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Show Pretervlna Ancient Coetume. Tho ancient Roman amphitheater of Arlce recently wltneascd a atrango foHllval. qulto Provencal and halt Pagan. Pa-gan. M Intra), the pout of the Provence, Pro-vence, lamenting tho gradual disappearance disap-pearance of the plctureaque feminine costume of tho region before Irresistible Irresist-ible "Pari fashions," ha succeeded In organizing a provincial movement for Ua preservation. Thla wat publicly pub-licly launched at a "maidens festival," festi-val," In which Mistral himself, aa "Emperor of Provence," publicly embraced em-braced every Provencal maid who, having completed eighteen ycara, had first algncd a "vow" never to discard the traditional drone of hor ancestors ior new fangled notlona trom tbo capital. |