The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-17
ART DELEGATES
AT White HOUSE
Garden Party Given to Visi-
tors to Meeting Of Ameri-
can Federation.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED
Miss Leila MeehEn Is Re-eleeted Sec.
Rotary and Other Capital Resi-
dents hoaored.

\ brilliant garden party yesterday aft.
ernoon, given by President and Mrs. WI.
son In the beautiful White Housa
grounds in honor of the delegates and
guests Of the American Federation of
Art, brought to a close the fourth an
nual convention of this association,
which had been in session at the New
Willard since Thursday. Members O.
the Presidents Cabinet and their wives,
Senators, Representatives, the Diplomatic
| Corps, the army and navy, society in
general, and the local art colony were
represented in full numbers and enjoyed
this splendid final act of the most crafty
ing convention In the history of the Fed
grafton or Art. The Marine Band, under
the direction Of Lieut.. Santelmanr,
played.
Every dog has his day according to a
| trite saying. and the cubists, futurists,
and others of their ilk, came in for their
desserts at the hands of their more con-
sentative brethren at the convention yes
terday. They were called opponents of
the pitiful eroticisms Of today by C.
Howard Walker. of Boston, a fellow Of
the American Institute of Architects, in
his address on THE Relation of Indus
trial Art to Education" Mr.. Walker fur
ther said that the cubists and other ex-
ponents of erotic art mistake efficiency
for expression" art is the expression
of an object, just as well. just as eff
GENTLY, and just as truthfullx as is pos
sible." declared Mr.. Walker in deliver
ing his final solar plexus blow at his
erotic antagonists. nothing more than
this can be expected: nothing less than
this is art in any art in any sense" As
Mr.. Walker thus pronounced judgment
upon the followers of Matisse and others
Of that school, the audience smiled and
nodded silent approval of his views.
Training in schools.
cording to Mr.. Walker, ought ito be
given art training, adding. however, that
discretion should be exercised by the
teacher, and that no child not manifest
ing love for the work should be COM
PEELED to continue with II. THE teacher
must recognize" he said that We can
not make artists, and that the effort
to do this is merely folly and a waste
of time and labor
The election of officers resulted as
follows: Robert w. De Forest, presi-
dent; Leila Machlin, secretary; n. H
Carpenter. treasurer; Charles L. Hutch
inson. Chicago. first vice president, and
the following vice presidents: Edwin
Rowland Blashfield. Mitchell Carroll. and
Cass Gilbert, New York; Gardiner NJ.
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delphia; Mrs. r. W. Pattison, St. Louis;
Mrs Charles Scheuber. Fort Worth, Tex;
c. D. Walcott, Archer NJ. Huntington,
and W. Bixby. St Louis: E. D. Libby.
Toledo. and Hennen Jennings
The new board Of directors is consti-
tuted of the following members: John w.
Alexander, New York: c. W. Ames, ST.
Paul; David Knickerbocker Boyd, Phila-
delphia: Glenn Brown; n. II. Carpenter,
Chicago: c. L. Hutchinson. Chicago;
Francis c. Jones, New York; H. w.
Kent, New York; Bryan Lathrop. Chi
cago: Florence c. Jones, New York: Lee
McClung, New York; Thomas Nelson
Page. G. D. Seymour, New Haven; Lloyd
Warren, New York; Howard Walker,
Boston; Marion +. Seattle, Pittsburg; c.
Russell Hewlett, Pittsburg; Ralph Clark
son, Mrs Radeke, A. ]. Parsons, and
Phillips B. Robinson, New York.
Paper by Ralph Adams Cram.
Ralph Adams Cram read a paper on
THE Relation of Industrial Art to this.
Fine Arts" The closing paper by
Charles Russell Hewlett. dean of the
School Of Applied Design of the Carnegie
Institution of Technology was on The
Relation OF Industrial Art to Manufac-
lures" general discussion followed
the reading of these essays.
Coming under the head Of new business
a motion was carried that 1t be recon-
mended to the next annual convention to
consider the proposition to memorabilia
the government to establish a depart
ment of art. A vote of thanks was ten
dered to the Legislature of Wisconsin for
the creation Of State commission. Mr. |