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BOOSTING ART IN GOTHAM
BtritB of International Att Exhibitions Pro
poied in New York City.
PICTURE SHOWS BELOW THE STANDARD
Art Force Smltprril nnil Vnrliiim Sn.
cletlcs Fnll to Work In llnrniony
HI If I'lnim for nn Knrly
Ilpvltnl.
NEW YORK, May r.. Several meetings
have been held In New York recently fnr
tho discussion of a project to tnauguruto
in this city a series of International art
exhibitions similar In character to the salon
exhibitions In Paris, to Include in their scope
iircbltccturn, sculpture, painting engraving,
tho allied arts of decoration, and the various
oris termed "Industrial." And, whllo theto
have been Bomo differences of opinion as
to tho practicability of the plan and tho
frequency of the shows, should tho scheme
lm put through, It Is now almost a foregone
conclusion that the first of a series of Mich
exhibitions will bt organized at an early
date. TheTT Is that New York, the second
city In the world In population. If not in
wraith, 1a fur surpassed tn Its, annual art
exhibitions not only by many comparatively
email Kuropean cities, but by at least five
cities In this country. Philadelphia, Chi
cago, Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. I.oula
hold annual exhibitions of palming that nre
incomparably better than any held In New
York, and In those cities American nrt Is
today receiving u degree of recognition and
support denied to It In tho elty whern tho
fircat majority of American artists live and
nork.
Divided1 ,Art Fnri-m.
Tho reason for this Is not far to seek. In
New York thero nrc a dozen or more so
cieties of artists which annually hold com
jiaratlvcly insignificant and almobt futile
exhibition Insofar aa reaching or nt least
producing nu Impression upon the public
is concerned, In an, nverago yenr the- ex
hibits at those societies which show paint
ings alono-lncludlng works lu oil and water
color will aggrcgato a total of from 1.500
to 2,000 pictures. Of thete, a fair propor
tion consists of tolerable work; a still
smaller proportion may be, termed gooi,
whllo a very much smaller proportion is
admirable from an artistic viewpoint. Thero
may bo a dozen really masterful works in
tho entire 2.000.
To discover tho dozen masterpieces und
maybe 200 other "fairly good" pictures, tho
nrt lover of this town must visit the ex
hibitions ot the National Aeadomv of nn.
sign, tho Society of American Artists, the
American water color society, tho New York
Water Color club, the Society of American
l.andseapo Painters, and the Society of the
Teu American winters. This leaves out tho
Woman's Art club which has held exhibi
tions with more or less regularity -tho
Foclety of Miniature Painter, tho Society ot
Painters In Pustel, and :i numbor ot other art
6ocletlcs holding periodical exhibitions.
At each of these exhibitions the visitor
must laboriously winnow a little wheat from
u great deal ot chuff. Somo of them, of
course, contain more wheat In proportion
to the chaff than others, but In every case
th few good pictures aro usually more or
leas discredited by their surroundings, and
era so scattered that they produce little real
impression. The dominating effect of almost
every ono of these exhibition! Is that of
mediocrity.
On tho other hand, the exhibitions of
American paintings .held annually In th
fir cities mentioned are composed of care
fully selected pictures from all these arloU3
New York exhibitions, supplemented by tho
best of tho most recent works from the
studios of American artists at home and
those residing abroad. No Now York ex
hibition Is organized upon any such lines. ,
Tho pictures shown here Rre almost ex- .
cluslvoly the work of New York artists.
"Ont-of-ToM n" Art Show. I
Tho methods of selection employed by tbn ,
principal Institutions outside of New York I
which hold annual exhibitions cf plcturen
vary considerably. The Carnegie Institute of '
Pittsburg establishes advisory committees '
In the principal art centers, following the
plan originated by tho nrt department of the
World's Columbian eposltlon. The director
of the Institute visits these committors and
the principal art exhlbitlono held In this
country and Rurope and from each exhlhl- ;
tlou prepares lists of artists whose works are j
considered desirable. These artists then are
Invited to Mibmlt pictures for the exhibition i
to the nearest advisory commlttoo acting as a )
Jury or to the Jury at Pittsburg. Kach artist i
Is also nsked to nominate his choice for tho
membership of thu Jury of nvvnrd, which as
sembles at Pittsburg prior to the opening of
tho annual exhibition nnd determines the
distribution of the various prizes.
