N01S PANAMA PACIFIC. INTERNATIONA! EXPOSITION SAN-FRANCISCO - Q - 1 ILLINOIS A T THE PANAMA -PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION SAN FRANCISCO 1915 Introductory THIS little volume is intended to briefly outline and illustrate the principal and most important phases of Illinois par- ticipation in the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. It is, indeed, just a glimpse of the Illinois State Building and the various other State exhibits, and of the efforts that have been made to give Illinois its rightful place among the other states of the Union, and the nations of the world, in this great congress of states and nations. [2] 7 7. 2 A Commissioner His Excellency, The Governor EDWARD F. DUNNE Springfield Deputy Commissioners A. N. ABBOTT, Morrison MARTIN B. BAILEY, Danville W. O'R. BRADLEY, Galesburg F. C. CAMPBELL, Xenia CHARLES H. CARMON, Forrest W. A. COMPTON, Macomb GEORGE W. CRAWFORD, Jonesboro JOHN C. EASTMAN, 15 S. Market Street, Chicago N. ELMO FRANKLIN, Lexington ADOLPH KARPEN, 910 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago ANDREW M. LA WHENCE, 225 The Hearst Building, Chicago WILLIAM McKINLEY, 29 South La Salle Street, Chicago JOHN G. OGLESBY, Elkhart W. DUFF PIERCY, Mount Vernon DAVID E. SHANAHAN, 115 South Dearborn Street, Chicago WILLIAM A. TILD'EN, 76 West Monroe Street, Chicago F. JEFF TOSSEY, Toledo CHARLES N. WHEELER, Chicago SAMUEL WOOLNER, Jr., Peoria Officers of the Commission ADOLPH KARPEN, Chicago, Chairman ANDREW M. LAWRENCE, Chicago, Vice-Chairman JOHN G. OGLESBY, Elkhart, Secretary SAMUEL WOOLNER, Jr., Peoria, Treasurer OFFICES OF THE COMMISSION Suite 1024 Karpen Building, Chicago [3] His EXCELLENCY EDWARD F. DUNNE, GOVERNOR [4] [5] The Illinois State Building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition THE Illinois state building at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco is lo- cated on the main avenue, which runs through the sites for the other state buildings and the foreign pavil- lions. It is rectangular in shape, with an open court inside, and occupies a ground area of 189 by 90 feet. The first floor comprises two entrance foyers; a mo- tion-picture theatre ; an information bureau ; the build- ing's post-office ; a publicity room ; a room devoted en- tirely to a memorial of Lincoln ; a large lounging-room, and two small rest-rooms. The open court is paved with cement tile. In its centre is a fountain, surrounded by palms and ferns. The second floor is reached by four flights of wide, imposing stairways, which lead into two loggias. On one side is the "Gold" or "Reception" room, which con- tains a great pipe-organ, pronounced by organists to be a master-instrument; a grand ball-room; a recital hall; a women's rest-room; a smoking room and two smaller lounging rooms. [6] [7] The third floor is given up to the building's adminis- trative officers; a suite of rooms set apart for the Gover- nor of Illinois and his official party; rooms for the resi- dent commissioners and hosts; employees. The first floor foyers are decorated in caen stone; the theatre in French gray and gold; the Lincoln Memorial room in buff and gold ; the publicity and information room in blue and gold ; and the general lounging room in green and gold. The second floor loggias are decorated in Pompeian style; the reception room in old gold; the women's room in light blue and gold ; the smoking-room in brown and gold ; the ball-room in light French gray and gold in the style of Louis XIV. The plans for the construction of the building, and for its furnishings and decorating, were drawn by James B. Dibelka, state architect for Illinois. The furniture was supplied by Mandel Brothers, of Chicago; Mitchel & Halbach Company, another Chicago house, had charge of the decorating. The organ was built to order especially for the Illinois building by the Hinners Organ Company, of Pekin, Illi- nois. It is in charge of a competent organist, and organ concerts and recitals are given regularly on Wednesday and Sunday afternoons and on special occasions. The principal wish and hope of Governor Dunne and the members of the Illinois commission to the Exposi- tion, in the construction, furnishing and decorating of the building, has been that it will be utilized as fully as [8] 1 jl JjfcE [9] possible by Illinoisans when they visit the exposition, and by former residents of the state. It is hoped that the present and former residents of the state will use its conveniences and facilities whenever the opportunity presents itself. The building belongs to the former and present resi- dents of Illinois. They are welcome within its portals. In truth, it will have failed of its principal mission if it be not alone acceptable in physical appearance and in equipment, but in its hospitality and welcome, as well. [11] [12J [13] The Agricultural Exhibit and Plans for the Exhibit of Live Stock The agricultural exhibit was prepared, organized and installed under the personal supervision of the Illinois commission's committee on agriculture, live stock and dairying, of which the Hon. Alfred N. Abbott of Morrison, is chairman. Mr. Ab- bott is a practical farmer, and president of the Illi- nois State Farmers' Institute. The other mem- bers of this committee are: N. Elmo Franklin, W. Duff Piercy, Martin B. Bailey, F. C. Camp- bell, F. Jeff