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Corcoran Presents Naval Exhibit "U. S. S. Aircraft Carrier Hornet at the Norfolk Navy Yard,” one of a series of drawings in the exhibition of sketches and water colors of naval defense activities by Vernon Howe Bailey at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. —Official Navy Photo. By Leila Mechlin. \ Drawings and water colors of haval defense activity by Vernon Howe Bailey, made under the au thorization of the Navy Depart ment, are now on view as a spe cial exhibition in the Corcoran Gal lery of Art, where they may be seen until February 19. These in clude battleships, aircraft carriers, submarines, cruisers and a few Brit ish men of war—65 in all—done practically within the last six months under Government com mission. Vernon Howe Bailey is one of the best-known illustrators in this coun try with a very distinguished career. In 1917. upon this country's entrance Into the World War, he was the first artist authorized by the Gov ernment to picture America’s war work in navy yards, gunshops, munitions plants and with the fleet. The collection of the drawings then made was exhibited in art museums throughout the country and later acquired by the Smithsonian Insti tution. A set of these prints was Installed also in the French War Museum in Paris. He is represented In the Hispanic Museum in New York by a collection of drawings made in Spain in 1921 and 1925. An exhibition of his “Skyscrap ers of New York” was exhibited not only in this country, but in London and Madrid. In the latter city the exhibition was opened of ficially by King Alfonso XIII. He has also the distinction of having been permitted to make a series of drawings and water colors of the Vatican Palace, Including the private apartments of the Pope. He has served as staff artist on the Philadelphia Times, the Boston Herald, the New York Herald, the Times, the Journal and the Sun, and has worked for Harpers Maga zine. Scribners, Century and many others. Obviously Mr. Bailey is first and last an illustrator—and one of the best. His war-work drawings wit ness to facts—and very big facts at that. They teU what this coun try has been doing in the last year to prepare us for war and safe guard our Nation—a record which arouses pride and tends to increased confidence. At times in these illustrative drawings and paintings—a few be ing in wash—he rises to a very distinct height purely from the standpoint of art—as, for example, In his striking rendition of “U. S. 8. Aircraft Carrier Hornet” as seen in tha Norfolk Navy Yard, tied up at the wharf and looming large against the sky. It is in instances such as this that art while subservient to illustration plays a very large part .In conveying the desired message. At the last moment two additional works were placed in this notable exhibition, both of H. M. S. Duke Of York, a magnificent battleship, on board of which Churchill and his associates were brought to this country for conference. These drawings, beautifully made, also had dignity and distinction. Vernon Howe Bailey comes of New England stock, his ancestors having settled in Massachusetts as early as 1640. He studied art first in Philadelphia, at the academy. lSTOCKETT hlSKECO./; kJTIATERlALS ■iuiramu then at the Royal College of Art, London, and finally in Paris. At the opening of this exhibition the gallery was decorated with palms; there was music, and a very large attendance of naval officers and other representatives of the Government, as well as those, who, for interest in and love of art, usually attend such affairs. Estoppey Jade Collection A rare and very charming collec tion of jade, amassed over a con siderable number of years by Georges Estoppey. is now on view in the National Museum under the auspices of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institu tion. These exquisite works, carved with all the perfection of craftsmanship of Chinese workmen, are exceed ingly varied both in color and form. They were not for use, but sheer beauty, the possession of those who, having wealth, acquired them as a tangible evidence of high culture, in an age controlled by considera tions of rank and ceremony. Each piece was a rarity and their owner ship a distinction. There were three great periods in which jade was carved and espe cially prized. The San Tai and the Han (down to A. D. 22V, the T’ang Sung (A. D. 618-1277) and, greatest of all, the Ch’ien Lung (A. D. 1736 1796). It is from the last of these periods that the examples