The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-02-05
ESTHER
GRIFFIN
WHITE

writer has to say that the art column
conducted by her In the Item for over
two years has been discontinued so
far as she is concerned, and trans
ferred to the Palladium the last APP
pearance Of the column in the former
paper being on Saturday, the 23rd of
January. The writer is not, there
fore, in any way responsible for any
art notes" appearing in The Item
since that date. This statement is
only made on account of repeated
questions, both personally and at the
office of the Palladium.
While there is no particular dispo-
sition to criticise the action Of vari-
Gus public spirited citizens with ref
erence to the erection of a pavilion
in Glen Miller, still there is
strong sentiment against building
being placed in any location where it
would interfere with any landscape
feature of that beautiful park. IF
this building should cause the telling
of one tree or the obscuring of any
pleasing view or outlook it certainly
should not be erected without strong
protest. The only location for a
building of this nature in the Glen is
that upon which the hotel now
stands. One of the most delightful
sites in the park is occupied by this
building and if the pavilion is put up
at all this is without doubt the logic
al location. Let us see now how sin
cere are the people who are posing
as eXpositors of "the city beautiful. :"
The lecture shortly to be given I'M
der the auspices of several clubs
with a view to intensifying the sen
timent for identifying Richmond will
no doubt be an interesting one and a
delightful occasion in every way
But why spend $50 to have a man
come tell the denizens Of this town
what they already know, because it
lis altogether probable that the lee
turer will say in substance, "get a
competent landscape architect and go
ahead. Everybody knows that any
way. 1t is generally admitted that
there are stunning landscape features
in Richmond which only need to be
enhanced. All the city needs is mon
ey to 90 ahead and have it done. The
people who are specially interested in
what is vaguely called E'civic re
FORM should certainly be we'll
aware of the innumerable articles,
books and other forms of "litera-
ture' on this subject with which this |
country has been flooded the past
half dozen years, and be so familiar
with the contents that a lecturer
would not be needed to be be import
ed to tell us what is obvious, al |
tho, as stated above, no doubt this
will be an occasion Of great interest. |
But why not conserve energies and |
save money.
The current exhibition of the !
Sketch Club is one of the best this /,
organization has given, being a COM
prehensive exhibition of bookplates-
a large number of them from the col |
lection of Mr.. Wilbur Macy Stone,
of New York, whose collections are
famous and who has written several
books on this special phase of art. A
large number of early American :,
plates, in instance, are of the greatest |
interest, including the plate of the |
great historian and diplomat, George |
Bancroft. Numerous plates by per-
haps the greatest American designer, |
French, are to be seen here, as we'll |
as plates made from the designs of |
several well known foreign bookplate |
designers. Some of the most fasci- |
mating of the latter are from Gordon |
Craig, a young Englishman of amaz-
ing versatility, who publishes beauti-
full books, is an artist, an actor, a col |
lector of various objects of art,
connoisseur In a variety of other mat
tiers, and an all around man of the
world. Mr.. Craig is the son of the
great actress, Ellen Terry. Pamela
Coleman Smith, we'll known Amer
lean artist living mostly in London,
is represented by number of plates
as is Aiming Bell another famous
English designer.
There are also, eleven plates from
young American, living in Chicago,
Mr.. Ralph Fletcher Seymour, who is
rapidly acquiring international cele-