Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1929, Page 99

ILLUSTRATED FEATURES MAGAZINE SECTION ; he Sundwy St FICTION a—— AND Part 7—8 Pages WASHINGTON, D - O SUNDAY \ [ORNING, MAY BN 1929, * Spirit of Joan of Arc Inspires World on Five Centuries ‘Have Rolied by Since the Maid Raised the Riege of Orleans—May 8, 1429 BY MARGUERITE HUNZIKER. KNOW neither A nor B, but only that I am sent by the King of Heaven to raise the siege of Or- leans and to erovn the King at Rheims.” Thus in a ‘ew words €« Maid of Orlean y turies. Heroic Incidents Preceded Tragic End of Her Meteoric Life. as Apostle of Faith and Emancipator of France, Is an Object of New Interest After Passing of Cen- 500th Anniversary Society folk prepared a great banquet |in her honor. But Joan, remembering | the starving within the gates. supped | only a little wine and ate a few crumbs | of bread before she retired to commune with her voices. May 4th came. The rest of the Maid’s soldiers. who had taken another route, arrived. the English doing noth- ing fo prevent them. That afternoon | while their leader was resting some of Joan of Arc clearly stated that purpose e enacdate om wmich the i | these men decided to take the fort of The exact date on which the illus- St. Loup, thinking no doubt if they trious French heroine came nto the | S, (inking " doust iy theirs instead of Joan's. They had world is uncertain, although it ‘s sup- | posed by some Lisicrians to have been January 6, 1412 g Three children hac preceded her in | the home in Domremy, Lor:amne, where Jacques d'Arc and his zood wife Isa- | beau presided. The latter used to tell that she had experienced a strange | dream before Joar's birth, in vh she saw herself th> mother of a great military commander. | Merlin, a_magician, once prophesied | that a wonderful maid wonld some time | appear to heal the nations, and anotber | seer, Marie d'Avignon. is said to have | been possessed wiih the idea that a woman would ruin France and another would finally save it. Stories circulated freely among the poor, superstitious peasants. who fered greatly because their counts: was made another mistake. For they were speedily repulsed by the English. Conscious that French blood was flowing, the Maid suddenly rose from her bed, mounted her horse and called back the defeated men. Under her | leadership the fort was taken, | *x 2 * "['HREE days later Joan sent on ulti- matum to the English. She asked for their surrender. Their reply was insulting. It inspired her to take “TI Towers.” “‘On, soldiers, on, in the name of God the victory is ours,” she shouted as she mounted a ladder placed against one of the steep walls. Stones were hurled at her. But she went on, until an English arrow sent her to the | ground. 2 v ish t o :{\‘:;yix;:":“:ubE‘:‘\::)tsmFtrSop<N?‘€:n g |~ Certain of victory at that moment, completely subjugating It = Not only | the enemy rushed forth to capture “the P witch” that had caused them so much subjects, such as the Duke of Burgundy, | who encouraged the cnemy wnd helped | in the piundering. And wazse still, | Queen Isabeau, mother of the un-| crowned dauphin, Charles, had deserted | him, champloning the cause of her | daughter Ca herine, wife of Henry V | The latter made known his intention | of reigning over France after he had | won the battle of Agincours and con- | quered Rouen, and by the treaty of | | trouble. One of her loyal bodyguards | was too quick for them and gallantly | beat them back until his comrades ar- rived and carried her from the field. Although Joan was so seriously wounded that she cried with pain, she would not be subdued., and almost as soon as the arrow was removed un- furled her banner and returned to battle. The English supposed that they had s e Somg aiten hat. s sount | [killed ner. On seeing the invulnerable son. Henry VI, succeeded him. The one appear their courage fled. ~Before child was proclaimed sovereign of | nightfall they ran from the fort to a £ an bridge, spanning the Loire. where Joan commanded them to surrender France as well as England There was no unity in the harassed | country. Some of the people were will- | ing to acknowledge the English king. | others were not. Inkabitants lived in | constant fear of boti: foreign and do- | mestic plunderers. The dauphin, a timid weakling, loving pleasure more than honor, remained inactive while his land was being devastated. Into such chaos ceme Joan «f Arc to inspire her people with courage and to unite them by crowning their king. * ox ox % VWHILE other children danced and piayed. Joan more often dreamed and prayed. She was intelligent, | though uneducated. The girl possessed a vivid imagination which worked all | the time, and this may account for | those voices and visions which first came to her when she was 13. The voices