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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11
APPROPRIATE FOR THE NECK BEST COLOR FOR CURTAINS
Strange That Gray, So Eminently
Appropriate, Has Not Been More
Largely Made Use Of.

In one OF the popular plays OF the
day the woman who is artistic will
get an idea we'll worth following as TO
house decoration. In one OF the
scenes a room is decorated with gray
curtains.
Why says the artistic woman, has
she not thought of gray-curtains be-
fore? Why adhere to blue and brown,
rose and white. when gray makes a
frame for the outside world that Is
inimitable? 1t softens the garish
brightness OF an azure sky, and drapes
the sad day with sympathetic har-
mony Moreover. gray tone with
any room is never obtrusive, does not
weary the senses. Is dignified, charm
ing and picturesque. 1t is, in short, q
perfect choice.
Gray curtains made of chintz,
China silk and sheeting. or the
sumptuous brocade and satin, are the
ideal accompaniment Of the house
where every color scheme is kept in
low tones. The result IT. O habitation
very soothing to- ;:le S!eS and nerves
and one of which nobody wearies
quickly.
White walls go we'll with gray cur
tains and they should be hung with
engravings. Steel tenders and fire
irons complete the picture and the
electric light fittings match. The
mahogany furniture shines and the
damask and silver that deck the table
at meal times are at once simple and
splendid in design. Solid comfort Is
the motto Of the home, and curtains
Of gray will carry out this motto.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11

Edmund Eamy. the Skating cham
pion, said the other day at saranac
Lake: Skating on thin ice II very.
very dangerous. heard two sisters
daughters Of an aged millionaire
widower-talklng the other day
about II.
Ibid you hear about poor pas hero
ism?' the FIRST sister said. That beau
tiful young chorus girl TOttle Tights,
broke through the Ice this morning.
and pa plunged in and rescued her
THE second sister BIT her lip.
'WelIi' she said. How dreadful! Now
wen have TO rescue pa"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11
Justly Punished.

why have you discharged Rich
ards? DO you think because he has
reached the age Of forty.five that he
is no longer useful?"
mo, that isn't 1t. When ! was COM
ing into the city on my car the other
morning he got in front Of 1t at a
crossing and was so slow that In or
der to avoid running him down l had
to lose nearly half minute.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11
Nice Point.

Every student of history knows
that our Christmas customs are a de-
velopment of the Roman Saturnalla."
20, surely not ALL"
Il think So"
mo, no! There's no reason to sup
pose. for instance, that the Romans
were all the time being hunched 10
do their saturnallan shopping early"
Puck.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11
purinu the spat.

Wife OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES not
like Mr.. Knagg. They've been mar.
ried 20 years, and Mrs. Knagg says
says her husband is so tender.
Hub-Tender! Well. he ought to
be. after being in hot water that
long.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11

Ancients Used Lightning Rods.
AS early as 400 B. c. the ancients
had observed that iron rods had the
power to avert lightning.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11
lunt The Other Way.

Arctic Hunter-I think If your wife
should wash her face It would Inn
prove her appearance.
Esqujmah-Ughl You never seen
her facel-Puek.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11
unbseomlnu Earrings.

Never indulge. in silver earrings
unless closely studded with colOrod
stones, as the effect Of silver against
abe face Is unhecoming.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11

Mechanical kisses are the kind wom-
en- give each other.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11

Cold cash makes an excellent hot
weather comfort.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-01-11
lndla'a oarrIaon,

India IL garrisOned by $4,000 men.
whose duty 10 70 protect o territory Of
l.773, 900 square miles.
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MlSlRAL, GREATEST OF FRENCH TROUBADOURS DYING
He Elevated and Dgnified the Passing
Provencal Dialect Into a Com.
plete Language Again

\ fISTRAL dying! Not only his
N II native Provence but all the
vi Latin countries will mourn
Nj. l. .rsu L.
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Nae ae.Juae- Birthplace s. Frederie AMistrA,!

