The Washington times., 1929-12-30
WILLIAM BLAKE's PICTURE OF THE WISE AND FOOL
ISH VIRGINS
Hs picture published because many people will be int
ested in the drawing by William Blake the eccentric geniu

picture published because many people Will be inter
ssted in the drawing by William Blake the eccentric genius
This striking picture shows the angel soaring through the
afr above blowing the trumpet shows the Wise Virgins
each going off with oldfashoned lamp held up by chains
and well supplied by oil They didn't have kerosene oil IN
those days. much electric lights They filled their lamps
with oil made from the fat of animals the bubber Of whales
or, more often oil taken from the ripe olive
I You know the old Bible text
Then shall the Kingdom Of HeaOen be ikened unto,
10 origins, Which took their lamps and tDent forth TO
meet the bridegroom.
And GOe Of then, uDere uDse, and fine were foolish.
They that were foolish took their lamps and took
oil Nth them
While the bridegroom tGrried, they all slumbersd
D and slept.
Il And at midnight there cry made, Behold,
the bridegroom cometh; go ys out to meet him.
Il Then all those origins and trimmed their
And the foolish said the wise, GiOe as Of your
oil, for lamps gone out.
But the Mise GnsUered saying Not so; lest there
be NOT enough for us and you; but go ye rather to
them that sell and buy for yourselves.
And Uhle they Dent to buy, the bridegroom came;
and they that ready Went IN Dlth hum 10 the
marriage; and the door uD0s shut
Afterward came also the other origins, saying,
But he onswered and said, Verify 7 say unto yOu,
know you not
Watch therefore, for ye knoW neither the day nor
The hour Dherein the Son Of man cOmeth.
There many kinds Of oil that people need In the bnle
aegory you read about Wise Virgins and Foolish Virgins
eddng Or ioi n the festivities The wise Ones good
time This picture shows how they felt.
In those ancient days. oil played most important part Tor
without olive OIL in the days Of the Greeks and the ancient
Jews and others, life would have been difficult.
They oil in cooking they drank it they used 1t Tor
their lamps And after the bath which did not occur too
often except among the highly civilized Greeks who bathed
.eEery day they covered the entire body with OIL
Oh doen interest US very much now except for our auto
mobiles. We press button whenswe want . light
But there are other kinds Of ol important to us as
that oil that the Foolish Virgins forgot to bring aong with
them.
+ Lid ~ sniI,, that Ne call money 1T makes
things go very smoothly T makes you order the other man
instead 81 being Obliged obey the order Of the other man.
Today money is in moderation the oil of life In excess
d the curse Of life when it to be the only thing thought
Of sseS - @
Make it your business as you go through life to save
wisely without stinng hardship for others 50 that you
may gradually accumulate enough oil money to grease and
ease yOur last days
There are other kinds Of without which life amounts
to little The most important Of course education,
rather nformation You may have strength health and
money But without information to make thought interesting
and efficient without education which includes not only read
ing writing and arithmetic but the world OF history and Of
science you much better off than those Foolish Virgins
4t.4 efnva here 49, ~. ~