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Show inly a part of the necessary spirit needed to survive under such perverse per-verse 'conditions. Lee Greene Richards could have olaced his mother in a soft armchair arm-chair surrounded by luxurious and modern comforts, but that setting would not be appropriate to such a brave, stalwart character. Instead, In-stead, she sits reclining in ; the soft glow of the late afternoon's setting sun as in reality she has reached the sunset of her life. The object of this lovely painting paint-ing is not just the portrayal of one woman, but stands as a tribute trib-ute to all of those brave pioneers who made for us this beautiful haven in a promised land. Lee Greene Rfchards must certainly cer-tainly have been inspired to have been able to portray on canvas the stirring emotions that this remarkable re-markable masterpiece affords. Pioneer Mother BY GENEVIEVE JACOBSON " The portrait, "Pioneer Mother" painted by Lee Greene Richards of Salt Lake City, Utah, portrays to me the deepest and most sincere theme of any one of the many marvelous creations in the Springville art gallery this year. The entire soothing atmosphere is one of peace, serenity, and quiet restfulness, as well as rugged rug-ged honesty, everlasting strength, and unlimited power. Only a worthily inspired son could possibly show the true and loving character of such a wonderful won-derful example of noble womanhood. woman-hood. Her life has not been one of comfort or luxury, but has been filled with trials and heartbreak. She left everything that meant security for unknown strife,, .discomfort, .dis-comfort, and uncertainty to give to those who followed the advantages advan-tages she dreamed of but . was not permitted to enjoy. Now, as she relaxes in quiet, uri distorted reverie; she . vf.ews with just pride the immense metropolis she assisted to construct con-struct from a dry, barren, , sun-parched sun-parched wasteland. Only one element remains to remind her of those conquered forces. That is the sturdy mountain moun-tain looming in the ; background of the picture like the everlasting spirit of those undaunted pioneers pio-neers that still inspire us to continue con-tinue the ever present conquest for right. Even in her toil occupied days, her great love of beauty found expression in the wonderful poems she haltingly penned in the flickering flick-ering candle light. Although inevitable in-evitable age has crept, upon her, she proves that she still retains that love of beauty with the little bouquet of fragrant lilies-of-the-valley clasped tenderly in her toil-worn toil-worn fingers. Her knotted hands give evidence of the manual labor she as been forced to perform to help secure an oft-time meager sustenance. Despit the repeatedj dishearten- j ing failures, she continued to pos-; sess the unfailing perseverance ! that eventually won for her, sue- cess. Every achievement had to ' be gallantly fought for, each ob-1 stacle painfully overcome, and every worthy enterprise met powerful pow-erful opposition that had to be defeated. We who look back upon, her : grief-torn life marvel at the cour- j age she d:splayed on every baff-1 ling occasion, but to her it was - |