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For the Children
ny Famous Paintings Have
Mysteriously Vanished,
A Little Waif From the
War Zone of Europe.
iJRKS OF THE OLD MASTERS.
Friday, December 4, 1914.
ndreds of Portrait by Reynolds Aro
imonfl tho Misting Treasures, B
Idas Masterpieces of Correggio, Titi
n, da Vinci and Others.
here are many famous paintings by
1 old masters that hove mysteriously
pished. They are known to have
n painted, bnt their whereabouts
i been an enigma for several hun
jd years.
from time to time lost pictures come
aln to the knowledge of the world,
) when the original of the Dnlwlch
flasqoez, the "Philip IV.," was found
I a Polish nobleman's castle: when
t portrait of Isabel de Valols, King
illlp It's third wife, by Coello the
tginal of that by Pan to j a de la Cruz
tbe rrado was finally Identified at
k Grafton gallery, to which the Gaek
r of Baroda bad lent it; when Tl
in's "Perseus ana Ariadne" was
jiiid by Sir Claude PhUlips in the
jthroom of Hertford House, ana Bot
pill's "Pallas and the Centaur" was
entitled by an English critic, forgot-
h and unnoticed in an obscure place
the Ufflzi gallery- queer place to
lea picture In.
jt Is declared that no fewer than 400
ptraits by sir josnua Reynolds nave
Appeared. The historians of art
fe "Anonlmo, Vassari and many an
ter speak with admiration of pic
ks so innumerable ' which have
bed Into tbe Umbo of tbe unknown
tat the announcement of a discovery
rarely treated with absolute skep-
ism, even In the case of the greatest
listers. There is plenty or room for
ie appearance of a number of early
brks by Valesquez do Beruete gives
list of them but especially the por-
hit of Fonseca, which gave to Veles-
lez his footing In Madrid, and more
irtlcularly the equestrian portrait of
bllip IV., which placed him so quickly
iron tho pedestal.
Or take Correggio. There Is the pic-
re of "The Savior," a copy of which
kngs in the Prado. There is the "Ke-
bse In Egypt," the "Herodlas" triptych.
"St Bartholomew," the "Young
;in Fleeing From the Captors of
tirlst" "The Birth of Venus" and "St
nry Magdalen" and others besides
I lost
And Titian (a group of whose mas-
irpleecs were burned in a great Eng
h country bouse), where on earth Is
is portrait of Isabella Qonzaga and
tr son, which Is known to us through
ie copy by Pordenone? Glorglone
so. He Is so rare a master rare
ike ob to numbers and to quality-
hut the recovery of his "Birth of
enns" would be an event of the very
sbest importance In the world of art
lie Anonlmo speaks of it, bnt since
s day no other writer, so far as ex
crts are aware, has ever set eyes
ta It
Although we have so many hundred
knvases of tbnt amazing genius, Ru
knti, the loss of n picture sucb as his
JCnmbyscs and the Judge" is a dls-
net deprivation, inasmncb as It
bid to have been one of bis finest
jfrorts. It was painted In 1023 for the
iMgistnites' hall In the town ball of
Irussels, and no less than 3,000 florins
ias paid for it
We might spare, perhaps, the "Head
f Christ." by Andrea del Sarto (paint
kl In ir24. for similar works of his
K but It is otherwise with bis
Visitation" of the same year, If only
Kcnnse Andrea was a painter of great
est Importance, historically considered
-he who broke away entirely from
pothlo rigidity and Introduced a sentl'
pent and a delightful sense of gayety
Ind sweetness that brought art borne
:o Hearts untouched by the earlier dig-
pity and gravity wblcb they felt op
pressive.
The portraits of Terburg, again, are
uengut, and a host of them exist (ln
ludlng not a few not unworthy of
(Jim, bnt really by tbe band of bis po
rn, Koets), yet ws cannot read with-
put regret the list of them, as well as
pf his exquisite subject plctnres, which
K Hofstede de Oroofs researches
nve enabled ns to make. Ws may
pen regard with relative equanimity
pe disappearance of Nicholas Pons-
fin's "Rinaldo and Armida." But on
lulte another plans Is the mystery of
?be portraits which Leonardo da Vinci
Minted for Ludovlco Sforxa and which
uw ,uiu mi am wuilfirvvi
his "Mona Lisa" a couple of years
ii go.
j The Jocund lady rs-smsrft-1 tnto the
igni or day. but the Ludovlco dot-
traits are practically beyond bnps
, unless parcbancs even bow, snsaspset
'd Of their tdentltv. tha ara Jammfc
ng the upper corridors of some great
house (mines of unexplored wealth)
the back storerooms sf torso eeal-
erawew Tor Press.
