Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-05
SOCIETY
Interesting Discourse
ON Natural Art

on Natural ART
Mrs. Pulford, county superintendent
Of schools, has returned from Den
yer where she attended the state
Tee chers' association. In an interview
with Herald representative she gave
the following interesting account OF
one of the best lectures at this meet
ing:
William Turner Bailey, a Chicago
University professor, gave a talk on
the subject: Beauty in Common
Things" before the State Teachers
association that aroused much enthu-
siasm and gave all who heard it much
food for thought.
He illustrated his lecture with
drawings made with such rapidity the
eye could hardly follow his hand and
the drawing never interrupted his flow
of words for one moment
He showed that the first require
ment of beauty is consistency. He
drew a modern palace with Moor
ish tower, a Gothic roof and row OF
Roman arches; by Its side little
New England farm house with plain
roof, a door in the middle c! the front
and a window each side Of the door:
crooked path going 10 the door
| that looked as If the first owner
| must have been intoxicated when he
laid out the path a wood shed be-
hind, and an old barn. Because the
| first house was crazy quilt of ar
chitecture and only perched on the
| landscape, while the second rested in
| its place and was fitted exactly to
! its use, he showed plainly that the
| first lacked beauty while the second
possessed it.
THE two most beautiful building in
| Denver he gave as the new Gas and
Electric building and the Catholic
cathedral. Both being perfectly suit.
ed to the use for which they are in
| tended.
In nature he spoke of the Lombar-
| dy poplar and the willow as being OF
different type but each consistant.
We find each always sending out their
branches at the same angle. never
does the willow send up straight
| branch nor does the poplar have one
that droops
The barn swallow catches five
thousand flies a day, notice on what
different lines he is built from the
barn yard fowl who as rule has his
food lying quietly before him
Probably the idea that gave his
| audience the most pleasure was his
application of time to drawings. II
we find row of marks as follows
| | l | | | / l there is only monotony
but directly we vary the marks max
ing long one and then a short one
there is a variety and we have march
| time; If we further vary the marks
making long line and a medium short
| line we have waltz time. He ther
POINTED out how many of the common
objects of every day life are written
either in waltz time or march time
4! With his clever crayon he showed
that the sparrow is written in march
time while the human skeleton is writ
ten in waltz time. The pig weed
marches, while the alfalfa waltzes
That a landscape is written in march
time; the proportions all being in
twos with the accent on the first
beat While a woman is written in
waltz time. The length of her skirt
being the first beat, the waist sec.
ond and the head the third Then
he created much laughter when he
showed how she throws herself out OF
harmony by putting on hobble skirt
or an immense hat
| THE third part of his lecture was
on curves in common things. The
curve of force being the one we see
in the sky rocket. the golden rod
ard the water from the hose. The sec
ond being the curves of grace, found
IN the line of the upper lips, the handle
OF tea-cup and many other natural
objects, and then the curve of mag
nfficence found in the fern as 1t be
| gins to unfold
Belgium has long been considered
country of artists and beautiful OBJ
jects. 1t seems that the state main
tains a board OF beauty. No one can
build house or put up any other
building without having his plans ap.
i
Durango had board of beauty won
der how many of our buildings would
b. condemned. The Civic club will
have to look into the matter and plan
for a Board of Beauty for Durango"