| Show J JA A UNIQUE BIT BITOF BITOF BITOF OF OLD FRANCE Some Glimpses of Ancient Brittany iThe Resort of Tourists T t I CASTLES AND f i ills lo lame ilo of iu ill Id of or Ih Ills r l e nee rt Malo Mato June Juno tn tJ n it 1 b m every year ear more popular M ante a i is ng from America It Is la on one ur of the chief po of oC entry for tor traveler traver I f t n m the we western l rn P part rt of oC the hi s There Thon IB Ie also Idso A o reul regular r teAmer and Jersey i f r i T botwen Bt St Malo Ialo or nr of the channel islands lands It Is on one of oC ofton oCto ton tan to fa retOrts to which Puritan 1 fah ta hie during the Ihl hot months ui m i 1 arty all autumn A railway leads di dl dire re U t from here to o 0 larts Yd that tourist particularly that American would ml l much who should confine his hiM trip Hip to Brittany Url ur or M Mt and ami the near by 8 S Seaside d resorts are aro the same the tho world over with their dressing danca jug IU a gambling and anda tin a sing hut But ut In the Interior away from the of ot the f le migrants be Bins the genuine life ute of ot old Brittany Urt e as the tho tb French f soy roy And th the province really did gat t Ile 1111 name Mme from A fsr Ik the tho third thiN In tury IUry certainly ertain y W r much earlier earlle earlier thin that thit th t painted half helf ha naked wiled railed from soggy lel lets and 1 in runny Bunny western welt ern l They took with wIlh them their hd and awful rite Ju N lI r In ht 11 Brit Brittany tany luny to m this day dy nee nr the an and doln ens ns of Hint prehistoric folk tolk whom savage Druid priests made mad hu human Mare man litre In lit Brittany are art still the circle cirellI of upright rough tone stone It closing the that lint altar on which tile lie victim blood wa The meaning In the Ih Celtic Celli tongue long longstone tone stone lit la tt u great reat ht rough lon slob slab atones are aro found In III Brit Brittany tany tall a aln In groups group They file are aie b believed ll to be moms onu Uter than th Ih the time of ot the Druid 10 IKO I Q pl pIe pis M su late lale a as the ildr century was wag another to Im The Th barbarian had In Invaded and overrun and th the art old of the tho Maw island 1 o odd not nol stand tand for tor the rule rul of ot lien IUn elet lilt and gud Horn Ilona Hor to so they thy lied hither ant and Called the Brittany and red lId thus Uwe It Sainte among amon le ug peoples people to day nu w u aa yet et another revolution for tor forthe forthe the th laud land It cam came with the he Norman of ot the tile lake isles Filled with pride shifted with the spot ol of lC Saxon Buon und end n who vho had hat In III the crusade tilled d northern and western Prance France with their and fhe The church gave them UK Its blessing and shared their spoil for tor torro were ro nut not those won from Infidel Turks Norman knights knight elected strong and a 1111 magnificent castles churchmen erect erected erected erected ed cathedral seats and houses of or wor war worship ship chip Ih II tho the most splendid end nd el t wr Wet alike aliI In III their glo glory ry There remain In Brittany notable truce of or this lids thriving union of and tini state stale There are old Norman feu tu feul 1111 castles still stilt In Brittany one the th Chateau de la In being one of the finest Onest In Europe As for the old churches of ot Brittany a n recent writer says lAY truly Ita ecclesiastical architecture such ns as a the tho cathedrals of oC and St Bt Pol Vol d le de deLeon leIton Leon Iton arc are nil evidence of or n a past put glory and artistic power which have v NV MACHEN THE DISMISSED I Ii It rr II I i I I t t a I If Ii I i I i f L I I I I u t I te tf I Iu lJ I e I I Ii i 4 I I f tl f S Sr Si i r LN i 4 J M official I de declare fare the tho Intention of or the department to prosecute to tile the the bitter end the Uie case caa against August W Machen the 11 SU dent of ot Free l Deliveries Now that President Roosevelt has taken a n personal hand In dealing the grave sensational scandals scandal It Is he expected that startling details will be brought to light ht tn la Mr Machens forthcoming trial now with passing centuries dege ner r plea American however do not share all allover propensity prop for tor the th after old N creation over M II doubt douht they are aro but your our 10 foreign land lane cores cares American in a n 1 times more for the tho people o of oC today in that land lond than for 40 o old ol That nt dally dolly life which Is most moet different trim m hi hll own On interests him must most Illo t on Oil a pry nry nr for 1 01 this reason realOn a trip triIn In hI h hl Interior of ot Brittany would suit Him him to toa toa a 1 The l T l climate at al this season in tA delight delightful dell annul ht ful fah Violent wind and at nt ml times limes of ot the tho year lar mostly come con from the tho west nest on the coast cout of or western J i but lilt the shores allures hore of oC Brittany ore are protect protected prof cl clat ed at I from Crom these by great groat cliffs II If high as hulls Here Hem and there neatly nearly all II around by these thue great Brent cliff c lit lire lIell a 11 beautiful little bay or cove coe co in such a l cove COo are lite kept the boats of ot th the r mere rn n of DC ny The Tire sardine fisheries occupy a large Jare number of or the men of oC the province Tho rho bold bohl and dangerous long aroue cornet coast lh th the high wind winde and storms exercise nil the lie strength slid skill kill of oC til the Brett n thus thu to contend with wind and wave uvo on Oil their th lr own rock bound shores 1101 lire lira urn ton men JOen take lint nr t rank as aM e when they thy chip hll to go 10 away from home Koine hut Dut on shore hor hore HUM women Mamen ore apt to I have II I must meet of ot the IIII hard work to their