Show OUR HOME ART when the tile stem stern necessities of life incident to the redemption of the wilderness the settlement of a new con country and the establishment of peace and plenty are supplied man turn his mind from the hard bard labors to milder pleasure and the hand turns to rest from the wielding of agricultural implant implements ants to the cloying of instruments obart of art thus we find it in the history of the primitive primitiv emen men and in each subsequent organization organisation of the tile communities peoples and liati nations ons ever since cc the tile days of the sons of lamech jabal the dweller in tents and raiser of cattle jubal juba the father of fall all such fuch as its handle the harp and tile organ and Tu balcain instructor of every artificer in brass and iron aen geniv 2022 20 22 it lias has been thus also with the first settlers of the green valleys the limpid streams from which feed the silent expanse of the dead sea of the tile new world INI orld even as they crossed the tile plains forded corded the rivers and penetrated tile mountain fastnesses fast nesses their hands on the reins and on the gunlocks gunlicks gun locks alipy were not a mourning morose of despondent exiles the firmness of their faith asserted itself in loud sounding hymns to the praise of Je jehovah linvill their hope re sounded in glees and songs around tile merr merry y camp fires the sound of the violin and the tone of the flute mingled with the theroy joy of the merrymakers merry makers whose gayety gaiety had a dignified prototype in king david dancing before the lord thus homely art simple enjoyment in melody and mirth buoyed the minds and invigorated the hearts of the people who were driven from the confines of civilization into the dreary desert to erect unmolested altars to their god and undefiled abodes to their families this same spirit of a sunny conception of life ofa of a lightness but not levity of heart accompanied the pioneers and remained with them when they planted their stakes on tho the shores of the great salt lake and populated tile valleys of the wasatch arduous though the labors of the da day y were both for old mid young male MAIO and female scant though the substance of their meals was wai the eve evenings pings found them gathered in social concourse all one family and one heart relieving the da days y s fatigue with sweet song el and enliven enlivening im the solitude with harmony of vocal and instrumental music plain and simple as both were in those primitive days of pioneer probation As the people increased in numbers and improved in comforts as more pretentious residences arose and towns with the conveniences and elegan cies of modem civilize tiou tile spark of the love oan und and art waa was fanned into a bright aade name institutions like tho lite theater in salt lake city built in a da day y and under circumstances which would have discouraged dicou raged any other community remain to this day fly aa ous honorable monuments to the genius of the leaders and the industry of the tile maises mames such establishments moie more than words or sermons give evidence of the tile all encompassing character of the pioneers pion eera of utah in in w hooe there is Is room for tho worship of the deity and the loyo love of their fel the pursuits of trade and handicaps and the cultivation ti of the beautiful thi litter has formed a very prominent part our social life especially ally of late years when the increased wealth and facilities of communication enabled many of the lite people to devote their own or their families efforts in a IL greater measure to the study and practice odthe of the various branches obart of art dramatic musical pictorial plastic and architectural in several of these branches utah boys and utah girls have achieved great honors recognized by b y the critic in the east and the good work is going on until aa as wo we hope utah art will be aa as much of a matter of interest and wonder yonder to the people abroad as is utah a agriculture utah commerce utah mining utah polity but though it is given only to a p few touched tou clied by the tile heaven lit spark of genius to achieve fame for themselves and honor bonor for th their air native val vales es r tile cultivation of the tile beautiful is an art essential feature of the mental and moral well being of every community and every family the tile simple tones of the organ drown many a jarring dissonance in domestic life and musical gatherings in a town prevent gatherings 0 of f less pure addless and less innocent associations hence we are pleased to see the tile interest in in tabernacle and meetinghouse choirs increasing 6 not only lecause because their improvement dendato ten dato beautify the religious worship but also because these associations of young and old male and female give to society a brighter charm and to the individual social virtues such as po politeness lit eness affability tact modesty etc W we c also hail ball with satisfaction the formation of music classes such as lately instituted and so successfully carried on by prof evan stephens stephen few re r e W and Nill sous sons will emanate from these singing classes but devoted fathers and happy mothers loving children and peaceful homes will bo be more numerous while greatly adding to lite enjoyment of the public and the tile refinement of society they insure felicity and joy at the domestic hearth an ali ancient poet saya says truly of music musi Q a as ns of other arts F mores nee emit esse feros fero it refines the manners and suffers us not to be rude hence from a moral as well as from a social standpoint we feel impressed to enjoin upon the people in cities and towns villages and hamlets cultivate our home arts I 1 |