CiMar Uui lu.. B.U.I-
Tradition bas it that Caesar brought
-'nuaais wits aim to Britain and
that tbey contributed to his conquest
( the island n..i. . ......
"tempted to cros tbe Thames. Caesar
--"i s mrge turret on sq elephant and,
, tng It with bowmen and sllngers
" won to pass tba stres
m.
; -nereupon the Britons, terrified at 1
j "iKht of tbe unknown monster, fled
tbe
j -"""waUinaoa Chronicle.
! Throngb want of enterprise and faltb
w r. where they sre-bnylng and
ef P'n their lives Uke
rnoNB rourt wants
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IB 1S14, by American Ptcbs Atsoolatlon.
When the Christmas ship sent from
this country laden with good things for
tbo little folks of the European war
cone reaches Its destination there Is
sure to be much joy among the reci
pients of these kindly tendered gifts.
But there will be one small person who
will not miss them nor feel the need of
our generosity. She Is the little girl
hero pictured. She recently arrived in
this country from Austria, where much
distress has been occasioned by the
war. This demure little maiden lived
In a district devastated by warfare,
and ber parents sent her to relatives
In this country. Here, for nway from
dangers of her native land, she can en-
Joy tbe Christmas season. Of course
she will miss ber father and mother,
but happily sad. thoughts do not linger
in tbe minds of little people.' Perhaps
when the war is over she will return
to her home, but with happy remem
brances of her first Christmas spent In
the United States.
The Christmas Tree.
Were you ever out in the forest In
December?
Well, if yon had been out there early
this morning you might have seen tbe
Christmas tree shiver, for it was very
cold there early this morning. Tbe lit
tle Christmas tree not only shivered,
but It said quite loud enough for the
other trees to bear, "Though I'm fir
from bead to foot. I m very cold."
Then the oak looked at tbe little one
and sold: "You'll be warm enough be
fore long, I dare say. I saw the wood.
man looking at you with greedy eyes.
I sea your finish, little one."
"Do you mean the old man with tbe
long white whiskers?" asked the little
Christmas tree. "That Is Santa Claus.
and It Is for him that 1 bars been
growing these many years. I hope I'll
please him."
"Yon are a green one," laughed the
great oak. "Ho, bo, ho! What will
become of you when tbe old man car
ries you off?"
"Santa will put me m the nursery of
some good child, end then bs'tt bang
gold and sliver balls and popcorn
strings and toys all over me."
"What of it? Wouldn't you rather
stay with us out here?"
"No." answered the evergreen. "I
lovs to gladden the hearts of children,
I love to cheer them. Christmas comes
but once a year."
Conundrums.
When was beef tbe highest? When
tbe cow jumped over tbe moon.
now do you know that tbe cow
Jumped over tbe moon? By tbs Milky
way.
Wby are well fed chickens like suc
cessful farmers? Because they are
blest with full crops.
Wbat will Impress tbs ear zoore
sharply than a falsetto voles? A false
set of teeth.
Wby U tbs letter R like tbs face of
Hamlet's father? It Is mors la sor
row than In anger.
Why la Ireland like a bottls of wine?
Because It bas a Cork In It
What Is tbs brightest Idea la tbs
world? Your eye, dear.
Wbat animal drops from tbs clouds?
Tbs nu, dear (reindeer).
The Christmas Doll.
There eoce was a doll oa a Chrtetaus
tTM.
Who slg-hes ta tbe snsvl that tmns
abov.
"Oh, bow X do wish they would keen for
me
A sweet little, seat little ttrt t level
A dear little mother to curl my looks.
Ta rook m ta iIhd and wake ateupl
To drou me la euta little towns and
frocks
Aod (Md me with milk from ber sllvtr
oup.
HA kind little mothar who'd ntver say
A word that was annrx. nor lat ma fall,
Who'd alwava ba ready to K me ur
With biisht little friends who should
eotne to ealll"
And, etranta thouih tbe wonderful ' (sot
mar b.