Tossey, W. A. Compton, Charles H. Carmon and George W. Crawford.. IV preparing the agricultural exhibit, it was wisely de- cided to feature corn, not only because corn is King in Illinois, but because the great distance to San Francisco made an exhibit of fruit and vegetables, prod- ucts which would necessitate frequent replacing, imprac- ticable on account of the distance to be transported, and the expense of shipment. The Illinois agricultural exhibit is placed in the center of the Palace of Agriculture, with the great corn states of Iowa, Missouri and Kansas as immediate neighbors. The ornamentation of the Illinois booth is made with corn and native grasses and grains. Corn decoration is a new feature on the coast, and at- [14] [15] tracts much attention and favorable comment from the local people. The center of attraction of the Illinois exhibit is a pyra- mid of show corn, contributed by the Illinois Corn Growers Association. At the summit of the pyramid stands the figure of an Indian girl made oft corn, corn husks and corn silk. The show corn in this exhibit is said by corn judges to be the best collection ever assem- bled in Illinois. On two tables, each twenty feet long, by the side of the corn pyramids, are displayed 40 jars containing manufac- tured commercial products of corn. The starches, sugars, oil, syrups, candy and various distillate products from corn are sources of wonder to people who think that corn meal, hominy and ensilage are the sole products of corn. Particularly are they surprised to see a substitute for rub- ber made from the germs of corn. In connection with the state agricultural exhibit, the College of Agriculture of the State University has pre- pared an educational display which by competent critics is pronounced the most scientific exhibit at the exposition. Numerous photographs are shown portraying the vari- ous market- classes and grades of domestic animals and results of feeding experiments. On tables, each six feet square are plotted five of the state experiment, fields showing the beneficial results from applying ground limestone on acid soil potassium on peaty soil and phosphorus on upland soils, well supplied with organic matter. [16J [17] The composition of corn is shown in a series of five jars containing the starch, oil, protein, fiber and water contained in a bushel of corn. A series of jars showing the result of eight years of corn breeding for high oil and low protein content has been pronounced as being the most scientific experiment ever conducted in the breeding of corn. A series of photographs showing the conservation of sandy land by tree planting is of interest to people own- ing drifting sandy land. The systematic state soil survey in which Illinois leads the world, as shown by bulletins, maps and surveying outfit, is a source of careful study for those interested in questions of soil fertility. Plans for Exhibit of Live Stock The live-stock raisers of Illinois are offered substan- tial encouragement at home to exhibit their prize cattle, horses, sheep and swine at the Panama-Pacific Interna- tional Exposition. The Illinois Commission to the exposition will award prizes aggregating $17,480 to the stock-raisers of Illi- nois who participate in the great international live-stock show to be held at the Exposition. These prizes will be in addition to the prizes to be awarded by the exposition, who have set aside a fund of $175,000 to make certain that their live-stock show will be the greatest of its kind ever held in this country. [18J [19] Nearly all of this $175,000 will be used by the ex- position in awarding cash prizes, premiums, cups and ribbons to the raisers of the finest stock shown at this show, and practically all of the $17,480 appropriated by the Illinois Commission will be used in paying cash prizes. The Illinois Commission also contemplates the giving of handsomely engraved medals to the premier exhibitors from Illinois in the various classes of breeding animals and ribbons to all animals that get within the Illinois classification. The schedule of prizes to be awarded by the Illinois Commission was made up by a joint committee, composed of Alfred N. Abbott, of Morrison, president of the Illi- nois State Farmers Institute, and chairman of the Illi- nois Commission's committee on agriculture, live-stock and dairying; the late Edward Tilden, Chicago packer and banker, and representatives of the Illinois Live-Stock Breeders' Association. Prof. H. P. Rusk, of the College of Agriculture of the State University, did the actual work of making up the classification. The cash prizes to be awarded by the Illinois Com- mission have been divided into five classes, including beef and dairy cattle; horses, sheep and swine. Of the total amount appropriated, $4,430 will be given in prizes to the beef-cattle; dairy cattle will receive $2,485; horses will get $4,230; swine, $3,635 and sheep, $2,700. In each section of the various classes, individual prizes [20J will be given, ranging from $5.00 to $10.00, based upon the Illinois classification. Also, a grand prize, amounting to $25.00, will be awarded to the exhibitor winning the greatest number of points in each of these classes. The Illinois Commision also has provided for the poultry raisers of the State, and has appropriated funds to encourage the State's poultry-raisers to exhibit their