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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-07
BENTON, BOssIER PARISH La, THURSDAY, APRIL

1.-THE children shall have shoes. Haven't
we some on hand?" turning to one of
the girls.
There's that lot Mrs. Briggs sent In.
They are almost as good as new.
And there are some jackets and some
underclothing."
"Very well. And if any of you have
shoes or things at home which you
think will be useful and which you do
not need suppose you send them In to-
morrow morning The committee will
make 4 selection We will have to buy
some provisions and perhaps a few
other things. Now" turning to the
boy, suppose you tell us how old the
children are. so we can have some idea
about providing for them"
"You don't mean all Of 'em!" won
deringly.
"Yes, ALL
His face grew radiant.
Wont they be jest tickled" he
cried enthusiastically. "Shoes to 60 all
round an'-an' other things. Why.
| they won't know what they'm walkin'
| on. they'll be so set up. The lame
one II want jacket il it can be
| squeezed out. He amt nothin' in the
| world now but a caliker waist an
| short britches"
Half an hour later the girls laid
aside their sewing and began to make
preparations to leave. The boy gnzetl
from one to another with the glowing
consciousness Of good fellowship.
How will we send the things
down." asked Miss Lesson.
| II can get pap's cnrryall." said Kate
THAT will be just the thing Sup
pose you and May Whitley act as q
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-07
Fighting Water Fires.

1t falls to the lot Of few to set the
river on fire. and, despite the tradition
that the feat is the quickest way to
fame, the names Of those who have
done 1t never seem to survive.
But that many man can and does
set a river on fire Is so true that in
vention has had to concern itself with
means for putting out those very
blaZes
They occur usually when petroleum.
gasoline or some other liquid hydro
carbons spread on the waters surface
and happen to be ignited before their
spread has too greatly broken up and
tlinned them. Whole ports. with their
shipping. are endangered.
In Germany they have devised two
solutions which. mingling as they are
poured, instantly raise thick, tena.
cious foam. One solution is composed
Of potash, alum and sodium sulphate
the other of sodium bicarbonate, s0di-
um sulphate and licorice root extract.
The soapsuds appearance Of the foam
in reality covers an inert gas. which
spreading over the entire burning sur
face. acts as a blanket and Instantly
kills the flames for want Of oxygen
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-07
Woman-Snd Her Master.

The philosopher and his friend sat
far into the night discoulslng on things
In general and smoking strong shag.
"WOman." said the former or;,cn-
larry. twas meant to fill subordinate
position in the scheme Of creation
Man Is naturally her master. She
cannot nationally oppose his will. IT,
Is instinctively and by the law Of nat
ural selection the dominant animal.
Woman may learn to revolt. but sha
can never learn to rule. She has one
mission In life-that Of ObedieEf:.
Man Is born to lead. woman to follow
Man is born to command. woman &"
comply. She Is secure only in hsf
weakness. 1t is at once her duty and
delight to obey her superior and"
/, Then the door opened. and there ar
peared the head Of female thereat.
"Tbeophilus." said stern vol
"how often have told you not n
smoke your .horrid tobacco in the Ii
brary? it's half past 2. sir. Come t.
bed Instantly
And the philosopher sighed. shook
his friend silently by the hand and
went-London Sketch.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-07


committee to deliver them and sec
what more is needed. Can you be
here tomorrow" to the boy.
"ies'm.' promptly. ''"rain't much
over n mile"
The next day was pleasant. and
when the girls arrived they found the
new member sitting ,on,cnte.lly On
the steps He insisted on carrying all
he bundles and slowing them away in
The wagon. and then he climbed up on
the front seat beside Kate and look
he reins, which she smtllngly offered
him
After leaving the village the road
wound across the fields and down
along the sandy shore Of the mill pond
and finally dwindled into little more
than a footpath. At last the boy stop
ped In front Of a small cabin.
rs this where the Italians live:'
asked May.
"Yes'm. There's some of the children
out in the snow. You see. they'm all
barefoot"
Springing from the wagon, he turne
| to assist the girls; then he took Il
armfuI of bundles and started toward
| the cabin.
Don't take the large package" said
Kate. THAT is going somewhere else.
You may bring in all the rest"
| 1t required but little Investigation 10
prove that the family WAS in dire
need. Kate took out her notebook and
made copious entries. When they re-
turned to the wagon she saw May look
very grave.
I'VE will 60 to your home now" she
said to the boy as she took the whip
and touched the horse lightly. I'VE
want to be introduced to your mother
and Ben"
The look of doubt which had come
into the boys face was succeeded by
one Of pleasure.
They'll be awful glad to see you,' =
he said delightedly. Il told 'em all
about our club last night"
"And there is something else l want
to speak to you about" went on Kate
quietly. IF you belong to our circle
you must be willing to take presents
as well as to give them. We DOM
want any one sided members. This
bundle in the wagon is for you-not a!
gift, If you don't want it that way.
she added quickly as she noticed thu
look on his face. Our circle ha.
plenty of work-carving wood. max
Ing boxes and other things. And IL
the spring | shall need help In IN.
flower garden. You can pay for th'
bundle in work if you want to-"
The boy did not answer She no
ticed that his lips were shut yer.
tightly.
But when they reached his home b
took the bundle in his arm and accom-
panied them into the house.
Later he returned with them to th
wagon and held the horse while the,
; climbed in.
I'm ever so much obliged for ther
} boots an jacket" he said gravel,
Then. with one Of his quick. irresistibl
smiles. he added heartily: But not ha
so much as be for the warm shaw
! you brought ma. That was awful mic,
l am glad you fetched the things. n
/: I'll Ok 1t all right yet"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1910-04-07
No occasion For Alarm.

