Life — December 6, 1917 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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It is only when man has begun to OU PONT AMERICAN INDUSTRIES WW Ladies, Be Builders! — invent artistically that he also begins The Gift of Gifts Sree ee he himself builds that he begins to perceive the architectonics of the -= = universe. — Chamberlain's “ Founda- 7 n Na NSNRE tions of the Nineteenth Century.” OW true! Nobody but a novelist can under- stand the masterpieces among novels; nobody but a playwright can appreciate the delicacies of construction, the “ busi- ness” of the play written by another playwright, who is a genuine dramatic artist. If you want to appreciate the work of a carpenter, build something yourself; if you want to understand the art of love, Propose to a few girls; it is the only way that you will come to an apprecia- tion of the fine points. There are disadvantages, naturally, about this method. We become severely critical of the blemishes in our brother's work. What clergyman can listen with patience to the sermon of a brother clergyman? What a genius must that surgeon be who can command an audience of his fellow sur- geons! It is to laugh at some of the highbrow ladies who preside at women’s clubs; who tinker with the destinics of the nature department, and who spend their morning hours in dissecting the intricacies of a Henry James, or going into raptures over the nuances of the transcendental philosophers. Ladies! What you need to do is to put on mental overalls, Do not believe that you can preempt the masculine field unless you too become builders. That, in effect, is the whole trouble with many of our highbrow American women; they do not care even to make mud-pies for fear that they may soil their fingers, but if they can write and UEKUELOURUESDONT RESSE SESES < HAT it has the delicate mellowness of old elephant ivory Te but one attribute of Ivory Py-raclin. There is in this exquisite All-American product a richness —a beauty—a weightiness—such as always distinguishes the solid from the sham—an atmosphere of quality recognizable mane (se conn eet ' ss the making of mud-pies, under For baby’s dressing table or the boudoir of the more tothe of a mud-pie masters they mature nothing could be more appropriate than a toilet set of gel hiystarieally contented. this most dainty material. The better stores show a wide selection. Brochure upon request, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company THE ARLINGTON WORKS 725 Broadway New York Hts OU PONT ATID Twaddle A CLOSE analysis of general conversation shows that it is nincty-seven per cent Ge BI LTM O R E twaddle. This is nothing new. When the Tower of Babel was in process of con- sf struction, the twaddle of the builders disturbed the countryside. The ancient Where the social life writings of Homer show plainly, by the words that are put in the mouth of the venerable ] of New York centers and gabby Nestor, that even in those far-off days there was no dearth of twaddle. There ' by day and evening are two varieties of twaddle: female twaddle, which deals with small and concrete hap- : E24) penings, such as the moonlight automobile ride that young Mrs. Smith took with un- CLOSE marricd Mr. Jones; and male twaddle, which deals with abstract matters, stich as how TO ALL THEATRES long the war will last, what United States Steel will do when peace is declared, and how Coy AND SHOPS many men we need in France ‘ SUNUUYSENENE DOULEEN LpUUEES DOUNNES DORREEE DORTERT Sore SL AL no L comicbookSggra