The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-21

which they feel in regard to their lack
Of things essential merely to their ply
steal comfort.
However, 1t ia hardly to be supposed
that these Hull House pictures are lent
primarily for the purpose Of developing
good taste and the artistic sense, al
though It may be that they will make
more than one artist. ! take 1t that
when one of the pictures Qet us say
that 1t is OF graceful childish figures,
beautiful In drawing and in color) Is
brought into some little tenement
home, that 1t first eXcites curiosity and
delight, 1t is hung upon the wall and
then begins that effort to live up to 1t"
which it is the true mission of the pic
ture to beget and stimulate. The wall
looks dinsy in contrast-let 1t be wiped
down and made as clean as possible.
The floor is dirty-it must be swept and
scrubbed. The window panes are dim
they must be polished so that the
light may fall clearly upon the picture
and reveal its beauties. The furniture
Is grlmy, and there are unsightly things
about-there must be thorough busting
and more orderly arrangement. And
the picture must be taken good care of,
for. If injured, they might not be al
lowed to take home another such splen-
did thing, so the children play less OBJ
streperously, and handle all things
more gently. Refinement care, ordili-
ness in the keeping of the house. are
not these some Of the lessons the bor-
rowed picture is meant to teach? And
fhat, xvh 70 hp n fhG ave
what an incentive to worthy ambition,
what a. consolation to the weary spirit!
One day in summer the wide doors
Of a great picture store in Boston were
open, and several fine pictures, plainly
to be seen from the street, lured me In
for a nearer view of them. Soon after
there crept in, very shyly, as if afraid
of being ordered out, little, bent
withered old, woman, i'll very shabby
garments. Her brown and knotted
hands told of life of toll, her scanned
and wrinkled face Of life of care. She
slipped about, mouse-like, for while,
then as no one molested or even adj
dressed her she forgot her fears, and
gave herself up to enjoyment. She
| bowed reverently before the Holy
Mother and the Christ child; she BEAM
| ed with delight over the exquisitely
painted flowers; she shook her little fist
in the face of queen looking SO cold
and unmoved upon the suppliant who
knelt at her feet, her face grew calm
again as she gazed into the cool, green,
! restful depths of q forest arcade, and
her eyes danced and sparkled at the
antic games of some merry picture
/ children. AS for me, this one little old
/ creature with q face that mirrored all
the play OF her emotions, was more than
| all the art of all the painters, and in
| trying to look at their work through
her keenly appreciative eyes / saw
/ new beauties and greater merit. When
/ she went away 1t was with lighter
! step. She had had q rarely delightful
/ quarter of an hour, and It had rested
| and cheered her
1 Suppose some one had said to her.
! Take this picture home, take good
/ care of 1t for me: bring 1t back in a
week and then will lend you another"
think the JOY of it might have been
| too much for her, but ! wish could
have been the one TO try the expert
ment Alas for me. I never even
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House people to try, and they are doing
| so with very happy results
A HINT TO SCRIBBLERS.
/ When one has q good deal Of writing
! TO do and has not at hand a reliable
fountain pen, yet for the sake OF speed
would avoid the perpetual dipping In
the ink well, let her try home made
fountain pen, very simply arrange
ment and quite reliable.
| You have only to take two pens OF
the same make and size rather large
pens being the best. Placing the two
one above the other, the point Of the
| lower one projecting very little set
the two together in the penholder. The
space between the pens becomes rese-
voir. holding quite a quantity of ink,
| that flows readily at first, then requires
a little shake or extra pressure to bring
| II down. When the point of the lower
| pen becomes worn take them out and
replace them with the upper pen, the
point of which has not been used at
all, inside the other. The present scrib-
bier vouches for the usefulness of this
kind of fountain" having written this
| description of 1t, about 1870 words, with
two "Tecumsehs" and one filling of ink.
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