The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts I
nt Philadelphia has n home Jury and also
Invites specific contributions which como i
without Jury action. The Pennsylvania
academy's last annual exhibition was per
haps the flnrt't of Its kind that has ever
beei) held In this country.
The Chicago Art Institute establishes
Juries In the principal eastern cities and In
Chicago and employs a competent agent In
ParU to chocse und secure desirable works
from the studios of American artiste resid
ing In Kurope.
Tho Cincinnati Art museum follows tho
method of the Pennsylvania Academy cf I'lno
Arts and the St. Iiuls Exposition aesocla-
tlon has confided the selection of works for
Its annual exhibitions entirely to tho di
rector of Its art department, who each year
has visited nil the principal an exhibitions
held In this country und abroad, as well i
the studies of many of tho loading artists
of America and Kurope, choosing for the
exposition such works ns seemed most
worthy.
Thuo It will bo seen that all the.se "out-of-town"
exhibitions ure enmpesed mainly of
carefully mado selections from tho whole
field cf contemporary art, instead of contri
butions from the limited number cf member
and followers of n blnglo society or resident
artists of a single city.
nrt. whllo knowing nothing about It, but It I institutions at Philadelphia, Plttaburg, Cin
would show them how the best American clnnntl, Chicago and St. Louis.
work can hang beside tho best work of the Tho existing art tariff might hamper the
lending foreign artists without suffering nt plan to somo extent, but this difficulty might
all from tho Juxtaposition. An International
nrt exhibition In New York, conducted on
tho right lines, would Increase Interest in
nrt among all the people Includlnj the
artists themselves. It would stimulate them
In their work. It would give New York
prestige In a new direction. An Increased
general Interest In nrt would mean much to
American artists In n material way.
It Is only fair to state that some opposi
tion has been manifested nt the meetings
held to discuss the scheme. This oppcslliou
has como from the representatives of sev
eral societies who have seemed to fear that
tho success of tho proposed international
be overcome. In a measure nt least, by treat
ing the exhibition building ns a bonded
warehouse nnd extending the same facilities
to tho exhibition association ns are extended
to the great international exhibitions from
time to time. This could probably be ar
ranged without much difficulty.
CHARLES M. KURTZ.
WHISKY WAS SAID TO IIR SITKIUI.
It nt the Moonxliliier Knew More About
It Tllllli the 4'lnliinen.
About n dozen years ago, relates tho New
Orleans Times, a very green-looking moun-
exhlbltlonfl. even If h?ld two or three years . talnecr from tho Manchester region turned
apart, would render tho various locil cxhi- Up cno day In Loulsvillo with a barrel of
hut Miuhl lie Done.
Tho fact of the matter Is that the various
annual nrt exhibitions held In Now York
direct what may bo termed a "scattering"
tiro toward tho public. They seldom strike
an Importunt amateur., Tho few recognized
collectors of Amerlcun pictures rarely buy
from tho Now York annual exhibitions und
the well-to-do cltlzon In general knows little
of their existence. Hut If all the nrtlcts
united and carefully selected from among
their number a Jury of Intelligence. Integrity,
decision and lofty ambition, to choose from
all tho pictures altered by the artists of all
these numerous sacletlcrt as well ,is tho ablo
palntcrn unalllliated with thorn, a collection
of tho best works that have been produced
during tho year, such an exhibition would
havo a force would produce an Impact upon
the publicthat tho numerous llttlo exhi
bitions ennno: possibly effect. This united
exhibition would be well worth visiting and
would attract persons who nover think of
attending the small affairs.
