The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-16
BAD TASTE SHOW IS
LARGE, LOUD SCREAM
With It's Wax Flowers, Ball
Fringes and Gilt Doc
dads, Not
TO MENTION THE TIDES,
Plush Frames and Pictures Of
the Irwin Boys
as Kids.
TO MENTION THE TIDES

A love Of a spare bedroom wall banner,
created about 1884. which runs largely 10
mustard colored plush trimmed with ball
fringe and dcliclously enriched with an
oiled Autograph OF Just the dearest,
sweetest little golden haired tot wearing
practical frock OF real Swiss--this. in
general way. was the most important
contribution received yesterday by the
jury OF the coming Exhibition Of Bad
Taste.
But, It should be said hastily. Brook
Ign is yet to be heard from There was
a raising OF eyebrows around the Modern
list Studios, at IS East Thirty-second
street, where the Exhibition Of Bad Taste
will open next Monday. when the men,
bcrs OF the jury Of admission saw night
falling on the last day, theoretically, for
receiving contributions TO the exhibition
and nothing on hand yet from Brooklyn's
wealth Of plush and gilt household decora-
tons.
speaking for the jury Of admission"
Gclett Burgess of the jury admitted
gloomily last night when forced to make
"A public statement. would say 1t looks
like Brooklyn amt showing no interest
And we had fondly counted. between you
and ]. upon our transporting neighbors
treating us more courteous. Even up to
yet. however. we are still overly confident
that the Jury will be able to before the
exhibition opens say that Brooklyn has
responded to our printed circulars
finely
The circular sent out a fortnight ago
opens with quotation from a book on
home decoration. published in 1889. that
tells how TO print "A pretty landscape on
common. waysde stone. distinguished
from thousands OF others only by being
unusually smooth and OF an oval shape"
After you have painted tn. landscape
in either oil or wate- color" on the
stone. the directions tell how to make this
front paror ornament even more aesthetic
by having "a semi-covering OF plush drawn
over the stone so as - form a rim or
frame around the painting" while the
easel. of wire" UPON which IL rests, lis
covered with plush of the same color" All
of which prompts the circular to continue
in part
Don't you know of some attic in which
lies Wondering a collection Of cast OF
furniture. family portraits. and vases. be-
longing to the period when the ball fringess
plush picture frames ana wax h1wers sa.J
/ ished the demands OF aesthetic desire?
III you do will you no: help us to enrich
our exhibition by loaning us sucn ex-
amples of domestic furnishings.
No horror of household adjournment can be
so hcartbreaking IN color or form as not
to be welcomed gladly. All articles sub
mitted will be passed upon by the follow.
ing jury
Elsie dc Wolfe Jeanette Glider
George Barr Baker. Howard Greerley
Kay brown. Oliver HEREFORD
Frank CruNnshield Will Irwin.
douglas z. Doty. Boardman Robinson
Edna Woolman Chase MAY Wilson Fresiol
The exhibition, to wind up the actual
facts OF this preliminary story OF the
/ show. will be- given under the dir. ton
of Ruby Ross Goodnow, interior deco
tator, kaNne Adams. who asked the re-
porter for a." love of Mike. surprising the
arr.'','t 3 nam" was To- b" used to put
Mister in front OF the Raync part Miss
Francis bel,hanty. Robert McQu.nn.
Jun.us sidney Ciavcns and James SHELLEY
Hamilton, which II was admitted on all
sides seems to Ice enough artists to make
a mess
The circular said that y, sterday would
be the last day ON which the contribu-
lions wonld he received. but with Brook.
lHn still backward II was decided lat
night to hold the lists open a bit longer.
Not that the Jury isn't .lated over the eN-
hibts air, ady received but b,for. Mon
days grand opening one hast appeal IL
going to hc mad. to Brooklyn aud en-
Nirons To Try To- part IT least temporarily
with something from her wealth of Rnge
g,odils, ,Nplsltr Udics, and with some"
of the red tahlccloths always spr, at
over Brooklyn dining room tables to hold
vase of artincial fruit throughout the
afternoon while ma docs tho dishes after
the noon dinner and pa wheels the twins
up and down between thv churches on the
park slope.
That spare bedroom wall banner of
plush. received from Frank Cousins of
S1l, n-mpss., * even better than can
-" told in words. Also from Mrs. Haynes
90 Sc.tu1tc- mass. when Is the SUNNI,
b capital of thu pie and literary belt, comes
one of the most magnificent specimens Of
sedshcll whatuut Tsth,'icism to he found
any place ON tn" North Anne rican con-
tiuent with th. possl BILE exception OF the
Back Bay.
The collections Of photographs of other
days which heavily armed detectives will
probably guard night and day from the
opening of tn EXhihition of Btd Taste
next Monday until 1t closes on May are
not the least "difvlne exhibits OF the show
, \ SNOWY photograph of Wallace Twins
brother B!ll and BINS brother Wallace
seated temporarily al peace. Is a dear.
Bill wears "A wide lace collar and lovely