The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1905-06-08


the most perfect courtesy comes from
unselGshness, a ready sympathy and a
desire to put all others at ease. What
a grift from God and one too little
priced.
The art OF living is truly one Of the
fine arts. Could we travel and study
the grand works as done by the mas
ter hands, such as Rembrandt Reu.
bens and Raphael and had notlearned
the art Of life we would still be poor
The church has the credit Of being
the mother Of modern art. She offered
men undying fame as reward for
noble effort, Thus we find the old
hero, Michael Angelo, at the age Of
twenty deyoting his time and talents
TO the cause OF Christ To the church
work he gave his passionate soul and
began the work which today exetes
the admiration OF every artistic soul
who views the ceiling of the Cistne
chapel, containing over three hundred
figures, all larger than life The un-
natural position, mostly on his back
for four years, so strained the muscles
of neck, eyes and bands that they al
most refused to act. "My life is on
the ceiling of the Cistine chapel he
said But fifty years of life and grand
work were yet before him.
The nineteenth century gave recog-
milton TO woman as a social force, up
on an intellectual basis. Woman
simply claimed the right to be and do.
Tennyson says Let woman live and
be at liberty to do and to be all that
disturbs not distinctive womanhood.
In the club movement, whatever
may be the future development, the
object was self-cultuTe There are
! Art and Study clubs, and many for
the betterment OF social conditions. A
high tribute to woman and her work
was the placing Of a statue of Francis
Willard in the National Hall of Fame,
OF marble as pure as was her life. Out
OF about forty statues in the Hall Of
Fame, this is the first TO be executed
of a woman. Words are not delecate
enough Co express the constant and
-peryading influence Of noble wo-
man.
The recent study of our club has
been Russia and Japan. The soul of
Russia is shown in her native litera-
ture. When have men written with
such tragic intensity; where music
suggested such depths of sadness and
human passionY Among the great
noyelists there is convincing sin
certify an appealing, 81 mpathetle per-
sona quality. Their books lay before
US the souls of their writer's. This
sympathetic contemplation of the poor
and humble we find in Russian art as
in her literature. During the brilliant
reign Of Catherine II the hermitage
at St. Petersburg was founded. This
contains Russia's greatest art. The
chief work Of the best 2ussian artists
are historical, religious, scenes of war
and execution, but little indication Of
aesthetic vision Of the beauty Of their
own land, compares the Russian land.
scape with those Of the French artist,
MIilet, with their vivid sunsets, lum-
inous skies ana refined color We see
the Russian artist has not yet per
ceiyed the delicate beauty of the world
in which he himself lives.
II has been said Of Japan, within much
truth, that no other country IN the
world owes so much to its art. SO in
timately are aesthetic ideals bound
up with the course OF japanese life
and modes Of thought that art is the
expression OF the spirit OF her civiliza-
tion. In Japan, as in oil other lands,
artistic aspiration lsgiven to but few
among the many Artists having
creative genious tower high above
their fellows, Japanese critics have
always considered painting to be
form Of poetry The painter tries to
represent the soul Of things, rather
than their visible forms. Mastery
writings are esteemed equal with
painting There are no greater arts
with them than their embrolderigs.
IL is an art which follows closely that
of painting Japanis is in truth a shin
ing example Of the essential unity Of
all the arts But modern Japan Is be-
coming tired of being praised for aes-
thetic excellence; is more anxious TO
be praised for its social commerciai
and political progress But to the
cultivated Japanese this tendency is
distastefuL A visitor in Japan writes
them where in the world does
there exist such conspiracy to be
agreeable; such sincere delight in
beautiful, artistic things; such wide
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