The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-22
AMATEURS.

time Of life, and yet of oil disagree
able people the amateur can, AM
frequently does, make himself thu
most disagreesble. And yet there
are very pleasant and really agree
able amateurs. Unfor 5unately these
latter are not 50 numerous as the
other class. The amateur species
finds its origin In that quality which
approaches man more nearly to the
monkey, namely, imitatiVeness. Il
the amateur could be simply what
the term implies in its restrlc-
ted sense, he or she would
be really delightful per-
son; but this is none too fire.
quentIy done. The amateur, in its
proper sense, is mere lover of art
one who is contented to admire
and cherish art for arts sake. I'm
happily, this ia not the popular de-
finition, which will be found more
nearly described in the dictionary
under the word "bore." This class OF
amateur exists in great variety
There is the amateur actor, the
amateur painter, the amateur mu>
sician, and so on. Perhaps the most
deplorably infatuated OF these Is the
amateur painter. He has little
knowledge of drawing, no idea of
colofing, no sense Of real art,
but he makes up for the
lack Of all these with
dissatisfaction and conceit. His
(and sad as it may be to admit it.
hr) principal characteristic is what
some call "cheek." and others
"gsll," and this too frequently is
mistaken for commendable conf
dence in self. The most meritorlous
work of this variety Of amatuer is
effected by means of a piece Of
tracing paper and black pencil.
There is so much good
and original drawing in The
world, that it is not a.
difficult matter to appropriate az"
ures in that way without exciting
suspicion. Another characteristic
of the amateur PAINTER is to declare
you are either warped by vile preju
dice or are 8 downright fooi,
if yoa venture to suggest that
his work is not of the
highest order. The newspaper that
doesn't ''gush" with fulsome praise
over his Indifferent efforts is az |
enemy to art, and trying to crush |
budding genius.
And then there are the amateur |
musicians. the piano banging fends |
and horn-blowing enemies to man
kind, who must needs sit up late at
night and rise early in the morning
when reasonable beings want to en-.
Joy repOse, and make the air resound
with unmelodiOus and spasmodic at
tempts at SONS popular melody, or
blow their cheeks loose in ear
splitting efforts to produce melody,
as if it were possible to get sweet
sounds from brass without modify
ing or SIN offering the sOuI.piercing
strains with the noise of some less
Infamous instrument. The amateur
musician will study and practice ,
for years, and then render a piece
with calm disregard of its means
ng that one moment is exasperat- I
ng and the next Supplying. He, 8
md the feminine must here, as in a
aw, be included in the term, has Q
Ihown a great deal Of so-calIed mu~ t
ical talent when young, the exhi- t
oition consisting of picking out b
! tune without knowledge oils
he notes, during which pro- /;
ess he will average about u
i've false notes to one correct one. Ia
)oting parents have observed this I
charitable talent, the exhibitor is il
iven into the hands of q music a
escher, who at once proceeds to n
repare the youth for agonizing and T
humanity. 1t may be al
be tortures inflicted by the musical il
mateur are revenge for his youths IL
al sufferings in being prepared a
or the career Of the anna. It
eur. When the musical amateur a,
Ings the cup of bitterness is filled Il
, OVERLOOKING. In this latter event. N
lay heaven help the victims, whoIre
re restrained by society from leave al
lg the room, and who are prevented In
y the statutes from strangling the Ii
niger. Id
Whist should be said Of thel b'