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in great bulk from Russia, India, At
rica and the Philippines.
In the tenseness that followed
news of the Reuben James sinking
yesterday Senator O'Daniel, Demo-
crat, of Texas made an unsuccessful
effort to close debate and bring an
immediate vote on neutrality repeal
1t required unanimous consent, how
ever, and Senator Maloney, Demo-
crat, of Connecticut objected, ex-
planning that the issue is an impor.
tant one, and a number of Senators
still want to be heard.
Senate leaders had no desire tc
follow up the ODaniel move. Al
though ANXIOUS to pass the bill, they
want to avoid any indication of q
desire to railroad" the legislation.
This was reflected in the remarks
Of Senator Lucas, Democrat, of Illi-
nois, who announced that he would
have objected if Senator Maloney
had not, because of messages he is
getting from Illinois indicating that
opposition speakers in the Midwest
have been unjustifiably spreading a
belief that the supporters of the bill
are trying to shut off debate.
y Shortly before adjournment yes
terday, debate again turned to the
Reuben James sinking, when Sena-
tor Aiken, Republican, of Vermont
bluntly placed responsibility for any
loss of life on President Roosevelt
personally
Taking the floor in defense of the
President, Majority Leader Barkley
termed the Vermonter's remarks
unfair" Pointing out that in any
action he takes the President acts
in his official, not personal, capacity,
the Kentuckian said Senator
might as we'll assert that Woodrow
Wilson was personally responsible
for all lives lost in the last war.
ut is time to place the respon-
sibiIity for these deaths squarely
where it belongs" Senator Aiken
had said. 1T is time to stop making
apologies for those who do not de-
serve them. BY ordering conveys
in spite of his repeated promises
and in contempt of existing law and
the Congress of the United States,
President Roosevelt is personally re-
sponsible for whatever lives may
have been lost-and his disregard
- zen o..:c Gc:"crnmcnt con-
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The Sun and Moon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01
FRANK BOWLING STATE TROOPER
Local Man Among % New Policemen to Enter Train-
 ing at WestbrOOk

Hartford, Aug. 1-The appoint ment of 26 new officers and the re- tirement of another who was in- jured in the line of duty was an- nounced Thursday by State Police Commissioner Edward J. Hickey.
 The new officers will train at the westbrook barracks to which the training school has been moved from Ridgefield.
 The retired policeman was Ste phen Stanton of the Westport bar racks, who received total disability compensation as result of injuries suffered in a collision with an auto mobile while he was pursuing an- other machine.
 The new policemen: Arthur w. Cunningham of Madison, successor to Stanton; Walter J. Abel, Frank J. Bennett, Clifford E. Lyon, Louis D. Marchese, Vincent J. Searles, Bridgeport; Ernest l.. Angell, Willi- mantle; William w. Braithwaite, Manchester; John G. Carlson, Greer wihc; Frank Dascoi, Norman E. Winslow. Danielson; Frank Dowl- ing, Waterbury; Edward F. Giar- dino, Danbury; Theodore E. Lock- wood, Thompsonville; David H. Mac kenzie, Monroe: William J. Mat thews, Joseph F. Sullivan, West Ha- ven; Ernest K. Schrader, Forestville; Walter Smiegel, Suff1eld. John J. Wilcox, Torrington; Richard T. ziegler, Rockville; Lawrence s. Beizer, John E. Grant, Edward P. Jesmonth, John F. Ring, Hartford.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUS

Jack Swetland is back. He rolled in from Palm Springs, a whistle stop in California, the other day and is sticking around for the opening address at the Connecticut Artists and Writers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01
Bill Garrlxus i.