finest fowls at the Exposition. [21J The Educational Exhibit Located in the Palace of Education and Social Economy. The educational exhibit was prepared by Profes- sor James M. White, Supervising Architect of the University of Illinois, under the supervision of the Illinois Commission's committee on educa- tion and educational institutions, composed of former Speaker William McKinley, chairman ; John C. Eastman, Andrew M. Lawrence, W. Duff Piercy and Alfred N. Abbott. THE committee on education and educational insti- tutions, in conference with Francis G. Blair, Su- perintendent of Public Instruction, and Dr. R. E. Hieronymous of the University of Illinois, mapped out plans for a comprehensive exhibit, and Superintendent Blair was appointed Director, which position he held un- til January 30th, 1915, at which time he resigned because the curtailing of the space by the exposition authorities made it impossible to carry out his orginal conception of what the exhibit should be. Professor James M. White of the University of Illi- nois, succeeded him as director and carried out as far as was possible, the original plans. The most prominent feature of the exhibit is the group of models of the buildings and grounds of State Educa- [22] [23] tional Institutions selected to represent the universities, colleges, normal schools, township high schools, consoli- dated schools, and rural schools. The University of Illi- nois model, seven by sixteen feet in size, represents only fifty-five acres of the main portion of the campus, in- cluding twenty-seven buildings. The New Armory is shown, as it will be when completed, on a separate ped- estal three by five feet in size. The dimensions of the other models are as follows: Knox College five and one-half by eleven feet; the State Normal University at Normal, Illinois, including the main campus and a small portion of the farm, five and one-half by fifteen feet; the La Salle-Peru Township High School, six feet square, which does not include their athletic field; the Rollo Consoli- dated School District group, seven by eight feet; the Crossroads School building and grounds, in Ma- con County, three by five feet; and a sectional model of a model one-room country school, designed under the direction of State Superintendent Blair on a large enough scale to show details of exterior and interior construc- tion and arrangement. The models are made of wood and cardboard, colored to give a true pictorial representa- tion of the campuses, and are made at a scale of one-six- teenth inch to the foot. The University of Chicago is represented by a series of pictures of buildings, chief among which is the beau- tiful wate color rendering of the New Harper Me- morial Library. The University of Chicago Press in its exhibit of one hundred volumes of serial publications of [241 the University, shows in a convincing manner the very advanced character of the work which the University faculty is doing. The University of Illinois, in addition to its campus model and views, has exhibited the proposed campus plan, and fifty volumes which are representative of the University and Faculty publications. Northwestern University is represented by campus views and volumes of publications and announcements. Monticello Seminary, which was a pioneer in the in- struction of women, has been assigned a special alcove in which to display the very admirable work which it has accomplished. The public school system of the State is represented by the most complete collection of photographs of its kind that have ever been made, showing as it does, first, the beginnings and possibilities of the "Consolidation of Rural Schools" as contrasted with the well-known one- room country school; second, a few of the best grade buildings of the state ; third, the development of the high schools, particularly the township high schools, and their equipment to meet the growing demands for vocational education ; fourth, some of the academies, technical insti- tutes and special schools and institutions; fifth, the five State Normal Schools, and the Chicago Normal School ; sixth, the twenty-four colleges of the Illinois Federation; seventh, some departments of the University of Illinois. The Chicago public schools have a special exhibit which however, is confined to a few of their distinctive activities, [25] such as the work for defectives, social center and voca- tional work. These activities are shown by an unusually fine series of photographic enlargements and by framed views which are hung on the walls. A map of Illinois shows the location of every school building in the State, designated so as to indicate whether it is a high school, combined high school and grammar school, a grade school, a standard rural school, or an or- dinary one-room rural school. On another map all of the universities, colleges, and special schools are marked, showing accurately the geographical distribution of these institutions. Banners representing about a hundred schools and col- leges of the State, add color and interest to the booth. The exhibit is in charge of Mr. F. W. Thomas, former Principal of the University of Illinois Academy. Mr. Ralph L. Kelley of the University of Illinois, in- stalled the exhibit and also supervised the building of the University of Illinois model. L26J The Lincoln Memorial Exhibit The Lincoln Memorial