Hut even bMtcr than this would be such
an exhibition supplemented by the works of
the best American artists w ho reside abroad
and by a selection from the best works ob
talnablo from the studios of leading foreign
artists, This last element of the exhibition
would not only attract those alleged Amer
icans who are disposed to bncer at American
bltlons Insignificant by comparls-n anil
might lead to the virtual dissolution of tho
existing art societies. Rut It Is not thought
that this opposition will prevent the ulti
mate biicceH of tho project. Nearly all tho
artists, as Individuals, favor it. and the in
ternational art exhibition will be held,
though ns yet no permanent organization
has been effected, and no date has been
fixed or place selected for tho holding of tho
first exhibition. It Is probable, however,
that tho Madison Scjuaro Curden will bo
selected as the plnee.
1'ronreNN of the hehi'ine.
To consider tho plan nnd scope of such nn
exhibition ns has been outlined, a commit
tee was nppolnted nt a meeting recently held
by artists nnd others nt the Kino Arts build
ing In Klfty-seventh street. This commit
tee haw Investigate 1 matters with a consid
erable degree of thoroughness nnd Is to re
port to a general conference committee
which later will submit the project nt a
meeting which members' of the various art
societies will .be Invited to nttend.
It would be necessary to modify the In- ,
terlor of tho MadUon Square Garden consid
erably in order to mako It avnllnblc for art
exhibition purposes, but careful preliminary
estimates reem to show that this could bu
done nt a fairly reasonable expense. Ws
planned the rearranged garden would con
tain a sufficient number of well lighted gal
leries, ranged about n central court (for
sculpture) to provldo for nil tho desirable
works usually to be found In tho periodical
exhibitions of tho National Academy of De
sign, the Sorlcty of American Artists, the
Amerlcun Water Color Society, the New
York Water Color club, the Society of Amer
ican Landscape Painters, tho Society of Ten
American Painters, the Woman's Art club,
the Society of Mlnl.uuro Painters, the So-
lety of Painters in Poatcl, tno Mitlonal
Sculpture toelety, the Architectural League
of New York, tho Natlrnal Society of Mitral
whisky. The barrel was home-made, bound
with hoops evidently hammered out on u
farm forge, and tho date, "1801," was
srrawlcd on the top with a hot poker. Ac
cording to tho mountalneur ho had found
It. under tho floor of a cabin once occupied
by his uncle, who was h noted moonshiner.
Rcforo tho chap hail been In town an hour
news of tho discovery Hew around and he
wao boslegcd by would-bo purchasers. Ills
epparent ptupldlty, the unlets fashion in
which he told his tale nnd tho umiuestlon
nblo antiquity of the barrel Itself all dis
armed suspicion nnil thero wn no much
cagernetB to acquire tho prize that no-
lojy thought of Investigating. Tho only
djubt expressed wns as to tho condition ot
tho liquor, n good many holding thnt It must
havo "gone back" nnd "polled In such n
lnpho of time. Thut was sottled In tho
(itorercom of a certain fnshlonnblo club,
where tho hung w'ns removed with reverent
earn nnd u llttlo of the precious fluid was
taken out In a siphon. It wns pronounced
superb by nil tho experts present nnd tho
mountaineer wns glveu $100 for tho barrel,
which was about flfi a gallon nnd consid
ered a great bargain.
For a year or so that 6t whisky wns a
star attraction at tho club, thou an envious
rival mado a quiet Investigation nnd un
earthed n funny story. As It turned out
tho only thing genuine In the affair wns tho
barrel, which tho guilder mountaineer had
really dlscovoriid under a floor In tho mnn
ner he described. It was entirely empty
when found and ho procoeded to fill It up
with somo mellow four or flve-yenr-old stuff
which ho siuurol In the neighborhood. Tho
whisky was really good for tho kind, but
It Is amazing that It could havo masqueraded
as nn antebellum plant and fooled somo of
tho best Judges In tho country. The club
people wero bitterly mortified over the epi
sode, nnd I daresay they aro willing to
HEROES FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Sherman tba Only General to Rejact the
Great Ttmptation.
OTHER MILITARY MEN HAVE YIFLOED
Some Have Hern Hlrctctl nnil Other
llnve Nut Willi the I'xceptlon of
WnnhliiKton, Political Lite
Added Little to Thrlr tilor).
