THE COUC.
Reviews.
The March number of the Arena con
tains a very unique and Interesting
"Appeal." It Is for the "Foundation of
a Colony of Self-Supporting Artists,"
as the title states. It Is In the form of
an open letter to the men and women
artists of all countries. They are called
upon to live for art's sake not for the
material price of art In the open mar
ket. The plan which Is set forth is for
the establishment of a colony of men
of genius who shall extract their sub
stance from the soil, living simply and
frugally so that but a minimum of man
ual toil shall be required of each. The
remalndur of their time Is to be allowed
freely to each one and is to be devoted
to the pursuit of art in free accord
ance with the genius of the artist.
There Is to be no labor for hire no
manufacture of art to order.
The colony Is to be or rather Is, for
It Is editorially stated that it .is now
organized carried through on eminent
ly practical lines, (the standard of prac
ticability, of course, being purely Ar
cadian). Like all undertakings of the
sort the ideal brethren or brethren with
ideals, as one chooses. Is to "return to
the natural life of primitive men of the
soil, giving part of their lives (for art's
sake) to raising their own sheep and
cows, catching their own fish and plant
ing their own corn even In a wilderness
of modern civilization." As the choice
of occupation, when it comes to divis
ion of labor. Is altogether free I hope
there will not be too many artists who
will want to devote their surplus energy
to "catching fish" or, perhaps, to herd
ing sheep after the manner of their
own painted shepherds and shepherd
esses. Otherwise Jacques Bonhomme
for the colony is In France will exact
hard bargains for his corn.
The artists are somewhat particular
about the location of their colony, also.
Among the requisites-are "a union with
a mild but energetic climate, having a
balance of sunshine, wind and rain.
A union by fraternal sympathy with the
people of a country already settled,
having an Art future, where the soli
shall favor the easy raising of food;
with landscape varied by hills, plateaus,
woods and watercourses, not too far
Inland," etc. Postoillce handy and
schoolhouse within three miles Is evi
dently presupposed. The obtaining of
this location, so the "Appeal" states,
"necessitates the finding of some one
sympathetic to Art, who will provide
land ready and cleared for cultivation,
and small simple dwellings also
a few sheep, cows, horses and some
farming implements." In return for
this bonus to the Art settlement "poets,
writers and musicians will dedicate
their poems and compositions to him"
and it is to be presumed, he will be at
liberty to reap whatever profit may ac
crue through the rise of his adjacent
real estate. Since the colony Is reported
established the sympathetic friend of
Art has evidently been induced to In
vest. The organization of the colony Is
socialist the socialism being what is
commonly considered of the Ideal
rather than the practical sort. There
are 'three fundamental rules to which
each colonist must agree and "with
out which it does not exist." They are
(1) "To unite to create. Individually
and Jo ntly, an Art for Art's sake,
which Is to express 'the highest aspira
tion of his soul, renouncing all egoism
and distinction. (2) To devote part of
the day to manual labor, so as to be
come self-supporting. (3) To crush all
selfishness. Jealous', envy, malice and
discord, and to live as 'far as possible
the noble life of an artist."
One does not need to be a cyn"c to
have some small doubts as to the long
existence of the colony. If it Is strictly
conditioned by these rules. No. 2, at
least. Is certainly worthy of New
Year's Day itself. But artists are hu
man, or rather a little less than hu
man, according to Lomboroso's inter
pretation. On the whole this move bears a strik
ing example to the Brook Farm experi
ment In New England in the early part
of this century. That settlement actu
ally existed for a number of years and
such men as Kmerson and Hawthorne
were members of It. I wonder if this
movement of French artists will prove
a forerunner of Twentieth Century
thought and progn-ss, a first straw
caught in the morning breeze of the
new cycle, or whether It is merely a
final disillusionment and extravaganza
of the fin de ecle.
Mrs. Peattle contributed a very pe
culiar little poem to the February num
ber of the Atlantic Monthly. It is a
love poem, but decidedly out of the
usual order of love potms. It is writ
ten In rather irregular blank verse, un
rhymed which is certainly an excep
tional form for an Inspiration from the
Muse of Pass on. The Idea, to, U
unique. It Is partly Indicated In the
title, "Love's Delay." The last few
lines of the poem embody It more fully:
"Haste not.
Dear love, your coming. Wait awhile!
I dream.
In solitary twilight hours, how sweet.
How tender-sweet and pure your kiss
will be.
Your first kfcs, love! Delay lest It be
past!"
An interesting story corned to ub from!
Boston, where they tell it with bated
breath. It appears that the officials in
charge of the Juvenile Department of
the Boston Public Library have noticed
for the past week or two an unusual de
uiand for copies of Bunyan's Pilgrim's
Progress. This demand wai so much
in excess of anything they haJ ever
known that they felt it necessary to in
veetigate the causes of this unprece
dented interest in Buoyan. Inquiry re
vea!oJ the fact that the tejeher of his
tory in a well known school has reached
the colonial events of the seventeenth
century, and had recommended to all
her pupils the perusal "of Buryan's
book as a part of the bibliography of
the slory of the Pilgrim Fathers!-Tick
Bookman.
The London World recently likened
the modern novel to a gigantic octopus,
which iseverlas'ingly abBorb'ng into its
system some hitherto independent
branch of literature. Not content with
this.it pictures with awestruck pen this
omnivorous monster stretching its tenta
cles over the map of the world, and
threatening to revolutionize even the
nomenclature of the habitable portions
of the globe. Herd is a ep cimea of the
new geography:
"Soaring onward down Time's gulf,
the prophetic eye welcomes the ad lition
to the Union of the nourishing State of
More 11a, familiarly abbreviated to Ma.
comprising within ita bounJs the
picturesque and prosperous towns or
Elsmere and Tressady, the latter stand
ing on the banks of the river Mississum
phryward. N-ir does it taka a violent
effort of tha im initiation to picture the
uprising of the marnh'cent city or
PatariBvil'e on the margin of Lake
Corelli."' The Bookman.
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glance.
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Diameter hara registers 105 degrees.
Wife Oh, the cook and I have juit
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