| Show ca ia I 1 I 1 ABOUT JOAN 9 tha HEROINE OF ORLEANS WD I 1 E iier HER birthplace aco F i I 1 0 3 S 0 11 I 1 Z to the ta Sp spot otMA made a sacred jy ehla ta Daur daughter lita of france 11 boar 0 5 Dolli ered her har country to dle diw at the a arc as i do la in the classic t ian d N af i lorraina nL I 1 in of the M busei az L u p against a lo 10 I 1 11 f viea P ariy iv t 11 iti eYad 3 pa ith l I 1 W at test best it is but a dor of mortar horses hordes shelter tg rot quite 00 souls 11 a the rails rail afiafi station 1 is 4 sat at domremy maxey some twenty minnies MI in utes off you yon have hate a walk iacross across the meadows fairly tu flatter and trills brills of bf the larks before bea fam you yon miter the hamlet where the mira il maid A was barn in in 1411 an and d whence she went forth forab when she was 13 18 to exhort the king iring and save franca Fran cej g r the TG lome of join joan of are arcise is in reality real ity ati ah old D iid farni home somewhat somei hat embellished m the style ot of the fit teem tient n furj nry it has tye the sloping one in sided roof characteristic of french firehouses taray firm bosses houses tha old tiles anc once red I 1 freow biow a russet browns brown the windows are framed irame d in stone the berrow is carr carried ed up into a richly gothic point which contains the fours d elis e lis of france arance imd ii nd the coats 0 of barnis arms of the allied families fani flie si of Thies Thi esselin seli aud and darc above is the strangely mod amodei an sounding motto vive vite labeur 1481 i 81 vt and below vive le fop labuti A niche over the doorway cont contains what deserves ves to ld be called a truly TC re bk nar ably kably statue of joan of are arc the work of a of lorraine who 0 1 I 1 a y I 1 us the environment in fax which eh the maid fitted lier herself self for her jeroie life lifa and mariar bonx through efforts charles VIL V wasat w at leneth leagui crowned king oi of the th whole of france st at rheams with wit thial aba hey hee wr work k was done and alii the day oi of her sufferings had dawned 1 aa 1 n set on toot foot against heri her it t the courts coort the ung king the had crown etl turned his back upon 1120 n tian b r ehe i c maligned hultad sul tad aa accused of practicing the glacis art la in 1430 a year its the siege 0 of orleans thin the ca captured p aured h herat corn com pierna and delivered her bar to the tha english their allies she was vms taken to rouen and ultima ultimately tely corti con damned for sorcery and burnt at the tha stake after i the horror of a mow mode trial a young girl of 19 it at is berh perhaps a ps the gozt pitiable blot out the history 1 of the english people this insensate insen sata 4 act 1 butchery s t poi ite site tha th e house in a little grove grot c of f pies es a bust ot of joan was unveiled with in 1820 kas alas it is a vesty upon her simplicity they hate h te sade d of 0 f the high minded peasant t g girl 1 a aburt N ourt lady of the time of writh bare shoulders and bosom adiadne adia deign an her hau and N waving p plumes luttes lu utes and the he pity of cf it is Ls that this oust should hse 1 cizl been so BO highly esteemed that countless engravings grav ings were made of I 1 it co ea that V it may still be seen inmany wrany a cottain of s I 1 lorraine a i joan worshipped wor shipped ott oft enest in the parsie parish church the ehe original a structure eruct we was W as destroyed during he hc r x lifetime the present one contala cont aln alak nothing 01 ol ii interest terest unless we can except the mediocre statue on n the left leff of the church door which repress represents enta lier her kneeing with ith arm and ando faco face upturned to heaven hia ven the real holy cf holies hali s of any pile grimzie