The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-23
Interesting Meeting at Crown
Hotel Last Night.
COL H. Antheny Dyer Chief Speaker; Rev.
Ralph Conner Of North Attlshoro and
U.SV. l. S. C. Official Also Spoke

The regular meeting and dinner OF the
Universalist club was held at the Crown
hotel last night with about half hun
dred members and guests in attendance,
the chief speakers being Colonel II. A.
Dyer. a well known local artist, and Rev.
Ralph F. Connors OF North Attleboro.
Mass.
Ratcllff G. K. Hicks is still president
of the club. II was about s o'clock when
the party sat down in the smaller dining
room on the first floor and after divine
blessing had been invoked they proceeded
% enjoy the feast for the inner man
which the chef had prepared
When the dinner was ended President
X G.. Z. Hicks called the club TO order
and Secretary Johnson read the minutes
OF the last meeting and they were ap-
proved.
Rev Mr.. Selleck for the committee on
nominations saying that as yet no report
was prepared and asked for the discharge
Of the committee. The report was accept
ted and the committee discharged.
Rev. Or. Cushman presented a report
on the death OF Alvah Carpenter. one of
the members of the club, paying warm
tribute to the many good qualities OF the
deceased who was ever good worker
and an earnest member OF the club.
The report was unanimously received
and ordered spread upon the record and
a copy sent TO the family Of the deceased
Or. Cushman feelngiy referred TO the
death OF Alexander Thompson OF the
Church OF the Mediator. and Rev. Mr. Sell
leck and Francelo Jillson were appointed
as committee on resolutions.
ARTISTS EXPERIENCES.
There was no further business and the
post-prandial exercises were opened by
the Introduction OF Colonel II. Anthony
Dyer to speak on Some Experiences OF
an Artist"
To the man whose mind is filled with
material projects. art is a thing apart
and an artist is a strange being and on
the whole he learns only dimly OF art of
France from the womeh's clubs debates,
or magazines or something OF that sort.
he explained.
The popular conception OF the artist
a long haired, unkempt, hungry looking.
unsuccessful genius. with blonde beard.
q brown velveteen coat and corduroy
trousers was referred TO as a great mis-
take for art is great living truth.
Art was referred 70 as a halfway post
TO religion. and the part that art plays
IN teaching religion was spoken OF.
There are no short cuts 10 artistic fame
for IL Is only fable about an unknown
youthful genius. who springs to fame
in a single night with wonderful mas
terpiece.
RESULT OF HARD WORK"
Art Is the result OF long hard training
and study. and these wonderful master
pieces by green boys are only found In
the story books or plays
The knowledge Of the possession OF
genius was the great stumbling block In
the way OF many artists. who might
otherwise become famous. he said.
"A man whose hand catches up with his
brain will never be an artist. for he is
an artisan Those who are in art find
our mind and brain always In advance OF
our hands.
Don't run away with the idea that
nude pictures are the only ones turned
out I'm France Paris Is not France by
any means. and they have painters over
there who turn out strong pictures OF
sweet home life, pictures with stories.
sweet stories In them
1T Is the fear that they may be con-
sidered IA artisans that has led many
young and clever aytists to become &C.
centric and let their hair grow long and
neglect their dresS
They gave intimate pictures of several
great French painters, stating that they
were not eccentric. but had strong. deep
thinking minds and were polished men OF
the world.
"of the old-tinle masters Giotto and