Show THE TWO SALONS the outlook for the regular salon of 1890 is rather queer not since ten years ago has the horizon been so clouded with lea iles petite mi seres as it is ie at present there is no doubt about it the old salon has lost many of its hobt glittering lights who have gone over to the new salon or as it is called ie cle salon aristod aristocrat rad ique que 11 of whom M Meiss ioner js ja the presiding genius this salon has as 8 its basis the encouragement coura gement of art for arts sake alone lt it does not believe either in mentions or medals but considers it honor enough if an artist sends in a picture with which they y are satisfied by they I 1 mean uch buch men as carolus duran gervea dagnan bouvier roll boll diaz cazin MOB aloner pavlo de Clia chavannes vannes etc if he is made a member of ahe the society at first the rules of the pew society were the reverse of liberal oi or broad in any sense one could not send to the society unless by the formal invitation of cazin and then if one sent to the now new society one could not fend end f to the old but now is to is said more liberal measures have been adopted the old salon will have one indisputable advantage Vall tage says an american artist who knows parisians Pari Parta laDS well it Is more convenient than the champ demara de mars and custom will turn the C feet of the multitude nex next spring tpring to ward their old haunt the e palais de industries Indu the sound of thia the champ de mars awakens bittersweet bitter sweet recollections eions in the minds of most frenchmen and americans it recalls aching eyes blistered feet tired necks and trac frac turid tu red tempers not to mention disputes with imperious and spoiled were running paris last summer people are quite willing to leave chaat champ de mars alone for one season the he quarrel between the two artistic factions to is much to be deplored the stronger will of course prevail to the extermination oi of theother the other or possibly the government will again take the management of the salon into its own hands the society of french artists have managed the exhibition successfully cess cen fully for the past ten years yearn taking it from the government officials who had not been especially brilliant in its management hitherto pere Meis Mels the author of the now new movement Is called le ie doyen 11 1 1 or father of french art by many ot of the artists he to is dignity his repose of manner and patriarchal head being always noticeable in any assemblage sem blage he has not exhibited in the salon for many years on account of a former unpleasantness with its members but he was chairman at the universal exhibition and insisted that some recompenses affen n to frenchmen and foreigners chuld d be exempted in the regular INS salon to be exempt meaning that one has the right to send a picture without its being judged by the jury who are obliged to take what is vent pent the idea met with great opposition from the first A A tut turbulent meeting was held and mr mels meis conler despite his dignity and presence was saluted with yells of C tais toil assell Ass assell ezIll assied tol toi A I 1 las les lee stran stranger gerl when he attempted to audress address the crowd of excited artists the result was h he put ut on his bis overcoat and left ien follow followed ants by some two dozen of his friends who adjourned to mels meis son soni teris urs house and there formulated the new society six hundred exempts emp tal were proposed for the salon which already has and considering that only about 2500 oils oil are it if orders motion had been adopted it would have been this year a salon of exempts the tin unpopularity popularity of his idea was shown by the vote taken at the stormy meeting against recognizing exposition awards for recognizing them 82 not voting even the artists artiste who had most to gain opposed the motion there is a feeling that it would cheapen and take away the prestige of the salon awards but rumor says the new society is constantly increasing in numbers and many artists artiste interested te rested I 1 in the new move assert that the old salon is dead the french say any it is always the unexpected which happens and it will be canous to watch the course of events next spring |