The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-26
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HERE'S BANTER AGAIN, COLLECT.
ING CHECKS WHERE HE CAN.

Mention supporting the Phiiant1ro-
mic Persons VINO Devised tho scheme.
Persons In the Wall Street district have
heen receiving visits from canvassers
rho have asked them for subscriptions for
,he Press Artists League. These canvassers
hove represented that the league was made
IN Of all Of the best newspaper and mag
ozine illustrators In town, and that the main
purpose In raising money was to secure art
scholarships In Paris for deserving news
paper artists
The headquarters Of the league are IN Room
s,s Of the Park Row Building. They were
,soentlv moved from the Mail and Express
n,ilding The legend on the door Is: "The
United Newspaper Bureau, Now York,
paris Berlin and London There was no
todv there yesterday to tell what that
On the letterhead OF the league r p.
o,tcault the we'll known magazine illus
traitor, ia given as the president; George
Reekrnan and REQ. Bennett, vioe-presi-
dsnts; George M. Baxter, treasurer. and j. L
svsyze and Allen Fountaine, secretaries.
In the circular and subscription blank
which has accompanied requests for money
,bis announcement Is made:
The Press Artists League announces
that /. IL ready to award three free scholar
sb,ns in the New York Art Institute. Con-
,estants for these scholarships. who must
h. rasidents Of Greater New York, are In
rit.d to eend specimens. original In CON-
ception and drawing, OF their work to tho
leagues headquarters in the Mail and Ex-
nress Building before Dec. 10. Tho awards
rill he made by disinterested committee.
The league hopes to be able 10 offer for
een course from the proceeds, In addition
to the regular local soholarshipe.'
The subscription blank reads:
ACCEPT your invitation to become patron
a, IN. leagues 18th annual loan and sale ex-
hbi,on Of original drawings BY newspaper
and magazine illustrators and herewith
h,nd rou check for dollars. for which
Tor my representative shall have the option
Of selecting drawings and paintings to that
amount in value At the private view on
patrons day. which viii b the dey before
the exhibition is opened to the public.
Kindly make checks payable 70 @. n.
Baxter, treasurer.
One lawyer. who was approached ton
DAYS ago, had his first introduction to the
work and purposes OF the league over the
telephone. A man, who said he was Mr..
hickman, the president called him up
and asked him If he could arrange an in
teryiew with a representative OF the league.
The LAWYER consented and shortly there
appeared young man who said he was "
II. Opp and represented Mr.. Bleekman.
He told the lawyer that the league would
like any sum from 325 to 81 900, preferably
dents in Paris and wanted to place more,
and that the exhibition would be at the
Waldorf Astoria. The lawyer wanted to
know more about the league before hs
gave his money and asked who the stu
dents in Paris were and where their schoi-
srships were.
Now, that's really too bad said Mr..
Opp; Il don't remember exactly. I've
left all those papers up in the Office. I have
brought with me, however. list OF our
subscribers, which may interest you
Mr.. Opp then pulled out q typewriter
list Of several hundred names. Among the
names were those OF William d. Guthrie,
william B. Hornblower, 8. 3. Holman.
R. F. Lounsbury, M. G. Lenerts, A. A:
Raven. president of the Atlantic Mutual
the the. banker and Frank filford. Most Of
these gentlemen were out Of town yesterday.
1t was learned, however, that Mr.. Guthrie
had received visit from canvaAssr and
had given So
didn't subscribe, but week later he was
called up on the telephone and asked why
he didn't send in his check.
Mr.. Outcault is at present in Europe. He
recently issued a statement TO the enect
that his name was being used without
artists in this town appeared to b aware
Yesterday that so much was being done in
their behalf. The directories do not CON
tain any mention Of the New York Art
Institute. but 1t wouldn't take long to found
ene if there was money in 1t.
70 aims and purposes Of the Press
Artists League seem to be closely akin to
those of the Newspaper Artists League
which was started Some years ago and soan-
doned after very fat subscription list
had been obtained. George M. Baxter was
cants approached many well to do citizens.
As matter OF fact none OF the artists
needed help. They did want to sell pictures.
and a good many awaited themselves OF the
drawings, believing it was perfectly legiti,,
mate. They understood that they would
receive half the price put on the picture.
Baxter and friends to take the other half
as commission. They didn't know anything
about the subscription list.
good on its exhibition, which was held in
the Waldorf and afterward in Boston,
Philadelphia and Saratoga. In each OF
these PLACES subscription list was actively
circulated by the organizers OF the league
without tho artists knowing anything
about it. Later, when some of the artists
inquired whether any of their pictures had
been sold, they were unable to get any
satisfaction. They never did find out what
became of the pictures. Possibly some may
turn up in the exhibition Of the Press Artists
league Mr.. Bush, Mr.. Outcault and other
well known cartoonists and illustrators
took steps after this to see that their names
we're not used further.
This exhibition was given in the winter
Of 1904. There has been none since then.
IhO,a who ha the present SUD-
scrimion list say that it closely resembles
that used at the time of the 1904 exhibition
Unfortunately the Charity Organization
Society has not had time to look up these
nendicants. Mendicancy Officer James
will no doubt hear OF this bunch after
awhile, but so far the canvasssrs have
appeared strangely unmindfu OF the signs
on Office doors referring all beggars and
redlers to the Charity Organization Society.