Runt Stoni a Fak
Concerning the authenticity nf tha
Kensington Rune Stone, Dr. Walter
Hough, bond curator of anthropology
of the Smithsonian Institution, makes
the following statement : "This (tone
wu established as a fake by the con
fession of (he man who Inscribed It,
The work wa cleverly done and flw
reived many, but a scholar found1 that
a few rune not In use In ilttU were
used and Anally Hie fukur made 1
clean breast of It."
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OUR COMIC SECTION
Events in the Lives of Little Men
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'HE early history of Normandy,
ren taking It only from the
reign of ltlchanl the Fearless
(907), explalnt In Itself why to
day, to those who look below the sur
face, Normandy see ma In many way
separate land from France. The SO
year of English occupation under
Henry V loft their lasting Impress,
though Us natural position demands
that It should be an Integral part of
France.
That Norman power of adaptation
to circumstance was the "fatal gift,"
so apparent In Its Sicilian conquest,
which has destroyed tlie Norman as a
separate race. It has been said that
the finished historian must be a trav
eler," but one who possesses to the full
the Instincts of the traveler must know
bis history as he knows with his own
eyes the true look of a wide land.
Tlcture follows picture in the radi
ant Normandy landscape; the limpid
light Is at once brilliant and tender,
and the eye feasts always on a ban
quet of color. Between slits of cliff
are bits of sea, poplars shiver in the
sun, meadows slope from height to
ocean, longing for the sea, and the
green roadway threads Its path through
alL It I not strange that Isabey an J
Paublpy found beauty here. In fancy
ltichard Sans Peur an'd ""le Hellequlu '
still ride hrou?h the forerts, and leg
ends people every ruin. Les In the
present than In the past, one dwells
Euch on the stirring times when Nor
mandy had a life of Its own and the
Norman name was famous from Scot
land to Sicily.
lloufleur Is a quaint port with Its
famous Saint Catherine's belfry
bouse, shop, warehouse all In one,
while a delicately modeled spire
crowns the whole. Villas line the
bills, old gate and watchtowers yet
remain of the lloufleur of great days.
Beyond the quay bristle a hundred
masts, sails drip with color, and the
water U Nile green a bit of Cairo in
the north of France. Along the water
front the same old boures which near
ly 300 year ago were brave In their
brand-new carvings, s tiiey looked
out to see the high-decked Spanish
ships ride in, dipping their flags to the
fleur-de-lis of France. Then Havre
was only a strip of yellow plage, be
fore the threatening sand bur stole
lloufleur' harbor Inch by Inch.
Reminders of the Conqueror.
Lisleux Is one of the charming cor
ner where something still remain of
the Middle ages, snd In the church sre
windows depleting the marriage of
Henry II and Queen Kleunor, and
Thomas a Recket in his Norman exile.
The most personal beginning of the
Norman conquest was at Fulaise.
There from a window of the lofty castle-keep
Robert, count of Hlesne
(later Robert the Magnificent and Rob
ert le Liable), row Arlette, the tan
ner' pretty daughter, washing clothes
at the riverside. With all the setting
of romantic legend she became the
mother of that king whose bar sinister
was blotted out In Conqueror.
At Caen one Is In his footsteps.
SuUit Etlenne contains his tomb, and
has an Interior remarkable for strength
and solidity a perfect example of
the Norman-Romanesque, "adorned"
though It now Is by lit glass chan
deliers of the Nineteenth century'
most lurid pattern. The Hotel de la
Monnnle 1 a splendid house, built by
a princely merchant, Etlenne du Val,
Bleur de Mondrulnville, the man whose
great wealth enabled him to get suf
ficient supplies Into Met for It to
withstand Its? siege In l.VA
There I an atmosphere of heroes
and king In Caen. One see the
tomb of the Conqueror and the house
where Benu Brummcl riled. He see
the ruined castle where "le Jeun et
beau Dutiols" performed prodigies of
Tulor.
Many French artists, areheologlst
and men of letter are alarmed at the
lack of consideration manifested by
the state for the nutlonul monuments,
which are being allowed either to full
Into decay or to be restored with In
discretion. The great master Rodin
was deeply concerned with this ques
tion, and In bis desire to awuken pub
lic interest wrote a series of essays
on the Cathedral of France, the
study of which was his favorite pas
time. The walls that William built and
Frolssart writes about are a girdle
that Is lost today. The Conqueror's
tow Is brought to mind as one look
Routn, Normandy.
at I'Abbaye sux Hommev and vis-avis
l'Abbaye auz Dames, like the queen
who bullded It, ills on a throne.
It I at Bayeux, though, that one
feels nearer that queen, Mathilda.
Gray, dim Bayeux, old even then,
when the Conqueror's queen was writ
lug history with her needle. The first
of the great French realists, she seems
In the naive sincerity of those old
tapestries, which truly are an epic.
Fine Ptrchtrons Are Many.
Between town in Normandy one to
struck by the fine percherona. Along
the smooth, white roads they pass In
sturdy line, with that majestic dig
nity only possible to thoroughbreds,
whether bones or humans. Their
mottled haunches and polished coats
gleam like mother-o' -pearl, and their
liquid eyes speak volumes to oue who
loves them.
Then Dives Dive, with Its Inn of
the conquering William, where Madame
de Sevigne really left her patch-box,
and one almost fancies the odor of
rose leaves behind her, where the cook
beau eggs In old Caen bowl that the
china collector greedily gate on, and
where the exquisite tapestries ought
to be put under glass. A chateau It
was, built for the Conqueror while bis
boats were building that be crossed
to England In, and over the dor are
stM the of n!S oj aa oTI seigneur wld
married Into the bouse of Savoy.
