Opening Of The Exhibition

The hrst day ol eptemb"r will see tne fruition of years of labor on the part of Lidies and gentlemen who havo freely given of their time and substance to make Detroit's art Interest commensurate with the importance of the city tn wealth and size, and its dignity as the metropoHtan oommunity of the state, and they will on that day be filled with pardonable pride in throwing opeu to the public the beautlful building dedicated to art purposes To ummarize briefiy the attractions ol that exbibition,which have been describec in detail clsewhere, and entirely apart from the building itself, there will be first and foremost the Seney collection, a most admirable selection from tho gallery of Mr. Seney o] Xew York, eonsisting ot 100 pictures, representing must of the great among modern artista. In addition to this large collection the best of the works which have recently been addcd to private gal leries in Detroit and which inelude some beautiful pictures, will increase the inter est in the exhibition. lae property o the museum in paintings, prints, casts :uid objttsd'art will be shown, and the whole in the beautiful setting of the new museum building will con6titute an art exhibition which, if not as large as the famous one of 18S3, will certaiuly equal it in the mcrit of the pictures ahown and surpass it in general interest. UUUKa OF EXTIiniTIOTT. The museum will be open daily from 9 A. -M. to 9. P. M. from Sept, 1 until N'ov. 15, when this exhibition will be closed. l'lie price of admittance will be 50 cents on Monday and 25 cents on the otherdays of the week. As was done during the art loan exhibition of 1883 a coin will be accepted in place of the regular ticket of a'lmlssion. This is done to save crowding around the ticket office and at the door, and has been found a very great convenience. A plan of the building shown on the first page will materially assist vistors in finding their way about the building and save them the trouble of asking questiona. HAII.ROAD EXCORSIONS. Very complete arrangements have been made for the convenience of residents of towns and cities in Michigan outside of Detroit. At the last monthly meeting of the passenger agents for the Michigan railroads, tlie representatives of the roads (entering in Detroit, headed by Mr. Ben Pletchcr, made nn arrangement whereby thrce of the leading roads will carry visitors to the exhibition over their lines for half-fare on one day of each week during the exhibition. This day will be Tuesday on the Detroit, Grand Haven & Milwaukee railroad, Wednesday on the Detroit, LansInfC A; Northern, and Thursday on the Michigan Central. A map showing the central portions of the city together with the locatioos of the Museum of Art building, the railroad stations and the leading hotels will be found on this page, and will be of assistance to out of town visitors to the exhibitiou. If people of great wealth would put themselves on the high platform of public esteem occupied by Lenox, Cooper, Astor, Vassar, Cornell, Corcoran, Miss Catharine Wolfe and Yauderbilt, let them build monuments for themselves In gifts to museums and permanent educational establishments where many minds and heart will hold them in grateful memory and their influence be longer feit than in any crumbling pillar however high. It is impossible to Imítate or revive a 6tyle or school when the conditions that produced it no longer exist. - [Bcnjamine.