PART III , THE O S B PAGES 17-20.
NINETEENTH YEAE. OMAHA , SUNDAY MORNING , APRIL 13 , 1800. TWENTY PAGES. NUMBER
Boys'Long Pant Suits
Ages 14 to 17 ,
Price $8.00.
We offer nt this sale one lot of 1OO
pure , All Wool Mixed Cassimere Suits ,
made and trimmed equal to any of our
fine suits. We will guarantee the goods
to be strictly all wool and silk mixed.
Our price to close them is 58. Our price
for this suit last year was $12 ; perfect in
every respect and in nil sizes.
Boys' Long Pant Suits ,
Ages 13 to 17 ,
Price $10.00.
We offer in this line the greatest
bargains ever placed on our counters.
We have consolidated several lines of
high grade $15 suits , and have marked
them into one grand bargain lot atSlO
per suit. If you paid $16 for any suit in
this lot , you would only pay the regular
retail price. Sizes 13 to 17 years.
Boys'
-Long Pant School Suits ,
Ages 11 to 14 ,
Price $5.50.
This is n lot of All Wool Cheviot
Suits in a neat brown and black strip ? ,
at $5.6O per suit. When we say strictly
all wool , we mean that and nothing
else. Remember , ages 11 to 14. Price
$5.5O. Sold , last season for $3.
Special Sale of
Spring Overcoats.
The special sale of Spring Overcoats
advertised last week has been our big
gest success.
PRICES FOR MONDAY :
Men's Melton , silk faced.perfect fitting ,
London tan color ,
$10.00.
Cheviots in blacks , diagonals , check
and stripes ,
$12.00.
' § % Fancy Worsteds and Cassimereo ,
$15 and $18.
Attractive Bargain Lines in Our
Beys' ' and Clii ( Iron's '
The same standarclof quality maintained
and lower prices than ever.
MONDAY , SPECIAL SALE OF DOTS'
TWO PIECE SUITS.
Ages 4 to 14.
We offer a line of 100 genuine English
Cheviot Suits of the best quality , in alight
brown stripe , made in pleated jackets , a
very stylish and desirable garment for
boys 5 to 13 years , at the exceptionally
low price of $4 per suit. Tail's line will
not last long. Send for samples of the
cloth or for a sample suit and it will be
sent to you on approval.
IJRICE SS.OO.
A FULL LINE OF
Scotch Blieiriot Site
Ages 4 to 14 Price $5.OO.
We consider this the most stylish suit
and the best value we have offered this
season.
PRICE $3.OO.
Boils' ' Plaid Gassimere Suits.
Strictly all wool , the latest design , large sizes , without
belts , at $5.00 per suit.Ve don't think they can be duplicated
outside of the Continental.
PRICE $8.-OO.
Fancy Worsted Plaids.
In two shades , made in a neat Pleated Jacket , at the same
popular price. Goods guaranteed every fibre wool. Ages 4
to 14. Come on Monday if yoiuwant one of this lot.
Boys' ' Kliildren's ' Spring Overcoats , '
to SIS.
MEN'S SUIT -DEPT.
Cheviot Suitings arc the latest and In-st. Don't buy until
you have seen our Black Cheviots in du ks , diagonals and
stripes , made up equal to custom in cutmv.ty > and 'sacks.
Prices SIS , SIS and S2O.
In Our Hat Department
Will be found the largest and most
complete Lines of HcacKvcar in the West.
The"Wilcox"
Self-conforming , Price $3.50.
Money will buv nothingbetter. . The styles arc por-
fei t' , in cijrht different blocKs. Don't buy uiitil JOJ
luivo seen the Wilcox.
We will soil 50 doy.cn
Men's Dcrbys
in medium and large shapes. pooils
usually told for $3.00 , made liy < i e of
the best mutters in the country at 52 ifl.
Wo ndverti-o only good poods tiiid nt
prices consistent with fine quality.
Boy's Headwear.
In Ikftillmvinir style ? :
M'tuii1 , Hlsic. Princeton , I'.trt ' ,
Aljiini' , Brighton , livening ; Sun , Sailor
and GlcilffllT. '
A full line of Boys' Jockey Caps 38c ,
A full line of Boys' Cadet Caps 50c.
j FREELAND , LOOMIS & CO
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HIE LOVABLEXESS OF WOMAN.
