The morning times., 1896-05-17
BROAD CONSTITUTION TAKES IN FOREIGN MEMBERS
Book Publishers Picture
But Others Barred
WILL ENCOURAGE BEST FADS AND KILL BAD ONES

to come and bring friends, and small enter
tainmentS are provided, as the executive
committee finds them popular Al the house
warming Archie Gunnsang his coster songs.
AT other times the club rooms are open, ike
any other club, and there are corners where
choice spirits can be found congregated
even al this early age of the club.
Among the particularly good fe atureS
or the organization can be mentioned d
constitution that is bread in its nature
one clause says that the artists of other
cities can become members aud all inter
ested in the advancement of art. This.
last line embraces ne wspaper and ma ga
| zine owners and picture dealers and
owners OF exhibition halls-all whose
business come cts them with artistic work
But outsiders are rigidly excluded. 1t
is not the Intention OF the club to burden
1 Itself with dead wood, that keeps the
artistic fire from burning and adds no
fuel to the flame. This dead WOOD
clement has been the extinguishing of
many clubs life. aud is not yet found
in the Illustrators Club
Many out-oftowu artists have applied
for membership. The usual credentials
admit, and once a member of the club
the artist, wherever he may live, finds
himself introduced to New York artist c
life. His name, should he desire illus
tratlng, viii be placed upon the club
blackboard as eligible TO publishers,
and his finished sketches Will be in the
hands of the executive committee fer
reference If application should be made
10 the club for good artist.
His drawings aud paintings OF a deco
rative nature, for which all newspaper
and magazine artists are reaching out.
VIII be placed upon the walls, and at
semi-annual sales they may accrue either
to his benefit or to that OF the club that
has become valuable to him.
ONE HUNDRED STRONG MEN.
The Officers OF the club are names that,
in the Illustrators world, give guarantee
! OF good fellowship as wei as good artistic
spirit. The president, Frank c. Drake, art
director OF the New York Tribune, enjoys
the reputation OF being the most popular
artist in New York, and the vice president,
Walter II. Goater, long OF Frank Leslie's,
is known TO every home where family
magazine travels and to every beginner
in art. w. Bengough, of Harper's, is the
corresponding secretary, and W. J. Yeoell
Of the Tribune carries the treasury port
folio.
Back of this list of officers is an executive
committee OF eleven, and back of the ex-
eCutives are the 100 strong men OF the
club.
The executive committee consists of F.
C.Drake, chairman; W. j. Yeoell, trea surer:
W. Bengough. recording secretary: W H.
Goater corresponding secretary. and as
associates, j. Hambridge,' W. H. Funk,
George Wright A. Z. Jameson, c. w.
Jeffreys, H. g. Dart, L. A Shafer.
The membership embraces:
f. NJ. Ashe, C. Angel, W Beugough.
Walter Babbett, Leon Barrett, Charles
Boehm, j. c. Baker, Leigh Bierce, W H.
Cox, H. c. Coultaus, w. Clute. r C.
Clarke, Will Crawford, F. c. Drake, c.
$. Dusenberry, H. e. Dart, John Durkin,
w. H. Funk, E. Fredericks, E. Fuhr,
Charles Graham, Walter Goater, j. NJ
Gleason, w. Galloway, Percy Gray, Jay
Hambidge, Felix Houchard, c. W. Jeffreys
a. E. Jameson, j. H Knickerbocker, R.
H. Livingston, E. NJ. Mckay, j. n Marchand
C. Mortimer, r. F. Outcault, w B. Price.
w. b. Russell, Fl. 7. Smith, NJ. Stein. L.
Shafer, Stuart Travis, D. F. Thompson,
W. O. Wilson, NJ. T. Thomas, HorneI c.
davenport, W. R. Hearst, George Palmer
George French, NJ. de Lipman, Irving R
Wiles, Dan Beard, w. j. Yevell. C. II
Wright, George Wright, T. Dart Walker
Edward Penfield, Archie Gum, c. Z. Hub.
hell, James Condo, T. E. Powers, c. Rigby
Frank French. w. Bertram, c. G. Bush and
about forty Others.
As to the associate membership--those