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weekly review not long ago un article discussing the influence of the war on westhetics. The writer was
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That the examples I have given of art in the trenches are of "no mal value in bearing out the theory mentioned at the beginning of this artile I readily admit. but they at least show that a desire for any form of beautification axlate in the trenches, Formy part, taking the and other signs into account, at inclined to the belief that a craving for of the épinion that she war, instead of astheth beauty in its various shapen does extinguishing artistic impulses, as it was exist to a widespread extent aming fenced it would, hnd produced a deeper Frândesc, The writer hay quoted
he who have lived in squalor and suisery wave of artistle, feeling after the war.
for months, and whose eyes have for over duelt on ruin and mat wanton desola. on, will feel a keener relish in the finer things of the mind and sens. Thers is unly one femark of way valite I am able to contribute to the subject. Ta is that I have never seen is the trenches any thing written or draw that, was obscene or vulgar, such as ones is so often apt to
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teit in the world at large. He thought this "was especially trus at the soldiers in the evacus. They lived in the midst ot so much appalling, ugliness and raisers that a fervvut longing grew up in them altezing which they had perhaps never. betore esperanzi-for the bunnilful in urr-and-literature and nipis.----
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er experienes to say, but there is it lead the observațión. U should like to make, even though it may not di aterially Į to the discussian ust may not even have a direct leading ois the subject. It is that man in the trees has nariz evrey some kind of an instinct for art, even
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whatever, it is surely jase this, that men who are constantly under the shadow of great danger have a higher sense of what is fitting in those matters, reascuable to expert, then, that this higher sense will survive in them long emotion. The hope may be father to the years afterwards and become an hiding thought, but, together with others I have
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though it inny take a very primitive form, † known and talked with, I believe 'one "FIE
Every man will deeorges his dugout it ho con. Send hire a picture posteurd and I wil-pin it up. Give him an illustrated paper. and he will tear out the pictures and wirk then on the walls. When you widespread is, this docorn- presive how Live instinct, it in presamably not pre- onable to infer that at least some pm- portion of the mandi feel a deeper, artistic craving than they are able to manifest.
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the argument too fine, I will give just o Tow exstaples of uristic doration in the trenches, and leave it to the reader to | julte, whether, they peve anything or
When the men can obtain & plege of spare word or softstone they love to Curve it. Of course this may be only a nicans of whing away the long, drearying the death of a Japanese tradesman
in the night of July 20th. The judgMr and Mrs Dubois hours, and may have.nn.connection with an artistic impulse.
mit is equivaleht try a verdict of mansMr S. H. Ellis For a time division held an important salient in a
laughter. Judgment was also given in Mr F. W. Evans vhalk country, Great bumps of hard clay the claim for compensation brought by Mr S. Evans
Neuroir was could be scruped out of this side of the the son of the victim.
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Teave to appeal was given, and the its surface. Regimental crusts
Nagasaki Press" adds that it will favourite subjects of design. We could tell who our predecessors were in thesa probably be taken advantage, of trenches from the crests which were to
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be seen everywhere. But there were Seville, was present in Court when judg. other earings which had a deeper undent was given and there were many andder significance.
Japanese spectators. memorial tablets to men who had heen Neumoir arrived in Nagasaki with his the side of the trench. Certain parts of port. Ele went ashore and drank rather kiled. They were carved in niches atgiment, an American Army trans-Mr and Mrs the trench-the more dangerous partily a result being that he created " were rich in these melancholy tablets. I disturbance. în în eating house. In af They usually took the form of type leiter tempting to evade arrect he ran along |ing, surmonted by a cross. In loving the street and in doing so wilfully or memory of Private Michuel Duffy, why accidentally kaneked over an elderly was killed at this spot by a rifle-granade Japanese, causing injuries which resulted -Tune 11th, 1916.**
in death five hours afterwards, *In loving memory of Sergt. Murphy, Pte. Flanna- gun, and Ptc. Donovan, who were killed. hero by a shell-May 7th, 1916, B.I.P.** The tablets were sometimes surrounded by scroll, and ornamented with the regimental emblem. Now and then there wus un epitaph to the effect that the deceased was a good entarude and a brave Poldier. True till death."- ** We all mourn for him." He knew not fear." The majority of these carvings were rather cride, but
were beautifully executed, and were real joy to behold when everything else that met the eye wax w exceedingly ugly,
Some
Our own (dug-outa were often decorated with a galaxy of feminine beauties. Kirchner was on most popular artist. -Postcards containing bis ebloured studies were to be bought in all the shops, and were often sold in complete sets. Kirch- ner's pictures were always welcome, for they cave à brightness and colour to a dug-out more effectively than any other f class of pictures:
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