| Show CHILDREN ART RT LOVERS If I there were are three children cU rn looking at tho the paintings and ad statuary In the thc Western Galler Gallery Gallery Gal Gal- lery ler of ot Art rt In the tho public library building two of ot them will wi be of ot Italian descent decent That ThatIs Is tho the ratio The Tho Italians with wIh an Inborn love lovo for the artistic things of ot Ute life predominate predominate predominate nate among the youngsters youngster The t typically American bo boy or girl ll is distinctly dis dis- not a devotee te of art art One visit usually usual usual- I ly 1 suffices whereas the Italian children re return return re- re turn tur repeatedly and spend spond hours hour In the galler gal gal- ler lery And they come voluntarily Their parents parents par par- are arc ae not forced to drag them through The parents too are frequent visitors and those who were born abroad frequently toll tell tellof tollof of having seen tho the orl originals inas of or the tho man many fine Cne copies that tire rc ure on exhibition It I is observed that the tho Italian lalan children arc ae not boisterous They s seem m awed b by tho the work o of the tho to masters mastors but once the they leave the buildIng building build build- Ing they are as eager to romp and play as asay army tny ay other children But Hut when thoy they itro arc cre In Inspecting Inspecting inspecting In- In the tho gallery aler the they are as quiet as mice and their conversation converston is carried on In a Inta a low low- tone tone and and usually in Italian HaUan The smaller maler pictures attract them thorn most most The large groups group one might Judge o offer r too much study for the childish mind but the tho single portraits are oas easy of comprehension Of all al the tho pictures the portrait of ot Don Garcia Garcia Garcia Gar Gar- cia Del Medici b by An Angelo elo is most admired Don Garcia Is a chubby chubb youngster 2 or 3 years years old lie He holds a bird In his hand and there is a beaming smile smie on his face Never Nc an Italian child passes the portrait that he toes does not smile smie up In return A group of ot dark skinned youngsters frequently will wil be bo found regarding the picture In si silence si- si lence but always alwa's they arc are smiling at the time plump little boy In tho the picture The marbles marbles mar mar- bles too are In high favor or a-or and the youthful visitors must be watched to keep them from rom touching tho time statues They would not break one for th t the world but they are ae keen to press the surface of the time figures fres There Thoro would be beno beno beno no objection were were- It not that the they leave lea o finger finger linger fin lin- time little hand ger prints every a smudgy touches tho the glistening surface Their Ther appreciation Is merely Instinctive The They judge effects rather than technique bu but despite their years years the they have a far tar deeper deep deep- er or appreciation o of art than man many of oC their neighbors from uptown In that tha respect tho the I Italians arc a fortunate fortunato race race |
