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Executive Committee Chairman DOUGLAS VOLK, N.A. Vice-President National Arts Club Treasurer COLIN CAMPBELL COOPER, N.A. HERBERT ADAMS, N.A. President National Academy of Design JOHN G. AGAR President National Arts Club PAUL W. BARTLETT, N.A. President National Sculpture Society EDWIN H. BLASHFIELD, N.A. President Fine Arts Federation of New York Pres. Nat. Institute of Arts & Letters ARNOLD W. BRUNNER, N.A. WILLIAM A. COFFIN, N.A. Chairman American Artists Committee of 100; Hon. Pres. of the Fraternite des Artistes, Paris C.C. CURRAN, N.A. DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH, N.A. Honorary President of the National Sculpture Society CHARLES DANA GIBSON President of the American Society of Illustrators CASS GILBERT, N.A., LL.D. Former President American Institute of Architects PHILIP L. HALE, A.N.A. FRANCIS C. JONES, N.A. ALEXANDER KONTA Chairman National Arts Club Defense Committee W.H. LIPPINCOTT, N.A. ERNEST C. PEIXOTTO, A.N.A President, The MacDowell Club of New York City GARDNER SYMONS, N.A. J. ALDEN WEIR, N.A. Former President National Academy of Design [[Image: Blue stamp with two figures, one standing and one kneeling. At bottom are words, "SERVICE TOGETHER"]] Seal "Service Together" Stamps, printed in colors, will be sold for the purpose of establishing the American Artists' War Emergency Fund. Stamps may be ordered at the rate of one cent each in quantities of twenty-five and upwards. "We Must All Speak, Act and Serve Together." The National Arts Club AMERICAN ARTISTS' WAR EMERGENCY FUND 15 Gramercy Park NEW YORK May 9th '19 My dearest Douglas, I am enclosing a clipping which gave me an alarm -when I read the heading - but soon saw that you were safe at Liverpool- & now you must be in France. I hope the weather is fine- and you can enjoy running about and visiting old landmarks- It will be so fine for us - when once the letters can come along with some regularity. Mrs. Johanson called me up today. She said the "ban" would not be lifted for some time - probably - and one thing was said to me by Mrs Bydee which was - the Cecilia Beaux was going to Europe next week to paint portraits and was going to take Miss Taggert with her! Evidently Miss Beaux is telling of her journey anyway- Such a time as I am having paying bills - and putting away receipts - and counting up expenses - and I dare not get anything for myself. I so want to get a car - as it seems so necessary- I am going to the Dodge