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FOR WORKS OF ART
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION IS
NATIONAL GALLERY.
Decision Recently Made Is of Much
Importance and Means Assem-
bling of Magnificent
Art Collections.
By a decision of Justice Stafford in
the District supreme court, it has been
determined that this country already
posseses a national art gallery. This
decision is interesting first because no
one realized that there was such a
thing as a national gallery in this
country, and, second, because it brings
to the government and incidentally to
Washington the Harriet Lane John-
ston art collection, which is intrinsic-
ally valuable, very beautiful, and will
form the nucleus around which a real
national collection eventually will be
built up. The pictures have just been
transferred to the custody of the
Smithsonian institution and will be
placed on exhibition as soon as possi-
ble.
This decision of the court is more
important than even the transfer of
the Johnston collection would indi
cate. The Smithsonian has had an
art collection for years, and it has
slowly been growing, mostly through
gifts; but the present decision recog-
nizes it as a national gallery. This
will attract more donations, and al-
though the collection for the present
will be housed in the lecture hall of
the National museum, there will
doubtless in time be a separate build-
ing erected for the art collection; and
there is no reason why in time the na-
tional gallery in Washington should
not be quite as much a center of at-
traction to visitors as the National gal-
lery in London.
By the will of Harriet Lane John-
ston in 1903 her art collection, con-
sisting of 29 paintings, busts and other
objects, was left to the Corcoran art
gallery until such time as there should
be established by the United States
government a national art gallery. The
bequest to the Corcoran gallery was
acompanied by a number of conditions
such as that the collection should be
housed in a separate room without
artificial heat, and there were some
other provisions, to comply with which
would have entailed more expenditure
than the trustees felt that they were
justified in making for a merely tem-
porary collection. They therefore de-
clined the custody, and it looked for
a time as though the collection would
have to be sold and the money divided
with the estate, going principally *to
the Harriet Lane Johnston Home.
President Roosevelt, who is interest-
ed in such matters, urged on congress
its duty to establish a national gallery,
but it is seldom that such a thing can
be done in one session and the matter
went by default. Finally the executors
of the estate and the Smithsonian in-
■ stitution went into court in a friendly
suit to determine the custody of the
pictures. Then it was that Judge Staf-
ford decided that the Smithsonian al-
ready constituted a national gallery.
As a matter of fact the formation
Of an art gallery is 6ne of the first
duties of thh Smithsonian under the
act Creating it, and when the present
Smithsonian building was erected it
was designed with two of the biggest
rooms specially built for a gallery.
The act creating it says that it “shall
have custody of objects of art, the re-
sults of curious and foreign research.”
This function of the institution has
been recognized by the regents all
along and there have been a number
of valuable objects acquired that have
more place in an art gallery than they
have in a museum.
Some of them have been turned over
to the temporary care of the Corcoran
gallery and some to the library of
congress; but they will all go with the
Johnston collection toward forming
the foundation of a national gallery.
There are other and more extensive
plans afoot that will help on the work,
but they have not yet taken official
shape, but it is sufficient for the pres-
ent to refer to the fact that they are
in existence.
One of the first purchases of the
Smithsonian, directly in line with the
formation of the art gallery, was the
Marsh collection of prints and engrav-
ings. This was a lucky speculation, as
it proved. George P. Marsh was for a
long time United States minister to
Greece and to Italy. His collection of
prints was a notable one and was
bought by the Smithsonian in 1849
for three or four thousand dollars. It
was temporarily deposited with the
congressional library, and experts esti-
mate its value now at between $50,000
and $60,000.
The Smithsonian already has quite
a large collection of busts of promi-
nent men and scientists, several valu-
able portraits and other objects, all of
which will go into the new collection.
SUBURB OF THEIR VERY OWN.
The Latest Modes
Washington Newspaper Men Lay Out
a Rural Addition.
Washington is about to have a sul
urb like unto which there is nothin*,
in the records of things suburban.
Probably the most remarkable thing
about this suburb is that it is not
going to be put on the market. That
is not its only unique feature, for it
is to have no streets, and a man with
a bank account of more than three
figures will not be welcome within
its limits.
It is to be a “truly rural” suburb,
controlled by a diminutive suburban
trust, and if the plans of its builders
materialize the civic millennium will
have been discovered, and .folks living
out Chevy Chase way will have a mod-
el settlement where great social prob-
lems will have been solved, where
there will be neither capital nor labor,
where politics will be an entity, and
the lion and the lamb will lie down
together.
