Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-11-08

been haruiy jt on the coat over ms lele
sueha ~ 1sbep he went anywhere ne ~
liz hat ius lbs hand closely presS9u Ashnrv
mm4nh sThe world renowned plSnoP arc
had q salary o 1854 q year. 'andnred the
nat only ones who have enuufsu ,itb
hoI Wy annscci ition. Let men Oh "a nv
iaek ,,pder their patronage ,;ss
take sspnusr OF art. They. mt
suNelane ,o;nf they make no strlke J.
htsha. y.opes. But with q keebtees .ayo
IN organization which nlmoss more
bar,cterizes genius, these artists SUI There
nanyoua Int God can realize;
thal ~ ~ q concerted effort for the suier-
ne artists of America, MOI entimeneaa INF
Ins ahout what we owe TO artlsts, DuI
eou.se tbat give them a livelihood, lor !
~ .o' =, mi sympathy with the Christ'uh ~
o. who was very busy gathering ns orPa
nles and someone asked him 70 pIa' sotan
moor family, the father Oh whlen sI cannof
P;g"y Iag. and Che busy farmer said; NM NO.
MS ~ Soy 10 pray, but you can 20 doNh iu.o
t H. .eiIar and get some corned peel and D oan
- and eoys. and potatoes; that u an -
- - Artists NAV wish Tor our pfaJrie,
hn. tbey also want praetieai hsP ~
who can give them work. for all
Won have heard scores oil serBons - hit
o.hor t;nds of suffering men and women, puS
otnsr NJ l. tbe first sermon ever preached
tbat made n plea for the suffering men ~
nnraan NJ American art. Their work ~ =
49, 20 nature and life than any Of the mae
tarnieces that have become Immortal on = :,
otber side OF the sea. but IL is the Iasnl ~
Americans to mention foreign ar.Is.s' ~
to know little or nothing aoous Groom
Coniay and Allston. and Inman, and ureen-
NJ, and Kenset. Let the atfinent ming ous
~ 4he;r windows and into the PACK yaru
UaI,olosa daubs on canvas and canin tnepo
snIand;d but ~unrewarded me1, ana zen tnem
10 ndorn your walls, not only Win 'n %e
u,h;cb hail please the taste, but enlarge we
mind and improve the morals anu s"'e
souls of those who gaze upon en- .;t;cs
Rrooklyn, and all other American cities.
nood great galleries of art, not only open
annually for q few days on exhlDition, pu1
abicb ebaN stand open all the year rouhu,
and from early morning nntil ~ CLOCK ~
NIGHT. and free to oil who wouiu come and
go, What a preparation for the wear anu ~
tear of the day a hve MINUS rs;n onen q
door INFO some larger realm than tnat IN
which our population daily drudgel Or what
n good thing the half o OF artistic oppor-
unity on the wal home in the evening from
exhaustion that demands recuperatIon I9r
mind and soul, as well az bodyl VINO WIN
dc for Brooklyn or the city. where you i've
what W. w. Corcoran did for Washington
and what / am told John wanna
maker. by the donation oil De
Munkacsy's great picture, Christ before
plate u Is rojnr to do for Philadelphia! Men
ofweaith. If you are too modest TO buhd ana
endow such a place during your hietIlne, WHY
not go to your iron safe, and take out you,
last will and testament, ana make u couici'
that shall build for the city Of your residence
a throne for American arr? Take some oil
that money that would otherwise spoil your
children. and build an art gallery that shaii
associate your name forever, not only Win
the great masters of painting, who are gone,
but with the great masters who are Trying 70
live: and also win the admlratioh anu
love of tens of thousands OF peopse,
who. unable to nave fine pictures OF
their own, would he ~adyaDtaged by
your benefaction. Build your own monu'
ments. and not leave 1t to the
whim Of Others. some OF the best people
sleeping in Greenwood have no monument
at all. or some crumbling stones that IN o
few wears will let the rain wash out name ana
epjtaph: while some men, whose death was
the abatement of q nuisance, have a pile OF
polished Aberdeen high enough for a KING
and eulogium enough to embarrass aseraph.
