The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-05-10
Still-Life Studies of Prosaic Sub
jects Are Admired at
Kansas Building.
MANY ARTISTS REPRESENTED.
Water Colors, Oils, Penand-lnk
Drawings, Etc, From Exhibit
in Buildings Representing
SuHfiOwer State.

Onions and eggs. which usually appeal
to the appetite rather han the artistic
temperament. ave formed the inspira-
ton for several paintings which Miss c.
II. Laurent contributes to the art gallery
of the Kansas State building at the
Worlds Fair. From these prosaic sub
jects she has executed some works OF art
that appeal to the layman as pictures hat
are true to nature, and to art critics as
bits OF work that prove the painter an
artist.
-Four or five eggs broken in a plate, ard
broken shells lying by a homely kitchen
vessel are SO faithfully reproduced on
one canvas that the beholder wonders why
the esss a not run all over the floor
while the picture has been tilted up
sgainst the wall waiting to be hung. An
other picture is of a dozen onions piled
by a saucepan. and visitors Invariably
stop before this little study Of still life
and look at it longer than at much more
p%retentious paintings which hang near it.
The Kansas building contains quite an
extensive art gallery, in which creditable
water colorS, oils. pen and ink drawing
and charcoal sketches are shown
One Of the Kansas artists whose PIC
lures hang in the State building is A. E;
SiD2A6uN- nlOSc " d UoCA
to the Palace of Fine Arts Another is
John Noble. whose painting Cleopatra,
hanging in the lobby OF the Carey Hotel
In Wichita so wrought upon the feelings
OF Mrs. Carrie Nation that she sent her
ruined it.
Lefevre, contributes to the Kansas a.,
gallery Revenues" which won a medal
when 1t was exhibited in the Paris Salon.
George A. Stone is represented by sew
pral eYlnnle< nf his work in nil and in
water colors, which have been much ad-
mired, and Mrs. Bertha Rockwelrs Kan
lent. Miss Charlotte Schenk. Miss Nj
ranne A. Aiken, Miss Pansy Dawes, Miss
Cora B. Gould, ]. d. Patch, Miss Mary E
Delahay, Miss Edith Farrell and Mrs. w.
A Garfield are each represented by sew
eral paintings, and c. L. Paulus exhibits
charcoal sketches and clay modelling.
The pictures in the Kansas building
who was appointed by the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition COMMITTEES Of Kansas 70
supervise the interior decoration OF, the
rations and selected furniture for the
entire building. and Kansas is represented
by one Of the most attractive buildings in
Sons ~recitals viii be a feature of the
entertaining. at the Kansas building
throughout the Exposition period. The plan
Is to have a capable soloist for each re-
cItaI, instead Of having concerts. end low
ers Of classical music are expectedito con-
gregate at the Kansas building on re-
citsl days 4
A rev exhibit Of Arkansas woods in
book form has been installed at the Ar
wood are shown IN a case which resembles
an ordinary bookcase Each piece of wood
Is in the form OF a small volume. n on
t tes zeal name as sss Of pf fRe moo aame and the
Among the Arkansas visitors at the
euaidns yesterday we're; John r Hamp-
Robert e. Ward, Little Rock;C c. F, Cool.
ey. Hot SPRING.: 8. Sachs, Jonesboro, J.
NJ Wilson, Fayetteville.
That people from the East arc coming
to the Exposition Is evidenced by the fact
that about fifty New Jersey citizens reg
day. They represented the large cities Of
New Jersey and many small towns.
There was rejoicing at the Iowa build
ing yesterday over the fact that a carload
of furniture. for which the Commissioned
had been looking for two weeks. had at
sen, s sssoss ,0 sss aiv en- ha NJ. s furn aeuls w aha
be installed In q few days.
viscount Do Pedralva Of Lisbon. Royd
Commissioner from Portugal. was a vtsi-
tor at the 7. p. A. building yesterday.
Eugene krurna Of Remscheia, Germany,
also registered at the T. p. A building.
MIRA TheodoEa Youmans OF Waukesha,
Wis, one Of the woman commissioners
from Wisconsin. arrived at the Wiscon-
Wisconsin building. win be the free dis
tribution of water from the
Imperial Springs
At the Ohio building a room has been
reserved for the representatives of the
press and all newspaper men are invited
Prentiss Of Columbus and II. NJ Daugh-
erty Of Washington Courthonse; Ohio
Rankin at the Ohio building.
Among the Ohio people who registered
at the Ohio building yesterday were:
natl. miss Ida Bell Carson and Miss Helm
Bell. GAINESVILLE: Mrs: Frank stone, Colum-
brs; g. A. Efers, Kelly Island, W. H Rus
T Weber, kn %sn Writ, ), M Il; a soid M nna 4 Z 4 4
Holman. F. w. Gseber and G. v. Lymer. |
Cleveland.
The woman's parlor Of the Missouri
building was completed and turned over
to the State Commission yesterday The
champagne carpet covers the foor. At
one end of the parior there u a small
Japanese ~writing-room Furnished with
desks and tables. and at the
other end is a room with several leather
couches, where women may rest from the
fatigue OF doing the Exposition
The work of gliding the dome of the
Missouri building was begun YESTERDAY.
This will be one OF the finishing touches
to the building. as IL is almost complete
now. Several pianos. which Will be used
in the building. were received yesterday.
Mrs. Philip E Chappell. wife of former
State Treasurer Chappeil, who now lives
In Texas, was a visitor at the Missouri
Yesterday. Among the visitors
from cities and towns in Missouri who reg
istered at the Missouri building yesterday |
were: Mrs. r. C. Tucker. Pennington: |
Chester A. Gwinn, Mr.. and Mrs. E c. |
Tihey. Kansas City: W. R.. Alexander, Co
lumbia: H. G. Getchel. P. A Snees. ]. W.
Bretz. Doctors c.. c. and A D. Gleaves.
F. H. Hull. St. Joseph: William Smith.
Springfield; No; Mr.. and Mrs. G.. N Pey-
ton, Hannibal: c. P Vernon. Bacon: E
K. Ludwig. Lexington: W. A. McHenry
and Frank A. Theis. Hannibal
Edmund Watson Taylor Of Frankfort
KY, whe is interested in the exhibit Of
bottied-in-bond whisky, which is includ-
ed in the pure-food exhibit at the Worlds
Fair, was a visitor at the Kentucky build