The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-10-11
CURRENT EVENT MEETING.

| Event Club met at Sagenur5t ano
was entertained with one of d..
Minnie Towards fascinating address
ses, her subject on this occasion
being art.
DIR. Minnie" as they call her, Is
lovely and loveable woman whose
activities have covered wide range,
and when she took up the study of
art as a part of club work, she did
it with view of guiding people in
the study of art as it is discovered in
nature and as it Is o. may be applied
to the practical things. To home
building, to dressmaking, to lawn
planting, to street building, to the
selection of colors for dress SO that
the individual complexion will be ac-
companied by colors for dress SO that
the individual complexion will be
accompanied by colors that harmon
lie with it; colors that nature would
use with the colors in that complex
ion. Art would guide in the cut or
form of clothes so that they will har-
monte in form with the individual
wearing them.
She illustrated this thought and
showed how the study might be car
| ried on without cent of expense, by
calling attention to nature. The
study of art is the study of nature.
Art as seen in pictures is nature re-
something in nature and reflects it
true to nature, it is not true art and
cannot last under analysis. Fashion
may dictate that certain things shall
| be worn in a certain way, and If it
is in harmony with nature it is art.
Fashion sho Id be based upon art
but unfortunately it is often at war
with nature and clothes its subjects
in things unbecoming.
Examine the leav of a tree and
they will be found conforming to
certain forms. All the leaves of
that kind of tree will have certain
curves and angles. Others may have
ovals instead of angles, and all will
conform to that type. Nature never
mixes things.
The same may be said of colors.
Compare the leaves as to color and
note the blending. Compare petals
as to form and note the blending.
Put all those of a certain type into
a wreath or circle and there is
harmony. NIX the different types
and there is discord Any girl any
woman, no matter whether she ever
saw an art gallery or so-called
work of art, can study leaves and pc
tails and group them together until
she discovers where her own COM
plexion would match, and then take
those that blend with it and dress
herself becomingly, accepting such
as will harmonic with her own col
Or, and rejecting what makes discord
In selecting the setting, the face
is the most important thing about
the person. The eyes are the most
important thing about the face, and
from this setting the study and sell
ection of goods, ribbons and orna-
ments proceeds.
Another test of how to dress is to
use only so much of given article
as will bring out and develop the in
dividual. For example, diamonds
are beautiful, but if person used
enough of them to outshine the eyes,
it would be sinking the individual.
She would be over dressed. If a
WOmans complexion harmonizes
with mild, subdued colors and she
attires herself in something gaudy it
is not ant; it is not beauty; it is not
in keeping with natural law and will
soon tire and fail to interest anyone.
They may not know why but will be
conscious of the fact.
The house that is decorated with
autumn leaves carefully selected and
carefully placed, will be restful and
will seem to whisper of autumn
with all it's wealth and assurance but
they must be natural, reflection of
nature itself.
The way to study art is to study
nature. All art begins with nature
and is a reflection OF nature. The
MASTERPIECES of art are those that
correctly portray perfect models or
specimens of nature. The old world
has the greatest treasures of art be-
cause they have studied art longer
and more closely and have preserved
their most perfect works of art The
speaker and her husband had spent