exhibit was prepared and installed by Mrs. Jessie Palmer Weber, of Springfield, secretary of the Illinois State Histor- ical Society, under the supervision of the Illinois Commission's Lincoln Memorial committee, of which the Hon. N. Elmo Franklin, of Lexington, a member of the State Senate, is chairman. The other members of this committee are: Charles H. Carmon, Charles N. Wheeler, John C. Eastman and Alfred N. Abbott. THIS exhibit, which is the only state exhibit in the tllinois state building, is a pictorial and manuscript .ife of Lincoln. A room in the Illinois building, known as the "Lincoln Memorial" room, was especially planned for it. The central feature of the exhibit is the arrange- ment of eighteen flat wall-cases. These cases contain material which tells in chronological sequence the story of Lincoln's life bringing out the history of the most important periods of his life. The letters, pictures, documents, mementoes, curios, and other features of the exhibit, are each carefully la- beled. The various cases are designated as follows: 1. Ancestry of Abraham Lincoln. 2. Youth of Lincoln. [27] [28] 3. Lincoln at New Salem. 4. Lincoln, the Surveyor. 5. Lincoln in the Black Hawk War. 6. Marriage and Domestic Life of Abraham Lincoln. 7. Lincoln, the Lawyer. 8. Lincoln as a Member of Congress. 9. Lincoln and the Anti-Nebraska Movement. 10. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates. 11. Lincoln and the Campaign of 1860. 12. Lincoln as President. 13. Lincoln and the War Between the States. 14. Assassination and Death of Abraham Lincoln. 15. Portraits of Lincoln previous to 1861. 16. Portraits of Lincoln, 1861-65. 17. Some early letters of Lincoln. Previous to 1861. 18. Letters of Lincoln 1860-65. These cases are placed in panels on the walls of the Lincoln Memorial room. Above them are hung about forty portraits of Lincoln, his family and associates illus- trative of each particular phase of his life as shown in the wall cases. There are also four glass show cases in the exhibit containing rare and interesting relics and other articles too large to be placed in the wall-cases. Among the most interesting of these is a collection of the rarest of the biographies and other books about Lincoln, includ- ing a collection of Lincoln biographies written in foreign languages. A collection of sheet music, songs and instru- mental music written about Lincoln, some of the rarer Lincoln medals, a collection of original caricatures of [29] Lincoln, issued during his presidential campaigns, being similar to what we now call cartoons. The exhibit contains facsimile copies of more than one hundred letters written Mr. Lincoln and of many histor- ical documents. It is by far the most comprehensive col- lection of Lincolniana that has ever been shown at any exposition. The great Lincoln collectors of the country are inter- ested in this exhibit and have given advice and assistance in its preparation. [30] The Mines, Mining and Metallurgi- cal Exhibit The mines, mining and metallurgical exhibit was prepared and installed through the co-opera- tion of the University of Illinois, under the super- vision of the Illinois commission's committee on mines, mining and metallurgy, which is as follows : George W. Crawford, chairman; Martin B. Bail- ey, W. A. Compton, P\ C. Campbell and Charles H. Carmon. THE exhibit is located on Second street between ivenues "C" and "D", Palace of Mines and Met- lurgy, Panama-Pacific International Exposition. It is a space 25 feet square, walled in on three sides with an attractive panelled partition against which stands glass-front exhibit cases, affording ample room to display the different exhibits to the greatest advantage. The side open to Second street, or the aisle, is partly screened or marked off by four large columns supporting a beautiful cornice, as shown by the picture. The color scheme is Gold and White and lends itself admirably in tone to the surrounding booths. Inasmuch as the state of Illinois ranks third in the production of coal, in the United States, and third in petroleum products, the main exhibit is made up of these two minerals. However, there are other important dis- [31] [32] plays such as Fluorspar, mined at Rosiclare in the southern part of the state, and Tripoli a residual silicious material, used as a basis for abrasives and for filtration. The exhibit also consists of displays of asphalt, lead, lime cement, pig-iron, mineral waters, pyrite (a by-product of coal mining) sulphuric acid from the zinc smelting, and zinc. The most important among the latter products named is cement, as Illinois ranks fourth in the production of that much used building material. Supplementing this, are four maps and other data from the "State Geological Survey," showing the extent and location of the different productions. The mining machinery companies have contributed, too, to the welfare of the exhibit by sending some pictures of the latest improved mining machinery, which will be hung in a prominent place. [33] !!! ^^H I [34] The Motion Pictures IN the motion-pictures, which are exhibited in the mo- tion-picture theatre daily, it has been the commis- sion's wish and effort to show the parks and boule- vards of Illinois; the educational, charitable and penal institutions; the roads; the agricultural and live-stock interests, and views of the