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NOTES OF ART AND ARTISTS~~|
Several New Portraits of Washingtonians by a Well Known
Artist Program of American Federation of Arts
Convention Etchings on View.
BY LEILA MECHLIN.
I GUISE LYONS HEUSTIS. a
Iwell known portrait painter of
New York, has lately completed
„J a number of portrait commis
sions here in Washington.
Miss Heustis' work hah been shown
in all the leading current exhibitions —
at the National Academy of Design,
N'ew York: the Pennsylvania Academy,
Philadelphia: the Carnegie Institute.
Pittsburgh: the Art Institute of Chi- i
cago and the annual exhibitions of art j
associations in Boston. Newport, New i
Orleans, St. Louis and other cities-- j
and her picture, “The Sea Captain's |
«’hildren,” shown more than two years ;
ago In the Corcoran Gallery’s ninth j
biennial exhibition, last Winter won
the $2,500 prize in the Brown-Bigelow
national art competition. This prize
was won over 2.000 contestants. The
jury of award was composed of well
known artists, art critics and art deal
«m-s. Another picture by Miss Heustis
won a prize at the Newport Art Asso
ciation's latest exhibition. Among her
sitters have been well known people in
New York and Newport social circles.
She has met with special success in
her portraits of children. A portrait
by Miss Heustis of Gen. Young hangs
n the Navy Department in this city,
and another of her portraits has been
given place in the permanent collec
tion of Yale University.
Among the portraits painted here
are half lengths of Mrs. John Dryden
,ijid Mrs. Ford Anderson Todd, wife
us Comdr. Todd of the Navy. Mrs.
Dryden is painted in a light green,eve
ning gown against a decorative out
door background, the foliage of a dark
Tree throwing into relief the head and
shoulders, and a glint of dark blue
water complementing the light green
of the gown. The head is turned
slightly to the right, the eyes are
fixed apparently upon a distant object.
The expression is retrospective. Mrs.
Todd, who is a brunette, is pictured in
an evening gown of figured chiffon, in
which light henna is the predominat
ing note. The background here is un
rtecorated but atmospheric, the pose
rather alert and almost full face.
Miss Heustis' drawing is exeeed
;ngly fine and her work extremely
sympathetic. She employs as much
as possible broad, flat planes and cre
ates Invariably a beautiful surface.
There are no technical pyrotechnics
in her painting. Instead, her art is
used to conceal her artistry. She has
a charming personality, which inva
riably finds unconscious expression in
her work, and she has a faculty, which
some portrait painters lack, of getting
a so-called likeness satisfying her
patrons.
** * *
nrilE Corcoran Gallery of Art an
* nounces an evening opening next
Thursday. May 13. from S:3O to 10:30.
in honor of the members and delegates
;n attendance at the annual meetings
•if the American Association of Mu
seum Directors and the American
Federation of Arts, which will be held
in Washington this week. Attend
ance is not restricted, however, to rep
resentatives of these organizations,
but instead is free to the public. This
is the only time that the contempo
rary exhibition has been on view in
the evening, with the exception of th«
private view when the exhibition was
first assembled. It will in away take
on the nature of a farewell, as this
notable exhibition closes on the 16th
and will then be dispersed.
The voting contest for the popular
prize, which has been in progress dur
ing the past week, terminates today, j
and announcement of the prize winner
will be made in the news columns to- j
morrow or Tuesday.
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'AT THE Phillips Memorial Gallery
was opened yesterday what is
practically the last of the series of
special exhibitions of the present sea- j
son. It is devoted to intimate impres- i
pressionists. starring Sisley, Berthe ,
Morisot, Bonnard, Andre and Pren- ■
dergast, none of whom can with real j
propriety be classed with the modern- L
ists, except Bonnard and Prendergast,
and they with reservations. ,
The gallery will be open Friday
afternoon exclusively, it is understood,
for members of the American Federa- ,
iioti of Arts and delegates to the fed
eration's eonvenition. ■ This exhibition I
will be on view in the little gallery j ,
for the remainder of the month and I ,
"pen to the public, as usual, on the
afternoons of Tuesday. Saturday and j ,
Sunday. A fuller notice of the exhi- j
bition will be given later.
