The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-05
AUTHORS AND ARTISTS DAY
AT THE SASHVILLE EXPOSITION or
OCTOBER nth AND l2th.
Fine Program Has Been Arranged-NInny
Distinguished Artists and Authors Have
Been Invited and Hnl he There.

The 1lth and 18th days Of Octo-
ber have been designated by the
management Of the Tennessee Cen
tennial Exposition rs Authors and
Artists Days, and on these days it
is proposed to hold q meeting Of
these two distinguished classes of
brainworkcrs ut Nashville.
The convocation was undertaken
by mon and women who had in view
tho elevating of the literary and ar
tistis standards Of the country and
especially Of tho South. Tho tend
sncy Of the day is to organization,
but there is another tendency more
manifest in the fields of art and lit
erature--the tendency to surbordi-
nate artistic and literary pursuits to
commercial considerations. Fine
art is surbordinated to commercial
art, and the bost paid writer's aro
those who write from purely COM
mercial standpoint What may be
done towards giving tho proper stan
dard higher place in the minds Of
tho people is one thing to be con
sidered by the gathering.
Another motive in calling this
convocation, is to place the South on
a frmer bnsis in the matters Of art
and literature. An effort is being
made to establish in Nashville, AZ u
sequence to the Exposition, a great
Southern school of art, and this con
vocation will add materially to the
upli ting that would follow such u
step. Apermaneut A art gallery is al
ready assured of proportions greater
than any similar institution in any
Southern city. The wonderful art
exhibit in the Parthenon, and the ro-
produced Parthenon itself, arc we'll
worth the attention and inspection
Of any artist, for 1T gives an inspira-
ton never to be forgotten.
Everybody is organized except the
brain workers, and this convocation
would bring enough of the leading
authors and artists together to effect
great reforms by tho influence origi.
mating here. Such meeting will be
in itself al educating influence that
will have wonderful effect through
out the realms of art and literature
1t would be an uplifting that would
do the whole country good.
TO tho artist and author alike
there would be offered immeasurablu
opportunities for acquiring new ma
terial. The Now England States
have furnished material for thous-
ands Of books and thousands Of pic
turos, to say nothing of numbered
articles for the magazines and lite
rary weoklies. Yet Now England is
not moro rich in material than is
this section. The history of Ten
nessee is fillod with romances that
offor unlimited opportunity to the
authors. The old conditions are
passing away rapidly, and today's
workers must seize and make per-
manant tho heeting images before
they disappear forever. The South
is rich in now thoughts and now
suggestions to the literary workors
Of the country, and careful exam
nation will show how superiicialy the
few workers in this field have as yet
cultivated it. Yet many of their
harvests have boon bountiful. The
oldea days, the changing conditions,
the typos and manners now passing
away, can be still soen in any South
era oity by a watchful observer, but
in q few years they will have gone
forever.
| Good must result from a visit tC
this convocation and participation ir
it's deliberations. 1t is proving i'm,
menasly popular, and number OF
most distinguished people have &C
cepted, mon and women who alon,
would be an entertainment to any
gathering. The indications arc
that there will be hundreds whose
names are familiar to the reading
worll. Many Of the artists accept
ing are the painters Of famous pic
ture, in the Parthenon, and enough
Of item are coming to make q no
table gathering. Other artists ar
coming to profit by the aggregation
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