Said q nervous lady to another lady.
at whose house she was making cali.
Are you not afraid that some OF your
children will fall into that cistern in
your yard r. II.
'Oh. no." was the complacent reply.
anyhow. that's not the cistern we get
our drinking water from"
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27

place in modern art For that very reason, py
the way, it is disappointing and very surprisihs
that NJ. Michel should have nothing Whatever
to say about it, but he might retort thtt ne oio
not set out to go beyond the limits OF the EURO
pean Schools save for one excursion on Iurner
and his countrymen. Moreover. 1t would De uil-
gracious to dwell upon the omission in question
since the schools actually traversed are dealt
with so well.
We observe with particular appreciation M
Nicbers avoidance of anything like hard and
fast theoretical system. He has not sought to
frame a complete history of the subject nor
does he make too much of the links binding one
school to another, or one master to announcer
freely recognizing that in many instances, to be
sure, there such links TO De ldentiled
His aim has been simply to pass the landscape
masters in chronological review, with Such IN
terpretative and appreciatve notes as should
serve to wake the readers sympathy and take
him little deeper into an enchanted world he
begins with the early Italians, and so proceeds
through all of the historic schools. We like the
business and delicacy with which he appralses
his earlier types, paying due tribute to those
Landscape elements which creep into the works
of the Priritives but clearly showing that his
endowment of the sylvan backgrounds in early
religious art does not blind him to their modest
relation to the true standard of open air paint
ing He discloses the steps taken from the con-
yentional ground forms of BenOZzO Gozzoh to
the larger and more naturaistc habit of Titan,
and again, when he passes to the Low Coun-
tries he exhibits his masters with the same dis
eliminating art. 1t is stimulating and very
pleasant to follow him through his pages on
Foussin say, or Claude, to pause in his COM
pany not simply before Hobbema Constable,
but before those masters like Rembrandt, Velas-
quez, FragOnard and Vermeer, who though not
primarily landscape painters, exercised supreme
gifts when they worked face to face with nature.
NJ. Michel, may add, cares for nature as he
cares for art, and hence his book is one not of
learning alone, but of a kind of gusto His re-
markable collection of illustrations would by
itself make this volume worth while 1t is in
text and picture work of permanent value
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27
M1TTERS OF 4RT
The Muscum VerOncse - Books f01
Lorcrs Of Painting and Prints.


