New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-10

"a one wss s m e g FsS3'nea 70 'A'
question raised q to pc character and worth :,
xaSa really 0 n q
man in society III. faahins proress thsse toward:
s..: w' nation sn sss IA s a v ~
reason Of Ito industry, eommereo ana wea'h or py s
son of ts liberty equality or BY reason Of lie humcr
Gus churches schools, librarics, and newspaper buS
there y hSs ns so pss1, AGAINST
his narrow scoount Of tho matter And perhsp hap,
what Soss h N nS e
our thoushts--what human nature, say, demands In
civilization, II 1t is to stand as high and satisfying
civilization Is bcst escrbed by the word interest
Ing. Here Is the extraordinary charm OF tho old
Greek cviliratioa-thst it Is so interesting. DO not
tell me Sn sy nd o. Of the Of
your Institutions your freedom your equality Oh tne
schools, libraries and newspaper; tell mo also II
your cvflizatIonwhich i the grand name you give to
all this dcvelopment-tell me IL your civilization Is
interesting.
nction and beauty that which Is elevated and tina,
which IL beautiful. Let take the beautiful first, and
f ETSssty this rs IS that cynsons weak Side
little to Sh .a delight se cs Of Of the
the sa8 IN In f.
fortunes tho lnhabitant docs not strike his, roots
v down rho sS ns :e IN W d a% after
farm which the Yankee settler has abandoned IN order
to &c vest s's charm the Of t. S new
ancientncss and permsnenee Of rural life the country
S' even not ss dsse IT high Sss S sS
the Americans come Originally doE the moss u Rs
the sense Of conduct and business is much more
strongly developed than the sense for beauty; ,,as
churches and castles of tho Catholic and foudal age,
and without the house; # tho Nsh a as s O OF oaa
middle GLASS has created in the modern age We should
be In much tho same class as the Americans. we
rsnn. os for S s snse OF beauty through the oys
from tho aspect of outward things. The American
eos ss deal sd i PRODIGY a
ssSn at sns 9 @ '
House or Whitehall One architect Of genius they
s !, asaa ss Mns Of biz was 20 hnim By
the conditions under which he. was obliged to ex,:
no treat IMPORTANCE where ne seems to have had his
own way, TO be fully himself; but that is indeed
best in their archtecteln that art so indicative and
edgcatve Of peoples sense for beaGtys IN tho
often original and at the same time very pleasing,
f%s aeY s aha the oher a and in liter
ature very little has been produced there yet.
asked German portrait painter whom found paint
country. =" How can an artist like III" vas
his answer. The American artists live, chiefly
in Europe all Americans Of cultivation and wealth
visit Europe and more con;iantly The mere
nomenclature OF the country acts upon cultivated
person like the incessant prckng Of pins. What
people in whom TIE sense for beauty and fitness was
Quick could have invented could tolerate, the
hideous names ending in ville the Bicgsvillos Hg-
ginsvilles Jacksonyilles rife from Maine TO Florida
the tumble of unnatural ard inapP orlate names
everywhere7 On the line from Albany TO Buffalo
you have IN part, half the names In the classical
dictionary to designate the stations It is said that the
folly due a surveyor who, when the country was
laid out, happened TO possess classical dictionary
but people with any artist-sensc would have put
down that surveyor. he Americans meekly retain
his names; and, indeed. his strange MaIeelus OF
Syracuse f. perhaps, not much worse than their con-
genital Brggsvilc. ,,. l.,
the United States for the sense Of beauty. AS TO as
tinction aud the interest which human nature SEEKS
from enjoying the effect made upon II by what IS ec-
waited, The case is much the same. There Is very
little to create such effect, very much 10 thNat
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ca and against the sense Of elevation to be gained
through adnrng and respecting IT, Inc tIofinGC ND
ton OF the average man. who IS quite religion Win
statesmen and publicists there, 10 aeanst II. nc
addiction TO the funny man." who is Naii0hai WIS
fortune there. IS against IT, Above all the news
papers against II.