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(By Samuel L. Greenebaum, Jr.)
Beauty and intelligence rarely find
themselves possessed by the same in-
dividual. Nature seems to think that
either one should be enough for one
person; she rarely considers it neces-
sary or advisable to mix them. How-
ever, we must admit that there are a
few favored sons and daughters whom
Providence has seen fit to bless with
this double gift.
Similarly, in literature, few men
have worth-while ideas, and at the
same time, are gifted with the power
to express themselves gracefully. Only
too often does the appreciative reader
thrust aside a book because of a
marked absence of one of these two.
The writer, who lacks style but pos-
sesses ideas, is like a man in a foreign
country; he who has grace,_ ease, force,
but finds himself at loss to say some-
thing of value is in the same predica-
ment as a manufacturer without busi-
ness. Robert Louis Stevenson is one
of the few who is able to eonvey valid
t Louis Stevenson
After reading "An Apology for
Idleness," one finds one's self in a pe-
culiar plight. Certainly none can deny
the verity of the 'author, but is his
creed practicable in this materialistic
world? How often do we knowingly
reject that which we know to be true,
in order to be conventional! What
slaves are we to the fear of seeming
ridiculous! Why can we not be con-
tent with sustenance and not crave
mere wealth?
Realizing as we do that we know
nothing of the Divine Purpose which
has placed us here, why do we center
our actions on economics to the ex-
clusion of aesthetics? We can but
admire Stevensonf and all brave souls
who refuse to allow themselves to be
cramped by the race for the dollar,
but who lead their lives in the most
comfortable, the most enjoyable, and
thus the most beneficial way.
Stevenson, in his "Virginibus Puer-
isque," nobly defends youth, head-
strong, irresponsible,' joyous, youth.
Why should not young people d
that are not safe and reasoned
are not bound by fear. Why
they be hampered by aged ex
and forever fettered by sagac
-Stevenson is right. It is co
a' great joke by those who a
and wise, if, when some yo
thusiast makes a ,wild state
sagely smiling old' gentleman
shakes -his head and replies,
I thought too when I was yo
In truth, as Stevenson points
youth could well enter a
demur, and thus prove his c
this "vieillard" thought thus,
was young, why should not th
man do likewise? "Si jeuness
si vieillesse pouvait!" is indees
ty expression, but how wat
hopeless it sounds.
Although Stevenson ridicule
age in some of his essays, ft
it the conventional joke ofa
he cannot make us believe th
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ideas with simplicity, force, and ex-
actness. Therein lies his charm, his
worth.
Perhaps no writer on the more phil-
osophical subjects has been able to
simplify his expression to as great an
extent as has Stevenson. Perhaps too,
no writer has been so able to write
successfully for both children and old-
er people. One finds the same de-
lightful simplicity in his "Memoirs
and Portraits" as in that wonderful,
collection, "The iChild's Garden of
Verse." Fortunate is the man who
can abstract himself from the cares of
"grown-ip" existence to the extent
of being able to amuse children. Stev-
enson, by maintaining simplicity of
style enables himself to be understood
by "Youth and Crabbed Age," gay
childhood and sober maturity.
The content of his writings makes
one forget the art with which he con-
veys them. His life, naturally mor-
bid by reason of his illness, continual-
ly protrudes through his essays. His
philosophy seemsg to be an effort to
comfort himself kndthosein like con
ditions. Nevertheless, his efforts at
optimism often seem to be unsuccess-
fjl and he seems to become a victim
of despondency again. His works ,so
appealing in, themselves, often fasten
themselves on the careful reader, so
that he too shares Stevenson's allur-
ing dejection, and must lay aside the
book for a while.
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ping with silk bloomers at $5.00,
entiiely satisfied with the ef-
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