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Show j Starving for Beauty By HOPHIB IRE? LOF.B (Copynrht. Itn, (New York Kvealng World) Prrss Publish tn Company. I On of the greatest causes of ha-man ha-man unhappness ia the inability to get aome beauty out of life. Very little study compa.-atlvely has been given to th great need of food for th soul. Last summer a little boy was found oa th top of his tenement house tn a tank of some ort be-'cauae be-'cauae he said bo wanted to watch the stars The sptflt of that child unconsciously uncon-sciously was striving to satisfy ths longing; for beauty whlcb was his human heritage. Thers ar hundreds of children In the congealed corners of our great cities who have neve. knovn th joy of gathering the daisies, romping romp-ing over the green fields and secinff a g.'eat sunsets-things that soften, the spirit and strengthen character. charac-ter. Many of thes children hav never learned to love and know th lower animals snd to show kindness to them also a spiritual thing so vitally vi-tally needed In character building. In t uth they are helpless in the heart of the woods. I shall never forget meeting; on a lonely road near a splendid cam for children a littl child crying, "1 want to go home." He was striving to get back to ths hot city and hla overcrowded quarter. It was all he had ever known. If forever kfpt in this way such a child would lose the capacity fo 1 appreciating and loving- the simplest beauties of life. As grownups they become so satisfied with the sordid-nesa sordid-nesa that thev become tired and weary of th world and ae only its material gains, a I am surs this loss of ths love for beauty has been th cauae of many a criminal act. There I many aa ' "lult who t to day etarvteig for t . want of It. There Is the girl who would rathe buy a bunch of violets and ao without with-out her lunches. Thers Is the young woman In w hose home tha struggle to make end meet Is forever peent who heroines ashamed of her home and hates to bring people there because be-cause of lis lak of beauty. There Is the herd business man who cannot appreciate or love good muelo or fine pictures because he Has grown up without any such contact, and If many a time hs feels himself out of it. It Is not his fault. He, too, haa lost ths capacity for appreciation becaua he ha not cultivated th Inborn desire Tak th hundred of children horn In foreign countries who have constantly lived In the atmosphere of good music, picture, nature Theae are the people that fill the topmost tier of grand ope -a for the very Joy they get out of It. 1 Also, not th greet spplause that new follows th orchestras n moving mov-ing plet ure houses. Th la Innova- j itlon has made many, manv souls ' lea.-n to love tho better kind of music A nd ther I bji easy way for every on to est some boauty ta r- |