The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-12
ART AND
ESTHER ARTISTS
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ESTHER
GRIFFIN
WHITE

Mr.. Albert Kelsey who lectTed or
civic art in the city this week, as
hitherto reported in The Palladium,
is, as stated before, in charge Of the
municipal improvement section at the
st. Louis Exposition with special ref
erence to 'Fthe model city, which IS
to be shown therein. Many cities are
contributing directly in the success
and scheme of the latter, notably San
Francisco which has contributed
100000 to a building representing
that municipality, and their exhibit,
Kansas City perhaps, giving the next
highest amount toward an adequate
representation. Mr.. Kelsey has de-
signed all the buildings for this de-
partment of the Exposition and has
the whole thing under his control
Mr. Kelsey further said anent the
possibilities of our river front-lf 1T
could be called front that not
withstanding the splendid opportunl-
tv TO develop the river gorge and its
environs. we were handicapped by
the railroad on one of the banks.
This is a point upon which the writer
of this column dilated strenuously at
the time Of the building Of this road
but was only accorded ridicule for
the statement Along comes a cele-
brated landscape architect and says
the same thing However it IS only
with present conditions that the city
can cope The railroad is there and
the next step to be taken IS to make
its immediate enyirons as little UNI
slightly as possible
Mr.. Kelsey spoke Of several monu-
mental public works in this country
which had been undertaken IN the
name Of civic aesthetics, among them
boulevard IN Philadelphia from the
city buildings to Fairmount Park,
$2.000,0O0 already having been spent
in its construction, and $l0,OOO,OOO to
be the probable financial cost. Mr..
KELSEY is. for one of his activities,
engaged in the rebuilding of CHATEAU
qua. which he describes as having
been "laid OUT in very haphaZ-
ard manner. and which will assume a
much more harmonious aspect under
his scheme for its Identification.
"The Craftsman" for February IS
an unusually interesting number and
commends itself at first sight by It's
striking cover design. "The Silver
smiths Art" by Jean Schopfer, IS a
continuation of very important
historical series on this subject and
is most attractively illustrated.
George Wharton James, writes on
'9The Influence Of the Mission
Stvle" upon the Civic and Domestic
Architecture Of Modern California. =
Mr.. James is authority on Americana
and in addition to the valuable infor-
nation which may be obtained on the
subject of the California Missions, he
has the charm Of a pleasing style
''The Adaptation Of Ornament to
Space translated from the French
by Irene Sargent, throws new light
on the subject Of ornamentation and
while technical in character, may be
read with interest and profit by the
average Iayman. Isabel Moore in
dealing with GA Forgotten Art"
gives some illustrations of figure
heads, which combine the much-to-
-desired-feature of beauty and
strength.
The second in the series of
"Craftman Houses" for 1904 will at
tract prospective homebuilders, as
will also shorter articles on the treat
ment of interiors.
"CIay Modelling" by c. Valen-
tine Kirby; "Manual Training and
the Development of Taste; Chips
Book and Magazine Reviews" COM
plete number which will be regard
ed as one Of the best ever put out by
this publication The Craftsman, as