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Show Art, an Indicator The condition of a nation's art Is u true gauge of ils energy and vitality. Excepting the necessities of life, art Is the last thing which a country will relinquish. The oratorio, (he music hall, the pub anil aficrnoon Ira are England's most nurnuil niani fesi nl ions, the regular occurrence of-whicli denotes de-notes a healthy organism. A cessation of any of these Institutions would lie a sure Indication that something was, wrong with the little island. Samuel Sholzinoff, in Vanity Fair. |