Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1882-09-28
The Culture Market.

There can be no doubt at all that culture
is now in fashion, says the ST. James Gdzette.
The real revolution Of taste OF the last few
years. and the affected astheticism which has
stood to 1t as the doctrine Of the anarchc
Anabaptists on the Continen, stood to the
Reformation. have brought home to the
minds of the e1oteric public two distinct
facts first, that there exists certain
valuable commodity known as culture and
secondly, that this commodity is greatly
priEed by superior persons supposed to be
IN proper position to judge of Its use and
Importance These things being so. moth
ing can be- more natural than that the rx-
oteric pubic should wish to procure
little Of this fashionable culture for itself
at the lowest practicable market quota
tons.
II is generally felt, however. even by the
verIest PhIllstln-. that culture is somehow a
more intangible and subtler kind OF thinx
than any ordinary article of merchandise
You can buy your picture off hand. and have
done with Il forever; il exists thenCefor,h
As a permanent monument of YOUR taste
l"u can hang It up IN your dining room
and say to yonr admirng friends hi, Is
art tins d Dy Blank K A. bought it A
So-and SOS sale very cheap little more
than two guIneas." Nobody can deny that
there YOU have really got high art. But
70 get culture j. felt TO be more Difficult,
and strictly personal thing Il IS some
thing rather more intimate than mere art
something to be acquired. not like a picture.
BY paying down is money prce AZ a single
transaction but ike Greek or a psrislan
accent, by taxing lessons tn which Won con
tribute a certain amount IN personal exer-
ton.
Accordingly large numbers of excellent
people, most Of them IN the middle rank. of
life. have set to work durng the last ten
wears al u mature age to acquire culture
not because they feel the need of IT, but be
cause 1t i nov being talked about 50 much
IN the papers. They nave no doubt at all
As to The ultimate praci!cabg.jty OF their
chosen method. You can buy books; YOU
San buy japanese fans, old china. ChIppen-
dale chars, San Mgrauo g.a.swurA you
can buy grand pianos, Chopin. Schubert, the
music OF the future; and are not these the
component elements of culture Therefore
you can buy culture itself Or, Il il come. "a
learning, Nou can read BOOK, on the Re
Ua.-,auCy the kcual~.auce !, 80 yer, fash
Iouab.e and YOU can get little primers ON
lace, and pottery and textile iahrics. and
N"rt carving al stamped With the othcla
appreciation Of the Department of Se1rucr
aul Art, South kcu,!us,uu II ,uu shake
Your head dl5!u4.ly. d iou hint in passing
that bedford PARK furniture and or.rnta
b..e and ,uh44rI Cuiors, and a.. the re., of
fF tF f.r.F f.frF 4 o.
s!Eu' q an lnSard and ,piritua. grace. with
olt which all these good WORKS avail moth
INK, the bcSl.GcFcd Ph..isjlae hear, 1ou With
lHic sned distress scarcely Anu~.us what
thing be has .efl uudunr that he ought 10
have done Tie ~Aat-. a.ta1lt aus pre-
,.ous care vt preparations, a. tanr The kiug
dom u culture By storm He wishes. Ike
SIMON Nagu,, to purchase an inner grace
., ''nar.e and unaffected otrr oi Inou,,
v hat me iudgNll.a. mldi.r-ot4-s pu...,-
tn, = now doing 10 n.s own home ana III
h., o"n person. the collective m.dIlr-e.a,,
Ph,a-t.Hl,,n Of the great manufacturing
to~as hA' .ous Deru DOING IA i. corporate
capacity. Just A. the .uI ,.Iual millionaire.
the 81 G,orglus Mlll. Of real ..ir bought
pictures by the square yard for h.S own
brand new gallery, 20 the collective m4.;!un-
Alrr' Jp.urd together tu bay calt4re ior 'h..
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'i"ni 'He mos approve" h'deFh lamps n
i"' "'uH"' eNciH '''"'s t"''
money S"u'" Dui 1" MAKE theT own town
Ju'' a. 'ta'''" A''i Ju'' As 'u'''' ated As any
- - mas l""i professors oI SihaAn'
''u sAeie'oi's q ,"c uicsather!uih do"h 70
Ah''4uI''e' from -hf'ri% ana -AhsIo-SaAon
sP'"u'e'' Ana no" tLat theH nave done ali,
t"e! urn anu H ,,H' hA' e''e would you
na,e - ao' Te He' pictures by Ro''e'u
anu tio'lhh" iuh'- We put up stained
S,a'S ol nnFne ones IN our church windows.
asa i'"'e'9oI iiuAiei 70 discourse eNo-
iu',o1 70 u' every autumn, We read fatrr,
anu >! !Ii''u'' ana hatihe" Arnold ana
,o.u'' o. i'i 'i"'e''e, We cover our cha'i'
WIN 'tI'e' from 4IIi"ih Morris and pa
the Nineteenth Ceptur, h con,nir,,nn.' ,,I,c'