The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12

On the committee in charge coop
Grating with Mrs. Goodnow are several
artists. including Hayne Adams. Fran
COS Delehanty, Robert McQuinn and
Junius Cravens. and they have secured
the assistance OF n number OF well
known people who are interested in the
exhibit. These are now securing attlcs.
cellars. old curiosity shops &c. in an
effort to find the most incongruous OBJ
jects that decorated homes back in the
'70s and sos.
Nothing is too horrible to ind place
in the exposition, provided IL is In
strictly bad taste. The judges TO pass
on the horrible exhibits include George
Barr Baker. Ray Brown. Gelett Bur
CESS. Elsie de Wolfe. Frank Crownin-
shield. Douglas l.. Doty, Edna Woolman
Chase, jeanette Glider. Howard Green
ley. Oliver HEREFORD. Albert Herter. VIII
Irwin, Boardman Robinson and May
Wilson Preston. Practically all Of the
exhibits will he loaned
Such interesting articles as Venus
de Milo statue with n clock where her
stomach ought to be and much that is
worse will he shown. Visitors will be
reminded Of the days when they found
certain interesting objects in homes
such az plush picture frames on chro-
mos. wax flowers. embroidered wall
notices. &c. Prizes are to bc awarded
for the things voted TO be in worst
taste.
In review OF the thirtieth exposition
OF the Artistes Independents Roger AL
lard makes the following instructive
comparison:
I'm these thirty years then the Societe
des Artistes Independent has revealed
or consecrated Angrand. Anquetin. Bon
nard. Cezanne, Lucie Cousturier, Cross.
Maurice Denis. Van Dongen. dEspa-
gnat. Flandrin. Forain, Van Gogh. Gull
laumin. Henri Matisse, Laprade Methey,
Odilon Redon. X. Y. Roussel. Van Ry-
selberghe. Seurat, Signsc, Toulouse
Lautrec. Valotton. Valtat. WILLARD,
Lebasque. not 70 mention Rousseau,
the custom house man.
I'm the same time the Academic des
BeauX Arts saw 1T to give It's Prix de
Rome for painting to these: Pin,a. Ax.-
| lette, Lebayle. Danger. Thys, Laurent,
Devambez, Lavergne. Lavslley, Mitre-
cey J. a. lerouX. Dechenaud Laree,
Moulin. Gilbert, Laparra, Roger, Sa-
bate Jacquot-Defrance, Sieffert. Cue
tin, Montchablon. Roganeau. @. =. Lee
roux. Blliotey. Aubry. Lefeuvre, b.
dard, Dupas. de Gastyne. Girodon."
A American landscapist who lives
~ near Greenwich, Conn, was in
sistinR the other day upon his
perfect contentment with the landscape
hereabout a. subject material for pic
lures. In his argument ne spoke OF
neighbor, an American painter. who
went TO Giverny at one time and grew
to be intimate with Monet. This artist
was showing Monet collection OF
photographs OF the country around
Greenwich, when Monet threw M his
hands and exclaimed at their beauty.
with such country at home" he
cried. why do you come here TO paint"
The American was forced to explain
that he had come not so much for the
French landscape as for the French in
struction In landscape painting.
however" the same artist went
on the city people are doing lot to
spoil our pretty country for us. They
come up there and this Is what happens
to every one of them. They begin by
saying they love nature and they in
tend to lead the simple life So they do
for short time.
Then they begin by cleaning the
place up around their house. Then they
lay concrete walk along the path they
most frequently use Then the fever
Tor Improvement SEXES them and they
branch out.
'One city man bought place because
or some pretty trees and brook that
II had. lie liked the brook 40 much he
decided To build bridge over IT, The
prldge was pretentious affair with
stone watch towers. II made the brook
look rather slim, To strengthen the
brook nc had artificial banks con-
slructed and removed the boulders
Ihr spring fr"shets destroyed the artl-
| ncial banks, 50 he constructed stone
walls for the brook. SO that now II re-
semhles "A sewer. Then he decided that
the trees made the house damn ana thcy
were relied. or the brook and the trees
Tor which he bought the place prac-
tlcaliy not vestige remains"
The young under secretary of state for
the Heaux Arts fastened along the vote
Of the French Parliament for the crca-
ton or the Musee Rodin IN the Hotel
'iron. He showed excellent Judgment
IL" will thus be associated WITH the
glory or inauguration. The antiques
that the great sculptor has assembled
VIII be doubly celebrated some day. one
VIII admire them not only for their own
sake but for the llghtenment they