in the Georges Estoppey collection come. In ancient China jade was con sidered the most precious stone, on account both of its variety of color and its delicacy of texture. Includ ing with jade and jadeite, the colors are not only extremely varied, but at times two or more occur in the same piece. This gave the carvers additional opportunity for display ing their skill, the design carved being adapted to the variation. For instance, yellow jade may be mixed with green or green with gray. As a rule we today think of jade as green, but it may just as well be a cloudy blue or dark red or a milky white, not to name all the varia tions. Obviously, as witnessed by the jade now on view, the subject carved was always made to accord with the coloring. The other quality of Jade which has made it so greatly prized is that of texture. Unfortunately, in a val uable loan collection such as this the exhibits can be aeen but not touched, but no one can see them without experiencing an irresistible desire to reach toward them and touch. John Ferguson, who has spent many years In China and is a leading authority on Chinese art. has said, "Just as painting is appre ciated by sight and music by hear ing, so Jade offers to its devotee the purest delight of the esthetic sensa tion of touch. It is described as ‘jun,’ which means soft, like morn ing dew or gentle rain, but it also means an elegant, glossy surface. It is a quality which corresponds with harmony in music or grace in movement.” This leads to consideration of the important part texture plays In the arts generally, as for example in painting and sculpture, or among the crafts, in silver smithing and fabric weaving. In each of these it is not the material in itself which tempts the fingertips—the sense of feeling—but the way it is employed by the artist or artisan. Subjectively the Estoppev collec tion covers much ground. There are exquisitely carved cups with covers, bottle-shaped objects, figures of lovely ladies in flowing robes, ob jects for purposes of many sorts— but almost never for utility. In fact, practically all have been produced for beauty alone and it is for this that they have been treasured. Current Exhibitions The National Gallery of Art. World masterpieoe* of paintlnt and sculpture—permanent collection and private loan*.. Special exhibition American water color*, drawing* and prints recording defense and war ac tivities purchased by the Government through national competition. The National Museum—Nation al Collection of Fine Arts. Special exhibitions: Georges' Kstop pey losn collection of lade: paintings on metsl by Buell Mullen: etchings and dry points by Gerry Petra*; salon prints from American Annual of Pho tography. Throuth February. Freer Gallery of Art. Oriental art; paintings, drawing* and print* by J. MeN. Wnlstler: Pea cock room: permanent exhibits. Corcoran Gallery of Art. American paintings and sculpture: Clark collection — permanently on view. Special exhibitions—Paintings and drawings by Adolph Borle. to February 16: naval defense activities: Illustrative drawings by Vernon Howe Bal.ey, through February 19: Society of Artists’ 61st Annual and society of Miniature Painters. Sculptors and Gravers' Annual to March 1. Phillips Memorial Gallery. Modern paintings—selected unit! from permanent collection. Arts Club of Washington. Water colors by Lon a Miller Kep llnaer and gouaches by Frances Per rr; to February IS. The Whyte Gallery. Paintings of Congas by Joan JuB yer of Barcelona. Spain: to February 16. Public Library, Mala Baildlng. Selections from I«d« of American Design. Dumbarton Oaks Collection and Library. Barly Christian and Medieval Art. Permanent exhibits. Textile Museum of tbs District of Columbia. Cards ot admission obtainable on application to George Hewitt Myers, 730 Fifteenth street N.W. Perma nent collection rare textiles. Bast and Near East. Paintings on Metal The National Collection of Fine Arts announces an exhibition of paintings on metal by Buell Mullen of Lake Forest. 