The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-11-30

lie opinion will be the high priest ina.
will christen them and the world VIII
recognize their worth.
Every surrounding of art Is renneo
and its atmosphere pure. A womans
touch is as delicate, her eye as true
and her hand as firm as That OF
man. Yet it is not the delicate toucn'
the true eye, that speaks the arusI
The workmen who reproduce beauti-
full statutes in marble have that. IL
is not these things that bespeak inc
grand result. 1t is the seeing OF these
things in the minds eye before they
have taken shape in the clay. 1t Is
being able to feel these things In ao-
vance, as the poet feels In ms soui
his verses, as the orator fees MS
theme, waxing him eloquent TO move
the hearts of others. We my eei
deeply ourselves to reach othfrs: na
to bring forth work of arff @st
be in our minds to concef4 mr.
before emancipating it frQ8 the silent
clay. Themes of beauty AND OF grace
must chase each other through the
brain. III
The mind must be filled fdble
purposes and beautiful shadoH neai
forms, majestic, noble groups waiting
to be set free. All Of these must
hover around and inspire the artist
even though he or she may never
have the means to carry any OF them
out to perfection In the marble or
the bronze. The artists greatest work
is often being done when his model
ing tools lie idle-when he sits ap-
parently idle, "brooding over ms
theme" sometimes for weeks, Tor
months. Beside this work which Is
being done by the brain, the mino'
the soul, the working out in the clay
seems to be almost mechanical.
The field for art is broadening every
year. Our forefathers had no time or
, means for these Injuries, for Injuries
, they certainly are, not necessities.
Wealth is accommodating and the ricn
like to surround themselves with
. beautiful and costly things. People
y of refinement and culture try to sat
4 isfy for themselves this thirst for ele
: CANT and artistic surroundings. Even
I the very poor yearn for them and IN
!. their squalid homes of poverty gaudy
o prints and cheap plaster casts OF Inn
y possible figures adorn their walls.
a attesting to their desire-their reach
y ing out-for something beyond, bet
- ter than the toll and monotony o.
!. their daily lives. Their tastes art
. slowly becoming educated, and thu
W public schools, a great factor In tni
.. cause, on broader and more gener
70 GUS plan than of old, are gradual.
advancing art in the minds OF tn
n working people. The once barrel
81 walls of the public schools are nov
20 Illuminated with the finest engraving
and photographs of celebrated pain
- ings and their halls are adorned wit
casts Of treasured statutes Of ancier
art.
II a woman's work is as good q
that of a man she will receive eQui
recognition-even more prompt reco
- milton, foy men are surprised whe
we have the courage to compete wit
- them and more quickly recognize OF
- ability. They are not the tyrants SON
-. would make them, but kind and goc
~, and generous to us If they are mac
~ to feel that we are not simply posir
but are really seriously in earnest.
-. There are. no doubt, some few me
who are narrow-minded and unju
~ and who would keep down the aspir
-, tons of woman, but If her work be
~ the stamp of genius, like truth, it W
-. not be downed.