New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1916, Page 14

4 VERSATILE ‘TEDDY’ RIVES ART LECTURE n1 Surprises Audience by His! Revolutionary Ideas New York, Nov. 17.—Colonel Theo- Roosevelt made an address on lism in Art and Literature” @t the joint session of the American Academy of ‘Arts and Letters and of the National Institute of Arts at the Ritz-Carlton yesterday. To support his argument that a na- tional literature, to be worth any- thing, had to be based on a vigor- vus national life and a courageous national soul and had to avold imita- tion of the literature of other coun- 1o he became to encyclopedic in ¢rawing his illustrations from the an- ¢ient, modern and current literature «f many races as to tax severely even the crudite and distinguished audi- ence which faced him. Colonel Roosevelt, finding that he ad a sympathetic audience, was in best form when he departed from is set speech to take flings at any- thing that happened to cross the path of his address—the narrow scholasti- cism of modern university education, the ambition of some persons to be cosmopolites, or the cubistic school. His tributes to French valor were re- celved with great applause. Once or twice, when he ~employed (falsetto notes to pipe forth a quantity of scorn which words could only lamely express, his fellow academicians be- came almost as riotous as a “Teddy” audience at Cooper Union, The steno- graphic report of one passage is as follows: “There is no more hopeless creature from the standpoint of humanity than the individual who calls himself a cos- mopolitan, (laughter and applause), who spreads himself out over the whole world, (laughier), with the re- sult that he spreads himself out so thin (laughter) that he comes through in larg: Literaturc and Natfonal Spirit. Colonel Roosevelt called Walt arped though a rugged delivered a rather revo- Iutionary v ict on Latin' literature, which he considered of little value in elf. He denounced what he called e cubist school in patriotism,” ich considered that it discharged tional duty by doing nothing but utterance to fantastic senti- The only phrase in his ad- which carried back before Tues- 4 week ago was a statement that no nation could be great or have a great literature unless it was “proud- ly willing to fight”” on a just occasion, Dr. William Milligan Sloane, Chan- cellor of the Academy, presided, be- cause of the absence of William Dean | Howells, who is in the South on ac- count of throat trouble. Among those on the platform were Charles Dana Gibson, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, Edwin H. Blashfield, George W. Cable, Dr. John H. Finley, Robert Under- wood Johnson, and M. Gustave Lan- son, M. Lanson, who is a member of the French Institute and professor of French literature in the University of "Paris, now lecturing at Columbia University, was the guest of honor. Winston Churehill, who was to have spoken, was delayed by a snow storm in New Hampshire, Colonel Roose- velt spoke, in part as follows: “There is only one thing worse than the stolid refusal to accept what is great and beautiful from outsiders, and that thing which |is servilely to copy it, and M. Lanson must permit me to say that even the greatest authors do not shine at their best when they are nearest to copying a foreign masterpiece, A great French dramatist has produced a play modeled on a great Spanish dramatist, ots. and the great English dramatist has | adapted part of Homer. I think I prefer the Spanish epic to the French drama in that particular case, and T know that i prefer even a dozen lines of the Greek epic to all but a half dozen lines of the English drama, “Troilus and Cressida.’ Lauds French Heroism. “T can’t forbear saying in the pres- ence of M. Lanson a word as to the debt we all owe France for the French example and especially for the French example ay this moment. As one of our beloved American writers who is here present with us ing of what he alling it, a warped althougii genius of American poetry, it Whitman—as John Burroughs said, ‘Strength comes before beau- ty and valor before grace.’ If France had been only a literary and artistic country, we would not now have the feeling that we have when we rise to our feet at the mention of French heroism “It behooves us in-the United States not to be content with repeating on a larger scale the hisfory of commer- ¢ial materialism of the great Phoe- nician commonwealths. This means that here in America, if we do not de- velop a serious art and literature of our own we shall have a warped na- tional life. Most certainly I do not mean that art and literature are worth developing, unless they are built' on a national life which is strong and great in other ways, unless e the expressions for that val- ul which must always come beauty. a nation is not proudly willing le to fight for a just cause, for citizens, for the ven for the rescue foreign national- tion, will always nd this wheth- sordid pros- has said, in will pardon me worse 1s NEW BRITAIN DAILY NOVEMBER 17, HERALD, FRIDAY, A O s S e K,"m:._ " Hartford One Price Clothmg Co. 114-116 Asy!um St., Hartferd COOL AND COLD WEATHER —FOR MISS AND LADY If you want warmth and comfort with Style-element pro- nounced in every line of the garment—then by all means see the splendid stock and varied fabrics that we have provided for this season’s wear. $13.95 to $65.00 with Special Values at $18.50, $25.00, $32.50. 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