Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
ART AT THE FAIR.
The Part That Pennsylvania Will Take at
the Worlds Exposition-A Committee of1
Seven TO Pass Upon All the Works for |

AAAe ors AnAt fennsylvanIa Will ilAkc ~
the Worlds Exposition-A Committee of
Seven to Pass Upon All the Works for
Exhibition.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2Q-Sltting in secret
session under the act of the Legislature,
which created the Pennsylvania Commission
Of the Worlds Fair, there was meeting of
the Committee on Fine Arts of that body,
and the Auxiliary Committee on Art in one
of the rooms in tho Art Club yesterday after
noon. Executive Commissioner Benjamin
Whiting was alse present, prepared to e1-
plain the progress making toward proper
display of the riches of the State at the great
Exposition, both for the benefit of the men,
bers present and the public, but the doors
were nevertheless closed Notwithstanding
the fact that Committee X, as the Commits
sions Committee on Fine Arts is designated,
is working under State appropriation. Il.
L. Brolnfield is the Chairman OF the COM
mittee.
Commissioner Whiting, who Is untiring in
his efforts to push things, was armed with
mass of information regarding the outlook.
81 think we will have an extraordinary e1-
hibit," he said to reporter, and then refer
ring to his report pointed out that the vast
oil, gas, mining, numbering, agricultural,
dairy, horticultural, Horticultural and quar-
rying interests of the State were of too dif-
fuse a character to be properly shown
through individual efforts, and that steps
would have to be taken to meet the difficulty
in this direction.
transportation Left to the Railroads.
In the matter of the transportion exhibit
he SAYS they may be safely left to the lead
ing railroads and the ship builders Of the
State, as may that of electricity and cleo
trical appliances to the parties who have EN-
barked in that growing branch of enterprise.
"fes," he said, hurriedly, as the Chairman
called tor the secret session, "wc will un-
doubtedly present q wonderful exhibit. In
the matter of live stock and poultry, liberal
premiums are offered by the National Conn
mission, while in respect to machinery and
manufactures it is believed that the firms
and corporations that are engaged in their
line of industry will be wide awake enough
to their own advantage to exhibit on an e1-
tensive scale.
As to the art display, to consider which the
secret meeting was held. there are So 900 ap-
proprfated for the committees expense.
Aside from Mr.. Bromley, the members are
Lewis Emery, Jr., OF Bradford: Mrs. Harriet
A. Lucas, of Philadelphia; Mrs. Mabel c:
Jones, OF Harrisburg: H. J. McAteer, OF
A. G. Roenigk, of Pittspure About a month
ago this body asked for the appointment of
an auxiliary committee of seven to be COM
they to have power to pass on all works of
art submitted from the State of Pennsyl-
vania.
Work Ahead for the Committee.
As result of the meeting these five gentle
men were named, the remaining two to come
from Pittsburg later on: William Dalliba
Dutton, Chairman; Clifford P. Grayson, Sec
retary: Charles Z. Dana, Henry Petit, Frank
Miles Day, all of this city.
All of these gentlemen are prominent in
the art and architectural circles of the city,
especially Charles Dana from his important
connection with the Academy of Fine Arts,
and Mr.. Petit, as the Centennial architect.
This committee will have the authority to
receive or reject the works that will be
offered, and will be recognized at Chicago in
connection with the State Commission.
That q great deal of work of the most per-
picking character will devolve upon them is
evident from the statement of a member of
the commission proper that the exhibit of
Pennsylvania is limited by the Worlds Fair
management, while there will be offerings
from nearly every little town in the State.
Commissioner Whiting is confident, how
ever, that this branch of the display will re-
fleet credit upon the Commonwealth, as will
all the other exhibits which it will send
Westward