Show I r Other Points of View I IGE I GE GENIUS IUS Tho death of or Ralph tho the genius ge bC- ge- ge rilus was not found to possess commercial value until he had Been Immured for tor or some somo years In a a. hospital for tor tho the Insane Is Js being employed to point a for many tales Each observer according to his fancy Is tz Inclined to Lo discover r a special cl cp nt meaning In It il alL Commercialism Commer r tabs cays one drove Blakelock Insane Inane Blakelock observes cs another failed to succeed because he lack lacked ability to advertise ad himself Buyers Duyer we ue arc are told in invariably in in- variably know the thc true value of or the treasures the they obtain at from Crom unknown geniuses and that is theay the tho way ay get rich But It seems that suffered suf suf- from rom a form Corm of insanity with which his earl early hardships hardships hard hard- ships had little to do and while lie wa was waa not a self-ad- self neither have ha been man s. s except as aa they attracted J attention b by their work works and anti It is undoubtedly truo true that dealers do take tale risks hi In buying in in- in It is now disclosed that not all of Blakelock's Blake Blake- locks lock's works were masterpieces He did pot cot ot always alwa's strike twelve c. c It would of course bo be Ideal It If every great man were a salesman as well as a genius but it does docs not ot happen to bo be so and It II Is hard to say ay Just what can bo be done about It It Is ono one of or the risks wo we tako tuko on coming Into life lito that we may not be bo appreciated And it is J part rt of or ortho tho battle of or life not only to perform good goon works lorIs but out butto butto outto to comp compel compol 1 recognition of ot them If recognition be tant tanto Blakelock probably would not nol have lla Improved J his market by shouting his wares ware from the thc house housetops tOllS or long long- postponed the day of ot his commitment His Ills genius wa was indeed near allied to madness the friends of oC later his days das do not claim for fur him that ho was a normal normal normal nor nor- mal man Worldly success is mainly for Cor the average verago man Those who live In the thc cloudland of oC another piano plane must expect to be bo misunderstood It is truo In literature In Inart Inart Inart art in commerce and business that tho those those- who vho all things considered best besl fit into their environment en the reap re re- re wards It I la Is a hard on genius but It IL to be the inexorable rule It Is one of or tho the penalties of a u certain kind of The Tho greatness everyday affairs of or this thi earth must continue continuo to be bo conducted on the basis of tho the understanding of or the normal man Portland Portland Oregonian r |