, on this page of The Star,
larger and more comprehensive ex-
hibition they are more obvious and
make themselves felt with greater
intensity. They should be studied
with open mind but with the full
understanding that they give indi-
cation not only of the present state
of art among us but of contempo-
rary American life.
With the desire to uphold these
biennial exhibitions to the highest
professional standard and to avoid
all possibility of prejudice, or bias,
the Corcoran Gallery of Art places
their selection in the hands of a
fury composed of painters of out
standing reputation and diversity OF
viewpoint. This years jury of five
not only passed on the more than
2,50S paintings submitted and made
selection of those to be shown, but
also hung the exhibits and made the
four much-coveted Clark and Cor
coran awards. The jurors were
Franklin c. WATKINS OF Philadelphia
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of a young mother nursing a baby
seated against a pile of hay in a
barn-a brown hen standing by, and,
incidentally, balancing the compost
tion. The title is Breakfast in the
Barn" Alexander Brook is repre-
sented by half nude very dehcately
painted, pale in color but lovely in
line and form. Jean MacLane shows
carefully studied small portrait,
gravely rendered, and from Nan
Watson has come an excellent
sketch, in rather high key, little
under life size, of her husband,
Forbes Watson of the Section of
Fine Arts, Public Buildings Admin
istration. an excellent likeness.
Distinctly -of-the- ordinary and
different are nude, JOAN" by John
Carroll, floating as it we're in a sea
of clouds-and a very decorative,
colorful composition, The Kid From
Brooklyn as a bull fighter, both
OF which hang in gallery D.
Local Well-Painted Still Life.
There are some excellent STILL
life paintings in this exhibition, two
of which are by Washington artists
FLOWERS From Our Garden" by
Richard Lahey, and Still Life With
Oak Leaves" by Eugen Weisz. From
the Vegetable Kingdom"-squash
and onions-by Henry Lee McFee,
also is excellent; Flowers" by Rob-
ert Philip, has charm and a sug-
gestion of evanescence Henry Matt
son, former prize winner and best
known for his marines, has sent to
this exhibition a still life, SPRAY
Of Ounces" seen against q rich
red background, painted with great
fidelity and richness of color It is
a little hard to decide whether Alice
Riddle Kindler's Summer Garden"
is a still life or landscape, for in
reality it is both-but in either cate
CORY it will be found charming.
To still life the place of honor
in this exhibition has been given
that once occupied by Sargent's
great painting of the -Four Doctors,
which now hangs in Johns Hopkins
11oSpltd1, odlIlIllOre-OuC "QaC q
difference! The painting to which
this tribute has now been paid is by
Yasuo Kuniyoshi, born in Japan,
now Of Woodstock, N. Y, one-time
pupil Of Kenneth Hayes Miller Of
the Arts Students League. 1t
represents small round-top,
pedestal table turned upside down
on another table covered with a
white cloth. All but one leg of the
upturned table have been broken of,
but an ugly whitish mask hides the
damage and looks jovially toward
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from all over the united states ana
far-off Hawaii The painters of
New York have the largest repre-
sentation, showing approximately
$50; from the State of Pennsylvania,
chiefly Philadelphia and vicinity,
come 35; while from Washington,
counting in two who paint here but
live across the river in Virginia, or
just beyond the District line in
Maryland, there are a. and an
equal number from Boston. The rest
hail from Chicago ga, elsewhere in
the Middle West, the Pacific coast
Texas, New Mexico and the So-called
Deep South" Certainly such
showing may be considered national.
These biennial exhibitions held
by the Corcoran Gallery of Art
their place among the notable affairs
of the kind, vying with the annual
shows held by the National Acad-
emy in New York and the Pennsyl-
vania Academy in Philadelphia. In
1909 the late Senator W. A Clark
instituted the Clark prizes, endowing
them in perpetuity, and the Cor
coran Gallery of Art established the
custom of accompanying these
awards with gold, silver and bronze
medals, as well as a certificate of
honorable mention. as tangible evil
dence of honorS so bestowed. In the
roster of those who have won these
awards are the names of many of
our American artists, who, through
the merit of their work, have lent
distinction to our American art in
this field. They need not be
enumerated-they are we'll known.
About these exhibitions in the
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centuries. Albert Andres quiet dis
tinction is well represented in his
still life of Melon, Figs and Grapes"
Edward Bruce's serene and lovely
San Giovanni in Venice is hanging
in the entrance hall.
In the reading room are four
paintings by younger artists who
work in the contemporary idiom:
Robert Franklin Gates Scott
Circle and his beguiling little land
scape entitled Gray Hills; Edward
RoSenfield's Shop Window" and
John Gernand's House under Con-
struction." All of these paintings
have been seen at the Phillips Gal
lery from time to time. AS the
Phillips collection is too large to per-
NIT every work to remain perma-
nently on view, it is gratifying that,
due to the generous loan policy, some
of the paintings occasionally can be
seen elsewhere.
Still another Phillips group is
hanging in the children's room in
the new library. 1t comprises sew
eral of Bernice Cross whimsical
canvases, "Noah's Ark" Mountain
Farm "Milkman" (asleep with his
motionless horse, to the accompani-
ment of a crescent noon and one
or two others; Herman Maril's
stark, Snow Scene" the simplicity
of which should make it intelligible
to children to some degree (al-
though not in all its subtle over
tones and Allen fuckers Bunker
HILL" panorama showing the
Americans in the foreground,
drawn up for battle, but obviously
holding their fire until they see the
whites of the Redcoats' eyes.
Miss Elva Van Wrinkle, children
librarian at the Southwestern
Branch. said the little readers
notice the paintings and make COM
ments on them, the most frequent
being, How pretty!", what is it?"
or Can 1 have it?" Miss Dorothy
Sharpless, in the reading room, was
equally impressed with the fact
that adult readers observe the
paintings, although they are more
reticent, she said, in expressing their
opinions.
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Women's City Club

