The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-07-12
THE ACADEMIA.
A Large and Appreciative Assembly
Present Last Night.
Interesting Addresses and Essays Com
tribute to Make the Success of
the Society Certain.

u LdS 1dISOly
since the first meeting, and last evening
after the programme was ended the soci-
ETY. received number of accessions.
Mrs. Purnen presided, and after the
reading of the minutes she announced
the committees as follows:
Committee for October-Miss Johnston,
Miss Jones, Mrs. Julian, Miss McCleery
and Mrs. Merrill.
Committee for November-Mrs. Num-
ford, Miss Obarr, Mrs. Parsons, Miss
Peyran and Miss Price.
The programme for the evening was as
follows:
Cornet duet; 1.-THE Worlds Congress-"
Miss Grover; song, Mr.. Treichler; 'Some
Aspects of the Worlds Fair" Mr.. Brusie;
song, Miss Denham; "A Few Days at the
Worlds Fair" Mr.. Weinstock; ''Some
American Artists" Miss De Laguna.
The cornet duet was well rendered and
received. The paper on 1.-The Worlds
Congress-" by Miss Grover, gave a very
interesting account of that body, with its
component parts and their several doings
and the results springing from them.
1t was listened to with close attention
and interest. MIR. Treichler's song was
fine SOLO to his own accompaniment and
received a determined encore.
MIR. BRUSHES remarks on 1.-The Aspects
of the Worlds Fair" were well chosen.
lie said that the bias and bent of a per-
sons mind determined the impression
the fair made upon him, and instanced
man who brought away with him, after
seeing the exposition, only the memory
and idea OF corn PLANTER and machine
for sharpening the blades of a moving
machine.
Imagine, said he, the result of the ag-
gregate Improvement made in art and
~ Il i a4h
pie here in forty years and apply 1t in
your mind on that ratio to the improve
nent made by billion people in 1000
years, and you have faint idea OF the
wonders collected there.
The best way to see the fair, he said, is
TO take your time, cat, drink, and make
up your mind to see what you can in the
time you have to spend. You can go TO
the exposition and enjoy yourself with
out limit for ten days and not go inside of
a building.
lie gave glowing description of the
Administration Building, and the lagoons
as seen by night, lit up by the thousands
OF lncandescent lights; of the display on
the night OF the Princess Eulalies visit
10 the building, which he described as the
most gorgeous ever Witnessed, and
scene Of more than fairy enchantment.
The little by-play of humor with which
Ills remarks were lnterSperSed was prov
ocatlve OF much laughter from his hear
ers. Ills description OF the Women's
building, and OF the eXemplification OF
lhe results of woInen's work, was a vivid
one, and held his audience closely.
Mr.. Weinstock's paper on "A Few Days
at the w orIu's tair'' was a fine one. lie
spoke of his visit To the Paris Exposition
III 1859, and said that after seeing that
wonderful display, the result of five
years preparation, IL seemed like pre-
sumption Tor the American people to ex
pect III three years preparation 10 sur
pass, or even 10 equal, the grandeur of
that display.
lie found, however, to his great wonder
and astonlshlnent, that the Colum bian
Exposition completely overshadowed it in
lis Vastness and grandeur, both of concep-
llon and execution. Ho compared the
buildings OF the two, both in mum Der and
size, showing that our exposition outdid
at every point that of Paris. lie read an
extract from his diary, written while at
the Paris opposition and expressing mis-
mortlhcatlon and shame at the meager
display OF the United States there, and
then spoke OF the feeling which took pos
session OF him when he came TO visit the
display OF this country at Chicago. He
feIt, when he saw ii, that as our eX hibition
at Paris must have disappointed the ideas
OF foreigners who had come prepared to
admire our achievements and learn from
our progress, 1t must have lett them en-
urely unprepared for the revelation
which our exhibit at Chicago must have
been TO them; that the display of our
strides IN advance made in art, science
and manufactures, which the gathering
of our products for their inspection
showed, must have excited an admiration
in their breasts for the great resources
from which all these things had been
drawn.
His description of the Midway Plais-
ance, the Ferris wheel and the night
illumination was vivid, and colored
with a tinge of romance that rendered it
most attractive to his listeners, and was
greatly appreciated by them.
lie touched upon the efforts of the ex-
position IN lnfuSlng energy into the
whole country, and had even invaded
this coast and awakened San Francisco
IRON its lethargy to the conception and
realization of the Midwinter FAIR, the re-
lex results OF which will rebound not
only TO the credit and ACKNOWLEDGMENT of
San Francisco alone, but will spread its
benehcent results to every town and viii
lage of our fair State, and inaugurate
permanent era Of prosperity aud pro-
gress 10 the whole OF California
The paper on "Some Americana rtists,"
by Miss DeLaguna. was a most interest
ing and instructive one. 1t touched upon
the cOntemptuouS opinion of our intelii-
gence and culture held by Englishmeu,
and also by the continental nations.
1 may nave D66u IDaI many Years
our artists were mere copylsts OF the
pictures and style of foreign painters, but
il certainly is not true now. We have
among US to-day a number of distinctly
original American artists, whose style is |
their own, and who stand indebted TO no |
foreign artists for either their conceptions |
or their style of handling their subjects
While older countries, with centuries |
of art behind them, have names famous |
in the annals of art, the development of |
art in this country has brought to the |
front rank names which we can proudly |
show to the world as representing our
art culture and progress.
Ine names OF Bernstrom, Innis We'd
der, the two Churches, Homer, Alexan-
der, Bush, AIilht, Classified and a host of
others, testify to the ability of American
painters, while those of Chase. Sargent,
Miss Alice Kellogg, Eaton and many
others stand as peers in the line OF por-
trait painting of tine best that Europe can
produce.
In wood-engraving we have to-day no
equals in the world, and in artistic
stained glass we can challenge COMPETE
ton also.
The paper completed the programme
Tor the evening. and the assembly dis
persed with many expressions of gratiti-
cation Tor the enjoyment they had ex-
perienced and the prospects of the associa-
lion for the future.
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