The series of exhibitions which Mr. . '
Phillips has assembled and set forth i
in his little gallery this season has j (
m oused a great amount of interest j .
and has done much to enlighten the ! (
art-loving public of Washington con-1 1
< erning the development of new move- j
rnents in the realm of American |
painting.
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'T'HE May exhibition at the Arts
* Club of Washington. 2017 1 street, j
consists of crafts by the Industrial ;
arts members of the club, under the
•fuspiees of the industrial art commit- ,
tee. This continues through May 15. j (
after Which time in the upper room ! -
will be shown water colors by the N i (
Painters and in the lower room water j
colors by Miss Dorothy Savage of Bal- !
limore, a student of the Maryland j
Institute and of Charles W. Haw- j ;
thorne at Provincetown.
A week from today a tea will be
given at the Arts Club in honor of ,
Miss Savage and the X Painters. The
hostesses will be Miss Catherine Carter
Critcher, Mrs. Mathilde M. Leiscnring.
Miss Sarah S. Munroe and Miss Ber
tha Noyes.
As a result of a recent election. L. 1
Morris Leisenring was re-elected pres
ident of the club; Felix Mahony, vice
’(resident; Alfred E. Lewis, jr.. corre
sponding secretary; Will C. Barnes,
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• THE DUEL ON THE BEACH." A NEW OIL PAINTING BY N. C. WYETH, WHICH IS
ON VIEW AT THE MAYFLOWER HOTEL. THE PAINTING WAS MADE FOR CARL
G. FISHER 01] MIAMI BEACH. FLA. „
recording secretary, and Edward Hood |
Watson, treasurer, for the ensuing
year.
** * *
TTHE American Federation of Arts I
will open its seventeenth annual j
convention in the ballroom of the!
Mayflower Hotel at 10 o’clock Wednes-1
day mornihg. The address of welcome j
is to he made by Charles Moore, chair- !
j man of the National Commission of ;
j Fine Arts. Robert W. de Forest, j
j president of the American Federation j
| of Arts and also of the Metropolitan j
■ Museum of Art. will make response.
A review of the work of the American •
I Federation of Arts will he given by !
j the secretary, after which there will
be general discussion of national art
problems, among them the revision of
the copyright bill, the # design registra
tion act, etc.
Special interest attaches to the ses
sion to be held that afternoon, which |
will for the most part he devoted to j
the subject of modernism. Walter j
Pach, well known as a painter, etcher j
and author, will speak on “Leaders !
of Modernism.” Illustrating his address ;
by steroopticon slides, chiefly of t lie j
works of French modernist painters. I
Ralph M. -Pearson, the leading expo- j
nent of modernism in etching, will !
speak on “Continuity in Modernism,” j
or “The New Tradition in Prints.” j
illustrating his address by his own i
personal collection of prints—creative j
work by old masters and moderns, in I
which design organization eontrols ex- j
pression of subject. Prof. Warbeke I
of Mount Holyoke College, department '
of philosophy and psychology, will j
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PORTRAIT OF MRS. JOHN DRYDEN. BY LOUISE LYONS
HEUSTIS.
Hhotn by Lewis P. Wottz.j
give a, brief paper on "Benedetto
Croce, Interpreter of Modernism.” A
series of stereoptieon slides will be
shown of paintings by old and modern
masters, showing "The Tradition of
Nobility and Beauty in the Art of
Painting,” after which there will be
open discussion.
Thursday, May 13, will be spent in
Afitiapolis as the guests of the Gov
ernor of Maryland. Two sessions will
be held, however,, at the Mayflower
Hotel on May it, one having to do
chiefly with art in the schools, the
other with art in the museums. At
the former two educational films pro
duced by the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, one on “Arms and Armor." the
other, “Vasantasena,” a tenth century
Bast Indian story, will be shown. Miss
M. Rose Collins, chairman of art,
George “Washington High School, New
York City, will give a short demon
stration of story-telling for children.
At the afternoon session Richard F.
Bach will give an illustrated review
of notable exhibits at the Paris Kx
position of Modern Decorative and In
dustrial Arts; Samuel S. Fleisher.
president of the Graphic Sketch Club
of Philadelphia, will describe (he lend
ing picture collections of the Art Al
liance of that city, and Walter 1..