The trust that is about to give be
ing to this mysterious suburb i*
composed of Washington newspaper
men, who, with a modesty that is
paradoxical, request that their names
be not published. About six months
ago these men—six in number—
bought a part of Clean Drinking
Manor, just to the eastward of Chevy
Chase lake, and adjoining the estate
of “Old Nick” Jones.
The tract—23 acres in all—is cov-
ered with a natural growth of tim-
ber; in fact, it is a veritable for-
est. The six newspaper men have
divided the property, and each one is
preparing to construct thereon a low,
rambling bungalow of logs, with rough
shingle roofs, broad porches, dormer
windows, and all that sort of thing.
Instead of streets, the boys have
provided for typical country roads
winding through the trees, thus re-
taining to a marked degree the rustic
effect. The material for the bungalows
will be cut from the roadways and
from the clearings for the building
sites. The entire tract is to be
fenced in, little pathways will be laid
out under the pines and the poplars
and the elms, the wilderness of honey-
suckles will be left undisturbed, and
the members of the suburban trust
will settle down, far from the mad-
ding ciowd.
In order to assure a thoroughly con-
genial community, the boys will not
let any one else in on the deal except
possibly one or two mutual friends.
Accommodating Shopkeeper.
The proprietor of an optician’s shop
in London whose window was broken
and a pair of gold-rimmed eyeglasses
stolen has posted the following no-
tice: “If the gentleman who bor-
rowed a pair of glasses to-day finds
they do not suit, and will call, the
proprietor will be delighted to test
his sight, and alter them free of
| charge.”
Fraud as a Toper.
“Oh, 1 don’t know!” exclaimed the
sponge boastfully. “I guess I can hold
more liquor than you.”
“G’on!” retorted the pocket flask
sarcastically. “I’ve known you to get
soaked with less than a cupful of plain
water.”
Senator's Wonderful Record.
William Pinckney Whyte, United
States senator from Maryland, who
has just passed his eighty-second mile-
stone, has never been inside a saloon,
never smoked and never rode in a cab.
He framed the instrument on which
the unique government of the District
of Columbia is founded. He lives out-
side of Baltimore, yet is able to ap-
pear at a trial in Baltimore in the
morning and be in Washington in time
to answer to the noon roll call of the
senate. Twice chosen United States
senator, he has also been governor,
mayor, state senator, state representa-
tive, city solicitor, attorney general
and state comptroller. He was de-
feated for the United States senate
by the late Arthur P. Gorman and
then succeeded Gorman at the latter’s
death. He was a member of the Mary-
land legislature when Gorman was a
lad in Howard county.
Fond of Paper.
“How did my little kid behave at
the party?” asked the mother goat.
“I made an awful mistake, ma,” he
confessed. “I ate up the menu card.”
—Detroit Free Press.
Pies and the Rate Bill.
When the rate bill in the senate
was being hotly discussed, many of
the senators had their remarks print
ed in pamphlet form. Mr. Tillman
being one of the senators who did,
Senator Spooner had gotten posses-
sion of one of the printed speeches,
and was sitting in the senate cloak-
room scanning it when Senator Till-
man entered.
“Hello, Ben,” exclaimed the Wiscon-
sin senator, “I wonder you never told
me that you had your remarks on the
rate bill printed in pamphlet. I hap
pened to see one this morning, and
it contained some of the best things
I have yet seen in any pamphlet on
the subject.”
“I’m proud you think so,” said Mr.
Tillman, with a self-satisfied air, “and
what were the things that pleased you
so much?”
“Why,” replied Mr. Spooner, “as I
passed by a pastry shop this morn-
ing on my way down I saw a girl
come out with two cherry pies
wrapped up in one of your works.”-—
American Spectator.
MIND AND MUSCLE RELATED.
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Pale blue rajah. Embroidered mull with lace inser-
tions.
Black and white voile with velvet
ribbon.
HOME HER SPHERE.
BEAUTIFUL ARE THE VIRTUES OF
THE DOMESTIC GIRL.
LEANING TOWARD HOUSEWORK
Never Discouraged by Early Failures
She Goes Boldly Forward to the
Very Highest Pinnacle of the
Success She Desires.