Wheeler OF Utica. the man who shaped
Vice-Pre'dent Shermans c,reer in poll
tics. fell on an ICY walk and knocked his
shoulder out Of joint. Tho doctors failed
To set /, &c h" vented. Then somsbody
brought Doe !iwact around ~ look AT
he joint, The bone softer twisted the
arm. swung IT." shoulder around and lef,
Mayor Wheeler dreaming that an
elephant had kicked him. He made one
more visit TO the Mayors house. but didn't
need to touch the arm. The Joint was
lumber and /, mas worked we'll ever since,
Some tim" ago Robert Jones Of Marcy
near Utica. fell oI a load OF hay and broke
one OF his legs. Friends brought him
over To inspi;li in Urica Two surgeons
in the city examined IN. leg and told Jones
they world have TO arnuu,ate il. But a
brother Of Jones drove over from the
Marcy farm when he heard about il. car
ried the injured man ont tn a wagon and
took him home, Then he sent for Doc"
Sweet. Several months nfterward the
surgeons sued Johes for SIS professional |
SERVERS. The defendant danced a jig
before a jury IN the culir house. exhibited
two sound legs, credited one OF them to
Sweet and won rs case.
IN a village near Utica physician rc-
Gently SCI mill Morssr's hand so tn" man
couldn't move "a finger. Sweet broke
several bones over again. reset them and
the hand is as good 1t, ever, That ply
sician won't touch hone now without
calling in Sweet to help him. In Utica
there are fully a dozen licensed doctors
,h..s l., L..
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II is not too much to say that the revival
Of the Provencal language grew out of
this meeting RoImanile had already
written his poem. Lii Marsaride.o" (Thc
Daisies
Scarcely had no shown me-" says
Mistrai. in their springtime freshness.
these lovely field flowers. when thrill
ran through my being and | exclaimed:
This is the dawn my soul awaited to
awaken to the light!'"
Mistral had read some Provencal. but
at that time the dialect was employed
merely in derision. The writer's used
the speech itself as the chief comic ele-
rlent in their productions. Roumanille
was the first In tho Rhone country to sing
the poetry Of his heart. Master and pupil
became firm friends and worked to-
gethcr for Years to raise the homo speech
to the dignity Of "a literary language.
AT !. Mistrll returned home and began
poem in four cantos that he has never
published, though portions Of it are among
the poems of Lis Isclo dor and in the
, notes of "Mireio."
| At that time an incident took place
which mads very strong impression
''' w" young poor Ininu ana TO which
he attributes in his memoirs the inspira-
ton of his poem "Mrtio,' A young girl
of rather impulsivs disposition fell vio-
lently in love with him, then entered con-
vent. where she died soon afterward.
After spending four years more at the
Ak University. Mlstral. then Fl years old
returned to the mas, bringing with him an
LII. b. diploma.
NOW my dear son." his father said to
him. II have done my duty You know
more than ever | learned Choose vour
career. leave yoii free"
Ana the poet toll, M he threw his law
Ser's Gown to the wind aud gave himself
up to the contemplation or what he 80
ln'.d til. sp!.ndor .: his native Pro.
VenCe.
Through Roumanills ne came to know
Aubansl. Croustilat ank others They
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Frederic Mi>tr>l.

