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Show CHICAGO CHIEF IS SHY Declares That Und raped Art Is Too Immodest. I HICAOO, Nov 4 In the opinion Of Chief of Police t'olllns, art in unblushing unblush-ing nakodness is nn eyesors. The classic lines nf the statues on exhibition exhibi-tion at the art Institute and at the Fieiri ( olumblan museum need something some-thing more than sandals and flg leaves to screen Iheni from the public gaze, whit h Ll susceptible to contamination. hlef t'olllns Is for draperies on sculpture sculp-ture not already provided w ith habiliments habili-ments by the artists all this in the Interests In-terests of the public morals. The Chief does not say what drastic measures he will adopt In trying to remedy the ev-ll. He had not decided yesterday Whether a big plaster copy of "Theseus and the Centaur" should be swathed In Indian blankets, or whether B high board fence Bhould he built up about It, up to the level of the shoulders, for Instance. "Every nude statue In public view should be draped " said the t'hlef, "especially "es-pecially a statue of a woman This Is true of the big exhibitions. Including the art Institute, If there are any statues stat-ues there. It does not matter how artist!-- ihe poses imr how graceful the lines, drape 'em all. The Venus de Mllo's draped and she s all right. That kind won't harm anybody. Rut those others are too Immodest." |