The news we have recently printed, that the
Metropolitan Museum has purchased one of the
masterpieces of Veronese, the Mars and Venus
Bound bv Love- carries with it a double graft
fcation The picture will be a of joy
and nride Furthermore, its acquisition reminds
rs that while most Of the old Italian masters
.,ra irrayocabIv fixed in their places abroad, now
and tha, one Of the most resplendent of them
,,,e,, still he brought America. 1t is inSprit-
inc To have il thus demonstrated too that when
a rare opportunity of this sort is offered our
museum has not only the resources but the
courage whereby to take advantage of it. MT
RObinsons appointment to the 1ull dlrectofsillp
of the institution in Central Park could not nave
haen more happily marked than by the purchase
OF this famous canvas
It's long soiourn in the collection of Lord
Winborne has already been noted in The
Tribune as well as its sale to Mr.. Asher
Werthefmer from whom it has now passed to
our own possession. We have also cited the
testimony of Mr. Claude Phillips to the perfect
1,reservation of the work The accompanying
reproduction gives some idea Of the "umnpalreo
freshness" of which the English critic speaks
nd even Of the radiant color which character
ICES the picture. Even from mohutohe one
may divine its glowing tints, and especially the
breadth and purity OF that color. More obvious,
of course is the ma ajestic opuence of the Vene-
tian masters form and his fusion of StatelineSS
with a certain intimate quality The types here
1,ortrayed are very familiar among his produc-
ticns You find the self f-Same Venus and the
self-same Mars over and over again in his pct-
ures and decorations, sacred profane. He
loved TO paint the sunlDtuous blond beauties of
his time and for the black bearded curly haired
Venetian noble he had the admiration.
You think first of their sensuous grace you
con +omplate them in the long procession of his
pictures But though he faithful to these
types he confined them within the narrow
limits Of formula Of design. In each
scheme they take new beauty, in each case
they extraordinarily vitalized, and into the
bargain, adjusted to fresh web of line form
Ind color. An ardent painter of the great mum
dane spectacle of Venice this master was also
and above everything else, a decorative genius
The museum painting is of the noblest of
his arrangements work Of positively arcili-
tectUral balance. and saturated, too, in the
charm of the invented scene, the episode crys-
tallized at just the right poetical moment. The
old gods have left but their glamour re-
mains. NerOneSe re-createS for the golden
beauty Of the pagan mythology, and does it not
only have said, POLITICALLY. but with that
light a sharer in the Venetian joy of life. 1t
3s impossible to eXaggerate our good fortune in
acquiring this magnificent work.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27
GREAT MASTERS OF LANDSCAPE PAINT
ING.

The galleries steadily filling at this time
,.ith things of interest to the student of art
So likewise, are the bookshops and we appro-
pratey consider to-day a number of recent pub
lications Taking a leading place among them
is a luxurious folio Great Masters of Land
scape Painting 0hiEadelphia: j. b. Lippincott
Company, translated from the French Of NJ
Emile Michel and embellished with nearly two
hundred reproductions some forty of which are
ilotogravure of unusual excellence The sub
ieCt should have rather special interest for
American readers. Our own landscape school
Las conquered for itself a peculiarly honorable
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27

Drink deep of the delight that the masters have
to offer and little by little, almost unconseiously
you will find a sound instinct for the best in
painting strongly developed There is the
chance of a book like Mr.. Wits, whose repro
auctions of glorious PORTRAITS, subject pictures
and landscapes are so many touchS'oneS Oi great
art His introduction and MS ho'eS are helpful
too, and they are helpful in the pest "dy' they
seek merely to stir the reader sense OF pleasure
in artistic beauty.
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27
100 MASTERPIECES OF PAINTING.

Not long ago we recorded the appearance of
capital handbook lone Hundred Master
pieces of Sculpture a convenient anthology
illustrating the traits of Greek, Roman, medic
val and Renaissance masters. The very good
idea embodied in it has been applied to the sister
art and now have a companion volume in
Mr.. r. c. Wits zone Hundred Masterpieces of
Painting" the John Lane Company. 1t is
easy to be captious about a book of this sort
There are, to begin with, several hundred mas
terpeces of painting in existence Every con-
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27

thorny path, makes it, We will not say aoso-
lutely easy, but still far less difficult TO grasp
the nature of an art alien to all our habits OF
thought, and presently to discriminate among
types almost inevitably confused by the unin-
structed or half-t taught observer. These forth
right chapters worth reans of enthusiastic
generalities. Every one is familiar with the
vague rhapsodies which have been impruvIsed
in honor of Hokusa Let the wearied reader
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27
THE STORY OF SPANISH PAINTING

