New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-11
MISTRAL AT HOME.
THE PROVINCIAL POET LAUREATE,
From The London Globe.


provencal tongue. indefatigaele Intervene
lie author OF "Mirellle rnc Journey in itself, how
ever i, fuly worth making for anything more ntcre't
not be irn1sintd The tram takes YOU 70 Massano,
bUt before YOU reach Maillancs. the village where
thc poet lives. you have to walk two or three miles
us houSe IS situated IN corner o. te Vase' Ha E
Of crouchins lion il is called by the inhabitants the
the gong; aud comngs Of the mystic bard lie him
sen Is quite possessed with IT, In one OF n; poems
genius. Ever slHce God mas kept me IN the
a iaa OF been enc sn yis at me from MORN S TN
night When Mlstal j, away too long the
peasants affirm at the lion grow Why ana y ysWs
tending there /, little or nothing PIrnas'ian about u
carries his sixty wears lightly. III, hair. which is be-
coming ilverY. is thrown back In locks over his neck
ne TG o9 c AH ni MAT %H'n strike ge the
stranger the breadth OF hi forehead ana the
it was thc fashion to treat him as an uneiieed yokel
who could speak only his native pstJlS. ana "h2 knew
are all aware that he studied at the COLLEGE oi ms
province and took the customary degrees HAVING won
his school 3u:c!s lie returned home to hve. Thcc.
assisted BY few friends, he began 70 teach grammar
and history to his countymen. AZ the age OF twenty,
dion he came TO Paris. lie did not, however, stop
long IN the capital nostalgia seized HIM. and he went
70 bd Ss he oh has IS pdace a' one which pap
entities him to be considered learned II is Franco
On cniSrs Mstia st~GS the @ vlsSrs attention
Which appeared to nave been recently 6led mp. This
contains hi1 memoirs. which will shortly be published
lie read portion Of them in a loud musical voice and
then The conyer2tion turned on poetry ana the role
eyeytlne When speak of a flower. have seen j,
and when use word ' can mel ten You It's origin and
,formstion repeat the poet must be 9mn s.
coYpain in eloquent bnt dignided terms. Of the ~
dierrnce nay The hostility show, toward the arti.tc
| Irovencal aS second national language. would
You believe it, he continued. the children Of
Provence have not the right in school to name things
teaching Of French would profit by the parallel teach,
Ing of Proyenca trial Of this syst IN has been made At
Aries with wonderful Success" Asked when he intended
10 bring oul his drama Reno Jano,' 1t the theatre
Of orange he answered Perhaps tomorrow. perhaps
| next century what matcr'l one Of these days in
national -olomuIty a Provencal drama VIII be re
quired complete il, and then my piece will be ready
20 bond. rhe French press has given It a good re
| ceptDn. ard that console, me for much that have
gaining ground not only at home. Bat al-o abroad.
| Only fortnight ago an American ord'red from
Eoam4nllle al the works that had been written on
the uhjc6t-5oo volume ~ Ieastt9 send them 10 ne
Public Library Of New-Iorh. And this Is not the
| interest Ia IT, whom / wrote and published NV
'fre'or dn Felibrdge, spent much 10000 francs
| the whole Of tlla expense
Tie poet then conducted his guest over his modest
| dwelling. The walls are covered with paintings ana
| fncravins' Here IS s.cno from the hl.Dr{ o,
| Provence, the cont OF Queen Jeanne, there Is A
portrait Of Lanartine, whom Nistral always calls MS
| master and father" On another wall are the por
TIT a @ all In eJS@G Sr 9nd9 E AT nHTs
Daudct ~ tho last named there portraits ever
| where throughout the hou,e-paltet ,l'tns down,
| Daudct hlnS Oh the efds7 bandct chatting with
! N!,tral. Daudct full ia'c aud side face: In short.
paudct in every conceivable position. Remembering
was vas aston,hcd at hi, doatry Il Daudct and asked
the poe" rndmv he had sGps over p,nd to the
| enemy Why, ne IS orc Of Us. In the febrian
organization he belongs e,Sentlaliy to re category
Of friends. know taj no end Of stupid thing, have
| been said on his point hut You must bc:.r in mind
that Daudet rticules only tie bourgeois 4 Proven =.
and whom friend Paul Arene bsptzes Tulu,
! Cabridens. Is our secular Idver'ary Amt Portal j.
| the hoW2eo.>c VINO wishes To- MAKE her servant,
forget the Provencll tonxue. The Pan'ians laughed
at her ana they Tcn Sht # yam ~, s had 9,s re-
| After tn, littlc explanation concerning Daudet
the poet lci the way INFO the dining room where Nine
| Mis'r! received the vlSo; with the best 81 GOOD
grace. She wa' born at Dillon. but comes from a
provenca family. and possesses that sweet beauty
| for which the lade, 81 Aries proverba!ly cclc
braot Adjoining I, the salon, where all the trophies
carried on by the poet arr eNlihItcd-sod and silver
him by academ and literary societies. bust Of
brother bard' are placed IN tie c)rner, oonspCnou'
among the household goods Is old sword which be
| IraVrY IN the battles y me tlrsi KepuDhc DnfnS
The dinner dog bounded into the room. Gentle.
The poet made sign and he dog Immediately began
- execute the symbolic dance II the serpent which
mai T. - Through thi, performance Nothing Of the
| hid" .ah DEE; 1t tm!1ed Itself unlcSs It was The
devil who taught II. Til, dog VIII play role in my
lifr. 1 feel T. bv the II fixes Is ewes Oh lie
| Here how came by il. one even
lus 1t was my brthtay-I was walking on
| tho road ~ saint Icnv. when suddenly from
u bush at the back OF The house whore was born
thc dog Jumped cut followed me- aud has never since
lci' me- | chr.-tcuei it Pan PERU But II ha@
terrible rival IN IN" affections 81 the poet In the
shape Of monster cat which Is for all the world
| HE royal tiger. The guest drew attention
| h. The re. .mbluHCe 80" l'juncd Mstral with a
| wicked smile. II; IS not descended from the tiger
| race. hnt from the ancient goda Of Nc indria j"
The interviewer took leave ~ his host, who. he
| ju-fy add. evidently remarkable man In cvcry
respect. \ urw batch ~ ms poems IN ~" PrOvcnc1l
| di,irc. vii. shortly appear am afraid however
It VIII be- long time before the public will learn
10 under tald hm he perhaps deserves and that
| his genius Will never spread beyond the circle Of a
few good natuIcd friends