The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-25
Beautiful Pictures and Other
High-Class Works Are In
adequately Displayed.
QUARTERS OF THE CLUB
SOON TO BE REM0DELED
Members Are Anxiously Await
ing the Time When They Will
Have New Building.

Passing in and uut Of the heavy
swinging doors, willing away the after
noon playing billiards in the cosy par
lors, or lunching in the hospitable
dining~room, members Of tho CONNER
cial club. the unobsorvant and careless
ones, were astonished a few days ago
to learn that soon, very soon, the club
rooms are to be in the hands OF decora-
tors, painters and artisans. Many of
the habitues can see nothing but the
new building that is to be n solid real
ity before the year is out, and therefore
wonder at the need of "fixing up" the
old rooms-rooms that have long been
outgrown, But the board of governors,
who realize the value Of the CONNER
cial club to tho State-the dignity and
Importance Of "'The heart of Utah -
has decided that. even for the few
short months, the treasures that the
clubrooms contain shall have desira-
BILE setting, and so the work soon will
begin.
Few of the many that have enjoyed
tho hospitality Of the club realize
either the value or splendor of the arti-
cles of Ylrtu, the pictures, souvenirs,
or the things of historic interest within
its confines, or the place that the club
has made Tor itself in the business,
social and financial interests of the
city. Just glimpse at the treasures
that have been gathered together in the
few short years since the club s incep-
ton would convince even n casual
stroller through the rooms how vital,
how necessary are more room and u bet
ter background for the collection.
Valuable Pictures.
To enumerate all the pictures would
be to tell of as handsome a collection
of paintings as there is in the West
First como the II. L. A. Culmer pic
lures. all scenes of Utah-pictures that
II exhibited in the East would bring
Saints. One of the most striking is n
vivid brush effort portraying the head
of Logan canyon, in Cache county. An
other, the Monolithe in the Desert: still
another, the Temple of ON, probably
the most brilliant painting of q Utah
scene ever exhibited. Again, Evans has
several farm genre pictures hung as
part of this desirable collection.
AS one enters the club the eye is
velt in a massive gold frame. hung at
the entrance to the club, While the
picture is recognized as n splendid like
ness of "Teddy,' there are few visit
ors who know that picture and frame
are worth $1,000. 1t was given to the
club, through Hon. Fred J, Kiesel, by
the Eleventh National Irrigation CON
gress, in recognition Of services rem
dered the congress by the club. The
picture is from the brush of Lolave Of
Colorado Springs. and is noteworthy
bit of portraiture.
This entrance hall, by the way, is |
hung with interesting things-cmbossed |
copies of resolutions concerning the |
club; maps, charts, pictures character
lstic Of the desert country; letters from
people, and the rarest and
most complete collection of shin plas- |
ters in existence.
In the parlors. the object that at
tracts attention first of all is mon
strous big picture by Rose HartwelI, a |
picture exhibited at the Paris salon. 1t |
represents an Italian interior and its |
title is ga Royal Meal Just home
ly scene of little family of Italians
eating macaroni, but so lifelike. SO
well executed, that visitors stand long
before the canvas. There are paintings
filling every inch of the available wall |
space, but owing to the lack of room
they arc not done Justice in hanging,
so that visitor, unless an art lover,
fails to appreciate their splendors.
The Strevell Collection.
The Strevell collection of curios and
odd stones, curiosities of the desert and
fossils, is probably the finest of its
kind. Mr.. Strevell spent twenty years
N gathering together the different OBJ
lects in the exhibit, and visitor, to do
Justice to the rarlties, would at least
have to spend days in examining them.
But the pity of the way the collec-
ion is thrown together, so crowded that
nothing is shown to advantage! The
realizing this. can do moth
ng under existing conditions. When
he new building is a reality then the
will be given home worthy
If Its beauty and value. Among other
hings in it is large piece Of brain
coral, one of two pieces brought back
rom Japan in 1854 by Commodore
Perry. The other piece is in the Met
opolitan Museum of Art.
Then there is the famous bronze bust