Bill Garrigus national de- fensa as he has seen it through out the land. He will tell us of what California thinks of the slant-eye peril, and of the bcmhers now building out there where it seldom rains. He will have news of the army camps and of navy bases on the blue Pacific. You can rely on his observations because Jack served in the last war and he knows what's be- meath the spit and polish of soldiery.
 There's a new adobe ranch house outside of Palm Springs, where Jack intends to write a new book. He's been working on this dwell ing for the past several months, ard he claims that it's a dream castle. Adobe goes heavy in the desert country, but it is not so popular back East here where the rains are more frequent and heaV- fer. Jack knows enough to build according to climate and his plans rate attention by architects and builders. Maybe we'll get a picture of this new ranch house and have 1t reproduced by the Democrat.
 Argument about keeping the militia and the draft army ;n camp for an extra year reminds a lot of people about those sold :. iers" who quit and went home the day before Bull Run because their enIistments had expired. In time of war and national emer- gsncy, enlistment contracts have mighty little legal value. Patriotic people carry on without any re- gard to their contract. Others have to.
 There was Bobby Burns, for instance. Bobby,s enlistment ex- pired about the time we first met this old-timer in a cavalry outfit at Fort Ethan Allen. He also was due for retirement and a soft life as a civilian with monthly re- tirement check from he govern mert, but he stayed on. When our regiment became light field artil- lery, it just about broke Bobby's heart, but he didn't whine or go over to headquarters and demand his final statement. He helped rig logs on escort wagon gear and vtarted teaching cavalrymen "the school of the caLnoneer." :"
 Bobby got to France. He learned Co handle 75s. He quarreled with Jerry along the Marne and in the death-trap valley of the Vesle. He stopped through the mud of St. Mihiel and trudged north of Verdun for the biggest show of all. Crossing the Mouse, Jerry sheIIed our pontoOn bridge and Bobby went into the putrid stream. We hauled him out and he developed pneumonia. He was shipped back to hospital on a two-wheeIed ration cart.
 One night when the moon was bright and we were pushing back tho Hun on the right while the wsrst raced for Sedan, ghost came up the road toward our nsina. lk was Bobby, clad only in l1ls hospital paJamas and q pair nf flnlSy slippers. We bedded him down under q tarpanlin and went zlong with the var. Bobby died, Ilssl es tho moon was setting. while Ts p6sndeu the gates into Brande. gIIle Hs eFinned when he heard ala lnal lleeall, iiiat Sergeant Bobby A.sFnN. R gus who never worried akoaa an aaiistment contract or lMs isM6 ha npldleFed after diA' z. z9s sas alla. That was Noyem' @Sv i6lh. ial6, the day beiefe the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01

H m6s loMnsa iHe lleld Of aFchl. |&EIs..S. a6 ilfe nF0Eenhlon, ihhl zA'A. MI1Masl|1 M|'AN turned, while WI NHlAaNeH ElNeE'pi university
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01

Conference to- day. The artists and writers will hear something that's good for the soul when Jack gives them both barrels on Wake Up Am erica n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01

IS W e t a n d arrives from the West Coast with n e W S of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01

THE SAVINGS TREMENDOUS THIS AUGUST NITURE SALE! The greatest sale years and here's why: furniture dollars go further during this Prices Savings tremendous in department and before have greater worthwhile furniture styles than that displayed floors the arrivals from the great furniture bought advance, below market levels included offer furniture value than before Wai NOw Wen Gladly Arrange Easy Terms On Any PurchaSe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-01

Besides the efficient modern all white gas range, we include smart piece chrome breakfast set, metal double door util- ty cabinet in white enamel finish and a linoleum rug
 1941 Bengal Combination Range in place of Gas Range at additional cost of $79.
 EASY TERMS ARRANGED!
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Bulletin of Current Exhibitions

National Gallery
NWMasterpees of painting since 1900 also Renaissance sculpture
collection of Free to the public; week days 10
pm; Sundays, 2 to
Coreoran Gallery Art Seventeenth
Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paint
ngs May etchngs April
public Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays Friday evenings and
Sunday afternoons.
Washington NW-Paintings by local
members O Washington Water Color Club, May q
Phillips Twenty-hs street NWPant
ngs water color tempera and oil by Clifford Be print rooms
through April 23
Public Library Eighth N.W.-Centra building,
designs Branch paintings
by Society Washington Artists Southwestern
Branch, paintings lent by the Phillips Memorial Gallery
Library Division of Fine ArtSpeca exhibition Of
prints opening the National Gallery of Art
Gallery Mall at Twelfth street sWOrienal
paintings sculpture pottery etc. Whistler paintings ano
prints American paintings.
Textile Museum NWRug tapestries and other
Open Mondays wednesdays and
Fridays Admission card obtainable at the office OF
George Hewitt Myers, 730 Fifteenth street NV.
National Museum Natural History Building Tenth street and
Chicago Society Photographs by members of the Potomac
Appalachian Trail Club through April
and Industries Building south side of the
Mall at Eighth SWPhoography Work exhibition by
Antonell of Philadelphia, through April
DumbartOn Oaks Research Library and Collection of Early
Thtysecond street NWWeek days. except
holidays, from 10 m to pm Admission free.
Gallery Washington University 23l street
NW.-Pantngs by Julia Eckel to May 3.
Howard University Gallery 24ol Sixth street NWPortraits OF
by Benduce and original cartoons by Smms
Campbell, through April
womens City Club place NW.-Pantngs Cath
crime P. Melton.
PanAmercan Union, Constitution
nue-special exhibition of craftwork from Mexico.
Galleries 8l6 Independence asenue
Unit Cildren Prob
lens, shown in their Art, to May 10.
Interior Department Gallery street entrance-Back and
exhibition art departments of colleges universities and
professional schools, through April
The Whye Gallery 1707 street NW.-On paintings and
gouaches by Betty Lane to April 3o
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Etched Portraits
Distinguished PerSonageS Are
Denoted bu OSkar StoeSSeL.

