La Junta tribune., 1899-05-27

and fearless, a man seldom found
in any rank in society and worth
descending far in society to seek.
The wife OF Burns was OF a
singularly quiet disposition. devou'
and calm OF mind. Their son,
Robert Burns. inherited the brain
and general superiority from his
father, and from his mother he
drew his lyrical gift, his wit and
his mirth. His birth place was a
little mud walled cottage on the
banks OF the Doom, about two miles
from Ayr. His childhood days
were hard and solitary, but his
hunger for knowledge was so grea;
that all his leisure moments were
employed in diligently seeking to
add to his store Of knowledge. We
see him sitting a, his meals with
spoon IN one hand and book in
the other He poured over Pope
while driving his cart or walking
to his labor. He fingered over the
ballads in his cold room by night
While whistling al the plow he
began to invent new forms and was
inspired by new ideas 1t was
among the furrows OF his fathers
field thai he was inspired with the
perpetually quoted wish:
.-rha, for poor auId scotland's sake.
some useful plan book could make.
Or Stag soDv at least "
John n. Mil!ers Grafton. en-
titled The Other Side OF the
Plates" was IN part as follows;
The first knowledge OF pho,og
raphy was obtained during the age
of superstition, when people dis
believed and oftentimes put to
death those who were successful
in making discoveries which would
revolutionizc the world When a
great philosopher would announce
his belief in certain possibilities,
he was made an object of scorn
and ridicule. But that age has
passed and now man can express
his opinions freely. This is an age
when nothing surprises us and
nothing seems impossible.
During the great interval be-
tween these two ages. the art OF
photography was growing and was
found 10 be something worth con
sideration. Many men went to
work and soon developed an art,
a science and an industry out of
what had seemed only the belief or.
imagination OF some investigator
Photography is the joint product
OF optics and chemistry and is
bound up with the theory Of light
and solar physics. Whether as re-
CARDS the chemicals he uses or the
instrument with which he works,
light is the subtle agent. the grand
motive power wherewi,h the pho
tographer produces his results.
The unthinking goose-quill OF
the poet is no more able to write
than the unthiuking camera of the
photographer is to make pictures.
Both are mighty instruments in
the hands OF mighty men.
Miss Webster began her Grafton
with the declaration that Shakes
speare is a great teacher in the
school OF life and great master
in the school OF art His charac-
terization, not his dramatic com
position, is his point of contact
with us as practical teacher.
"Shakespeare's women" the
young lady declared. "have gem
uine hold upon our fancies because
they present consistent side of
the true feminine mind, and while,
it is true that he idealizes his char
acters, we respect and honor the
ideal"
Portia, from the "Merchant Of
Venice" and Rosalind, from .'As
You Like It.'' were given as types
of intellectual womanly character.
In illustrating her characters Of
Portia, Miss Webster quoted from
the "Merchant Of Venice. ;" in part,