It is only that rare treasure, the do-
mestic girl, who keeps house nowa-
days. She does it because she likes it,
which is certainly a remarkable phe-
nomenon in a woman of the present
day, says Phoebe Forrest.
The domestic girl has always had a
leaning towards housework ever since
she was a baby. As a little tot, she
has begged her mother to let her run
the sweeper over the floor; she has
taken great delight in making clothes
for her doll, and she has hung around
the kitchen poking her nose into mys-
Easy to Cultivate and
Keep a Pretty Mouth
Simple Exercises and Constant Watch-
fulness Practically All That Is
Needed for Success.
Fear, Anxiety or Nervousness Fatal to
Difficult Feats.
In all feats of skill the influence of
the mind is most important. To per-
form in thoroughly good style any dif-
ficult feat of skill it is absolutely nec-
essary that the mind must be free
from fear, anxiety or nervousness. I
knew once, years ago, a man who had
been a bull fighter in Spain. During
one of his glowing accounts of the
sport I expressed my surprise that he
should have left the life. His reply
was: “One day I was about to enter
the ring, and I had a little creepy feel-
ing of fear. Then I stopped for good.
The man who feels fear is sure to be
killed.”
And it is equally true that the man
who fears is heavily handicapped, no
matter what the contest may be.
Anxiety and nervousness are closely
akin to fear; and both are so powerful
in their effect as to render it almost
impossible for one to perform perfect-
ly and difficult or delicate feat of skill.
The man who is afraid or anxious or
nervous is almost sure to fail.
All emotions when intense have a'
powerful effect upon t”he muscles. This
is plainly seen in the tension of the
muscles, clinching of hands and arms,
as well as of the face in anger, in the
spasmodic breathing of excitement, in
the muscular weakness and trembling
of fear, and in many other conditions
that might be mentioned. Now, in
feats of skill of whatever nature,
whether balancing, juggling, marks-
manship, tumbling, or shot putting, it
is necessary that just the right
muscles must be used at just the right
instant, and to just the right degree.
When, however, the muscles are dis-
turbed by emotional excitement, -such
delicate adjustment is impossible, and
the probable result is failure.
The mental state most conducive to
success in games of skill is confident
calmness. And by practice this state
of mind may be made a habit—a habit
most valuable in all game of skill, even
in that game of skill called life.—Dr.
W. It. C. Latson, in Outing.
tterious dishes and pleading with cook
to let her taste the cake, at various
stages of its development, i
She has worried her mother to death
by experimenting with the sewing ma-
chine, and unmindful of various in-
junctions to be careful of the machine
she has kept at it until she learned
how to run it.
Then one day she turns out a pie.
Extremely proud of herself she places
it ostentatiously on the table in front
of her mother. Then what is her hor-
ror to hear mother call for the
hatchet!
She is not discouraged, however, but
resolves not to be so ambitious for
awhile. 'She keeps at it, in spite of
many inevitable failures, until finally
father pronounces her the best cook
they have ever had.
At that she begs him to discharge
the cook, and to let her give up school
and do the cooking.
Her mother is naturally horrified
and declares that it would be a sin to
take her from school. But father si-
lences her by saying that school
doesn’t do women any good anyhow;
that Caesar won’t help her to kee-p
house, and finally, that if his little
girl wants to stay at home and do the
cooking, why, she can.
With this event a new era in her
life begins. Little by little, the house
hold affairs are given over into her
hands entirely.
Her father says that he hopes she
will never marry, because he doesn’t
know what he should do without her.
But he realizes that the chances for
the fulfillment of bis desire are very
slim indeed.
Hotel Has Private Rainstorm.
The latest hot weather innovation
in Paris is a private rainstorm. While
people in the streets are sweltering in
the hot sun, guests at the Hotel Cas-
tiglione may now gaze from their
windows on the big open court, and
have all the cooling effects of a sum-
mer rainstorm. To make the arti-
ficial rainstorm complete the hotel
management has placed in the center
of the courtyard a gigantic umbrella,
some 25 feet in diameter, under which
the guests may read or drink without
getting wet. The innovation is de-
cidedly cooling, and is attracting con-
siderable attention. The mechanism
consists merely of pipes placed high
above the court.
“If you would be really good look-
ing, hold your mouth correctly," says
an expert on woman’s beauty. “It is
the feature which controls the entire
expression of the face, and without
the knowledge of how to use the
muscles of the mouth there isn’t a
single person whose good looks will
not be marred the moment the face
becomes animated.