D2St1ngulShe0 PefSOndgeS Are
Depicted by OSkar StoeSSel.
A few weeks ago, a notable ex-
hibition of French color prints of
the 18th century was shown in the
Corcoran Gallery of Art through
the courtesy of OSkar StoeSSel, now
of New York, by wnom the COL
lection was generously lent. Mr..
Stoessel is himself an etcher of dis
tinction, and now, in the same
room in the Corcoran Gallery in
which the French prints were
shown, are to be seen 80 of his
etchings, all but three of which are
portraits and, for the most part, of
distinguished personages.
Austrian by birth, OSkar Stoessel
first studied engineering in Gratz,
and then art in Vienna and at Vol
lendam. In 1911, he won a gold
state medal for an etched portrait
of Lotte- -BroCiner, since which time
he has not only met with great sue
cess when exhibiting, but has had
many notable SitterS. His work,
while a little uneven in merit, is,
at its best, very, very good, and
his manner of working is pleas
antly varied.
His portraits of men and of aged
persons are perhaps his finest, de-
lineating character very astutely
and retaining vitality. In some in
stances, he uses color in almost fiat
tint effectively and skillfully. This,
even in his very large plates, is,
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prints in black and white by stu
dents of the art department OF
Northwestern University, depicting
the social history of Chicago. To
great extent, these (73 in number)
are architectural - street scenes,
buildings-but, in quite a number,
the human element is introduced
The making of such record must
have opened the eyes of the makers
to what is good. as we'll as what is
bad, in this great city of the Middle
West and one reviewing the series
as a whole cannot fail to be struck
with the sincerity of the transcript
tions.
Perhaps the best showing is made
by the School of the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, from which have come
excellent drawings from the model
and from memory of heads, figures
and, things seen beyond the confines
of the schoolroom.
The University of Iowa also makes
good showing, as does the Maryland
Institute, Baltimore. There are, in
fact, good works in each section and
great variety of medium employed
pencil, crayon. brush, lithography,
etching, etc. Is the leaven of good
taste at last working? 1t would
Seern so.
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Alice Barney Portraits
Paintings Are to Be Exhibited

