can. 
TRY US! 
MINERAL WATERS: 
CLOSSON HORORED 
His Picture of ‘‘A Nymph and Wat- 
er Babies at Play’’ Bought for 
the National Gallery Collec- 
tion of American Works 
A gratifying recognition of Wil- 
liam Baxter Closson’s achievements 
in the field of painting has just come 
to him in the purchase, by William 
T. Evans, of an oil painting entitled 
**A Nymph and Water Babies at 
Play,’’ which will be added to the 
collection of pictures by American 
painters in the National Gallery, 
Washington. Mr. Evans has written 
to the artist in a very cordial tone 
about the picture, saying that it 
is highly regarded at the National 
Museum, where it is now permanent- 
ly hung with the rest of the Evans 
gift to the nation. Mr. Closson was 
formerly, as will be recalled, a Bos- 
ton wood engraver of distinction, 
and it was not until the substitution 
of mechanical processes virtually 
drove hand work in engraving out 
of the market that he gave up that 
speciality, in which he had achieved 
marked success, and he then took up 
painting, devoting himself to figure 
work in outdoor setting, with a 
strong tendency toward ideal and 
decorative motives. One or two ex- 
hibitions at the Vose Gallery in this 
city and elsewhere have given a very 
favorable impression of his original 
talent. At present Mr. Closson is 
passing through Boston on his way 
to Magnolia, where he is planning to 
spend the summer in painting the 
figure. His studio is not very far 
from the place where William M. 
Hunt’s studio used to stand in the 
days when Magnolia was an artist’s 
ecolony.—Boston Transcript. 
A few of Mr. Closson’s pictures 
are on exhibition at Green Gables 
Inn, Magnolia. 
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NEXT TO MEN’S CLUBHOUSE 
Miss Northend Author of Two Books 
In the catalog containing the fall 
announcements of new publications 
of Little, Brown & Co., are listed 
two works by Miss Mary H. North- 
end of Salem. 
One of the books is ‘‘Colonial 
Homes and Their Furnishings,’’ with 
one hundred full-page plates in half- 
tone, containing more than 150 il- 
lustrations. : 
The author of this interesting and 
valuable work first takes up the sub- 
ject of the old homes of Colonial 
times from the ‘‘frame house’’ and 
‘‘lean-to’’ down to the large square 
wooden mansions and stately brick 
abodes. The second chapter is de- 
voted to porches, and it is followed 
by a chapter on door-knockers and 
one on gardens. Other chapters deal 
with the interior of the houses and 
take up in order, halls and _ stair- 
ways, fireplaces and mantelpieces, 
wall papers, mirrors, clocks, furni-. 
ture, (including sideboards, chairs, 
tables, bureaus, four posters, etc.). 
The final chapters treat of candle- 
sticks, glass, china, pewter and sil- 
ver. 
Much that is of value will be 
found in the text of the volume, but 
its great feature is the wealth of 
illustrations. The author has for 
many years been an ardent student 
of Colonial homes, has had unre- 
stricted access to the best houses and 
the treasures they contain, and has 
accumulated a truly remarkable col- 
lection of photographs of the finest 
examples of the homes and their tur- 
nishings, the best of which have been 
reproduced for the present. work. 
The other volume, ‘‘The Party 
Book,’’ is edited jointly by Miss 
Northend and Miss Winnifred Fales. 
It has numerous illustrations from 
photographs. 
Some of the valuable information 
By the case or dozen. 
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Ginger Ales. 
MAGNOLIA 
Rev. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, D.D., 
of All Soul’s (Unitarian) church, 
Washington, D. C., will preach at 
the Union chapel Sunday morning. 
contained in this volume is of course 
seattered through various books on 
entertaining and allied subjects, but 
a book especially devoted to party- 
giving in which the hostess is shown 
how to adapt and apply general 
principles to specific conditions and 
occasions has been much needed. 
The authors of the work have ob- 
tained intimate knowledge of the 
subject in the preparation and illus- 
trations of articles contributed to 
important magazines, and _ every 
hostess will find the book very help- 
ful. The volume is divided into 
four parts, the first being devoted 
to luncheons and dinners, and con- 
taining chapters on the invitations, 
setting the table correctly, and form- 
al and informal menus. Part II., 
devoted to table decorations, con- 
tains chapters on color schemes and 
centrepieces, Jack Horner pies, can- 
dle shades, placecards, nut and bon- 
bon holders, decorated tables’ for 
special holidays, including national 
holidays, Valentine’s Day and St. 
Patrick’s Day, weddings and wed- 
ding anniversaries, bridal showers, 
engagements and debutante lunch- 
eons, ete. Useful information re- 
garding refreshments for evening 
parties will be found in the third 
part, including chapters on new 
ways of serving ice-cream, beverages 
hot and cold, and cakes, salads and 
sandwiches. Part IV. gives infor- 
mation as to what to do for enter- 
tainment, including guessing con- 
tests. games new and old, ete. it 
will be readily seen that ‘‘The Party 
300k’’ is a valuable work, 
