Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-04-03
ART LOAN.
Kdi.o,. Pres and Daso.o.an.


Most Of the people Of Yank,on are yearn.
ing TO have an art loan exhibition. Il il
truly most desirable thing, TO unite in one
grand effort and show what treasures Of
beauty. skill, patience, art. and antiquity are
kept half hidden 10 the homes Of our city.
We all would like to see these articles Of
curiosity and value brought together, la-
beled and exhibited for few days, and
every one who has IS much as an old china
cup or fossil bone, ought to be willing to
contribute TO the general success and entrust
his heirlooms and relics to the committees.
No doubt such general willingness would
be shown, were the profits to be devoted to
any object Of general interest. But where
single religious society undertakes the
task, il is evident that no such united action
could be secured. and the exhibition, how.
ever credisable to the church itself, would
do small Justice to the town. As one quite
outside Of church matters, I should greatly
object to entrusting to other hands 6ne
lot Of antique jewelry or a perfect act of old
porcelain or valuable oil painting or .
box Of rare coins or collection Of all the
birds eggs Of America (supposing had
such things to contribute unless felt that.
the result Of oil this labor and risk would
be to benefit something that really de.ired
to work for and, moreover, one would want
to know just what safeguards were used, 10
prevent handling, damage or actual loss of
articles among the crowd.
To secure general interest, it is sug.
gested that all cla.ses be made partakers Of
the benefits. We want the Turner'S hall
and We want whatever articles of beauty,
value and antiquity the Turner'S and all
their friends NAV have t, exhibit. We want
to see displayed. whatever our Catholic cit
liens may have to show. We want the peo-
pie of each church aud of no church to join
In the plan, We want the Scientific Asso.
citation to lend its aid There should be
complete register of the names Of all con.
tributors, the society they wish to be cred.
tied to, and the articles loaned. Each ar.
ticle should bear the contributors name, and
committee should reject poor articles, evi.
dently brought to swell the list in favor of
any society.
Then il a handsome sum Of money ,s re.
allied by an exhibition Of three days and
evenings. aided by concerts, ice cream, baked
beans and strawberries, an impartial COM
mittee can apportion the profits among the
societies represented. Thus, if the books
showed twenty entries credited to the Turn.
verein, fifteen to the Reform club, fifteen to
the Dry Bone club aud thirty each to five
church societies, making two hundred in all,
each society would share in the proceeds, in
proportion to its contributions and those Of
its friends.
Such union loan exhibition would b.
On enterprise Of combined social, business
and religious sort, fully as much as eating
one plate of oyaters and paying three price,
for it. It would be worth at least dozen
small side shows, to see our whole menageri,
under one canvas for only one ticket.
would give pleasant opportunity for friend
and neighbors Of various sorts and beliefs Il
stand shoulder to shoulder, without elbow
ing each other in the least; and all nigh
then behold how coed and pleasant it is 70
brethren to dwell together in unity.
BARKIs