were particularly articulate when the village church bells were ringing. “Be a 2o0d girl, Jeanette, be a good girl and God will aid thee,” she thought the archangel, St. Michael, whose fig- ure she had often seen in chapel win- dows, repeated when he visited her. Presently St. Catherine and St. Mar- | garet appeared, and the three urged | her to free her country. | Shrinking from such a task she is said to have replied: “I am a poor girl, I do not know how to ride or that she might save their lives, This they stubbornly refused to do. The bridge broke and those angry men went down with it. Sunday, May 8, the remaining Eng- lish troops lined up before the French, determined evidently to fight until the end. But the battle did not begin. Re- ligious services were held on the field at the Maid's direction. While she knelt in prayer the enemy quietly departed. On being informed that they were retreating, La Pucelle replied, “In God's name, let them go. It is not my Lord's will that we should fight them on the Lord's day.” In eight days the victory was won which turned the tide of events in the direction of French unity. At the coronation of Charles VII. two months later, Joan stood on the to) rung of the ladder, the goal from whic! she saw that her work was at last com- pleted. “Gentle king, now is accom- plished the will of God, who decreed that I should raise the siege of Or- leans and bring you to the city of Rheims for your holy sacring.” she said, and then she would like to come down quickly and run off to her beloved flelds in Domremy. No such happiness awaited the Maid. The king seifishly retained her, because he saw that she had » good influence on his army. His counselors were jeal- fight." But the voices continued to s g g n - ~ e RN e remind h':;lthnt it was God's command. :LCOMED BY THE CITIZI JOAN QE ARC IN INFANCY.” ous of Joan's achievements and waited and the girl. trusting ad o ] A Pairting by Scherre ' A Painting by Henner. e e N soon saw herself in 'tfie r%‘e ;iv-was Reproluced through afigfl&:; o Brown-Robertson Co. Prom & Thistle Print, N’Y"g‘hl ..1 Datrolt Publ'shing Co. "‘;“ugdp":;:k‘h;!::‘: lm‘:l::onh:d fgl):; bidden of | nce. Although able to keep her secret for 4 time, like other girls in their teens, she was eager to tell what she knew. “Michaél Lebuin,” she confided to one of her friends, “between Coussey and Vaucouleurs is a girl, who, in less than & year from now will lead the dauphin to Rheims and cause him to be an- nointed King of France.” Before long the whole world would know of Joan's eams. The voices told her that it wauld be necessary for her to take command of the French army. Knowing that her father would oppose any attempt on her part to become a foldier, because | he had once remarked that he wfluld, prefer to see her drowned, she had to| think out a_ way of accomplishing it without his knowledge. | 1t would be necessary to leave Dom- | remy. Hearing that a man near Vau- | couleurs, whom she called her uncle, though he was her mother’s eousin, had need of a household assistant, Joan made up her mind to go and live with him. Before many weeks had passed | she had induced this relative to take her to Robert de Baudricourt, military commander of the district. The captain, on learning of the girl's wild ambition to crown the dauphin, | advised her uncle to take her home and | box her ears. | Joan would not be foiled. Deciding to | make her own plea. she appeared before the scornful commander. who tried his | best to insult her. “What would your voices say to this?" | Baudricourt exclaimed as he unsheath- | ed his sword. “My voices would say this,” the spir- ted girl replied. piercing a poniard. which she seized from a bystander. straight through the blade of the | haughty captain's keen-edged weapon. Stunned by her impertinence. Bau- dricourt answered that he would see | what he could do: and because the people in the district insisted upon his | taking action to help her, he eventually | sent a favorable message regarding her | to Charles. 1 T 'HESE same friendly citizens of Vaucouleurs provided Joan with a soldier’s uniform and a fine horse to be to assume as deliverer church was eager to lay its hands on the girl who had obeyed her voices. ‘The fact that shé had worn male attire were the chief charges brought against her at that tedious trial which followed after the Burgundians cap- tured and sold her to the English, who on delivering Joan to the inquisition realized their own evil desires and made it possible for ecclesiastical foes to real- ize_theirs as well. Forsaken by the king and former | friends, who put forth no effort to res- cue her, the unfortunate girl was finally incarcerated in an iron cage, to which she was at times even chained by her hands and feet, and so she was tor- tured by