111., to be held in the foyer of the Natural History Building. National Museum, Tenth street and Constitution avenue, from today, through February 27. In the reading room of the Hispanic division of the Library of Con gress, at the south end, is a painting by this same artist done on stainless steel. It represents the coat of arms of Columbus and is very decorative in effect. Water Colors at Arts Club The 25 water colors by Lona Miller Keplinger now on view In the gal-1 lery of the Arts Club, make a very attractive showing, being fresh in color, spirited in execution and ex cellent in effect. Mrs. Keplinger, who lives in Be thesda and has a garden of her own. is generally thought of as a painter of flowers and still life, but in this exhibition at least three fourths of tiie works set forth are of other subjects, landscapes, boats, houses, etc., some of which may not be beautiful in themselves but have 1 found beauty through the artist's ! interpretation. Quite a number are of boats. Ashing schooners tied up at Gloucester wharves, handsome in line and form and painted in strong, rich colors. There are fishermen's shacks painted at Pigeon Cove and Rock port on Cape Ann; a hillside gar den In all It* midsummer glory found at the latter place, and an interesting group of lobster Aoat* hung up ready for use by a lobster man's cottage at Pigeon Cove. Work of Noted Spanish Artist at Whyte Qallery By Florence S. Berryman. Joan Junyer’s paintings of con gas. exhibited at the Whyte Gallery until next Sunday. Introduce to Washington the work of an artist counted among Spain's foremost. The exhibition will doubtless be wilder many who view it, for these paintings are not factual, they do not show us how the conga dancers appear to the average eye, nor are they beautiful from the standpoint of the average person. They are essentially contemporary in char acter, and appear to be based upon the emotions aroused in the artist as he watched the natives of the West Indies performing their savage dances. Needless to say, the discreet ver sion of the conga which is familiar to Americans and popular among the younger set, is a very different affair from that executed by its originators. A sense of rhythm and suggested motion in Senor Junyer’s paintings will be obvious to those who study them, but these works will doubtless be appreciated and understood most easily by persons able to abandon themselves to emo tional delirium. One imagines, for example, that the high school “jit terbugs” who danced up and down the aisles of a local theater a few years ago, when their favorite swing orchestra was performing (and who evoked much alarmed comment from their elders) would be admirably equipped to comprehend the Junyer congas. No one can deny this artist's originality in color and design ele ments, also in his technique and use of materials. He is no purist limiting himself to a single medium and treatment in any given paint ing, but an experimenter seizing upon any means he finds useful in expressing an emotion. Some of his conga paintings utilize natural back grounds; others have gold grounds, or elaborately painted surfaces cov ered with stars or similar designs. His figures are sometimes painted, again scratched into the surface; they may be merely suggested by broad sweeping strokes, or composed of many lines, and in several in stances, are peppered with a finely ground substance resembling mica. Two of the paintings have real sea shells brightly colored and glued to their frames. The artist’s own interpretations of his paintings, translated in a catalogue of the exhibition, are not likely to help the observer, in most instances. Concerning one of his shell-decorated works, for instance, he says, ‘‘Everything curls wisely in spirals as in the chaos of a be ginning world.” This is reminiscent of Gertrude Stein and will doubtless enchant devotees of modern poetry as well as of painting. Some of Senor Junyer’g comments on his paintings are more intelligible, and his choice of words seems inspired, as in “The screaming confusion reddens and whirls away.” *Loy Cabin at Great Tails," by Lona Miller Keplinger, included in her exhibition of water eolort at the Art* Club. Star Staff Thbto. New Music Week Brings Heifetz and Grainger " Pianist-Composer Is Soloist With National Symphony Jascha Heifetz, noted violinist, left, will give his annual recital Tuesday evening at Constitution Hall. Right, Percy __ _ . Grainger, pianist, soloist this afternoon with the National Sym phony Orchestra. Appearing in the dual role of pianist and composer, Percy Grainger returns for one of his frequent appearances with the Na tional Symphony Orchestra this afternoon at 4 o’clock in Constitu tion Hall. The disciple of Grieg will be heard with the orchestra under Hans Kindler’s direction in his master's piano "Concerto in A Minor.” as well as in his own suite, "In a Nutshell.” The concert will be further marked by the first performance anywhere in its entirety of Arnold Corneiissen's Symphony, two parts of