Clark, president of the Grand Central
Galleries. New York, will speak on
"Marketing Art or Education Through
Ownership.”
The convention will be concluded
Friday evening with a dinner at
ftaucher’s at which Frederick Keppel,
president of the Carnegie Corporation
of New York and a former undersec
retary of War. will lie toastmaster.
The British and Italian Ambassadors
will be among the speakers.
The sessions at the Mayflower will
be open to the public.
¥* * *
r I'IIB collection of etchings by George
* Taylor Plowman, now on view in
the Smithsonian Building, comprises
some of the smallest prints that one
will often see from etched plates. A
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C- MAY 9. 1926-PART 2.
I number are scarcely larger than post
age stamps, yet In every instance they
set forth largo architectural themes,
j such as a general view of Back Bay,
j Boston; St. Germain. Genoa, Bruges,
jLa Salute, in Venice; Prague. These
miniature etchings are priced as low
] as $1.50, and from that very small
j sum up to $4 and $5.
Among Mr. Plowman's larger prints
; are drypoints, aoquatints and lltlio
| graphs. Two or three of the prints
j are of scenes in ttie Far West. One
j of Mount Shasta, a drypoint. is par
j tieularly attractive: another of Mount
| Hood competes in merit and charms.
Beethoven's birthplace and Whistler’s
tomb are other subjects.
George Taylor Plowman was born
in Minnesota in 1869. He studied in
Paris and at the Royal College of Arts.
South Kensington, London. He has
exhibited at the Royal Academy, the
; Paris Salon and many cities in Eng
- land and the United States. His works
1 are included in the permanent collec
tions of tlie Library of Congress, the
N'ew York Public Library, the Newark
Public Library, the California State
Library, the South Kensington Mu
seum, London, and the Luxembourg.
I Paris. He has received numerous
medals and awards, lie Is a member
of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers,
the Print Makers' Society of Califor
nia, the Print Society of England and
other organizations.
Ralph Adams Cram has said: “Mr.
Plowman’s etchings have taken a
high place among art works of this
kind. To a sense of form and of light
and shade compositions that compares
favorably with the same quality in the
master etcher, Haig, he adds a feeling
for delicate textures that is very dis
tinguishable and equally rare. His |
etching of the nave of the New York
Cathedral I consider a most notable
contribution to the field of architec
tural etchings, and it is beautiful to
a very extraordinary degree.”
When ari exhibition of Mr. Plow
I man’s work was shown in .San Fran
! cisco iti 1014 the Introduction was
j written by John Galen Howard, a well
i known California architect. When
i this same collection was shown in :
! Boston last November, the art critic I
] of the Evening Transcript had the j
! following to say;
I "The etchings of George T. Plow- j
man are too well known to need any j
! Introduction. Both through his work j
■ on copper and his written treatises on j
i the subject he has come to be consid- I
j ered in the way of an authority on j
i etching. For the greater part of the j
I last three years he has been abroad, j
i in England, Italy and France, produc
j ing new plates. His exhibition now
j covering the walls of the Grosvenor
l Studios is the result of the foreign
; trip—not, unfortunately, the whole of
lit. Thereby hangs a story. During
the preaent Spring he returned from
Italy to l.ondon to find that his lug
i gage in storage had been stolen; with
i it some ”0 plates, fifty drawings and
j joO prints, practically everything done
up to that time. In spite of the ef
i forts of Scotland Yard, these have not
1 as yet been recovered.
“The range and extent of the pres
ent showing, produced during the last
few months to retrieve the loss, rep
resents n quite remarkable feat and
also the artist’s latest developments In
the art of print making, nearly every
branch being represented. * * *
A'enice. the Santa Maria della. Salute
and the I ado are all sources of un
ending enthusiasm to the artists.
Tiiese subjects are once more present
: ed in graphic manner and subtle line.
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PORTRAIT OF MRS. FORD ANDERSON TODD, WIFE OF
COMDR. TODD, U. S. N„ BY LOUISE LYONS HEUSTIS.