If It Were Cultivated More , Divorces Would
Be Unknown.
WHAT MAEBIAQE REALLY MEANS.
It Is Not a Temporary Contract to I5e
Uglilly Kntercd Into-.V AVif'e's
JJuty A HrcmlOlnk-
iii Kail.
JJr.w YOUK , April S. [ Special to Tun Brn ]
Wo regard this as a progressive age. Wo
believe we know more than any people In the
world , and every woman's daughter among
us would scoff at the idea of not being a bet
ter iKilitical economist thun was her grand
mother. And yet s > he saves her money in the
Mime way and secretes it in precisely the same
place i. c , her stocking. You think this
isn't truel Well , then , you haven't seen the
last new thing In stockings. Way on the
upper part of the leg is set a cute , little j > ocket
with a lap that buttons over , and in this
niudamoiscllu may.put away the roll of bank
notes that reprtsents her winter's savings.
\\nriiB WOMEN c.umv Tiiniu MONET.
Women have always had curious Ideas
nbout wherato keep money when traveling.
I know one who traveled from New York to
Florida with iN.OOO between the solo of her
foot aud her stocking , and she slept with her
blockings on. Another one always pinned
her money Justlu Idp her corsets , until she
Avns told 'that If she fainted anywhere , the
llrst thing a good "Samaritan would do would
K > to unloosen her bodice and stays , and then
ome wicked Pharisee would discover the du
cats and grab them. Since she has heard tnis
s > ho has taken to pinning the fortune
to the back of her corsets , claiming
that , even if she were tniccn ill , as Mm
would bo laid fiat on her back , inscusiblo or
not , she would be sure of her treasure.
Women never appreciate the value of a check
until It is cashed. It doesn't seem like
money to thorn , and I feel certain that if the
average woman were offered her choice be
tween f.VX ) in notes and f 1,000 in u check , and
IH.IU were before her und she had no time to
think It out much , she would choose the JWki ,
nm ! conclude she had the best of the bargain.
There Is no exaggeration in the story of a
woman who. on hearing somebody say that a
diamond cost f 1.500 , asserted , "Oh , no. I um
two it cost more thun thut 1 um sure it was
something over $1,000. "
orn LOOSE ruvoitCE j\ws.
Somebody gave not very long ago what
was Jocularly called a "divorce dinner1 ns
each guest hud cither been divorced or had
married u divorcee. The uewspuivrs seemed
to regard this as very funny. To anylwdr
who thought about it , it was sad beyond ex-
invsslon. Do people go to the altar and
Mveur to bo faithful to each other , to
honor o vch other , and to love with
other , only to go , after a few years , into the
tlivoix-o court und shows the world at largo
that the faith was worthless , the honor wus
dishonor , und the love was nierJy a gross pas
sion ? De men breathe vows of affection to wo-
nicn onlv to Ju , t at tbemafterwardl Do wo
men write words of love to men words that
t-ectn to come from their very hearts only to
Imvc tluM * letters reproduced iu the dully
jwi > er to make glad the reader of jictty scan-
< luU uud. U > delight IUOM > who enjoy the washing -
ing of soiled linen in public ! If I had my
\ v.t1 would have every stutc in the union an
is in.f southern one , 1 believe that is , witti-
t 1 iiry divonv law The faulty with whMj
d vfx is EX'tU'ii ' makes cV'ry heedless girl ,
evcrv thoughtless U-ni | > crvd iraiu flee toll to
gu'tn cut whut is cc"Kickrcd the r
S"i wbtivas , if these two people
j
be'.ievod ' that the oaths they had taken were
fuivver and that nothing but death could
break them , they would be much less likely
to so soon prow dissatisfied with each other.
H II T MAKES WOMAN LOVABLE.
A woman learns to be forgiving , gentle and
considerate when she thinks thut she wants
her husband's love forever , and a man who
finds this in his wife is very apt to think
more of what will please her , and to regulate
his habits , consider his words and deeds with
reference to her who Is to he the partner of
his joys and sorrows through all his life.
