The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-05
TELFAIR ACADEMY.
4 Plan to Get a Great Pict-
ure for It.

4bs MORNING NEWS believes the posses
,;on by the Telfair academy OF one of the
--sst pictures that will be exhibited at the
Solrmbian fair would give pleasure to all
tss friends of the Academy. Why not raise
:. amount sufficient to purchase one Of
.nsml The Academy's friends can easily do
:. II each one of them will give the under
,skIpe his support the thing will be accom-
plished.
The Academy has many friends, and they
.,a not confined to this city or state. They
are to be found in many states, for Of the
,bousands Of visitors to the city within the
last two or three years from all parts of the
country, many of them have passed pleas
ant hours viewing its treasures. From some
If these help may be expected.
OF course Savannahians will respond gen.
srously, and so will Georgians outside of
savannah, The Academy is in fact south
NV of fine arts south of Washington.
The sources therefore from which assistance
may be hoped for are many.
subscriptions will be received by the
MORNING NEWS and promptly acknowl-
sd0ed in the column that will be devoted to
that purpose. Let every friend of the
Academy help in this undertaking and the
institution will have among its collection
one of the great pictures of the Chicago
Exposition.
The MoRNIxe NEWS subscrlbes. ........ 800 90
A Friend of the Academy .............. 100 90
The Telfair Ladies' Literary and Art
Association ..''''.'-'' <o% w
The late Chester Newell. ............... 80 20
Art Dramatic Association. ............. liz 81
Member of the Board of Managers $50 90
? D Munford ...................... 50 90
George H. Stone, NJ D.......,...... so o.
/ e. Young. Observation-Disclosures. 90
$1,000 q
SAVANNAH, GA, Feb 4-Editor Morning
NetoS: In common with sll others who are in
terested in the welfare of the Telfsir academy,
note with pleasure the plan which you have
inaugurated for raising funds to purchase
picture for its gallery at the worlds Columbian
exposition next summer.
If the plan meets with general public favor
as it deserves to do, no one need hold back from
making even small contributions, for it is upon
az aggregation of just such donations that the
success Of all similar enterprises has depended.
am authorized by "A Friend OF the Acad-
envy to add 500 to your list. Please, there
fore, put him down for that amount. 1t is en-
couragtng to know that, to certain extent,
the picture fund is already assured, as the fol-
lowing contributions to that end are now in
the hands Of the director. in addition to your
own subscription and the one given above:
Art Association. $3.50 90
From the late Mr.. Chester Newell ...... 20 90
From the Art Dramatic Association. liz II
gers ..,............. ................ go O0
From Mr. r. D. Munford ................... 90 90
From Dr. George II. Stone 30 90
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500 81
This, you will note, is a very fair beginning,
which renders it certain that the director will
not return empty handed from his visit 20 he
exposition, but o procure a really fine picture
much more money will be needed. Trusting
that your effort may meet with liberal response
from the community, l am very truly yours.
CHARLES H. OLMsTEAD.