Photo by lew'ia P. Woltz.
However, the heavier architectural
theme, the chasm of darkly shadowed
street form some of the most pleas
antly recalled of the exhibitor's pre
vious offerings. Os this nature, in
England and in dry point, with depth
and richness has been made an ex
cellent plate, ’Shambles,' one of the
most attractive in the show. Another,
showing Scott's tomb at Drelburg,
Scotland, is especially noted.
“Though there are evidences of
study in Rome. Tivoli, able
plates being produced, it must be be
lieved the sturdier aspects of Eng
land. association with the men there
giving especial attention to print mak
ing. has given the student of Sir
Frank Short a particular enthusiasm.
Two etchings made, directly on the
copper, of open countryside are to be
high commended, as also the series of
lithographs of Blewbury, the town of
■pubs’ and Hogarth fame. In aqua- j
tinting St. Malo scenes are rendered. |
in pure mezzotint those of San Fran- j
cisco and Pittsburgh, while in others j
the two mediums are combined. These, i
wit It an example of soft ground etch- !
ing. prove tne versatility of the ex- j
hibitor rather than adding fresh lain j
re Is to an already extensive showing.” ]
v* * *
\ DISTINGUISHED craftsman.
Ferruccio Pin I, has taken up rest- j
deuce and opened a workshop in this j
city. Mr. Pint is a designer and maker j
of jewelry, a silversmith of excep- |
tional talent and ability. He is an j
Italian by birth and his training as a j
craftsman was in Florence under the j
most exacting masters. Coming to 1
the United States fcotne years ago, he
settled in Boston, where the merit of
his work won him almost immediate !
recognition. He is a member of the j
Boston Society of Arts and Crafts, i
also of the American Federation of j
Arts, and Ins works have been exhib j
ited repeatedly in the society's shop*
in Boston anti in N'ew York. His use \
of silver and •sc mi-precious stones is !
essentially in the tradition of the I’lor- i
entine workers, but it has at the same
time originality and real distinction.
One of his works is a most exquisite
silver jewel box In repousse, an elab
orate design perfectly rendered—a
work which the great masters of the
renaissance would have delighted in.
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“THE SEA CAPTAIN’S CHILDREN,” BY LOUISE LYONS
HEUSTIS. THIS PAINTING WAS AWARDED THE $2,500
PRIZE LAST YEAR IN THE BROWN-BIGELOW NA
TIONAL ART COMPETITION.
BOOKS RECEIVED
WOMEN POLICE. A study of the '
development and status of the j
women police movement. By Chloe 1
Owings. With a preface by Lieut. I
Mina C. Tan Winkle, Director ol’ '
the Woman’s Bureau. Metropoli- I
tan Police Department. Washing
ton. D. C. Written for the Inter
national Association of Police
women. New York: Frederick H.
Hitchcock.
THE LIFE AND WORKS OF ED
WARD COOTE PINKNEY. A
Memoir and Complete Text of His
Poems and Literary Prose, Includ
ing Much Never Before Published.
Prepared by Thomas Olttve Mab
bott. Ph. D., and Frank Lester
Pleadwell, captain, Medical Corps,
C. s. N. New York: The Macmil
lan Co.
THE MODERN LIBRARY —WTJTH-
KRING HEIGHTS. By Emily
Bronte. Introduction by Rose
Macau ley. New York: The Modern
Library.
THE MODERN LIBRARY —POOR
WHITE. By Sherwood Anderson.
New York: The Modern Library.
UNPOSTED LETTERS. Concerning
Life and Literature. By John
O’London. New York: G. P. Put
nam’s Sons.
*5THfi HOUNJDS OJC gPRINGU JBy.
Mr. Pinl's workshop is above Jane
Bartlett's shop, and therein some of
his work is now to be seen. It is ex
tremely gratifying tHat a craftsman of
sucli attainment should locate perma
nently in this city. It is the aggre
gation of such artists which will most
surely create a true art center.
* •* * *
“THE Duel on the Beach,” an oil
painting by Nathan C. Wyeth,
is temporarily on exhibition in the
promenade of the Mayflower Hotel.
