Show ENTHUSIASTS SAVE LEIGHTON HOUSE TO ART Mansion to Be Made Center for Concerts Exhibitions and Lectures LONDON July 22 A 22 A few few months months ago Leighton Hon house o seemed doomed The beautiful Kensington home of ot the late president of ot the Royal academy with its costly Arab hall ball and fountain its ideal studio and lovely garden was to be closed to the public frever But art music science and literature have clubbed together to save eave it it and i ithe I the result of ot their efforts promises to exceed their wildest hopes I 1 It was a a. quixotic notion for more than one Influential committee in the past has tried to put the house on a a. safe sate footing and failed tailed Where the at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt to raise a large capital sum In Indas Inda's days s of ot peace had failed how could It succeed in war ar time and moreover when it must be confessed the are spirit of at the times is largely out of sympathy with that ot Lord Leighton As a n matter of at fact tact no such thing has ms been attempted In the first place Leighton heighten House Houle has long ceased to be associated exclusively with I life Ife quid and work For many years ears it has been seen the center of artistic activities of many kinds The Leighton House chamber concerts have come to be re regarded regarded re- re by musical London as among the finest examples of this kind In short Leighton House has become symbolical of the highest traditions In all aU arts and t to kepp keip It endowed with this distinction will be as much the aim of the new society as the existence of the house itself The Tho Idea ida of raising n It large sum of money on sentiment at these times w was s never entertained for a moment In Instead Instead Instead In- In stead the promoters of the new scheme echeme hit tilt the happy Idea of ot placing the house houe studio and gardens Just as they ther stand In all their loveliness at the tho disposal disposal dis dis- dis- dis pozal of an any artist active or passive for tor the small annual subscription of ot 10 For this modest sum individual members members members mem mem- bers can call give II concerts art exhibitions lectures at homes garden parties or hold meetings not merely once a a. year but as often as the committee deems advisable It also will entitle them to attend the monthly conversaziones given by the society for the closer intercourse of ot all artists and art lovers The society does not expect to begin active operations much before the autumn and not at all an even then If it a sufficient number of members are not forthcoming Three hundred is the number of at original members invited Invite l. l But faith in the success of ot the project projects Is s shown by the list of those who have lent ent their names to the scheme Among them are the bishop of London the earl and countess of Darnley Lord Napier of Magdala Canon Lady Sir Edward Elgar El-ar Sir Hubert Parr Parry Bart Sir S. S C C. Makenzie Maken- Maken zie Sir VIllIers Stanford Sir Clifford Albutt regius professor of physics Cambridge e Sir Whitworth Wallis I Hamo R. R A. A Frank Fran I R. R A. A Sir Arthur W. W Pinero Sir George Alexander and Sir J j. I Forbes |