The San Francisco call., 1898-06-12
REGINA E. WILSON, Chairman Art Music and Literature Depi..
 California Club.


 oping but much is 0 - "'I0ON' lost to our observation Chairman Art Music Dsp because nature never California Club
 straight
 the spiral remaining always her favorite conse- quence Of this is that development proceeds in a lelsureiy graceful way more akin to unfolding be- tween two forces than to that which we usually ,,n derstand by the term W
 The blossomng time is announced by a cluster or great intellects throwing all their fragrance ana beauty forth until earth seems paradise of inspired and inspiring thought. Then follows a fructiF-t1 ~ seuhs period when the forces quite as active but not so clearly understood " 0S
 The great mass of humanity always rebels against y'nillg that tends to drive it from the common o the excellent from dead blossom to living plant Ae result these seeding periods apt to be full of un rest, dlssat1sfaction and pessimsm.
 Sometimes the conclusion is reached +bo+ a lhlng IS turning backward, when To! the mold sn5 denly parts, the new birth peeps forth and +h ~ 9 gliding upward into purer air ~ s , such period was that which preceded the Chris
 No century Is perfectly adjusted that f. doo. not produce degenerates These are ,,an 1ho 1 oeS excused their evil habits until sacred fire ori1naI given them is cold. they are unable to o5S @ thing to ife's creative impulse " 00u any-
 we may open any page of the worlds history iron, the time of Maneho until the present and everv1h we find their cold, ashen imprint "iieie
 To them, all men of fire and spirit are r,o,s+ In need of restraint, ends rushing mankind to tb h tomless pit Filled with the empty rattn ~ s the pot ana grass they deem themselves greater than inc prophets. tue
 Not that any prophet was ever fuIrv va,,.d h, .,- people, nor any age rightly measured by those vbs studied its dias Homer constantly to the past with US mighty heroes, and Dante the shade or an earlier bard to guide him his way.
 The one question. Am I my brothers kAanA-o,s has rung Its many changes through every centur,, The fact that to-day 1t meets with readier resnons than ever before shows that a new chord has been touched and reveals steady progress along the lines of humanity. ~
 Nations farthest behind at the moment are those that have paid least heed to this question and lie f1rmative response. ~
 Victor Hugo declared that printing would nut an end to the building of cathedrals like Notre Dame And 1t has. Such free has been estab lished between the thinking of nations speakina the same language that thought being forced home to all: Gods noblest temple Is an upright man And no art has ever been great as that will be which shall celebrate every mans right stand erect before his Maker.
 If we consider the whole world, instead of some favored portion of it. must conclude that the great est cvilizng forces to be in operation As the walls have been removed from cities so the walls will be removed from nations. Men will last learn to meet men, the children of common father
 The consummation is long way In the future: Is only the seedtime. When the harvest shall 1t will be greater than any that preceded If