There are , of course , aggravated cases where
a separation may be a necessity , but it
should only IMJ n separation , n legal one , pro
tecting the wife and her children , but in-r
unning neither to marry again. If this were
the law people would consider better when
they married , und divorce , please God , would
be unknown.
KIVOltfEl ) WOMEN AT ENGLAND'S COfllT.
I have no personal liking for Queen Vic
toria , but 1 must say that 1 do think she
is doing her duty in refusing to receive a di
vorced woman nt court. Understand this
means a woman who , through her own fault ,
has been divorced by her husband on the
charge of adultery , und not one who , lei the
same reason , has divorced him. Her majesty
welcomes the fii'st duchess of Marl borough
with outstretched hands , while to
the second ouo , who married a
divorced man , there is no .greeting
whatever. 'Jhis distinction is keenly under
stood in England and In France , and the di
vorced one receives more or less social ostra
cism , while the one who has done the divorc
ing retains all social privileges. Here the
same distinction is not made , and as things go
today jicoplc who are divorced seem to bo as
gladly welcomed as if no such blot rested
upon them. Severe ! 1 don't think so.
WHAT MAliltlAQE KCALLT MEANS.
Marriage will never be a perfect success ns
long as divorce is so prevalent. I suy "preva
lent" advisedly , because I think it , like all
other inulipiaut diseases , Is contagious. An
ardent believer iu marriage , I yet maintain
that marriage mu t bo for good and for bad.
Life Itself is like an April day , half shower ,
half dark clouds , half sunshine , ending up
with the bow of promise which God himself
has set in the heavens as a sign. > "ow , when
you take n partner for this day you want one
with whom you can find solace during the
dark times , to whom you can
give cheery words , with whom
there will be enjoyment and plcas-
during the golden hours of happiness , and
with whom , as you stand nt the lost great
moment with the rainbow rays from the won
derful throne coming down upon you. there
will bo no fear , because you two , made one
before God , have douo whut you couLl.
WOMAN'S DVTI TO IIEU HVMUND.
"But , " says ono , "suppose a man should IK ?
shiftless or u drunkardt" Did It ever dawn
on you thut where there was ono shiftless
man there were about a hundred shiftless wo
men , who made untidy homes , who raised
careless children , and whose life was metap
horically sjiont in a wrapper and curl papers !
And yet men have patience with these wo
men. Did it ever duwu on you that If your
husband were ill of some dreadful disease
you would nurse him faithfully through it (
You smile , and , say of course you would.
Well , then , think of a drunkard as a sick
man. Do anything to save him. Let him
know thut you stand by him to the very lust.
Hide his Itkflrmlty from other people. Pride
is not a lutd thing when It means covering up
somebody els-e'8 wounds , und if you do your j
bt t , if > ou never let anyone siH'nk
to you of the great temptation that comes to I
your husUiud , if you make your boys und j
girls considerate rather than scuulng , you j
make your home n happy one , even with this i
prief. Bettor pick a man out of the putter i
and tvMore him to his solf-ruspoct as fur as I
you CHII thun let him He there with his own {
gone aud yours * with it. Forgive everything
but unfimhfulues , and before you Judge ]
thut think over own conduct and decide
whether yon have so entirely done your duty
ttuit yrn.r husband was strong enough to
\v h'-iaml temptation. In married life even
j'i'-Ticc ni'jst bo tempi-red with rncrcv ard re-
v'.iclHn'.sruchbcturto errcu thes-jocf
lauv.1 Ihe , oy that is in heaven ever the I I
one sinner that returns should live in the
heart of even- woman when it comes to the
question of deciding what is and what is not
right between her and her husband.
1'iirnv WOMAN'S SI-JUNO IK.NNTT.
To come down to a very frivolous though
very womanly topic , it may as well l > c an
nounced that the mythological , more or less
modified , is obtaining in the spring chapcau.
