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Show Archbishop Ireland on Art. The Most Rev. Archbishop Ireland spoke at the first annual conference of the Industrial Art league, held in Chit-ago last week. Among other things the archbishop said: "It is the province of a priest to spread among the people this love for the beautiful. Such a sentiment sweetens sweet-ens life. In. the homes of the poorest should be developed this appreciation for the good, the true and the noble. Religion. I think, cannot do everything every-thing to bring about the uplifting of the poorer people from sordid planes. Religion requires a fertile, prepared soil. "Love for the beautiful is a part of virtue. In the name of religion I should wish to see the sense of the beautiful pervading among the people. Let it be brought into homes into the furnitures, into the textiles, into the dress and into the atmosphere. Thus would we do doing religious work if through' art we lift men up and make the world happier." |