which—when played on the spe cial concert for members of the orchestra association last spring— won for their author the first prize in Dr. Kindler's contest for Ameri can composers. To open the pro gram Dr. Kindler has scheduled the grave and allegro from Bach's | “Organ Concerto in G Major” in Dr. Kindler's arrangement. It was Grieg, incidentally, who awakened Grainger's interest in folk tunes—an interest that led to t the creation of some of his most , popular work , including the peren nial favorite, "Country Gardens," i and. to a certain extent, this after noon’! “In a Nutshell.” This latter work, first performed in this coun try in 1916. employs the services of Mrs. Grainger, the former Swedish painter and poetess, Ella Viola Strom. Mrs. Grainger will play a large and complicated percussive Instrument called the Deagon staff bells because, her hus band says, they aic so far apart (one octave taking about 6 fc«t) Music Notes The February meeting of the Washington Alumnae Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon will be held tomor row evening at the home of Olive Witters, 2100 Plymouth street N.W. A program of American music has been arranged by Helen Bellman, with the following members taking part: Vera Ross, Margaret Tolson, Mary Louise Hill, Quinta Erey and Olive Pratt. A beginners’ class in the making and playing of shepherds’ pipes, un der Sidney Heller, is scheduled to begin on Wednesday at the Y. W. C. A., Seventeenth and K street*. The class will meet for six two-hour sessions from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. It is open to men as well as women. Further information may be ob j tained from the music office. Magdalaine Chaveau, soprano, formerly of the Philadelphia Opera, will be heard in concert Thursday evening at Normandy Farm, Po tomac. Md., following a dinner, the proceeds of which will go to the Potomac Methodist Church. David Palmer, composer, will play his own compositions and Francis Garcia will be the accompanist. Another all-expense tour to the Metropolitan Opera has been ar ranged for Saturday. The opera to be given is "Tannhauser," and trans portation to New York and the opera, seat for the performance and meals en route are included in the price. Tickets are on sale at the Cappel Concert Bureau in Ballard’s, 1340 G itreet N.W., until 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Washington Grand Opera has been engaged to sing an opera pro gram for the Kansas State Society Friday at 8:30 pm. in the WiUard large ballroom. Dorothy Remington and William Webster, former lead ing soprano and leading tenor of the Covent Garden Opera Co. in London, England, will be the prin cipal soloists. With an ensemble of 35 voices, the program will consist of selections from "Rigoletto,” “Faust” and “La Traviata.” A group of Helen Miller’s piano students played in recital on Satur day evening, giving a program of shorter works from the early’classic, romantic and modem periods. Stu dents playing were Nancy Sullivan, Abbie and Anne Oliver, Phyllis and Oloria Marchitelli, Barbara Beij with her father in ensemble, Meigs Newkirk, Rena and Bobbie Sabatinl, Margaret Sabine, Elizabeth Ford, Carol Eddingfleld and Caroline Kosswig. Repertoire class for work in en semble sight-reading as well as two piano and solo practice is scheduled for the fourth Friday in each month. Lynette Wells, Justine Jones, so pranos; Jesse Nussear, lyric tenor, accompanied by Otto Simon, took part in a program Tuesday after noon by the District of Columbia Daughters of the Confederacy. The occasion was the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sidney Lanier, American poet, mu sician, soldier. * that they can be played only from memory. The four parts of "In a Nutshell”— in which the piano figures not as an instrument, but as a somewhat outstanding item of the general or chestral make-up—bear the amus ing subtitles of "Arrival Platform Humlet,” "Gay But Wistful,” "Pas toral" and "The Gumsuckers’ March.” This last is a reference to Mr. Grainger’s home ^tate of Vic toria. For Mr. Grainger is a “Gum sucker,” the nickname for Aus tralians coming from his native State. The symphony on this afternoon’s concert is the work of a man who, like Dr. Kindler, was bom in Hol land but now calls America his home. Arnold Comelissen has been in this country since 1908 and is known as concert pianist, con ductor and composer. In addition to being the author of symphonic works that have been played by the Chicago, Cincinnati and De troit symphony