principal large cities of the state. The pictures of the various state institutions are intend- ed, primarily, to show the great advancement along the lines of humanity and mercy that has been made in very recent years in the conduct and management of these institutions. The pictures are shown every morning and afternoon, and frequently in the evening. There is, of course, no admission fee, and visitors to the building are welcomed to the theatre. [35] Illinois Exhibitors And the location of their exhibits in the various exhibition palaces of the exposition Palace of Agriculture Exhibitor. Location. Illinois State Exhibit. Ave. C, bet. 4th and 5th Sts. Albert Dickinson Company, N. W. cor. Ave. A and 2d St. Chicago. American Manufacturers' As- Ave. C, bet. 4th and 5th Sts. sociation of Products from Corn, Chicago. (With Illi- nois State Exhibit). Calf-Way Milker Co., Chi- N. E. cor. 1st St., and Ave. B. cago. Davis Milk Machine Co., 2d St., bet. Aves. A and B. North Chicago. The Holt Manufacturing Co., Block, Aves. A and B, Peoria. 4th to 6th Sts. International Harvester Co., Block, Aves. B and C. Chicago. to 4th St. Woolner Distilling Co., Ave. C, bet. 4th and 5th Sts. Peoria. (With Illinois State Exhibit). Palace of Education and Social Economy Illinois State Exhibit. 3d St. and Ave. B. The A. H. Andrews Com- Ave. B and 6th St. pany, Chicago. American Library Associa- Ave. A, 3d and 4tth Sts. tion, George B. Utley, Chi- cago. Chicago School of Applied 6th St., near Ave. C. and Normal Art, Chicago. [36] Exhibitor. Elizabeth McCormick Memo- rial Fund, Chicago. Laird & Lee, Inc., Chicago. The N. W. Harris Public School Extension of the Field Museum of Natural History, Dr. S. C. Simms, Curator, Chicago. Public Schools, Chicago. (With Illinois State Ex- hibit.) Public Schools, DeKalb. (With Illinois State Ex- hibit.) Prohibition National Com- mittee, Chicago. Recreational Use of School Houses under Teacher Management (J. D. Schoop), Chicago. Salvation Army, Chicago. (With Federal Council of Churches exhibit.) School Equipment for Social Centers (Dwight Perkins), Chicago. Women's Christian Temper- ance Union, Evanston. Location. Ave. C and 4th St. Mezzanine floor, at Ave. B and 6th St. Ave. A, 3d and 4th Sts. 3d St. and Ave. B. 3d St. and Ave. B. 1st St., bet, Aves. D and E. Ave C, bet. 5th and 6th Sts. Block, Aves. D and E, 1st and 2d Sts. Ave C, bet. 5th and 6th Sts. Ave. D and 3d St. Palace of Food Products The Hughes Electric Heating Co., Chicago. (With Sperry Flour Company's exhibit.) Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago. Quaker Oats Company, Chi- cago. Aves. C and D, bet. 2d and 3d Sts. N. E. Cor. Ave. E and 2d St. Ave. E, 2d to 3d Sts. [37] Exhibitor. Location. Spengler-Loomis Manufac- Ave. E, bet. 4th and 5th Sts. turing Co., Chicago. (With E. J. Rowe's exhibit.) United States Slicing Ma- chine Co., Chicago. (With exhibit Agencias De Berna.) 6th St, bet. Aves. B and C. Acorn Brass Manufacturing Co., Chicago. (With H. S. Crocker Co.'s exhibit.) Addressograph Co., Chicago. (With H. S. Crocker Co.'s exhibit.) Channel Chemical Co., Chi- cago. Cheney Talking Machine Co., Chicago. A. B. Dick, Chicago. (With H. S. Crocker Co.'s ex- hibit.) Felt & Tarrant Manufactur- ing Co., Chicago. W. W. Kimball Co., Chicago. Geo. E. Troeger Manufactur- ing Co., Chicago. United Autotgraph Register Co., Chicago. Vanoscope Co., Chicago. Palace of Liberal Arts 1st St., bet. Aves. C and D. 1st St., bet. Aves. C and D. 8th and 9th Sts., bet. Aves. C and D. 4th and 5th Sts., bet. Aves. C and D. 1st St., bet. Aves. C and D. Ave. D, cor. 2d St. Ave. A and 5th St. 10th St., bet. Aves. C and D. 2d St., bet. Aves. C and D. Ave. D. opposite 2d St. Palace of Machinery American Well Works Co., Aurora. Armstrong Bros., Tool Co., Chicago. 1st St., bet. Aves. G and G2. 4th St., cor. Ave. G2. [38] Exhibitor. Location. Baker Manufacturing Co., Ave. C, bet. 4th and 5th Sts. Springfield. Brown Barotype Co., Chicago. 5th St., bet. Aves. A and B. Brown Portable Elevator Co., 4th St., cor. Ave. H. Chicago. (With Mailler- Searles exhibit.) Ceresit Waterproofing Co., 5th St. and Ave. I. Chicago. (With Parrott & Co.'s exhibit.) Crane Company, Chicago. Block, Aves. D and E, 2d and 3d Sts. Dries & Krump Manufactur- 3d St. and Ave. G2. ing Co., Chicago. Economy Engineering Co., Ave. H, bet. 3d and 4th Sts. Chicago. (With Mailler- Searles exhibit.) Hill Pump Valve Co., Chi- 5th St., bet. Aves. F and G. cago. Kewanee Private Utilities Co., 1st St. and Ave. E. Kewanee. (With Simonds Machinery Co.'s exhibit.) Kewanee Water Supply Co., 1st St. and Ave. E. Kewanee. (With Simonds Machinery Co.'s exhibit.) Link Belt Co., Chicago. Aves. H and I, bet. (With Meese & Gootfried's 2d and 3d Sts. exhibit.) Loew-Victor Engine Co., 4th St. and Ave. F. Chicago. Quality Saw & Tool Works, 3d and 4th Sts., and Ave. G2. Chicago. (With Fred Ward & Sons' exhibit.) Rockford Machine Tool Co., 3d and 4th Sts., and Ave. G2. Rockford. (With Fred Ward & Sons' exhibit.) Sangamo Electric Co., Spring- Ave - C2 and 2d St. field. M. L. Schlueter, Chicago. 3d St., bet. Aves. B and C. W. E. Slaughter Co., Chicago. Ave. D and 1st St. (With W. J. Marland's ex- hibit.) [39] \ Exhibitor. Location. Thordarson Electric Manu- Ave. D and 2d St. facturing Co., Chicago. Venn-Severn Co., Chicago. 