The picture is a dramatic expression of
a thrilling scene from the romantic
clays of pirate life of the old Spanish
Main, and the artist has succeeded
in filling his canvas with the atmo
sphere and vivid color of the time and
the place so dear to the heart of those
who react to the golden days of Sir
Henry Morgan, Blackboard, and Kidd.
A pirate captain, arrayed in the
captured finery of tne "ommander of
a Spanish galleon, is faced with mu
tiny over the disposition to be made
of a fair captive, and agrees, in ac
cordance with the unwritten law of
the Brethren of the Main, to settle
the question in single combat with
the leader of the mutineers.
This picture was painted for Carl
G. Fisher of Miami Beach. Fla., and
Montauk Point, Long Island, who,
having made numerous voyages among
| the islands of the Caribbean, has
j made a study of the history and geog
: raphv of tho long-ago storm center
I of pirate lore.
i Mr. Wyeth was a pupil of Howard
Pyle'and is one of t lie- foremost of our
! present-day illustrators and mural
painters. He is well-known as the
illustrator of many books of romance
I and history, such as “Treasure
j Island,” "Kidnaped.” etc. He has
recently completed large mural palnt
; ings for the Roosevelt Hotel and the
Franklin National Bank in New York;
the Federal Reserve and First Na
tional Banks in Boston, and the State
; Capitol of Missouri. Mr. Wyeth is
an authority on pirates, old ships and
costumes of the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries, and it is said on good
authority that Douglas Fairbanks
tried ineffectually to persuade him to
direct his new picture because of the
accuracy of Mr. Wyeth's research in
buccaneering history.
Sylvia Thompson. Boston: Little,
Brown & Co.
THE BATTLE OF THE WEAK. By
Hilda Vaughan. New York: Har-
I per & Brothers.
I BLACK AND BLUE. By Octavus
I Roy Cohen. Boston: Little, Brown
1 & Co.
PACIFIOO. A Novel Based on Truth.
Fiction and Possibilities. By Wil
liam B. Shearer. New York: How
ard G. Watt.
THE VANISHING AMERICAN. By
Zane Grey, author of “Riders of
the Purple Sage,” etc. New York:
Harper & Brothers.
BLACK THUNDER. By B. M. Bower.
Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
HELOISE AND ABELARD. By
George Moore. Two volumes.
New York: Boni & Liveright.
THE RISE OF THE SPANISH EM
PIRE. In the Old World and in
the New. By Roger Bigelow Mer
riman. Professor of History in Har
vard University, etc. Volume 111.
The Emperor. New York: The
MacMillan Co.
WHY CHINA SEES RED. By Put
nam Weale. New York: Dodd.
Mead & Co. <
OL'R POLAR FLIGHT. The Aniund
sen-EUsworth Polar Flight. By
Roald Atnundsen, Lincoln Ells
worth and Other Members of the
Expedition. New York: Dodd,
Mead & Co, ’
| REVIEWS OF SPRING BOOKS
The Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew in Book Form —A New
Volume of the Ruhaiyat Don Byrne Brings Out
Another Tale of Ireland and Irishmen,
i •
IIV IDA GIIJ3EKT MYERS. j
MARCHING ON: Miscellaneous* i
Speeches on the Threshold of j
Ninety-two. By Chauncey M. i
Depew. New York City.
» f ARCHING ON" covers
• • l\ f\ many years, many occa
/ 1/ 1. sions, many represents
" I tlve bodies. Certainly a
touch of genius named
these collected speeches of Chauncey
M, Depew. For the title indicates
not only the work Itself. It expresses
also the gallant spirit and sound final
ity of the man himself.
"Marching On" spreads wide. Here
are speeches before historical and
patriotic bodies, before political as
semblies, before business and financial
conventions. Here are memorial ad
dresses in honor of more than one
great American. Here are speeches
of welcome to foreign notables. Yet,
diverse in scope and theme and treat
ment aa they are, these addresses
come together in a complete unity i
that Is provided by the orator him
self through his Individual outlook,
through his habit of seizing upon
the few principles that underlie a
world of varying externals, through
the training that long and distin
guished experience brings and. above
all, through the up-looking, unquench
able zest of Mr. Depew’s own spirit.
