The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13

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% 70 81 b thA surgery - . pure handlcTaf
Ass undoubtedly osi ground. ys, The gain IN Otss'
ssys has been great
win il not be said that the average Of
skill in operating Is much higher to-day
because the surgeon knows that the sub
Jet under his knife il not conscious OF
suffering. and the surgeon, free from
nervousness, can do his work with
greater pains and deliberation? Tn
fortunately there il still an element oi
hurry. for some surgeons pride Them
selves upon tho number Of their opera
tiOns in n morning. Some men are born
surgeons. and il may be humbly sub
mitted that there are more great sur
aeons than ever.
When Sir FREpERIcK TREvEs CON
siders the arts and industries his case
u plausible. IL is true that most things
formerly made by hand but now passing
TO completion through a machine are
seldom as well done IA they were by
the old tOilsome and thoughtful process.
As he says, "a thousand hands have
lost their cunning. and handiCraftsman-
ship has passed to lower grade. Cloth
making and the contriving of dainty
lace by hand. knitting wool into gar
ments and embroidering on the dOmes-
tic frame are almost lost arts The
yarn entering into Dacca muslin Is
still made on the spindle. and ladies
design and with def fingers fashion
rare embroiderie-, while lace j. treas
the factory, but there must have been
a great loss in beauty and finish. There
is no lace now or very little. tn COM
pare with the Venetian rose point ol
the eighteenth century. The hand
made products may ~ sought mOre
than ever. but IN persons Of ordinary
means tho price il prohibitive Ma
complaint can bc made about the price
of articles produced by the gross in fac
tories. bat To the aesthetic eye they lack
grace and comelincss
Shoes perhaps were never remarkable
for beauty. hut with the passing of the
artisan who did all his work by hand and
tho coming nf tho shoe every part II
which il made 10y whirring machines
and sold by The box there has been morp
than an appreCiablc decline in both
material and Workmanship. The old
craftsman still makes a living. hut IL -
becoming prcCarious AMI I've must be-
sought out. ~ much assistance h1s
the carpenter now from the factory that
il hc has an artistic soul hc must, like
the CARPENTER IN Alice in Wonderland.
'-hed a bitter tear We think no one
will maintain tina; houses are ~ well
built and cabinets ls well and gracefully
IRIt together as in the Old DAYS before
the universal joiner Only I'cr cent
of the paper made in England to-day j.
not turned cat by a mill. and bo0kbind-
ing has lOsi much of It's symmetry and
charm. Line engraving = almost gone.
mezIo'ints bcCome raur. and Tho old
masters are Reproduced m crude oolors
IN flooded with them Call tho roll
Of any industry or art and there il
scarcely y thing that - not made in
Germany Nv the million or has us
origin in Japan. the land Of initiatives
ness and cheap labor
Sir FREDERICK TREvEs quotes Rus
KIN's every youth from the Kings
son downward should learn 10 do some
thing finely and thoroughly with the
hands, and laments over manual de
generatene-s in industry. But there il
an immense gain for every los. Tho
majority of people are NJ, artistic. and
they admire what comes from tho NAV
Of tho factory A. much a. conn"i~-"iIr-
admire the maSteTIrc g. nt the hand
II popular art is gross and material Ia
the refined taste IT, good influence
among the millions should br granted
Moreover invention has chcapened
everything. and tho general comfort
and welfare and easN nT life are moi ~
be denied. All the greater hen - the
JOY OF the amateur over his treasures.
and why should he complain: Ito.'cur-
10 US that there - loss not 90 be made
up in any wav. and Sir FKEDERICK
TREvEs dOs,- not touch upon Il that ~
the meditation and idealism. the mental
Absorption in other things that was in
separable from work With the hands in
crafts in the old days Like the machinc
he tends, the artisan or operator m these
days il mechanical and automatic and
he thinks Of nothing else but his task
In fact the whole tendency of modern
industry il 20 make man an unthink ing
unit like a cog or band IN the machine
which 10 his master.
The hand of inexordble law IN Missouri
n curious STATE. has rraChed nut and
has clutched IN arrest Dawn Il. FRANtIs.