orchestras, he was from 1921 to 1929 the conductor of the Buffalo Symphony, the or chestra of the city where he still lives. Vocal Chamber Music At Library Recital The Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation, in the Library of Con gress, will sponsor a public concert of vocal chamber music in the Coolidge Auditorium on Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The program, unusual in musical content and chronological extent, will be pre sented by the Lehman Engel Singers, a small group of artists specializing in part songs (with occasional solos) of the present and past four cen turies. The director is Lehman En gel, well-known composer and con ductor. The vocalists are Florence Vickland, Virginia George, Janice Baumgarten. Floyd Sherman and Cliff ird Harvuot. Tie Saturday program will con tain music from many periods and c.f many schools, with a special ' group of songs having their origin in America. There will be a 16th cen-1 tury motet, a group of madrigals and chansons, a group of German songs and a number of folk songs arranged for part singing. Tickets for this concert will be available on and after tomorrow morning. 8:30 o'clock, at the C. C. Cappel box office in Ballard’s, 1340 G street N.W. A service charge is placed on each ticket. No more than two tickets will be distributed to one person. D. C. Music Clubs In Unique Program A unique program will be pre sented by the junior division of the District of Columbia Federation of Music Clubs, of which Margaret C. Smith is president, at their monthly recital Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock in the auditorium of the Mount Vernon Place Methodist Episcopal Church at 900 Massachu setts avenue N.W. Presented in two parts, with much of it in costume, the first part of the program will consist of musical numbers by com posers whose works were the pre vailing influence upon music in the United States before any American composers had become known. The second half will consist of a new and patriotic pageant, called "The Review of the States," in which each of the 48 States and the District of Columbia will be presented by a junior pupil of some junior coun selor of the federation. Segall Recital at King-Smith Theater This evening at 8:45 Bernardo Segall. the distinguished Brazilian pianist, will give a recital at the King-Smith Theater when he will present the following program: Three choral preludes, Bach Busonl, "Come, God. Creator," "Gentile's Saviour,” “Rejoice, Be loved Christians"; “Organ Toccata and Fugue—D Major," Bach Siloti; three studies. “E Flat Major.” Paganini-Liszt; "Pour Les Huit BERNARDO SEGALL. Doigts,” Debussy; ‘‘E Flat Major,” Rachmaninoff; “El Albicln,” Al beniz. Already well known to South American audiences as one of the great pianists of his generation. Mr. Segall has gained wide recognition in this country since his debut as soloist with the' New York Phil harmonic Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Segall is known to Washington au diences through his concert work here and as director of the piano department of the King-Smith School. This recital Inaugurates a series of four Sunday evening con certs to be given at the King-Smith Theater by a group of artists in cluding Helena Figner. Brazilian singer; Benno Rubinoff, violinist, and Valerie Bettis, dancer. Review of Recordings By Alice Eversman. The French composer, Gabriel Paure, has been featured on Victor’s list the past two months. First came a release of his beautiful ‘‘Requiem’’ and last month of his ‘‘Sonata No. 1 in A Major,” played by Mischa Elman, with Leopold Mittmann at the piano. Outside of his songs, the works of Faure are less well known, although the "Requiem" has gradually gained in favor with choral groups. This recording is made by Les Disciples des Massenet, Goulet, director: the Montreal Festivals Orchestra, Wilfred Pelletier, con ductor, with Marcelle Denya, so prano; Mack Harrell, baritone, and Roland Roy, organist, assisting. The peculiar individuality of Faure’s ‘‘Requiem’’ lies in its tender and hopeful mood. Not as dramatic as Verdi's or as somber as Brahms’, the funeral service has a touching quality that is more comforting than the others. Traces of Gounod can be discerned, especially in the lovely Sanctus, which resembles that of the St. Cecelia mass, writ ten six years previous to the first performance of the “Requiem.” The chorus gives an excellent presentation and Miss Denya makes the “Pie Jesu” an exceptionally outstanding bit of the