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rough the use of the room as a stable
Iring the war with France that all the
aces have been retouched SO often that
one can now be said to be the brush
'larks of Leonardo da Vinci. Fortunately,
hough. the original cartoons of the faces
ave been preserved. so that by copying
hem the original expressions of all the
igures have been kept.
The thought which the Italian artist
portrays is one of great excitement over
the words of the Master, who has just
said: "One of you shall betray Me-" By
gesture and expression. each of the dis
cipIes manifests his own respective tenn
permanent: for Indignation. surprise, an
ger. horror and guilt are all displayed
by those who sit about the table. Every
character helps to make the scene one of
The figures divide themselves into four
groups of three each. On the right of the
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tect.. engineer, inventor. astronomer and
musician. Raphael. Fra Bartolommeo.
Caracci, Titan, Sodoma and Tintoretto
also attempted the resurrection, with
varying success.
Titan represents the risen Christ as
soaring high in midair. Sodoma, whose
conception is herewith reproduced, de-
picts Him in the act of stepping out of
very conventional sarcophagus. The
left foot is still in the tomb, and the
right, which has just been withdrawn,
rests upon the ground. Close below. upon
terrace. are sleeping soldiers. while an
angel leans upon each end of the tomb,
and In the background the cloaked figures
of the three Marys are seen approaching.
Tfntoretto represents Jesus as bursting
ont of the rock of the sepulcher with
such force that the rent stones threaten
to crush the guarding angels themselves.
Rembrandt attempted the same theme
He represented the angel in the act of
removing the slab covering the sepulcher
from which the Christ is awakening. In
the foreground the shadowy forms of SOL
diers flee in terror and disorder, and one
of them is overturned. head first. by the
lifting of the slab. These representa-
tions. thus hastily described, are not
among the masterpieces Of their painters
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1AE DESCENT EYFRAhARrMor ornKo MFETMG GAIIERYIioREME

teenth, was an artist of some note The
martyrdom of his friend Savonorolo
made such an impression on him that
he entered a monastery. becoming Fra
Bartolommeo. For six years his brush
was laid aside, but after that, through
the solicitation of his friends, he re-
turned to his work.
His "Pieta' in the Pitti Gallery at
Florence is much admired by lovers of
art who appreciate the beautiful col
oring of the picture. 1t does not take
a critic, however, to pronounce this
last picture of Bartolommeo work of
art, for even the average person who
sees it feels that the attitude and eX-
preston of the Sorrowful figures
breathe a spirituality
Art critics dwell upon the fact that
the lifeless form of the Savior is por-
trayed with more flexibility and more
anatomical correctness in this picture
than in any other. Many admire the
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"MARYs At THE TOMB, BY BOUGUEREAU.

