Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-04-04
ARour rnH ANcIENrs.

In his "Dlc Aulnuse der KuusL'
r'The beginnings Of Art'J Or. E.
Crosse investigates primitive art and
its sociological aspects. He shows how
in the dance there was social evolution.
The dance was among savagos sig
nlncance end value which civilized
races do not appreciate. The dance orig
inally might not have been for the
pleasure 90 gave. That came later, Al
first the dance may not have been a
preparative for war. or a propltiutury
act; anyhow II brought mon together
land became Il slOlnl factor, II must
1 have gone. too. hama in hand or rather,
foot by foot. with music At hfst such
|music was simply rhytlmlcal Possibly
Hall the early hunting folks danced. We
|may not today deem dancing nm art
| but It was a motive power II must
have helped to bring about personal
decoration, and then came the first
| faint glimmer Of an aesthetic concep-
4 tion.
what f. to be said In relation TO a
Frecout IND made bv Mr. Petrie when
| digglnE AZ Nagudah la upper Egypt?
He came across a cemetery which APP
|parcntly dated as FAR back ms tho
|twelfth dynasty AN tho bodies seem
/ 10 have been mutiluted, and some We're
II NANAaft ifNNtAN'HA AANtAA ~ AINN 80 EAlhIlEH
h as tho dlEeovcry made that tho prln-
|cipnl bones "arc broken on at the mar
|row end and gnawed." So writes that
most careful authority Prof Alahamy.
Pm the Athenloum Was clnnihull7m On
'NoEue them There was found an
abundance OF stone implements. "su-
'perhly worked nints" belonging to the
|neollthic period could tho bones have
|bcCn gunwed by dogs, wolvos or hy-
|enas? Professor Mahlffy writes. mo
Pear now passes without surprises IN
|Egypt. and this seems to be one Of the
.most striking"
One problem fitted for the zeal of
|the folklorist would be the tracking
BACK Of the spider There iB that nice
Htory about Robert Brusc and his hav-
Eng learned patience from the spidor
Prhe Isamiteg use the web OF the snidar
5in the flight ~ the prophet Probably
3the Arabs had II direct from the Jews.
Erhere r. a Talmudic tradition OF David
Flying before Saul and or David hiding
NJ cave, and how he might have been
{liscovered had not a spider woven its
web across the entrance. This IL pre-.
|risely the same incident rs Is used I'm
|fhe heGirL The arachnida spins but
filmsy web, but her nlaments have been
|Etronger than cables, for they sim hold
Hast TO the legends OF the mast
There is curious "Reminiscences OF the
-past in usage by some European moth
PRS. and II IL shown by the keeping OF
Fhe FIRST cast-on teeth--"the milk teeth"
III their little ores-and 10 preserve
hese they give them a golden setting
wearing them In n ring. To n fond
Hnother there can be nothing out or the
way or approaching 70 repulsivenesa
N souvenir of this character. The
preservation OF such little teeth we do
not think is common in England or In
thc United States We make, however.
a distinction between tooth and a
#oclS OF hair. It IS the INTERCHANGEABLE
*1uality OF both things which makes
hem suitable mementpes Nevprthe-
Eess, all poetical sentlmentallty being
Hnut aside, the preservation OF tho tooth
rs return 10 the ways or the most re-
Enote antiquity The excellent lady
[who then Is a mother. and who cuts
Poles IN the lobes Of her pretty ears
and wears on her finger ring with a
little Rnow-white tooth in e. Initiates
IN many ways the tastes OF her an.
cestral sex. say five or ten thousand
Wears ago.
NJ Magnier. whom he studied the evo.
Mutton OF the doll or the marlonneite
Elbows its various stages OF develop.
Rtent. We have first the moving doll
pr mechanical god, created by prlmi.
live man for purposes OF worship. Later
Pnn tstransely enough. such cultured
Rncients as the Crooks and Romans
kAeeu moving efilgies The Greeks had
<nt the beginning constructed MOVING
tatuee, which supposedly had powers
Poi divin8tlon. What IS not 80 wei
Known Is this, that the early Christians
/py no means disolalmed the use 81
[5narionnettes in their worship. Is Nj
alagnin 70 be credited when he says
Tine stHtualre mobile OF the pagan
8templcs now rcappcar In the little NOV.
5abie figures OF the Virgin Mary fhenes
me derivation Of the word Marion.
pette' Christ and the saints2"
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