The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

d3 VIZ S0p Il the sea son has
azrivsA Tho Spring Academy
4 ana ths society Of Tho Ten
- b0th With ~. Tho beSt that
smcialdom en- Do for us in New York
b spread cut for our inspection. BY the
time these shows have run their course
our artists viii be thinking Of hitting
for the summer.
The nrst wssk Of IN Academy must b
IN anxious one for ~ officers. There u
. certain amount Of discontent that 10
IN inevitable aftermath Of every public
art exhibition and should always be
heard philosophically. We refer to those
who didn't get the prizes ana TO those
who didn't set into the show at all.
They are apt 20 say things petulantiy.
After the nrst outburst they usually
recall that twas ever thus with real
talent and that the true lot OF genius
10 TO suffer. They are thereupon con-
soled. At the same time the officers Of
the Academy never know how far these
erT1ng children are soing TO 70.
Rather more serious than that II the
spirit Of heckling the Academy that has
grown up among rank outsiders. II Is
only necessary for one dog Of news
paper person to raise an outcry. when.
behold! tho whole pack. whooping and
yelling. arc Immediately after the Acad-
envy tooth and nail There must be
something significant in this attitude
OF mind. for there Is no doubt what
ever that the public hugely enjoys this
spectacle.
At the same time It h equally slre
that the great public In at heart fond
Of the Academy. At least one news
paper person. the present writer. TO
como right out with It. is immensely
fond OF the Academy. Tho Academy
gives us the comfortable sense OF some
thing that has always been and always
will be. a fxed spot IN a mighty uncer-
tain universe. AZ . point dappui u Is
without a parallel: as a haven in q time
Of storm It Is admirable. To have any
thing interfere with its continuance as
an institution would be intolerable 10
Us. To rest our weary head upon the
ample bosom Of the Academy at this
sxhausting period Of each winter 10 a
privilege We should hate to relinquish.
At the same time. 80 deep and abiding
an affection as ours is entails It's
responsibilities. Who IL there to speak
to Academy as friend TO friend II we
do not? 1t Is friendships part to say
to ones pal. Buck up. old chap, it's
time for you to take . brace" and
surely II va see our Academy totter It
10 cur duty to run TO its assistance.
II 10 entirely in that spirit that We feel
constrained to mention. then. . certain
grayness IN tho atmosphere that chilla
one in the Vanderbilt Gallery and to
inquire into the practicability Of warm
ing Il up.
Time was when the nrvt gallery was
relegated to what the vaudeville man
ayers would call tryouts. Ono mounted
quickly to the second room and from
thence to the Vanderbilt Gallery breath
Ing moro and more rarened air the while
Tho purer ether of tho main hall be-
caIne 70 recognized . factor in the en-
joyment of the Academy finally that
artists began to wish to exhibit there
or nowhere, just az people at the opera
wish to BE- seen in . parterrs box or
nowhere
But this year ous's experience IN the
reverse Of al that Thanks to the new
spirit Of which the Academy has i'm
bibed little q number Of works ia what
- called tho modern" style have been
admitted. Immediately upon entering
ono II struck by them. and ono says
quickly to oneself. "Oh. good
Academy" This exhilaration continues
even into tho second room. and then
one mounts to tho greater joys OF the
Vanderbilt Gallery.
There are some bright spots on the
west wall here and then we come upon
Mr.. Chase's stunning still life. and then,
and then-strange. but after we leave
Mr.. Chase all becomes q blank. Those
great walls and all those pictures van
ish into foggy mist None Is memora-
BILE. None Is Of the sort that we would
brag about to European friends. Mr..
Chase In left quite alone to light up tho
place with the standard of other days.
ITHEsE new young people who have
Just squeezed into society are
= very bright and clever and good
looking no doubt. but they are not i'm
portant. 1t 10 admirable that they were
allowed In and We say "Good" as we
book at their efforts. and then We pass
- We DO not hnser 10 groups to buzz