4th St., bet. Aves. F and G. (With Harron, Rickard & McCone's exhibit.) Liberal Arts Section C. F. Anderson & Co, Chi- 4th St., bet. Aves. B and C. cago. (With Norman F. Hall's exhibit.) Austin Western Machine Co., 4 t h and 5th Sts, bet. A Austin. Aves . B and C. A. G. Burton s Son, Chicago. 4 t h St., bet. Aves. B and C. (With Norman F. Hall's exhibit.) Gane Brothers & Co., Chi- 4th St., bet. Aves. B and C. cago. (With Norman F. Hall's exhibit.) Paul Schniediwend & Co, 5th St., cor. Ave. A. Chicago. (With George Russell Reed's exhibit.) Joseph E. Smyth, Chicago. 4th St., bet. Aves. B and C. (With Norman F. Hall's exhibit.) Sweigard Ideal Co, Chicago. 5th St., cor. Ave. A. (With George Russell Reed's exhibit.) Panama Canal Exhibition The Zone. Company, Chicago. Palace of Manufacturing American Ironing Machine 7th St., bet. Aves. C and D. Co, Chicago. American Radiator Co, Chi- Ave. D, bet. 6th and 7th Sts. cago. George M. Clark & Company Ave - A - and 5th St - Division, Chicago. (With Collective Gas exhibit.) [40] Exhibitor. Clements Manufacturing Co., Chicago. Crane Company, Chicago. Hartmann Trunk Co., Chi- cago. S. Karpen & Bros., Chicago. P. E. Kroehler Manufactur- ing Co., Kankakee. Lindsay Light Co., Chicago. (With Collective Gas ex- hibit.) Oxweld Acetylene Company, Chicago. (With Collective Gas exhibit.) Paris Foundry & Machine Works, Paris. (With Levenson Co.'s exhibit.) Peck & Hills Furniture Co., Chicago. Rathbone, Sard & Co., Aurora. (With Collective Gas exhibit.) The Stag Company, Chicago. (With Campe, Ltd., ex- hibit) Union Special Machine Co., Chicago. (With Levi Strauss & Co.'s exhibit.) Wizard Products Co., Chi- cago. (With Levinson Co.'s exhibit.) R. D. Wood & Co., Chicago. (With Collective Gas ex- hibit.) Location. 6th St., bet. Aves. C and D. Avenue C and 7th St. Ave. B, cor. 7th St. Ave. A, cor. 5th St. 6th St., bet. Aves. A and B. Ave. A and 5th St. Ave. A and 5th St. Ave. D. and 8th St. 5th St., bet. Aves. A and B. Ave. A and 5th St. 7th St., bet. Aves. C and D. 7th St., bet. Aves. C and D. Ave. D and 8th St. Ave. A and 5th St. Palace of Mines and Mining Illinois State Exhibit. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Chicago. 2d St., bet. Aves. C and D. Avenue C and 5th St. [41] Exhibitor. Location. Illinois Steel Company, Chi- Ave. D. cago. (With exhibit of United States Steel Corpo- ration and subsidiary com- panies.) Life Saving Devices Co., Chi- Ave. A and 5th St. cago. Standard Oil Co., of Indiana, 6th St., bet. Aves. C and D. Chicago. (With Standard Oil Co., of California.) Standard Varnish Works, Ave. C, bet. 2d and 3d Sts. Chicago. Universal Portland Cement Ave. E and 5th St. Co., Chicago. Palace of Transportation American Brake Shoe & Ave. A Foundry Co., Chicago. Excelsior Motor Manufactur- Ave. F and 6th St. ing & Supply Co., Chicago. German- American Car Co., Tracks 3 and 4, 1st St. Chicago. Griffin Wheel Co., Chicago. Ave. D and 3d St. Moline Auto Co., East Ave. D and 6th St. Moline. Taylor Portable Steel Der- Track 7, 1st St. rick Co., Chicago. Palace of Varied Industries L. B. Allen Co., Inc., Chicago. Ave. A and 3d St. (With Multiplex Display Fixture exhibit.) Chicago Spring Butt Co., Ave. A and 3d St. Chicago. (With Multiplex Display Fixture exhibit.) E. P. Johnson Rule Manu- Ave. A and 3d St. facturing Co., Chicago. (With Multiplex Display Fixture exhibit.) [42] Exhibitor. Location. The Mantle Lamp Co., Chi- 2d St., bet. Aves. B and C cago. Vaughan & Bushnell Manu- Ave. A and 3d St. facturing Co., Chicago. (With Multiplex Display Fixture exhibit.) Western Clock Co., La Salle. Ave. B, cor. 3d St. The Whitaker Manufacturing Ave. A and 3d St Co., Chicago. (With Mul- tiplex Display Fixture ex- hibit.) Kewanee Private Utilities Co., Varied Industries. Kewanee. Working Exhibits Classified with various exhibit sections, but located outside of exhibit palaces Classified with Agriculture A. Harris & Company, Chi- Cor. Administrate!! and Palm cago. Aves. F. G. Dickerson, Chicago. (With Pacific Coast Con- densed Milk Co.'s special exhibit.) Classified with Liberal Arts The Panama Canal Exhibi- The Zone. tion Co., Chicago. Victor Electric Co., Chicago. Exposition Hospital, The Service Building. Classified with Mines and Mining Panama-Pacific Clay Products Intersection of the Ave. of Association, Chicago. States and the Ave. of Na- tions. [43] The Artists of Illinois By LENA M. MCCAULEY Art Critic Miss McCauley was requested to prepare this little review of the fine arts exhibit in the Illinois state building upon the suggestion of the artists whose works are represented in the exhibit. The article concludes with a list of the works, together with the name and address of the artists; and the value of the various paintings. ILLINOIS, not yet a century in the Union, and Chicago but four score years from Indian times at Fort Dearborn, are bearing honors in the history of American Art, as the center of creative energy to inspire painters and sculptors in the Middle West. It is significant that the artist should have come to Illinois with the pioneers of commercial progress. The city fathers of Chicago invited G. P. A. Healy, the emi- nent portrait painter to make his home among them in the fifties. Before Chicago had an important art school Jacksonville was supporting a distinguished painter and teacher. The first settlers brought education with them, and many a boy who went to the "Little Red School House" learned