It is a privilege to read these ad
dresses. It is a special privilege to
sit down before the one delivered last
year. May 2, 1925. when the Montauk
Club at its thirty-fourth annual din
ner celebrated the ninety-first birth
day of Chauncey M. Depew. No doubt
May 2 of this year produced another
year of outspoken experience from
tiiis remarkable man. But so far as
the volume in hand goes the Montauk
Club dinner of 1923 is the summit
from which Mr. Depew looked around
and backward and forward upon this
little world of ours. Not a great deal
of looking backward, save for happy j
conclusions for the present, with this i
man. Here is, clearly, a forward- )
looking individual. No regrets has j
he over a past that some deem im- ■
measurably better than the present. |
No meanings over a present plainly ;
going to the dogs. This is a good
world in the eyes of Chauncey M. !
Depew. And right here is the strength j
and glory of the man.
Let's sit in at last year's dinner of
the Montauk Club. A minute late, j
but in time to hear this, and a bit J
more: “I am more firmly convinced j
than ever that this is a mighty good
world to live in. inhabited by mighty
companionable and lovable people, and
i want to stay here as long as I can.”
Wouldn't you like that spirit and all
that it connotes? Os course, we all J
would. And we can have it. Listen j
to liis leading up to such conclusion.
His belief is “after a long experience j
and many large observations with nin- !
ture judgment, properly based, and ;
properly buttressed, that the only !
guides to success ate character, health
and happiness.”
Then he goes on to say that he
has many letters asking the way to
health, to happiness, to long life.
“Happiness has a eurious quality in j
that it increases by its distribution. ,
Longevity is largely a matter of curb
ing appetites until temperance and '
moderation become habits" and so on
to the conclusion that 1 quoted a
moment ago. Ninety-one years old.
mind you! A wise, astute, experienced j
man of afifairs. one who has held high
places. Still holds them. A man who
has seen astonishing advances along
many lines. One who has found more ,
of good than ill in the world. A hope- i
ful man—sane, sound, a smiling 1
philosopher, a keen observer with !
humor that is rich, with wit that, has i
lost its streak of iron. Lord! What
an enviable man comes out in these 1
speeches of such wide range, in such i
a summary as last year’s speed) pre
sents. If I were tiie world's school
master I'd hurry this book into every
curriculum to impart, if might be,
some of its robust spirit.
V .* *
RUBAIYAT OU OMAR KHAYYAM
Rendered into Knglish Quatrains
by Edward Fitzgerald. Issued for
the St. Botolph Society by L. C. !
j Rage & Co.. Boston.
A VERY beautiful and useful issue
of an ever-desirable book--Ed
ward Fitzgerald's “Rubaiyat of Omar
Khayyam ” Here complete in a single
volume tire the five earlier versions
by Fitzgerald. In addition to this in
clusive form of the Rubaiyat the vol
ume in hand is greatly satisfying in
itself. Ah something to possess this
edition offers decided gratification in
its book-making excellencies. The feel i
of the paper is t ight. The print is a !
comfort and an inducement to read '
along some more, closed and lying in
one's lap the book cover is a charm
of golden scroll against a royal back
ground. Then the pictures, too. join j
the fine ensemble in their pliotogra- j
vures from a dozen original drawings
of point and meaning and a dear par
ticipation in that which the quatrains
themselves disclose. A sumptuous j
book for the lovers of Omar Kliavvani.
** * *
HANGMAN'S HOUSE. By Donn
Byrne, author of "Messer Marco!
Polo.” etc. Illustrated by John !
Richard Flanagan. New York: 1
The Century Co.
,r pWAS a great house the one where
•" “Jimmy the Hangman” lived, j
Thus the peasant folk called him be- j
cause of his heavy hand upon them, j
James O'Brien, lie was. earning his j
hard name from the peasantry when \
lie was lord chief justice. 'Twa's a |
great house wherein lived with her |
fatHerj Connaught O'Brien, a fair
girl.'fair and sweet as the breaking
dawn. And miles across the Irish
fields was the house of MeDermot. an
old. old place, where dwelt with his
mother young MeDermot. who has
much to do with the pattern of this
tale. Here is a love story. The
names of the lovers are set before
you. That is enough to tell, except
to say that this story is as complex in
design as the heart of youth is pas
sionate and blind, as the thoughts of
the young are wild and unherded.