to domremy must he be the bois chenu the aei ancient ent wood where ere Joan had her vision thedis is the place assigned by tradition to what mu tal t al davs rz rs I 1 main onea 0 no 1 of the most inexplicable 1 psychic p phenomena it a recorded in h history is tory it will not satisfy atis fy the ino inoda moda dr i I 1 10 4 7 e kj I 1 f lz Z i I 1 U 1 I 1 I 1 10 I 1 I 1 0 4 i I 1 I 1 I 1 11 aa I 1 I 1 I 1 V i V I 1 11 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 Z A I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 U V i 0 0 1 1 I 4 i 2 1 1 il A I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 t I 1 1 A I 1 I 1 e 1 r 1 I 4 k F 4 11 R 4 1 I 1 i Z 1 11 r 9 11 I 1 1 4 ih 1 I 1 rl 4 1 1 I 1 T I 1 Z 1 y r 11 V t 4 11 1 l I 1 1 r A 1 I 1 I 1 1 61 1 i 11 C i 4 1 4 0 11 b c k 1 I 1 1 I 1 W N I 1 1 1 1 I W r 10 I 1 I 1 M 1 I 1 I 1 at I 1 1 1 t at Z t a 1 r 4 a I 1 11 awl I 1 at t I 1 1 I 1 I 1 r aj 3 F I 1 I 1 i 1 A r I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k k 5 I 1 01 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 n pk C I 1 1 1 r P I 1 A P 1 0 1 imoma THE PAINTING BY i 0 O P ES 3 IN THE I 1 9 a liet the marble marbled ila is tan in ahe of the house the copy aj on bri the outside being c i in n 15 bronze ionio she is faa eeling bareheaded f with hands folded and add clad in jilom aT complete I 1 suit bf a M bior gr graves eares and all A sword lan hangs m baher zide side her hair falls down tier r 1 back k in ia long waves and her woi homans womans nans form A sha shows pla plainly in the c cut ut of her fler 1 a hili asa t boit wk of bf art this statue maetee rack oDed iowen somewhat Bome what crude jf if not badly pro proportioned li C aln in fact act the front diew ia almost ludicrous r ar 6 bat t the side bongs out the devout rind and spiritual I 1 u al element bement of alre th e w work ork JJ J reveals the essentially I 1 noble which must f ive have moved the thea Q anin aames mani e id artist when he be placed the efell dad clad maid upon her knees joans portrait aka anever sn ever p painted 0 this statue must therefore be cond considered dered the nearest neam ai approach to a likeness now liveli aie existence stence whatever the mail nations of art the sculptor ter kne knew m how to express r a ss the contrast b between her purr pun womanly nature anil and lier her awre r her ber ace cicely I y re religious 11 I 1 temperament and herair her warlike careen in his treatment of tie the simple girlish irla feair res he showed bowed himself in an idealist but in the details of pose and dress an uncompromising realist 10 0 I 1 on the whole joans statue jat at dom dolfi rray may serve t to 0 e modera w woman fiaher in her best either effeminate nor f fo ng what alie ahe finds to do undeterred by outward conventional considerations changing her very dress to gaii ber mission i ifa be re laining her womanliness throughout her contat contact a with the world orld of work C Q t 5 the first room y im enter is the 1 Id d and general livington living TO toom an of the family sere here loan probably ap spent nt loahr A winter sewing by the firelight an d list listening ehing to the tales of english inia invasion sion brought brouil it by wandering ly pilgrims it IS is ia cf course very all allnut nIt to tar the oriff haL a from the baa the guardian insists that ai an iron plaque a at the ba back ck of the hearth and zi a certain wooden from the i walls valls date frosi Joans 6 day days JS r all events the aja Jat aej teris is carefully covered vp with ith wire gra grating 9 i to 0 pres preserve 7 IF it from whittling ng tourists 71 avae joans bedroom comes n nest bare and badly I lighted 4 wd by a tiny s q as re iv win iu ta of an old iu cupboard as bellai wel lai w como me llla inthe be ceiling