The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-08
ART ISN'T ART
IN CHEAP BOOKS
SAYS CHICAGO POSTOFFlCE IN
SPECToR WHO EXCLUDES
VENUS DE MILO.
TRIBUTE TO CLEVELAND
Chicago Board of Trade Pays Dead
Ex-Pres dent High Compliment
Earnest War On Vivsec-
ton in Windy City.

| Chicago, July 7.--Arraignment OF
Chcagos postoffice authorities by the
National Art society because of the
exclusion of its journal from the mails
with the tart comment that the Off
I cia!s didn't know the difference be
tween a Venus de Milo aud a mud
j pie" has excited an equally tart reply:
I A Halstead street barkeeper's recita
I ticn OF Hamlet is not art" The iudg.
/ ing of what is art and mailable
I brings frequent clashes all over the
! country, the rules OF the department
being complied with rieidity and lac-
cording to precedent There Is an IN
teresting difference recognized be.
tween the original paintings and
statuary and the reproductions which
an official who has to discriminate
put this way: The original Venus
de Milo was art but picture of It
printed on cheap paper is not art. One
does not need a pair Of spectacles to
see the sun and some pictures are
the first aid to immortality" The ex.
clusion which raised the wrath of
the art society was dre to a picture
of La Source" by tngres, which rep
resents woman-in the nude-hom
ing an overaowing jar upon her
shoulders. In consequence. the ar
raignment of the postal censors as
'prudes' The magazine was released
by wire from Washington. but now
the department is debating whether
in the future the lady OF ia Source"
must wear clothes even in milsuramer
or be kept from the mails
Tribute to Cleveland.
Chicago's final tribute to the mem.
ory cf Grover Cleveland will take the
form Of big memorial meeting to be
held In the Auditorium next Sunday,
July II. Personal trends and political
associates Of the former president
will make the leading addresses and
thousands of citizens Of Chicago will |
Unite with them to do honor to the |
Sage of Princeton" The meeting |
will be held under the auspices of the |
Iroqrois club, the Democratic club Of |
he city From the day that the news
# Grover CIeveland's death reached |
'hicagO, associations, club and pub.
ic bodies here have We'd with each
'ther in bearing witness to the al.
niratiOn and affection with which the
ormer president was regarded by
Democrats and Republicans alike.
The Board Of Trade was one of the
irst bodies to take official action and
ummed up the fee:ing Of the city and
# the tntire country in the following
triFing resolution On June q the
Mortal life of Grover Cleveland was
nded. The record of his career as
resident Of the United States for two
MI terms. and I'm other capacities, q
9th private and public, Is one of y
)fty patriotism, Of unsurpassed cour- G
ge, Of answering fidelity to great 4
nd immutable principles. of profound 10
of unhesitating loyalty /
his convictions regardless Of per In
onal considerations or political affili- II,
tiOns. In the grea, crises that made n
lustrious his presidency he kept g
naWed and solely in view the main ~
nance OF law ana order aud the a
Iory of the republic. No sophistry >
yer pierced his armor Of righteous -
ess. lie was grea: I'm his simplicity g.,
nd simple In his greatness. His f,
anne IS written in living and in
faceable characters among the
rnes Of c-r great presidents. The ~,
'e and character of Grover Cleveland
@ among the im> eiishable treasures
the nation" The Board Of Trade "
Chicago has always been foremost -
vOicing the unspoken sentiments w
its members and of the city in o'
mes OF national calamity. and in ~
ch cases as the Johnstown hCod. Io'
g Galveston flood and the San Fran ~
SEQ earthquake. it contributed large ca
ms of money for the relief OF the GO
fferers. Among the other Crga1iza. ne
ms which passed memorial rasolu- pr
ms were the Iroqaois club. Union
.asue club. Hamilton clrb. Illinois
hletic club and the Beard Of Com he
ssioners Of Cook county. th
Anti-Vvlsection tn
The war upon auti-vivisectirn ssuti- co
.ny which was declared by the th-
nerican Medical association at its ira
,eut meeting in Chicago will bel
5Orous, according 20 present inlica-
rs. By unanimous vote a commit ma
B to urge the necessity and benefits To
animal experimentation in the uiz
dy Of diseases was created a step 4,
ich shows how modern scientific inc
.dicine differs from the teachings 49,,
p hundred years ago. Scientific -.
n today can speak positively re- p.
ding the CAUSES and methods OF "a
,yenticn Of diseases because their
dement's are based not on mere
iOry but on actual demonstration ~