The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29

THIS short starg1. written ny Frederic
M-'rJl called hy L.amaltinr the Homer
or Provence wa Els code ~ ethics, 10
III" iul'lmrnt 81 which he DEVOTED the
l.f@ which came o. an End las, Wednes-
day ana for which his name VII! liz.
forever I'm France To ind h.s peer among
modern French poela cGr must 90 ftr
tn" only name that suggests itself IS that
OF Edmond Rp-ttId. whose "Cyrar0 de
Beigerac' ana 'NAIslon' are masterpieces
of French literature. But RoaIaHds fame
comes from his beautiful verse his
apillty t. Turn phrase So a. 10 n'ak. L
ring, while Mlstral Was much more than
poet he Was ,hc modern king 81 PROV
ehce. whose words and phrases are on tho
HIPS OF every native OF thu Pays
II IS Interesting to recall horc what
Anhorse paldr, wrote or Mis;ral after
having gon. from the Old mill where NJ.
lived 70 Mnllanr 10 vlslt IN. poet
An, iarlslins," he wrote, when III.
poet or Maillaur came 10 introduce his
Mire!I!e 10 you and You saw him IA
your salons, Il tho,tav IN city clothes
with hlgh collar End Il large hat, tina;
bothered him ~ much Gs his glory, YOU
thought mat was tho real Mlsgral II was
not
There In only one Mistrn! ia the world.
he Misuhl | surprised last Sunday iu
his village, his foit hood over one ear IA
his sh!rtseeves, his red Cataloninn waist.
band wound tightly around him. hls ewes
Gfre with inspiration. hts hands IN his
pockets, walking back and forth In his
ROOM making verses"
Daudet Was an intimate friend OF MIS-.
trail bu, Il Was only after much p-Esua-
sloE that the poet consented IN Rad 20
him his "calcndal." a poem on when hr
had been working for seven years ANA
which had not Yet beer pat before the
public. paudet tells In his in!mitabla way
how, with his elbows Oh the dining table
and tears IN his eyes. he listened 90 the
story Of "CalendaI told Wy his creator.
Tn. story II this:
"ca!rndai was a fisherman. Love made
him hero, To ~ln the heart ~ his love
the beautiful Fsterelle, he undertook 10
perform miraculous tasks and the twelve
lahors OF Hercules wer. nothing To those
OF Calendal, Once. having resolved 10 be.
come rich, he invented formidable ma.
chimes for fishing and brought TO port
all the nsh or the sea, Another time,
Calendal bearded u terrible bandit OF the
gorccs OF Olliou'es, known ar Comte
Severan, In his den surrounded by his
followers and his concublnes A valiant
youth w0s Caiendal One day at sainte
Baume he came across two parties az nj,
companions quarrclling on the tomb OF tho
Maltre jacques, the Provencal, who was
nothing less than the carpenter OF tho
Temple of Solomon. Calendsi jumped into
the quarrel and succeeded In bringing
about peace.
"Superhum0n enterprises! Far IN
among the rocks Of Lure there was an
inaccessible forest Of cedars which the
wood cutter never dared penetrate Cal
eudal. however. climbed up to the forest
For thirty days he made his home there
alone. During those thirty days the sound
of his axe as Il buried itsslf In the tree
trunks was heard. One after another tbs
giant trees fell under his axe and rolled
to the bottom OF the valley. When Culen.
dsi returned not a cedar stood on the
mount ainside,
FINALLY by such exploits the snchoy,.
fisher won the love OF Esterelle ana was
named consul by the tnhabltqats " Cos.