Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-18
Museum, and Art GALLERY News.


Relative to the statement that Chinese
are employed by the Museum Association
at the Croker Art Gallery, in vio-
lation of law, Custodian Jackson says there
is no foundation for the story. No China
man is employed there or paid for service.
A Chinaman employed by Mrs. Croker in
her house adjoining, and who has for years
swept and busted the gallery for her, con-
tinues that duty by her order. 1t is pure
| gratuity on the part of the generous donor
OF the property to the city. The only
salaries paid are to the custodian, $50 per
month and studio privileges, for service
I seven days of the week. and $50 for the
Museum Associations share of the cost of
Waterman, care of grounds, etc, for assist
ance by way of relief to the Gus
todian when the latter is absent at
| meals or otherwise. The Waterman is Mr..
Carroll, who has long been so employed,
and the relief to the custodian is Mr.. Deuel.,
who has Office IN the building. 1t is not
probable that any similar institution in the
land is operated more economically. Since
the subject is up it should be added that all
I such work as preparing the hall for lect-
ures, lighting, watching that visitors do not
mar pictures, care of articles contributed TO
the museum, keeping of minutes and &C
counts, serving notices, etc, is performed
by the custodian, who is required also to
meet every person who applies to visit the
gallery, and enforce the standing rules
regarding visitors. The Association S means
are limited and its aims very broad, and
the occasion offers TO suggest that the mem
bership should be much enlarged by the
people voluntarily coming forward and
uniting. There is a great and pleasing
work for the membership TO do in collect
ing museum of natural history and anti
quities, conducting a lecture course, consid-
erlng State resources, encouraging the
collection of an agricultural cabinet, look
ing out for new discoveries and securing
examples of them for the museum, contrib |
uting papers and information on scientific
and other topics at monthly meetings. and
taking part in the encouragement of art
tastes and the building up of an art school. |
The Directory devotes its attention to the |
routine financial business imposed on it by |
law, to matters relating to expenditure |
Of money, and the care of the |
building. In the interim of the |
meetings of the Association it is |
the Executive Committee. and does |
anything i'll the way of arranging for lee |
lures and preparing matters to come before |
the society that will in any way further the |
great ends OF the Association. Some of the |
directors are constantly in the discharge of |
some imposed duty. They receive only the
reward of approving consciences In the
JOINT control and care of the property the
directory has one vote and the Mayor of the
city one vote, so that the Association can do
nothing affecting the property, its rents.
issues or profits without the Mayors con-
sent. The Association recently appointed a
committee to consider the scheme of regu-
lar lectures in the public interest, and it
has agreed upon report. Rev. Edward L.
Greene, the most distinguished botanist on
the coast has consented to open the lecture
course. Captain Churchill will probably
follow. an art school is to be opened in |
January, and continued if self-supporting.
which 1t promises to be. The S. 900 do
mated for the art school is to be immedi-
ately expended for casts, masks. figures
tables, racks, screens, manikin, cubes. Gas
fixtures, etc. The Bric-a-Brac Club has
resolved to pay the tuition of two scholars.
Miss Anna Boyle last week rendered a
dramatic reading benefit for this week, to
found scholarship for some poor and
worthy person, but the rain-storm has com
PEELED her to defer it to some future date.
10 lessen the cost of heating the lecture
room, the large opening in the ceiling and
up INTO the art gallery is being closed by
neat glass doors, now being fitted in place;
Il Will greatly improve the acoustic
properties OF the room. In the mat
Ter Of a teacher for the art school,
m application has been received from
d. W. a. Nahl, of San Francisco.
as the Association approaches the close of
is lirst year, an expert has been employed
e examine all accounts and to open q new
set OF books procured for the purpose, and
o carry all the old accounts on the new
books. Since the city has possessed the
Art Gallery over 1000 persons have visited
t. and the visitations continue to increase. | {
There have been delivered six public lee
ures under the auspices of the Society,
md contributed by people to the Society /
bout 500 objects of curious interest for the {
museum. The Society has, at its own cost,
Gated the lecture-room put up direction 9
ards throughout the city, collected some /
1000 in San Francisco in aid Of the work.
nd held one successful loan exhibition.
there is any further news regarding the
lew Association, which is certainly an I'M {
eltish and public-spirited organization, the i
reinstatement of it here is due to the in r
apacity of the REcoRD-U MON reporter to |
licit it from officers and members of the f
society.