The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-14

appreciate such service will find some
thing for which to be grateful to Bliss
Carman in The Friendship OF Art.
The book is is on, one Of essays, made of
moods and fancies:", There is an essay
ON "The Secret Of Art" in which the
author goes to what he considers the
heart of the matter thus: -
| The secret Of art and the secret Of nature are
one-the slow, patient, absorbing, generous proc
! ity, and in proportion to this quality that we
value every shred Of art, and are at such pains
4 to preserve it.
| :, There is another essay on "a Canon of
| Criticism, )" and this is the canon: 1870.
Art must convince our reason, 1t must enlist
our sympathy, it must charm sensuous La
ture
Putting Mr. Carman's book to the test
of his own canon, it might be said that
here and there it fails to convince the
reason, doesn't always enlist our synpa-
thy and sometimes misses charming the
sensuous nature. But if it did not have
such lmperfections in some degree, it
! would be a very paragon of a book and
Mr.. Carman would be a paragon of an es-
sayist. Mr.. Carman has, however, pro-
duced a series of essays that cannot miss
! being profitable to the reader who is
seeking a more intimate knowledge of the
great things that art has to offer.
There are those who believe that sue
cess in life is achieved by putting up a
good 'front.'" We have heard these apos-
ties of the good front preaching their doc
trines. The trouble is that their fronts
to the discerning are transparent. It is,
in fact, "the man who delivers the goods
who achieves success. The nature and
the extent of the success depends largely
apon the character Of the goods" Will
liam F. Kirk, in Fleeing FancIes, puts
the truth in some verses, as follows:
THE WINNERS.
The world doesn't always rely on the chaps
/ That put up the smoothest appearance;
They're often, indeed, very commonplace yaps,
Sans intellect. perseverance. -
After ALL we are judged In journey thru life
- By the gray matter under our hoods. ..a,s.s,a~
And the that win out in the strenuous strife
Are the men that deliver the goods
man may be dignihed, pompoisly so,
Distinguished and ultra Impressive;
His neighbors may deem him the whole bloom
ing show,
And call him leader progressive.
But sooner or later his. boom will collapse
And back he will jog to the woods,
The battles are won from reveille to taps
BY the men who deliver the goods.
Booth Harrington, the author of tn,
l Two Vanreveis, is something of prac
tical Joker, when he sets his mind to 1t
: Well-known artist in New York will no
soon forget the i very original gift tina
Mr.. Harrington declares he sent him from
: Rome. II will send you something gu
of foreign parts, ~ said MIR. Tarl1ingto,
when he left America, and in due time thu
/ artist received a letter saying, 1T is tn
fad here to have animal pets How
t would you like me to send you nice
amusing ani1ral?' Another letter sa
2 Il have seen just what you want" An,
a third letter, ut is nice, spotted, Afri
can leopard, shipped by Oceanic O,
80 There was constern ton In tn
artists studio, profane words for the mis-
guided benevolence of Harrington, AM
much scurrying around to procure suitable
quarters for Mr.. Leopard when he shoult
arrive The anxious artist greeted tn
= Oceanic when it arrived in New York
: with eager inquiries for the leopard, pas
senger but no news could be- gained O
him. Mr.. Harrington kept the anxiety a
fever heat and his friend on tenterhook
by continual telegrams-'I Leopard delayed
Sent by Etruria.' Delayed again Sen
by Noordland." The exasperated recipien
of the gift did not know whether to laugh
! telegram Sorry, old man, leopard bi
: wife Of captain of Noordland Had tt
: be killed. Shall I get another?'
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