The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1902-05-31

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Emblem for the St. Louis Fair
The managers of the st. Louis fair.
which is to open in the spring of 1904.
offer a prize of s2.000. which they viii
award to the contributor of the most
striking and appropriate emblem Of the
fair. The offer is given prominence
here in the hope that some Nebraska
artist or gifted advertiser may see 1t.
have an inspiration, draught ii, send it
to st. Louis and win the prize. incl
dentally attracting the attention Of the
nation to the originality and boldness
of the Nebraska intellect
The emblem is to be used as a seal,
stamped on letter heads, and enlarged
for posters and placards of the expo
sition. the designs distinguished by a
device in the usual fashion OF such ex-
positions. They must be sent to Bud
worth and Son, 42i West Fifty-second
street, N. Y. between November first
and November fifth of the current
year.
A preliminary examination will be
made at once by the committee and all
unavailable designs will be returned to
the designers at their expense. 1t is
limited that the directory may buy 9TH
er designs than the one which wins the
competition.
The greatest freedom is allowed In
the treatment of the subject selected
by the designer, but IL must be artis-
tic, appropriate, effective and suscep-
tible of employment in various modified
forms, and 1t must symbolic the
Louisiana Purchase, which secured for
the United States the control of the
Mississippi river.
The Jurors are Frederick Dielman,
John La Fargo. ]. Q. A. Ward, dorado
Taft, Charles F. McKim, Wilson Eyre
and Professor Alcee Fortier.
OF the expositions which have been
held i'm recent years the designs SYM
bolizing the Pan American held at
Buffalo were especially striking. The
one which was extensively used for
posters Is a map of the continents of
North and South America, with the
outlines formed by the flowing gar
ments of two female figures clasping
hands at the isthmus. The poster de-
sign is an equisitely colored picture OF
Niagara Falls with the very beautiful
figure of a woman shimmering In the
water of the Falls. The water is her
waving hair and her opalescent eyes IL
illuminate things. No other recent ex-
position has been represented by such
easily remembered designs.
Simplicity and effectiveness, COM
bined in artistic composition, is more
easily accomplished than the creation
of one design suitable for either
medal, a letter-head or a seal. Con-
vertible designs and articles have the
appearance. the undisguisable appear
ance OF a make-shift. The disguise OF
a folding bed which looks like piano
In the daytime is not complete. and the
owners are always afraid that suspi-
cion will be converted into certainty.
and they dread the moment Of discov-
cry. The successful design must have
no appearance Of convertibility. There
must be no unexplained knobs and
handles and no resounding hollowness
in response to an accidental tap Cfig-
uratively speaking.
Still the accomplishment Is not i'm
possible. There are beautiful women
who look as well in one costume as
another. and as fitting in all. As a
cook or second girl or horse-woman,
in ball dress or in nurses costume.
special kind Of beautiful woman Is
equally bewitching. Beauty of design.
absolute beauty can be expressed on
die or poster or seal. presupposing that
simplicity Is Its note.
The competitors should not be con-
fined to artists Bret Harte once won
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