Ia replaced in Mistral's house ny metallic
net. which is quite luxury in Maillane
To the lett on entering is small room
very simply furnished with lounge
and two straw chairs.
In corner is little desk covered with
books and papers. On the wall picture
OF Mistral on the day Of his first COM
munion and two little ploughs OF wood
labor OF patience and dexterity. with
which he played when child. This is
his workshop. parlor and dining room.
Mistral's schoo ing began at the age
OF Q. but the boy played truant so fire.
quently that he was sent to u boarding
school in Avignon. Here he had sad
time Of it. and seems especially to have
felt the difference Of language. Teachers
and pupils alike made fun OF his patois.
for which he had strong attachment
because OF the ch rln of the songs his
mother sang to hln.
II was at the Avignon school in ls45
that he formed his friendship with Rou-
mauille. who had come there as teacher.
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OF the seven Aubanel alone besides
Mistral has attained celebrity a. Q poet.
and these two with Roumanille have been
usually associated In the minds Of all
who have followed the movement with
interest ~ it's three leaders.
Mistral completed "Mirtio' in 1850. The
poem was presented by Adolphe Dumas
and Jean Reboul to Lamartine. who de-
voted to it one Of the -entretiens' of his
Cours fsmilier de Literature. This article
o IAmartine and his personal efforts ON
behalf Of MistrA contributed greatly to
the success Of the poem.
Lamartine wrote among other things:
"A great epic post is born A true Ho-
meric poet in our own time; . post, born
like the men Of Deucalion. from q stone
on the Crau. q primitive poet in our de-
cadent age; Greek poet at Avignon; q
poet who has created language out Of
a dialect. as Petrarch created Italian;
one who out Of . vulgar patois. has made
. language full Of imagery and harmony
delighting the imagination and the ear
We might say that. during the
night an island Of the Archipelago, q
floating Delos. has parted from its group
of Greek or lonian Islands and come
silent y to join the mainland OF sweet
scented Provence. bringing along ono of
the divine singers of the family Of the
Melesigenes.'
Mistral went to Paris. where for time
he was the lion OF the literary world.
Tho French Academy crowned his poem
and Gounod composed the opera Mireille,
which waa v,orfOrmo1 for tha 0rst time
in 1884 in Paris.
The poet did not remain long in the capi-
tai, lie doubtless realized hat ne was not
destined to Join tha GALAXY Of Partisan
writer's, and it IL certain tha, II he had re-
NAMED there his life ali his influence
would nave been utterly different. lie
returned home aud immediately .c; 20
work upon 4 second epic; in another seven
years no completed Calendar. published
In Avignon IN 1885, The success OF TINS
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| When Ira s. Sweet was about IS wears
old he went to the Buffalo Medical Uni
versity TO study surgery. After two terms
he went to Bellevue Hospital medica!
college in New York end spent four terms
there. They let him come home without
a diploma. though.
ira > Sweet bought farm in the town
OF Columbus, Chenango county. after
that. married and settled down. He
wanted to give up bone setting. but the
neiGhbors found him out. brought their
damaged limbs to him and told other
neighbors about him. Pretty soon il
looked as If half the people in Chenango
ana adjoining counties were falling of
o'rHa. haynows a.,. back stoo1s on
purpose 10 have Doc" Sweet se, their
bones
Anyway. the cripples came 90 fast that
the Unadilla Valley Railway, which ran
by his house. stopped its trains In front
OF the residence and called it Sweets
Station" Hardly anybody got Oh there
except people with arms in slings or those
who used crutches or were carried of
on stretchers and their attendants.
Six years ago one Of the finest residences
in Utica. worth more than SiOO, 900. was
put up at public auction. 1t was next door
TO the home of ice-President. then Con.
gressnan Sherman Sweet dropped into
town. looked it over. liked it, bought il
moved his family OF the farm and pro-
ceeded to set bones for every body In need
OF his help.
The Oneida County Medical Association
hired detectives to trail Sweet in his work.
