Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1903 — Perception of the Beautiful. [ARTICLE]

Perception of the Beautiful.

An instance of the Italian child’s quick, poignant perception of the beautiful occurred the other day in one of the settlement libraries. A shy little maiden, with a world of dream thoughts in the depths of her dark eyes, stood by the librarian’s desk waiting for Andrew Lang’s “Gray Fairy Book.” But when it was given into her small hands all the wealth of fairy lore between Its covers was for a moment forgotten in contemplation of the cover, a dainty design in gray and silver. All thought of the story vanished. The child stood there eying the book with a look that was a caress, her hands jnst touching the binding, tenderly, as something of fragile beauty. And therij very softly, as if to herself, she said: '1 mustn’t get it the least bit dirty. It’s go pretty/’— Everybody’s Magazine.