The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-18

and oil well than with aesthetic culture, 70
hear that the Texas Federation of Womhns
clubs Is pioneer In the work OF travelling |
art collections, standing first without a
second.
When. In 1899. at the meeting OF Inv wo-
man ; convention In galveston the nrst art |
committee was appointed. the Othce OF
chairman OF that particular branch OF fed |
Grafton work was Aeaetaiiy coked upon es
n sinecure Not thnt there WAS SO little
TO be done. hnt so much. such insurmounta
BILE barriers to be overcome where there
were neither art traditions, art galleries
nor art schools, except Few private
studios.
II is not TO be understood that Texas
| stood alune In these deficiencies, Her ease
| would have been more encouraging had she
| fewer companions,
| 1t was not n Texan who after a thgce.
months sojoutn In Holland when asked u
/ she had eniSyed INC Rrinhrandts. replied;
/ no are the Rclnhlandisf Are tacy
I Amerlcansf IL dared dlvuge the secret
/ and could trust YOU not TO repeat II,
/ would acknowledge thut In spite Of the
4 shadCs Of Boston thai woman was Nom
I Massachusetts,,
IL Is true that an art atmosphere Is the
1 rcsuit of generations of tendencies anl IN
vorallc Cn,ironnltnts, Dat ~ tlere IS any
lh i.ncc thnt can ,feMc an Incubation TO,
( ward gwen sunirct-an impetus, TAI
IA Huu Wlh-and iu,nS my, emc.i,5 eVgh rs
iads have taken root and hU,aisncd As psr'
mauent hcnchCient glowths. 10 is the otsnu'
ICED effort Of intelligent women.
The object vi the lew committee was 20
enlist thh powerful influence IA the ant
movement. Il the clubs could he awakened
to a literary Interest Ia pictures and tlclr
creators II was bOl eyed that de VA a
for the pictures themselves wouid FOLLOW
In natural sequence and thai the ur I
group OF pictures sent TIN ough the state
would Increase the Ocmpnd until not one
but many travelling collections would I've
formed, each With rs own clrcult Anu
In every section OF the stain thVrc would
he loan centcrs FROM which small giuIps
Of pictures might lee distributed to ~.
lagos and farm houses.
Many busy nau on woman has no time
to read a book, even with d tluVe Ing d.
hrnry at hand, but every man or woman
2 no matter how busy, has time to look OF q
ehnl not pause to tell this iutclllg.u,
audience Of the cheering aud elcNuting 10
, nucuec Of good pictures.
1t wss hnpcd that the general Interest
| thus awakened would culniuatc In tho
addition OF picture galleries to the puhl',
c libraries nov In course Of constrUruot
throughout the StNtc And that art cult irC
y | miEht lead to art ciucatiuh aud eventually
y result even IN ART scholarships yon ul,
! grasp" but II work Is to he accomnlisnr
/ there must he n large and dehpito aim l0nE
3 Ing far beyond the present limitations
This hoped fer process Of evolution fiou
humble beginnings must begin IN crrlltt
q demand for The wares about to Be uW,1"l
u 70 this end an earnest endcayor was ulu Il
= by correspondence to induce the clubs q
Q devote one or two omen sessions during th
n year to illustrated talks on art subjects
Y programs were prepared ready for distrlnu
e lion ana amy other assistance desired w
offered Seventeen clubs out OF i00 r
suondcd fnvor0hlN ana three replied the,
Z were already engaged in art study. II Nd
a against Inc clubs engaged In hcuschol
: economics and ciyics that the mterccssion
!" Of the art committee bent helplCsSly. The
IS | seemed to feel thN, they stood upon
,e higher plane than the oft dcrlded uterar
:, clubs, and having built wall around tibet
"a lofty positions refused to peep over into th
:, sunlight pastures beyond.
- The wear lNOO boWnu with twenty of h