Palntors, the New Ycrk Utchlng club, tho 8ttcnr that tho mountaineer who buncoed
Society of Ltthogrnphcrs and tho Decorative
Art society besides giving nuoqunto opaco
for tho works of American artists residing
nbroad and for those of representative for
eign artists who might be invited to con
tribute. Such nn exhibition, held at the proper
time ot year and extending over a sufficient
period, would command attention net onlj
In New York, but throughout tho country,
exactly as tho Paris salon exhibitions com
inatjd uttontlon throughout France.
A I'lreult of r.xlilhltitiiiN.
Out of thla internatluual nrt exhibition
held in New York tho half dozen other
cities holding art exhibitions In tho I'nUcd
States could find much material ready at
hand for their anuunl collections, and, by a
careful arrangement of dates, many of the
same pictures could bo sent to tho different
exhibition cities in rotation. In uch event
each institution so receiving pictures might
pay Its pro rata sharo of the expense of
bringing from abroad the foreign and the
foreign-American portions of tho exhibit.
Such an arrangement has already been In
effect to some extent and has bcin carried
out very uccesfully between the exhibiting
them Is tho villain who killed Ooebel.
J. Q. Hood, Justice ot tho Pence, Crosby,
Miss., makes tho following statement: "I
can certify thut Ono Minute Cough Curo will
do all that Is claimed for It. Mty wifo could
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II) Wtiy o'.' I'reniiitliiii.
fhli'uRO Post: llclttg n wiso mnn, ho
desired to tnko no chniieea.
"Of eourse you understand," lio said by
wuv of preface, "that I have plenty ot fo.
mule relatives.'
"I'crtnlnly," she nnswered, somewhat
notuilUHsed.
"I have four Mhtcru already," lie went
on. "and nny number of cousins "
"I realize all that," she returned, "but I
fnll to see Imw it Interests me."
"Oh, only Indirectly,'' lie bald. "IWnro
saying whnt 1 have to say I merely dcMire
to have It understood that I have my full
quota of relatives of that description. Do
I mnko myself clear?"
"I think I grasp your meaning," she
answered.
"In that case." he announced, "I will ask
you to be my wife. '
The solitary, brilliant exception to the pop
ular heroes of this country, ono who would
not accept tho nomination for tho presidency,
was Oenernl William Tecunibeh Sherman.
Repeatedly ho was urged to bo a candidate
and earnestly besought "to savo our party"
by becoming a standard beater, relates tho
New York Sun, but no arguments that were
presented, no Inducements that could bo
lcndn Influenced his dr.clalon. His reply to
all such proposals was that ho was not a
politician; that he could not become one,
did not want the place, and, finally, when
his patience was exhausted with tho Im
portunities of theso who assured him that
ho would be elooted If hp would run, ho
roi.red out his Inst emphtle; "No; let m'
hear no more of It. I will not accept tho
otllce."
Sherman more nearly resembliw Washing
ton in his unselfish attitude) toward the
presidency that any other American. True,
Washington was twice pnsldent of tho
I'nitcd States, and equally true that ho
could havo been the successful candidate for
a third term It he had so desired. Hut he
regretted the necessity that caused his coun
try to call him from his retirement and
gladly would havo relinquished the office,
with tho consont of bis countrymen, nt tho
end of his first term. At the end of his sec
ond term ho refused to remain longer In
the placo that othors wero ready to Mi
ami many well prepared to perform Its
dlltlCH.
Kvery other American over whose head has
been suspended this temptation has suc
cumbed nnd welromed the opportunity to
bo tho recipient of this greatest of chic
honors. If there be nn exception General
Taylor would represent, In a measure, that
exception. He objected nnd then protected
that he did not want tho ofllce. but finally
permitted himself to become n candidate and
was elected to till the olfice. His candidacy
was not furthered by himself In any way.
When urged by n delegation of visiting
statosmen to visit tho north for electioneer
ing purposes his reply was: .