.., .or,,;caahle little volume for the law
man is THE Story of Spanish faintins (ths
Century Company, in which Mr Charles Fl.
Cafin rapidIy surveys the art OF the feninsula
f,o,, The earliest age down to such types OF To-
d,v as SoroIla and Zuioaga he opens ms m
vestieatfon with a few pages upon nauohaI MS
g., which point to the mood which the reader
,vouId do well to keep in mind, and then' with a
cb,nter ON characteristics which brings US TO
e,are- CHARTERS with the temperament Of the
e,n,rish painters ne anaIyzes the traits of indi
,,;d,aI Priuftives and the salient men Of later
,fp,es FL Greco, Veasquez, Murillo, Zurberan
and others, of course not forgetting Goya- The
.uthor has had to cut to the bone, since MS book
is very brief, but he gives a suflclentIy cohpre-
hensive view of his masters and adinlrahiy ex-
poses the broad atmosphere of the school The
full page halftOnes could not be better
A HISTORY OF JAPANESE COLOR PRINTS
In sheer thoroughness and practicality We
have not in a long time found a book so good as
Herr w Won Seidiitz's History of japanese
Color Prints philadelphia: the J. r. Lippincott
Comnanv,. a handsome quarto, lavishly Illus
,r,ted in color and in black and white The
simplicity and almost businesslike dire'tneSs
u,,b which this author treats his subject are N
charm contrast to the hignfautin in which 'nany
a writer on Japanese art has been moved TO in-
IuIge II is an art discovered by the West net
90 very Ions, ago; it's history is still fun OF OBJ
scurities for u.s. and in the strangeness or It's
! nomenclature alone, to say nothing OF its peeu-
liar conventions, nine students out OF ten find
h,artbreak king barriers. That conslderaole
literature on Japanese prints has been pied up
| is shown ty the photography given IN the pres
ont volume but a place has been Kept waiting
for Herr Seid IT,
His first sentences typical japanese
,aintfne," he says. like its parent art, Cnlnese
! ,ainting differs from modern European paint
| =ne i'm this that it deliberately foregoes all
means of producing immediate Illusion 1t
| knows nothing of the third diInensIon- but con-
| fines itself to decorative effects in one plane.
Ar tho same time the extraordinarily developed
| mowers of observation in the japanese enable 1t
| to convey an unusual amount of life and spirit"
Does this not Immediately start the reader upon
! n clear understanding of the subject? We wish
| that We had the space in which TO make further
| ouotations from Herr Seidiitz, to show by
| concrete examples how luninOusly he unfoIds
tho history of the Japanese color print, the tech
nical processes which have gone to its making,
the evolution of the schools and the special quail
| tiles of the different masters He sTnooths
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27

roisseur would make different selection from
these. And yet would not each of dozen such
anthologies be sure to contain certain renowned
pictures? In other words, the transcendent
Jewels of the art be brought together with
something like finality. Mr.. Witt is not lnfal-
lible For example, he gives us nothing by
Ingres and he includes the "Sir Isumbras at the
Ford" of MilIais But, on the other hand. he
does not fail to give pictures by BotticelG
Holbein Velasquez, Titan, and so on. about
which all of the doctors would be in complete
agreement
In doing so, what does he accomplish? Some
New-York tribune., 1910-11-27

thing of what Matthew Arnold had in mind
when he told his readers to collect touchstones
of great poetry, specimens of the poetic art
whose magic would subtly enrich and sustain
their taste, guiding them to whatever in poetry
is right and fine So 1t is in the realm of paint
ing Art education is not seldom discussed II
it a very esoteric thing, but after all, a
good deal of it is embraced in nothing more nor
less than adventures among good pictures.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-25
ICED KITCHENER.
Hs Has Little Personal Vanity and
Hstes to Wear a Uniform.

Hs Has Little Personal Vanity and
Fiates to Wear a Uniform.
OF Lord Kitcheners characteristics
when be visited PeiEiD recently a cor
respondent writes: Ellis personal APP
pearance disappointed me. From bis
photographs one would imagine him
to be handsome man. with face
rugged ana Keen. one thinks Of him
unconsciously as ia the prime Of life.
But FL reality he Il already nearly six
" years Of age. and his appearance IS
neither striking nor unusual Only a
pair Of remarkably keen and piercing
eyes give promise Of exceptional pene-
tration and rover Probably he Is
the greatest soldier Of this age. and yet
one might easily pass him BY On the
street without remarklng him or. with
his hat on 10 cover bis eyes. thinking
him anything but n man whose com
plexion By a combination Of alternate
high living and exposure to weather
IS exceptionally aorld
"That be has little personal vanity
n Immediately apparent lie stepped
OH his special train in worn tweed
suit. 4 cap and pair Of brown boots
with holes in them. BY his own wish
no guards Of honor came to welcome
him except one small guard Of Chi
nese and be had to be reminded of
their presence as lie was stridlng or
the platform Enelishmen Of his type
hate any personal show. am told ii
Is a real penanee for *. Of K to put
on his uniform. aud the one unhappy
hour be spent IN Pekin was when he
had to get into it and 20 to court. with
all his orders and his field marshal's
ivory baton in bis hand
"At all the other functions IN the
Chinese capital be wore ordinary
clothes and at official banquets dress
clothes and the Order Of Merit az
which he IS Justly proud. when he
was in India he did an he could to
discourage foppery among his oliieers,
and good story is told Of young
subaltern who drew ladgs lace bor-
dered handkerchief from bis pocket
and wiped bis Inns with II fl Kitchen
er's presence. WIN you TEN me-. said
the field marshal. walking up Ia tie
young man and speaking ia icy tones,
what brand Of hairpins you nseY ~
Chicago News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-25
BLOOMFIELD