Edith Mccartney and Garnet Jex
are having a joint exhibition at the
Women's City Club until the end
of this month. Miss Mccartney
shows about IA pastel portraits and
Mr.. Jex has an equal number OF
landscape paintings.
Miss McCartney's work is well
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Mr.. Jex's landscapes represent
Virginia and West Virginia, with one
exception, Lake Sherburne, Mont"
Rolling hills and valleys seen from
a height, autumn foliage, children
with sleds on the snow-covered
main street of a small town are
typical subjects. His form is nat
uralistic, but his color is intensi-
fed. He favors a purplish blue,
blue-greens and cool pinks.
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Beauty Is Emphasized in
Paintings on Display at
Public Library Branch
First Showing in Southwest
Features Good Selections
From Phillips Gallery
By Florence S. Berryman.

Public Library which continues its benefits
streets January It's initial art exhibition the building comprises
paintings lent by the Phillips Memorial Gallery
and the entrance hall, indefinitely.
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Private View Reception Open Biennial Exhibition Corcoran
Works of 337 Artists Are
Shown, Including II From
Washington and Vicinity
Delightful Paintings and New
Vistas Create Impression
In Minds of Visitors
By Leila Mechhn.

seventeenth Biennial Exhibition OF Contemporary American on
private view and reception occupies the entire series of galleries the
the main building including the hemcye
catalogue
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Restrictions Removed

Many will learn with pleasure
that the Dumbarton Oaks Research
Library and Collection of Early
Christian and Medieval Art now is
freely open to the public on Mon
days, Thursdays and Saturdays from
2 to 4:30 pm, arrangements having
been made to dispense with the pre-
vious requirement of advance en-
gagement made by letter or tele-
phone. To visit this collection, still
so new to Washingtonians but as
sured of permanent interest, is an
exceptional privilege. Visitors en-
trance Is at 1903 Thirty-second
street NV.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-07-24
DIARY OF THE WAR