Tiny toques fitting the head very closelv and
with fanciful wings arranged in front should
be worn by the fleet-footed maiden who imag
ines herself close kin to Mercury. Helmet-
shaped straw huts ought to bo "solely dedi
cated to the feminine B. A. , for they were
first worn by the Goddess of Wisdom , the
sage Minerva. Fluffy , fanciful little bonnets
with lace butterflies cocked Just in front were
conceived from the frivolous brain of Psyche ,
and curious little caps made of straw lace and
having , among n lot of leaves , a single tiny
red apple , cannot bo claimed by anybody else
but that fair woman to ' whom 'Paris
donated the prize for beauty. All these
auaiut conceptions are French"to the lust
egree , and this last bonnet is particularly
chic , for it is a combination of primness anil
coquetry. Certainly no ono but a pretty girl
would < lare wear it , for she of necessity an
nounces herself ns the prize beauty when she
assumes the apple. Miniature potatoes are
cited as the last novelty in the wav of vegeta
ble trimmings , but the most ardent seeker
after something new certainly cannot think
the j otato was ever intended to decorate the
feminine head. When you buy vour bonnet
do , for the sake of all the world , get your
milliner to show you how to put it onand
don't let it bo placed forward when it ought
to be back , nor allowed to wriggle about your
head in that uncertain way which gives you
a look decidedly suggestive of having hud a
little too much of something , even if it's only
soda water.
AT LAST A SrXsinLK TAW.
By the by , did you know that it was conMd-
erf-d rather smart for very voung women to
have simple tastes about things to eat f Ar
rayed in her tailor-mado suit , with her little
toque on , the girl who wants to do the swag
ger thing declines nt an afternoon anything
stronger than milk and vicby , and with it she
cats apiece of brown bread and butter. The
butter must be absolutely fresh and the
bread must be sweet and homemade. Host
esses are extolling their bread and butter ex
actly as th y might their plum cake , and the
girl who can make bread really make it and
make it good is very proud of possessing a
talent greater than that of painting , modeling
in clay , or writing mysterious or erotic books.
Perhaps this fad came from the hearing of the
pride which the duchess of Fife takes in the
butter which she has made with "her own
hands. Cull this bread-making n fud if you
will , it is nevertheless a fad in the right direc
tion und one to be encouraged.
NOT SO SOl'T AS THEY &EEM.
Bread and butter is by no means tasteless ,
and though we are apt to apply that expres
sion to nsipid girls , books or pictures , it is a
very unjust one , and milk and water , which
is not pleasant to the taste , and which does
lack piquancy , is to bo preferred ; but milk
and water , tasteless ns it l , would bo chosen
in preference to ono of the horrible ucids
that eats uwoy everything good in life.
You are not milk and wuterish when you pre
fer to talk about the weather than discuss
scandals.
When you would rather bo polite even to
the most insignificant person than cut them.
When you think it. more refined to wear
quiet clothe * that to attract attention by the
loudness of your frocks.
When you believe the homo and its society
is more ImjKjrtatit than the outido world or
its peojle.
When you would rather know a tiresome
gentleman than an amusing scoundrel.
When you fall to see anything funny In
coarseness , and believe wit can exist without
malice.
When you perfer to be quietly peed aud
welluutnnoruu , to follow your Itit instincts ,
and to choose your friends , your bock. > our
pictures and youramuseimnth willuthi n/lit
us to whether they an. the ones t t'cr u. h
civis'ie crth < iMtc.it arc mi wz.t ai 1 wfcat
yc jrs > coffsgr.cJehbcr ca.'s JLI a uud water
Be wtce acd vLoc e tee irojis uud v.a'cr
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MILLET OF THE "AXCELUS , "
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The Humble Home-Life of the Youthful
Artist in Normandy.
DISCOVERY OP HIS NATURAL GUT.
of the Family to Kncournfe
Him in His Study oCArt niul His
Appearance in Cherbourg
anil Paris.
[ The following sketches have boon contrib
uted by young Indies attending the Sacred
Heart academy. Park Place , in this city.
They will bo found interesting descriptions
of the early life of ilillct , the renowned
painter of "Tho Angelus , " the work of the
master which is now receiving so much at
tention from the world qf art.
