The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-23
A SPLENDID PORTRAIT.

The writer has seen the portrait VI Lne
late BRIGHAM YOUNG, now on exhibition IN
the z. G. M. L. window, painted by Mr.. j.
W. CLAwsoN. The artist has certainly
done himself credit and has also done JUS
tice to the foremost man in his day, and for
that matter, for all time, of Utah. The
picture was painted for the Logan temple,
and is worthy of the magnificent structure.
BRIGHAM You've was the founder of Zion's
Cooperative Mercantile Institution, and
THE HERALD thinks it would be graceful
thing for that institution to order duph-
cate of the portrait for its chief office Not
only do we think this should be done De
cause it is due to the man who founded the
institution, but as the institution mas at
all-times been in the lead in sustaining ana
fostering home industries, why should II
not be in the lead also in sustaining ana
encouraging home talent OF as high an
order as that possessed by Mr.. CLAwsoN!
1t is a surprise to The HERALD that there
has been such lack Of appreciation OF TINS
gentleman's ability.
At the late territorial fair there were on
exhibition portraits of quite number OF
leading men of our city which had been
recently painted by an artist from the east,
west or some other place, we do not know
where, that did not compare with MI.
| CLAwsoN's work. and yet we DO not doubt
that the prices paid for the portraits com
pared very we'll, if they did not distance,
with those received by Mr.. CLAwsoN. Why i
is that men will go away or employ stran-
gers to do work that can be better done by
local talent is one of the mysteries that
J hasn't been explained, and never Will BE-
French this and French that, English this
} and English that will always take better
than the home article with many. There
are people who come from the east and are
so well pleased with the Utah goods that they
order suits of clothes and go home to show
them with pride and pleasure; on the other
: hand there are people in this city and ter
ritory who would imagine they were com
: ing down from their high perch of dignity
if they were to dress in suit Of clothes
/ manufactured by the Provo, Deseret
l Beaver or other of our mills.
Men will go to California and have pict
ure painted at high price of some scene
: which has pleased them, when FREI
e I, AA1BouRNE, HARRY CULMER and othel
e home artists could have done ths
y work more artistically and for les
g money, saying nothing Of the pride
It that must fill ones heart when he looks a
a painting and realizes that it was hom
talent that produced it. The feelingwhicl
,e causes one to long for something from
/ distance is not the kind which should b
= cultivated.
" IA prophet is not without honor save i
" his own country can with equal force b
n applied to the painter, the poet and tn
le manufacturer.
n If we would one and all reflect on the TO
10 lowing it seems to the writer that w
f. would increase In our efforts to aid other
n and that our friends with whom we'mingl
n from day to day would be benefited an
lie feel that they had been appreciated:
of ''Strange we never prize the music
20 Till the sweet-voiced bird is flown;
Strange that we should slight the Vlolets
III Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange the summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one half so fair
AS when winters snowy pinions
Shake their white downin the air.
''Let US gather up the sunbeams,
~ Lying all around our path;
ra- Let US keep the wheat and roses
)se Casting out the thorns and chat;
se Let us find our sweetest comfort
nv In the blessings of to-day;
in With the patient hand removing
"a All the briars from the way.
S Never let it be said that we treat
md painters and poets as the violets ar
md ferred to in the above.