oh. man of large wealth, instead of leaving
10 the whim of Others YOUR onumentalcom-
m~emoration and e~pitaphology to be looked
at when people are going to and fro at the
burial Of others, build right down in the
heart ~ofonrRrcat city, or the city where you
live. an i'm Hiense free reading-room, or a
free icalsonservatoryssor a free art gal
lery. The inches for sculpture, and the Sails
abioo1n With the rise and faii of nations, and
lessqs of courage for the dfsheartened, and
restIbr the weary, and life for the dead;ka nu
years from now you viii be welding IN
ueuees in this world for good among those
<hose great-grandfather was your great
xra ndchild. How much better thar
'nhife marble that chills you Il
you put your hand on it when kyou
tonchit in the cemetery would be a mpnu-
ment in colors, in beaming eyes, in lying
possession, in splendor which unde4 the
chandelier would BE glowing and warm} and
looked at by stroliing groups 10 fcatapgue
in hand on the January night wen TIL nee
ropolis where the body sleeps 1e4ll srpwed
under. The tower of David waG with
one thousand denied shieldSof Hhttle but
you, oh man of wealth, may bax4 q ~ bder
tower named after y%ou.Sone. INT ST be
hung not with the symbols ot<&rnaGX but
with the victories OF that artswhch so
long ago recognized in my text as ''ple fant
pictures
Oh, the power of picturesi cannot drride,
as some nave done, Cardinal Mazarin HFho,
when told that he must die took his last
walk through the art gallery of his pI1ace,
saying, Must ! quit all this? Look hat
Titiani Look at hat Corregiol Loxk at
that deluge of Caraccil Farewell, ded pic.
turesi" As the day of the Lord ofHos$ nc.
VI " tAAG AtAb WIN tANE IN7
lures, ! implore all parents to see th8f in
their households they have neither in ok or
newspaper or on canvas anything that w5lSe-
praye. Pictures are no longer the excfu SIC
possession ofthe a%fiuent. There is not. a n
spectacle home in these cities that has mol
specimens of woodcut or steel ~engravings, i
not of painting, and your whole family viii
feel the moral uplifting and depression. Hav.
ing nothing on your waIl or in booksKthat
will familiarize che young with scc1F sol
cruelty or wassail; have only those 81 {tches
made by artists in elevated moods, anJ1fone
of those scenes that seem the prodhet ar.
tistic delirium tremens. Pictures are ntt on.
ly a strong but universal langGageATkh u.
man race is divided into almost as ma1E Ian.
guages as there are nations, but the p&knres
may speak to peopleHtsnHS 9dares Ydtppuk
many have hopeds VIII Htt1e reason. Eouka
become a worldwide language. and pr Hers
types nave no emphasis compared with it.
We say that children are fond of pictures
but notisaany ulaa khen hestakes up abook
and you will see that the first thing that hs
looks at is the pictures. Have only those in
your house TINT appeal to the better nature
One engraving has sometimes decided an
eternal destiny. Under the title of fine arts
there haye come here from France a class OF
pictures which elaborate argument has tried
to prove ~irreproaehable. They would disgrace
a barroom, and they need to be e~onfiscated
w VIII EdTTN INC DlCIuFet OF Inpil
rfather's house with them clear on to the
grave. and, passing that marble pillar, will
take them through eternity
Furthermore, let all reformers, and all
Sabbath school teachers, and all Christian
workers realize that If they would be effec.
tive for good, they must make pictures, il
not by chalk on blackboards. or kindergar.
ten designs, or by pencil on canvas, then by
words. Arguments are soon forgotten: but
pictures, whether in language or in colors.
are what produce strongest effects Christ
vas always telling what a thing was like,
and His sermon on the mount was a great
picture gallery, beginning with a sketch of a
city on a hill that cannot be hid" and end
ing with o tempest beating against two
houses, one on the rock and the other on the
SAND. The parable of the prodigal son, a
picture; parable af the sower, who went forth
to SOW, a picture; parable of the 10 virgins,
Q picture; parable of the talents, o picture,
Inc world wants pictures, and the appetite
begins with the child, who consents 10 90
early to bed if the mother will sit beside him
and rehearse a story, which is only n picture
When we see how much is accomplished in
secular directions by Observation-Disclosures
tragedies a picture, Victor Hugo's writings
all pictures, John Ruskin's and Tennyson'.
and Longtellow's works all pictures-whyn moi
enlist, as FAR as possible, for our churcbe,
and schools and reformatory work and evan
geilstic endeayor, the power of thought that
can De put into word pictures. if not picture.
IN color! lea, why not all young men draw
TOT themselves on paper, with pen or pencil
tnell coming career Of trtuc ifthey preie,tha
o. wee IL they prefer that. After making In,
picture, put it on, the wall, or pnsfe Il
On the ny leaf of some ~favorite book, that
You may have it before you. l read ths
Iother day of a man who had been excuta,
F~i3nanuroer' and the iailer found afterward 1
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