Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-02
hsastion that demands recupers'ion for
mind and anul So yell "A hnNQi Who will

l1saettOn that demands recuperafton for
tm;ld and soul IS well a5 body! Who will
do TOR Brooklyn or the city where you
live what w W Corcoran Old fer Wash
irgtor, snd what an told John Wanna
rsser, By the donation OF De NuIkscsy's
crest pictars, "Cnrist before P.lste," ia
going 10 do for Philadelphia? Men Of
wealth, If you sre too modest to build aud
endo1 such place during your lifetime,
why not go to your iron ssfe and take out
your last will snd testament, and make 8
codicil shat shall build for the city Of your
residence 0 throne ioi American arr?
Take some Of that money that would
Otherwise SPOIL your children, and build
81 art gsllery thst shall associate your
name forever, not only with .he grea.
masters OF painting who are goue, but
J with the great masters who are trying to
, live: and slso win the
| ADMIRATION AND LOVE
OF teLs CT thousands Of people, who, IN
sble to have ane pictures of their owp,
would be s6yantsged tyyour beneiacticn.
! Build your own monuments. snd not leave
it to the whim OF others. Some OF the
bes. people sleening in Greenwood have
no monuments ct sN, or some
csumbliGg stonss that in few years
will let the rain wash out RSme sEd cpl
tsph; while some men, whose death was
the abatement Of s nuisance, have pile
| Ct polished Aberdeen high enough for
King, srd eu!oSium enough TO emosrrsss
| 3 S5-sph. Oh, man OF large wealth, in
stead OF leaving to the Hhim Of others
your monumental commemorztion sQd
! sOitsphiologY to be looked ct when peo-
PIE sre going TO snd fro as the burlsi of
! tfJI IN IT
car CREST city, or the city where you live,
az immense free reading room, or 3 free
mGsicat conservatory, CT Tree Art
g'Nery, 'hs inches for sculpture, sud The
walls sblocm with Ihe rise and fall Of
nations, and lessons Of couTsge for the
dishearIered, sad ress for the weary and
lie for the dssd; and so years from now
you will be welding influence in this
world FOR coed among those 1hoee great
grandfather WAS your grsst-grnno-
child. How much better than
8hite m.rble that chille
You Il you put your hand On It when you
touch it in ste cemetery would be g
monument in colors, IL bssming eyes, in
living possession, in splendors which
under the chandelier would be glowing
and warm, aud looked ct by stcolling
groups with catalogue II hand On the
January night, W0en the metropolis where
the body sleeps is all showed under. The
tower OF David WAS hung with 1000
dented shields OF battle; but you, oh man
OF wealth, may have grsnder tower
named after you, one that shall be hung
not with the
SYMBOLS OF CARNAGE,
but with the victories OF tnat art which
WAS so long ago recognized in mp tex: IS
'tpleasEnt pictures" Oh, the power OF
picture cannot deTlde, as some have
done, Cardinal MsZ,rip, who, when told
thSt he must die, took his last walk
through the ar. gallery Of his palace, say
ing: "Must quit all this? Look st
Titan! Look Ct that Corregio! Look
8. thst delpge of CarsCcil Farewell,
dear pictures!" AS the day Of the Lord
Of Hosts, according 10 this text, will
scrutiBiz3 the pictures, I impl0re al
parents to gee that in their households
they have neither il book or neWapapaE
or on cauvSs anything that will deprsves
Pictures are no longer the exclusive posi-
session of tie ,tlllent. There ia not ii
respectable home. in these cities that has
rot specimens CT VFoodcut or steel ems
craving, il not CT painting, and yais
whole family VIII feel the moral uptfss
Ing CT depression. Have nothing on II az
wall OF in books that will femilisri1s the
young with scenes OF cruelty OF WaEsail;
have only those sketches made by artists
in elevated moods, and nCne CT those
scenes thtt seem the product Of artistic
deliriuIn tremeEs. Pictures ere not only
strong, but uaiVaTssl language. The
human race is divided into almost IS
mSny languages ss there are nations, b0t
the pictures may speak 10 pscple Of Gil
tongues. Volhpuk msry have hoped,
wi.h little reason, would become world
wide language, but tie pictorial is always
worldwide language, and printers
types have no emphasis compared with il.
We gay thst children are fond Of pic
ta-es, but notice any man when he taxes
up q book, snd y0u will notice that the
frat thing thst be locks o. IL the pictures.
Have only those in ycur house that ap-
peal to
| THE BEITER NATURE.
Ole engraving mas sometimes decided
Fl eternal destiny. Under the title Of
dae arts there have come here from
frErCa o class CT pictures which elGbo-
rste argument hes tIied TO prove ire
proAchsole. They would disgrace bar
room, and they need 30 BE copfscsted.
Your children vii! carry tie pictures Of
their lsther's houss with them clssr Gu to
the grave, and, passing that marble piilsr,
will take them through eternity.
Furthermore, let all Teformersr and sll
Sabnalh-school teachers. and Ill Christ
tan workers realze that /; they would
be effective fer good, they must make
| pictures, II net by chalk on blackboard,
or Kindergarten desigIg, or by pencil On
capvasg, then by words. Arguments are
soon forgotten; but pictures, whether il
language or in cclors, Gre what produce
strongest effects. Christ WAS 2lwsys
telling whist G thing YES like, and His
sermon on the Mount WAS great picture
gallery, beginning With q sketch Of
scity On = hill that cannot be hid" and
ending with toe tempest beating against
two houses, one on the rock and the 9TH
er Oh the sald. The parable of the
prodigsl con, g picture; parable of the
soEer, who went forth to SOW. picture;
pal able Of the unmerciful ssEs
vaat, picture; parable CT fh&
ten virgins, picture; parable Of the tsl4e
en.s, picture. The world wants s,pic-'
lures, and the appetite begins with the
child, who consents to 60 early to bed III
the mother will sit beside him and re-
! hesrse story, which Is only picture.
When we see how much hos been accomyi
plished in secular direction by plctures-5