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...composed by M. Félix Fourdrain, and was first performed at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, in 1907. It is called La Légende du Point D'Argentan. The story. The hamlet of Argentan has been famous for its point-lace, of which the secret design has been lost. For this design, the local seigneur, wishing to present a magnificent robe to the Queen of France, has offered a handsome reward. In the village dwells a beautiful damsel, Rose-Marie. Her parents are very, very poor-in fact, the family starves, so Rose-Marie prays...
...been done before; two weeks ago, they were surprised to see a news-dispatch from Washington saying that in that city an association of leading engineers had been formed to erect (in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution) a great museum of engineering progress in transportation, and industry. The prize design may be chosen for Washington. It differed from all others in one feature. The great steel shaft over the central portion of the 'building made an integral part of the design, and might be useful as a mooring-mast for aircraft or radio purposes...
...Cathedral, July 19th, at Liverpool. It will be the fourth* largest in the world, 130 feet longer than the Cathedral of Seville, costing more than $10,000,000 which is to be raised by public subscription. The foundation stone was laid by King Edward in July, 1904. The design, chosen from competition, was the work of a youth, done in his spare time. Gilbert Scott, the designer, grandson of the famed architect Sir Gilbert Scott, was a pupil in an architect's office when the competition was announced; he made his drawings after finishing his office work. Salisbury, "Queen...
...exhibition hall devoted to the Arts are examples of weaving, needlework, lace, jewelry-"faultless taste, painstaking craftsmanship." Ecclesiastical ornament is displayed in a basilica expressly designed for that purpose- banners, books, altar carpets, stained glass, tiled floors, sanctuary lamps, "full of traditional design and symbolism but signifying little." There are interesting photographs of architectural projects as well as the architectural manifestations of the exposition itself. The art of the Theatre is more historical than contemporary in import, as Gordon Craig, Lovat Eraser and others of the modern theorists are absent. There are contemporary drawings of David Garrick, and stage designs...
...adjusting electric metres, running a coffee house, working in the Art Department of The Washington Post, finding lost baggage for tourists in Paris." Of the 15 applicants the jury retained 3 for further consideration-A. Clemens Finley, Jr., T. C. Richards, both students of the National Academy of Design (Manhattan) and M. J. Mueller, of the Yale University School of Fine Arts. These three were given four weeks to submit a mural on the subject Spring. Although his painting was not completed, the jury (composed of E. H. Blashfield, F. C. Jones, Douglas Volk, Eugene Savage and Russell Cowles) voted...