The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-17


tanks of the Sierras. Ry the date OF the
first appearance OF the noating pollen
and the quantity. they Judged whether
the GUNNER feed would he full or scanty.
and on indications as slight as these
they hsrgained with the dealers who
came out from San Francisco for their
spring lambs. lntlmacies such as these
bet ween the land and the people breed
poets IL ser and much better ones than
do universities.
Undoubtedly. tho development Of the
creative spirit in the West ia affected by
the sense OF sustained vitality in nature
\ blossoning almond orchard is not only
a beautiful thing II IS also an incscap-
able thing: Il scents the air for almost
~ manv miles as its delicate. roseate
cloud takes the cyc along the foothiU
slopes. Swarms Of fallen petals drift
IN tho roadNaNs IKE SNOW And the
long rowe Of IN" low trimmed muscats
reaching out from vine to vine with ad-
NauciuS summer as though to take hands
against tie weight Of the harves'--how
they assault us with the visible process
of earth and sun and air made into wine
and food for man, \ every turn the
| cons ciousucss Of something doing, some
thinS vitality connected with the large
process OF nature ana our own means
of subsistence, raises the plano OF eN-
pcctation. There Is something dong
every minute in a country OF such Nari'A
Topography. as the procession OF harvest
follows he season. Orange picking he
gins in December AMI overlaps the prur-
ing OF the dec'duous orchards. The
SMOKE of tho last burning has scarcely
~ ssed from the shorn trees of the high
est. most uortherly valleys when the
HON eriug ~ almonds and apr'ro's opens
the honey harvest The berry pirters
move M solid phalanNeS from the cherry
lands Of Napa and Santa Clara TO ;he
river bottoms. and from that Oh TO tina
August hop picking and the raisin dry
| Ing all Labor is in lux. II passes up and
down the great Twin Valleys In free
! companies" working. eating, and az
| often as not sleeping IN he open. Dur
, irG the hr'ef sea son OF the rains u f.
housed In packing sheds and preserve
+ factories. hut for the greater mart OF tho
/ v"sr the human laborer Is as mu'h
p,,rt Of the ,reat outdoor pageant rs the
noodpecEer or the ant
Al this makes for a kind Of under
/ standing OF nature that T. as different
| from the afternoon walk kind Of nature
LOVING as marrying woman and h9"-
ing children W. her Is d''fe'cr' from
I rri NIX sonnet to ones mistrcss's eye
brow Tho mastery ~ rivers rni SHOWS
and granite mountains and their CON
version into crops and Hight and uc'h7r-
I zeal power raises IN" average plane OF
/ human activity al through
T. should mean mat in California "
! shall have not ucu's~arll" poems N''i',0
to a redwood and pictures ~ snow tup"d
4 rtr-rs. but Mot Whatever 's Vrrton or
ip,tutcd should 'tn., hrnadth and poV "r
| r., uu.L ttI',, cIuru' ~ the UrOpl"
among whom tint. 't','s place op-'t ru
he = newer and wo.c 'ousnilNG '"pr'~-
-loN of MANS relation 30 -no iuyl She.
70 the trend and purneso OF things. In
other words, one would expect the ART
OF the West TO be strongly religious IN
IFS Implications Already ono sees iu-
d.catlone Of his tendency in that most
native o. institutions the outdoor thea
ire There are enough Of these delight
ful places OF entertainment I'm California
To be n bic 70 speak of their development
as n feature of Nes ern community life,
and their evidence ~ to the trend OF
community thought is singular and con-
Nlnclng, -
Another determining force In shaping
the art Of 2 country, which Il IL ir.pos-
sihlo 10 overlook, is tho prepos seS sion
which It's citizens bring To g. Tho A.
Souauts of 40 brought tho spirit
Of romance ard 'eft us With that 80, OILS
disregard of artistry which is the hes ?
ground for a new art 10 spring from,
The Franciscan fathers contributed on"
Of our two predomlnating types Of archl-
lecture and a STYLE OF furniture which
Saius favor steadilv. The Couqulsta
doros hcquca'hcd l''''e OF ;he roman
tie manner and a poe't2'nC tendency I'm
names ~ places The japanese and
chinese have dore much in their ware.
Ia satisfy and foster tho Western love
ri colo, I'm decoration. hut the artist.
con sciousncss Of The Oriental Is worn
too smooth hy centuries 10 make deu'
in the rohustious West They have
glanced on at contact. to fan Inside m,
area Of immediate production. u has
remained for The rejected and down
truddcn aboriginal 10 leave deter'rir-
ing mark. In color, IN decoration ar'
In design the Indian not" has s'-u'>