women n Indeed th the little Isle Ule of oC lions on the coast coat of If might be culled called the leland Island Thu Tho men are r mostly away awny I at al tin till sardine Ardine lc I Ise ro so 0 It happens that the women omell do doAll doall All 1111 the agricultural work and oven oen tend lend the lighthouse I brutally U is not the tho where the men art are lazy and the women n Industrious Looking at the Inhabitants Inhabitant of oC Ure tagne one IH le convinced d they nt at least leant are re an on exception to the charge that the French nation nat on Is 18 degenerating physic physically ally all This may be b true of ot the under undersized r slued sized men of or Paths Paris and of ot thos parts part of o Franco usually represented among the common soldiers of ot the tho army It Is U not true tree of ot Bretagne Some Borne of ot the tho an dint dent cl nt Celtic CoAlo blood bloot yet nt runs pure purl hero her The Tho men of ot the lira Breton Dreton race are tall strong trong Mid and healthy the women equally tall and strong In their their way with hand handsome some come and nd a II free treo stepping noble bearing that hint peasants though they are Invests them with a 1 queenly air women and girls sometimes go I to Paris KB as serving maids and tho the lady considers herself fortunate who can cap secure one ono of oC them th In they the lire are to so o faithful and Industrious In aad not given to jab gab At homo home In Brittany the wo woo mills dress 11 II tho the same Conte as It was con tulles nio with Its Us snowy white cap and ant full short skirt The fhe Breton Brelon maiden is Characterized by one curious piece of oC which In the long lone run M la after neter nil all not an extravagance for lire Bre Breton ton tOI fashions do not change A girl irl will skimp and save for years to buy bu n Sun Hun Sunday Sunday day and holiday gown It Is 18 richly em ern and anti Is I so 80 costly that even In America roo a II working girl would not In Incur Incur cur so en touch much expense 80 to 1100 but It lists the Breton Broton in mUd perhaps the tho th rest of or her life lICe It if the she does not live II too Ion long It la Ja cut the same name style for tor each genes gener atlon allon and the large handsome Breton girl never has hits to crack her lieI brain oer over whether sho she would have a 1 three gored five pored gored seven gored nine gored or eleven gored skirt Happy Breton maid In Brittany It Is as liS If Won nn an enchanter had put a spelt spell liP 11 upon tho the land GOO COO years ago ao and find the mode modo of life the man pyre and ant customs the tho Vet very et thought of ot the he race nice had stood still over ever since The Tho language Itself of or this Oho fine people peoples Is s not lint French Many of or the tho up ups among them da do not even cen understand French Fr though the tho children do for tor tornow now It Is the language taught laught In the schools But he native tongue longue of or the th Breton folk Is a I modification of at the speech of or the lire ancient Cults Celts from whom most of or the people hero are descended le Their heir language Is le very vory like Welsh and Ihl hi lire tongue of or old Cornwall a common origin for them all allA allA A long time ago heaven knows how howlong one long the Breton people got a n bad name namen In n to cleanliness and It stuck as tie bad names do were built uron upon this alleged aversion to soap Olp and I water vi tor on the purl part of or the tho Inhabitants of or Brittany and they were of ot this sort Ninetynine pigs and one ode Breton retake make a t hundred Bretons Again People of ot lower ewer ower Brittany a and tI pigs sleep together I I would not lava have In believed pigs were so IO It Is le only fair to say any that this large corge of DC dirtiness so 80 gross is a II libel II bpI on n Bretons Dreton They lire are as clean us the rago of oC people Just about At any nn ate rate the caps and cooking cook In are clean cleanThe cleanThe The Tho high da days s of Breton Dreton people are ore church bunch festivals festival and other occasions of ot observances Bretons are a n religious folk talk like nil all seafaring lea rarIng Kople who take their lives Ites In their hands and venture forth upon u n the tho vaters One of ot the most Impressive of or all the tho year is when thin th depart on their voyage to cland celand ro To that tAr fur away spat 51 Ot they sail all to fish leh likewise to Newfoundland There here France orance still reserves piscatorial Ight Jut But the ceremonies attending lie he Initiation of ot the Iceland voyage are url rust most solemn and Impressive at of all nil for tor carce carco a 1 fleet goes gIltS out of ot the lie Breton h arbor that returns return I with nil all Its ships nd Ind men So when they leave INe there are rent reat goings 8 on and tousle and prayer r rIn In n the tho beautiful old churches and a galant gal gallant ont ant procession lon down to the fishing yes WS litis cis There the priest passes ossel from shill ship to o chip blessing each and Invoking safe safey ty y std all success ucc u for tor the bold hold mariners Bretons are lire both social and religious On HI n high fete tete days they thOY dress In III their st Anti and go to church afterward cn elf i themselves socially Tha rhe Xh wo woun un wear veer their snow snowy caps and em Im rendered gowns conns the men are aru tricked ut nit In velvet hot hats and black suits colored waistcoats One of ot tine till most noel beautiful cathedrals in tn Brittany I s v that of St Ht Iol ol de Leon LlOn Awhile ago agn agnie the he ie people conferred on fin the cathedral the lie he honorary title of oC basilica and the felons we er so 10 glad that they assem led bed to th the number of to celebrate like alike Ilk religious services and a festival lasted three days dos |