to love art there, and is the artist of today. C44] Chicago had its first exhibition of paintings in 1859; the Art Institute was founded in 1879 shortly after the Society of Artists came into existence, and today over one million visitors visit the changing exhibitions in the museum annually. The Chicago artists invite those of the vicinity to unite in the most popular display of paint- ings of the year; 2,117 students come from every corner of the country to the Art Institute school, and 1,000 more support three other schools, to make this the Mecca of the fine arts in the west. Half a hundred painters and four sculptors, all of whom are residents of Illinois, men and women, con- tributed the examples of art gathered by a jury from the Chicago Society of Artists for the exhibit of fine arts at the Illinois state building at the Panama Pacific International exposition at San Francisco in 1915. Their works show the varying points of view of the period in which we live. The artists of Illinois have reached maturity and look forward to the changing times. In a little over a quarter of a century they have organ- ized a strong society open to their neighbors and acting for the best interests of the community. It is they who have promoted public school art, and opened the doors of the museum to children, and they who inspired the foundation of that valauble society, The Friends of American Art, which has so vastly increased a- regard for contemporary painters throughout the land. The artists whose works are shown in the Illinois State Building live in Illinois. The majority come from Chi- [45] cago and the vicinity. Nearly one-third were born and educated in the Prairie State; many are natives of adja- cent states in the Mississippi Valley, and a few from Germany, Sweden, France, Bohemia and elsewhere, are adopted sons and daughters and Wai painters. Nearly all at some time, studied art in Chicago, and their de- votion to the locality is evident from the number of Illi- nois landscapes, and the portraits of men and women of the region. Hence it is that this collection is representative of a distinct section of the Middle West, the Prairie State south of Lake Michigan, and appropriate to hang in the Illinois state building. Following the titles of the paintings there is a happy relationship with familiar landscape, the farms, the creeks and country boys, meadows and hills under the glow of ripening harvests or the splendor of golden autumn. It has been said that American painting would come into its glory as the painting of natural landscape. And in this limited number of canvases, the subtle portrayal of moods of nature, the moonrise, the August morning, the purple twilight of evening when the hermit thrush is singing, is in perfect sympathy with poetic feeling such as inspired the greatest of Illinois poets, William Cullen Bryant, to sing of man, of nature and immortality. They hark to no other world, but to the charm of the rolling prairies of the wide countryside. While the landscape painters have traveled, their orig- inal genius kept them nearer the American ideal as set [46] forth in the gentle art of George Inness, the Father of the American landscape. Both men and women studied at Munich and Dusseldorf or Paris, but the influence of personalities in teachers was strongest with the por- traitists and figure painters. Among these the fashions of modern art may be seen breaking away in graphic treatment, harsh in color, realistic and novel. The con- trasts, striking as they are, render the pictures more inter- esting and more valuable, as the recent fashions point to future unfolding. The five sculptors but hint of the greatness of their accomplishment. They come from the Midway Studios in which Lorado Taft, born in Illinois, a world famed sculptor, is the head of a school of sculpture in the heart of the Continent. The fine arts adorning the Illinois state building is rep- resentative of what is being done now and suggests pos- sibilities for the future. In this brief comment there is not space to name individuals, the distinguished presidents of the Chicago Society of Artists who have promoted art societies and exhibitions throughout the state of Illinois, those who have won honors and medals at international exhibitions, those who are well known in Europe as in their native land. While the collection is limited, it must not be forgot- ten that the artists of Illinois are present in the national collection, and that this gathering of works shows to a degree what is flowering in painting and growing in [47] dignity, in sculpture. It is many sided in its vision, and illustrates the freedom of the individual to keep abreast with the times in the message of art. Paintings on Canvas No. 1 ILLINOIS FARM. H. L. Roecker, 444 E. 42nd Place, Chicago. Value, $300. No. 2 MOORLAND DUNES. A. F. Kleiminger, 4164 Lake Park Ave., Chicago. Value, $500. No. 3 A LOG IN THE RIVER. A. E. Albright, Hubbard Woods. Value, $1,250. No 4 UNDER THE BUTTER- NUTS. E. Cameron, 10 E. Ohio Street, Chicago. Value, $200. No. 5 COURTYARD, BRUGES. Victor Higgins, 59 E. Van Buren Street, Chicago. Value, $200. No. 6 ACROSS THE HILL. Frank V. Dudley, 1130 E. 63rd St., Chicago. Value, $1,000. No. 7 AN AUGUST MORNING. Alfred Juergens, 213 S. Grove Avenue, Oak Park. Value, $800. No. 8 THE POOL. Wilson Irvine, 2651 W. 15th