A great canvas depicting a scene di-
rectly following this is one of Raphael
showing the risen Christ in the act Of
world to preach the gospel and heal the
sick.
Painters long hesitated to attempt also
the ascension of Jesus. and Giotto, the
one time shepherd boy mentioned above,
was one of the first to paint it In the
earliest representations Jesus is shown
grasping the hand of God extended to
Him through the clouds. Correggio
painted the wonderful conception OF this
scene, but one whose seriousness is
thought by some critics to be marred by
the too-mischievous antics of the little an
gels who rejoice at the great event TAX
ing place. Another remarkable ascen-
sion is that by the aforementioned An
drea Mantegna, which is reproduced on
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the center of this canvas rises a sharp
pinnacle of rock, against which stands
the risen Christ upon a marble sar-
cophagus. He Is partly clad in red
mantle, and carries the usual resur--
rection flag Below. upon a ledge of
rock. are five soldiers. four lying un-
conscious and the fifth apparently
keeping watch.
Although there is some mystery as
to the painter of the scene. he is gen.
orally supposed to have been Francesca
Mantegna the son and pupil of that
great Andrea Mantegna who, married
Bellinls daughter and painted one of
the chapels of the Vatican.
The stone of the sepulcher has fallen
and crushed one of the soldiers rep
resented in the resurrection painted at
about the same period by Ravaellino del
Carlo. a pupil of Fra Filippo Liz. ].
One other soldier is PROSTATE with
terror, while two others are asleep.
Ivy has already covered one end of
the more roughly hewn tomb. shown In
cotemporary resurrection group
painted by Leonardo da Vinci. That
many-sided genius. also born near
Florence, painted the recently stolen
but recovered Mona Lisa, the most won
derful portrait in the world. and yet
gained success also as sculptor, archi-
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Therefore one of the soldiers who.
guarded the tomb came. and said in
risen" The Jews said. 'How?' And he
said: First there was an earthquake;
then an angel Of the Lord bearing light
ming came down from heaven and rolled
sat upon it. And, through fear of this
all we soldiers became as dead men, and
could neither flee nor speak -
The earliest painting of the resurrection
preserved among the worlds art treas
ures is panel by Giotto, which shows
clad figure Of Christ bearing the ban
ner described, and posed as II about to
float upward from the edge of a coffin
like tomb. before which are seen the fig
ures OF two prone soldiers.
Giotto. the painter of this earliest res
urrection scene. was poor shepherd lad
from near Florence. A noted artist once
came upon him by accident. just as the
boy, with pointed pebble, was drawing
remarkable was the sketch that the
painter took Giotto back with him to
Florence, where he became greater than
his master. He became also the intimate
friend of the poets Dante and Tetrarch,
and after decorating st. Peters Church
IN Rome he had honors showered upon
him by the Popes. He was noted also
as a wit, as we know from Boccaccio.
and II was he who. when once tripped
and thrown by some pigs, smilingly re-
marked: Are they not right, when /
have earned in my day thousands of
crowns with their bristles. and yet have
never given them so much as a bowl of
SOUP"
The three Marys are represented at
the tomb as talking to the angel, while
the Christ is suspended above them in the
picture painted. somewhat over a CEN
tury later, by Fra Angelica, the next mas
ter to attempt the resurrection theme.
This artist. who might have earned
wealth and ease with his brush, pre-
ferred to become a monk. After he had
become famed as painter Pope Nicholas
offered to make him Archbishop of
Florence but he declined because feeling
himself incapable of ruling men.
Another of the great pictures of the
resurrection-one adjoining the Vatican,
shows an altar-shaped tomb surrounded
by four soldiers. The slab covering the
tomb has been moved out of place. and
above rises the Christ between two
rection flag in his left hand. while the
right is raised in benediction. OF the
soldiers represented at the base Of the
tomb three sit with eyes closed. while
the fourth stands guard and raises his
hand in amazement at what he beholds.
This amazed soldier is said to have the
features Of the great painter Perugino,
while the model for the sleeping soldier
on the left Of the picture is alleged to
have been Raphael, then one of Peru
gino's pupils.
Some say that Raphael worked on
this picture. and others now go SO far
as to claim that he painted it entirely.
Perugino. to whom it has generally
been credited, was another poor lad
who went to Florence to find skill and
fame. He became a talented portrait
painter. and throughout his great dec
orative works are distributed wonderful
likenesses of his contemporaries.
nytri nc {u inn ut oh ft1n nnrtNI aF
the discovery Of Americs. there seema az
to have been painted another striking
picture of the resurrection-one now
in the National Gallery, London. In
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nor are they surrounded by incidents of