Paintings Are to Be Exhibited
Until May "a.
An exhibition of portraits by the
late Alice Barney of this city is
announced by the trustees of the
Barney Neighborhood House, to open
in the gallery at 1915 Fourth street
S.W. with a tea on Tuesday after
noon. From Saturday to May "a
this exhibition will be free to the
public on Saturdays from 2 to pm.
Mrs. Barney was prominent in art
circles in Washington during the
first decade of the present century
at which time she lived in Studio
House, on Sheridan Circle. She
had studied under famous masters
in Paris and London, among them
Whistler. Her first paintings were
made in oil, but during the greater
part of her career she used pastels
exclusively, working rapidly and with
great skill. She made excellent like
nesses with ightning-ike rapidity
and a cleverness which was the
marvel and despair of her colleagues.
Among her sitters were Whistler,
Chesterton, Shaw, Ruth st. Denis
and Nine. Calve. But, also. she
made portraits of many prominent
persons here. She was the founder
of Neighborhood House.
Many who remember her and her
work will be glad of the opportunity
now offered to see again her por-
traits in pastel-and others will
make an acquaintance with profit
and pleasure.
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retary of the Chicago Society OF
Etchers, did more, through this and
other more personal channels, to
advance the graphic arts in this
country, as we'll as to aid etchers
and engravers, than any one else.
She was wise, jealous, untiring-a
friend to all who reached out for
guidance, a great lover OF art and,
in her own right, very accom-
plished and genuine artist. Not
only was she beloved from coast
to. coast in this country. but lit
orally all around the world. News
of her death, which occurred March
80, only reached Washington as
this review was being written. She
would have been gratified to have
her last exhibit here, for it was
through her efforts that valuable
contributions of prints were made
in recent years by the Chicago So
ciety of Etchers to the collection
assembled by the division of graphic
arts of the National Museum.
This exhibition will continue
throughout April.
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these same artists which are of
normal size. Here is opportunity
for cultivating the hobby of print
collecting at cost suited to the very
slender purse.
One of the smallest prints in this
exhibition-which, by the way, is
set forth in cases in the north lobby
of the National Museum, reached
by Constitution avenue entrance
is by Mr.. Arms, a view of the
Cathedral of Chartres, which is
u by q of an inch in dimensions.
Smaller still, however, is an "Adora-
tion," by Howard Brown, in a circle
about q of an inch in diameter.
But both of these are stunts and
can be enjoyed only by examining
them under a magnifying glass.
Not so are the more than 100 other
examples set forth, which. almost
without exception, approximate 8
by or 5 inches in dimensions, and
do not convey the impression of
being underSize. Indeed it is re-
markable that, despite their size,
these etching evidence to a remark
able degree the characteristics of
the etchers from whose hands they
have come.
There are many excellent land
scapes, some taking in broad
stretches of country. Lyman Blk
bee shows a most engaging print of
Thomas Canyon" From Kath-
crime Cawain come two excellent
winter scenes; Helen Forman shows
an admirable etching of an Aged
Javanese"; Heintzel sends charm
ing etching of a little girl, Model"
while, from He'll, has come a typical
bird study-a young chewink, soft
and fluffy. Alfred Hutty shows not
only a tree, beautifully drawn and
etched, but a group of three heads.
very characteristic. Gene Kloss'
adobe Dusk" is rich in shadow
and yet forceful in effect; w. P.
Robbins "Granary Steps" could not
have been better had it been many
times its present size.
Ernest David Roth, who has
always specialized, in architectural
themes and rendered them freely
and finely, is represented by three
charming etchings of Florence;
Soderberg, true to his special lean
ing, exhibits a boat sailing in
fresh breeze "On the Rail-" which
is as refreshing as summer holi-
day. Sturges and Swami, Valerie,
Hobbs, Katherine Burling Waite
and others are seen at their best
in diversified styles as we'll as sub
Jects. A single engraving is in
cluded-"Summer Evening"" by
Thomas Mason.
A few have made use of color
notably May Gearhart, Leslie
Thompson and Bertha E. Jaques.
Miss Gearhart, who lives in Pasa-
dena, Calf, shows charming prints
OF Mexican boy holding an armful
of flowers and of a woman wearing
a red figured kerchief over her
head, Leslie P. Thompson sends
Western scenes showing dramatic
effects of light, such as "The Red
Cloud" seen over broad stretch
of desert land, while from Bertha
E. Jaques are four lovely flower and
fruit studies.
Mrs. Jaques, for many years sec
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has tended to discourage the art
of painting, and on this account
painting has sought new forms OF
expression. But there certainly can
be no rivalry between these two
arts-they are so different. The
camera in the hands of an artist
does prove, it is true, superior
medium of expression, but it is linn
tied and bounded by fact. 1t can
tell what one may see on the sur
face, but not what one feels or
thinks. The artistic photograph
approximates nature and is joy
giving-but it tells its story on first
sight; nothing is held in reserve,
as in painting by master. Pho
tography's mission is to bear wit
ness, to reveal. truth, and, as seen
in the current exhibition, right
handsomely this mission is fulfilled.
But painting is more personal ex-
preston. AS Tolstoi once said, "a
feeling handed down." something
which is never static, an inexhaust-
able resource. Photography and
painting each has its own place
within the realm of art.
