The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-05-26

double value, they ornament and
they teach. 1hesehAve no value one
way or the other as sft hut they aEe
very pleasant and useful as hOuse.
Mrs. Stowe then teaches the alpha:
bet OF all true culture, self reliance
and a courage 70 reject the advic8io1
Othersd however pFetentiols, y when
theirsdtcCG are at utter variance with
ones own Impressions. OF course,
TINS does not imply untea achAbleness /;
IL only demandsa reason for the faith
prOdenedi TO ns. SheSayst u5,oy bsrbr
.tIhe great value Of pictures Sor
home should be, after all, in their
sentiment They should express sim
cere ideas and tasbes Of the house
hold, and not the tyraunical dictG Oi
some art C -itic or neighbOr.- It is de-
slrabie that the drawing and painting
should be. good and respectable, aaud
that the family SHOULD be. we well
enough informed to know that 8 pIc'
ture painted On eIjapanned UEadtees
however smooth and pretty. sIEs
should try to eu1tiVate our taste, and
then try to express IT,; but the Eal1a
of family pictures in q. great degree
should consist in the fact. that they
do sincerely. represent our OWN .taGtal
Bnd. preferences, and not thcse Of 9th.
eFs... 1t is -deSiraOIe that these shOsiId
be cultures Tastes, b6t quite -as,much
so that they beRreOI and &enuinasoi a
respectable engraving, that truly ia
tett by the family rs an artistic p1eag,
ure, Is. q better thIng for them fhauA
much hie her enc that. they. do moi
Understand or care for.n eziIs
This is sOundTIdo6trine. hutsJdeli'
eiously incOuoclaStScS :sEhe Nation' p
which has -sneer9a 1at almost all olAI
best men, will give ats aeEhetic linz
an extra curl when u reads thispags.
age. ...--.. Elsni5sl TT......... niI5rzEl
Following ont afhis thought, MEa.
Stowe. com mends al self selected sol
lections, whether they .be .thos0u 0i
some pains-takfDg 1susiness manf and
his plain, excellent. housekespiaa
wife, te whom, taaud Is. Is nelhaE aoRs
row nor shame 10 say II, ga gan1ilz
picture OF q smiling baby, q. good dog,
q fine horse, q bunch OF hOWeEs ia11
worth the whole Vatican ... v1nsl
There Is q world Of sound aKt-eKltli
cism as Wellas common. sense and gei
NAL feeling in this passage, with
which we shall close our extractszI8I
1"Can there beabut one sort OF rAhine
in this WOrld2 and Is not q tuft EOl
moss, in its way as good as an. 1Oak
tfee2 Is It anySsiI not to h0Ya heeE
to Rome and lived, eor any merit q
have doae so ? If your neighbor il
stepped to the lips ina high art. and
So classical that his very chairs have
ages of good authority for his pattern,
! let US not despise him tho refore and
let him not snub and pred deminatt
over his weaker brother, who has col
only so lar ~ = - iscc.s az - ration tQl
the pretty things the Lord makes
when genuinely represented. Stkfasi
thou faith +? 1 lHaVeiit to thyself. D
pland and glOrifyo thy own collection
with q full heart; but be gentle % thy
pext door neighbor whoT eaten only
. 1aTkere are certain huEabIes walks b
art in which excellenc8 consists 6imp
ly in . faithful and truthful repFesen,
ton OF uature, in which the excel
lence Is of q kind Of which common
people can become good iadPasln3I II
takes very little artistic akin oR sana|
70 judge (Whether Q stalk Qf hIDe 7an
tlan Is faithfully paiRted, % the COPS
Of a bunch o1 apple-bl blossoms Ig true
to the emod6t Of its great original. A
host 0f snck simple, 1nexpsnalve orba
nentS, are R1HenIDy Rrang In MS cnrO
mO-Iithography, a bunchsof apple
blossoms, q blue gentlap, so repre-
sented as 70 excel average painting
forms q d0mesGie=OEnmuaenE, unpre
| tending. .unsm bilious, and always
beautiful Never do our hearts CEASE
10 thrill when the time OF year comes
round for their fair originals TO smile
on Us, aad never can We lose tAeSenSC
of beantyih their ImItati0nssF G Iao3
TAT is one of the signs Of the miifen
MUM that real good art correct anC
pure SO far as it goes, is being mad;
the inhoFitaHee of the million, as &c j
fnOR bsing done by the efromO llitf0
graRh ;sRndi we have little symPafh1
with the scornful style IN which Some
selt-important art-crftics have. Sou
demned or Ff6ieused efforts that farI
bEingihR beaaty aud Ipleaslre tO5 n
many thousand hOnaes that nthSTylisi
poverty would keep bare."1. - -,
Bravo, Mrs. Harrl1t Beecher Stowe
But what will Don Positive, OF tsrhG
New York TEibune' Saay ltOyOa93 8 NJ
wait Ia. fear anf ftnenbling fOF his nex
savage onslaught Rate1HlG'i e Rs
gfT sat 10 szs5 psiEs9 3naEnT9goz