The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-11
JOAN OF ARG

HE FRENCH celebrated yesterday the anniversary ot the
 hero maid, Joan of Arc the Maid of Orleans the Maid of Domremy The Maid of Orleans belongs to France put the compete estimate of her belongs to America ana Connecticut Among the hills of Reddng one ot the lo est of them, stands the home of Mark Twain In which died landmark in this part of the country It was Mark Twain who gave the world after profound study the wsest and ues story of the maiden general who died at the stake many centuries ago.
 Twans language the preface of his book Joan of Ar reproduced here part revive in the minds of Times Farmer readers appreciation of wonderful girl soldier who freed people, when their hopes the lowest and their de- sruction seemingly accomplished.
 he character of Joan of Arc is unque It can be meas ured by the standards of all times without msgng or appre hension the result Judge by of hem judged by all of hem is still fawess it is still ideally perfect still occu- pies the ofest place possible to human attainment oher one than has been reached by any other mortal.
 reflect that her century the brualest, the wckedes the rottenest in history since the darkest lost in wonder at the miracle of such product from such soil.
 "She was truthful when lying the speech of men, she honest when honesty become lost virtue she keeper of promises when the keeping of promise was expected one she gave her great mind to great thoughts great purposes when other great minds wasted themselves upon pretty fancie ambons she modest and fine and delicate when to be loud and might universa she full of pity when cruelty the rule she steadfas when stability unknown and honorable in which had forgotten what honor was; she was a rock conviction in time when believed nothing and cofed at all things she unfang N that false to the she maintained her personal dignity unmpaired in of Awnings and serv es she was daunes when hope and courage had pershed in the hearts of her naon she poessy pure mind and body when society in the highest places foul in both-she was all these things when crime the business of lords and princess and when the highest Chrsendom able to astonsh that infamous at the spectacle of their arocious lives black with imaginable treacheries, bucheres and bestialities.
 Such the maid brave, gentle wise and holy She s the model upon which the French soldier has founded him. self He is today, the French fighting gentle he i courageousl e-@s .zs,~*e-
 As to the veries concerning this maid, they beyond doubt Her story is the only story of human life whicI comes to under oath the only which from the witness stand"
 The records of the trial of 1f31 and of the Process of mobilization 9 years later in the archives of France The! tell the story of loans life.
 AS to Joans standing general, she victorious leading cowed and beaten people, She is in respects and perhaps in most the greatest of all generals
 Said Louis Kossuth "Consider this imposing distinction Since the writing of human history began Joan of Arc is tn only person. who has held supreme of the tary forces of a nation at the age of seventeen"
 The British and the French fight side by side Amer ica in nternked bond of unity and friendship The ma whom the French honor is honored by a shining vision the centuries that have passed splendid ideal for the gaan leaders of Allied Armies. stsasssssssE.Ea4sis..s~: