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CHARMS VENGEANCE

would do for us, but Quenian and Vas
seur We're already ti...iGly salu.ia5, and
the schoomaster was twitching my coat
to break away as soon as the deal was
over. SO we moved away in awkward
sill nee. She had not said d word; but
Sh" had not cursed rs CitEeri
Il don't believe ih witchcraft,' said the
schoclmaster. and ther. must be some
scientific explanation for these phenom-
ena; but if any one has bad luck on tap
it is that woman.
Her mother was a dreaded witch. her
father the famous Sorcerer of Kervignac,
and so on back, witch blood for unknown
generations. dark and lonely folk. Annie
takes toll from the whole population,
For instance the moment anybody dies
Annie Is always on the spot. They hand
her money. SO at w ddings. They give
ner money and spread her a little table Of
the b1st in a dark corner When things
go wrong in a family Annie is suspected
her, they approach her secretly, or as by
accident-not to be suspected of paying
Annie TO hoodoo a neighbor.
Her Moral Effect.
IF such things could be true, they
would be intolerable.'' / said.
"Oh, don't know" replied the school
master. "her moral effect is not all bad.
People become afraid to offend each
other, very gentle, just and honest-lest
the witch be employed to do summary
justice. But only in case of grave injury
will a Breton peasant go to Annie for a
spell against his neighbor; but 1 often
wonder what these Parisians want of her.
They come two or three week. and
afterward l see the witch on the hoodoo
rock-cursng unknown Parisians. it
must be,''
The hoOdoo-rock? ?"
"Yes. A particularly accursed menhir.
in whose shadow two assassinations have
been done in the last fifty years When I
see the old witch on it. silhouetted against
the sky, her cloak spread like a bats
wings, writhing. bending. rising, squat
ting, cursing until she is black In the
face. l wonder what Partisan paid her to
do 1t. why, against whom? / would not
want any one to curse me like that daily
Il recognized the man in the fur coat
this evening"" murmured Vasseur. He is
a Partisan. rich. titled away up specially
Now. why should such lucky man de-
sire to hoodoo anybody"
Mystery! We have all since wondered
about that Partisan. Sinking alone in the
dusk to the bad witch. Had he wanted a
love philter he would have gone TO the
Sorcerer of Kervern: or. more proudly
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had he wished to root out love, he would
have had recourse to HIATT Legall the
good witch cherished and venerated
for thirty leasu around.
Love Charms and Cures.
There are two ways when love is not
returned. you see. One type of lover
seeks a charm to force that which the
heart refuses: but the laughter soul de
sires cure! The n axt day we saw Katt
Legal thus operating on humble village
lad. whom we admired as much as pitied.
The poor fellow lolled on a bench beside
the door of the good witch. His head
hung like a dropping flower. Do you
know the pain of uEreauitt d love? 1t is
like nervous unrest of the bosom Katt
began there, massaGing the dadais' solar
plaxus, mutterlng dread formulae, rock
Ing the great lump of lad like a baby,
shutting his eyes with her two fingers
when they opened. soothing, cooling. dan
ding, til his sighs grew weaker and
ceased altogether
He viii come back to her two more
times said the schoomaster, "and his
cure should be complete. He will ceas
to care for the girl who docs not want
him. Knowing he has had high-class
treatment. he will be courageous. Should
he. by chance. relapse. Katt will give him
supple mentary treatment gratis"
Sometimes l act as guide to Parisians
who have no bad projects to conceal like
the man with the fur coat" he continued.
Now. of these two cases. which strikes
you as saddest? I took both to Katt. The
first was a charming couple-who desired
to cease to love.
They had no right to love. Love was
bringing them dishonor. disaster Their
minds were firmly made up; but it was
pitiful to see them hesitate. A whole day
they fingered In their hotel room. weep
ing, clinging to each other. Twenty times
the man or woman said:' Come away;
we'll see it out together! But they knew
they dare not At dusk they went and
had treatment 1t was a strong and elab-
crate charming. 1t lasted two hours.
Then they went back to Pars-silent and
estranged. Did the charm really work so
quick? Or was it the knowledge that each
had finally consented to the treatment?"
And the other case?" l asked
To Keer Love Warm.
THE other Partisan couple asked Katt
for a charm to keep on loving said the
schoolmaster. They had loved dearly.
