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always will。 The beautiful appealed to their simple natures�察�elevating and 

refining     them�察   �and   opening     before    their  eager    eyes   perspectives     of 

undreamed´of   interest。   The   self´   imposed   task   became   a   delight   as   his 

pupils'   minds   responded   to   his   efforts。   Although   death   soon   ended   his 

useful life�察�the seed planted grew and bore fruit in many humble homes。 

     At this moment I know men in several walks of life who revere with 

touching devotion the memory of the one human being who had brought 

to them�察�at the moment when they were most impressionable�察�the gracious 

message that existence was not merely a struggle for bread。 The boys he 

had     gathered    around     him    realize   now    that   the   encouragement       and 

incentive received from those evening glimpses of noble works existing in 

the   world   was   the   mainspring      of   their   subsequent   development   and       a 

source of infinite pleasure through all succeeding years。 

     This reference to an individual effort toward cultivating the poor has 

been made because other delicate spirits are attempting some such task in 

our city�察�where quite as much as in the French village schoolchildren stand 

in   need   of   some   message   of   beauty   in   addition   to   the   instruction   they 

receive�察 � some window opened for them�察�as it were�察�upon the fields of art�察�

that their eyes when raised from study or play may rest on objects more 

inspiring   than   blank     walls   and   the   graceless   surroundings   of   street   or 

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     We are far too quick in assuming that love of the beautiful is confined 

to the highly educated�察�that the poor have no desire to surround themselves 

with   graceful   forms   and   harmonious   colors。   We   wonder   at   and   deplore 

their crude standards�察�bewailing the general lack of taste and the gradual 

reducing   of   everything to   a   commonplace   money  basis。 We   smile   at   the 

efforts toward adornment attempted by the poor�察�taking it too readily for 

granted   that   on   this   point   they   are   beyond   redemption。  This   error   is   the 

less   excusable   as   so   little   has   been   done   by   way   of   experiment   before 

forming   an   opinion�察   �   whole   classes   being   put   down   as   inferior   beings�察�

incapable of appreciation�察�before they have been allowed even a glimpse 

of the works of art that form the daily mental food of their judges。 

     The     portly   charlady   who      rules  despotically   in     my   chambers      is  an 

example。 It has been a curious study to watch her growing interest in the 

objects that have here for the first time come under her notice�察�the delight 

she   has   come   to   take   in   dusting   and   arranging   my   belongings�察  �and   her 

enthusiasm at any new acquisition。 Knowing how bare her own home was�察�

I felt at first only astonishment at her vivid interest in what seemed beyond 

her comprehension�察�but now realize that in some blind way she appreciates 

the rare and the delicate quite as much as my more cultivated visitors。 At 

the end   of one laborious   morning�察 �when   everything was   arranged   to   her 

satisfaction�察  �she   turned   to   me   her   poor�察  �plain   face�察  �lighted   up   with   an 

expression of delight�察�and exclaimed�察 �Oh�察�sir�察�I do love to work in these 

rooms� �I'm never so happy  as when   I'm arranging   them elegant things� ─�

And�察�although my pleasure in her pleasure was modified by the discovery 

that she had taken an eighteenth´century comb to disentangle the fringes 

of a rug�察�and broken several of its teeth in her ardor�察�that she invariably 

placed   a   certain   Whister   etching   upside   down�察  �and   then   stood   in   rapt 

admiration   before   it�察  �still�察  �in   watching   her   enthusiasm�察  �I   felt   a   thrill   of 

satisfaction at seeing how her untaught taste responded to a contact with 

good things。 

     Here   in America�察  �and   especially   in   our   city�察  �which   we   have   been   at 

such     pains   to   make     as  hideous     as  possible�察   �the   schoolrooms�察      �where 

hundreds of thousands of children pass many hours daily�察�are one degree 

more graceless than the town itself�察�the most artistically inclined child can 



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hardly   receive   any   but   unfortunate   impressions。   The   other   day   a   friend 

took me severely to task for rating our American women on their love of 

the big shops�察�and gave me�察�I confess�察�an entirely new idea on the subject。 

;Can't   you   see�察─  �she   said�察   �that   the   shops   here   are   what   the   museums 

abroad are to   the poor�拭�It   is in them  only that certain people may  catch 

glimpses of the dainty and exquisite manufactures of other countries。 The 

little   education     their  eyes    receive    is  obtained     during    visits  to  these 

emporiums。; 

     If this proves so�察�and it seems probable�察�it only proves how the humble 

long for something more graceful than their meagre homes afford。 

     In the hope of training the younger generations to better standards and 

less vulgar ideals�察�a group of ladies are making an attempt to surround our 

schoolchildren   during   their   impressionable   youth   with   reproductions   of 

historic   masterpieces�察  �and   have   already   decorated   many   schoolrooms   in 

this way。 For a modest sum it is possible to tint the bare walls an attractive 

color ´ a delight in itself ´ and adorn them with plaster casts of statues and 

solar prints of pictures and buildings。 The transformation that fifty or sixty 

dollars   judiciously   expended   in   this   way   produces   in   a   school´room   is 

beyond      belief�察  �and�察  �as  the   advertisements       say�察  �must    be   seen    to  be 

appreciated�察─�giving an air of cheerfulness and refinement to the dreariest 

apartment。 

     It is hard to make people understand the enthusiasm these decorations 

have excited in both teachers and pupils。 The directress of one of our large 

schools was telling me of the help and pleasure the prints and casts had 

been to her�察�she had given them as subjects for the class compositions�察�and 

used them in a hundred different ways as object´lessons。 As the children 

are   graduated   from   room  to   room�察  �a   great   variety   of   high´class   subjects 

can be brought to their notice by varying the decorations。 

     It   is   by   the   eye   principally   that   taste   is   educated。   ;We   speak   with 

admiration of the eighth sense common among Parisians�察�and envy them 

their  magic   power  of   combining   simple   materials   into   an   artistic   whole。 

The   reason   is   that   for   generations   the   eyes   of   those   people   have   been 

unconsciously        educated    by   the   harmonious      lines   of  well´proportioned 

buildings�察     �finely    finished     detail   of   stately    colonnade�察     �and     shady 



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perspective of quay and boulevard。 After years of this subtle training the 

eye instinctively revolts from the vulgar and the crude。 There is little in the 

poorer quarters of our city to rejoice or refine the senses�察�squalor and all´ 

pervading ugliness are not least among the curses that poverty entails。 

     If   you   have   a   subject   of   interest   in   your   mind�察  �it   often   happens   that 

every book you open�察�every person you speak with�察�refers to that topic。 I 

never remember having seen an explanation offered of this phenomenon。 

     The   other   morning�察  �while   this   article   was   lying   half   finished   on   my 

desk�察  �I   opened   the   last   number   of   a   Paris   paper   and   began   reading   an 

account      of   the   drama�察   �LES     MAUVAIS         BERGERS          ��treating    of  that 

perilous   subject�察  �the   ;strikes;���察  �which   Sarah   Bernhardt   had   just   had   the 

courage   to   produce   before   the   Paris   public。   In   the   third   act�察  �when   the 

owner   of   the   factory   receives   the   disaffected   hands�察  �and   listens   to   their 

complaints�察      �the   leader   of   the  strike   ��an   intelligent    young     workman���察�

besides shorter hours and increased pay�察�demands that recreation rooms be 

built    where     the    toilers�察  �their   wives�察    �and   their    children    may     pass 

unoccupied hours in the enjoyment of attractive surroundings�察�and cries in 

conclusion�此   �We�察  �the   poor�察  �need   some   poetry   and   some   art   in   our   lives�察�

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