International studio . from Walter D. Merrick ofNew York, who recently came to Los Angeles toperfect plans for the establishment there of a greatresident school of art at the behest of CorneUusVanderbilt, who will back the school with an ini-tial gift of $500,000. The plans, which will beprepared by Robert D. Farquhar, a Los Angelesarchitect, provide for a fine building to be setin the midst of attractive grounds. There willbe a spacious, dome-shaped auditorium with aseating capacity of two thousand and a stagegenerous enough in its proportions to permit onehundred persons to rehearse upon it,
International studio . from Walter D. Merrick ofNew York, who recently came to Los Angeles toperfect plans for the establishment there of a greatresident school of art at the behest of CorneUusVanderbilt, who will back the school with an ini-tial gift of $500,000. The plans, which will beprepared by Robert D. Farquhar, a Los Angelesarchitect, provide for a fine building to be setin the midst of attractive grounds. There willbe a spacious, dome-shaped auditorium with aseating capacity of two thousand and a stagegenerous enough in its proportions to permit onehundred persons to rehearse upon it, for the schoolin addition to furthering the arts of painting andsculpture, will provide for instruction in grandopera, dancing and the dramatic art. Children will be admitted by competition andinstruction will be free. The institution will beoperated somewhat after the manner of the Im-perial Ballet of Moscow, formerly supported bythe Czar of Russia, and the Emperors school inVienna. A I isif to Hay ley Levers Sfudii. HARBOR, ST. IVES A VISIT TO HAYLEY LEVERSSTUDIOBY HELEN WRIGHT Ha\e you ever been to Gloucester,Massachusetts? If not, and you have some sparetime, do not delay seeing this lovely, exquisitepart of the New England coast. It may still be there in the years to come andIt may not change. Its winding, crooked streetsmay never be straightened, and its old houses,with picturesque gardens will continue to stand,as many of them have for nearly two hundredyears, and the harbour still show its variety ofshore, its myriad boats, beautiful rocks and itswealth of lights and shadows. Nevertheless, some unfeeling, enterprising,progressive, money-making .American might wantto do some skyscraping building there to plansome civic improvement to the utter destruc-tion of its charm. Gloucester is ideal for the artists who congre- HV LEVER gate there summer after summer, and one sees thecolours and pictures made by sea and sky withtheir eyes. When you come suddenly upon aboat
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