St., Chicago. Value, $200. No. 9 THE SEA SHELL. Lawton Parker, 19 Pearson Street, Chicago. Value, $1,000. No. 10 VOICE OF THE BROOK. Geo. F. Schultz, 818 Schiller Bldg., Chicago. Value, $500. No. 11 LADY IN FURS. Harriet Blackstone, Glencoe. Value, $1,000. No. 12 SUMMER HARVEST. Edward B. Butler, 1608 Monroe Bldg., Chicago. Value, $300. No. 13 SUNDAY MORNING. Wm. Clusman, Art Institute, Chicago. Value, $200. [48] No. 14 AT THE FOUNTAIN. Mrs. Anna L. Stacey, Tree Studio Bldg., Chicago. Value, $250. No. 15 LANDSCAPE. A. H. Schmidt, 2 W. Kinzie St., Chicago. Value, $400. No. 16 MICHIGAN PINE. Alfred Jansson, 323 S. Sacramento Blvd., Chicago. Value, $400. No. 17 THE BEECHES. Lucie Hartrath, 10 Studio Bldg., Chicago. Value, $200. No. 18 OUR GARDEN. Joseph E. Colburn, 77 E. Washington Street, Chicago. Value, $500. No. 19 OVERLOOKING GLOUCESTER, MASS. John F. Stacey, Tree Studio Bldg., Chicago. Value, $350. No. 20 HEAVY SEA IN BAY OF BISCAY. Chas. E. Hallberg, 1114 N. Parkside Avenue, Chicago. Value, $500. No. 21 AT REST. Eugenie F. Glaman, 2850 Lexington Street, Chicago. Value, $300. No. 22 AFTER THE CAMEL RACE, BISKRA. Carl N. Werntz, 81 E. Madison St., Chicago. Value, $500. No. 23 IN BRITTANY. Jerome S. Blum, 616 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Value, $400. No. 24 MIDSUMMER. Marie Blanke, 418 Deming Place, Chicago. Value, $200. No. 25 THE CLANSMAN. E. J. F. Timmons, Art Institute, Chicago. Value, $300. No. 26 PORTRAIT OF Miss DUDLEY. Wm. P. Henderson, 10 E. Ohio Street, Chicago. Value, $1,000. No. 27 THE TENNIS PLAYER. W. J. Reynolds, 3 E. Ontario St., Chicago. Value, $400. No. 28 GIRL IN GREEN WAIST. Karl A. Buehr, Art Institute, Chicago. Value, $500. No. 29 MOONRISE. Rudolph F. Ingerle, 3212 Greenwood Ter., Chicago. Value, $400. No. 30 GOLDEN AUTUMN F. C. Peyraud, 1608 Monroe Bldg., Chicago. Value, $500. [49] No. 31 NOTRE DAME, PARIS. J. Allen St. John, 311 E. 22nd St., Chicago. Value, $225. No. 32 MORNING ON THE GRAND CANAL. Grace Ravlin, 4333 Gladys Ave., Chicago. Value, $150. No. 33 DEWY EVE.- Edgar Payne, 4 E. Ohio Street, Chicago. Value, $100. No. 34 A POET'S DAY. Gordon St. Clair, 26 Studio Bldg., Chicago. Value, $150. No. 35 EVENING OF THE PARTY. W. M. Clute (deceased), The Birches, Park Ridge, Value, $400. No. 36 LA COCINA, BINI- VAST. Ethel L. Coe, 1223 Elmwood Avenue, Evanston. Value, $300. No. 37 MLLE. X. Grace F. McGann, 120 E. Pearson St., Chicago. Value, $500. No. 38 THE OLD BROCADE. Elizabeth K. Peyraud, 1539 E. 61st St., Chicago. Value, $200. No. 39_QLD CHURCH AT Di- NARD, FRANCE. John Devereux York, 1323 N. Clark St., Chicago. Value, $50. No. 40 THE ROUND POOL. Jane Peterson, Elgin, 111. Value, $500. No. 41 THE ECHO. L. O. Griffith, Karpen Bldg., Chicago. Value, $300. No. 42 MONSIEUR ARM AND. Harry Solomon, 1019 Fine Arts Bldg, Chicago. Value, $300. No. 43 BREAKFAST IN THE STUDIO. Arvid Nyholm. Studio Bldg., Chicago. Value, $500. No. 44 LITTLE LACEMAKERS. Jessie B. Evans. 1517 E. 61st St., Chicago. Value, $400. No. 45 CANNING FRUIT. Flora Schoenfeld, 5024 Ellis Avenue, Chicago. Value, $150. No. 46 OCTOBER IN THE OZARKS. Carl R. Krafft, 606 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Value, $200. No. 47 MORNING LIGHT. Frank Werner, 19 Pearson Street, Chicago. Value, $500. [50] Paintings on Porcelain No. 48 STUDY OF HEAD FROM LIFE. Franz J. Schwarz, 3255 ^Washington Blvd., Chicago. Value, $350. No. 49 STUDY OF HEAD FROM LIFE. Franz J. Schwarz, 3255 Washington Blvd., Chicago. Value, $200. No. 50 MARIAN. Franz J. Schwarz, 3255 Washington Blvd., Chicago. Not for Sale. Bronze and Plaster No. 51 BABY BROWN. Leonard Crunelle, Midway Studios, Chicago. No. 52 SKETCH OF FOUNTAIN FIGURE, PRENDER- GAST MONUMENT, KANSAS CITY, Mo. Frederick C. Hibbard, 923 E. 60th Street, Chicago. No. 53 SKETCH OF FOUNTAIN FIGURE, PRENDER- GAST MONUMENT, KANSAS CITY, Mo. Frederick C. Hibbard, 923 E. 60th Street, Chicago. No. 54 INDIAN FIGURE, CHIEF KEOKUK MON- UMENT, KEOKUK, IOWA. Nellie V. Walker, Midway Studios, Chicago. No. 55 HER SON. Nellie V. Walker, Midway Studios, Chicago. No. 56 MARGUERITE. Leonard Crunelle, Midway Studios, Chicago. No. 57 BABY JAN. George Etienne Ganiere, Midway Studios, Chicago. No. 58 HEAD OF LINCOLN. George Etienne Ganiere, Midway Studios, Chicago. [51] [52] "THE SEA SHELL" No. 9 Lawton Parker No. 30 [53] " GOLDEN AUTUMN " F. C. Peyraud [54] No. 2 " MOORLAND DUNES " A. F. Kleiminger No. 36 " LA COCINA BINIVASI " Ethel L. Coe [56] " THE BEECHES " No. 17 Lucie Hartrath "AN AUGUST MORNING" No. 7 [57] Alfred Juergens No. 35 THE EVENING OF THE PARTY " W. M. Clute (deceased) [60J LITTLE LACE MAKERS " No. 44 Jessie B. Evans MICHIGAN PINE " No. 16 [61] Alfred Jansson No. 8 Wilson Irvine No. 5 " COURT YARD- BRUGES " Victor Higgins [64J No. 29 MOONRISE " Rudolph F. Ingerle AT REST" No. 21 Eugenie F. Glaman I! 0% No. 10 VOICE OF THE BROOK " Geo. F. Schultz No. 33 " DEWY EVE " Edgar Payne No. 4 UNDER THE BUTTERNUTS " E. Cameron " HEAVY SEA IN BAY OF BISCAY " No. 20 Chas. E. Hallberg 00 No. 43 " BREAKFAST IN THE STUDIO " Arvid Nyholm No. 6 ''ACROSS THE HILL" Frank V. Dudley " OVERLOOKING GLOUCESTER, MASS. " No. 19 John F. Stacey No. 1 '' ILLINOIS FARM " H. L. Roecker No. 23 " IN BRITTANY " Jerome S. Blum "SUMMER HARVEST" No. 12 Edward B. Butler " MORNING ON THE GRAND CANAL " No. 32 Grace Ravlin SUNDAY MORNING" No. 13 Wm. Clusman l-l O $3 a i w fee 03