The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-14
Chinese Porcelains.

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morgan collection of Chinese Porce-
lalns at the Metropolitan Museum OF
Art, the pleasure of visitors is found
| 70 De much enhanced by a little in
lnsthe strange symbols, characters,
personages, birds, beasts. ETC.. which
acorn these as they adorn all species
or Chinese art objects.
How many casual visitors know,
says the Museum bulletin, that a rec
tangular Chinese vase is feminine,
representing the yin, inert, dark,
and earthly traits in nature.
while an oval case is mas
cuiine, representing the yang, or ac-
tive, light, and heavenly elements; a
combination of the two representing
the creative or ultimate principle?
A group of seemingly miscellaneous
art objects depicted perhaps upon a
brush tray are probably the po-ku, or
hundred antiques" emblematic of
culture, and implying a delicate COM
pliment to the recipient of the tray
Birds and animals occur with fire.
quency on Chinese porcelains, and if
one Will observe closely it is a some
tain types are emphasized by repeti-
ton. For instance, the dragon is so
familiar as to be no longer remarked,
and yet his significance is perhaps not
fully understood by all. There are, in
fact, three kind of dragons-the lung
kiau of the marshes. The lung is the
favorite kind, however, and may be
known when met by his having "the
head of a camel. the horns of a deer.
the eyes of a rabbit, ears OF a COW,
neck OF a snake, belly or a frog, scales
of a carp, claws of hawk. and palm
of q tiger" His special office is to
guard and support the mansions of
the gods, and he is naturally the pc
culiar symbol of the emperor. The
ifc al
f1ower-the tree-peony for spring, the
lotus for summer, the clarysanthemum
for autumn, and the prunus, or plum
tree for winter.-Harper's Weekly.
The Crown Of Years.
I should like to be poet long enough
to write "a Ballade of All Old Ladies'
or lyric in their honor turned with
the grace of Colonel Lovelace and
blithe with the spirit of Friar Herrick.
beautiful tender sympathy that is quick
with tears but rea1ier with strength to
help and save; and it should reflect,
too. the noble patience, undismayed by
time and distance. that makes a virtue
of waitinE-waiting in the long twilight
with folded hands for the ships that
never come! Men old and battle-scar-
red are celebrated in song and story;
but who are they to be preferred over
this serene sisterhood? Let the worn
Preside or placed at comfortable ease
in the shadow of hollyhocks and old
fashioned roses in familiar gardens: it
matters little, for they. are supreme In
any company. Whoever would be grac-
ious must serve them; whoever would
be wise must sit at their feet and take
counsel. Nor believe too readily thai
the increasing tide of years has quench-
ed the fire in their souls; rather, 1t
burns on with the steady flame of
sanctuary lights. Lucky were he who
could imprison in song those qualities
that crown woman's years-voicing
what is in the hearts of all of us as we
watch those gracious angels going their
1uiet ways, tending Their secret affairs
of memory with flowers and blessing
them with tears.-Meredith Nicholson
in The Reader.
Glass In Hand Twenty-Five Years.
Mrs Mary Hamilton, of this city,
broke tumbler in her hand twenty
five years ago. and some of the glass
was Embedded in the tip of the mid
die finger. The fragments were sup
posedly all removed. and the finger
healed nicely.
In the last twenty years. however,
she has often experienced severe
pain in her right hand and arm. Next
a small tunlor and a lump in the palm
Of the hand appeared. and today, |
when an operation was performed. the
remaining parts Of g1a7s were found
in the lump. and the tumor was re-
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