134 HOME BEAUTY 



into the open air and the warm sunshine, and to 

 the bosom of Mother-Earth. And there in the 

 blue of heaven and in dreamy clouds ; in the wide sea, 

 or in tranquil lakes ; in ethereal mountains or in 

 verdant woodlands ; in the loveliness of flowers, and 

 in the music of the birds, he will find that which his 

 spirit seeks — that to which his spirit wants to give 

 response. Only there in the open, in the midst 

 of Nature, will he find horizons wide enough, 

 heights high enough, beauties rich enough, for his 

 soul's needs. 



The flowers as he looks into them will disclose 

 glories of colour, texture, form, and fragrance he 

 never yet had seen. The comely forms of trees, 

 their varying greenery, and the dancing sunlight 

 on the leaves, will fill him with an intensity of 

 delight that heretofore he had never known. And 

 as once more he goes among his fellow-men he 

 will see them in a newer and a truer light. His 

 contact with them will be easier; his friendships 

 deeper ; his certainty of affection surer ; and his 

 capacity for entering into every joy and sorrow 

 immeasurably enlarged. 



Through his love, our ideal Artist will have been 

 enabled to reach deeper into the Heart of Nature 

 than he had ever reached before, and to feel 

 more intimately at one with her. And being 

 thus in warmest touch with her, Natural Beauty, 

 strong, deep, and delicate as only finest love can 

 disclose, will be revealed to him. Enjoyment of 

 Natural Beauty in its perfection is the prize he will 

 have won. 



