The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-14

Samuel Spencer OF New York. president
of the Southern Railway Company. was
named member of the Fine Arts Commit
| tee OF the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company by President Francis at the meet
ing Of the Board of Directors yesterday
Mr.. Spencer has national reputation as a
patron Of the fine arts and "a a collector
de is close business associate OF j. PIER
pont Morgan, a collector and art patron OF
worldwide repute. whose private collections
OF paintings have been pronounced the most
complete and interesting on the American
Continent PierpOnt Morgan is the pos
SCISSOR of the Gainsborough Duchess" the
famous canvas which was cut from its
frame and carried of by thieves from
European CALLER: and recovered eighteen
years later in Chicago.
II il likely that as a result of Mr. Spen-
GERS appointment on the committee this
famous painting. as well the best mate
rial In the great private collections in the
Eastern States. will he shown in the Louisi-
ana Purchase galleries. The classification
of the fine arts exhibits devised by Pro-
fessor Ives and the committee. included a
special division. paintings and private col
lections.' a departure in fine-art classifica-
tions specially designed to appeal TO pri-
vate collectors.
Mr.. Spencer's st. Louis connections are
very close. both through the fact that his
son. H. Il. Spencer. assistant general man
ager of the Southern Railway Company. is
a resident of st. Louis ard that St. Louis Is
one OF the most important cities on the
Southern system.
COMMITTEE TO WORK FOR
CHARTER AMENDMENTS.
Provision was made at yesterdays meet
ing Of the Board of Directors on motion Of
Director Houser for a committee of seven
to act in conjunction with the Committee
on Legislation in advocacy of the Charter
amendments, for whose submission TO a
popular vote provision was recently made
by the Municipal Assembly. President
Francis has not yet announced the mem
bers of the committee.
Formal report and approval by the Di-
rectory was made of preparations for con-
demnation proceedings. of the regulations to
be transmitted TO foreign nations with
President McKinley's proclamation and of
the appointment OF Halsey c. Ives David
T. Day. W. S. Bard. Howard J. Rogers
and John Barrett.
resolution presented by Director Stein
bliss was adopted expressing the apprecia-
tion of the Board of Directors of the cor
dial support given by the Building Trades
Council and the Worlds Fair Union Labor
Committee to the Worlds Fair movement
and of the invitation extended to the Board
Day parade and picnic at the Fair Grounds |
DELINQUENT DIRECTORS
MAY BE REPLACED. |
Following the call Of the roll at yester- |
days meeting Of the Board of Directors |
President Francis called for the reading OF |
section of article of the bylaws. which |
provides: |
meetings Of the board. without notice TO the seq
retary from such Director. shall be construed as
equivalent to a resignation Of his office the |
part Of such Director.
Thz~1 -
Is pointed out that some Of the members |
of the Beard had not as yet attended a sin
gle meeting and had not taken the alterna-
tive of notifying the Secretary of the cause
of their absence. Where lack Of interest |
in Worlds Fair work Is at the bottom of |
such an absence 1t is not unlikely that the !!
stringent provision of the bylaws viii be |
enforced. Yesterdays meeting was well at
tended.
HELD
ON CONCESSIONS.
Frederick W. Taylor Director of Con-
cessions at the Pan-American Exposition. |
Is In st. Louis on Invitation of the Exposi-
tion Company. He spent yesterday in con-
ference with Worlds Fair officials on a /
variety Of Exposition topics. Mr. Taylor /
was chairman Of the Nebraska delegation
to the convention which decided to celebrate
the centennial OF the Louisiana Purchase \
with Worlds Fair. and which selected 1
st. Louis as the location for that fair He /
has been in exposition work continuously
for almost ten years. He was superintend- |
ent Of the Nebraska State horticultural
exhibit at the Columbian Exposition, and
Of agriculture. horticulture \
and forestry at the Omaha Exposition. He
was the first man outside OF Buffalo en-
ployed on the Pan-American and served |
during the entire exposition in various ca
pacities. principally as director Of conces-
sions and as superintendent of horticulture.
forestry and foods and their accessories.
Il do not know in what capacity I can
De OF most service to the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition he said yesterday. ST
shall leave that for the Exposition of11ciaIs
to determine. 1 have practically completed