They were panic-stricken at their growing
GOODNESS. Make US love again!' they i'm
plored. They wept hard. l assure you. 1
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present. but for all time. One Is not in
clined to argue which of these paintings
Is the greatest. but to accept and enjoy
each as the work of a mas y. And cove
thing may be said of the completeness OF
the collection and of the manner in which
t is set forth. Early examples of the art
of printing are shown, beautiful bindings
and rare prints. well as American
paintings. English and other foreign wa
ter colors Dutch and French paintings
and tie works of the "old masters hav-
n1oniously grouped. Nowhere in this coun-
try is so comprehensive and choice a col
lection of real art treasures to be found
in such small compass. or one which up
holds throughout so high a standard.
This is to be sure a dealers establishment
and not a public gall ry. hut after all
thu artStS and thn general pub iC
nroit by it. Much is being said about
Washington becoming an art center. but
never will this be accomnl shed until ii
becomes an art market. Thosn who pro-
duce must have patro3aga, and the most
convincing proof of appr sciatfon is given
in sales. Whatever therefore tends to
raise the standard of art and to create a
ma rket for that which Is altog .ther llud-
able renders service to the cause and
helps to advance the time when this city
shall become center of art activity.
The first "one-man' exhibition of the
season opened on Monday at the Veer-
hoff gallery and consists of collection of
oil and water color paintings by Charles
Paul Grippe. Twenty-three works are
included in the catalogue. the majority
of which are transcriptions of Dutch
scenes. Mr.. Grippe is a Canadian by
birth. but a ctiZe.- of Rochester. N. Y.
For many years, however. he has spent
a great part of his time in Holland, so
that he is closely associated with the
lowland painters. He has a keen sense
of the pictorial and is a clever tech
nician, but he lacks individuality. While
his pictures are manifestly we'll composed
and nicely painted they do not arouse any
emotion or make potent appeal. The
stories which they tell have been told
before many times by greater masters
and for this reason they force a compari-
son with the best. Perhaps, therefore, it
is fairer to judge the capability of the
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|6l6eWOpLDorI nERATUpE;.ARr~

attractive. Ard of recent yeas great
strides have becn mad + its s:la1'p ia
tien-the water color paintings o. 60 lay
a~c not tinted drayinss. but Ccl -l2les {
vigorous brush work: equally as strong.
permanent and eff =ctVe a a painting II
oiis. Witne SIS 9Th wat colo 8 O tn
modarn Dutch scnoos and o many o.
oar native painters. Somn of the best
work which is now prodrcei i in fac i
this medium and many artists of higl
standing employ it almNst ex"l1 i l..
Their is the7 @varv T as Wy VIE -
colors should b included in art museum
collections: and that the coll e ion il the
CoTcoran Gallery is being increased gives
ok n not o7iv o 7 en- ;iol o. this
fact. but of tho continuance in this di-
rectionr of a declared pu poe.
Il is impossible 70 establish a correct
st9ndard of art without a knowl ,dge of
tn best. Every @reat work of arr which
IS brought into iris country and not hid
den away : Y : 'iher fore an educational
aurnosn and hon Fts not merely the indi-
riCu'l. tut II co~-r-u7:i.y az larr7 Such
&re tn works wh'ch Mr V G. Fischer
@C' abroad last summer and has now IN
is SlN ry h re wilc rv tho way has
h~"n entirely raarra9gad this fall. At TIE
saia of the Al"Eard = Young coll ction he
ohiainod a spl@n;3id evamplo of t. work
of Josef IsTa is and beautiful little land-
Seer by Corot whilr els ,vher h pro-
cur paintings by Duprn. HaTDiany
Ma is and Eeuhuys. An uncen-71anly
! trgr1 and fore 1ful landscan by Costa ble
a nortrait of Mrs. Sidlons by Gainshor-
"''"''', a sketch in oil colors by Rub MS a
F'oit.ein, Van Goyen, Calicott and a
shown in this country for tn first time.
which III tre-n iTlmanS =1N int r.
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studies. given time to outdoor sketching
Miss Mueden has discovered a pictorial
aspect in the new Connecticut Avenue
bridge. Miss Burdette has been painting
IN the Geological Park and Miss Lesley
Jackson has begun a little picture of one
OF the old houses in Georgetown There
IS abundant material at hand and much
which has not vet found transcription In
this particular at least, Washington
painters are particularly fortunate. This
national city is. after all as some one has
said. cnly picturesque overgrown coun-
try village.
In a letter to the American Art News a
Paris correspondent pays high tribute 10
the etchings and wood blocks OF Miss
Ruth Sypherd Clements Of this city.
which. stated in this column last week
arr included in the great Autumn Salon.
