Show i heA MJ an i 11 n cc 1 CALLS C AMERICAN x neST IU ST DANCERS CHICAGO March 19 Tho 13 Th bal bal- ballet bal ballet let although originated In foreign lands has hu found Its ablest exponent exponent ent cut In the th American girl cirl She has ha more beauty and vitality vital Ital I- I ity ni than thin her sisters of ot the older alder countries And Andreas as and Sergo ballet bullet masters ma tb of the Chicago Civic Opera Com Com- Company Com rany pany are aro convince and they halo ha de decided to use Uge us only American gin a aIn In their their- ballets hereafter The greatest difficulty with the Amer Amer- AmerIcan American ican lean sir gir declares declare la In her doting parents parentI They have hav ho he heMy flays an exaggerated opinion of theIr daughters talent tInt and so o dis- dis discount dis discount count hard bard work THO THOUSANDS inS S SPENT ON 1 ART AnT CAT CATALOGUES S NEW YORK March 19 tt 1 cots costs thousands of ot dollars dollar annually annu annu- annually annually ally to show art connoisseurs what they are bidding for at the th auction auction auction tion sales in New York Tho cat cat- catalogues cat catalogues Issued by the galleries where tho the sales of ot art objects object are held flue 1140 ar exceptional examples example of the printers art The Th American Art Association estimates estimate that Its catalogues cost co t an average of o for a 11 single tale sale With 40 sales during a season m on the total tot expense Is about The Tho expense o of ot issuing the cata cala- cata- cata catalogues catalogues il is I met by selling them to Interested persons person They may be purchased for 1 to 10 each de- de depending depending de pending upon size the and qualitY of tho the workmanship which In turn turnIs turnIs turnIs Is largely regulated by tho the value aItH of the th collection described In the book LEWIS PLANS LONDON LONDON-AMER- LONnON AMER X IC NOVEL XO LONDON March 19 19 Sinclair L Lewis may write a 0 novel with a American London AmerIcan as the hero The Tho London-American London Is quite II a dIstinctive distinctly type he said J 1 dont don't think I would attempt a novel of ot English clu character but I know London well Veil enough now to use uso It as the background for foran foran foran an American character It is amazing how you meet Americans who have hav lived In London for years eau without losing their Amer Amer- American American American ican characteristics In appear appear- appearance appearance anc ance and dress you OU might take takA them for or Englishmen but meet them In tho the club and you find that essentially they have not Dot changed Englishmen In America I have hav found also retain their es- es essentially essentially es essentially native characteristics There Is one on man I know a brother of ot Horace Annesley Ya- Ya Va Va chell the novelist This man has lived In ip California for 30 years and be he Is the most English Eng Eng- Eng Eng- Englishman Englishman lishman I know although he has acquired many American charac charac- characteristics WELSH MUSICIANS TO STAGE IBSEN PLAY 11 CARDIFF CARDUI Wales March 19 1 Ibsen's Pretenders Is to be done donn to In the tho Welsh language at this years year's ears national Eisteddfod Lord Howard Do De Walden who chiefly responsible for the Idea and Is 13 most of the tho ex- ex fens ex-fens ense of the tho production I is one of the most enthusiastic patrons of the drama and mu music lc He H has s a skeen keen Interest In to fostering the Welsh tradition of both and ond for developing the th national Instincts of artistry In fn these directions CHILD PATIENCE PARIS March A 19 19 A new etch eteh- whereby childrens children's portraits portrait can an be bo done rapidly In of s I Is be- be being beIng ne be-ne ing perfected In Paria Parla fly by Ruth Pratt Dobbs Bobbs known well Ameri Ameri- American American American can painter She Sh Is trying trying- to tomake tomake make portrait sitting less IMS burden burden- burdensome burdensome some Borne for el It Is easy casy enough to do them In pastel Mrs Dobbs Bobbs explained because In that medium one can work orl fast and not tiro them with many sittings But Hut pastel are oro If It marred l in any anyway anyway anyway way they must be b redone com com- corn y By tho time lime the tho disaster la Is remedied your our young oung model has broken its nose noso or reached tho awkward akward age nee and you O have to start on an entirely new subject Youngsters who have hav sat for Mrs Irs Dobbs Bobba Include Albert J De- De Beveridge Bc Jr son lion of the statesman an and 1 Skin Skin- Skinner Skinner ner daughter of ot the tho actor Her grownup subjects subject include Irving Bachellor and Stephen Vincent Benet Bent the tho poet The Tho artist Is tho widow of t e late Conrad Dobbs Bobbi the publisher AUTHOR LOSES LASES OOOO TO OD- OD OBSERVE OB OBSERVE SERVE SEn GAMBLERS It Costs I E 1 Phillips Oppenheim English author of mystery stories about a year to accumulate accumulate late the gambling atmosphere for hIs stories of Monte Mont Carlo and the Riviera Oppenheim Is a regular visitor at the Monto Monte Carlo casino For five fI days das In the wee weed week he dictates stories lories in the little cottage collate bor- bor bordering bor daring dering his villa at sur Cagnes-sur- sur Mer Her Mer 15 IS miles from front Nice nce Friday night he ha moves to Monto Monte Carlo unlimbers his gambling allowance and goes coc-a to the th casino Sometimes he wins but more often orten he ho loses and he seemingly docs does not care The author roams from table to table careless of bis beta bel and spending most of his hla lime time studY study- studying study Inc Ing the th types around him He HI has haa written three boosts book centered around the tho casino In the past two years Cors NO NO MODERNISM IN IX FIRST MATISSE WORK WORT The Tho first canvas ever painted by Henri Matisse French protagonist protagonist protagonist onist of was WILlI exposed to 10 the American public for the first tuns lima at th Dudensing Gallery Gal Gal- Gallery Gal Gallery lery New v York It Is a still of old books candle holder and table containing no hint of future divagations from the th Beaux Deaux Arts Atta methods Surrounding It were ab- ab abstract ab paintings that with strange color arrangements and rep non rep non form revealed what Js Is spoken of as Matisse's progress LONDON MAY rAY GIVE GI UP INTER INTER- INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL OPERA Fear has boon been expressed by y a director of the tho Grand Opera Syn- Syn SyndIcate Syndicate Syn Syndicate who asked that his nome name nto be disclosed that If the th opera at Co Covent vent Garden London Is not better supported this season than last last It may be the last time tim the capital will havo have International international International opera Plans Plan for an week eight season Include the production of Puccini's The soloists foe far the sp season on include Marta Maria Jeritza Lot Lot Lot- Lot Lot-It te le Rudolf Laubenthal Lauritz Melchior and a new v sIng sIng- sInger singer sine sine-cr er Sigrid The Th conductors are Bruno Walter Waller alter Vincenzo Bel- Bel Bellezzo Bellezza lezza Bel-lezza lezzo lezza and Robert Heger LU LUMBERMAN IBIn X L GIVES Gl ARF nr 10 Fifty years years- of effort to provide Minneapolis with an art collection or of world renown will culminate this spring for T B D Walker plo plo- pioneer pio pioneer neer r northwest lumberman Housed In a gallery nearing completion his o collection of paintings and rare art objects will then be presented to the city Walker who Is 87 17 has las figured In public welfare In tn Minneapolis for sixty years He lie acquired wealth through lumbering activities Illes which began beean at Paris Ill Iii when he was 19 1 no no |