That little was sen's Uttla wtah
tru!
Thay plckod bar right e(t et the Christ
mil Iraa
And cava bar, my daar IHUe tlrl, to
you I
Youth's Companion.
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Told While
Waiting For
A Train
By EDITH V. ROSS
"Too detectives," I said to Bentley,
"must have lots of queer cases to tell
about Can't you give me one while
we're waiting for tbe train 7'
Bentley looked at bis watch. Tbe
train was dus at 13:15, and It was Just
12:05.
"Tbe only one I can think of that Is
short enough to get Into ten minutes
Is a case wherein a valuable sapphire
bad been stolen. Tbe thief was known.
and all there was to do was to get the
property. A Jewel Is so small that it
can bs easily got away wltb, or If
necessary to tbe thief a safety It can
be lost either where It can be found
by him or where It can never be re
covered.
"A man of tbe name of Prichard and
stolen tbs stone from one who saw
blm take It Therefore there was no
doubt about It I was telephoned for
Immediately and was wltb the owner
Ore minutes after the theft He de
scribed tbs thief to me a man with red
bead, striped waistcoat and tuft of
beard oa bis chin. Us bad gons up tbs
street .1 was to Cud him snd recover
tbe property.
"Not much chance, eh? That's Jus
what It was chance I hurried up tbe
street and bad the good luck to see a
man as described coming ont of a Jew
eler's. That was enough for me. Fie
might have sold tbs sapphire to the
Jeweln If so it would keep; If not
It was my Job to get It I followed
bus to another Jeweler's and, going In
after nlm, waited for blm to offer tbe
article for sale. But bs gavs me s
suspicious look, ssked tbe Jewelor to
show htm some scarfplns snd went ont
without betraying himself.
"Of courss I followed blm. Being
quits sure from bis having entered the
second store that bs bad sot yet parted
wltb tbs stone sod believing that be
bad It on bis person, X shadowed htm.
or, rather, kept doss to blm, In order
that bs might not drop It without my
seeing blm do It Of courss this gavs
me sway to blm, and It was sot long
before bs knew wbat I was about,
though I fancy bs wondered bow I got
on to bla so quickly snd possibly bow
1 got oo to blm st all. for bs did sot
know that be was seen to take tbe
property.
"The problem wltb htm now was bow
bs could slude me, If not bow be could
get rid of the gem In s way that would
admit of bis gotttng It stain, or. If this
aim wee luipoaalhle, bo be might drop
It where It would be loat to blm. He
dudtfed Into ally, cut Into bak 'trda,
On the Purchase of a Suit
or Overcoat
SUITS AND
OVERCOATS
These are not regular $10 garments. They are $15 Suits
and Overcoats with a $20 look. They have every appearance
and wear-well-qualities of clothing that you would pay dou
ble the" price for in the average store. A comparison of pri
ces will convince you that this is true.
We are entitled to $15 for each and every one of these
suits and overcoats but bad weather and a backward winter
finds us over-stocked and if a $5.00 cut in price will move
the goods they will march right out of this store right now.
DON'T FAIL TO "GET YOURS" SATURDAY.
GEM
went through buildings, but t kept not
over twenty yards behind him. Then
he took a trolley car. I boarded It and
took a seat opposite him, but tbe car
was so crowded that If 1 had attempt
ed to take the sapphire from blm be
might have been able to lose It with
out my knowledge.
"He stuck to the car till It reached the
terminal which wns on the outskirts
of the town. There were a few bouses
where the car stopped, beyond that
open ground. My quarry set off walk
ing on a road till be came to a fork.
There he hesitated which road to take,
and I made up my mind that he was
losing bis nerve.
"lie didn't take either road, but, stoop
ing, picked up several stones. I knew
what they were for and drew my re
volver. Suddenly he turned and stood
at bay. Tbe next thing I knew a stone
grated my cheek. I called on blm to
stop throwing stones and give himself
up, producing my revolver to enforce
my demand. Whether or not be believ
ed I wouldn't shoot, be kept on throw
ing such stones as be picked up on tbe
road, some large, some small At last
I fired a shot to miss, and this brought
blm to terms.
"1 want a valuable sapphire you
bare In your possession,' I said.
, " 1 ain't got no soppblre,' was tbe
dogged reply.
