The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-09
PEACEAMONG MURALPAlNIERS
ST. LOUIS FAIR STORM BLOWS
OVER LIKE A SNOW SQCALL.
S,cicty Recommends That the Fair Man.
ayers Appoint a Director to Divide
the Work of Mural Painting and Ap-
portion the Pay. which Is Liberal.

S)cicty Recommends That the Fair Man.
ayers Appoint a Director to Divide
the Work of Mural Painting and Ap-
portion the Pay. which Is Liberal.
There was a meeting Of the Society Of
Mural Painters last night at the studio of
the president Of the society, John La Fargo,
at 81 West Tenth street. Clouds have hung
heavy over the society of late and storm
Was predicted. But when the meeting of
yesterday adjourned after two and half
hours there was no trace of clouds or raw
winds and all the mural painters came out
into Tenth street smiling like youngsters
on their way to u Sunday school Christmas
tree celebration,
The managers of the St. Louis EXPOSE
ton have planned to make very liberal
appropriations for the mural decorations
of the exposition buildings. In order that
the men to do this work might be recog-
nized AZ the leaders in their profession, the
managers called on the Society Of Mural
Painters, to name candidates. IL was an
nounced that 500 90 would he appropriated
To pay the artists and that liberal travel
and assistance allowances amounting to
much more would be paid
When at "A meeting of the Society of
Mural Painters some time ago, this o1er
of the exposition authorities was mace
known TO the Assembled artists, there was
great rejoicing. 1t was succeeded by
astonishmeLt and later by gloom and
wrath. The meeting had hardly awakened
to the glorious opportunity Tor the tN-
emplifcation of mural art which was uu-
folded b. fore them than il was stunned
by a proposition to the effect that the choice
OF the artists should be- left to the eNecu-
tive committee of the society his pro-
po,al was ratified by the society before II
. -, al.alt
which had thus been placed upon its txecu-
tive committee.
Wln.n IA week word got out that tine EX-
ecutiye Committee had abou' decided that
ten artists should be recommended 10 the
exposii ion authorities ard that u should
also lie rrcomIncnutu that they uiNide tno
aypropriatiOn into ten equal parts and like
wise sharr tie allowances equally. More
over. it was told abroad that eight OF the
ten men selected were themselves members
of the committee.
just how exact any Of these rumors was
il would be IMPOSSIBLE To say, for the artistic
temperament l. chary of going into final
and clear and accurate statements about
the personal differences in the guild. But
tie mere circulation Of such runors was
mighty and disturbing influence in many
an artistic soul. There was demand for
another meeting and the meeting OF yester-
da v afternoon was called
When the members assembled al O'Clock.
il was thought u AZ tie meeting would last
less than an hour At O'Clock Il seemed
iEely to last until @. Al o'clock II was
drci1i,d to he quite certain that II could not
possibly be over until 10 or IL But Mr..
a Fargo had an important engagement at
about half past 0. and the tell phone kept
reminding him of IT and, of a sudden, II was
all over.
II was determined that the Society of
Nur.l Painters SHOULD recommend TO the
Managers of the s.. Louis Exposition that
q drcc,o Of mural art be appointed and
that two assistants tie appointed under him
and that the selection of artists and their
conversation he left to that director and
hi assistants
Much Of the time Of the meeting was taken
UP in deploring the publicity which has teen
given to the differences Of opinion in the
society. That publicity vas embraced in
an article printed in newspaper last week
which recommended Ia most authoritative
way q vide III vision of the mural work OF
tho exposition. Members OF the society
read between the lines Of that article n saw
ago attack upon the Executive Committee.
Go they all agreed that the proceedings OF
Yesterdays meeting should he kept secret.
but" said one of those who was not a
favored member of tho Executive Com
r''toe according 20 the first scheme, IN
the language ~ the inartistic and brutal
We oH tho outsiders feel warranted in saying
that We got away with the goods.