“Isn’t it true that if you have re
marked once you have a hundred
times, how unattractive certain good-
looking women appear the instant
they open their lips to speak? The
formation of the mouth is, of course,
the underlying cause of this, but it is
the way in which the flexible bows
are held that is responsible for the
disappointing change. Women should
study how to make their lips expres-
sive, and they cannot only prevent a
handsome countenance from becom-
ing ordinary, but they can alter the
entire character of a homely face.
“First learn to make the lips limber
Certain singing exercises are helpful
to this end, and they should be prac-
ticed every morning for a week or
two until the lips become elastic.
One exercise is to pronounce the sep^
arate vowels in turn 10 or 15 times,
bringing the lips well forward and
away from the teeth as far as pos-
sible, for each letter. Another, and
this is really better than the first,
uses the repeated, pronunciation of the
two syllables—oh—wee.
“The second help in correct use of
the mouth is to make a special point
whenever you speak or have occasion
to read aloud, to utter each word dis-
tinctly and put the d’s and g’s and t’s
on the end of every one of their re
spective syllables.
“Also remember always to keep
the corners of the mouth well for-
ward. The ugliest formation of the
lips is that, which draws them tightly
across the teeth, stretching them half-
way to the ears. A wide display of
teeth and frequently an unsightly
view of the gums of the upper jaw is
the result. This is exaggerated when
smiling, but even when opening the
mouth to speak it will completely
spoil any natural beauty. What is
more, there is only one person in
hundred whose lips do open prettily
unless the corners are constantly kept
in mind and not allowed to stretch far
back.
“For the woman who is blessed
with particularly fine looks, holding
the mouth well in repose counts for
a great deal toward improving her
beauty. That is, above all things to
have the lips meet each other evenly
and squarely. In case the lower lip
should have a tendency to drop back
the lower jaw needs to be held for-
ward on a line with the upper. Final-
ly, the expression of the mouth, which
must be pushed slightly forward so
as not to form a straight, character
less line across the face, and very full
lips must be held gently in. Be most
careful also that the corners of the
mouth are turned up rather than
down.
“All this training of the lips and
mouth requires time. They cannot be
made to change their natural tenden- jerusha—Honestly, I haven’t the
cies in a minute. But by practicing face to g0 to that party,
the above rules it is only a matter of | Jemima_What’s the matter-all
a few months when they will come and posvder used up?_
to have grace.” 1 ■youi &
Instinctive Piety of the Irish Gael.
As Dr. Douglas Hyde points out,
“the Irish Gael is pious by nature,
there is not an Irishman in a hundred
in whom is the making of an unbe-
liever. God is for him assured, true,
intelligible. When he meets a neigh-
bor, insteal of saying ‘Bon jour!—or
‘Good morning,’ he says ‘God salute
you.’ ” Indeed, all the ordinary invo-
cations and salutations of the Irish
language are governed by this reli-
gious feeling- “When he takes snuff
from you he will say: ‘The blessing
of God be -with the souls of your dead.’
If a sudden wonderment surprise him,
he will cry: ‘A thousand laudations
to God,’ and if he be shown a,, young
child or anything else for the first
time he will say: ‘Prosperity from
God on it.’ ”
Unhappy Wives of the Great.
She—It is said that great men ara
generally able to get along with com-
paratively little sleep.
He—It must' be hard on the great
men’s wives. They probably have to
figure pretty closely in order to be
able to go through their husband’s
pockets.—Chicago Record-Herald.
Hidden on Desert Islands.
The catboat ran gayly before the
Wind. The sea was alive with sun-
shine. Shoreward, on the board walk,
the people walking looked no bigger
than dominoes.
“No, sir,” said the skipper, “there
is not a desert island of the sea that
the governments of the world haven’t
stocked up with grub and clothes and
tools for the use of shipwrecked ma-
riners.
“There’s tinned soups, dried meats,
sealed cans of rice and flour and
sugar, dried peas, beans, tobacco,
knives, nails, matches, shovels, buck-
ets, hatchets, and so on—all a ship-
wrecked mariner could need.
“The governments have done this
for a number of years. The proven-
der is hid in caves or under rocks.
There’s a book published, giving the
exact location of these caches, and
most ships carry a copy of the work."
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 806, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1906, newspaper, October 12, 1906; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897287/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.