Applications for warrants for his arrest
were denied several times. but three
Supreme Court actions were brought for
alleged malpractice against him. He won
them all. The last one was tried a few
weeks ago before Justice Merrill, who
took recess In tho case and excused
sweet from the court room toallow him
to set some broken bones in a farmers =
foot. The farmer came to the court house
on crutches. Sweet snapped the bones
hack into place. bandaged the foot and
sent the patient home. Tho treatment
was given In Sheriff Daniel Rockers ofFios
in the Oneida County Court House. That
was because whom Sheriff Becker fell
on the leo and broke leg last winter
Doc Sweet fixed up tho break.
Tho winter before last Mayor Tom
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though our father Is pretty we'll to do. a.
you know, VIXEN W. ask him for money 70
oress with he answers: Girls, II YOU want
i'nery. earn it And this is why I came
TO CLEAN
six months after this meeting. which
reminds one of the ncinnt scene of Ruth
ana Boa. Maitrc francois asked Maitre
Pouinet for the hand of Delaide and I
was born of that marriage"
."tstrolS entry into tho world took
place on Scft"nher &. 1880 His father.
according to his wont was that afternoon
in his fields when thNy sent from the house
to announce the boys arrival The mes.
senger ~ soon as he came within hearing
called to him: Master. come: the mist rrss
is Just delivered"
"llow inany?" asked the father.
"One, NY faith: fine SON.
a son; may God make him good and
WISE"
And without another word. az though
nothing had haprrnei out Of the ordinary
tie good man went on with his work
and not until il was finished did he return
slowly to tho ho,is". This did no. indicate
that he lacked heart, but brought I'm
in th" Roman traditions of the old Pro.
vencsa'ix his manners pcsscssed the ex.
tcrnli ruggc ciness of his ancestors.
Tho boy was bsptizoi Fred6ric. in
memory. II nrr'ars. Of moor little ,Irchin
who n the timc Of tn" courtship l,ctween
N'-trnl' parents was employed in car.
ry'ny 20 and fro their love nissives.
His birthday having fallen on Our
iady's day, in September. his mother had
desired 10 give him the name Of Most rad .
anus. both in gratitude to Our LADY and
IN memory Of the famous ast rolonr Of
SAINT R"nv. author of "1Hs Centuries Z"
But this mystic and mythical name which
IN" maternal instinct had so unhappily liz
! upon was fortunately refused both bv
the Mayor and he priest.
Nls,ral, the elder. was handsome old
man towering over every farmer in the
neighborhood IN stature and wisdom
ihgnihet in language. kind to the many
employed on his vast domains, austere
and simple in his life
Ihis description well fitted Frederic
Ali-tral. hale and as straight as an arrow
at the age of -. His great simplicity
and lack of AT tatlon were the more
striking. considering the continuous
and sometimes fuisome nattery that
had been showerrd upon him for manv
years. There is hardly town OF i'm
portance in France that hasn't honored
him by naming d street after him His
statues and busts are found in MANY
southern cities and there is no end OF
Mistral societies.
Born peasant he has insisted all his
life on remaining a peasant. and in spite
of his achievements in the literary field
on sharing with the humble tiilers Of the
soil among whom he was born their
primitive joys and their arduous labors.
For riches he had no desire. and when
the Nobel prize was awarded him he first
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p'ea~an. for tho Photographers. farmer
hoy Clr;c IL with a broken shoulder and
asked sweet to set it, He lifted the boy
to large table in the room, stripped him
10 th" waist ard set the bone while the
Gram jury smiled approval and the
Photographer srarred ihe picture The
Ot'cgo county doctors quit trying to
!nd.cl him after that,
The Sweet family commenced setting
bones in America soon after the Pilgrim
Fa hers lalu"d. The Sweets, men and
women, have ho"n at il ever since. A
branch Of tn" family driftei TO Amster-
dam. y. V, year. ago Ira $ Sweet was
born thore. Ills f1the-. grandfather and
,,ro-, -TaadfItno' Greed the state Sct-
tin, rp ~" o~
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Could Have Been Elected Member of
the French Academy, but Pre-.
ferred Farm to FIonors

poem was decidedly less than that of
Mireio.
During these years he published many Of
the shorter poems that appeared in one
volume in 1876. under the title Of Lis 1scio
dor The Golden Islands,. Meanwhile
the idea of the Felibrise made great prog
| ress. The language OF the Felibres had
now fixed orthography and definite
grammatical form. The appearance Of
a master work had given it wonderful
impulse.
The exuberance OF the Southern tenn
permanent responded quickly to the call
for a manifestation of patriotic en-
thusiasrn. The Catalan poets joined
their brothers beyond the Pyrenees. The
floral games were founded. The Fell
brige passed westward beyond the Rhone
and found adherents in all southern
France. The centenary OF Petrarch cele-
brated at Avignon in 1874 tended to en-
phasize the importance and the glory ~
the new literature.
The definite organization OF the. Fell
brige into great society with its hier-
archy of officers took place in 1879. with
Mstral as Capouli (chief or president). In
the same year the poet married Mile.
Marie Riviere of Dion. and this lady. who
was named first queen of the Felibrige bv
Albert de Quintana of Caralonia. the poet
laureate of the year 1878 at The great Floral
Games held in Montpelier. has become
at heart and in speech u true Provcncal.
A third poem. Ncrto. appeared in 1884.
and showed the poet in a new light; his
admirers now compared him TO Ariosto.
This same year he made a second journey
to Paris and was again the lion OF the
hour. The Soci6t6 dc Ia Cigale. which
had been founded in 1876. as n Paris
branch of the Felibrige and which later
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met at Avignon. full Of youthful en-
thusiasm, and during this period Mistral.
encourag ged by his friends. worked upon
his greatest poem. "Mireio.' In 1854. on
May. 81. the Felibrige was founded
by the seven poets Joseph Roumanille.
Paul Giera. Theodore Aubanel. Eugene
Garcin. Anselme Mathieu. Frederic Mis-
trail
They aimed at restoring among the
people Of the Rhone region love OF their
ancient customs. language and traditions.
at building. so to speak. a dam against
the food Of modern tendencies that
threatened to overwhelm local life. They
sought to avoid that dead level Of uni
formity TO which the national life Of France
appeared to them in danger OF sinking.
In the earlier days the leaders Of the
movement often were accused in Paris
Of q spirit Of political separatism: they
were actually mistriisted as seceseionists,
been several champions of the idea of
decentralization. To-day there are found
in their ranks few who advocate the
Federal idea in the political organization
Of France. However, there seems never
to have been a time when the movement
promised seriously to bring about prac-
tical political changes. and whatever
political significance il ma have to-day
goes no further than what may be con-
tanned in germ in the effort at an intense
local life.
They began their propa ganda by found
ing an annual publication called tho
lr,p Drouyo0ruN xntirn has rnd
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became the Societe des Felibres de Paris.
organized banquets and festivities in his
honor and celebrated the Floral Game,
at Sceaux to commemorate the 4OOth an
niversary Of the day when Provence he
came united of her own free will with
France. Mistral was received with dis
;inction by President Grevy and by tbs
Count of Paris. and his numerous
Parisianvied in bidding him welcome To
the capital.
His new poem was crowned by the
French Academy. receiving the Prix
\itct. the presentation address being
delivered 10y Legouv'. Four years later
Lou 1resor dou Fe.ihrige. II great die
tionary of all the dialects OF the iangue
d oc. was completed. and in 1890 appeared
his only dramatic work. la Reino Jano'
("Queen Joanna"). In 1897 he produced
his last long poem. epic In form. Lou
Pouemo dou Rose (.The Poem Of the
Rhone").
At that time the members OF the French
Academy notified him privately that
should he present himself for election tho
immortals would unanimously give him
a seat in their midst Rather than to
endure the bother Of another trip to the
capital Mistral refused the honor
The "Floral Games" reestablisled
through Mistrals 8 efforts have become
ono OF the most popular solemnities in the
south OF France
Every year In May on the Fast OF Saint
Estelle the four branches of F6librige
are convoked to important assizes at
some place on Provencal soil At the
end of the banquet which follows tas
fora! sports, and after the address OF tae
chief. the latter raises high the G;,il
Of the poetic mysteries and iniones "T..,
Song Of the Cup"
Every seven years great meeting anu
floral feast takes place. on which occasion
three first prizes are awarded for poe..y.
prose and Fdlibreen work, and o. 80,
Of Felibrige is elected.
Their queen presides at the pri. cipal
assizes Of the cause. The first to he chosen
was, as we mentioned before, Mms.
Mistral. tho young wife of the chief at
Montpellier in 1878 The second was
Mile Therase Roumanille mime, Boisslere'
daughter of the poet. The thiro was
Nine Gasquet, nee Mile. Girard, ana 'ho
fourth and present queen IL Nine his-
chofsheim nee Mile. de Chevigne,
A procession Of Felibressss form an
escort TO the reigning queen For tbs
Provencal Renaissance has counted many
distinguishsd writer's and poets among
lis members The best known OF these
.female troubadours" were Mime. Rou-
nanil'n. wife of tho poet whose work was
crowned a: ;hr F6te Of Apt. Nine. d'Ar-
band. M,c I.azarin Daniel Fflibresss
oi me ,rau. Nm-. Gaut i-r -Hramond %,
Tarascon. celebrated tor her svelo-
blanco, and Mile, Riyierc. whose "Belugo'
is sung by sll the Felihgcs.
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decided to accept the honor and to return
the cash. He changed his mind. however.
and accepted the money. which he i'm
mediately devoted to the cause to which
he has consecrated his life. The gift
from Sweden has gone toward purchas-
ing an ancient palace to be used as q
museum OF Provencal history. Nothing
in the world would have caused him to
move away from his old farm In Maillane.
His house 10 that OF we'll to do peasant
with one floor and an attic. Only the tick
ing that is stretched across the doors
OF farmhouses to keep out mosquitoes