"I would not go across yon ferry to In
fluence tho public cholco or to sectirei ray
election. I huvo never nsplrcd to tho presi
dency; If tho people elect mo of tholr own
free cholco my humblo services nro at their
disposal. If they clod some other candidate
I shall not ho In tho slightest degree morti
fied." Deplorril Polltlenl Life,
Taylor deplored the neccFslty that com
pelled him tn resign his commission in the
army nnd his election did not compensate
him for tho soveranco of tics that bound
him to Iil3 comrades-in-arms and the life he
loved. It may not be Inopportune, at this
era of oui national history, when woman's
Influence Is recognized ns a powerful factor
In seml-publlc life, to recall the altltudo of
Mrs. Taylor. In this net of her husband's
which took from tho army a famous soldier
and gave to tho peoplo the tenth president.
Mrs. Taylor had shared with her hufband
his frontier life and had for a quarter of n
century practically lived In a tent, his happy
comrado and caretaker. She used all her In
fluenco to prevent a consideration of the
proposition mado to her hus!and and when
he had reached the conclusion that he should
accept tha call of his countrymen she .adly I
pointed out to him that his acquired habits !
hs an army officer would not permit him to j
live under tho restraints of life In Wash- i
Ington and she repeatedly expreiid the fear
that If elected his llfo would be shortened
by reason cf tho new responsibilities put
upon It. In her day women were not Inter
viewed In tho dally press relative to their
husbandfi' Illness or unfitners for public
office, but Mrs. Taylor's opposition to her
husband's candidacy was freely expressed
at her own fireside She could not but be
lieve that It savored of disloyally to the
army, voluntarily to reslen from It to take
office outside of It. Rut she respected her
husband's senbo of duty, while she hlttcily
regretted the necessity for such obedience.
General Taylor laughingly warned visllois j
to his barrack homo at Haton Rouge not to
talk cf his candidacy to Mrs. Taylor, be
cause she hnd been praying nightly for the
election of Henry Clay. n;id, he added, It was
the first tlmo In her nrmy llfo that sho had
refused to "obey orders."
When Taylor's untimely death occurred a
year nnd four months after his election there
were sincere mourners among these who bad
known of Mrs. Taylor's oppobltlon "to the
plot," ns she had termed It, to take her
husband from the army nnd nominate lilm
for the placo which had, In u sense, ccst him
hla life. Tho counsel of his long-time nnd
faithful wifo would havo led him to reject
tho presidency us a placo wholly unfitted
for him nnd as ono In which ho could not
ndd to his usefulness or win nny public
renown.
Jackson was tho first military man, nfter
Washington's time, who became president by
reason of his services In tho field. He was a
volunteer soldier, whose great success In
arms had made him a horo In the west and
southwest, und whoso nomination was due
to this fact. There havo been better presi
dents, though thero never was n greater
partisan office distributer In tho history of
any republic.
' Military I'renlilr ntn.
(icncral William Henry Harrison was the
next military hero who reached the presi
dency by way of the battlefield. His unfit
ness! for the ofllce was such that ono month
of worry und responsibility in It killed
him.
Oenornl Grant's military reputation car
ried him Into tho White House, Rnd nn
moro eloquent Judgment hns been passed
upon his Iltncs3 for the place cf chief
magistrate, or his success In performing
Its duties, than tho place assigned him In
history. There ho Is ranked ns one of the
greatest generals of modern limes and tho
statement mado regarding his presidency
is usually tho simple announcement that
ho was twice elected to fill tho ofllce. His
fame rests on his achievements as a soldier.
No distinctly military man can hopo to
ndd laurels to IiIh crown by becoming presi
dent of the United States. Tho truth that
they do not Is attested In the history of
every soldier who has held the position.
