The Denver Jewish news., 1924-05-08
THE DENVER JEWISH NEWS

Life never is passive stand Man has
ahead slide back And in this
have the philosophy of the successful business who
he has reached his allotted three score
years This thought explains why the multmlonaire
the industrial baron the king of finance all struggle on pg up
millions already than they possibly could spend
in whole life time. They have made their business their rec
reaton They realize their work their life When they stop
working they to ve Love OF life spurs them on hy must
and they not the type to backward voluntarily
There in this wide world just thing that never has
changed just thing toward which attitude always the
same accomplishment of mankind to which all peoples OF
the world from the primitive savage up to the most cultured
accomplishment about which there
which always has been accepted by friend or foe at
full value, is THE ARTS.
In medieval times the minstrel conquered enemy
His appreciated What's
his masters Ancient works of long for
inspire Take the world of today with its violent hates
and international chickering's and and euds No matter how
Russia matter how intense the hatreds
novess live the only meeting ground of
hating hated No matter how rabbd feeling exists among
peoples Allied nations against Germany the works OF
Beethoven and Goethe and Wagner and others of the artistic class
enghten the world and to afford much inspiration to
those who hate Germany to the Germans themselves
nationality Art is for the world regardless of
creed or birth.
1t only rational only develop
of the arts of the dueone of the prime dueso
community of state nation national ideals
may be created and mmortalized thru art.
lives and dies. His soul may not be immortal
But the world knows mans is immortal 1t dies We
often long to drive home this thought
how the dplomatits matter
may amass will keep alive nation
National immortality only thru the creation of
great works of art
requires place the for the
little apprecave word dropped
cheer and and enrich
world with something imperishable-that is enough.
We must awake to the realization that have mission
something than existing to perform We must qualify
the shoes of ancient Greece and
aloft the torches of Immortality.
mystery exists than the attitude people
toward and artistic endeavors This especially where
local artists concerned That musician painter
qualification and of pride instead of occasion for sur But
stead this of the world dscre the struggling
'loca talent"
All talent must be somewhere at least the beginning
Why should not be local to well local
town? What good is it going to do
great artists to for act for paint for don't
gifted opportunity and
development? Imported arts of value unless
make them ourselves And them
do not and will not try to understand them.
We protective tariff wall against manufactured articles
which sometimes quality those seek protect
is desirable to bar foreign artists but let's
limit mporatons to the best absorb
nfusng their spirit into flesh and blood for national
glorfcation
If do not, if unwilling attempt to at
least understand the arts which pretend admire and cherish
then than snobSand hypocrte If unwilling
to anything
entertainments display clothes and show off ocad
social distinction instead of thru appreciation AS great
nations have fallen for lesser short comngs than this
For these the people of their
boys and girls chance to give them opportunity
the fine and inspiring atmosphere of ideals that will make of them
moral men and
warning not be out of place the charaan whose
light of public admiration and who bars the
that stand behind him, relying him
Promised Land of artistic inspiration
people shadows the inspiring Rocky
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