Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-06-24


heard scores % sermons for all other
kinds Of suffering men and women. bat
we need sermons that make pleas for
the suffering men and wornen OF Amer
ican art. Their work u more true 20
nature a1d lise than some Of the mas
terpieces that have become IMMORTAL
on the other side Of the sea. but II Is the
fashio - smericarstom mention foreign
artists and 20 know little or vothinc
about our own Copley and Ailston and
fnman and Grecr9ugh end KenSett.
Let the afiuent AinR out Of their VIM
dows and into the back yard valueless
daubs>7n canvas and call in these xplen-
did but iirrewardcd men and tell thc1n
20 adorn your ~raus not only with that
which shall please The taste. but cr-
large The minds and improve the morals
and save The souls OF those who gaze
upon thrsn. Al American cisics need
great galleries of art. not only cpen an
nually for few dsys on exhibition. but
which shall stand open al the wear
round. and from early morning until
zen o'eioCl. at night. and free 70 all who
would come and so.
what a preparation for the wear ar
ear cf the day a five minutes lock l.
he morning az some picture that viii
open a door into some larger realm than
that ia which our population daily
drudges- Or what a good thing the half
hour OF artistic opportunity on the Way
home in the evening from exhaustion
that demands rccuperation for mind
and SOU as well as body Who wiz do
for the cisy where YOU live what vs.. w
Corcoran did for Washington and whas
others have done Tor Philadclphia and
Boston and New York Men OF wealth.
- you are too modest 20 build AMI en-
dow such place during Your lifetime
why not 60 20 your iron safe and take
out yonr last viii and testament and
make a codicii that shall build Cor the
city ~ your residence q throne for
American art2 Take some OF ttat
moacy that would otherwise spoil Your
children and build au ART gallery that
shall associate your nsmc forever not
only with the great masters OF painting
who are gone. but with the great mas
tiers " ho are trying GO live. and also win
the admiration and love OF teus OF thou
sands Of people. wh0. unable so have
fue 4 ctures OK their own. wouId be nd-
vansa ed. by your bencfactions build
Your swR monuments and not leave Ia
"a tn, vhim of others. Some Of the
best people sleeping in Greenwood have
( 40 A,uunsntz AZ on or soiqe erpuhlinc
stoncs that la few wears viii lei tis
rain wash out name and epitaph. while
some men. whose death was the ahate-
ment of a nuisance. have pile of Aber-
4 deem granite high enough for king
and eulogies enough TO embnrrass a
{ seraph. Oh. nun Of large wealth. IN
stead OF leaving To the whim of others
I your monumental commemoration and
epitaphology. 10 be looked al when peo-
+ pie are going 10 aud fro at the burial of
f others. build right down In the heart OF
our great city, or the city where you
/ live. an immense free reading room. or
a free musical conservatory. or free
F art gallery. the inches for sculpture and
+ the walls abioom with the rise and fail
F OF nations. and lessons of courage for
+ the disheartened. and rest for the
weary. aud life for the dead. and $50
years from now YOU will be welding
influence in this world for good How
much better than white marble that
chills YOU IL You put your hand On il
when YOU touch il in the ceme cry
would be a monument in colors, IN
heaming eyes. i'm living possession. In
/ splcndors which under the chandelier
would be glowing and warm. and
looked at by strolling groups with cata-
logue in hand on the January night
when the metropolis where the body
sleeps is all showed under!
The tower of David was hung with
i.OO0 dented shields OF battle: but vsu
Oh man of wealth, may have grandel
tower named after you. one that shal
be hung not with the symbols u car
mage, but with the victories OF that ar
which was so long ago recognized in my
text as pleasant pictures" Oh, the
power of pictures. 1 cannot deride
as some have done. Cardinal Maza rim
who, when told that he must die. tool
his last walk through the art CALLER,
OF his palace, saying: "Aiust quit al
this? Look al that Titan, Look a
that Corregioi Look at that deluge o
Caraccil Farewell. dear picturesl"
As the day of the lord of hosts. &C
cor,iing 10 this text, will serutinize tn,
pictures. I implore all parents to se'
that in their households they hav,
neither in book nor newspaper nor OF
canvas anything that viii deprave
Pictures are no longer the exclusive
possession OF the affiuent. There is no
a respectable home ia these cities tha
has not specimens OF Noodcut or stee
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