passes by with a pitying expression, and suggests that he'll tune in
the radio and get some dance music. The discussion waxes furious.
The Colonel and Forestry exit to walk by the lakeside—both ges-
ticulating and arguing.
The Energetic (energetically )—‘‘But I do think Art should be un-
selfish! It should give something more than just a love of beauty to
other people. For instance, in a pictured event it isn’t the way in
which it is pictured, it is the way in which it shows what the people
are like that are rn it. It is the portrayal of beauty of character, and
the pointing to others the way to beauty.”’
The Chortler (very seriously )—‘‘But, too, I would paint entirely
because it appealed to me through form and line — the character
would not especially interest me.”
Energetic (quickly )—‘““To me, the character, the primary character
of it appeals.”
The Chortler—‘‘A piece of apple peel, anything which has interest
of line or form or colour or design, can be Art.”
Forty-Niner (also serious and thoughtful)—‘‘To me it is the emo-
tion I wish to express that I would work for.”
Chortler (argumentatively) — “It is not at all the same to me.
Everything appeals to me in the same way through character of line
—the form, the design—apart from the appreciation of the human
character itself.’’
The Energetic (still energetic) ——‘‘Yes, perhaps, but unconsciously
one is seeking for the character.”
Forty-Niner (heatedly )—‘‘It doesn’t matter a darn to me what the
subject is. When I have an emotion from a thing, I wish to arouse
that emotion in the person who looks at my work.”
Younger Member (coming out of her reverie) —‘‘Art embraces all
these things, doesn’t it? There is character, though we may not think
of character first. There is emotional appeal, though that may not
be our first thought—and so with design.”
Re-enter the Colonel and the Forestry with several sheets of paper
covered with various definitions of their own. They are handed
round, and one is picked.
The Forestry reads it.
Forestry (reading)—‘‘Art is some form of expression of one indi-
vidual’s reactions which has the power to reproduce those reactions
in another.”
Forty-Niner—‘‘They use the word ‘reactions’ which might be design
or character or feeling—which embraces everything.”
The Whole Cast—“‘, Yes, I agree with that absolutely!’’
The Curtain, amid applause for the Forestry.

Finis.

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