The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-09-21
None too LowIy 20 Have q Dec
ers4isn of Some De-
scription.
70 a 4 FOR RIBBONS
~ psasi cstsL Nssssss. Provides FOR
smpsiss~~ssf fes the illegal
Wsssi.a ~ Asy Marx
a hsnor.


In uxunrs ypu can be arrested for
usszang . ~ ribbon In your button
hola.
uur IA matter, article 80 OF the
peaax csnR pmz1ahes with Imprisonment
fhe psrsnn vhs - convicted OF iilegally
vsarssg ing ascoration. French OF for
sasn. Dua uhsa the ribbon 10 red. the
oriws - grsvu. for b red ribon IN
acre1 tsrxAs yrench Legion OF Honor.
1Asrs sss. hcwevcr. foreign decors-
tsons shu1 ara red. and these can be OBJ
tafns1 legally with ease on payment OF
a sum. 1~Aarsfcrs the same Law ordains
when ths r1hhsn OF the foreign order
happens 90 n red IN whole or great
part zen mxst attach 10 II the cross
cmblem - the foreign order.
Furthermure no Frenchman may
wear fcreign decoration without
author1xats0n from the president OF the
repukiic given en the advice OF the
-hnnce1or a the Legion OF Honor u
AFTER paymcna Of hir dues therefor.
Zen wocad thank that all these sage
prscautsuns suEht To keep French dec
orxtf@-wcsrfng pure: yet there were
never I'm the history OF this decoration
STRUCK pecp1R % many individuals with
rfbboms I'M Thar buttonholes as ut the
present. hou. and never did he RIB
bon-merchmnfss do n better business.
Thts . beesuse France. though n re-
Dubiic. has more sorts OF honoriiic deco
xatieus nn1 makes greater use of them
than nny eab<r European country.
Not counting the military medals or
81. Helrna nssi). the criinea usss), the
Baltic. bearing the profile OF Victoria OF
Eng1ana DEED. the valeur Militaire OF
szr<ln1a rxg. Italy uSSs). Mexico
ff8Gzo. Cnfna (tek0. Montana (lS6S).
Algfers and TuniB 1880. TonQuin
uSEn. pahuuy tise1), and Madagascar
(fssx and I1D6, without which h cos
tunss 81 ds<repit museum guards. aged
hank-rwmu<ss n white-whiskered GUS
looms fnspectors would be incomplete.
the rr<neh repnbiic recognizes thirteen
sorts uf rfyfr N military excellence.
aparf frunn xhe great orders Of the Le-
zion ef Honor. the Agricultural Merit.
he Mnitsry Merit. the Academic Palms
md the Iafs-Snvtng Medal.
aasdsis Scr Long Term Of Service.
Lowest IN Erade-yet most curious OF
hl-sr ths honor medals founded by
ne minister q commerce In 1856. TO be
adtudxsd ~ thsfr employers TO all such
Preach x7&rkx- employees and
who have worked thirty years consecu-
lively I'M me same establishment. They
are I'm gold. xfiver or bronze. according
% the nberni1fy OF the employer who
,ays Cor them He acquisitions them
rom th~ Rsrneh mint. and mere collect
xrs cnnrs<a rwocure them. One side
ne ~mxy al thc French republic. while
me other has the words Ministry or
commerce. and Industry" with h de-
rice Honor and Labor"
7rh~ ala husband OF my tanitrcss
wears such a medal suspended by a
aricoior ribbon disposed horizontally-
not 20 sordnund n with the military
modal or fns posts and t~elegraphs: and
will yoa heneve t?-such IL the de-
sire 10 xzsuaf q grade. even illegally.
me dssr old man pins on his ribbon
vertically every morning In the fond
tops that Il xiu be so mistakenl
An Inc karne, he In decorated" He
In n .ruouxisur decore'': and you had
better bcfsere Il gives him standing In
he Rue DsxcA For example, the ash
End gnrh1rr men never dispute with
MIN: ffn psficemcn make him n kind
Of hsn salute. the postmen y
rmploys treat him with respect To this
exteut. that NJ ne and ask for stamps
al the same sagranne u Is he who Will
De waited I'm first.
The minlMrry OF public works be-
rtows a sfniIar decoration on Its old
Jerks. uhuc civilian employees of the
army aud nDvy necome entitled TO "
sy force &c pears OF service. Their
aame n -RHstzus Servitcurs". and they
rrt soem a4 Sauitors. bank runners,
watchncn and museum guards with
great facility.
m,uor Decorations.
Tn the xAnae way the ambulance
service. Enzzfctpal and military, holds
out a Hhlte sibbon and red cross TO It's
faithrci employees. The prisons service
re1otcez In n green ribbon with oblique
yellow hands The forestry depart
mcnt has n gJHcu ribbon with n yellow
border The customs service rewards
acts OF courrsc and lives OF faithful
ncRs with n ribbon Of striped red and
green Primary school teachers nc
cept. unNEAarGty. their own violet rib
ben with o yellow border. but they
coyct the more ~elcvating academic
palms. And n any government clerk
anouid yrove too stupid or lazy TO fall
into y special category, there In always
ready for him that vague honor medal
given fDr -pD@a services
OF cssrsc. there ts a special object
To all snh- The higher the decoration
the sursr Esa may be that IL Is given
a. a buftrr 10 protect the Legion VI
Honor frurn the ~clamouring millions.
Thanks Go the pride. riches and high
lone of mr. better class OF French
farrner. One agricultural merit is nov
n Decoration ~ very great hOnor IN
q ca. let Hs original object. when II
was created I'm 1854. was TO content
influential hayaeedS while refusing
fresn ffsr coveted red ribbon.
E-.Ey January and July, when the
n =. n~ruknations TO the legion are dis
cussed. rfm government is In despair.
Fur each red nRoon at Its disposal
there ARG twenty Applicants packed up
with i-nfBucnce-and these are apart
from more brilliant candidaturcs nee
cssary Co the prestige OF the order. the
confin<xuf 81 the army and nav and
the Just psetenssons" OF practical poll
tician.. xon sec. the law OF 1899 linn
its ubc efvfsSan cicment Of the Legion
OF Honor 60 1900 ehevaliers. 1000 Of
nccrz 80 commanders. so grand Of
hccrx ursd 70 grand crosses-in all Ia
sxo ueuEAers-
They hzse rot actually arrived at
this legal krntx. The actual civilians
number 1gt5z memhers. but each year
the number msuutA I'm spite OF deaths.
oseKesit 60 ohtain Red Ribbon.
Nov. you begin TO see why there are
SO MANY purple ribbons worn In Paris.
The req rfhbon N % very. very difficult
10 have Ths green ribbon In for farm
crs. In vain has n been nicknamed
the Order cf The Leck. IN n II Il
alleged that ts star and wheat sheaf
represents s;ss starry armament whose
stars arc countless: las situation In ex-
ceptbornl because aristocrat!c land