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Show Cathedral Art Ignored. "A thing that has surprised me about your American etchers and engravers," en-gravers," remarked n European artist ar-tist who Is in this city on a visit, "Is that not ono of them has over Been tho vhluo of tho Interior of your St. Patrick's cathedral ns a subject for pictorial representation. Tho dealers In such things tell mo there Is no engraving of flint interior In exist-enco exist-enco and jet Its wondorful beauty must ho apparent to overy ono at tho f.rst glance. "I am told that your novelists havo not been so chary of a lack of appreciation appre-ciation of what tho cathedral stands for esthetlcally as well as from Its spiritual appeal. And so I am not only surprised but grieved that my colleagues should not havo grasped tho opportunities It presents. That thero would bo a salo for prints of such a plcturo seems to go without saying. As to Its beauty there can bo no question." Now York Press. |