The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-12


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In the interview with Mr.. Kelsey
published in another issue Of this pa
per, Mr.. Kelsey expressed himself as
regarding the city fortunate in hav-
ing control of its shade trees. The
writer told Mr.. Kelsey that so far
this seemed to have been the worst
thing that had happened to them, as
has finally been generally admitted.
Mr.. Kelsey said to the writer and
also in his lecture that the trees had
certainly been badly butchered up.
On next Wednesday afternoon,
Feb. 18th, one of the most interesting
sales which has taken place in New
York this season, or indeed for lon
ger period of time, will occur, name
ly, that Of the theatrical effects of the
late Lester Wallack and his famous
stock company. The collection will
be placed on view Saturday, the 18th,
the effects Of such well known mem
bers of the dramatic world, past and
present, as Lester Wallack, John
Gilbert, Harry Edwards, Kyrle Bel
lew, Rose Coghlan, Dion Boucicault,
and several others, to be displayed.
Among the objects to be sold are ar
NOR, furniture, costumes, vases, play
bills, pictures and numerous other
properties all Of which will prove
Of interest to the general public as
well as to actors
Miss Cecilia Beaux and Miss Alice
Hay whose work is on display at the
exhibition of the Women's Interna-
tional Art Club, in the Grafton Gal
leries, London, have been highly
praised by London critics. Miss
Beaux has a great reputation in this
country as a successful portrait pain
ter.
Tn New York next week will occur
a sale which will attract much atten-
ton, being the collection of paintings
of the late J. H. Dolph, some two
hundred in number Mr. Dolph was
we'll known among other things as a
painter Of cats. In the autograph ex-
hibition in the Morrisson-Reeves Ii
brary last Spring Mr. Dolph's auto
graph was on display with pencil
sketch Of his Hfavorite ANIMAL
Indianapolis is, despite its reputa-
ton as a center of Astounding, not to
say resounding culture, a city of
careless materialists, with the excep-
ton of certain coterie and an occa-
sional sporadic instance. Her repu-
tation for boolishness is only skin
deep, many of her alleged booklovers
acquiring that reputation through the
indiscriminate purchase Of what are
curiousIy termed "fne' editions
with which to stock up their librar-
les For books themselves, that is
the makeup, they care little and know
less. They will stand all day gazing
in rapture at an antique copper pot
which shrieks to heaven with pain
full modernity and cry" perfectly
exquisite, my perfectly exquis-
tie - and never wag an eye
lash in the direction of a Kelmscott
two feet away. And these be the
people who figure in the press of the
capital city as reading profound pa
pers on William Morris and who fall
into fine frenzies when "ART' is
named The art of the dressmaker,
the tailor, and the caterer Is what
they really live for, and as for the
drama their highest conception is a
musical comedy with special atten-
ton to the chorus, altho' their steady
diet is vaudeville of the most drool-
ing and assinine character This, as
just stated, Is true of Indianapolis
in a general way and of many of
those who, according to reputation,
do the special culture "stunt.' There