Thirtv-Seven American artists have con-
tributcd to this exhibition. among whom,
in addition to Miss Clements. may he
mentioned Alfred II. Maurer and Edward
J. Steichan.
= &
Monday evening at 730 o'clock a lee
ture. which will he free to ALL is to be
given by Mr.. Harry S. Niche on the
Principles of Design in Metal Work at
the National Arts and Crafts Institute,
100 10Th street Mr.. Niche is a grad
uate of Pratt Institute. Brooklyn, N Y.
and of the Chamberwell School of Arts
and Crafts. London. England. and not
only a gifted craftsman, but an authority
upon such matters.
A travelling exhibition composed of forty
paintings has been collected and sent out
by the art committee of the General Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs. Starting last
week in Nebraska. it will be shown in the
small towns of Montana. the Dakotas and
Minnesota, then to be sent to Texas. re-
turning in the spring through Indiana,
Illinois and Wisconsin. This is an i'm
portant work and the Washington chap
ter of the federation did much toward
promoting its inception.
Mr.. Gutzon Borglum. who was recently
selected as the sculptor of the She ridan
statue for this city. has just completed
life-size group. Mother and Child.
which is in Maryland cremo marble. In
a reproduction 1t is exceedingly charming,
and according to those who have seen the
original a notable work.
Mr.. Lorado Taft. who is well known in
this city, not only as a sculptor. but
writer and lecturer on art. has resigned
his position as instructor In the Art In
sttute of Chicago, which he has held for
twenty-one years. in order to give his
time more entirely to his lecturing and in
dividual work. During the early winter
ne will deliver a series of illustrated lec-
lures in Chicago at the institute on an
cient and renaissance sculpture.
LEILA MECHLIN.
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painter by those works which were pro-
duced in this land-"Under the Old Chest
nut" and Allegheny Valley" The after
Of these is specially significant. well rem
dered. atmospheric and luminous. That
M. Gruppe has excellent standing as a
painter is shown by the fact that he
holds membership in some of the leading
at societies. both in this country and
Holland and that his work is well regard
ID is testified by the notable collections
IN which it is included. This collection
of paintings has already been shown in
the principal cities of the west and its eX-
hibition will continue here for another
week
During the summer Miss Suzanne Guth-
ers painted. in her studio near Rockville
which her father buiit in connection with
their quaint little log CABIN home sew
eral portraits for the state of Alabama,
as well as some landscapes and figure
studies The last thcr studies and out-
door work. she has now in her Church
street studio. where she is continuing her
portrait work. One is view of the coun-
try home with its simple lines and pleas
ant color as it stands against the woods
in the lee Of hill The field in the fore
ground is gay with golden rod and the
~es. though still green. have lost some
.. their foliage; in the sky and the air
there is a suggestion of the approach of
autumn. and in the rendering of the work
evidence of close sympathy with nature.
Mr. Adolpho di Nesti. the sculptor of the
figures and pediment for the new munich
pal building. is still in Italy. occupying,
with his wife, a charming little villa on
the hills overlooking florence. At present
he is painting large and important pie
ture which will engage his attention for
some months and will prevent his return
to this country for a longer time than
was anticipated
Quite number of the local artists have
been taking advantage of the exception
ally fine fall days which have come within
the last fortnight, and, deserting their
Evening star., 1907-10-26
Strange Powers of Dark and
Lonely Peasants Invoked
By Cultured, Wealthy
French People.

beloved object and she yields to you
without a word.
Rather too much like knockout drops, -
niused Vasseur Now, say, do the ma
tives really believe in these Morbhan
witches?'
Listen to the adventure of a Carnac
family l know WELL, replied the school
master. You have heard of the thrift
and cunning of these Breton peasants
They hate to pay the common taxes on
descendants estates; and the higher col
lateral Inheritance fees seem to them
governmental oppression.
A Family Agreement.
well, this family had a rich old maiden
aunt who proposed to transfer over to
each member equal share of her prop
erty during her lifetime and so cheat the
tax cOllector-on the understanding that
she live among them freely and have
whatever money she might ask for. So
they went to Annie"
The bad witch?"
"E&actly-to bind themselves by dark
and dangerous charms to do, each, his or
her exact duty by the old lady. Well, the
witch made them an appointment by mid
night on the moor 1t is a CHASTITY place
by night. The menhirs rise like an army
of specters.
