MACERATA, ma-chi-rill, central Italy, (1) an episcopal city, capital of the province of the same name, picturesquely situated on an eminence 1,207 feet high, between the Apen nines and the sea, 21 miles south of Ancona. It is encircled by walls, pierced by six gates, has a cathedral, provincial palace and theatre on the central public square, town-hall (13th century), a college founded in 1290, museum, etc. Terra cotta, chemicals and matches are among its manufactures. Pop. of commune 22,940. (2) The province has an area of 1,087 square miles.
McEWEN, mik-ian, Walter, American painter: b. Chicago, Ill., 1860. He studied un der Cormon and Tony Robert-Fleury in Paris, afterward living chiefly abroad. His work in cludes landscapes, portraits, decorative panels and figure subjects and is marked by excellent sense of line and strong feeling for color. He executed panels for the Liberal Arts Building at the Columbian Exposition, Chicago, and for the Congressional Library, Washington. He has been awarded numerous prizes, including gold medals at Berlin, Vienna and Munich, the Lippincott prize at Philadelphia and the Harris prize at Chicago. He is an officer of the Legion of Honor and of the Belgian Order of Leo pold. He served on the International Jury of Awards at the Panama Exposition in 1915. Many of his paintings have been acquired by public galleries. Among them are 'Sunday in Holland' (Luxembourg); 'An Ancestor> (Cor coran Gallery, Washington); 'Judgment of Paris> (Art Institute, 'Chicago).
McFARLAND, mak'firland, John Hor ace, American master printer and civic improve ment expert: b. McAlisterville, Juniata Pa., 24 Sept. 1859. He was privately educated, learned the printing business and in 1878 estab lished his own business, which after several changes was incorporated as the J. Horace Mc
Farland Company in 1891. In 1890-93 he printed and was a contributor to American Gardening, and in 1901-04 he printed Country Life in America, also contributing articles and photographs. He edited the 'Beautiful Amer ica' department in The Ladies' Home Journal in 1904-07. He is an active member of various leagues for improving and beautifying Ameri can cities and villages, is an ardent advocate of national parks and forest conservation and or ganized a campaign for the preservation of Niagara Palls. He edited the American Rose Annual in 1916-18; furnished photographic illustrations for Mabel Osgood Wright's 'Flow ers and Ferns in their Haunts,' and assisted in illustrating and printed Bailey's 'Standard Cy clopedia of Horticulture.' He has contributed to numerous periodicals and is author of (Photographing Flowers and Trees) (1902) ; 'Laying Out the Home Grounds> (1915); 'My Growing Garden> (1915).
McFARLAND, John Thomas, American Methodist clergyman: b. Mount Vernon, Ind., 2 Jan. 1851; d. 22 Dec. 1913.. He was educated at the Iowa Wesleyan University, Simpson Col lege, Iowa, and at Boston University, and was ordained in the Methodist ministry in 1873. He filled pastorates at Millersburg and Sweetland Centre, Iowa; Portsmouth, R. I.; Elmwood and Peoria, Ill.; was president of the Iowa Wes leyan University in 1884-91; pastor of Grace Church, Jacksonville, Ill., of New York Avenue Church, Brooklyn, and First Church, Topeka, Kan. He was editor of the Sunday School literature of the Methodist Church from 1904 until his death. Author of 'Preservation vs. The Rescue of the Child> ; 'The Book and the 'Etchings of the Master.)