These sketches will ibc supplemented on
Sunday next , by a series of articles by
other accomplished writers in the same acad
emy on "The Angelus" If Millet. ]
Let us slip back to tub twenty-fourth year
of our century. France has just proclaimed ,
for the last time , that , the king being dead ,
the king lives forever , und Charles X. , un
certain of foot and uneasy of mind , has Just
mounted that too much "j-estorcd" throne ,
which is already shaking under his- feeble
weight. But not f < jr one loud "vivat" nor
for ono low "a'bas1' will our Asmodeus pause
in Paris ; he is in hafte to bear us oft to the
dreariest promontory of placid old Normandy ,
out to where the wild land of La Hague Juts
into the narrow sea between Aldcrney and
the mainland.
Mark how courteously our disposable sprite
uuroofs , for our curious eyes , a quaint old cot
tage in the thrifty little hamlet of Genchy.
Looking straight down into the garret thus
opened beneath us , the right of a homc-mado
mecho shows us a shaggy peasant lad of ten
crouched on an old box that serves as a chair ,
the actual chair doing duty before him as a
table.
It is hard onto midnight , and this little
drudge of the lields ought to bo sound asleep ,
under his rr.iillus.so vonder. beneath the sluiit
of the roof. But , scrutinizing the boy , wesee
that his great , earnest eyes hold dreams in
abundance , but no slumber , aud that there is
a plodding energy , -defying fatigue , in the
very contour of those high shoulders , rounded
by the untimely bearing of ill-fitted burdens.
We note , too , that the tough brown hand JKIS-
sesses u man-clous dexterity In guiding the
untaught crayon which is creating vivid pic
tures on that coarse brown paper. They are
odd pictures , too as odd as the house and the
uoy and the time of night. They strangely
combine the antiquated illustrations in the
old bible before him with the actual scenes of
yesterday and today anil tomorrow. Those
absurd old wood cuts unia well-wiring of perpetual -
petual Joy to the lad's soul ; uud thobo plod
ding details of each day's experience are an
other fountain of enduring delight , flowing
over his brain , stealing down hU arm , and
creeping acrow. tils pnj ( r Iu perverse lines
that refuse to olx-y hi.will ; the peiicil , ulus ,
is still a rebel , but it U fitamod to hubji-ctiou.
Thorn iu the bible U Rvitli , gleaning in the
foreground , and the IVWJKTS and binders of
Bethlehem , moving in Uifc. background. And
here , on the child's pdpar , superficially un-
like , profoundly ideutu-il , U a iwysuune of ] .a
Munche , ill-drawn , bff ( all alive , while the , ,
ban-esters of Ocnchy atejsutheriiiK and bund
ling In a bad perspi-vtlvta. Thfiv , in God's
holy book , i- . toil , hire. iaO"U's wrun' w r'J
Is t il , at.il , on tht paii' , tptv-ads tti" brs
ancir.pt , rudtrlypoMir , _ t.'crs - „ < , r . , \ &
car. * tocxprcs theu" ' nf lvti un iff-r * i
to "hew what iubor is , 11,1 d what earth ia , and
how earth and the laborer are linked togf-th-
; er , and how both lire bound to life , and u\
means of life itself , fastened to a truth that
plunires deeper and soars hiirher than either ,
since it stretches down into the grave and
ivaches up into the sky ; it is n truth that sus
tains labor by hope , sanctifies it by faith , plo-
rifles it by love , and lifts its consummation
'
into the p'romised land of rest and fruition.
Do the ardent eyes of this child of ten open
to the fullness of such a vision the mystery ,
the dignity , the beaut'of daily toil ( As
suredly not. He is but beginning to accomplish
a sublime task , and Just as he commences
it. unconscious of its depth , so also , uncon
scious of its width , will he end it. Men to
whom great missions arc confided. feeLrathcr
thun see them , accomplish , rather than ana-
Ivze them. This Norman peasant will die-
die , half a century later , ignorant , in his rev
erent humility , of the magnificence of his
life's embassy.
Courage , Jean Francois Millet ! The way
is but opening , the road is long , narrow and
stony ; and the end is not clear , but beyond
light is breaking , and in that beyond there
will be , for you , rest , and a very great peace ,
and behind you will abide among men , your
brethren , the message you will leave them ,
and seeing , they shall understand.
So , put away the crayon tonight ; nay ,
today rather , for see , my llttleJean-Francois ,
it is growing white landward to the cast , ana
there must be early-rising and brisk working
before the sun is up ! So , out with thcmeche.
anil a Pater und Ave , as M. lo Cure coun
selled , and good dreams under la peute ! And
while hard work and light conscience make
easy slumber for you , Asmodeus , garrulous
ever , will tell us your simple story.