There Annie led the family through an
awful ceremony under the midnight
moon. They went home, divided the prop
erty and tried to live up to the compact
But human nature is weak; and soon the
aunt had to complain to Annie of bad
treatment
''Give me a remedy! Give me revenger'
she cried.
mo need" said Annie. In proportion
as each one shall break the comDact had
luck will be sure to follow. Watt
Now" concluded the schoolmaster
there must be scientific explanation of
such matters: but the truth is that a
strange and inexplicable bad luck pur-
sued those nieces and that nephew. They
could not help gouging the old lady
Neither could they help bad crops, rot,
sickening of cattle, bad investments bad
health, a whole line of misery. Explain
it as you will. STERLING HEILIG.
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Stories of the "Big Three, u
Annie CIoarec, the Sor-
cerer of Kervern and
Old Katt Legal.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
CARNAC, Morbihan, Brittany.
October IL, 1907.
I'VE swell Parisians have come to
IL consult Morbihan witches within
the past three days.
They came in automobiles, os-
tensibly as tourists. but the close
mysterymongering Carnac pop
'1lation well knows that all five parties
went either to Katt Legal or Annie
Cloarec or the Sorcerer Of Kervern.
1t has always been a land of witchcraft.
Outside Carnac are the menhirs and
dolmens of Menac, kernario and Kerles-
can. thousands of gigantic elongated
rocks placed end up to form avenues by
no one knows what forces or machinery
of prehistoric man. The Druids used
them; they were there before the Druit s.
Today the witches use them-as they
have done for thousand years. Annie
Cloarec lives in a dOlmen of five such
enormous slabs, that modern quarry ex-
perts might despair of transporting them,
setting four on edge for walls and roofing
them with a fifth.
The schoolmaster-a scoffing Parisian-
went with US to Annie in the dusk. He
scoffed at witchcraft generally and be-
lieved in science, but he did not scott at
the wizened little woman In her red
cloak He seemed afraid of her.
The Pedagogues' Experience.
"Sir months ago." he tod us, II went
with a party of Parisians to that woman
She is a bad witch. according to the ma
tives. with a speciality of casting spells,
breaking attachments, hurrying off the
aged causing sickness, general hoodoo.
Well perhaps we were too gay and
trif1ing. She got dignified and walked
away from US. The ladies were disap-
pointed So I hastily proclaimed myself
the serious client, seeking hoodoo on a
rival; and before | knew it l had given
Annie one of my handkerchiefs as the
property of my fictitious enemy
We'll" continued the schoolmaster
shamefacedly Il began running down
within two weeks. Got off my food,
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Pondray Warren. Chicago: Forbes
q Co.
SEX EQUALITY; solution of the
Woman Problem. Emmet Dens-
more. MD. author of The Natural
Food of Man" New York: FUNK &
Wasnalls Company.
WOODHUIL. Pliny Berthier Seymore.
Illustrations by William kirkpat-
rick. Boston: c. NJ. Clark Publish
ing Company.
GOOD STORIES. Reprinted from the
Ladies Home journal. Philadelphia: ::
Henry Altemus Company.
OLD GOLD. Granville Davisson Hall
author of Daughter of the Elm"
Chicago: Mayer d Miller Company.
HISTORY OF FIRST COMPANY GOV
ERNOR'S FOOT GUARD OF con-
NECTlCUT. Hartford: Hartford
Press
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THOUGHTS on BUSINESS. Waldo
Pondray Warren. Chicago: Forbes
& Co.
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

ARBITRARY PRIC M KING
THROUGH THE FORMS OF LAW
Henry Wood. author of Natural
Law in the business world Bos-
ton: Lee Il SHEPPARD
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Quite a number of the local artists have
been taking advantage of the exception
ally fine fall days which have come within
the last fortnight, and, deserting their
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BOOK REVIEWS.

MEMORIES or Wy LIFE; Being My
Personal, Professional and Social
EcCUllectionS as Woman and Artist
Ey Sarah Rernhardt. New York: d.
AupIeluu x co
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Special Correspondence OF The Star
CARNAC Morbihan, Brittany
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@'A'' ths--hANh isiNE-E q Drama OF san
Francisco By Gclctt burgess an
thor OF The White cat" With il
lustrauons by Lester Ralph In
diauapolts. The BObbs Merrill Com
pdny.
