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TJIR OMAII Y ST'NDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 2, 1913.
RAINS MAINTAIN A RECORD
Prevents Wells from Making Record
Between Davenport and Omaha.
AHEAD OF RECORD AT WALNUT
lint Tlnlna Put nonda In Sncli Ilnd
Condi (Ion thnt PoTrcrfnl SponM
Ibr Car I Obllftril
tn Qntf.
After mnklnff a. dwtvra,te effort to
breJc nil records for ths ilver-to-rlver
trip between Davenport, la., and Omaha,
Hal n. WUs of IVs Moines wu com
pelled to abandon his Ventura a few day
ago and turn back after he had succeeded
In reaching Walnut In record time, be
cause the fall rains had put the road be
tween Walnut and Council Muff In a
condition that it was Impossible to move
nn automobile or wagon. Wells Is not
discouraged by his disappointment so
close to his goal and he asserts 'that he
will try the trip time and again until he
succeeds in breaking tho tape ahead of
all other competitors.
Wells drove his machine Into Walnut
in the afternoon about 3 o'clock, and If
he could have retained his average of
rpeed he would have driven into Council
Bluffs easily by 4:30. which would have
dtnaahed every record. His ruco was
nothing short of remarkable. While mak
ing ha run ho broke three different rec
ords between various points In Iowa. The
first record to be broken was the record
between Davenport and Iowa City. He
also broke records between Des Moines
and Adel and between Guthrie Center
and ljxlra. In addition he made the dis
tance of seven miles between Waukee
and Adel in five minutes.
If "Wells had made Council (Muffs on
time he would have cut the existing rec
ord held by Don P. McQuIre of Oska
loosa. Mho made the trip In six hours
and forty-three minutes. Wells drives a
Spauldlng machine. The Bpauldlng Is a
relatively now machine, but appears to
have exceptional stamina In making long
distance rood trips. Tho car is handled
in this city by the Kreeland Auto com'
Puny.
Prominent Members in Charge of Exhibit of the Omaha Art Gild
ill
AUTO TRUCKS USED TO
HANDLE A SIDE LINE
The possibilities of extra profit for the
owner of n small business whose equip
ment Includes a motor truck, are almost
unlimited. Several of the Peerless trucks
Bold to cartage companies are regularly
fitted on Sundays in the summer with a
passenger body and used for sight seeing
cars on that day, or to carry excursion
ists to nearby parks and ocean beaches,
Another variation on the extra earning
dblllty of a motor truck was developed
In Toronto on the queen's birthday, May
U. 3, SercomVe, who operates two five
ton Peerless trucks In landscape garden
ing and general hauling business, man
aged to turn over a clear profit of 100 by
using his truck on that day.
With a crew of men he drove to a grove
about fifteen miles outside of Toronto
and dug up forty trees suitable for plant
tag as shade trees on lawns along Tor
onto streets. For these he paid the
owner of tho grove JO cents apiece In the
ground,
Tho two trucks with twenty trees on
board arrived" la the city that night and
uio nexi morning the entire cargo was
cMsposcd of at from J2.M to tit each.
Fewtstent Advertising Is the Itoad to
"BUt Returns.
N THE second annual exhibi
tion of the Omaha Art Oild,
visitors will be able to deter
mine what manner of progress
has been made by the active
members of the Olid during the
year since the first oxhlbltlon. That there
will be many surprise admits of little
doubt, as Omaha artists, with an oppor
tunity of displaying their creations and
Of seeins them Blrin hv nldn nf the nnrbi
of others, have worked harder than ever
before tb rench a hlKher standard of merit
and artistio conception. Thus the exhibi
tion, which opens to the public today In
the galleries of the public library,' Is a
nntA.hlit on.
The Olid was organlxed In the latter
part of 1911 by a half-score of Omaha,
Council IJIuffs and Houth Oinalw nt-tlut.
who, Urlng of hiding their light under a j
bushel, were desirous of giving the public 1
a chance to see what they were doing to
further tho higher life through things
liAnlltlftll. Tia T ) 1. 1 1 ..If
Iaurle Wallace, of the Chicago Art Instl-
iuie ana later or I'arislan masters, was 1
Its first president and Is now serving his I
second term. It required a great deal of
work of the first ten members of tho Olid
to place the organization on IU f.. hn '
long bofore the first oxhlbltlon It wan In
a flouriahJng condition. Its first exhibition,
held In tho Douglas county court house
Just after completion of the building, was
visited by over 1,800 people, who appeared
to be most appreciative of tho work
shown. The larger part of tho exhibit
was ofvorks in oil, but there were some
fine architectural drawlnin. whir.h
shortly before come back from Farls,
wnere they had been shown In an Inter
national exhibition: wider
qulslto beauty, cartoons, book lllustra-
uons and designs, also much admired.
The oils covered every variety of subject
and showed a keen appreciation of their
palntors' application to not only elemental
but artistio conception. In color they
were close to naturo and In technique It
wns evident faddlsm had nn nln.. t
fact, the entire exhibition proved that
tne una haa a crowd of artists who com
pare favorably with those of anv mw
city cast or west
This year's exhibition has been placed
Upon a higher plane than that of tho
Initial exhibit. Ilut even at that more
pictures were offered than could be
properly hung and the selection by the
hanging committee of the best has been
a difficult task. Last year bolng tho
first time the Gild members had taken
their work to tho publlo collectively, much
of value was learned through compari
son and this year's show gets the bene
fit of that comparison in works of art
which, wore merit nlonw considered, could
hang In any art exhibit In the land.
