Show old masters in a forest of firs in ill what wits was once an all forest 1 und and what is iri still onu ono of tho the net approaches to virgin forest within it a low rido of tho the heart of any of af tile tho pacific const coast citira thoro will soon bo gathered tog together eaber tile thu most rop rep art collection ever soen seen it in onu one place upon tills conel at tho foot of lofty trew treo which hivo never bowed their heads to tho splendor or beauty ol of liny any thing elso upon tills this earth cheru will bo be placed the paintings of inon whose brushes uro are still bit lowed although choir canvasses are adeas as old its tile tho hearts of tho trees themselves tins this confection or of pictures NY will ill bo be thu the art exhibit of tile tho alaska yalon bacille exposition to bu bo told in seattle be alth ihu first of next julle und and tho laco will ivill beit be a permanent bullit building upon grounds rounda hown out of ii a vir virgin r in tir fir forcum hi it tho out outskirts shirts of tile thu city a forant saved f from tho the hands of tile lumberman beca usei of tho fuel fact aitt it is tho pro lurty of tho of and aidi hold held in trust rust for tho the tho collection of pictures will not undertake to wit 11 the collections galli Ht horod ored in any ot of tile gr great lt galleries of tho i world or ovon oven with the i actions bious gathered by tho the art directors I 1 of tho the columbian reposition exposition in chicago ur or the louisiana pur par chase exposition in tit st louis with these two exceptions how flow over it will bo be tho the most remarkable of auy any worlds fair in tile tho country and will lar far outshine any other exhibition of art in this country because of the limi tat nations ions placed upon it and the instructions given to tile the men who are now in the field collecting the pictures which abich will form it it has taken taked many months to set jet aie machinery of collection in notion the very uniqueness j u tho the idea the exhibition of paintings which belong iu a the great centers of population in tho the a very forest has been a drawback in the beginning ruth but with the idea and the real conditions understood it has been a gr 23 great mt benefit to those in charge of this phase of the exposition ia tho the end I 1 artists and with them art collee collectors tors yare tire notoriously amo among M the the raca with the times and among alood tho the last to pull up uj abreast of thin and so in this case it has bus been found that men inen who were ut at ruther aruthor u ng to allow low their treasures ros to be shipped to seattle have been found to and to be ba hesitant because of the idea ida that their canvasses ought might be slashed and butila mutila mutilated ted 1 by some sudden indian cpr uprising ising ill in it a community which has not seen un an indian except as a seller of caries in atif fifty ty years once convinced of tile the freedom from danger and tile tho fact that seattle is really within the borders of civilization aaion artists and collectors have vied with ono another to aid in the work of making this unique gathering of pictures both valuable aud and representative in III starting out to prepare it the man managers acors have worked along lines more stringent than were i ever before set for the guidance ui danco of oc a siti similar nilar body bay of nien men in in a situ similar ilar work vork they recognized it at tile the outset that tile the pacific coast boast is far distant from tile the other spots ou on earth where longor longer life and greater concentration of population hwi has brought to together r et tho the most valuable ablo pictures they realized tile the difficulties of trails transportation por of those these art treasures and set for the ta sk of collecting and ext echil ail ilaug only tho best there will bo be aeto uther only a little moro more than WO pictures on oil exhibition on but bul every everyone one of those these will be either from tho the walls of one ol of the great art galleries of iho tho world or tile thu work of a man mail who has won a a medal at one of tile the graat international salons I 1 I 1 be con continued Linued next week |