Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-01
Your Thoughts and Con-
duct Make Your Face
The Man Who Posed as Jesus and as Judas.

Leonardo Da Vnci painted his Last Supper on the
wall of church in Milan Napoleon stabbed his horses the
church The horses kicked away much Of the painting.
People visit old church each year and
they study grown they moaze
Napoleon vncs peasant mother about times
and other things
They might well morane the story of Da vinci great
model-if they knew it.
story applies every human being You
yourself without going to the church in Milan
sought express the widest possible of char
acer study great painting Laborousy during years.
he sought sketched types of
The good disciples painted and then Da
began eagerly seeking for face worthy founda
ton for his inspired portrait of Christ.
He a that pleased him at last 1t that of
young singing in the Milan Cathedral
beautiful face, breathing spirit of truth and of
lofty The young gladly accepted the honor offered
posed for the face that today looks out calm and gentle
among the twelve disciples.
Only one face then remained painted Judas the
traitor.
Throughout the jals and through Da vinc
sought embody the hideous dpravy the utter
baseness of spirit betray the genes of
He model a prison cell in Rome. The face
that of old But vice. evil thoughts evil living
gave the stamp humanity which the painter sought
That face was painted Of Judas-and after the
work done Da Vnc learned through accident that the
young posed for the face of Jesus the he
in the prison cell who had posed for the face of Judas
years of evil living had done the work Such change
had been made years that painter himself familiar
through long models face failed utterly to
nize it.
This story with ncreduty But why should
be heard with ncreduliy?
Can you stream OF spring water AFTER mas
run through gutter of a city?
Can YOU witchng under the black mask
as hangman scaod the face of pretty
young mother and seeming man eyes
embodiment of permanent innocence
city magistrate when he climbs to his police court seat
of unhappy before him They vary in age from
twenty sixty Lstessy he these womensomeme
sometimes crimes which the responsible
criminal goes Would of these miserable be rec
ognzed by who her when her face reflected pure
mind Not one except perhaps mother whose
through all world and into the soul that
be destroyed.
Have you photograph yourself made when
were a child
You have laughed at old picture, probably, at the old
fashioned clothing be suit with the wide black braid
the funny old dress.
Look again at the picture of your childhood look
riousy You if look and
miss anything.
carefully the eyes and the mouth Study the
sion you the ranness freshness truth other
good qualities missing
The woman who has devoted life pleasure, dismal
vanity pursuit Of worthless excitement looks bit
tery glass years by The has the youth
has been replaced by serespectng but by bitter
regret expression dadens the and makes
the different from the girl of ten
years ago the face Judas from that of Jesus in the
great picture of Milan,
moral the story of Leonardos model apply
alone.
1t applies niddeaged man made hard-hard inside
and by persistent selfish hunting money
1t applies to the gourmet gourmand who his
intelligence exclusively the service Of his stomach
1t applies the newspaper who thinks journal
makes pessimis but who ought lack of
in other makes pessimistic
When your life ended far material accomplishment
goes you may money may you may
by others
But for yourself you will only have ONE possession really
mporantyour opinion of yourself based your knowledge
what you have really aimed and really
Your face will tell the story your life various phases