nor are they surrounded by incidents of
particular interest.
One of the most beautiful Of the great
modern paintings dedicated to the first
Easter morning is that of Hoffman,, rep
resenting the three Marys halted just IN
side the deeply chiseled doorway OF a
great tomb. far within which is seen the
angel of the resurrection in a burst OF
light. Two of the women have dropped
to their knees. One bears the boWi IN
which they had brought spices.
Bouguereau the modern French histori-
cal and portrait painter. has USED the
same theme. AS seen in the accompany
ing reproduction, he represents the three
Marys gathered at the door Of the tomb
where they find the huge stone roiied away
and the interior of the sepulcher glowing
ing. Easter Morn" Bouguereau paints
the tomb far in the background. as a
rocky cave, at the mouth of which sits
the angel. In the foreground are two OF
haIoed figure of the risen Christ standing
before them banner in hand.
After the resurrection, the next happen
ing of the first Easter day to have IN
the scene in the garden when Mary Mag
dalene, after mistaking Jesus for the
gardener, approached Him and received
the admonition: Touch me not! Nol
to my father This scene has been
represented by several of the masters
under the title 'NoM Me Tangere." Per-
haps the most beautiful Of these is the
Prado Gallery, Madrid. He shows the
Magdalene fallen upon her knees, while
she looks up with amazement at tine
Christ. who gaZes earnestly down at her
as He passes before her with one hand
pointing to heaven. The hand with which
she has attempted to touch Him Is drawn
back in this view. but in the accompany
ing painting of the same scene by the
l. ,t,,rr % fN1rn II.
Him and He is Withdrawing from her the
white robes in which He Is partially
clad. In this picture Titan oddly enough
places hoe in the hand of the Christ. to
carry out the story that Mary mistook
Him for the gardener, and Lorenzo di
Credi, a, contemporary, also placed a hoe,
although much stouter implement. In
the hand of the risen Christ. In the
painting of this scene by Barocci. who
belonged to the next generation, the
meeting seems to take place indoors, and
Mary has small jar in her hand.
The resurrected Christs appearance to
the disciples on their way to Emmaus
and his supper with them there are the
next Easter events which have inspired
great pictures. For the painting of this
supper scene by Titan Reproduced here
with several well known dignitaries OF
the time were used as models. Thus
the disciple on the right, with pill
grim's hat, is Cardinal Ximens: the other
disciple represented is Ferdinand the
Catholic. while the landlord Of the inn is
Charles v. and the page Is Philip II.
Another celebrated canvas devoted to
this theme is that of Rembrandt, hang
ing in the Louvre, Paris.
The incredulity of st. Thomas. who
until he inspected the cruciixion wounds
refused to believe that he beheld the
rearrrected form of his Master-the event
which gave us our phrase doubling
Thomas"-has been represented in nu-
merous great paintings. notably that Of
Rubens, now in the Antwerp Museum.
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ting his own innocence of any wrong

sertinS his own innocence of any wrong
doing.
The last three figures on this side of
the table seem to be talking among them
selves in great excitement. st. Matthew,
whose hands are extended toward the
Master. turns to the oldest disciple, Sim
con, as though to substantiate what the
elderly man thinks he has heard. Thad-
deus. who sits between Matthew and
Simeon, has one hand raised, as though
to strike it against the other in his con-
fidential exchange of opinions with the
dignitied Simeon
The group at the other end of the table
shows Bartholomew, who has risen and
Is leaning with both hands on the table,
so that he may hear more regarding the
coming clash. James the Younger, stand
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this page. 1t hangs in the Uffizi Gallery,
Florence. and represents the Christ in
the conventional attitude of giving the
benediction and bearing the resurrection
, flag. He floats upward upon little plat
form of cloud, from which rises a nebu.
lous background. whence peep a dozen
little cherubim. Perugiro. as seen in an
other of the accompanying reproductions.
represented the ascending Christ as en-
circled in a wreath of cherub heads. Rem
brandt painted a group of little angels
clinging to the cloud on which the Christ
was ascending to heaven.
Canon Farrar ranked the ascension
among the subjects which it would have
been much wiser to leave unpainted, or.
at any rate. to paint only in a purely
symbolic manner"
Copyright, lslA, by John Efreth WatkinkA
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Ey JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.

U the great Easter
pictures of tn e
masters one turns
with relief after
having C ont I e m
plated the famous
canvases depicting
the rev o lting g
scenes. the TRACE
dies t h e terrors
and agonies which
befell between the
last supper and the
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Guido Reni, in Rome, are impressed with
the sorrow and loneliness suggested in
the painting. The scene on Calvary shows
the simple figure of Christ, alone stretch
ed on the cross, a style followed by the
seventeenth century masters.
:. x
Renis painting pictures the city of
Jerusalem in the distance. While, of
course. the human suffering of Christ is
impressed by this work of art, the paint
ing also presents the peace of 1T is fin
ished." The artists success in indicating
a great storm by the dark sky and by
the violent wind which blows the dra-
perry on the body of the Lord is master
full.
History records that Boccio. who
lived in the latter part of the fifteenth
century and the early part of the six
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A< 1~a -tN cAoA
impressed upo n
ones mind and
heart in many
W a Y :. Devotional
church services. sa
cred music and in
spring literature
all contribute their
part in keeping the
thought o f I h c
risen Lord and His
redemption of the
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ntombment of Jesus - painful events
rhich orthodox Christians have COM
nemorated throughout the past fort
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world before mankind.

