Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1910-09-26

"i N'sH"dys -tfnd' faneS and wood
ihrndss NE slHhl Fnhd q 1arJhes beajHSd and
but the5oHe thing that tseIshall
I9itep mtssols mdyementl land tifs which
isl wholly tns tunez with thez surround
gs7and is, SO to- speak, essential
to the life Of the nation as a wbolA
'ff'raiffs niay' tIifs last but they de
stroy the calm instead of emphasizing
IT, Motofcars are both discordauts
andD ihssyefitSl9 q Evbh Qhk ipleasure
1oats on 'atiRer eAd V alsusgestion of
-artihciality.- team on the plough.
lands, a shepherd folding his sheen a
neld dyof h2ypakerS or reaPers, enIy in
tpese do I've md The Jifa thaths in
exact accord with the scene. and these
we can C9nly{ fpdk at intervals. IN
holland, on the other hand, in places
the most remote from cities and the
sound Of markets aud commerce. we
md always the feeling OF seefusion
and and " restfulness- heightened and
touched TO a sense of vitality by the
canals and their full-sailed- barges.
These canals triumphantly redeem
the physical characteristics of tbe
country from the charge of dullness
It0Ha9d 'inz its gfpeTal aeetifes is un-
ueniabV quaint but quaintness has a,
charm which is not enduring. After
a&htfe SH heeiAfo tfhe of1tht 1shhara.
ness and orderliness, and to look unor
what appeared to be individuality ~
first as eceentricity. We grow littIa
uncomfortable In the land of IjIlinut
and fret for change aud Come patch
oil wildpess. But of the canals we
never weary, for in them we see the
expression OF nations character
nodded through centuries stirring
and honorable history. We remamber
the Dutch sproyerb; God made the
sea, weefnade the shore.s and VI fen
that these waterways are not onIv
beautiful anq charged swith coldr and
atmosphere, ,abut symbolicai OF peo-
pies greatness. .-s---s--
t-s-phe- Dutch painters. through whom
the national genius has found It's most
torclble and enduring expression, have
realized very completely this sttangA
blend 2, ,caln and strength,,.a:z,. Iop ,.
@
body OF ffoxngsl f6vernors Is ~
understand at ohserfhat these men
conducted their buStksss tboroupblv
and well, but scornfuEAf undigniahE
hiss t,ssAnd t1oF- untroublSATepose vi n
.dqrsAleeEls picture Of DelHlin the Ell.
lery. at The Hague gould - well Be
Ilssllyh yhasseg. Ip the JgEeat D0Ah paint.
! mss wy do not find the tra1lFhnity IA
7 the open places and luxuriaN 8lhaunk g
Eof spai gEaI bat Ahss sdeetscAlm &Fktrohg
lie sober and not highly imaflaatiye
but entirely satisfying I'm its ClSS,.ee :
isbnh 6 Irfssg oap q asliEFbf hatio is n
|. pfis uurtoHuu1utl bnh Gdcthilit ed - aha
IeQps pstntylrssntrtHgzE Ws3 knd thai 4
kR9gle-steP BY step rose. 10 a iSiendda 4
the5 1g'9rYs 81 (which 4s inImoH ~. bbt
we cannot grasp the secret WNE thia
=splendor's decay 1or or the d&lAe IN
the OtheE- great eiyilizationsF Fof the
world. We can but accept AhN fadt.
/ and wonder at the ruined and vAt
noble monumeats.. OF their AR<shtnesI
Ehatystjll stanasss ~ once a S6emory
and an Ainspifetiont When the tima
comes that-the peoples OF western
Europe have also passed into the
shadow or dead glories. We too shall
leaye somsthing of our works to bea
@itness 10 a greatness HAT has gone.
but Holland will hs bot a recorded
Lhiaory 70 the new nations OF far.ofl
ages. The sea wiz have prevailed,
sgg the great cgnals. which are As
truly tbs,esseppM expression of a res,
olutas and heY6ic people as are the
Resafts o. Venice or the Acropolis ol
/ fie fiIseks. will have perlshed and
4 tRit,ebear no testimony.
JOHN DRiNKWATER.