The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-14
FAIR COMMITTEE ON
AGRICULTURE MEETS,
Roger Riordan Defines Plans for
Classification of Industrial
Arts and Decoration.
IDEAS FOR EMBLEMs WANTED.
Halsey G. Ives Suggests Contest
for Sculpt0rs and a Reward of
5000 for Idea Accepted
Buffalo Meeting.


The Committee on Agriculture Of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
held it's second meeting yesterday after |
noon, with only one member absent-Wtl-
liam ]. Lemp. who Is out Of the city. Pres
ldent Francis attended the meeting. Robert
A. Aull. recently appointed Secretary OF the
committee. took the minutes of the meet
ing.
The committee discussed its Jurisdiction.
using the Columbian Exposition as q rough
guide. The committee will have charge Of
the exhibits which at Chicago were con-
tanned in the Agricultural building and its
annex. the Horticultural building. the For
estry building. the Dairy building and the
Live Stock buildings. About one-fourth OF
the total roofed-over space at the Chicago
Exposition was embraced under these clas-
sifcations.
The committee drafted letter to be sent
to State boards of agriculture, State agri-
cultural associations. agriculture implement
manufacturers. the brewing interests and
the live stock associations in America and
abroad, to give information regarding the
work Of the committee to these instrument
alities and to stimulate interest in this
work. The committee Of architects which Is
carrying on the work of the Worlds Fair
Commission Of Architects In the recess Of
the commission will depart from st. Louis
about noon to-day, to meet in Buffalo at
10 a. m. Monday. The Niagara Hotel. on the
lake front at Buffalo, has been selected for
the meeting
John NJ Carrere and Charles Howard
Walker of New York. members Of the COM
mission, will meet the committee in Buffalo.
Some time will be spent in studying the
Pan-American Exposition, both to avoid the
nj ANYTHING
can be construed as an imitation and to
use the power Of suggestion which the Pan
American Exposition may exercise.
The letter Of Halsey c. Ives, director Of
the School Of Fine Arts. who was at the
the head of the art department of the Co
lumbar Exposition, in which he recon-
mends prize competition between sculptors
to supply an emblem for the Exposition, Is
as follows:
Would Seek sculptors' Idea.
mo better way Of spending money could
be devised to gain publicity upon dignihed
basis than to invite eight sculptors-men
who are capable Of producing medals-to
submit relief designs to be used as the en-
blem, the seal or symbol Of the Worlds
Fair. Pay to each of these men $500 and to
the one selected "a. 800 additional. Then ap-
point jury. which shall be composed Of
five men: first, decorative designer; Sec
ond, painter; third, an architect: fourth.
sculptor: fifth Qast but not least) an his
torian. This jury Of five to Judge the merits
Of the eight. and II one be sufficiently ar
tistic and dignified in character, award the
prize of $500 to him. making the total Of
$780, Then let this jury understand that
there is $1,000 ready to meet their expenses.
Let the men who serve upon this be of ma
tional. If possible of international, reputa-
ton. The total expenses. you will see, from
such an arrangement as this would be $0.-
00a
1.-THE eight designs would be published in
every journal of Importance In the United
States and many in foreign countries. Ger
tainly you can see that each of the great
fully prepared illustrated articles showing
made an art event, and no expenditure of a
like sum would bring SO large return SO
far as digniiied publicity is concerned;
very extravagant proposition, but think for
the minds Of the whole people Of our coun-
Graefy, Potter, Ward and others of like
character to submit designs upon such
plan"
In his suggestion, Professor Ives differs
| from the men who made the Pan-American
Exposition. John NJ. Carrere. chairman OF
| the Board of Architects. declares he has
never seen result from q prize competi,.
| ton which would not have been better had
| collaboration replaced competition; secre-
(, competitions held at Buffalo for emblem.
| flag, seal and cover for prospectus the net
result had to be thrown away and single
| artist or a commission Of artists employed
| to produce the design sought
| II no acceptable design Is volunteered
soon 1t is not unlikely that the national
| association either Of painters or scuptors
will be asked to appoint committee to col
in Of heae soes b fr he
| ready volunteered their aid. and the appli-
cation would find them ready. The COM
| mittee commissioned by the associations
would probably be willing, for an honoraIi-
| table to the committee. the organization
and the Exposition.
| Riordan ON Idustrial Arts.
Arts Club Of New York, writes regarding
be adopted at the St. Louis Worlds Fair.
and the meehancai arts .et The enf Industrial
arts form the connecting link" he says.
dustrial Arts building. and the Fine Arts
building. SO as to show the vital and neces-
sary connection Of the humblest with the
er place. would propose a rational and or
derby arrangement; not the complete isola-
ton OF arts that t., naturally t meet at certain
| and indiscrimnate prise en- masse.
III what wish is done. st. Louis will
20 ns sffs re ef In h ne
falo. my proposition came as an after
| thought. The exposition was already COM
| pletely organized and the buildings all up
when I returned from Paris I could get
| only a narrow court. with low roof, and
! no appropriation. save what has come out
of the exhibits secured BY me. At Turin
next year, though the exposition Is to be
u restricted to the industrial arts the pro-
| posed classification errs in the usual man
! ner. 1t Is confused and misleading It starts
out fairly well with three classes Of ex-
hibits. decoration of the street. decoration
Of the house and decoration Of the room:
! but nearly everything IL included in the Sec
! ond. even personal ornaments for which
| there should be class apart. The classif-
cation which would propose would be 40
| follows:
Exterior decoration. that Of streets, open
! places. house fronts. etc.
Interior decoration. including furniture.
Personal ornamentat,on.. 1ewelry. etc"
| Watermelon Party.
I A watermelon party was given by Mrs.
| Lavinia Crow Reilly at her home, No 4425
! Forest Park boulevard. Friday evening.
| The guests were asked to form as MANY
| words as possible out Of the word water
| melon and to feed painted canvas darby
with painted canvas representing slices. OF