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IE CENTRE DEMOCRAT,
BELLEFONTE, P A., APRIL
99.
Che
Pope
i
Joan
of Arc
OAN OI
greate
Fran her
as that of
the exception of the *
and his Mother. There the memory of
the Maid of Orleans is invoked by all
parties, the lover of liberty vying with
the monarchist, the freethinker seek
ing to outrun the churchman in doing
fer honor. She has long been the
patron saint of France in fact as the
pope has now decided to make her in
pame. Canonization in the Roman
Catholic church is a long process
There are three full stages passed,
with numerous trials in which the
“devil's plays his part, org.
ing all objections to the can-
didate irges are not deemed
of sufficient weight and a favorable
verdict is rendered, the first step is
ARC ranks easily as the
history In
is venerated
no other being, with
Man of Sorrows"
heroine in
st
©
name
advocate”
possible
If his
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JOAN OF ABO STATUR IN 87. DENIS
is
stage
candidate
This
Years
which the
venerable”
| ' OTe
taken, after
cal
Was pass
The
led
Ago
after »
In
frie:
correct | say io i i
her to death r
were res and
officials only were involved In the con
splracy In proof they point to the
fact that the church fully rehabilitat
ed her years later. That
the canonization Is not a political
move is sho by the fact they aver
that the movement for it has beer
going on more than a quarter of »
entury, or long before tl pt it
troubles started In France
The world In genera
| al view, reg
tardy et of
of
itnhl
such put
English
rea
this
ertain ck
twenty live
wn
Th “w
| favors
' ae
nize,
he
Mle
tion o
fame of
is too | niy
of nll mankind for
allenate the
churel witl
adherents enrolling of her name
on the ndar of saints will brics
to her memory added devotion
The simple story of Joan of Are |
one of the most spiritual, beautiful and
pathetic in ail history, It Is the port of
thing men take to their hearts and |
cherish as long as the world stands
Indeed, It 1s a question If there has]
ever been an episode outside of sacred |
history that bas so appealed to the |
souls of men, Certainly there has been |
none that has received more univer |
eal treatment in painting, sculpture,
drama and letters, Yet for nearly four |
centuries after her death scant justice
was done to the memory of the war
vior maid. She war misrepresented by
Ar i Sav ure
hed In
this
y yet
oppaOne iu
hearts
my lo
of the
Hiltons of Its
the
Coren
oeYen
while the 1
the
cals
Netw
Patron
Saint
of
France
lh ath a a Cg Sn Se San
She and
last
writers
Voltaire
hundred
awnkened
and the unselfishness of her life |
lettered pe girl her
voices, she was a prophecy of the spir
ftual discoveries now made by
science hundreds of after her
death. TUnversed for a day in the arts
of war, she yet displayed genius as a
strategist and tactician that has been
the marvel of military authorities from
that till the present. Without re
ligious knowledge other than that
gained from her own soul and her sim-
ple des gave answers that
astounded the keenest ecclesiastics and
questioners then living and have been
the of students since
age of univers
kespeare
in the
world has
the purity
ns great
It has
years that
to the
as
been onl
the
miracle,
n
sant hearing
being
years
day
she
She was
il debauch
A time
eral superstitl 3
supreme type of pat
od when the patrioti
1ad sunk to its lowest eb
mut to say, was brave
cowards, That would
to the fifteenth
a certain kind of
time, though fit
b, and,
in an
not be
century.
courage
was not of the
sical rather
It was this kind
© to save, Never a
n history needed saving n
real name was Jeanr
body af
¢, wanting itt
to the
urage,
e Joan cam
ore,
ette
terward wrote the
0 appear that
pinch arist«
t she wa
Kk
s of sn
In Ya
racles were
one belr
This
have hel
thet
committed in
g that she was a shep!
8 untrue, ex
ped out
od a few
she wi
heard
to the
nearly
salvatl
four v¢
me her native n
and take up the work “for
h she was born,” Her story from
time world knows by
She relieved Orleans her
her king crowned
ars before
overco odesty and ti
midi
whi
this
heart
on the
won ot
t
ox and saw
ATATURK OF THE MAID OF
FPECHINE
of some Afteenth
tury and prints, of others
theme ht be genuine and of
whose origin Is not known 1 believe a
line can be gained on her real appear
ance. All these early portraits men
tioned have a general similarity and
agree with traditions, If they are cor |
rect, she looked not unlike a fominine |
edition of Oliver Cromwell, whom In|
some ways she resembled In character
Both “new modeled” thelr armies, im
posing sobriety and filling them with
a religious spirit. Both were Intensely
devout and patriotic, both had visions,
and both loved God and man,
J. A. EDGERTON,
ORLEANS BY
study
paintings
careful con
mn mOme
been
i
Why the Menu Was Changed.
