The Taney County republican., 1904-11-24
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sls Oi Characters, and made the charac
ter stand out
On "a number Of oceasioEs Ceci
| O'Neiil'- pretiy inheri;arcc Ci Cclti'
fancy has asscr d iiscli. and she ha,
supplied both the lcx; and the picture,
| for some seni-naiura! tale Of spri,e-
/ gnofacs or celestial crcatdrc-. That boz
illustration Of the ordinary tale doc
! not put her powers ~ their ful! tcsi. i,
patent. To link her imagination, y hict
is essentially pOeticai. TO one which /,
essentially q prose Imagination, II q
waste Of power. Her ordinary b0OA
illustrations are good enough. But sb.
I requires more freedom Of lancy, and IN
the Illustrations which ,hc bas drawH
at her own yagran' viii, il her now -
ana fret rpvci, THE Love- Of Edwy.'
she j. -ecn In favorable light. The
tale itsclf, though 20 itself a pure @ork
Oi the Imagination, has drawn much
from hcr homc-liic. IT.. afcctioDaie
fOolcry, IT, cgasiye. intimate charm, IL,
rcparicc, and its taking the reader into
certain secret codes Of speech and
thought, arc from that home which has
never ccasod 10 furnish the artist With
Inspiration.
The novels 0f Harry Leon wilson
10 whom Cecil O'NciII was married
abOu; lEO year. ago hayc Lecn Illus.
tratcd rs her, and she has added not a
little Ia the attrgctiYcncs- u those pop
ular books We: IT must H. raid once
more that IN the depletion Of literal
subiccis, originated by someone else,
-hc j. not al hcr bc-t The -pcutauio-
ty, the lurking laugh, the quick stroke
Of dciincatiOn, more than the character
would ever consciously reveal, are miss
ing.
IL j, delightful to know that thi.
young woman who understand 20 we'll
the building Of castles in the air, has
been able 10 realize one of them. 1t
came about this way. Her family moved
~ the O2arE mountains, and, forty
miles from a railroad. took up twO o.
three hundred acre. Of wild land aud
made them wilderness home. They
had their hard years, a. pioneers will:
but the daughter who has always, from
babyhOOd, counted on succcas, and
looked 10 it with the same assured cx.
pcctatiOn a. she did on the more com
mon process OF growing up, bad found,
in some measure, the thing for which
she had been looking. IN the amiablc
forest OF the Ozarks she has built n
great Iftceu.rOom house for her people.
The heart Of il IL q huge studio" forty
feet long, with fireplace at each end,
and the wOOd.pilc rOof.high just out
side. She has lined the room with
books, made it gay with pictures the
gifts Oi her artist friends supplied il
with n grand piano, a violin, mando.
lns, guitars. heaven knOws what Up
from this apartment sweeps an i'm pos
Ing stairway Of oak 10 the airy cham
bcrs. The iOrc-f comes shOul1ering up
10 the house: the wild things make
free with the yard. There II abundance
within and without. Tho boyd are sent
TO college; the girls taken Ia New York
~ study music and drawing; the "iion.
hearted little MOTHER an Cecil lls
often called her mother, 10 longer
knows toll. II Is u charming fairy stO.
ry come quite, quite true. Mud one
little, talented, fanciful. more Ur lCss
vagrant pencil did itall One writes
about it glowingly, because it Is at
once 30 beautifully true and 80 truly
cxbilcrating.
Cecil C'Ncill Is still on the morning
side Of thirty. Her work is barely b..
gun. Her delight in work il Of The
sort which vii grow by what it feeds
on, aud her fancy II Of The quality
which years are not likely ~ dim