The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-21
ELDERLY MAN FAINTS
AT AWFUL ART SHOW
Succumbs at Sight of Venus Of
Milo Wearing Open
Face Clock.
PLENTY OF SHOCKS THERE
Gelett Burgess Enlivens Open
ing With Poem on Grand
fathers Mustache Cup.
PLENTY OF SHOCKS THERE

The old gentleman who tainted last
night at the opening OF the Exhibition of
Awful Art in the Modernist Studios. at
% East Thirty second street, little wot
that he was supported by old I}lll Irwin.
Oliver HEREFORD. Albert Herter and Gelett
Burgess, or that. as he slowly came to-
he was tenderly famed by Elsie de Wolfe
and Ruby Ross Goodnow. These kindly
persons mnistered to him the best they
knew how and soothed him as one gentles
frightened child. but somehow one
realized that the old person would never
again be OF much use to his family
The trouble was that in entering the
Casket of Domestic Fine Art, and before
he had n chance to stun his mind slowly
with glimpses of wax ornaments en-
closed by ticker globes. with portraits OF
Grandpa Dennis. done by himself at the
age OF 80. while recovering from the
quinsy: with little Altheas embroidered
plush picture frame, designed by the
clever child when she was only and
given to mother to hang In the parlor,
and with other elegant and genteel Oh
jets dart of the sos his wandering eyes
fell on the plaster Venus of Milo. the
very chef d'puvre OF the collection.
Venus Halls From PIttston.
The Venus DAME obtained from n fam
lily In Pittston. Pa, Is silvered to the
waistline and Is gilded the rest OF the
way south to her substantial feet That
spectacle was not In itself too much for
the old gentleman who had to be carried
out What got him was the handy, open
face clock which was cutely get in that
portion Of the girls undraped anatomy
over which lady usually wears at least
a belt buckle.
There Is hardly n doubt that when the
mn ,i,A ,1,t
pose Of selecting the first prize winner the
Venus with the clock In her tummy can
not be passed over. However. the paint
ing in oils of the Subterranean Ruins OF
Messina's villa nj Tivoll, done by T. r.
T. motorman while laying off In the
strike of the early sos is bound to get
honorable mention. although the tea set
decorated to commemorate a plague in
Germany and fasc!natingly ornameuted
with collins, dropping expresses and
hearses disappearing toward suggested
mausoleums has already attracted the
attention OF Jurors.
Where all these things came from that
used to be the pride OF whole families and
held places OF honor in the decoration of
homes as the former century passed
middle age and grew old not even the
Modernsts could tell yesterday. The
articles poured in from everywS1ere and
two rooms Of the studio are packed with
them Last night. at the opening ex
hibition. there were 400 or more visitors.
who first laughed and then got gloomIer
and gloomier and gloomier The place
was as depressing as a morgue-whch Il
was, the morgue OF old fashioned domestic
art
Here's the why Of II.
Cieiett Burgess. one OF the official
guides. wrote a poem which he rec.tod
last night hoping to tighten the melan-
chOly. II gives you an idea of what the
Modcrnis,s are getting at;
How dear to my heart are the screams OF
the sos,
when the modern collections reveal them 70
view
Tho junk In tho whatno,s saw at Aunt
Ha.y's,
And all the weird doodads my grandmother
knew.
The black walnut table with marble slab
The cobt!cs handpainted. the seashels
abused.
The hustles and hoopsk,rts, the three stor,ed
bonnets.
And oh the mustache cup my grandfather
The china nustaChe cup.
The gilded ruustache cup
The magnificent mustache cup my grand
father knew,
James l.. Ford explained that, 10 his
mind. one OF the choicest Objects dart In
the collection Is the tomato can covered
with defaced postage stamps In svmmotri-
ca! rows the whole neatly vanished for
the manteip!ece. But Jim overlooked the
parlor ornament under glass. which was
made OF chicken feathers and fish scales
and the gilded jug studded with suspcnder
buttons. shells. doorkeys tassels and
whatever Aunt Mamie found lying around
loose when she discovered that art was
bubbling in her soul. Also there was
Beatrice Herford's contribution OF the
rubberneck lampmat, which Ats lamps Of
all sizes. the slick and shiny hairc'oth
sofas. the blue and yellow china groups
the wax crosses and the unbelievable
creations in red plush
Tho exposition will Inst for two weeks
II the $. l.. q. a. do. sn't interfere