FRIDAY-Nazis claimed the rail
center of Smolensk on road to Mos
COW. Nine million men were said to
be battling along German-Russian
battle line. Russians said their troops
were withstanding the Nazi mechan-
lied lunges, and that their airforce
was active, claiming 90 Nazi craft in
two days. A "V' for Victory Stunt,
started by British radio, was spread
ing throughout occupied Europe and
Nazis said they were tired of seeing
"V's" painted everywhere and of
hearing the three dots and dash sig
nal for "V' Japan was preparing to
form a new government General
Marshall appealed to Congress here
to declare a national emergency and
to keep draftees in training.
SATURDAY-Red armies dug into
earth in attempt to stop Germans,
while latter claimed extension of their
line beyond Smolensk. Fierce fighting
was in progress all along the front.
Rain was reported delaying Hitler's
mechanical forces. Germans raided
Hull in England in furious aerial at
tack. British attack Cologne and
other areas in Rhineland and air.
dromes in occupied France. Gasoline
was ordered suppressed for civilian
automobiles in Italy beginning Oc-
tober /, dashing Italy's hopes for
early peace. Nazis were said to be
massing troops near Turkish border
in Bulgaria.
SUNDAY-Germans declared Mos
COW lay vulnerable before her army
but they declared destruction of the
Red army was more important than
capture of the capital. Turkey report
ed Moscow, however, had four million
troops in reserve behind Moscow
ready for counter offensive. Russia
reported two cities retaken and ire
mendous struggle around Smolensk.
British were informed that Hitler
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destruction of entire Focke-Wulf air
craft plant in Bremen and third of
Germany's coastal merchant fleet.
The United States army ordered 800
medium type tanks and 900 lighter
variety.
WEDNESDAY-A German-Finnish
drive broke through the line toward
Murmansk-Leningrad railway, Rus
slams acknowledged. The thrust at
Moscow seemed stalled. Nazis claimed
Russians were in flight in south and
retreating in center. Nazis were using
flame throwers. A Nazi mass air raid
on Moscow was declared more spec
tacular than successful. Germans &C
cused Roosevelt of plainly proceeding
against Axis. There were signs of
more intensive war on all fronts.
THURSDAY = Evidence that ia
pan was moving into southern French
Indo-China was overwhelming. Britain
said they were ready at Singapore and
other Pacific outposts. Germans, who
last week claimed Smolensk admitted
that bitterest sort of fighting was
raging for that area This action i'm
periled the base of the German salient
toward the Soviet capital. A Red vic
tory there might mean destruction of
German system of communications
along whole eastern front Germans
claimed Reds were retreating in
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was so involved in Russian conflict
that he had decided to postpone any
attempt at invasion Of Britain until
next year British declared at least a
third of German cities of Munster
and Aachen had been destroyed in air
offensive. British also bombed Ger
man ship movements heavily. The
"V' campaign in occupied territories
was said to be worrying the Germans.
MONDAY-Both sides agreed that
fighting was furious but Nazis and
Reds disagreed on results and even
weather Russians told of battles in
rain. Germans spoke of maneuvers of
dividing and destroying Red army
forces and trapping many thousands
in dusty weather. Germany's airforce
was blasting rail lines and playing
havoc behind the lines. Red guerrillas
behind Nazi lines claimed heavy toll.
British described three daylight
smashes across Channel and claimed
they sank 242,0O0 tons of German
shipping in past week. British con-
tinued their "V for Victory" cam
paign among peoples of Nazi-occupied
lands. In Bolivia the nation was
placed in state of siege by it's pres
ident to thwart a revolutionary plot
of Nazi origin. British and Free
French were preparing Syria and
Lebanon for a defensive bulwark
against Nazis.
observation-disclosures claimed to be
slowly and progressively destroying
important Russian forces by a series
of encirclements, but all available in
formation indicated that the NaZis
had made no general advance Reds
reported continuation of heavy action
in the salient before Moscow and in
the area around Kiev in Ukraine
Russians declared Smolensk was still
in their hands. Germans reasserted
that whole of Soviet defense was
crumbling. British bombed Cologne,
Rotterdam and Lille and predicted
they would be followed by raids heav-
Ter than Coventry" British claimed
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BITTINGER

