Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-04-26
IsARTisrlC MOSCOW.
The capital Of Idaho. which !.

The capital Of Idaho. which !. M,
slow IN boasting whenever occasion
presents itself, of the great moral and
intellectual refinement of the Boston
OF the West-sBoise, the Beautiful !,
The zine arts" are encouraged at the
capital, and none more so, among Al
the refined ism, than is the hiphly
eIevat'ng, paraIyzing, nose-latteniuo
and face-battering art of pupilism.
Now it is different with the low. bred
and 'lliterate mob Of Moscow. That
town has not the refined character
lstlcs OF the capital. The other dav.
while one of these artistic exhibitions
was progressing toward the end of
the first round the officers were there
with Knockout determination, and
such stampede you never did see.
as the patrons OF the noble art began
to fiee, and they trampled each other
down in the mud, as from the scene
they wildly "scud." We cannot SER
iously blame the Moscowites for such
an utter lack of appreciation of the
high art when compared with the elite
characteristics Of the capital, which
characteristics have had time to grow
and develop in Boise, by constant
cultivating and training of the artistic
taste. Moscow is young town, and
cannot be expected to reach in one
jump the high peaks of refined ex-
cellence attained by Boise by years
and years of persistent and steady
climbing. Then, again, Moscow is
not blessed with the fine and refining
"ltalian skies" of the capital, which
have such beneficial and refining
effect on artistic tastes. Moscow,
through lack of appreciation of the
nobleness of art seeks to uphold
law OF the State enacted by c,arse
set of Legislators to prohibit the
beautiful, batterlng art. Not so with
Boise. She will not allow art to suf-
fer for the sake of law that cruelty
seeks to deprive US of our liberties
and inaienable rights to practice the
noble and manly art of beltemon-
thejaw and smashemintheribs, which
law in effect says: "Thou shalt not
batter the form Of thy fellow man in
the name of pugilsm." No; when it
comes to a set-to between moral and
intellectual refinement of the nature
referred to, and the law in opposition
thereto, Boise will be in the ring
every time, and it is safe bet that
the law will be knocked out in the
first round, and sent reeling and
bleeding to its corner, and all the
sponglng and other revivifying atten-
tions that can be given will not be
sufficient to bring it to life in time
for the second round. Boise is a
sumner, with many fine and strik-
ing professor;" fine art has won 'er;
that the gods of art may ever thus
bless 'er, is the wish of the lovers of art.
Poor, unpublished Moscow, for thee we
shed tears. We thought you'd to the
head go, but now we have fears.
Your ambition it has been, to rush
right in and win-to take your place
at the head of the class, but now it
looks, alas! alas! as if you'll surely
ego to grass" and when the test
comes, fail to pass; you've made of
yourself a big jackass, by ousting
art the very first pass, and all we can
say is, alas! alas! cup the fume,"
young, silly Moscow, now you will
surely have to go. Boise now claims
the seat of art, and proposes with 1t
,o,,r IN mont So he il