The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-09

Ruskin. whose marvellous intuition.
radiant imagination and verbal elegance
and copiousness make him the master or
language often pronounced inadequate
to the expression OF the more subtle end
sublime thoughts and shades OF meaning.
was the subject OF the lecture delivered
before the Seattle Art League and School
OF Design last Tuesday evening. Com
mencing with the hlighted affections OF
his childhood, he was followed from the
stage of blue shoes and ribbons. via frllIed
collars and boyish buttons. to rustling dig
mites OF silken robe and tasseled cap.
and promoted from his niche behind the
drawing room chimney piece to the run OF
all the cloisters of oxford. not emitting
the occasion OF the celestial galaxy OF
four maIdens fair. whom ne describes as
"A southern cross OF inconceived stars
floating on a sudden into my obscure
armament OF a London suburb" which
he further declares reduced him ito =
heap OF white ashes" a mercredi des
cendres lasting four years. year pre-
sumably for each girl. since he does not
specify any one OF them as being the
cremator, or as applying the incnerating
torch. When the young man came OF age
his father made him n gift or 1900 year.
Out of his first annuity the discoverer or
Turner bought one OF that artists pic
lures for $3.50. OF this work he says: 1T
was not piece Of painted paper. but
welsh castle ana Village anu SnbWueN III
blue cloud that bought for my GO" IL
Is safe TO say that today the picture is
but little more than a sheet OF paper
stained with paint. because all or Turn
er's work In fading away so that In
few years there is every probability moth
ing will be left but sheets OF paper show
ing traces OF meaningless stains and the
world Will only have Ruskin's glowing az
suranee that Turner's work was beyond
criticism Ruskin was born hero wor-
shipper His trinity was Titan, Carlyle
and Turner the two last named being
usually spoken OF by him and addressed
as master" His style Is vigorous and
often siashIng: he either iauds or de-
nounees with superlatives of last degree.
His sarcasm was remorseiezs and wither-
ing hts wit keen and his praise unmeas-
urei. that they were always well directed
Is open TO question. lady admirsr de-
scribing one of his monolcgues at desert
SAYS: THE test was that Strawberries
should be- ripe and sweet. that there
should be a standard OF fitness applied 70
every detail OF life. and this standard.
with a certain gracious malice VII, nos
pftalf:y and remorseiessness, he began TO
apply to one thing and another, 10 one
person and another. TO dress. 70 1000. 10
books. The true lady he said. should
be 4. princess. a washerwornan. yes
washerwomani TO see that all was fair
and clean. 10 wash with water. 10 cleanse
and purify wherever she went. 10 set as
ordered things IN orderly array-tnis Was
A wornan's mission Such has been ms
SURPRISING achievements as a htteratouf
that Ruskin is rarely thought OF as an
artist, much less the master In art tnat
he was. The lecture on Tuesday eveninK
will be by Miss Marie Martin, American
Posters Past and Present" being her SUD
fect Artists and others interested Aa1
/ cordially invited 10 attend.
An important meeting OF the NineteeH'a
/ Century Literary Club vas held last "esS
at Miss Bush's studio. Miss Personeus
presented a paper OF much merit on
Thomas Carlyle" Miss Staenphi com
pared the PHILOSOPHERS OF Carlyle ana Em.
ssrson I'm an able manner. Following 'n0
programme. the club elected 70 mem
bership Miss Clara Hin. who has recsn' -
~ graduated from a three years eoss
J Of instruction under Mr. c. L. sapshs -
Boston one OF the most succes5Aat -
/ ponerts OF artistic pianoforte fe4sai. 70
in the country BY invitation y 80
state federation Miss Hfli viii play z, sn7
convention OF clubs 90 be held AZ ossn ~.
+ pla In June. her selection the oiahcpis
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