Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-06

In Hoon to be EXTENDED 10 D""""s
genius In the state OF New YORK. ~
new art retreat n TO DO opened IN
the near future to which poor pu'
promisipg artists may fee In summer
from the oppressive heat and noise
of the city. Like tho MacDowel Col
onv at Peterborough ~. II, IL WIZ De
for all types OF creative ARTISTS
Writers. musicians. eculptors, paint
ers and poets will all be welcomed
and encouraged to unbampered sen
expression by the use OF cool, quiet I
studios and a strictly sympathetc at
mosphere. ".
The retreat is the gift Of the late
Mrs. George Foster Peabody, and VIII
be located at Yaddo. the beautiful,
700-ecre estate which Mrs. Peabody
and her FIRST husband, Spencer IrasK'
created out of the woodlands near
Saratoga Springs. On the estate Is one
OF the finest country houses In that
part Of New York. as well az many
smaller buildings that will be remodel
ed into studio. These are set In prl-
vate park of great natural beauty
including hundreds OF acres OF native
woodland, brooks, lakes, waterfalls
and gardens. There Is also a largo farm
An enterprise that was started dur
ing the war for the purpose of raising
the foodstuffs most needed by the Al
lies. Now Il Will be- devoted 70 the
further patriotic tack OF supplying
American artists with n proper vita
mimic diet.
The idea OF defeating Yaddo TO the
. arts was conceived by Mr.. and Mrs.
b rrask M early as 1900 when a cor
poration was formed TO carry out the
plan under the euphonioun title OF
the Trustees OF Pine C,arde. Mr.. Trask
always had been deeply Interested In
. art, and was one OF the patrons OF the
National Arts Club while at that time
$ Mrs. Trask herself wrote plays and
I. poems under tho name OF Katrina
( Trask. They were therefore sympa-
To- thetically aware Of the tremendous OBJ
stacles thnt beset the path Of the
l. struggling creative artist. BESIDES
10 themselves, tho frst board OF trustees
y included George Foster Peabody. who
had been business partner OF Mr.
,, Trask: Mics Allena O.. Pardee, Or
4 Henry Van Dyke and the late Ed
> ward Shepard.
= After Mr.. Trask's death. the board
:, Directors OF the Pine Garde Estate =
A. Tho 10 present members upon whom
= viii fan the burden OF putting the ar
I, retreat into operation are Mr.. Pea
o. body. Miss Pardee, Mrs. Mia Pottei
Sturges, wife OF the Rev. Philemon
~ II. SturgeA, rector Of Grace Church n
r. Providence; DIR. Van Dyke. the Rev
Ih DR. Edwin Knox Mitchell Acostl
y Nichols. Thomas Mott Osborne. Edga
IN Truman Bracket. Daniel Cheste
IA French and DR.. John II. Finley. Tn
be value Of the Trssk gift 10 Arnericar
. art will depend very largely upon tn
VI sincerity and discretion Of this board
IN Joy In Art Circles.
;, The news Of tho legacy has spree
tr n good deal of cheer among New Yor'
- art circles, especially as its comes at
- time Of the year when the artist
t"u1oor0 n1ent feels the need Of
strategic retreat from the city. Durin
,ne winter. New York ~ a great littl
- inspiration to tho creative facultie,
" II is an exciting stimulant which con
stantly generates ideas and prods per
~ sonsl ambition into action. Bu. in IN
!" spring the drug losos It's power, pre-
IT. tient. II n then that the creative al
u tist begins 10 resent the fierce giai
OF tho streets, the incessant thunder
RI the elevated. the raucous screech
ire unendiux traffic, the dust and smoke
INT the factories, tho stale atmosphere
the crowds His worio suffers. and
ION does his health. He feels that he nu
&C. get away, but with a slim bank a,
of count this is easier contemplated ths
SO done.
"The American writer or painter
composer or sculptor who In youn
who has made little money, but WI
yet has given distinctive promises al
shown unplumbed potentialities HI
but few resources" says one who
well acquainted with the probler
no He may secure a patron. but IL is Vi
I'VE likely in a country where earnir
Yer capacity is admired vastly more thi
his creative ability. He rnay leave q
wn country. but hs "a uahla .o d,a
Ad- starvation in a foreign country
pass all of his days struggling to p;
zen his bills"
Even Mrs. Clare Sheridan. the En-
hr lish sculptor. whose diaries at l4a
have received a cordial welcome. An
'ou the world hostile toward the artist
temperament in the spring. IT ca
not live IN America" she complain
IL recently. II must have serenity
res would not live in England; I ha
ay' too many relatives there. I could II
'he in Italy. but there Is no money.
In Russia. but there is no food"
IT,. -.
II self or herself in a dilemma OF Il
It's kind, the art retreat offers an inte
esting solution. Nothing could
ou. more satisfactory than the MacDow
lp.- Colony, for example. II is in no sen
Kin a philanthropic enterprise for Il
its pecunious artists. but it offers
We absurdly low rates precisely what t
struggling writer or composer
painter needs--a place where he c
k work at top speed. with the nect
i'm, sary fresh air. sound sleep and u
But, interrupted days. There is sereni
Il without boredom: for after work.
sas hours he comes in contact with a nul
Der of fellow workers just as earne
ly artistic as he.
pa The small sums paid by the arti
end for sleeping quarters, food. studi
UNI. and other comforts represent only
hat fraction Of the upkeep Of the Colol
ind. II draws It's chief support from TIL
his other sources: From the annual d,
ot Of the MacDowell Association. VIII
range from IS 10 800 a year; fr
contributions 10 the general fund
3ea- private individuals, the proceeds
-een Mrs. Edward MacDowelfs ann