The St. Louis Republic., 1904-09-03
FAMOUS ARTISTS AMONG
JURORS NOW At FAIR.

| Az erhibi,s p,ctures have taken second
place TO the artists Just now-the Jurors
| are here. No one not an artist or IN art
4 student or an art crank or An ert some
| thing will realize quite the importance OF
this statement. In tho matter-of-fact
walks OF civic life. a grand jury may STIR
UP no end OF a fuss. but by far the ma
jority OF juries. petit and grand. special
| or regular. attract nobody's attention. AZ
| for serving on such jury. the honor Is
nothing. the inconvenience great and the
| fees not worth considering.
| But the jury OF the international Art
| Exhibition: Wholly another thing.
! The ordinary jury merely d.sposes %
some body's life or somebody's freedom or
| somebody's property. while the art 1urT
\ disposes of-or exposes-eyerybody's pic
tures. estimates them. distributes ti..
awards. makes and unmakes. levels doy.a
| or builds up. The art jury Is sort oc
| international supreme court
The membership Of this exceptional jury
f.. too quite exciting. II includes tho
names OF men actually known To have
| sold pictures. positively. they are top
no;chers who can speak OF being occupied
| FOR an indefinite future with ''cofnmis-
slons." Some Of them are % much
| hemme5 about and encompassed with
Commissions" Ike Kuropatkin By fhs
Japs. that they were greatly embarrassed
TO find time TO get way out TO St- Louis
for jury service. When an artist gets into
| this distressing condition. OF being loajed
Gown with profitable employment Vks
Christian. the famous Pilgrim. with his
burden OF sins. II goes without saying ria:
he IL really a great man. Well. we Rave
numerous great men with US now.
They are already at work They hG.d
star chamber sessions In some mysterious
dungeon OF the Fine Arts Palace. Orc by
ore the pictures are taken down and cSr-
riei before the inquisitors. there TO be ex-
snined at length. The results viii bs
pCrten;ous 10 many q young artist
You see. when the artist begins TO take
medals ne can subsequently exhibit his
pictures. underlined with nice little gilt
Inscriptions recitins that he captured the
gold medal here. tho silver medal at tho
other place. and so on Having forged IN
| such Z manner into the limeii6ht. he be-
gins TO acquire titles and signs himself
John Doe. X. Y. T.. A. q. C.. r. A. e.
| something Ike that The very greatest
| artist who ever lived. II is confldenfIy re-
ported. was )ficially permitted TO uso
twenty letters OF the alphabet aftar hts
| name.
Art authorities insist. however. that The
| limit OF possible progress II not passe4
yet. and they are sure that. IN the course
OF time. an artist will BE- developed Who
will prove a legitimate claim to all twenty
six letters. That lucky man viii Be by
long odds the greatest who ever touched
a bush TO canvas. 81 not the greatest the
| world has ever seen. bar none. To him
We will sIl ralaam and even surrender
our constitutional right TO criticize him.
unfavorabiy.
Lest some unsuspect!hg persors may
| think that We are quietly Laughing at
these notable men. viii deny Il point
blank. merely noting that the greater each
OF them IS. the greater a lsu9her he IS
himself So We are just Iaushing-vith
them
As positive proof OF their actual impor-
tance. it Is only necessary TO point out
the fact that President Francis has pro-
I vided for a grand function in their honor
TO take place next Thursday night in the
| Art Palace. II is TO be a tremendous af-
fair. The Exposition Orchestra, led by
Komzak. hss been ordered OUT TO rem
Ger a special programme in acclaim TO
genius This is unhesrd OF in Fair history.
since the orchestra hitherto has been at
tuned only TO the quid pro quo.
One does not go far In the Art Palace
just row without meeting with some OF
the distinguished visitors. To encounter
Joseph PenneIl. Henry Wolf and Colin
Campbell Cooper all at once is 10 con-
vince ones self that the neighborhood IL
surcharged with art. Penneil. the best
etcher and po:n; worker America can
claim: Wolf. not so well known. who does
only representative Of that art worth men
tioning in tho United States: Colin Camp
bell Cooper. who. bessdes possessing such
an ailiterative collection OF names, has
painted notable pictures Of American city
scenes
Turn the corner. and 10. W II. Chase.
Daniel c. French and Willy Martens So
IL goes The woods are full OF 'em. Art
fists TO the right OF you. artists TO the left
Of you. sculptors IN front Of you with
flying squadrons of illustrators and ap-
p!ied-ar;s men in the immediate vicinity
such Is the situation IL requires but a
force"
Under the circumstances. wha: can the
Writing driveler do but unlimber the Pop
gun and go into action No casualties as
yet. however.
The jurors are as follows:
Cniied stats: r. Swain Girord. VIII II.
nour Tomas. Th1mss Allen. . q Coop@r r.
q T.rs.n; T G. steele. Ralph C1.rs-on. z. II
Nu-rTsei- = Du--n-ck. ". NJ Cna<e r Di.l-
man J @. Nleoli, Mary SoIari. N H. Breck-
enrids-. X. ". vonncn. Alice r. stephens.
Henry Wolf. g. F. W. Nieistz. Joseph Penn>Ii.
u p Brooks. u. g French H A. Mcneil
Elizabeth :; J. Mathews Chsrie. Crafty. A. :
Resman. IL !. Warren. J. l.. Nauran wal.e-
Gook Frank Nile Day. Rose waId c. Howard
a Batehedsr. Afs; Eugene Field Carlton r
chapman Argentine Z. Schlafrne @ T.
Zolnsy- Austria. Adoiph KTzus. Nc. Stats.
Gu-t=r S!ederie!a. Nm J. King. Belgium:
Guiilsurne ee Groo,. Finest veriart Brazil: j.
Americo des santo-. bulgaria: = u. Kurt
c-yion; rssl :. Feiris. Cuba: GonzaIo d.
Sci, sehiirh;inE Rich Mueller. Esich Ho.sel. Fr
Ksriovzky; Italy. Uso oje,,i, Can,zIamesss
B-rsisr Japan: : Shusfo. Tcoru Iwamura.
kishusa Sivs. alternate Mexico: ISsdors
Aldarsoro- Netherlands: william n. Hos.
willy Martens Hubert Vor q y NcA-..le
Portugal: II s. Kort.oup Russia j. p
Sode>rs. Emil Nzuthi-r. William r. Fox.
SEeden: Ansh-ini Sehultzberg
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