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generally known, in the chapel dedi-
Gated to him at the Cathedral OF
st. Matthew the Apostle. The altar
OF this chapel was consecrated one
year ago today by the Most Rev.
Amieto Giovanni Cicognani, Apos-
tolic Delegate in the United States,
assisted by the Right Rev. Msgr.
Edward L. Buckley and the Rev.
William J. Lallou of Catholic Uni
versity. The chapel was given to
St. Matthews by Mrs. William Cor
coran Eustis in memory of her
daughter, Edith Celestine Eustis,
and it is an appealing addition TO
art in Washington.
The frescoes we're painted by
Thomas La Fargo, nephew OF G.
Grant La Fargo, who was the archi-
tect of st. Matthews nearly so years
ago. The painters grandfather was
John La Fargo, a pioneer in Ameri-
can mural painting and experiments
with stained glass.
st. Francis, one of the best known
and most beloved saints of the
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Roman Catholic Church, whose
story is familiar to many nom
Catholics and favorite subject Of
artists from Renaissance times, is
interpreted as a simple, winsome
personality in Mr.. La Farge's three
paintings. One sees Ell Greco'S in
f1uence in the elongation and at
tenuation of the figures, but the
works are entirely different in char
acter, having quiet, meditative, de-
votional attitudes rather than the
burning mediaevas fervor of Ell
Greco's saints. Mr.. La Farge's color
scheme, delicate and grayed, con-
tributes to the Quietude of the at
mosphere.
The fresco over the altar repre-
sents the crucified Christ silhouet-
ted against suggestion of sunset.
st. Francis, with outstretched arms,
kneels at the right of the Cross,
while at the left st. Claire stands
with bowed head, 1t will be re-
called that St. Francis, who was
the founder of the Franciscans in
the early 18th century, invested
her with the habit and instituted
the Second Order" composed Of
nuns.
On the wall facing the window
Mr.. La Fargo has adopted the an
cient convention of showing two
actions in the same picture. In the
background ST. Francis, with a COM
panion, approaches three young
women, symbols of Poverty, Chastity
and Obedience (or, in some eX-
plantations. Humility. He "es-
poused" himself to Poverty. In a
beautiful prayer he said:
20, poorest Jesus, the grace I
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dent of the United States, the Chief
Justice and members of the Su-
preme Court, as we'll as of others
prominent in public life today. Of
all of these, perhaps the most sue
cesSful is that of Justice Harlan
FiSke Stone, which is rendered in
mastery fashion and is at the same
time excellent as likeness. That of
the Chief Justice also is we'll etched,
but little stern and less sensitive
treatment. Others portrayed are
Justice Roberts, Justice Reed, JUS
tice Douglas, Justice Murphy, JUS
tice Frankfurter and Justice Black.
The last has the appearance of a
silver-point drawing; the others are
unmistakably etchings and very
competent in handling. In some
instances, the head and face are
carefully delineated, well studied
and drawn, and the figure merely
indicated by few well-placed lines.
The portrait of Breckenridge Long,
Assistant Secretary of State, is of
this order, whereas that of Secre-
tary Hull is carried out in detail.
Both are good, as is that of Am
bassador Messersmith.
Least satisfactory is that of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, which lacks, sadly.
his expressive vitality and evident
force of character through rather
forced and unnatural delicacy of
handling-elongated face and very
thin hands. But Presidents rarely
have the good fortune of being sat-
isfactorily portrayed by even the
greatest Of the great portraiturists.
Possibly it is the hoodoo of the Off
cial portrait, doomed to failure be-
fore begun.
The two subject pictures in this
exhibition, wedding in Bretagne"
and "Notre Dame, Paris" both
printed in color, have much merit
and charm, and many visitors will
likewise find interest in Mr.. Stoes-
sells elaborate etching of the French
dancer, Edmone Guy, as well as his
etched portraits of Queen Marie of
Rumania and Maria Jeritza as
Elizabeth in "Tannhauser."
There are comparatively few por-
trait etchers today-and fewer still
so successful or accomplished as
Oskar Stoessel.
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it is understood, accomplished with
a single printing, which is quite re-
markable
Much may be said in praise of
his portraits of Prof. Ehrmann of
the University of Vienna of his
Mother and of Mrs. Sobotka, all
of which are sensitively but know
ingly interpreted. Much interest
attaches also to the etching printed
in color (two plates, in this instance,
being used because of the bright
red of the uniform) of Sir Arthur
Wauchope, when British high COM
missioner to Austria, who, per-
chance, may be a descendant of
the John Wauchope of whom Rae
burn, it will be remembered, painted
a most distinguished portrait. This
Is a half-length seated portrait,
well posed and Interestingly rem
dered.
Public Figures.
OF most recent date and special
interest will be found the portraits
Mr.. Stoessel has etched of the Presi-
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of Arts and Letters, distinguished
American portrait painter, one OF
the few invited to contribute a self
portrait to the Uffzi Gallery in
Florence; Paul Cret. architect of
the Pan-American Building with
Albert Kelsey, the Folger Shake
spearean Library and other notable
structures, member of the Amer
ican Institute of Architects and of
the National Commission of Fine
Arts, and Paul ManShip, sculptor,
fellow of the American Academy in
Rome, National Academician, Cheva-
lier of the Legion of Honor, member
Of the American Academy of Arts
and Letters. represented in leading
museums here and abroad. All four
of these distinguished representa-
tives of the arts have graciously
signifled their acceptance and are
now enrolled.