The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1902-12-31

ing nl ttlfHGIiOl IOE our owl
town. maintain that il "" r"-
cognlze certain things ~ evils.
they will Immediately cease to
exist. Some one has to point out
the evil and propose to do it.
Personally do not like the task
for financially it works me ILL.,,
and by nature ! am ever content
ed with my environment. One
who attacks things as they are
gains neither material benefit nor
popular applause. Nevertheless |
am hopeful that things are on
the eve of change. We have n
Civic League and Woman s
Club, and something may be eX-
pected of both organizations.
The regular San Angelo Club
does not terminate much more
than terpsichorean stunts
Speaking of the recognition Of
beauty leads me to the question
of books. have heard people
say that the young do not appre-
ciate beauty. Now once | mad
the good fortune to meet the poet
William Morris. and from thence
forth my life was changed.
Amongst other things | caught,
was the love for fine books, the
chiIdrem's opinion and contempt
for the worlds. when saw the
announcement that Il. II. Russell
would publish the Doom OF King
Acrisius with pictures 10y Sir
Edward Burne.Jones, | lost no
time in obtaining II copy. ! hav"
always maintained that the curse
of povcl reading is due to the
mo- cy grabbing prosperity of the
sou Tess publisher. Lo, when |
rec Ted my Morris, | placed ii
by 80 side of II modern novel got
te~iTp III most ilorid style Z.
SP"s" Y both of each to twelve
IgI sked II preference. I'm
al Smith declaration was il favor
of ,ainsville oM book. Take notice
o is Crockett co}rsl Expressions
of Fine, big, fat t taFksS9 81. Wy ,n the
t ppe' ,sed, at IIeitzIer's. Pho|t9bre,
pictur. b. Alexander conducts ode
by Mr.. ,, the largest and mo:
the Origin tonsorial establishmer
Der seelnlcity. pG+ronagc of tn
Arts and Crafts eXhi
| saw Walter Crane me, of Ten
pressions of admirN C. w. Co
general. There is nc d,ooh,
ever that the sense of beau =,
lists in almost all of the y saou
and the efforts of firms suc!'i, =, ~
that of Robert Howard Russell
should meet with encouragement,
1.-THE triumph of the novelist is,
says William Morton Payne, to Il
considerable degree, n triumph OF
inQptitudc over ability, of lower
over higher ideals, of sloyenly
over painstaking workmanship,
of incohercnce and dispropor-
tion over measured and organic
art.
Now Jack Random, quoting
from Keat S, wrote:
Beauty is truth and truth Is
beauty
and deep is the meaning thereof.
Children love truth, and children
know beauty. The sense that led
to the choosing of II beautiful
book is the sense of Health. le-
fer to the primal meaning of the
word-wholeness, soundness, en-
tireness. Integrity, III II word.
We pervert this sense when we
permit sordid conditions, mean-
ness, shabbiness, squalor, dirt,
decay to exist in our midst. To
live well, requires as gentle man.
agement as to handle the petals
of II delicate rose, and II very great
deal more enters into the ques-
ton than education or money.
getting. There are mighty ques.
tions of pure air, pure water,
imprisoned food, wholesome
houses, disinfection, drainage and
sewerage questions. We must at,
tend to them in 1903, for there Is
no Disgusting the fact that IN Sar
Angelo, we do not live in the nor,
NAL condition of civilized men