Military men who have been candidates
and been defeated as such have Injured
their military prestige without gaining
nnythlng In the popular estimation. Among
thebo defeated presidential candidates have
been General Wlnllcld Scott, General
George II. McCIellun, General Wlnllcld
Scott Hancock. All theso men bitterly re
gretted hnvlng run for tho office, an office
fnr which not one of them had tho train
ing or the temperament to fill with distinc
tion. The naval branch of the national mili
tary service has not been represented In
tho list of presidential candidates until
now, when Admiral IJewey offers himself as
such. Thero can bo no doubt that Dewey,
at the head of the navy, stands for the
people's appreciation of the work of tho
: navy. rcverytning in ti.e nay or public
honors showered upon Dewey has been
meant to emphanlzo the people's admira
tion for Its navy To ask htm to desert
I the navy and become a candidate for office
over
been
have
who
Is to Invite disaster to him. In the light
of history It would be n sncrlflco which
would bring him nothing adequate In re
turn, even If ho should bo elected. It has
been suggested that thnso who urge him
for this honor should carefully read
tho histories of tho men who have
asked to tako this office, those who
succeeded In being elected, and those
were defeated.
The record Is painful reading.
I' nn nt I oiled A nihil ion.
Of public men, Henry t'lny's nnme Is nl
wuyn placed first among thoso who sought
the presidential chair and failed to reach It.
Ho had such qualifications for the offleo and
his public r.ervlres had been so distinguished
that his own party could not understand his
defeats. Yet three different times was thin
brilliant, magnetic and nationally popular
t'tatchmnn defeated. Men are living today
who remember the public grief nnd disap
pointment over his fnilurn to reach ho
summit of his ambition.
Daniel Webster longed for the prize and
was oted for In convention, but the peoplo
did not bellevo that tho presidency would
add nnythlng to his fame. John Jay nnd
George Clinton, the two first among the
many New Yorkers to be disappointed candi
dates, held great ami responsible office",
one a chief Jtiftlco of tho United State, tho
other a vro president. Anron Rurr was
uirther vice president, who oarly III tho
centuiy Miught to reach the presidency and,
fortunately for his countrymen, fulled ot
election. Other defeated candidates wers
Charles C. Plnckney and Rufus King, tho
latter also a son of New York state. Fol
lowing him was nnother Now York mini,
Daniel D. Tompkins, nnd then William II.
Crawford und William Wirt. John C. Cnl
houn wn a disappointed candidate not ,i
defeated one fnr he withdrew his name be
fore the convention of IStli. Lewis Cass was
tho defeated cnndldutn of tho year 181!). In
other campaigns defented candidates worn
Fremont, Fillmore, Douglas, Rrecklnrldgo,
Hell, Seymour, Greeley, Tlldcn, Cleveland
and Harrison. The two latter hnd been
presidents previously.
Stnco tho beginning of presidential rule,
now over 100 years, tho truth that defeat
In no assurance of want of ability nr of llt
neis for otllce hns been forcibly proved. And
It has been clearly demonstrated that men
tnken up becaiibo of their midden popularity
In other fields have not added anything of
luster tn the offlro of chief magistrate. And
experience has tuugh' the republic that the
ono quality that a pretldont should possess
Is sound Judgment. Quint and resolute 'men
like the storn Washington nnd tho patient
Lincoln have made tho best presidents and.
In the provldonco of God, they wero called
to that high office In our times of dlro t
national danger. Other patriots have held
tho olllco during troublous tlmof but noun
hns guided tho ship of stato over such shoals
as th, first president and tho first martyred
president.
Not Homer, A Her
Haltlmnrti American: The Rising Poet had
recited several of his efforts to the Fair
Young Girl, -and, ns Rising PnctB usually
do, ho paused for comment.
"Truly," said the maiden, "you are tho
hrt ppciimen of Hnmnrus Ainerlcaiu.., I
havo ever seen."
Tho Rising Poet wns even moro visibly
proud than usual until h looked In the
bark of tho dictionary and Icar'ned that
"homariin Amcrlcuuuj" was tho scientific
numo for "lobster."
This Is tho result of allowing our daugh
ters to read the clatslcs, unit talk slang,
too.
To llenl H Hurl.
Use Ilanncr Sa'vc. tho great healer. It's
guaranteed for cuts, wound, tores, piles and
all skin diseases. Tnko no substitute. For
sain by Myers-Dillon Drug Co., Omaha;
Dillon's Drug Store, South Omaha,
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