Around this beautiful story of young
love is another love story, a bigger
one though not more tender, a deeper
one though not more true.
This other story Is that of Donn
Byrne's love for Ireland. This is the
tale that he is always telling whether
the special theme be that of Messer
Marco Polo, or blind Raftery the old
harper, or Shane Campbell adventur
ing all over the world, or whatnot.
And surely you can read no more
beautiful tale anywhere than that of
Ireland in the hands of its passionate
ly devoted son Donn Byrne. The
great names of Irish history come out
now here, now there. The dauntless
heart of Ireland itself, the beauty of
its face, the charm of Its moods, the
persistent beliefs and superstitions
of its people, its loyalties, its enmities
—all these come out over and over
again in speech that Is all poetry, In
words that run little tunes of praise
and love for the deep, deep sod of Ire
land. Not easy to be cool over Donn
Byrne's many Irelands—for there is
nobody else like hint in this green
field.
** * *
MATED. By Wallace Irwin, author
of “Lew Tyler’s Wives,” etc. New
York. G. P. Putnam's Sons.
TN essence Wallace Irwin's new novel
A is not fiction at all. Fact, instead.
To be sure the author assumes the
fettar* 4ad to fcft «ura
\
I lie trims a quite general phase of mod
' frn iifo to fit the form and content of
| the novel. Nevertheless, the story re
j mains so true to fact itself as to seem
like a neighborhood chronicle of
events. A heroine of independent i
thought and courageous action may
be found, nowadays, in any consider
able locality. There, too, may be dis
covered marriages so unhappy, so de
grading in moral effect, so lightly
held, as to arouse in such a heroine
an intense loathing of marriage Itself.
If the girl boos logical mind—as hap
iply so many* girls are not—the next
step is for her to repudiate this time
honored institution in so far as she
herself is concerned. But, in the
course of time, the girl falls in love.
And the guileless youth, naturally,
thinks only of marriage. Think of Ills
shock wiien the lady of his choice re
fuses the honor and in its stead pro
poses an alliance of perfect, freedom
without benefit of clergy. Being wax
in the hands of this strong and gallant
i lady the youth yields. And right hero
the real artistry of Wallace Irwin's
work reaches its high mark. What
they do. where they go. how they feel,
how they live, and how, finally, a
thousand unforeseen happenings have
gradually closed in around them to an
outcome quite beside the reckoning of
the pilot of this domestic craft. It
simply can’t be done. And this is
made clear here in a. most natural
development that draws into its single
course innumerable hostile tides and
currents of opposition and defeat. An
admirably built novel, as interesting
In effect as it is skillful in craftsman
ship.
** * *
WHALING IN THE FROZEN
SOUTH. By A. .1. Yiiiiers. Illus
trated. Indianapolis: The Bobs-
Merrill Co.
THE bare mention of whaling drives
i A one's mind Instantly back to the
j eighteenth century and the coast of
I New England, to the great clipper
I ships in their business of whale hunt
j ing. A business, this, that took these
! flying ships off across the Pacific on
! three-year voyages to China and
I thereabout from which they brought
back silks and spices and ivory' carv
ings and tea and oriental oddments
of various sorts. Here, in opposition
to such back-reaching pictures, is a
story of whaling that took place less
j than three years ago. This is the
report of the 1923-24 Norwegian Whal
ing Expedition to the Antarctic.
The author. Mr. Vllliers. as Austra
lian press correspondent, went along
with this expedition. A wholly new
field, the Antarctic, to the average
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Macquarie Island, "a nat'.ral zoo."
uninhabited save for sea elepti&nts.
and many other animals, where the
“penguins wander happily and uncon
cernedly about In their clean white
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around like so many little Charlie
Chaplins, hobbling along, bowing
waddling out to meet the etrange
new long-legged ‘penguins’ from the
North.” It seems too bad that such
friendly birds should be slaughtered
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bodies contain oil.
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whale huntings that are all excite
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approaches to the great Ice barrier; of
life In the whalers. There is the pie
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