It is n monotonous world that revolves here
in Cotcntyn , and therefore nothing was ever
more tranquil thun the first decade of Jean-
Francois' life. But what a world it was out-
sid" of Normund v ! The cannon of Waterloo
shook thV earth , mfl sent no echo to bre.ikthe
slumbers of the little one , not yet a year old ,
rocking in the cradle while the peasant-
mother sang at her knitting ! Neither did the
crash and surge of empires falling and king
doms rising trouble the peasant father over
the spade or behind the plough. Flags and
victories , crowns and teal's what are they
then ) One must live , and to live ono must
knit and spin , und sow and reap , and say
one's prayer , and tread the path of one's fath
ers , and sleep beside them at last ! At least ,
one must in La Hague ! Yet , stories of the
great revolution and its vulture talons , of the
great empire and its eagle flights , formed the
ordinary evening atmosphere 'round the fire ,
and had. an ever-fresh jiower to diffuse cold
chills or' liovtnrills , as the case might be.
For Ihpre'ivas "la benne grund'-inere , " due-en
and saint of the Millet household , who * knew
and remembered ah , del ! What did grana'-
mere not know and remember I No wonder
her fine fuco was like n Sibyl's or a
St. Elizabeth's , when it found un honored
pluco on her grandson's best canvas. And
th ere was ( he venerable gi-c-ut-uncle , the good
priest , M. 1'Abbo Charles Millet , who had
gone through the reddest perils of the reign of
U-iTor , and who , kindest and simplest of men ,
was now a diligent worker in his combined
avocations cleric , tutor , and assistant on the
farm. From him llttlo Joan Francois had
learned his Latin rudiments thoroughly , and ,
later , the vicar of Grevillo carried on the
good work by helping the youth to master the
vulgute and Virgil , and by Judicious loans
books , few but precious , Jenti Francois ,
| the oldfnt , and perhaps as the gentlest and
most thoughtful , was the favorite child , the
Selovwl pupil ol his great-uncle , the hojie of
his father , his > mother's darling , und the very
idol of his grandmother's heart. The elder
I Madame Millet wus one of those women , not
ran * among the iHJoi > autry of France , who&o
vigorous common sense. , svrong religious con-
| victionti , and sterling moral principles give
i them a certain sturdy nobility of character
I which explain * their remarkable influence in
I oivaulziu ? aud ruling a household.Vhilo
her wrinkled ilngurttt ] > ) iud tUe
knitting noodle * by the winter
hearth , her k < t-n wrious oje wire
free ' . < > \ vutb the dreamy f * and --ti\c
poni'.l nf ! . ' nc M J.'hii Krai-iti ; * . ui i < . . :
u papar or ooar 1 n > im q , -'tinier
A'ld.n i' ; vas w : k w ; u tvi > rk ' ' * * :
only JJu i' va.i U r.rrlt j.1 , r r.i i .
thoz a j iunrr rfcht , Thtix was the ct y |
ma > ' in Ihe miming , ihe ] n\ing converge it
liienls. the pi-ajers said in common , the good
reading maile aloudulI : that gives sacjfd-
iH'sto mutual love and uniteil symi.alliies
beantiiled the little rot t ago where the
family of .lean Loui- Millet grew and flour
ished. Nor was the out-of-door labor a stupid
di-udpery. "Seo , ' ' Jean-Louis would say to
the little Jean-Francois trudging at his side ,
"See , my son , this blade of grass , mark how
large and flue it is. Now that , my Jean-
Francois , is as beautiful as any flower i" Or ,
again : "Look , my child , do you see that old
hou e , half buried by the field < Now that is
good. It seems to me is should bo drawn in
that way. "
And just" as Jean-Louis inspired his little
son with that-fine instinct to which is re
vealed the deejior beaut v of nature's eom-
'
moncr things'so did Jean Francois , in his turn
reveal to the world in after years , the loveli
ness of God's common people. those vcrv
multitudes , of whom our own Lincoln said ,
with pathetic humor : "The Almighty must
prefer common looking jK-'ojile , because Ho
made so many of them ! ' ' How wise the
counsel given by that great writer who re-
mfnds us that : "The-.e common-place people
ple * * * bear a conscience , and have felt
the subline prompting to do the painful right ;
they have their unspoken sorrows and their
sacred Joys * * * and have mourned over
their irreclaimable dead. * * * Learn the
poetry and the pathos , the tragedy and the
come ( ly , lying in the experience of n human
soul that looks out through dull eyes , and
st > eaks in a voice of quite ordinary tones. "
This was precisely the lesson Jean-Francois
was learning in th.e fields of Normandy. In
such a school only"could ho become what he
was , the rustic poet of the ] K > ucil , whose one
long poem , In so many canvas volumes , has
the epic of nature , labor and faith !
