Evening star., 1909-05-10
WORK FOR THE UPu|FT
New Federation Meets Tomor-
row at the New willard.
PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK
Two Public Gatherings Are to Be
Held Daily.
ART IN ALL OF ITS BRANCHES
Vice President Sherman to Deliver
Address Of Welcome-Talks
by Prominent People.
PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK
ART IN ALL OF ITS BRANCHES
BY WILLIAM z. CURTIS.

By WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
| Herald.
| Tuesday morning. May II. in the red
parlor Of the New Willard Hotel will as
semble a convention of delegates repre-
sentipg $50 or more art institutes, art
galleries. societies, schools arts and
crafts, clubs. city and village improve
ment associations and other organizations
In the United States whose purpose is to
promote the study of art and the beauti-
| fication of towns and cities. Their pur-
| pose is to form a federation for mutual
encouragement and cooperation, and to
unite their influence in support of certain
measures that have been inaugurated to
improve public and private architecture
and elevate the public taste.
The convention has been called and will
be inaugurated by the National Academy
of Art, which was organized In 1892. and
| has its headquarters in Washington. In
the absence of J. Pierpont Morgan, the
president Charles l.. Hutchinson Of Chi
cago, first vice president, will preside.
Vice President Sherman will deliver the
address of welcome and Senator Root of
New York will explain the objects for
which the convention has been called.
President and Mrs. Taft. who have taken
great interest in the movement, will re-
ceive the delegates Tuesday afternoon
May II, at $50 o'clock in tn east
room of the White House, We'd
nesday evening. May IL. at 0 O'Clock.
the trustees of the Corcoran Art Gallery
will give a reception in honor of the dele
gates and their families. Tuesday even
ing, Hennen Jennings. vice president OF
the National Society of Fine Arts, and
Mrs Jennings will give a reception at
their residence. 2221 Massachusetts ave-
nue., and other social events will be
part of the weeks program.
Science and Art Subjects.
Two meetings to which the public is
invited will be held daily at 10 o'clock
am. and $3.50 pm. in the red parlor of
the New Willard Hotel, and various sub
jects of interest will be discussed by la
dies and gentlemen eminent in science,
art and kindred subjects. who have taken
an active part in such movements as the
proposed federation is intended to pro-
mote. The first speech upon the pro-
gram will be by Senator Newlands of Ne
vada, who will discuss the proposed new
government bureau of fine arts for which
he has introduced q bill in the United
States Senate The object Is to trans
form the Office of the supervising archi-
tect Of the Treasury into an organization
U
ent. and give 1t control over all buildings,
monuments and other structures erected
by the government of the United States
with an advisory council, to be author
ICED by Congress. and to be composed of
gentlemen eminent for their judgment in
such matters.
Miss Leila Mechlin, art editor of The
Washington Evening Star, will follow
with an address upon THE Relation of
the Government to Fine Arts. and at Its
ell will lo Otyon
for a general discussion OF the subject
This will be one of the features of the
program: the delegates will be allowed to
express their views at the close OF each
address.
william Woodward. professor of draw
ing and painting at Tulane University.
New Orleans will discuss the progress OF
art in the gulf states: Edward T. Hart
man. secretary Of the Massachusetts,
Civic League, will speak on Some As
poets Of Municipal Art Development" and
John Quincy Adams. secretary of the
art commission of New York city. will
give an account Of the work of that
board, which is part of the municipal
similar to that which is expected of the
bureau OF fine arts proposed by Senator
Newlands' bill.
Other Addresses Scheduled.
After the reception at the White House,
i
reassemble at 3:30. and Miss Florence N.
Levy, editor of the Art Annual, New
York city. will deliver an address upon
1.-The Cultivation of the Public Taste"
and Elmer Ellsworth Brown, United
States commissioner of education, will
talk about art instruction in the Public
Schools" for that is one of the most i'm
portant features OF the proposed fedora
ton. 1t is intended to encourage the or
- ho octo tet,
ment Of art schools and art galleries. par
ticularly in the small towns and villages;
to encourage boards Of education. school
superintendents and the faculties of semi
naries. academies, colleges and universi-
ties to pay more attention to the culti-
walton of the taste Of their students; to
induce owners of collections to exhibit
them more frequently for the benefit of
the people who cannot afford to buy pic
lures, and to cultivate public opinion as
we'll as public taste for the improvement