Mrs 81 MI AlIis was recent visitor
at Mfr and Mrs a. l. Follanbees
G. C. Hood has resigned as janitor Of
the hall W A. Ford succeeds him.
Mrs. Culver is assisting Mrs. G. +. III.
Us, who has been poorly for some time.
Thge we're about one bundrad That
ATTENDED ths pastors reception recently.
Dr. d b Ellis attended Masonic
district meeting b Wells River recently
Mr. and Mrs w S. Willians were in
Mortified last week Thursday On ousi.
ness
M and Mrs Gilbert Blaisdsll Of East
Randolph visited Mn and Mrs ISL. s..
Williams Iast week Friday
Mrs William Carley, who las been
spending several weeks with her mother
in Braintree, has returned home
Miss Eva Sargent came from her work
in Woodsyille n. IT., to pend three
weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. & Sargent
Remember the farmers institute to BE
held at The town hall Friday afternoon
and evening, January IS. under The
auspices Of Brookfeld grange
The Masonic dramatic club presented
its drama Among the Breakers. IN
Wiliamstown last week Mondav evening,
and Thursday evening at North Ran
dolph, to fun houses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-25
MoREToWN


Frank Griffin was in Waterbury Mon
day
Carroll Pierce spent Saturday in Mont
pelier
Mrs Addie Sawyer spent Monday in
Montpelel
Mrs Lila Haylett IS spending several
Gays 10 Burlington,
George Howes was in Northfeld sun
day, q guest Of Mr. and Mrs, ], Love
land
Mr. and Mrs George Bulkeley visited
Mrs Leo Brown at East MoFetown last
week
Mrs. ] o Haslsius Of Waterbury was
q guest, Sunday, Of Mr. and Mrs. ?. r.
lCrhith
/ Kingdom the little son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
a, II Booth, is quite IN with stomach
trouble.
Rev. and Mrs. G. p. Crawford were
guests, Thursday, Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hol-
den Hasteltine.
Mrs. H. O. Ward and Mrs. A. J. Tubbs
were guests, Friday, Of Mrs G. Spauld-
ing in Waitsdeld.
Mrs. Hannah Bruce is m at the home
Of her daughter Mrs. Freeman Hay
den, in Montpelier.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. y. Ferris we're IN
Waitslield Saturday to attend the fun
eral Of Airs. McCallister.
Charles Sawyer and grandson, Russell
Sawyer Of Barre were recent guests
q Airs. Rtssell Sawyer
Mrs. II q Ward pleasantly enterta
ca the Junior league Monday cvenir
Of last week at Library hail.
Mr.. and Mrs. j c. Kingsbnry 81
Waitsfela visited Sunday, at the homs
Of Mr. and Mrs. Myron Davis.
Mrs. J D Bidgood Is not as well ile
daughter. Mrs ] W. Taylor. Of Mont
pelier, las been with Ter for several
days.
Mrs G. I. Bliss started Monday even
ing tot New York City. having received
news Of the serious illness Of Pauline
Gibbs, her granddaughter, Of that city
Good Templsrs and invited friends
numbering thirty-five met with Mrs
F. r. johnson Tuesday evening Games
were PLAYED Refreshments served and all
report a very pleasant evening
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-01-25
MAGAZINE REVIEW
Twenty MIC non Boston.

Every resident Of The pent-up town
who has roseate dreams in which figures
country home with broad fields and
thrifty gardens should read the article
by Grace A. Mex. Clark, IN Suburban
Life for February Mrs Clark relates
in most intimate way her experiences
near Boston ia establishing a country
home. The following paragraph shows
how some Of tic time Was SPENT "Sueh
fun il was 70 So into tho woods ID the
crisp autumn morning and there sec the
shining white nuts lying on the top Of
the fallen dry leaves. Sometimes a red
squirrel would sit upon The stone wall,
and scream and scold at rs but he
would soon stop when be- caught siglt
Of four cats. who always tmmped The
woods with las when W. went nuttng.
Those eats were perfectly delighted y
be in the woods, smiling at the damp.
sweet smelling pine-nccdles or running
along the walks. sharpening their claws
on a fallen tree, on chasing each other
through the nuderLrush. Once IN a
while cat would howl lust 70 let us
know he was with u.s. We never took
the dog along because he was too rough
with the CATS