The youth attained his eighteenth year
without the art-teaching for which he pined.
The family sympathized with his longings ,
but there was the great pu/.zlo of twverty ,
and their traditions supplied no solution to
the problem. A sketch of un old neighbor , n
study in foreshortening it ho mystery of
which ho had grasped , as if by inspiration ) ,
so impressed his family that a council of the
elders , met over his fate. The pious parents
felt a religious scruple about opposing God's
will , made manifest in their son's great gift.
The good father solemnly apologized to his
son for this long delay.
"Thou wert Uie eldest , my poor Jean
Francois and we could not do without theo.
Now the others aru old enough to help , and
we must not cross the will of the good God.
We will go to Cherbourg , please heaven , and
get some wise man who knows this great
trade of painting to decide if thou hast talent
enough to eani thy bread by it. If so IKS ,
then the rest cf us must pinch and save n lit
tle that things may bo douo as Providence
decrees them here below. "
In Ilio Studio * of Cherbourg.
One fine day , therefore , father and son , in
their lxst Sunday uttire , stood anxiously
watching the fuce of M. Monchel , a Cher
bourg ai-tisi. n man of kind heart and keen
Judgment. One drawing after another was
scrutinized ; then was demanded a reiterated
assurance that these sketches were really the
work of the big blushing rustic of eighteen.
And , finally the sentence was pronounced.
U fell on the Millet pore :
"You will go to pei\lition for keeping this
tmy at u plow. He has in him thu stutTof
which great paiuU-rs are made ! "
The first twomouih > of help und training in
real studio , at Clu'rlMnvg , wen a glimpse of
paradise to the i > uft'wiiwg ! i cli lur. vet his
heart and brain gtwv-jdiz/y with homesick
ness , so entirely wus he. Uieri and ever , unto
the and , a part of that olduenchy homektoad.
Two months only hud p suni when a dire
summons culled him back , not to share
family ) ovu , but to lxar laimly arrows. The
POCK ! father wnn dying In the delirium of
brain fever. He wu laid to iv t In the
churchyard of Urevlllp , aud the eldest sou ,
with a sublime simplicity. ( Hive tip his life's
h" ] > c und took the | M I of duly , his father's
j'lu'i' . u > Ufa I 'i ' ! tin-house TbfWork went
. i i.J und MKI. H iv ii - > Mii 'riei.tal nmr-
n r B't I- , , . . . , j > 1 ( , , , , - . , . * , < o'is ' ai d
irg < . ' < t ( il nu , i i > v ; s
f- iv ' ' * iC'J h11 fj crt'e IH < a > jurr
fu , f itiiv the 'C.ivt'j i/I Uie * > it Hart bl r
I
pitni-il ! . ( ! . . ti ) . -idod. and niiuii ut'i tie
ci-ion U.IKIU n , nid .