world before mankind.
One of the greatest teachers of fhe
Easter lesson, however. has been thr
brush of the artist. for many of the "a
nous paintings of the old world have
for hundreds OF years presented the storE
Of the death and passion of the Savior
The resurrection itself has ever been to-
great mystery to be shown by art As
human nature could but imperfectly com
prehend the Man OF Nazareth as IT..
lived and died among men. ii cou;d
scarcely be expected to grasp the splea
dor of the divine Son after He had de
stroyed the temple and built it in thres
days. The message of the redemptio.
therefore has been brought TO the worl6
to a great extent through the lesson Of
the crucifixion and through the trials nf
the Savior during the last part of his If
on earth.
Many famous and pious artists hi;
realized that they could do little bet.,
than treat this subject of the crueilixio,
as the greatest of human tragedies; ye
each has endeavored in his own wav t,
portray the power of the Christ crucifet
~ HidiS WHO ACTUALLY JOuFneEeu beNOll
the city walls TO Calvary. the Savior.
death meant only a terrible persecution
but to those who had the eyes of fait'
there was that added understaudinr
which no tongue can tell. This latter ex
perience is that of thousands of peopl
who stand in wonderment today befors
the pictures Of the old masters whic
were painted to perpetuate the scenes en
acted at the end of Christ's earthly min
istry.
Numbers of wonderful pictures of the
crucitixion, of scenes about the Cross of
the Temptation in the Wilderness and OF
the trial of Christ are to be found in the
monasteries, churches. galleries and pal
aces of Italy. But none is more famous
than The Last Supper painted by
Leonardo da vinci about four centuries
ago. This picture tells the story of thu
last time when the Master was surround
ed by the twelve disciples whom He love
and to whom He had intrusted the sacre
work of carrying on His ministry
The occasion was a holy leave takin
for. as Christ passed the cup, He sal.
DO this in remembrance of me-" At tn
time He not only foretold His own deaf
and resurrection. but He spoke of the
trayal by Judas.
This fresco. in which the characters
are about twice Iife-size, covers large
space on the dining room wall of the
Dominican Monastery of Milan Those
who sees the paintings today see it only as
PARTIALLY the work of the original artist
The picture has suffered such bad treat
1nent from the flooding of the room and
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The Last Supper
by Leonardo da Ninci
-"The Elevation of
the Cross and The
Descent by Rubens-
Other Paintings That
Drive Home the Lesson
of Easter.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-03-12

BY authority vested in me by the Constitution
and laws OF the State Of louisiana, | will sell
at the principal front door of the Court House
in which the Civil District Court Of said Parish
held within the legal hours of sale beginning
at | o'clock on
SATURDAY APRIL llth 1914
and continue on each succeeding day until said
tsales are completed all immovable property on
to enforce collection of said taxes assessed for
the year 1913 together with interest thereon from
he first day of Jan. 1914 at the rate Of 2 per
cent month until paid and all costs the amount
Of taxes due by each on the assessment rolls Of
said year and the movable property Of each to
be offered for sale, as follows, purchaser to pay
all costs, penalties to-wit:-
Wilson Bradberry. Emma Keeting
Agent.
H&L. w side T. & p r. r bnd.
N by Ella Smith, S & w East Nat.
Co. 10000 City tax 80 w & L tax
75c Notice 25c, Total taxes $3.50. cost
of advertisement to be added.
Succession Ellen Braxton, Isabel
Rivers, Agt.
H& L. w side Greeley st. bnd. bv
Griffin S. by Archille, $50 90. III & L
e side Greeley st. S by Henderson,
$4,000 mule 5000 Wagon 1000 Total
value 1000, City tax 4.40 w & L Tax
2.20 Vehicle tax 80. notice 25c. To-
tai taxes So IS, cost of advertisement
to be added.
i ON Braxton
81 and lots in East Natchitoches
bnd. N by Alley E by Golston w ny
East Nat, Co., 250.o0; City tax 2 so,
notice Csc, Total taxes S2.75. cost of
adyertisementEto be added.
Anna Byan
Lot OF ground in Breda annex ta
Natchitoches, 5000, CITY taxes Doc W.
and L. taxes l5c. notice 25c, Total
taxes Toe cost OF advertisement To oe
added.
j. G. Cook
Store house only on lot of ground
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-03-12
The Governor VS.. State Bank
Examiner.

