The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-09

quired. Our consulting board vim
care for such cases free Of charre
we will NOT stop with the oou-
plstion Of picture or drawing a.
. Telegraph or IN etching. In or.
DER that unknown or impecunios,
artists may have their WORM
brought 70 the attention OF the puh.
lie, the institute will provide Tor
chem suitable room for exhibition
And II Will take care that critics an6
collectors are informed Of the woe.
tAiness OF such exhibitors"
The institute. however. viii not
b run for the benefit Of the strue.
Cling artist alone. Successful At.
iSes viii also hold their exhibition
there, and will be welcomed TO the
clubrooms just a. cordially a. II
they were compelled to pawn their
watches for brushes or crayons.
I'VE must organize. you know"
explained another artist, who IA
also interested in the new enter.
price. Artists must learn to look
out for themselves the same as the
other people IN the world. We ought
to have a representative or two IN
congress. Only way to do is to set
together. get better acquainted with
each other. make the public appre-
ciate art through telling them mora
about it. Cooperation-that's what
~ need. We artists have fought too
1A0N Anrh ana alma
One OF our greatest requirements
here in New York" he continued"
10 . decent place in which 10 hold
exhibitions. There really isn't any
adequate space at present We
ought to have one whole building
devoted to that purpose--a building
with main galleries for successive
exhibitions and smaller galleries
for concurrent lesser shows, with
freight elevators for receipts and
discharge, special passenger shafts,
shipping rooms, directors rooms
for club meetings, and auditoriums.
II all the art leagues and societies
here would cooperate in the matter.
they could get such building"
AS for the poets, they too seem
to be recognizing the need for clos
er and more militant organization.
With their present strength in num-
, bers, they should be able to &C
complish much. 1t is estimated that
there are now at least 200, 900 poets
in America, several of whom have
recently risen to fame. Within the
past few years poetry societies have
sprung up everywhere At the last
dinner of the Poetry society of New
York, 1000 poets attended, al
though the, cost was six to eight
dollars a plate. In view of the low
prices paid for poetry, this may be
seen to be something of an achieve
ment.
For writing of poetry. although a
popular occupation, is not remun-
erative one. Few poets are able
to make enough on their poetry to
keep alive, and many work long
and laboriously at less esthetc oc-
equations in order to pay the pub
fishing expenses OF their own po-
ems.
Tho new House Of Poets does not
expect to be able to influence the
, price paid for poetry. but it ex-
poets to provide sympathy, instruc-
ton and encouragement to all the
great hordes who write it. It will
have an exhaustive library Of poet
~, for one thing, and it will hold
lectures on the technique OF verse
writing, the history Of poetry, and
, ON the lives OF the great poets.
"Then think what it would mean
, to amateur poets II they could meet
such men as Edwin Markham or
J Charles Hanson Towne and read
their verse and have it criticised
kindly but truthfully by these mas
tars of the art" says Robert Max
~, managing editor Of the New Sue
cess, who is enthusiastic concern
ing tho new house.
Tho House Of Poets" he de-
clares, will serve in America, We
hope. the same purpose served by
the Palace of Song in London. That
structure is the home OF the Lau-
reat; 1t also is a clearing house
for young poets from all over Eng
land. q place where they may come
and get in touch with the latest de-
velopments Of their art"
Such are the beginnings OF the
artists-for-artists movement which
is some day to build in New York
the great temple Of art