Dives' port, now nearly choked with
sand, was once great haven. There
William's fleet, assembled for the con
quest of England, lay a whole mouth
awaiting the favorable winds which
never came until they had changed
their position to 8alut Vulery.
Between Rouen and Havre Is the
pretty town of Caodebec, with quaint
timbered houses and It broad terrace
beside the river. On a market day, in
the Grande Mace in front of the
church, i to be seen one of the few
old-time sights of Normandy, the grand
old church and the place Itself con
tributing their share in the ensemble.
But the traveler who would see this
specimen of an old Norman town,
wearing still Its mellow and pictur
esque charm, must hasten thither with
out delay.
Wondsrful Mont Saint MichsU
Mont Sulot Michel, with It de
tached air, appears ss though man and
nature united in their work to build
a masterpiece. Its one straggling
street, that begins In the gateway of
a king and ends ah, that I the point
Where doe It end? Three time did
the vision of Saint Michel appear to
Saint Aubert, commanding a church
on the rocky heights. Hence rose that
marvel of early Norman architecture,
with II tombs of saints and heroes
and brotlivr of kings, It Black Vir
gin, It Salle des Chevullcn with (un
lit aisles. It cloister and exquisite
cotonade. A one think of the his
tory that has peopled this pinnacled
bill, emotions. Impression, anil sensa
tions crowd the mind, and surely the
fulntest Imagination can fill the struc
ture with the kingly shapes and
knightly shadows of the Hundred
Years' war.
Trouvllle. Deauvllle, Dieppe In a
rhort sketch of Normandy, those gay
bathing places, those "doublvs ex
Iralts de l'urls," must be omitted. They
are Watteau In the Twentieth century,
though, and the salon of a casino In
the height of the season Is an ani
mated and diverting scene.
In Normandy the artist may find
congenial occupation and the oppor
tunity, so difficult In these days, of
sketching picturesque types group at
the market place, group at the Inn
door, horse In clumsy harness, goats
and sheep In Biblical melange. He will
find doors and porches of so good a pat
tern and so old Hint they are new to
the world of today. One may learn
the value of variety In Its simplest
form and realize the artlrtlc worth
of high-pitched roofs and contrasts In
color. If It be only of dark beams
against plaster, and of meaning In the
lines of construction. But these treas
ures of Normandy are disappearing
fust and must be quickly gathered.
In all the fair Normandy coast, each
year more and more Is tlicre a disap
pointing note. One looks almost In
vain for the old Normandy costumes;
the blouse snd the close white cap
ore all that are left now of the won
drous headgear, the short petticoats,
the embroidered stomacher, the Caen
and Rouen Jewel of a generation ago.
Modernising destruction Is rapidly
blotting out the memory of old del
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No Longer Interested
Talking About One$lf
Speech of a man' self ought to be
seldom and well chosen. I know oue
was wont to say In scorn, "Ha must
necjls be a wise man, be speak so
much of himself; and there Is but
one rase wherein a man may com.
mend himself with good grace, snd
that Is In commending virtue In an
other, especially If It be such a virtue
whervunto himself preteuduth. Bacon.
Cities of Cla$$
Building and whole cities of glass
are predicted by a well known archi
tect. There would be two shells of
glass to a high building, 18 Inches or
so apart, leaving space la be marie
Into at least a partial vacuum. Glass
building would probably be heated
and cooled In the same way as a
thermos flask Is used to maintain beat
and cold.
Haydn't Nationality
Haydn has always been considered"
a German, but Rnhran, the village In
which he was born, .changed rulers
when Germany annexed It, Before
then It was Croatian. Ills music lis
more of the Slav character about It
than Teutonic, but no doubt some of
It Is susceptible to German Influence.
F ormalUy
Little Jean was visiting her small
cousin. They were playing and hav
Ing a glorious time together when
Jean's father came to take her homo.
After she had donned her coat and
bat, she turned around snd said: "Say,
com bark to me, somebody P . .
Atomic Entrgy
According to the theory of Dr. Rob
ert Mllllkan, the cosmic rays which
physclsts detect coming to the earth
from Interplanetary spare are tha
form of energy freed by the break
down of atoms In the process of crea
tion of new atoms.
How Com pa it Worht "
Hie compass does not point exactly
to the geographical North pole, but to
Die magnetic North pole, which Is
some distance away from It, Ita an
proximate position being 70S degree
N. latitude and 00 degrees W. longU
tude.
How Blood Travtl
Assuming the heart to bsat (Bl timet
a minute at ordinary heart pressure,
the blood courses through the vein
at the rule of SOT ) arris In a minute,
or seven miles an hour, miles a
day, and OIX'O miles a year.
Havt Hard Taik
To develop the wisdom of serpents
while they retain the gullelessness of
doves Is the task vhlch faces the re-llglo-mnral
ford's If they would aid
In the moral regeneration of society.
Rlnhold Nlehbuhr.
Keeping Up With Juniot
On the whole, It's wiser not to stsrt
making a pal of the boy till after the
boy finishes with periphrastic Latin
conjugations and quadratic algcbralo
equations. Arkansas Gaxette.
Desir Ntvtr Fulfilled
Our desire always dlsnppolnt ns;
for though we meet with something
that gives ui satisfaction, yet It never
thnroiiKhly answers our expectation.
Rochefoucauld.
But They Get the Coconut i
It Is sold of native Bumatrans (list
they are too buy to climb coconut
tree so they train monkey to go up
the tree and get the fruit for them.
Probably Hot Music -Scientists
hiv been able to set fire
to wood by sound wsves, produced
prohubly by some Jnis band Instru
mentNew York Herald Tribune.
Orchid Mature Slowly
Nearly five yere are required for
an orchid plant to mature under glass
from a seed and only about one seed
In a million produces blossoms.
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