The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04

making tie Uniform type Of dial beauty
predomtnsta thern7
What misery 1t is TO go iough the
or tho countries Of vast coiAer,t. ana
find everywhere certain idcntl forms
inevitable, Identical, lrrltatinESy their
multiplicity. How mitch uSoticism
would gain by simplicity! Head of
this luxuary OF little notions, .flotin from
the sea, all those pretentious btinsipid
and bannl ornaments, we should've an
infinite diversity. Treas,ire-tr3 hap-
PLY combined would strike o. eyes.
Tho unforeseen III n /thousanIforms
would cause liz to rejoice. and WAwould
find again tho secret OF painting lapes-
try, mn old piece OF furniture, 81 roof
sonallty which gives TO certain aques
hn 1hcstImablc value.
Let ,is continue, and pass on toSings
still more simple. wish to silk of
the small details Of the honselpiny
that many young persons Of theshays
find 80 little poetic. Their acd OF
material occupations, the modest hrcs
which q home demands, come Il, a
very common confusion, but onelone
the less dreadful. This confusionon-
sists In thinking that poetry md 1uty
arc In things where they are not ,ere
are distinguished occupations. graful.
playing OF the harp; and coarse oepa-
tlons. unpleasant, such AZ blucking pes.
|, sweeping rooms, or watching the Ittlc
on tho fire. Puerlle error Neithethe
harp nor the broom has anything do
with tho affair: all depends oItho
hand which holds them and the Iirit
that. anlmates that hand Poet is
not in the things; tbs in us. We
must impress It, upon the objed as
the sculptor imposes his dream d the
marble. II our lives aad our odpa-
tions remain too often without chez IN
spite OF their external qistfnHAlt It
add It. The height Of at Il q giye
life to that which irrt To-
tame that which Is savbe would
that our young girls would ppy tfem-
selves to develop In thcmsdt1 tho es-
sentlally feminine art, to h soul To
things that have none. a triumph
OF wotnanly grace lies II, tat work.
Woman alone knows how tout into
house that ] know not VII whose
virtue caused tho poet TO sa y;srhe roof
grows gay and laughs TheAy there
but they do not know what tey arc Z
talking about. Tho original pdcl OF
the fairies. sung by the poets. TIN found,
and stil End among those anlice nor
tails who know how to knead thibread I
with energy, mend the holes wl;kind-
ness, care for the sick while ttillng,
put grace In a ribbon. and put thdmlnd
into fried dish.
1t Is very certain that the cult 81
the fine arts has something lndtzing
and that our Thoughts and acts Epms
imprcgnated at length by that lich
strikes our eyes. But the exerci OF
the arts, and the contemplation OF ier3
products. are privileges reserved a
Few. It Is not given to every on 10
possess, to understand or to create beat
ful things. But there is a kinGof
human beauty which can pencTate eyY-
where: the beauty which Is bornln
the hands our wives and our daughts
Without that beauty. what Ia the mt
ornate home? a cold habltation. Wa
1t the poorest homo Is animated a!
lighted. Among the forces capable
cnnobllng and transforming Wills. addin
to happiness, there is perhaps not OF
With q moro universal usage. 1t know
how TO n,ake valuable BY means OF Il,
poorest Instruments and midst tho Wor
difficulties When the room Is sma
and the family purse Hcager. the tab
modest. woman who has this 81
finds the means Of causing order. neat
ness and decorum to reign there. ST.
puts care and art into everything st
undertakes. TO do well what one ha
10 do is not In her eyes the privllcg
OF the rich, but the right OF all. It
for that that she employs It, and thu
SHE knows how to endow her home wit
a dignity md a pleasantness which n
moro fortunate homes, where everythln
is left to mercenaries. never attain.
Life thus und erstood does no. delay
revealing Itself rich In unknown beauties
in attractions. and Intimate satisfaction
TO be oneself. to realize in ones naturi
surroundings the kind OF beauty the
belongs to 1t. that is the ideal beaut
A. the nli.sio,, OF woman grows in dep'
and meaning sho will have learned thu
| to put her soul Into things. and to 81,
| to that soul kirESes Ms an outward syn
boil OF these agreeable and delicate pro
ceedings to which the most brutal
| beings are sensible. Would this ~
be better than to desire what they hay
not got, and apply their desire TO II
| clumsy mutations Of strl:pgc OIL am IA.
(To be concluded next Sunday