Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-23

sSSary to spread the ioNe ior az alhoH6
the masses of the people he followed up
his advice by giving drawing lessons
every evening for four years IN nlght
school for adults. This was from 1908
to 1858. Twenty years later ne op1ec.eu
to the intrinsic character q h'oasri' L
iron Work. No one needed MN, SO ne
quietly went to Shetiield. IN the iron
country. and built an art museum ioi
the iron workers. placing III y pic'u''ss
and carvings ana an the ne ne W "oins +
Of art he could get together
Made professor Of art nj OXFORD, ~ I
the same way he estapiisnea an. ~
and endowed It with ss2,oVV,
giving to II as Wen many oilfstiiais
works Of art from iintpre''o. 20 isuilie-
Tones. AT Brantwood ne lfieu 70 l'ei
slade tEe young men OF the dlSiits ~
marnal labor oy bulldlfS Win nus NMii
hands little harbor IN the laSe
Another practical Work OF nus VIZ
toward the revival OF the 5Niiiase iiiuu
tries. such as wood carving. weaVilis,
spinning and dyeing in England lie
believed that hand work was h2'ss;s'
work 50 he bought Spinning Wheels
and distributed Ihena .hruout VS.
lnorelan.' and arransea lor 'ns sa 9s. Z,
time quite the fashion. An attempt 70
.e.s. % . ..'si.i'
the custom OF q century age Was
failure. In the face OF the deniatias "
modern Industry, and IN TINS pTp3se1
kuskin vas doomed to niiich aisaP-
pointment. He had stu worse = li'.res
30 face One Of his most cherishsu
plans was connected WITH tne y.
Georges Guild. which ne louhueu iilu
9f which he WAS master me iiiel'i-
hets Of the guild received the master
doctrines absolutely and formed coiii-
lnuaity. which lasted for q TINS, 'ul
whicil could net mold together nsc il
its ideals We're too Itoplin % endure
the strain of practical life in an lnpef-
feet society. The long series OF letters
published As Flers Clavigsrii elilpoas
the principles Of the guild, which'
claimed. aineng other things. the CIV
ms q = tenth OF 'fas income ~ go
chase Of land for renting TO ire
lspnor and subsistence alone on
lwhat t.ia mcnber earned him
tself, leaving his Inherited prop
le,ly and savings 70 be used for public
j benevolent purposes
As writer Ruskin had perhaps the
fires; command Of prose that any Eng
! lfsh wiiter has ever eujoyad. He start
led with an ornate style and his pages
SIZE re always rich ard full OF color but
HE graaually stripped off all mere adorn-
lmeius, sasing in mature age that he
was heartily ashamed Of his earlier
fstyle. He used the simplest Saxon
words and Was always clear and precise
and beautiful. His poetry vas Of 10
I.mear order But he did little 70 develop
I'd. preferrfng not TO III his genius work
itself into sucfl forms When In 1852
4 ,e:,aGsto,,e ofTsree,lhiln the poet laurea,c-
i ship Of England as successor 10 Tsnny-
8lsan. the verdi was amazed but on sec
bond thoughts did not disapprove. rec
lDcnizing the deep poetic forces Of tlie
man Isusitin, however. as fitted his
leharacter and teachings, declined tht
Honor.
The strange and sad story Of Ruskin's
A marriage throws q white light upon hi:
breadth ef character and his unselfish-
lness To all Who can appreciate the mo
Gives mich governed hiseoidnet. ! s {
young man he loved are g flueh ~
him. i.et he married 4 beautiful youni
l.scntch girl WHEN h met one evening =
a dance. stte was poor and Of m
eiiaracterana he re sc her :. failgni'sesn
: isa,sse. ID whieit the couple lived 9 Fsiipp.
{ Ilife. though the happiness was not TIA
> IL nlarrlfa lovers. After time Rhskll
-Ibr91ight Mfliais 10 his honls . paint n
s portrait q his wife The PRINTER feii !
lovs with the beautiful woman, and { =
I att4ehinrsi was returned. kusklr saN
) the growing romance u vas ma
$ f5lr above pettH motives Seeing ma
: his Wise and his friend depeh9!ed 2
Il eaeh ether for their mutual hapRlnes'
i III FIRST secured for his wife a divorce
Z and then No quietly walked WITH her
9 SIX Church III witch she vas married /
q tiae paintsr Tia, sas only six yesl
Q after mt @ife, first nlas'iase, mo N
Z 3itt59i,ee oeel!rea Sioiis ~ i,t'.s
= sei;s have ,naught to see IN il the iea
!. Sun soY IslIsk inss meianchoie and deYe
sHsS3ne Insanity in later years, and the
d f.si.lt 10 the strange coincidence the
j ean claim f8r ii nothing moge-ttai
n shortly after Mtllais death Ruskin for
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