The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-10
TO Be HUNG ! !.
TOMORROW
Work of the Arti is All
in Today.
ART LEAGUE EXHIBITION.
Putting the FIXTURES on the Walls
VIII Begin at Once Studio
Notes.

practically all the pictures which are
TO be shown were at the Leagues
rooms, ready TO be hung. subject IN the
approval OF the committee having that
matter In charge. 10 Is curious and
welcome fact, by the way and one
which says much for the high and gen
rrous spirit Of local artistic folk. that
no hard feelings have ever resulted
from The few cases in which !; has
been considered advisable to ask paint-
ers To Withdraw works submitted. It
I b. rare 10 find so good a spirit display
ed In small community like Homo
lulu, where every one knows every one
else. IL has always been the rule that
no pictures or Other work shall be sent
To- the rooms after receiving day: but
this year an exception will be made.
ana ENhibits may be sent In today. Il
Is uece sary tina, all work intended for
Che exhibition should be on hand BIZ
.ouight. in order thar the exhibition
may De arranged 20 the best advan.
.lge. \ great many things came in
yesterday including China and wood
work, but 10 has been decided r.t to
begin the arrangement OF the exhibits
and the decoration of the rooms to-
morrow. but TO allow anJJher day for
sending them.
The public will see the exhibition. on
the evening of May 81, when the first
view reception will be one of the nota-
bic social events of the season. The
hallway adjoining the Leagues extern
sive rooms in the top floor of the Prog
VfafN1 h.
Ted up as a reception room, and here
the ladies of the committee will re-
cciye the invited guests This will af-
ford more room and better ventilation
Tor the large company which will at
tend. The exhibition rooms proper
viii be less crowded, and people may
nave chance to see the pictures. The
receptions OF the League have always
been a medium through which people
Of refinement and culture could find
their level. For the convenience of the
part Of the public which prefers not to
walk up the two long fights Of stairs.
the Leagues rooms and the hallway
Will be lit by lamps during the first
hour Of the reception, in order that the
elevator may be run, and the same
measure will be resortcd 20 during the
last hour. since both the electric lights
and the elevator can not be in opera
tiuu at once.
The exhibition will be thrown open
60 the public on the day following the
reception. II will remain open every
day for n month. as well as two even
ings IN each week. and there will al
ways be some member of the League
present.
Some OF the work will be- for sale.
Ia A. IaI .
hibitiOns as they should, and il Is hop
ed that people will take more advan-
tage this year of this opportunity for
aesthetic enjoyment. No fee will be
charged for admission. IL seems likely
that this will be the best exhibition
the League has ever given. IL is true
that the plague interrupted the work
Of Several OF the artists; but on the
other hand some of the best work OF
former exhibitions will be given place
This Eill be new TO most persons who
will attend; and as for the others,
really good work OF art can not be
seen too often. There will also be work
from new people this year, and some
pictures will be hung from the modest
first exhibition OF May. 1894, when the
four charter members were the only
exhibitors.
Since then the League has grown I'M
til &c has n membership OF more than
200. and at the time OF this, its thiI-
teenth exhibition projects are under
way for functions of musical or dra-
matte interest. The plague has retarded
the entertainments which were TO have
been given by the different circles, but
efforts are on foot TO have these pre-
scented an regular order during the year
which begins in October There will
be literary, dramatic and musical en-
tertainments before the end OF the
year.
So far. the pictorial, the dramatic,
the musical. and the literary circles
have all given entertainments, but the
newest circle OF all. the one on the
lines OF the village Improvement so
Cieties Of the Mainland, will be quite
new departure, and from IL much Of In
struction and profit Is expected. One
OF next years innovations will prob
ably be a League day at home, under
the auspices OF the literary circle,
which may sometimes take the form
OF an uncut leaf. This was quite the
rage among fashionable people in the
Eastern cities "A year or two ago. and
was only given up on account OF the
smart Sets" unhealthy craving for
complete novelty. The plan contains
excellent potentialitias.
The Art League wants 20 be the cen
ter OF all local societies for the adj
yancement Of refinement and art. One
OF It's lOng-cherished objects has been
90 erect n building in which perma
nont. but changing, exhibition could
find place In a large hall on the ground
floor, with studios above, and perhaps
also a large lecture hall with stage
equipped with scenery, for plays and
concerts. In former years the League
has given more than one manuscript
concert. the music being exclusively
The work OF local artists; and there
are plenty Of accomplished musicians
In Honolulu 20 warrant the belief that
one or two OF these can be given every
year. In former years the League has
been hampered In its dramatic per-
tormances by the lack OF stage and
proper scenery, and it plays will be