"I advanced snd arrested blm. Tak
ing blm back to the trolley terminal
near wblcb was a police station, I took
blm to the latter and searched blm.
"Tbe sapphire was not to bs found.
"He bad beaten me after -ell The
only course left me was to drop him,
putting another man on to blm to shad
ow him wltb a view to being on hand
wben bs regained the stolen property
that la, tf be bad got rid of It where
bs could Ond It sgnln. So I held blm
till I bad got a man from tbs agency,
then let blm go. I took a trolloy car
back to town, and ths thief took tbs
sams car; also ths man I bad directed
to shadow blm.
Trlcbard on tbs way boms sbused
me soundly, declaring that 1 bad In
tended to rob blm and be would bavs
me arrested snd sent up. I paid no sU
tontlon to blm, buying an evening
newspaper snd rending it Wben ws
reached tbe city I left him In charge
ef my deputy and went borne to din
ner. Tbe next morning when I went to
tbs office there was Prlcbard In charge
of a policeman. My sbadower bad
watched all night before ths bouse
where he bad slept and in tbs morn
ing Immediately after daybreak had
followed blm without himself being
noticed to the place where be bsd
stoned me. Trlcbard spent nearly bait
aq bour looking for something. Final
ly be stooped, picked up what seemed
to be s pebble, put It tn his pocket snd
returned to the trolley terminal There
be was arreatfd. taken again to the
police stnt I'm and tb sapphire found
In bis pocket Pa bad throws It at
e as au of m.iuuc .
Siitiwday
Here.
Clothing
STORE
6 Patton Ave.
"A very Ingenious way of getting
rid of it, wasn't it?"
"Here comes our train."
A SPLENDID RESULT
Co-operation That Brought the
Results as Shown in Agri
cultural Circular.
An example of co-operation that
brought results Is forcibly shown In a
circular Issued by the state depart
ment of agriculture. On the 13th day
of October, 1913, the state legislature
enacted the Brown Legume Inocula
tion bill authorizing the board of agri
culture to manufacture Inoculating
material for leguminous crops' and to
distribute same to the citizens of the
state that applied for same at cost
without a, dissenting voice In either
house. From August 18th to Novem
ber 18th, 7.900 acre bottles for clovers,
vetches, alfalfa, etc., were distributed
and the amount saved to the farms
of the state was 111,850 during tho
three months.
Bad on the best information ob
tainable the pure cultures sent out by
the department of agriculture will add
at least en extra 110 to the hay and
fertility value of each and every acre
Inoculated. Adding the sums together,
tho amount saved to the farmers and
the additional value to the Inoculated
acres, at least 190,000 has been added
to the agricultural wealth of the state.
It might be claimed that much of
the Inoculating material would have
been purchased from the commercial
oompanlas and used and the farmere
would have reaped the benefit, even
though the legislature and board of
agrloulture had taken no action. Per
haps that Is true, but by cutting the
price from It an acre to the actual
coat, hundreds of fanners have avail
ed themselves of the opportunity of
getting the original article at a rea
sonable flsure who would not have
even thought of using tho commercial
nroduot at the prevailing price.
It would not be conceding too mucn
If It wae granted that half the above
amount (90,000 would not have bean
added to the agricultural wealth of
the elate It the motion of the leglsla
ture fuid the board of exrlcutture had
not occurred. Kven at that any mem
ber of the legislature or board of ag
rloulture will be proud to know that
over (46,000 has bean added to the
agricultural wealth of the state as a
direct result of his vote in favor of
the Brown Legume Inoculation bill.
A military drill for girls Is rarrled
on in the Jananese publto schools.
LUES
i x a ivf if w i i
See
: THE' MOTHEK S CHOICE.
One Five Minutes In the Life of Her
Dead Soldier 8om
A mother lost ber soldier son. Tbe
news came to ber in dispatches from
tbs war. He bud fallen fighting nobly
at tbs bead of bis regiment
She was Inconsolable. "Oh, that I
might see blm again!" she prayed. "It
only tor live minutes but to see him!"
An angel answered her prayer. "For
Ave minutes," tbe angel said.
"Quick, quick 1" said thtmother, ber
tears turned to momentary Joy.
"Yes," said tbe angel, "but think a
little. He was a grown man. There
are thirty years to choose from. How
would you see hlmT
Tbe mother paused and wondered.