Today and next Sunday the exhibition
will be open to tho public free from 2
to 3 p. m. Week days the doors will be
open to tho public from 12 to fl p. m.,
when a nominal chargo to cover ex
penses of the exhibition will be made.
The exhibition has betn so timed, as
was tho case last year, nt the suggestion
of Manager Parish of the Omaha pub
licity bureau, that It occurs during the
week of the meeting of tho Nebraska
Teachers' association, hundreds of whom
mm year visueq tne show. In fact, Man
nger Parish haa Included tho Olid exhl
bltlon In the list of attractions for the
teaohers visiting Omaha this week,
which werJmalled to every teacher In
the organisation.
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and the Omaha Klne Arts society loan
exhibit were shown In the library years
ago and occasional pictures shown while
In the hands of the framer. Every man
awl woman felt that, so far as local
appreciation of their talent and ability
was concerned, they would never get
higher than the unknown class. Ail
local works were shut out of exhibitions
here by reason of their being from
the brush of local painters. Now all
this haa been changed by the organi
sation of the Omart Art Olid and pro
ductions of Olid artists can be shown
to tho public which otherwise would
never know such ability existed in Ne
braska and Iowa.
Those who saw last year's exhibition
were much surprised to find that there
was a group of real colorlsta among the
painters who use oil as a medium. A
well known Chicago art critic who saw
the exhibit expressed himself In strong
terms regarding the high quality of the
work on display and said he had not
expected to find anything of the kind
west of the Mississippi. It would not bo
making a statement too strong If credit
for the critic's remark were given J.
Laurie Wallace, whose high Ideals In all
kinds of art have kept Olid members
striving for something better. The group
of painters who are either pupils of Mr.
Wallaco or those who understand his
work and methods are not slow tn ac
cording him a high place In all art mat
tersas painter, as critic, oe Instructor
and advisor.
There Is probably no place better
adapted to the painted of outdoors than
the valley of the Missouri river and of
some of the other river valleys of the
state. Every sort of composition can be
secured by thoso who see line and color
everywhere. According to the late Gen
eral Manderson the Missouri river bluffs
in autumn furnish finer bits of land
scapes with more startling color schemes
than even the celebrated Berkshire hills
of the Old Day state. InUhe heavy tim
bered country south of Omaha local
landscape artists have found a sketohlng
ground almost Incomparable. In winter
as well as summer members of the
Omaha Art Guild can be found diligently
plying brush and pencil there and some
of the results will, be found In the pres
ent exhibition. '
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Sometime next spring tho Gild will hold
an exhibition of studies and sketches by
Its membors, the time and place to be
later stated, when smaller works will be
shown.
It Is the Intention of the Omaha Art
Olid to incorporate among its active
members persons engaged In art craft
work, Including the large number of
Omaha school teachers now applying
themselves to wood carving arid kindred
arts, which Include bookbinding and art
Jewelry, thoreby getting together all per
sons In this part of the west engaged In
tho work of producing original works of
art.
Membership In the Gild Is not confined
to tho threo cities by any means, and sev
eral towns In the state have active mem
bers In the organization, which has grown
to be one of the permanent Institutions
of the west
The Qlld has arranged for a course of
lectures on art subjects by J. Laurie Wal-
lace, which will be delivered this winter
on dates to be announced. These lec
tures havo been carefully prepared and
are really the last word on each of
the six subjects of the course which
will be Included under the general title
of "How to Appreciate Art." Subjects
under this head will be: "Recognized
Principles of Art," ''Methods of Artistio
Expression," "Comparison of Old and
New Viewpoints," "How Commercialism
Affects Art," "How and Why Some Plc-
fien&LRjJUR V4SLCC T0l(
tures Are Painted," "Illusions and De
lusions in Art." In this course tho Gild
believes tho subject Is so well covered
that thase attending will feel .that they
have learned more of the artist's side
of art than Is possible to secure by
reading all books written by artist-authors
so far published.
Prior to tho organization of the Gild
there had been no exhibition of the
work of local artists In this city since
sketches of the Art Workers' society
Motorcyle Notes
There are 612 moro motorcycles In Chi
cago this year than thero were last, ac
cording to the report of Edward Cohen,
city collector.
Tho Motorcycle club of Harrlsburg, Pa.,
has offered to co-operate with the police
department In regulating traffic.
A motorcycle honeymoon covering GOO
miles has Just been completed by Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar V. Becker of Milwaukee,
Wis.
An automobile tire manufacturer of
Louisville, Ivy., finds the" motorcycle of
great value In delivering rush orders of
tires about tho. city.'
R. M. Johnson, superintendent of
schools In Wichita county, Texas, uses
a motorcycle In visiting the twenty-eight
schools In his district.
A 12,000-mlle motorcycle trip Is being
made by R. L. Allen of Son Francisco,
Cal. Ho Is taking the northern route
across the continent to New York. He
will return by the central route.
Two Hannibal (Mo.l young men are
planning a motorcycle trip which will
cover about J0.000 miles. They will ride
to San Francisco, from which point they
will embark for Japan. They will then
make a complete tour of the continent
awheel.
D. L, Reichard of Waynesboro, Pa.,
who expects to spend the winter on the
Pacific coast, Is riding his motorcycle to
his destination. In the spring Rclchard
expects to make the return trip east on
his two-wheeler.
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