cei i liag are alej pointed out as aa originals S v et echird hird room fas raa used as a cellar and a fourth h by y i joans oan i a spacious gari mi tool up all there w 6 ft story s Z il I 1 ali I 1 A ai I 1 empra impression ign is As ap d ingv alfous azian Z tea bu bufrin 1 rei beauty efty father iaiser was wui a weli j to dds R yoeman y beman ibid a bacal I 1 axt magis agis mia F wis Hish 1 ranse gsa was doubtless c no of ine the he i m av greere tiri w s a n somber phim pm anai ing vines s n lr e clematis ema i Is an onetas wu wals w A little iii the grounds cihi haa baili am um where pictured jie M sf of ao d T para aniie enlar value ilme are exhibited Z tha alie truth js the city A of orleans Z b has aa 1 colfelt collected pretty bitty much jbf 0 f jin tere te rested stear connected I 1 i W ith tha ta f daid biml so aen hi to bl i v I 1 lifs ure rea av 6 1 h hei s anait y atz vi t zjr T Is Z aj V aap w g js giving 1 I 1 t 7 Z Z F V s ZI Z M I A R W k Z I 1 7 b i 6 z ga rt 1 vz s s a 11 L R 1 Z t Z ajr F Z t W s 51 1 r za 4 e er AL 11 v k 2 mind ca 6 say my merely af as mi michelee Miche beld lei t aid A irl of 12 confounds confound ithe the voice of ober hr heart voice fc of heaven it is is too lite late in thi the day jo i beg the j question i stin n in that mange joans visions rather to th it noy brotie of I 1 spin spiritual perceptions on the border bonfer of which scientific investigator have hate at last set foot perhaps Per napa therefore it is nt not altogether wl without phout sig that olec one of f th great school Bc hooli of experimental hypnotism in th the world has been established so near bear Joans home lhome ic the city J ot of nancy kancy for six sis jears asars z irom th the e agie of 12 when she bhe first received these visitations to 18 when she set ou t on ler mission the young girl V kept t this his mak mys tery to herself Z t I 1 I 1 I 1 L 5 I 1 I 1 I 1 71 1 I 1 1 il I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 i I 1 e 11 I 1 I 1 9 dak I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 it a 0 A 1 I in 1 ancs ABC S nour nome AT As asfaw far as the historical fa fasts ets are conca rued they theire Y are of course familiar be rapidly sli etched as follows 0 pram 1339 to 1433 1453 trance and en land were engaged in in a desultory 7 cori flici latown sa as the te hundred Y years ik war of I 1 which froissart made maae kimseu chronicler chroni clar it in the claim of G edward of england to the th french F ch crown through his mother isabella isabellev daughter of philip I 1 IL ol of trance the english were victorious it vill be Crem remembered embere d in in the great greal battles of i crecy Pai tiers 1 and azin azia coart so that un finally an y I m n 4 2 the tre tred d ci rin g mailes daries Y yil 11 was r recognized ce 0 g south of 0 thy loire only and n north aa 01 aliat edward of En england glaid this state of things when th the e in if alliance fiance with the duce duke ol oi burgundi Burg unai aiu ale kegg gel 0 abo o city ol of orleans eans joen joans thour cipar tad had domed come the ile utter d df h her e r I 1 fa family and nd against aji e 1 exar express I ess wish h of 0 her bir par aas cn ts tier way into the ilis presence 0 of f charles vl over roads in festal with robbers rs 7 ind pillaging 1 so soldiers A ai e iche sh e told him of ier mission te ta r deliver 1 u ci english and begged gie I 1 lia be allio allowed eit to pro chez rehei claira by gogg to the th e relie relief Cof cf orleans achis aa a arvel 4 in 1 th the i april 29 end and mays may 8 14 1429 09 opera operations ai ns in th EUS ba ovar nad bid the hegt liciag livi ag in cau ca u id a brutal 6 idler aspiring ai braver bravery ki and banishing fea feoni iii tier her devoted iol il lowera I 1 1 a a azz ss |
