The Washington times., 1920-07-15
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(C~oioosa IRON festsSssc
perhaps you have a faint idea
how Il was for me when you were
sway observed his father
u know. i had to go through.
hadn't IL
.'of course. But - with
your mother Eone-it was-lonely.
Do you understand. now. why took
Steve when i had the chancer
The young fellow nodded, looking
at his father:
''of course ! understand. But /
don't see why Steve had TO go. She
has everything here to amuse her
everything a girl could desire!
Why the deuce should she get rest
less and 60 nying about after
knowlsdssr'
Possibly said John Cleland.
-the child has a mind"
"A feminine one. Yes, of course.
I tell you, father. it's all part and
parcel of this world wide restless
ness which has set women ndgeting
the whole world over. What Is II
they wAnt?-because they them
selves can't tell you. Do you know
IT think do. They desire to ex-
0rcise the liberty of choice"
-They have IL now. haven't they"
Virtually. They're getting the
rest If steve goes through college
she will emerge to hnd all paths
open to women. 1t worries me
little"
Jim shrugged:
What is 1t she calls it mean
her attitude about choosing a ca
reer?"
"She refers to 1t, believe. as the
necessity for self-expression.'"
Fiddle! The trouble with Steve
10 that she's afflicted with extreme
youth"
II don't know. Jim. She has a
mind"
Its a purely initiative one. Peo-
pie she has read about draw. write.
compose music. Steve is sensitive
to impression, high strung, with
q very receive mind; and the idea
attracts her. And what happens?
She sees me. for example, scrib-
bling away every day; she knows
I'm writing q novel: it makes an
impression on her and she takes
to scribbilng, too.
Oswald Grismer drops in and
talks studio and atmosphere and
Rodin and Manship. That stirs her
up. What occurs within twenty
four hours? Steve orders a box OF
colors and a modelling table; and
she smears her pretty boudoir fur
niture with oil paint and plasti-
cine. And that's all 1t amounts to,
father. just the caprice OF very
young girl who thinks creative art
a romantic cinch, and take sa shy
at It."
His father. not smiling, said:
Possibly. But the mere fact that
Ahc does take a shy at these things
spends her leisure in trying to
paint, model. and write, when other
girls Of her age don't, worries me
little. I do not want her to be-
come interested in any profession
Of an irregular nature. l want
Steve to keep away from the un-
conventional I'm afraid OF 1t Tor
her"
"WhyT'
because all intelligence Is rest
less-and Steve is very Intelligent.
All creative minds desire to fiI!d
some medium for self-expressior.
And I'm wondering whether Steve's
mind is creative or merely imita-
tive; whether she is actually but
blindly searching for an outlet for
self-expression, or whether its
merely the healthy mental energy
Of a healthy body requiring It's
share Of exercise, too
Jim laughed:
Its in the air. father, this mania
for doing things It's the ridicu-
lous renaissance of the common
place, long submerged. Every col
leee youth, every school girl writes
a novel: every janitor. every office
boy a scenario. The stage today
teens with salesladies and moor
walkers; the pants presser and the
manufacturer of ladies' cloaks d.
rect the newest art of the moving
pictures. Printers devils and ex
draymen Ali the papers with their
craftsmanship; head walters write
the scores for musical productions.
Art Is in the air. SO why shouldn't
steve believe helrself capable OF
creating a few things? She'll get
ever it,"
II hope she will"
"She will. Steve is reasonable