The culinary department of an East
Indian household, If the story of
Amerie who has recently
turned ‘nleutta is to be
far differently
tchen, “Here
expert at
the Philadelphia
would disdain
valuation on hls
His conditions Involve a flat rate of
many shillings weekly for the furni
ing and preparation of provisions
system of putting the culinary
ment out
Oust
un
an traveler
from (
re
ved,
un
belle
from
we employ
much a
Record
to place
servic
Is man
Americ
un
1d
in
Ethiopian BO
weel
“There
a weekly
sity .
ook
fn «
to contract
part of the
ot for the best
the household
Christmas the
tourist had
for
served
for
of the head
ook explained that
chicken had taken sick and if it
not been killed and served that day
was afraid he would have lost it.*
Chuses |
88 on the
frequently is n
and welfare of
ly before Ia
named Amer
his cook to
Brolled
Pressed for
ing the command
household
health
in
hay
chicken
e steak
was
his rea
BONS
the ¢
Conscientious Bill.
go of the
reus man,
show, and
pard gave
f 1) "we
of comparative hardnes
formed represented by
es, of which 4d
0
SCR
ten sub
a
PRT
stan
done?
we girl quietly
“No.” answered
know It Isn't. I'd rather be
to have to ith
New York
} Woman
dead th
women
Li
associate
ress
A Light Burden.
little slip of a with
face tolled 1 ¢e bh
welght of a robust
welghed
A fral
sweet,
under
who
much
LA M Y
pathet ls
carry that
fully hea:
“Heavy?
she smiled
neator
worn
the
must
infant
have nearly
did
child.” exeln
passerby, “you
baby
as she
med
ought ne
Isn't he dren
dear
:
)
nig
Indeed ma'an
brother! nN
Why, no,
“He's my
Realistic
She (at the mu
ereings »
M
th wonderful realism
you thin! He Yeon
moat see the crack In
troft Saturday Night
Rehreeed
Don't
can
Li
wn? vou n
her volee Tw
A Restless Breed.
Mr Rickanm «No sirree maones
wouldn't buy that dog He's a eros
between a #*. Bernard and Mr. Pee
vey (who Is not enthusiastic)-And »
Bt. Vitus? Puck
In ecaversation
greater share
sanid,
confidence has »
than wit. Rochefon
|
We Build the Ladder by Which We Rise
Eure enous
| Are Now
1909,
Heaven is not
But we
rise
From the
skies,
wa mol
round
reached
bulld the
at a
ladder
single bound,
by which we
lowly earth to the
And int to its summit rou
I count this thing to be grandly true
That a noble deed is a step toward God
Lifting the soul fro
To a purer and broader view
J. G. Holland
m the
common clod
alr
Archie
“I know
fided Mrs
anything
fa hot
when he has
mind to test
Stood Her Test
hie does not drink.”
Pike to her sister—*that
stronger than a glass of beer
maybe a |} whisky
cold, I made
him I have ]
I would live with a
drank, so I prepared a test
“I went down the street
store and bought a box
bottle of whisky. a bottle
wine and of brandy
in the prettiest little
surprised him it
day, and 1 tell you he
when he saw and more
1d only
con.
in,
on
day or
ot
never mn
to a liquor
taining a
of madeira
, all for #1
Then 1
his birth
CO
n bottle
hox
th for
wi
confessed tha
the bargain
“Archie promised
he would nes taste
and, although I
1s study
look. It
fe turned very pal
oN ine
Pete gave
was a bear
and
ne
hy o
’ nnd 1
DOUNded
“We
Hay’ s Hair-Health
» Xa
tural
and
sulr
re Gray Hair to it
Stops its fall ng oi
Dandruff, Refu [
00 and Soc. Bottles, at Dreey sts.
Is Not a Dye.
tor free book “The Care of the Hair
Newark, N. J
ent
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