The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-03-25
ART AND THE WOMEN's CLUBS
By Mrs. Everett w. PattisOn, Chair
man Art Committee, 1915 Olive
Street, st. Louis


Art Committee must be recorded OF
this page, which, by the way, SHOULD
be used by all art clubs and are sec
lions as clearing house.
Mrs. H. D. Blatchley, of Caldwell
Idaho, Art Chairman for her state
has very well expressed one demand
and take the liberty of quoting from
her recent personal letter.
II wanted to urge study of Amer.
lean art in our high schools and acad.
em1es this year as we'll as in the
clubs, but SO far the books are toe
expensive and there is no series of
pictures. Can you not bring pressure
| to bear on 1.-TWO art publishers men,
tioned) to publish a series on Amer
lean sculpture and painting? l do
feel that we owe 1t to the artists of
our own country to bring them and
their works before the rising genera
ton. In talks on European artists
l order twenty-five copies of each
picture, so that each lady holds a
copy of the picture before her during
the description This is very success
full 1t seems easier to interest the
hearers If they have the copy to look
at. If we could have series on
American sculpture and painting. I
feel that We could make the study of
American Art even more popular
than that of the older schools"
For years this subject of cheap
reproductions of American art has
been in my mind, and since | have
been General Federation Art Chair
man the requests for these prints
have been incessant. Mrs. Batch
ley's letter reached me two months
after | had made my last and most
hazardous effort to accomplish some
thing in this direction made per-
sonal appeal to the firm which has
issued fine textbooks and 500 prints
% accompany each book, which publ
cations | have long recommended for
serious art study This firm stated
hat series on American art would
'ome eventually, but not for several
ears. Then I went to the leading {
publisher of American subjects,
whose beautiful prints we all respect, s
nd own, so far as our purses per- {
nit. Mr.. G. appreciated the situa- {
ion perfectly, but gave me no en-
Finally, / said, "Mr. G
l., | will guarantee you a sale of {
10000 prints at a penny each the S
cry first year, if you will get us up
series at once" But. alas! Mr.. C. O
eplied, MRS. P, you would have to t.
uarantee the sale of million before t.
could begin, and then there would
no money in it," The reasons CIV
were sound, from a business stand
'int, and club women might Just as
ell bow to the inevitable for the
'esent. All the same, we will keep If
our own thinking, our own wish G.
g. and not little prodding, and la
rhaps get our wants. In the mean !,
ne let the club women save every 70
lgle reproduction in periodicals and tn
vertising matter, preserve each H. sa
strated catalogue of the recent ex- oe
sitions and local exhibitions. Even II
much abused Sunday Supplement tn
has art articles or even tn
l-page illustrations. I began such 10
collection fifteen years ago, and of
We now over five hundred excellent fiji
productions, as well as another POI
ndred or two which serve as re- 70
nders of better things. ms
Mrs. G. F. Boyd, of Kosciusko. Mis- esq
ppi, had good idea when she urg-
each member of her club to buy 81,
fine print. copy of an American ca,