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WOMAN IN ART in the World War. It represents a dead Crusader lying on a cross, his head resting in his mother's lap, and symbolizes "Sacrifice." It is in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City. It is a case of stone expressing the spirit that was His, and is that of the mother—Sacrifice.

A portrait of "Gervais Elwes" is for Queen's Hall, London, and another exceptionally great work, not yet completed, will also go to London, to be beautifully set in a large, temple-like building.

"La Peri" and a series of panels that the artist has called "Bacchanale Dance" represent poses of Pavlowa and her partner. The wisps of diaphanous drapery add grace to the whirling, swirling figures of the dancers. A most difficult thing to achieve is instant action, especially where every muscle is in motion.

"Offrande" is in Parian marble and might be taken for a classic nude in form and beauty, pure and chaste in material and sentiment.

Miss Hoffman was born in New York, June 15, 1887, and is the daughter of Richard Hoffman, a pianist of renown. She studied painting with John W, Alexander, and sculpture wtih Gutzon Borglum in New York and Auguste Rodin in Paris.

The following are some of her awards: Portrait of S. B. Grimson, honorable mention, Paris, 1911; honorable mention, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915; Shaw Memorial prize, National Academy, New York, 1917; the George D. Widener Memorial Gold Medal, Pennsylvania Academy, 1920; the Helen Foster Barnett prize, National Academy, 1921. Works from her studio are to be seen in the American Museum of Natural History and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Detroit Museum; the Cleveland Museum, and the Luxembourg Musée, Paris.

Miss Hoffman is a member of the Art Alliance of America, the National Institute of Social Science, the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the National Sculpture Society, the Painters' and Sculptors' Gallery Association and honorary member of the Three Arts Club. Her decorations are "Palmes Académique, France, 1920, and "Royal Order of Saint Sava III," Jugo-Slavia, 1921.

During the war Miss Hoffman was director of domestic and foreign information at the New York Chapter of the American Red Cross. She was one of the founders and the American representative of the Appui aux Artistes, a French war charity. In 1918, she organized the American Jugo-Slavia 224