The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-07-30

1t is with much regret that the
members of the Topeka Art Guild and
his many other friends learn that
David Overmyer is moving to Kansas
City, No. to make his home. He has
accepted a position as artist with the
Ferry Hanly Advertising company of
that city.
Mr.. Overnyer, who is a native of
Topeka. has conducted a commercial
art studio at SIS Kansas avenue dur
ing the past year and has built up
quite a business. He has done much
work for the advertising department
Of the Atchison Topeka & Santa F'e
railway, also for the Palace Clothing
company, and other well known mer-
camille establishments. He is acknowl-
edged in mid-western art circles as
first class commercial artist, and also
excels at mural and decorative paint
ing His work has strength, beauty
and originality.
The Ferry Hanly Advertising COM
pany IS one of the large establishments
of kansas City. 1t has branches at
Chicago and at New Orleans.
The Fairchild Publishing company
of s East 18th street. New York City
has opened a competition for ideas
in advertising for apparel, for fab
RIGS and for financial institutions.
Prizes Will be awarded for drawings
for advertising copy, or for comolna
tons of the two, which, in the Juos-
ment of a competent jury, possess the
greatest selling force, originality, artls-
tic merit and technical excellence
$1,000 will be distributed in prizes
The prizes are as follows: 500 first
nrize. for ideas in advertising women
apparel: $500 first prize for ideas IN
advertising fabrics; 500 first prize AoF
ideas in advertising mems apparel
500 first prize for ideas in adverts-
anCaGZnrfGgr X1Uu IITSL
priza for ideas in advertising imam
ciaI institutions.
To that first prize, which, in the
Judgment of the jury, is pre-ernlhent
in these qualities. an addltlonal prize
OF s1C0 will be awarded
will he sixteen honorary mentions, IN
Guiding sixteen prizes OF SZ5 eaeh Ior
work which, in the jury'S judgment,
shall possess, selling force, Originality
artistic merit and technical eXceIIehce
second onIy to the first prize winners
All material submitted remains the
nronerty of the contestant II so de
sired. the Fairchi1d Company Will ACT
az intermediary between advertisers
and the artists and writers VINO com
pete, in case the artist or writer wishes
to sell that which he enters IN the
Material submitted to the Jury may
he the work of a single individual or
the composite effort of two or more
nersons working together on the COM
pIete presentation of an idea
The competition closes November FL
1921.
Charles Dana Gibson, chairman; Stew
art CuIin, Curator, Brooklyn Museum;
Amos Stote, n. W. Aver & Con,
Philadelphia. Joseph A Judd, Pres
Joseph A. Judd Publishing Co, Arts
and Decora ton" New York Edward
PendeId, Pres. Illustrators Associa-
p1ion, NJ. T. VogIe. Advertising Man
ager, Bonwit Teller Co. New York:
NJ. D. C. Crawford. Fairchild Pub
LEGATIONS, New York; Owen Rossiter,
| Display Manager. VIM. Filene Sons
| Co. Boston: z. w Cowlishaw.~ Adver-
Using Manager: r. H. Macy s. Co,
! New York; John Sullivan. Secretary
| Association National Advertisers; Sa-
| lem Baskin. Advertising Manager,
| Kuppenheimer & Co. Chicago; Rowe
| Stewart. Business manager Phtiadel-
phia Record and Press Association
| Clubs of the World; Charles NJ. Con-
nelly. Advertising Director, Cluett
Peabody, Troy. New York.
One Of the characteristic tendencies
| in the field of art today would seem
TO be a breaking away from traditions
and standards once thought to be fixed
canens.
This tendency can lead to healthy
= ar ~es