Arizona republican., 1917-02-11

CTS of that shopl There was old
 age grim and determined, manhood strong and courageous, and youth aShine with faith and heroism march 1 ing through the battles smoke. in- : spired by love for their own" their
 native land" No wonder people
 looked long Tt the picture and no wonder, as they looked their faces ! frightened, One remark of a fellow
 workman my father well remembers, Most folks he said, and his lan-
 guage was not of the cultured variety. miss the biggest thing in that pic-tur'
 taint the fellers marchin' along t battle plaS in the flies and beatin 1 the drum, they kin do somethin, it.
 the pore wounded chap in the ditch wavin' his hat as they pass and cheerin' 'em along" The most cul tured critic could scarcely have sur passed this comment. This incident E
 mentioned merely to show the potenc' of art to touch and arouse the higher natures in us all, and its capacity fol teaching great lessons even to tn untutored mind.
 Those children who are brought ul in homes blessed with examples 0 the best in art go out into life more fully endowed with high ideals and the strength to realize them, than dc those children who are not so favored Why not, then, for the sake of its re suits upon character and citizenship bring the ministry of art to bear up on the community at large? The municipal art collection will go far il accomplishing this.
 Again. such a collection will af- ford opportunity for those who have artistic ambitions to study the works of the masters. and thus make then progress more rapid and sure than could possibly be the case in the ab sence of such an opportunity. There, are places in Phoenix where the best in music may be heard and studied. We have 8 <pablic library where the pest in literature may be found and assimilated
 If music and literature are essential for our highest culture is not art also essential, and should not there be a place provided where its masterpieces may be accessible 10 those who wish to pursue art. either as an attain ment. or as a profession2
 Finally. such a collection may be- come the means of awakening the sleeping genius of art in souls where its presence is not suspected.
 The story .s told, that, Wolfgane Mozart was a young boy, his father lluNlu d IbtllllcNs tppN tue boA MiAh him. They visited the cathedral at freybourg. As they entered the great organ was pealiEg and its reverberatiOns spread through the wide spaces of the cathedral II 'hrobbed with hoart-break and sang with ecstacy It compassed the gamut of feeling. earthly and divine They stood for a time drenChed with tn, pillows of harmony Then the young Mozart looking into his fathers face with ewes flooded with tears. said Father. | too, am q musician It was the moment Of self revelation. and the music was the revelator
 May il not be that in our own fair ciTy genius lies sleeping, awaiting but the sight of some great master paint Ing to awaken it and arouse the possessor to a consciousness of his own powers and enable him to say iu full confidence, I too. am painter
 The Madison Improvement club will hold a combined business and social meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. J D Bivins. The as Fistant hostcsses will be Mrs. J. C. Adams. Mrs. Q. l.. Burton and Mrs. A. C. Bailey.
 Mrs r. A. Stafford was among the club women present lt the Waman's 1 club Tuesday afternoon when Mrs. Franklin McCluskey's junior class of i expression presented the Yeats play, -'fhc Hour Glass" Her appreciation Of the program follows:
 On Tuesday afternoon, Yeats play. 1 The Hour Glass vas put on at the Noman's cidh by Mrs Franklin Me Clnskey's junior class in expression. ! It was quite wonderful to see the 1 ways in which these young girls caught the spirit of this mystic Irish i play-The story is of wise man who must die when the sands of the hour glass runs out. ard to whom the doors of heaven Will not open because I no souls have passed the threshold of
 heaven since ne came into that coun-