The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-04
COMMEMORATE WORK.
Done in Topeka by Artists From Bos-
toms Best Art Schools.

LII lWO IOOIlS Oh the second moor or
the office building. 116 West Sixth ave-
nue back where an even light comes
IN from the north, were interruption
and interference is unknown, a group
CT artists are working away the live
-ong day, unassuming, persistent, in
dustrious and talented Their work is
known and seen in the best home of
Topeka, the state and the United
states. The proprietor of this COM
any is H. N. Moore.
Photographs of the distinguished
sentative business men of the city and
ether cities throughout the United
States have come to this studio, have
Teen reproduced and given the touch
Ct the artists hand and original as
we'll as the enlarged portrait have
been returned to the owner.
Governor Stubs portrait which
hangs In Lawrence hall is the work
rom the Moore studio. Thomas Page.
Of the Mid-Continent flour mills #
Topeka. Hiram P. Dillon and Henry
Auerbach are among the many well
known business men who have found
the Moore pictures highly satisfactory.
Work from all over the west and
central states comes to the Moore's
studio. from Galveston to Saltwater
end from Cleveland tc Sacramento.
where once Moore's work is seen there
is steady demand and a repetition of
OIueIS lOT more pOrIrd1CS.
There is never repetition, however,
of the case as described in the State
:. ournal Monday of the Missouri Art
institute of Kansas City which closed
IT'S doors leaving behind the name and
collection of 1000 precious pictures
and bundle of bad bills.
A photograph sent to Moore's studio
IS carefully protected. Its value to the
owner is fully appreciated and is de-
POSTED In a steel vault when not on
| the artists easel
Moore never pretends to offer fifty
dollar portrait for five with a faulty
| frame and glimmery glass and a few
smudgy thumb marks as evidence that
| il is hand work.
He makes no offers of making a
fifteen dollar portrait just to introduce
the work then deliver a dirty daub
| o. lamp black and India ink for $3.50.
Moore has lived and learned for a
| quarter of century in Boston, the
seat of fine arts in our country. He
| has employed the best talent obtainable
| that city and pays the price such
| talent commands. Such artists as for
get their surroundings and put their
soul into the study before them, do
the work in the Moore studio.
| Today an artist was giving the fin
tshing touches to life size portrait of
a little girl. All he had to work from
CT twenty or more children The fea-
lures of none in the party were
scarcely recognizab BILE yet on the canvas
| the artist had selected the subject and
lad brought out every little expression
true as life. The task appeared i'm
POSSIBLE to any one but an artist
| Moore is doing those tedious jobs every
day and in a highly commendable
Kramer and satisfactory to all classes
/ CT people.
1.-The people are greatly imposed
lpon along this line," said Mr..
Moore, agents who are just starting
up and Just to introduce their work
will deliver a 24x2S picture for two
The humbug takes the photograph and
The two dollars. He deposits the
| money in his pocket and the photo
graph in the nearest garbage can"
| The money and the man are gone, so
is the cherished picture, never to re-
turn.
| 1t would be much better to write for
particulars or send the work to a repu-
:able firm like Moore's. No matter
| where one lives he is as near to Mr
! Moore's studio as his nearest express
| office is to him. The company does
strictly mail order business. Moore's
| work p1eases the most critical and Is
| within the reach of every person de-
| ably reasonable cost. His methods of
| enlarging and coloring are the best
| known to the profession. His is the
one sure way of securing likeness of
a departed friend or relative that will
| rot fade with years of exposure to
| varying conditions of light and
weather.
After all the favorable recommends
tons have been said of Moore's work
then there comes the fact for con-
federation that his studio is located in
| Topeka, in Kansas. easily within the
reach of all people in the country
from which he draws his work. Right
here in Topeka, he brings the best
talent and the best productions that it
is possible to make. If anyone doubts
This statement a visit to the studio or
to the homes where the Moore work
is appreciated will serve to remove that
lrrejudice.
The free sacred band concert at the
First Christian Sunday school. Sunday
.norning at o'clock, will be especial
bIv attractive to school children.