During the past week many groups
of young folks spent some time in
Pleasant Valley Park, near this vii
lage, and on Sunday there were many
additional visitors in evidence.
Privates Joseph Buckle and Rus
sci Brenneman, Of Camp Meade, Nd,
spent the weekend at their respec-
tive homes here.
Elmer Brenneman, who is en-
ployed in Washington, visited his
mother here on Saturday and Sun
day.
Roland Wiley, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. H. Wiley, Reisterstown, Md, is
spending some time here with rela-
tives.
Mrs. E. S. Brenneman and Mrs.
Oscar Hetrick spent day or two in
Cumberland last week while the for
mer's son, Herbert, and the latter's
daughter, Doris, were undergoing
tonsil operations in that city.
Mrs. Henry Bisley, Somerset, Pa,
spent the weekend here as the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. Dennis Brenneman.
Dorothy Brenneman, who is en-
ployed at Reisterstown, is visiting
her mother and other home folks
here this week
Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Curran are
spending this week with relatives in
Pennsylvania and other sections of the
country.
The local homemakers club mem
bers were entertained at the home
of Mrs. Hettie Doolittle last Thurs
day afternoon,
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Programs This Weekend

Fate or something else has con-
spired to keep lot of others away
from the Mt Lake Park programs this
summer, but really this weekend
should see that amphitheatre packed.
The Johnstown Symphony orchestra
is scheduled for Saturday evening and
Sunday afternoon. That same orches-
ira was here two years ago and de-
lighted those who attended.
While they play high class music, it
is not too heightened for the great
mass of people who have never heard
of Bach, Mozart, or the rest. Their
selections will be music that all can
enjoy to the fullest extent, and, some
of the selections will be by the famous
composers.
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August 8, at the Paugh reunion park,
five miles north of Oakland, on U. S.
route 219, according to Harry F.
Paugh, secretary.
Relatives and friends of the Paugh
clan are urged to attend.
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Poor Diet Scored

Last Thursday The Republican
stated its concern over rising prices
and the resulting national health of
its people.
Speaking that same day DR.. T. B.
Symons, extension director, urged that
greater attention be paid to nutrition
problems, pointing out that 45,000,O00
people in the United States were suf-
fering from poor diet.
DR.. Symons blamed this condition on
lack of money, poor food habits, i'm
proper selection of food, improper
methods of preparation and elimina-
ton of vitamins and minerals through
over-refinement of some staple foods.
He said that rural families suffered
from poor nutrition about as much as
city families
So rising prices are bound to have
some effect on the national health. A
thorough study of such a condition in
the land of plenty should be made.
Spillway Comments
The Baltimore Sun columnist, John
O'Ren, writing in Spillway, points out
the advantages of restricted use of
gasoline. He suggests coming to Oak
land for Baltimoreans instead of going
to Maine. He writes:
"Fate conspired to keep me away
from the music festival at Mountain
Lake Park, near Oakland, but | like
to think about it even if l couldn't at
tend, for it seems to indicate revival
of interest in the Maryland highlands
as a summer playground. If Mr.. Ickes
keeps on soaring us with his threats of
a gasoline famine, it is a comfort to
remember that Baltimorean is under
no compulsion to burn huge quantities
of gas driving to Maine, or even to the
Adirondacks, in order to reach high
elevation, gorgeous views and cool
breezes.
Sometimes, indeed I am con-
WINGED that the emergency is going to
do us all lot of good by forcing us
to pay more attention to what we have
under our noses, so to speak, rather
than spend all our time staring at the
far horizon. Western Maryland is a
magnificent holiday region, not used
half as much as its beauty and accessi-
bility would justify. If a restricted
gasoline supply has the effect of fill
ing it with vacationers that is one re-
suit over which nobody need feel COM
PEELED to shed any tears"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-07-24

DR.. Wallace Nutting, International
ly known author illustrator, antique
expert and retired clergyman, died
at his Massachusetts home. He was
on
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Lesson for July 27

Lesson subjects and Scripture texts Sc:
lected and copyrighted by International
Council of Religious Education; used by
permission.
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THE HOLY SPIRIT INSPIRES
NEW TESTAMENT LETTERS

LESSON TEXT-Galatians Ill. 70; I
Thessalonians 2:13; II Timothy 3:14-17; II
Peter 3:14-16; jude g.
GOLDEN TEXT-AI scripture is given
by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for in
struction in righteousness.-I Timothy 3:16.
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Shipping is being curtailed through
Panama Canal, affecting mostly
Japanese vessels.