The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-04-27
R, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1899.

kind, known from its colossal size as
the colosseum, covering five acres of
ground and having seating capacity
OF over eight thousand spectators. 1t
was finished in the year 80 during the
reign of Titus. Built of marble col
umns, and pilasters in the Dorlc,
Ionic and COrinthian style, it is con-
sldered the most marvellous architectu-
raj creation, and is in fair preservation
to this day. The grandest decoration
OF the world can be seen on the ceiling
OF the Sistine chapel in Rome, the work
OF that giant in painting, sculpture and
architecture Micheal Angelo, who spent
live years upon the work. An accurate
measure OF a nations greatness, pO-
litical power and influence is It's love of
art and its capability to achieve great
things in color, marble and architec-
ture. Lasting monuments to the glory
OF the once powerful, but now Justly
and deservedly dilapidated kingdom of
Spain are the mosque of Cordova and
the palace of the Alhambra at Granada,
built respectively in the eight and four
teenth century. Between the years
1000 and 1900 before the Christian era
Egyptian architecture had reached its
highest developments, and that is when
she also reached the zenith of her poll
| oc
can spring only from profound popu-
lar delight in expressions of truth and
beauty. 1t is natural for people to love
pictures, and while all great paintings
are surrounded by mystery, and we may
not understand all that the artist has
expressed, yet the fact remains that our
hearts delight in the expressions of
truth and beauty, which our minds as
yet do not grasp. A great painting is
not primarily instruction, or essentially
religious, or theoretical, but rather ethi-
cal; and delight is a moral quality,
which we all possess.
The natural sphere of the human
mind is love, truth and beauty cart
is in concealing art" and he who sue
ceeds in doing that, becomes a master
| Of art.
Let me illustrate this: On former oc-
casions, when | was called upon to
shower upon you gems and pearls as
they fall from my lips, stood in the
open field, today being the quarterly
meeting, | have, for obvious reasons,
sought to conceal myself behind this
pulpit, but have failed in doing so, con-
sequently am not master. But do
not, pray, construe my saying, "that l
sought to conceal myself" as meaning
that am piece of art, because, as you
have no doubt, found out there is moth
ing artistic or artful about me, unless
perhaps it be the garments that adorn
me, and they are not of my creation;
but whosoever constructed them, was
certainly master of his art, because
he has so we'll succeeded in cOncealing
| it, that a casual observer would be at
loss to say whether they were made by
| a bOiler-maker or a cooper. At the
first glance he encounters the rivets,
which are part of boiler, and by
little more careful observation he will
find the hoops, which are the cooper's
stock in trade, and the mystery re-
mains unsOlved and the master in his
glory.
The great national school of painting
that different nations have at various
periods, produced with their masters,
has for many years been in France, and
has ruled the artistic world with an i'm
perial power. Judging from the events
that have recently taken place in the
Mock-Republic with apologies to the
godfather of the Mock Congress) France
is doomed to lose her prestige in the
near future, and artists say that the
next great school of art is to be the
American, in the United States, but I
think, of course am not an artist, still
can think, that is if were capable of
thinking, 1 would have right to think
that universal school of art can not
be established in the United States as
long as leading citizens of such states
as Arkansas, Mississippi and others of
the same type are permitted to display