Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-12-13
Notes s of Interest
From State Museum
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE

Santa Fe. Dec. 12.-"The Solemn
Pledge; Taos Indians" by Walter
| ufer of the Santa Fe Art colony. which
won the Martin B. Calm prize last
month and has been purchased by
THE Friends of American Art" for
presentation to the Chicago Art In
stitute, is pictured in half tone by the
December bulletin of the institute
just to hand. The picture is on ox-
hibit now at Chicago and has been re-
quested by the CorCoran gallery at
Washington for its biennial exhibit.
The bulletin says Of the exhibit in
which it appears: THE two hundred
and eighty-nine paintings have been
hung on a single line in the new gall
ieries-with a spacing of ten to twen-
ty inches between frames. The re-
ception at the beginning of the pres
Cnt exhibition was largely attended
by our membership and proved one Of
the most brilliant and largest gath
erings in the history of the institute.
sympathy in the purpose of the mu-
scum was manifested in the general
expression of those present"
Friends Of Young Artists" is a
new organization by wealthy patrons
of art and has just invited artists all
over the country to compete for
prizes for a decorative and appropri-
ate panel for a loby of a theater. Com
petitive exhibitions for painters
sculptors and etchers are also being
arranged for, the idea being to en-
courage struggling young artists, to
make a place where their works may
be seen and purchased. Resident
scholarships will be offered and
IN,
Tor exhibit purposes, somewhat similar
in purpose to the new museum and
art gallery at Santa Fe.
At the Arts club exhibition now on
at Chicago, Robert Henri has on eX-
hibit "Tesuque Buck" which he paint
ed and exhibited at Santa Fe this
most of them representing the sum
mer's work il this city; tom 70
Gun Ricardo of lldefonso, "Jose," "
MARY O'D," LUCINDA" Alfonso,
The Lounge" Nude" "Tho Medi-
cine Blanket" "8cclining Nule,
Herself "Himsef,H nnd "Papoose.'
Sergeant Herbert E, Elsie of the
PENNSYLVANIA national guard, while
stationed at Deming, dug up a skull
of an Indian, the jaw being especially
large. He has turned it over to the
Everhart museum at Lancaster, Pa.
With the skull were the bones Of the
Corearms, several vertebrae and pot
terry of the earliest type. Every tooth
is in place i'm the prominent lower
! law and only one Of the upper front
teeth is missing. The forehead
/ slopes back in a remarkable degree
/ from the eye sockets.
The Pan American Union magazine
for November has been received by
/ the Museum library and is rich in IL
| lustratiCny of scenes along the car
| ribean sea in South America, espe-
cialIy the cities of the United states
/ of Columbia and Venezuela, many o.
them such modern growth that even
| their names sound unfamiliar al
though they are towns Of $4,000 ana
mroe inhabitants. In fact, the entire
number is a revelation of the progress
made in the Latn-American repub-
lies with their numerous art galleries,
museums universities, public parks
and Industries.
The minutes Of the thirtieth annual
session Of the New Mexico Bar asso-
citation at Santa Fe in August, edited
by John r. McFie, Jr., the new secre-
tary, have been received by the Mu-
scum library They include the al
dress Of the retiring president, Reed
f. Holloman, and the poem is 1t