The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-24

better On thai account. Or thaf there Is
something wrsux ws-h IRE optic nerves -
s@zses q Those ~so mistake ere twf- Tor
ire o+her Many members C IRE Eeazue
takizg ~ art Ter tire first tire OF rot
Properly tsalned before. have expressed
sarp-ts@ ard pleasure on discovering a
Dat feE weeks that their eyes were Bpea
% forms. cosors. EEnts ard shades q
which they Rad never previously DRAM
&C The sans results can be achieved ~
airy competent person whose vaulpznamt
VII Be TIE better for Including Serra
rewieSEe - ar as sell a. setencs-
7 have fosua coior-sIsndnsxs more
COMMON srsng Esu tran woTnen. Upon
this paint Ell medical men and ! agree
bur. being urinforgzec o. the existence q
t1efTphIiae fhAY cann0t b. expected 20
know that form Kindness Is more prexa-
lent IN veruen Z regret The necessity
which eonrsls me 70 add e TIE multi
tUde - ladies' ailments. Boys take 70
drawing and girls 20 PAINTING the natural
bent o. ths ore beading to handling forms
architecture. engineering. carpentry.
masonry. mechanie arts ana Ike call
t1zss the tastes q ere ether 4 spcs TX
them - adopt pleasing and appropriate
cota-s for self~a8ornment and home dec
Grafton. Although have spent much
time among savage tribes and races, DO
not regard uT experience there as %
highest authorities assure as that color
blindness Is exceediBgiy rare. virtually
unknown to them Hence II has been
concluded and asserted with utmost posi-
tixeness that tae delight taken n color
by savages proves that blindness is
not arnenahle TO training or culture, but
that. rsore probably education tends 70
sggravate II. Or this assumption learned
men have been inspired 20 soberly affirm
that women's fordness for colors is
relic of barbaFisrn. Such confusion OF
thought among men OF erudition Is as
founding What Is sducafion7 We send
children 20 school to learn the three RS
They 20 through schools and colleges,
usually emerging frightened in intellect.
strengthened in understanding and physi-
caliy nimpatFs6-gerhaps A few may
be regarded as greater fools for the train
ing. Those VITO were attentive learned
what they were taught. Many subse
auently use their education as a means
20 an end. perhaps as many deem the
knowledge the end. IncTeduious as u
may seem 20 certain minds the savage
also gees 70 school-a good one. Nature
IS his teacher and he usually proves az
apt as ourselves II not more so. IN learn
Ing his lessons Natures curriculum diff
fers vastly from that OF our own alma
matters IN that she nnites utmost utility
with greatest simplicity. The savage is
taught 10 use bis hands and feet. TO make
and throw weapons Ills eyes and ears are
not neglected as are ours. nor are any Of
his senses. Form. color. natural phenomena
and thu characteristic appearance CT
things environing him. and their signif-
canoe he learns BY heart but al means
20 an end His life depends upon his
promp; and intelligent use Of this train
ing II this be not culture and education
in the sense used by these philosophers. |
do not know what the words mean. To
be sure Ii r. not the education of the
bookworn but beside the savage. the
b0okworm Is often a fool for all his learn
ing With his naked eye the former can
see footprints which the college valedic-
torian could not perceive even with a ten
thousand diameter magnifier- Admitting
this is not the higher education would
not little OF the lower sort often prove
Of inestimable service 10 many OF u.s.
The college graduate may have learned
equations and the number Of beans max
ing 1--WE. but he must 90 10 the savage, or
that chromatic relic of barbarism, his
sweetheart. 10 learn how many colors are
In the rainbow. Only in that al-compre-
heusive and Incompatible system OF edu-
cation. the kindergarten. has any thought
been given 10 teaching something OF color
and form; even there II is as yet in rs
infancy. Like many other great geniuses.
Froebel and Pestalozzi huilded better
than they knew Surprising arithmetic
had been thus neglected how many Of US
could do our sums Most men figure
none too well: perhaps most women can
count all their fingers and toes and the
number OF articles they send TO the iaun-
dry but ask them not 10 solve a problem
in the rule OF three How is this?-a de-
feet In the eye. ear nose, mouth or feel
fnE2 Our theory answers-nO other can.
The best method / know Of for remov-
ing form-hlnaness II modelling in clay or
wax Therein we deal almost exclusively
with forms: light and shade. however. are
factors First attempts are usually 80
Weighted with difficulties and perpleNing
contradictions that there Is great liability
Of early discomfort and abandonment Of
the task as hopeless The work is widely
different from drawing. where a View
from one position only is necessary. In
modelling. Views from every conceivable
position must be had. or. accurately
3udgod in order that the model be dupN-
Gated throughout its entirety-not simply
as IL may appear 10 he. but as Il Is.
which Ia the opposite OF the rule in draw
ing. where We seek only the appearance,
regardless Of actual form. except ae 20
contour Another faculty almost identl-
cal with form IS that which takes cogniz-
auee % height width. depth. distance
or snace and bulk what has been af-
frmed Of form applies with equal force
10 r. When defective. I have named IL
rnegatvph flashed blindness. II plays an
important part IN our Judgment OF per-
spectlve. aerial and linear. Though my
experiments have not embraced music.
concordance there follows as a corollary.
ard 7 am convinced that the theory now
advanced Is the only one which viii ac-
count FOR and cure the faulty ear for
music Were the defect In the orgau ~
hearing. could a person hear the faintest
whisper and lowest audible sound. yet be
unable 70 tell YANKEE Doodle from old
Hundred Again how Is Il that one par
TALLY dear can be n good musician
rFnon what other hypothesis can these
paradoxes be explained"
The Rainbow wifi be considered next
Tuesday evening along with other phen-
nrnena OF the nimbus cloud region. Art
ists and others interested are cordially in
vifed Next Friday afternoon the Octo-
her reception 81 the league viii be held
As usual there viii 30 on exhibition new
PAINTINGS and other works % art, the IN
srection % which nv the public always
aToras qualification 20 the members.
George Peabody
when George Peabody. the eminent
Aa~kar ard militant hrouiss was by tNs