Thou -hilt ivtimi toC'lu-rbourg. i \ Ji-nn-
Franc'iiIt : - i. nil's will that tt.i" , iH.Yunca .
painter Thy fa' her was a wise m.n . ho
accepted it tlmMJ must we all ' 1 '
Again , theivfur.is Jeuu Frain < .i- i.-- .iif.
the mingled joy and bitterness of in i j J < > n
Cherbourg. Thi- . time he was Uii | i p of
Lnnglois. a master wlio aided him . ! ' ( ( ! < by
valuing and giving liberty to his fills. i
affording the mo > t efllcient help in , , ' pci
cjin receive sympathy , and sjiiu-e f r doan -
velopmeut. It was this generoumtl an
did muster who declared after u
that he could t'-iich Millet iiothinu i : > ii .mil
who made a noble apjieul in his ) > u | > n s be
half , asking Hie city to supply the n , .i.s for
study in 1'ariThe , muntcipiiliu " 1 I her
bourg if.siiondi'd ; neither .swifll\ i i.ttcvw
nor tuuninceiitly ; but it is to be n mi n.Ui-ed .
that small sums are magnified toil , gl Hio
medium of provincial eyes. Tin IT v\as a
promise of on annuity of 400 franc * , 'i iMurh
the department of La Muiicho aid iil its
pledge for < VH ) moiv , on the compli i .i. ( -1 the
young man's studies.
Preparations were made , mid pinnf , I fi.ro-
wclls spoken in the cottngo home l-ir MH
own part , Millet had chosen his i c , .i-vi . ) i
was not young to seel ; in Paris iusinr.it ion ,
spirit or form of urt , but technical , t ana
severe training. Already his own Imr was
chosen that of the grand con.ni < , ip , < n.-o
which hod , as yet , found no interpn-'i r It
would sewn to huvo been nn iipiK-iil tn s ( mo
such interpreter , that was made btl. . . vi ac-r
already quoted : "Bo not IMIK | > SC un.
us any aesthetic ivies wli'li , siui ,
banish from the region "f urt
those old women scraping . .ivii.ls
with work-worn hands those roni , K1 1 IH . us
and fuco. that have bent ,
stupid , i\ti M-e - <
spade and done the rough workofth' < n > Ji <
this world there are so many of tin morse ,
common people , who have no M n' ion n'.il
wretchedness. I. t art remind ns . .f u.ciii
Let us have men ready to give me \ ii.g
pains of n life to the faithful ropn-si i , ' , j ; of
common place things , men vim an c
beauty in them , and can show us Imu HUM y
the light of heaven fulls on them.1
Predetermined to catch this light in .1 to
show it. Jean Francois Millet set m.i KI ms ,
Jouiiiey to Paris , that pulse of tin ornl
But how was he equipped to face that siiui. ,
cruel city , with which ho was to u n v , t for
his very lifei He took but a large . -j't > < u
his brain , a few francs In his | . , KI-I u
mother's benediction on bin head , .n.il m.ii.v
misgivings in his heart. On tin , i\ . und
thenceforth forever , echoed in his tuituo
refrain of u swwt old song ; if ins . .ps.iul
not sing it , his heart said it , und ls , t.i .sli
repeated it :
"Oh , Nonnandio ! Ma Normandu- '
i
Dr. Blrney , cnturrh ppecinlist. ! { < ( . . ( ) { , ' ,
A Oatcrilllar |
In most countries cntorpillnr * nee re
garded us n pp.st. ] n Hrltlsh Ii.u.a ln-w-
over , ( lifferont ideas upon the Mil.jt- . t n ] > -
pcar to prevail , for the eijtomn i { . ' ' il
committee of the Bombay nati.ml j. ,
tory fcociety luis actually ffnmto 'Mi
length of estublishii ) } , ' a givnt -i.ttr-
jiillar fuiin"nt J'oonulifor tlie d > l'in r , to
jiropaffiition of thcrodo fucthLinita. .
Caterpillar rearing , nccordin ' ' " to
olllflal report which the bocifi.v t , * n-
cently issued t < i the ] iublicix ii"t - . .
as mfglit bo inferred from the ! < "
ing1 faculty shown by tliofco cn-.it us n
reurin < r themselves. Boinffii > - < \ t" u , < .r
work , the caterpillar farmers rj.i , i u >
tttkes. They unwisely Jtopt all " r r >
wjc-tfe in the titme inclo utx' . Tin . ! t ,
in the word * of the renort , . ! ti.at
they pot completely mixed , M. . ' i . , t ( n
many instmicvs nol > ody was a' ' > n t.iy
with certainty wliieli 'imat : " ' n > tt l
from which jiujw,1 or to idt-iu ' 3 tie
'pupa' with it"liirva. . " '