Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-07-12
WORLDS FAIR EXHIBITS
Mrs. Samuel c. Slaughter In
vites New Whatcom Ladies'
to Contribute
The Ladies of This City to
Meet the Art Director at
The Fairhaven
Commissioner La Toilette Here
to Arrange for Agricult-
uraI Exhibit

Mrs. Samuel G. Slaughter, director
for the state of Washington in the de-
partment of fine arts for the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, met the ladies of New
Whatc0m yesterday afternoon in the
rooms of the Bellingham Bay Library
Association, for the purpose of inter-
esting them in this important branch
of the exhibition from this state. A
temporary organization was formed, of
which Mrs. A. ii. Morrison was elected
chairman, with Mrs. A. II. Campbell
secretary, and committees were APP
pointed to perfect the details of per-
manent organization for the purpose of
soliciting contributions of original
works Of art for the decoration of the
state building and for the art exhibit
of the state at Chicago. Oil and water
color paintings, pen and ink sketches,
architectural designs Of the prominent
buildings in the state, carving on ma
tive woods and modelling in clay will be
AhlliASSlblC1 anu IL 10 lllt WISH OI Ille
state commission, whom Mrs. Slaughter
represents, that works intended for the
Worlds Fair be sent TO the exposition
TO be held in Tacoma next September
A meeting will be held in the rooms of
the library association this evening at
s O'clock, which all persons, ladies
or gentlemen, interested in art work
and desirous that our state make q
creditabie exhibit are requested to at
tend. Here the final work of organ
izihg local committee will be per-
tected and the assigning Of special
branches of the work concluded. A
very important branch of the art work
Of the state is TO he large collection of
panels for the interior decoration of
The state building, and as soon as Mrs
Slaughter returns to Tacoma the local
committee will inform her Of the num-
Der which can be decorated in this
county, and blanks indicating shapes
and sizes will be forwarded. These
panels will be inspected by committee
sent here for the purpose of making Sc
lections for the exhibit, and
none except those up to the
required standard of excellence will
be accepted, as the decoration
of the state building is a work upon
which the greatest care will be taken
that creditable exhibition Of the art
Of the state may be made To the world.
The panels vary in size from 1Oxl2
inches TO 4x3 feet and will be decorated
by oil painting and by engraving. An
acorteS has promised one which is TO
be "a background Of Douglas fir inlaid
with every kind Of native wood found
in that part of the state. All articles in
tended for the exposition at Tacoma,
from which selections will be made for
the Worlds Fair, must be sent 10 the
committee before August 10. All local
art work, pictures of state scenery,
animals, birds, fish, fruit, flowers and
things indigenous 10 the state, will be
particularly acceptable for the Worlds
Fair and must be ready before the last
OF February. Tacoma, Seattle, Spo-
kane and Walla Walla have been made
points for the collection Of articles
which are to be forwarded free of
freight charges to Chicago.
Circulars relating TO the distribu-
ton of the work among the many de-
partmentsS have been prepared and
will be forwarded here for the further
enlightenment of the committee that
all may know to exactly what de-
partment the contributions are TO be
assigned.
Mrs. Slaughter is TO attend meeting
at the rooms Of the association TODAY
at 10 O'Clock for the purpose Of giving
further information regarding the
work, after which she will make trip
to Whatcom Falls, by invitation of sew
eral of the ladies, and return here i'm
time to meet the ladies of this city at
the Fairhaven at 2:30 for the purpose
Of interesting them in the art exhibit
ton, and forming club to take charge
of the local work. During the meeting
Of yesterday Mrs. Slaughter addressed
the ladies on the subject Of art In this
and other countries, and made an earn
est appeal to them to use their best en-
deavors to secure for the exhibition
such a representation as will serve to
edlighten the people Of the world in
general, and the Eastern states in par
ticular, of the ability and education of
the people Of this state, with view of
placing it on a higher level than 1t
now occupies in the estimation of the
art-loving people Of the East, who do
mot at present appreciate the position
we have attained as a center Of refine
ment and culture.