performance. Only In the olTertoire does the smooth flowing lyric mOod change to a gloomier and leas-inspired note, i for the remainder Is kept on the ' heights without effort. The “Sonata," composed about eight years before the "Requiem," is more stilted in form and even the poetic reading which Elman gives cannot make it as pleasing a work as that of other French writ ers. It fills a gap, however. In sonata composing, coming in a period between Beethoven's and Brahms' output that Included only two sonatas by Schumann, three sonatinas by Schubert and the Franck opus. The similarity of style between the Belgian and Frenchman is striking, although the Franck work followed 10 years after that of Faure. The dramatic, rich tone of Elman is subdued to a more lyric color In this performance, so much so that It is hardly recognizable as his. The effect, however, Is much more refined and more artistic than when the Elman temperament has full sway. WA*«Nr. JOHNSON. ORGANIST tMUJCH OF THE PILGRIMS 22nd and P St». N.W. O'CLOCK Finale, from Senate In E Miner. . . . FsUMa Fummlll AadaaU-- A. P, P. Reel. Armando Jannuzzi Grand Opera Dramatic Tenor Voice Specialist Italian Method Seheei af bet aaate Hobart 9028 1819 Oak St. N.W. (Nr. 18th) * Great Violinist to Make Sole Appearance Here Jascha Heifetz, regarded by many critics as the greatest technical master of the violin now living, comes to Constitution Hall on Tues day evening at 8.30 o'clock for his only Washington recital of the sea son. As usual, Heifetz will be pre sented under the auspices of Dorothy Hodgkin Dorsey, who will later in the winter bring to Constitution Hall that other great American vir tuoso, Yehudi Menuhin. Mr. Heifetz will open his program on Tuesday evening with Mozart's “Sonata No. 8 (Kochel No. 296 followed by Bruch's “Scotch Fan tasy.” After intermission, Mr. Hei fetz will play Saint-Saens “Sonata No. 1.” and a group of five shorter pieces: Haydn's “Adagio and Pres to,” Tschaikowsky s “Valse,” Szyma nowski s “Chant de Roxane." Pro kofieff's “Masks” ifrom “Romeo and Juliet”) and Mendelssohn’s “Scher zo” (from “Midsummer Night's Dream”). The first, fourth and fifth of these short pieces have been transcribed for the violin by Mr. Heifetz, who will be accompanied at the piano by Emanuel Bay. Mrs. Dorsey is planning the joint recital appearance in Constitution Hall on Tuesday evening. February 17, at 8:30 o'clock, of Mme. Bidu Sayao, Brazilian soprano, and Ez;o Pinza, basso, both of the Metropoli tan Opera, in joint recital, while tha Tuesday evening following. February 24. Vladimir Horowitz, the oelebrated Russian pianist, makes his only ap pearance of the winter in Wash ington. Concert Schedule Today. National Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Hans Kindler, conductor; Percy Grainger, pianist, soloist; Constitution Hall, 4 pm. Bernardo Segall, piano recital; King-Smith Theater. 8:45 p.m. Sunday Music Hour. Papas Mandoline and Guitar Ensemble, Sophocles Papas, director; Y. W. C. A., 5 pm. Tomorrow. Coffee Series, Phillips Gallery, 11 am.; the PM Series, Pierce Hall, 5:15 p.m., Harry Cykman, violinist; Leonid Hambro, pianist. D. Sterling Wheelwright, organ recital; L. D. S. Chapel, 8 p m. "Evening With the Victrola." Public Library, Eighth and K streets, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Jascha Heifetz, violin recital; Constitution Hall, 8:30 p.m. Navy Band Symphony Orches tra, Marine Corps Auditorium, 8:15 p.m. Marine Band, Marine Bar racks, 12:30 pm. Army Band, Army War Col lege, 2 pm. Wednesday. Chamber Music Guild, Egon Petri, pianist, soloist; Almaa Temple, 8:45 p.m. Marine Band Symphony Or chestra. Marine Barracks, 8; 15 p.m. D. Sterling; Wheelwright, organ recital, L. D. S. Chapel, 8 p.m. Paul Calloway, organ recital. Covenant - First Presbvterian Church, 8:30 p.m. Friday. Friday Morning Music Club. Constance Russell, pianist: Wjl helmina Spann-hoofd Walter, so prano; Genevieve Hughes, con tralto; Barker HaU, 11:30 am. Junior Division, D. c. Federa tion Music Clubs, monthly reci tal, Mount Vernon Place Meth odist Church, 7:30 pm. Saturday. Lehman Engel Singers, Library of Congress, 3 pm. Bennion Memorial Program, L. D. 8. Chapel, 8 pm. Marine Band, Marine Bar racks, 10 am. and 2 pm. Army Band, Army War Col lege, 11:30 am. fyeWtd* S'e^a^J Brazilian Pian:st In Recital at the King Smith Theatre Sunday, Feb. 8th, 8:45 Playinf in part hi* Mar. 8th New York program. Mr. Sefall heada the piano de partment at tha King Smith School If It New Neei etfttra aeeese. NO. till