Atlanta Georgian., 1912-08-01
Your Thoughts and Con
duct Make Your Face
The Man Who Posed as Jesus and as Judas.

wall of church Napoleon stabbed his horses the
church The horses kicked away much of the painting
People from all the old church each year and
they study beautiful faces dim they moraz about
Napoleon vncs peasant mother about times
and other things.
They might well morae the story of Da Vincis great
model-f they knew it
Here the story applies every human being You
yourself without the church in Milan
The artist sought express possible of char
acter study great painting Laboousy during
he sought and sketched types of men.
The eleven good disciples first painted and then Da
began eagerly seeking for face worthy founda
ton for his inspired portrait Of Christ
He that pleased him at last 1t that of
young man singing in the Milan Cathedral
It was beautiful face breathing spirit of truth and of
lofty deaim young gladly accepted the honor offered
him. posed that today looks calm and gentle
among the twelve disciples
Only one face then remained pantedthat Judas
traitor
Throughout ias and through hants of crime Da Yinc
sought embody the hdeou dpavy the utter
baseness spirit could beray the gntest of
He found last in prison cell in Rome The face
was not that of an But vice. evil thoughts evil living
gave stamp snkn humanity which the painter sought
That painted the face Of udasand after the
work was learned through accident that the
young posed for the face Jesus the he
in the prison had posed for the face of Judas
few years of evil living had done the work Such change
had been made years that the painter himself familiar
through long models face failed utterly
nze it.
This story is often with ncreduly But why should it
be heard with increduity7
Can you recognize of pure spring water after has
run through the gutter of city,
you that the face twichmg under the black mask
as the hangman caold the face of pretty
young loved by its mother and seeming in man eyes
the embodiment of permanent innocence
Each city magistrate climbs his police court seat
sees a row unhappy before him They from
twenty sixty Lsess he these sometimes
drunkenness sometimes for crimes which the responsible
criminal goes free of these miserable be
ognized BY those her when her face reflected
mindY except perhaps mother whose eyes see
through marks hard world and into the soul that
not be destroyed
Have you 9ver seen photograph yourself made when
were chld7
You have laughed at the old picture probably the old
fashioned clothing the with the wide black braid
the funny old dress
Look again at the picture of your childhood and look
rousy will be fortunate woman you can look and
Look carefully at the eyes the mouth Study the
sion Do you the ranness freshness truth or other
good qualities missing3
The woman devoted her life to pleasure, to dismal
social vanity to eager pursuit of worthless excitement looks bit
ter glass years by The has the youth
has replaced by calm sefrespecng but by bitter
regret all the expression deaden the and makes
the face different from the girl of ten
fifteen years ago in the face Judas from that Of Jesus the
great picture Of Milan
moral story of Leonardo model does apply
extreme alone
applies the middeaged made hard-hard inside
and out by persistent selfish hunting for money.
1t applies to the gourmet gourmand who has devoted his
intelligence exclusively to the service of his stomach.
applies the newspaper who thinks that journal
pessmstic but who ought know lack Of
sincere interest in other what makes pessimistc
When your life is ended far material accomplishment
goes you may have money you have you may nved
by others.
p,+f olf
mportanyour opinion of yourself based your knowledge Of
what have really aimed a really done
Your face viii tell the story Of your life various phases
1t will tell the whole story toward the you in the glass
and every line and exnresson hathor Won u