"Would yon see blm," said tbe angel,
"as a soldier dying heroically at bis
post? Would you see blm as be left
you to Join the transport! Would you
see blm ss you first saw blm tn his unl
form? Would you see blm again as on
that day at school when be stepped to
tbs platform to receive tbe highest
honors a boy could barer
"How did you kuowr tbe mother
ssked, her eyes lighting.
Tbe angel smiled. "Would you see
blm as a baby at your breast? Would
you"
"No," said tbs mother, "I would have
blm for Ave minutes as be was one day
wben he ran In from tbe garden to ask
my forgiveness for being naughty. lie
was so small and so unhappy, and be
was very hot and the tears were mak
ing streaks down bis fees through the
garden dirt And bs flew into my arms
wltb sucb fores that bs hurt me.- O.
V. Lucss tn "Lucas Annual"
WAR HORSES IN BATTLE
Cavalry Mounts Revel In the Dash and
Fury ef the Charge.
It win probably surprise yon, said a
retired colonel of hussars, to learn that
a cavalry horse usually enjoys a battle
at least as much as bis rider snd dls
plays as much courage In it Hs will
cbafs and stamp wltb lmpatlencs while
waiting for tbs order to cbargs and st
ths signal will dash forward Ilk a
greyhound released from the leash, full
of fir snd fury snd often neighing
wildly. At tbs moment of contact with
ths enemy bs will rear, striking and
biting savagely st tbs opposing horses
and trampling down tbs Infantry.
When bis rider falls bs will dash
slong wltb bis fellows snd crash a
gallantly Into ths foe. Id tbs famous
charge of ths Light brigade scores of
riderless horses swept down tbs "val
ley of death," thundering through tbe
smoke on to the Russian guns, snd gal
loped back ta safety wltb the sbat
tered remnant of ths brlgsde. Five
bones raced neck and neck with Lord
Alfred Paget "bo n" lB sdvancs of
the Una. so eager were they to get st
tbs snemy.
..jAod ot only Is the wH trjjned
Wiudow Display
charger as brave as bis rider. Bs Is
often as Intelligent Hs knows ths
bugle cells Just as well and answers
them as promptly. In fact 1 have
known many a case In which a horse
has put bis rider right wben be has.
mistaken an order and bas gons fault
lessly through a maneuver in spite of
the efforts of his mistaken master to
make him do the wrong things-London
Tlt-Blts.
How to Become Rich.
"My early difficulties taught me some
thrift" said Mark Twain once, "but I
never knew whether it was wiser to
spend my last cent for s cigar to smoks
or for an appls to devour."
"I am astounded, observed a friend,
that a person wltb so little decision
should have met with so much worldly
success."
Mark Twain bent bis bead gravely.
"Indecision about spending money."
be said, "is wortby of cultivation.
Wben I couldn't decide wbat to buy
wltb my lust cent 1 kept It and so be
came rich."
Coffee Beans.
Coffee grains are only the seed of a
fruit whlcb Is very much like a cherry.
It is very sweet and has a good taste.
Wben tbe fruit la dried It shrivels up
around the coffee grains, of which
there are two in eacb one of tbe round -balls
placed with the flat sides togeth
er. Sometimes in the cheaper kinds ot
coffee these little dried balls are found
wltb tbs two coffee grains snugly held
Inside.
Confidence.
8tern Tarent Wbat makes you think,
young man, that If my daughter mar
ries yon she will be supported In tbs
style to wblcb she has been accus
tomed? Fresblelgb Thj fact that yon
are a candidate for public offlcs snd
csn't afford to bavs member of your
family starving tn tbe presence of tbs
dear public Richmond Dispatch.
Botanloally 8peaklng.
"Do yon tbtnk a woman should re
gard her husband as sa oak and berV
self as ths clinging Ivy T
"Well." replied Miss Cayenne, To!
rather take a chance on being a cling
big Ivy tban a wall flower." Washing
ton Star.
Not the Pise.
"Wby don't you write to this panel
for wbat you want to know? Tbs ed
itor says bis columns give a few wrli
kles on every matter."
"Not for mine. I want to know bow
to keep my complexion youthful" Ex
change. W111!s-Paw, wbat Is flattery Paw
Flattery Is telling a woman tbs nlrs
things shs bas slways thought alxmt
herself, my son. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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