Show 1 I Patrons of Art I a Q By Dy DR FRANK CRANE Mr r. r Munsey lived a fairly long life Ire and as far faras faras faras as anybody knew new never paid much attention to art lie He was a buln business ss man pure and simple and devoted his attention to his large business Interests When he died however he made provision In his will that may many of his fortune should be given ghen to the Metropolitan museum of r r art This will be an nn Inspiration and help hell to young artists and beauty lovers everywhere It will furnish furnish fur tur- nish them with material for a long lone while and that material will v not be selected by a newspaper man or ora ora ora a grocery keeper or one otherwise trained In business business busi bus ness flees bu but t by art exports and therefore will be bo of ot a n better quality quam It Is much better to leave the se selection selection selection se- se lection of art rt objects to those who know about It than to select them yourself as ns did Senator Clark We Ve may say therefore that Mr 11 Munsey's life was devoted to art as the usufruct of his life thatIs that thatIs Is the net gain of It was devoted to that purpose He did more mOle good to art by leaving his money to It than he ever could have done by following It him hIm- self In the same way Johns Hopkins who as everybody everybody everybody every every- body thought was a miser left leCt much of his fortune fortune fortune for for- tune to the medical school which bears his name Medically speaking therefore ho he did more good than If It he had followed the medical profession him hIm- self One advantage Jt Jf devoting your attention to business is that the profits of it can be easily di diVerted diverted dt- dt Into other channels If you make a million rail mil lion dollars or so during your OUr life you can leave it to art or education and it will go on permanently reproducing Itself If U you devote your own life to art or education the results practically cease with your our death Mr Munsey therefore ranks among the great artists of tho the country although he probably never touched a brush to canvas Copyright 1926 1920 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate |