El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-29

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30. ifs 5av of independence, corr slP-rJiCb
i 10 20 orr Fourth OF July, ana 49,
- - slI-avs the great festival OF tie II-
I when the people indulge III
{ Of every imaginable KIM n, 1e1,,-ates the
| In France the festival ce!e.o.,. Sa5 the
! e.iI o4 fbe Bastile which mar ~ 10 70
I herinnfne of the reVoluIoh-, bnf it
/ OF this event was july n, -,,,i,ersary
/ 80 until 1850 that the ANN - a
Wa 49, ~ Government autnorilS .
/ -a+ioTa1 holiday. In all the 100 ed
nc Trench republic, it is comm i',ls.i /
/ the l.,I,e-+.+iors fireworks, SpeClo--
I theatrical performances, pans, SS-.I1aise''
| md much chanting of the MAJ Mar ,,-5icb
! the greatest of all war sOI-i57,11o111tion-
did so much to inspire the ~ cole
I ists- The principal feature q ,,i1ftarv
! bratfon in Paris is n superb ,- L.I,e
/ review by the President az In
The Paris Bastile- the
The Bastile was a IoI .i;ss,ina1lv was
/ Porte St. Antoine, ana orr slsa,lcas OF
an important part OF tne However,
! the city of Paris Later; o and its
! II deeenerated into a prLSo ,il-,o,,s are
! +ovvers and underground duliS 80 o-i-,+i-os
( aid TO have been crowded ~ - Peo-
! ~ -oIitfcal and eccleslaSIlcdl "a -
Z pie were shut up there WI-o- ,,+e5 To get
/ more powerful persons Wdnteu -
- sometimes for family redSo -,
- 1-.51e held ''at the pleasure OF the
Ti1ps crew old and died without e'e1
Getting tie benefit of trlaL
Se TI--if7,-s z,bo ventsrred to attack IN
r,i1+ The King or others in authorlIy
werethe special prey OF the Bastile, 49,
this. more than anything elses % 49,
the fort TO be looked upon as tne HSLS
s1-r,ho1 of oppression and y amy;
Wbe1 it fell all Europe gaspeo, anu
lovers of liberty everywhere rear 49, -
the event as marking new era TOT
humanity .,.tIa
defended as If was by lofty walls ana
. r7oat the fortress when attacked os
the mob with twenty cannon, was man
ned by only a handful OF oIo soluISIs
and offered but feenle oeLeIlCs- - -
mob sacked it. liberating its prisoners,
On +hs following day deliberately SET
about the business Of tearing the ST. uC-
frre down, leaving not one stone uP OIl
another Some Of the stones MSLS
and worn as jewelry- Most OF I1e
material. however. was used Tor Duilu-
inc- ft,e new bridge Of the RevoIuuOn'
So that the people might tranpIe UpOH
them ,. D,v
What is called the festival OF tle
Escalade is the independence Gay o. W
little Republic of GeneVa-ceI fanny W
most picturesque OF all repuOIlCs. -, - !.
nov of course a part of SWlIlerlalu'
b11t This is comparatively recent DuI-
- an the Middle Ages, with bloody
wars raging on every hand, GeneNa.-d
quiet little town in the NaIIeE u ell5
Phone surrounded by snoW-cappeo
rnountains-held its own against every
foe and retained its freedom -eoo
F11t on the night Of December IL 1oU7
If had an exceedingly narrow escape.
large forces secretly gathered, WhiCn
- 1,arcbed from several -trongholds
in Savoy, crossed the River ArNe anu
began to scale the walls with laoders'
There was an alarm, and the cibl]eIIs,
errin cling from their beds ruSned OUT
~ ecsnfies+ attire. arms in their hands
Some of the enemy had already got IN;
hut lost their way IN the Darkness StllIu
the narrow and tortuous streets OtneIs
climbing the ladders, were driven Da tyl
and by noon on the following DAY the
+ /, hackers were completely routed
The most famous incident connected
with the affair had to do with a woman
who. washing late, had a pot OF bolllng
water on the fire. She dropped the pot
ont of the window in such way tnaI
il fell inverted upon the mead
SavOvard, killing him. And nowadays,
On the occasion of the annual festival
this picturesque happening IS comm en-
GRATED BY three-legged pots mace o.
Chocolates. which are sold by thousands
in all sizes, the bigger ones oeinS Lllleu
! with goodies -
At this festival the demure and, SOBER
LITTLE CITY goes almost crazy Win JOY.
Tho whole town is in masquerade after
dark on December II, men, women, ana
children, wearing the most ABSURD cos
tunes It is the privilege OF any man
70 kiss any unmasked woman IacI
which causes much surprise occasion
ally TO strangers At midnight there
IS a masked ball at the KursaaL every
family holds a reunion, ana the center
Of the table is always occupied by
big chocolate pot with l6Oz and the
current year marked on II
Hate Their Ancient Enemies.
Even to the present day the GeneVese
hate and despise the Savoyards, their
temptuous attention Of the stranger to
the fact that these neighbors OF theirs
are unthrifty and still make their Wo-
men work in the fields, as they Ald IN
former days Fifteen minutes roe IN
a motor car will carry one from Geneva
into Savoy
The name most conspicuOusly asso-
ciated with Swiss freedom, OF course,
is that Of William Tell whose statue
with his SOM now stands in the mar
ket place at AltdOrf. Outside OF Alt
dOrf. twelve years ago, theater was
erected in which Schiller'S play, with
the national hero as its principal char
acter, is presented every sunday dur
ing the summer months.
The story is that Duke Albert of Aus
tria with the intention to deprive the
forest cantOns of their liberty, sent
baiIiffs tc Uri and SchWyZ. who COM
y
do homa &c to the cap of Austria, set on
homage to the cap of Austria, set on
a pole in the market place at Altdorf
He refused, and was condemned to
death, but pardon was promised If he
could succeed in shooting an apple from
his sons head
This he did but, thereupon declaring
that he would have killed the bailiff il
his son had been hit. he was arrested
and carried in letters to Gessler's boat
A storm coming up he was released, in
order to help in saving the boat; but
he drove it to land. leaped ashore, anu
slew Gessler with a crOssbow.
This incident started the rebellion OF
the forest cantons which brought about
the independence of Switzerland, in
1907. Such. at all events, is the tale.
Historical critics are disposed to put it
down as a myth. asserting that the
same story is to be found in Scandi-
navian, and other folklore. 1t is very
real to the Swiss people however and,
whether true or not, serves a patriotic
purpose.
italy Has an Independence Day.
Italy. although a monarchy. has its
own Independence Day. This falls