In formal order issued by GOV.
Hall. State Bank Examiner ". l..
Young is removed from office.
The order. relieving State Bank
Examiner Young from office Is
dated at Baton Rouge. March .,
The order directing the re-
movaI is based on "insubordlna
ton to the chief executive power
of the State. with hostility to and
contempt of the supervisory power
vested in the Governor"
The gist Of the situation is that
State Bank Examiner Young de-
clined to vacate MS Office when re-
1uested recently by the executive
of the State.
At that time no charges had
been preferred and to have yielded
to the Governors demand would
have been equivalent to M admls-
sion of guilt on the part of Mr..
Young to some act of which he
was not officially cognlzant.
Possibly this action by Gov;
Hall may have been precipitated
by individuals or interests who
have been seeking the removal of
the State Bank Examiner, who
when in the exercise of his duties
NAV have incurred their dis
pleasure.
As reported from Baton Rouge,
in this proceeding Gov. Hall has
been advised by his attorneys of
his right to remove the State Bank
Examiner. while this Official has
been informed that he holds a
constitutional Office he can not be
removed legally and that the find
ings in the case rest with the State
Legislature.
AS advised bv his legal repre-
sentative, State Bank Examiner
Young will contest the authority
of the Governor to order his re-
moval.
The progress of this case will be
watched with keen interest thru
out the State.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-03-12

Pursuant to direction of the
Worshipful Master, and moved by
the sense of personal grief. this
committee of which each member
cherished a warm friendship for
Brother Tom Chaplin submits
this memorial for record in the
archives of the Lodge and for
publication IN the papers of Nat
chitoches:
This death of Brother Chaplin
yesterday has taken from our
Lodge Councils one of the sweet
est, gentlest and most gracious
spirits that ever moved among our
men.
With rare and simple modesty
he combined unfaltering courage
and sense of honor so keen and
the instinct of fairness so strong
that he was looked up to as the
arbitor of questions affecting hon.
orable conduct between man and
man.
He was brave soldier IN his
early manhood and later an honest
lawyer and patriotic public SER
want: be will be sorely missed as
husband and father, as churchman
and clubman and lodge member
and civic counsellor; but our com
munity and our lodge alike suffer
the most grievious loss in the death
of this clean-souled highminded
gentlemen.
D. g. Scarborough
Adolph Katie
B. G. Caldwell
Committee.
March 4th 1914
Natchitoches, La
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-03-12


The first session of the Louis
lana Baptist Mems Convention
will be held in Alexandria on April
7th Sth 9th and every layman and
pastor of that denomination is
urged to attend.
The Transportation Committee
has arranged for reduced rates on
certificate plan and the Baptist
Church of Alexandria will give
entertainment on the Harvard plan
bed and breakfast free to every
man who attends.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1914-03-12
Natch,toches, La,
February, 1914

Special to The ENTERPRISE.
Dear Editor:
Just a few words, in your valu-
able paper, with the hope that
it may reach some good farmer"
and that too he may be benefited.
From our own demonstration
work, and from what we gather
from other experimental stations,
we want to say that one acre of
COW peas adds 139 pounds of nj
trogen to the soil. this of course
is worth S25 dollars, and yet all
over this great country OF ours
there are men using 200 pounds
per acre oil 2-S-2 fertilizer to grow
crog lifting four bounds of Dur
Z iased Nitrogen in The land from
which the humus has been wasted
when they might have had $25
dollars worth practically free if
they farmed right. They are re-
iecting natures ready Gift of 139
pounds of natural nitrogen, and
paying che fertilizer man about 20
cents pound for four pounds per
acre to replace many times as
much as they have sold in their
cotton seed, is it any wonder that
these men have poor lands.
The good book tells us of the
men to whom various talents were
left by our Savior. and the use
they made of them, does it ever
occur to you Mrs. Editor that
God will hold US responsible for
the use we make of our soil which
he has formed and placed in our
hands. Is it possible that our
tillers of the soil are going to rob
their soil from its prosperity, or
will they stop just one minute and
think that soon they will have to
hand it down to their children.
Now it is just as easy to leave it
more productive than when they
first came in possession of it.
1t is hoped that they will in
crease their talents, and 1t is hoped
that not one of our farmers will
hide their talents in napkin.
Nv Judgment is that every land
owner will be held strictly respon-
sible for his Stewardship of the in
heritance which the allwise Creator
has given him. Please give me
your views along these lines in
your next issue.
/ am yours for the farmers of
this section.
r. j. w. KNOTT.