Mr.. Burgess has written keen com
nIru-arE ou tH. flker and his public The
whole world Of med um, fortune teller.
pa in.sJ-in general. tie char.atan who
preys upon the credulity and weaknesses
OF mankind-is brought before the reader
In this book. The evolution of the hero
pred sun by force OF circumstances to
this neither world. but rising out of 1t by
reason OF his innate character and the
influence OF the woman, is well conceived
The prologue Is by far, the most artistic
and convincing portion of the book. Its
relation TO the destiny of the hero is well
conceived. In fact. in spite of crudities
and certain insincerities. the book is dis
tinctly q Vita one.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30
MESA
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

J. l. Roberts of Prescott. who has been in Mesa for the past week buying cattle. shipped a car of Mesa's best young steers to Prescott yesterday.
 J. J. Fraser came down from Supe- rior Wednesday night to spend a few days in the valley
 Sheriff Carl Hayden was a business visitor in Mesa Yesterday.
 M. J. Galpin of Phoenix was in Mesa yesterday looking after his real estate in this section of the valley.
 Marshal w. A. Burton had the mis- fortune to run nail in his foot We'd nesday night. It is very painful and keeps him from work.
 Men are at work putting in scales for the government on South Hacdon- aid street.
 Mrs. oswald Fayram of Butte. Mont. arrived in Mesa yesterday morning on her way to Roosevelt.
 Miss Josie Nets had business in Phoenix yesterday.
 Mrs. W. H. Davis and two children accompanied by her sister. Miss Grace Peterson. came in from Cananea, Mex ico, yesterday morning. Mrs. Davis spent about a month in Mexico visiting her mother and sister, Mrs. H. $. Pet erson and Mrs. O. L. Pickins. Miss Grace will attend school in Mesa this winter.
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Miss Palmer and mother are expect ed home from California the early part of next week and this winter will oc- Palmer will conduct her music studio.
 Mrs. Curtis and two daughters of Nogales are here. The young ladies will attend the Normal.
 Mrs. Geo. Chaoin and Miss Grace Sutherland of Denver nieces of J. l.. and w. s. Johnson of this place. ar rived here for a two months visit yesterday morning.
 B. A. Packard of Naco is here look ing after his business interests
 Miss Eva Grieves has accepted a po- sition as bookkeeper with the Pioneer Market, vice Miss Carrie Suit, resign ed
 Mrs. H. W. Merritt of Prescott stop ped over here a few hours yesterday on her way to Florence.
 Col. J. M. Ward of Butte, Cal, for merly owner of the Sunflower ranch. was business visitor here yesterday.
 Wm. Rohrig left last evening for Long Beach, where Mrs. Rohrig and the children have been spending a few weeks.
 Mike Klein of Lodi. Cal. arrived here and is looking over this To- cality with view to make it his home. Levi Walker returned yesterday from trip to Roosevelt
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30

who is now visiting at the Brown home for the summer. The baby is only six years old but she is a born actress and does a "coon" song and dance that never fails to please. Every person on the beach will want to see the little miss perform and after the show is over Charley Brown will be voted a success as an amusement promoter"
 Baby LiebenOw. who Is to be the star performer at the band benefit at Hanna's tent show Monday night. gave a dress rehearsal to newspaper men this morning and the little miss must be declared a wonder in every sense of the word. She alone should draw a crowded house"
 Mrs. c. 4. Luke of Phoenix. AriZ.. is guest at The Wave. She is the proud grandmother of Baby LiebenOw. the juvenile actress who appeared at the band benefit last night and sang Hes My Pal" and Crocodile AT to per lection"
 Mrs Frank Luke and family are occupying Is Surf street. When Baby sang Hes a Cousin of Mine,' the au- dience didn't know that her cousin was in the audience. All the Luke children are her cousins and were there. It was a realistic song"
Arizona republican., 1907-08-30

and take charge of that department There is no other manufacturer in the territory and this innovation is step forward. Heretofore orders given the firm for work of this kind were sent away entailing much loss of time. This will no longer be necessary as the firm will be prepared to handle all kinds of business in the manufacturinS line right here at home. New and up tO~date machinery has been ordered and will arrive by November when Mir Hilderbran expects to have the most finely equipped jewelry establishment in the west. The firm will then be pre- pared to cut, polish and mount native stones, manufacture prize trophies. mountings. rings, do enameling and most any kind of work a manufactur- ing jeweler may be called up to handle This additional department is made necessary by the greater business and demand for work and a bright future for the trade in Phoenix. and the ter ritory from which the firm expects tO draw a large patronage in manufac- turing stock for smaller houses.