Life — February 14, 1907 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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Of character, and strength of body, making a cup: of coffee to suit those who prefer fullness of flavor and aroma P. & T. Blend Coffee 24c. Ib. The Disillusionment of Lafcadio Hearn AFCADIO HEARN, we gather from Current Literature for January, was ever pursuing the vision of a mystic dream. He followed it to‘all lands, even to the m: But in the lone- some latter years disillusionment was his share. Even Japan lost its witchery. He married a Jap- anese wife, became the father of four children, converted himself into a subject of the Mikado, inspired Japanese youth through his lectures and writings, sent back marvelous books to the world he had left, and yet—he was not happy, his dream was not realized! The saddest element in his let- ters is that of increasing disillusionment. He lived among the Japanese, and had their respect and affection; but, after all, he could never forget that he was a stranger in a strange land was very lonely —he confesses it, and tells of days. and weeks when he saw no living being outside of his own household. He worked intensely, but his labors brought him pain, as well as joy. Worst of all, there came upon him overwhelmingly, at the last, the consciousness that the Japan he had loved and sought w | place would grow ading away, and that in its he had traveled ten thousand miles to escape And so he came to write “For no little time these fairy folk can give you all the softness of sleep. But sooner or later, if you dwell among them, your contentment will prove to have much in common with the happi- ness of dreams. You will never forget the dream but it will lift at last, like those vapors of spring which lend preternatural loveliness to a Japanese landscape in the forenoon of radiant days. Real u are happy because you have entered bodily into Fairyland, into a world that is not, and never could be, your own. . . . That is the secret of the strangeness and beauty of things, the secret of the thrill they give. The tide of time has tured for you! But remem- | ber that here all is enchantment, that you have | fallen under the spell of the dead, that the lights and the colors and the voices must fade away at last into emptiness and silence.” | Lafcadio Heam died a disappointed man. His | mystic dream lost its luster, like a flower in the wind. He realized that the archaic romance he had striven to cherish could not endure in the twentieth century. He felt that the world at large | was soon to pass under the iron heel of a Socialism which, with Herbert Spencer, he interpreted as “a coming slavery.” More than once, in the lat- ter days, he voiced a sense of failure, and spoke of | the desolation of lives haunted by “the impossible ideal.” And yet, he said, the eternal quest must goon, Aman may find that he has been cheated out of his youth and life, but he must not give up. “The hair of Lilith—just one—has been twisted | around his heart—an ever-tightening fine line of |gold. And he sees her smile just ere he passes into the eternal darkness.” —never; 5 Make the best cocktail. A delightful aromatic for all wine, spirit and soda beverages. A tablespoon- ful in an ounce of sperry oF sweetened water after meals affords relief and aids digestion. IMPORTANT TO SEE THAT IT 18 ARBOTTS. At times he | Of Interest To Artists THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS for ILLUSTRATIONS ARTISTS ARE INVITED TO SURMIT PIC TURES ILLUSTRATING ONE OR MORE THE FOLLOWING QUOTATIONS: $250 will be paid Jor the best illustration of 1. Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel’s as others see us! — Burns $250 will be paid Jor the best illustration o 2. When lovely wor ps to folly. —Goldsmits $250 will be paid jor the best illustration of 3. Gaal helps them that help themselves.— Ben js: $250 4 4 $2504 ! ‘our best friends we often i ich docs not displease us.— Those who dance must pay the piper be paid Jor the best illustration of $250 will be poid Jor the best illustration of 8. None but the brave deserves the fair.— Drsue $250 will be pr the best illustration e} ©. But ne'er the $250 will be paid jor the best illustration ro. But nothing half so sweet in life young dream.— Moore $250 « for the best illustration of Mn . gs eternal in the human breast.— $250 will be patd Jer the best illustration of 12, In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly tures to thoughts of love.— Tennyson. ‘ Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars will be paid for the best illustration of each quotation, the awards to be made by the Editors of Lirt. Five Hundred Dollars Additional will be paid for the best of these twelve drawings. The method of awarding this prize will be announced later If one or more of the quotations should fail to ins iMlustrations suitable for use in Lire, there will in t! particular case, or cases, be no award, Mlustrations and all correspondence concerning, ss contest must be addressed to Tur. Qvoranio Eprtor or Live 17 W. 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