enemies determined to force her to repudiate her voices. But the story of the Maid's painful descent is too long to be related here. It belongs to the last chapter, which perhaps should be told two years hence on the anniversary of her burning at the stake, when the brave child for- feited her life to find that which comes to those who have fought a good fight and kept the faith. . Dairy Prosperity. \NE branch of the great agricultural industry of the United States is prospering, despite all the talk of the ne~ cessity of farm relief, a report issued by the Department of Agriculture indi- cates. - This particular industry. the dairy industry. has shown a steady in- crease year after year, which has re- sulted in an uninterrupted financial | well-being for the farmers in that line. | Statistics compiled by the Bureau of | Agricultural Economics show that the people are now drinking more milk, eat- ing more butter, cheese and ice cream. | and consuming more evaporated and condensed milk than they were 10 years ago. In addition to the per capita in- crease, there are about 15,000,000 more mouths to feed than then. The per capita consumption shows an increase of 13 gallons of milk a vear, 3 pounds more of butter, 1 pound more of cheese, 2 pounds more of condensed and evaporated milk, and & half-gallon more of ice cream over 10 y h lace, re O e onr. (Seomiage Uistasuphin “THE VISIONS AND THE VOICES APPEAR. SILHOUETTE OF THE JOAN OF ARC STATU it BEES S factors, officials believe. High wages that her voices spoke the truth. With a tiny company of men. the dauntless maid started out, facing not a A Painting by’ Jules Bastian-lLepage. “Reproduced through ‘courtesy. of (the Metropolitan Museum. MERIDIAN HILL PARK. sented to the United States by the Citizens of France. and general prosperity in industry have. led more people to look upon various milk products as & necessity rather than few dangers. for the country was in- fested with bandits and conscienceless | a luxury, and the use of cream and ice cream. in particular. has grown for militarists. When some one inquired if | N | | : ; T ad no fear. the 11-vear-old girl| Charies was surrounded with at-|loved her banner more than her sword | the English out of France, she would|them that she would be willing to|before long to their “great dismay.”|disdain, paid no heed. And the Maid, |'this reason declared. “God clears the way for me. I :u;ldanu ug? mmdenvlol\‘xidn;w;ln:ir;; VIWMS:SL :‘aar(r,\aa sword to shed bloo haI\r ;hn‘sn: l(hat :,n ;:;et;cren;» m"--i. | make nfiw 1h1 vhpvkwnuld zi\r;‘ uphrhe | nndhnhn-e would be such “a commotion | 14 pycelle, as she was now (mzurml\" Campaigns which have been econ- s n for this.” Her faith carried | influence. They rece! vith | st state | In fact. before beginning her attack | towns they had taken, warning them |as has not been heard in Tor | s she was i was born for | Prance f0r | _1ied. led her soldiers in the direction | Gucted for years to encourage people to a thousand vears. The English, recefving her note with drink more milk and use more milk products because of their food value still somewhat dubious miich derision. If there had been another way pre-|on Orleans, she sent a message to the | at the same time, however, that it lh»._\-1 her on and helped her overcome count- of the besiezed city. less obstacles. the suggestion for an eéxamination by | of her mission, the dauphin welcomed | sented whereby she could have driven! King of England and his allies, telling | paid no heed they would see the Maid Having some rather strong ideas in have also borne fruit and have added | Pour hundred and fifty miles. with| 1 motors and good roads. would not be | high officials of the church and learn-} |regard to an army's behavior. shet considered much of a trip today. but it | ed doctors of Poitiers. | ght \about. A" wiork] Tevoldtion /1 gnt:‘emg:f;zu leading to the increased | no_time. Swearing was prohibited; re- 5 g took 11 days for Joan to make it on horseback over rough paths 500 years ago. The dauphin had been informed of her coming. but did not at once consent For days these men tried in every conceivable way to trap the poor child, from whom they were able to draw out only clear and practical answers When Joan was asked for a sign, she Schools Here Build Character { ligious worship encouraged. The men respected Joan, because her virtue de- manded it, but they did not always | follow her directions, and deceived her on more then one occasion. Maryland Divorces. STARTLING totzl of marriage fail- ures is indicated in the figures of to see her. After three days of Urging | replied: I am not come to Poit ;:a;-‘;; n::;g;gc"r;’:“:?:"m 7;:: alto dsrl-w signs. Send me 'In Or]r(‘an BY MARGARET WROF, WATKINS. |National Education Association, in con- | character, as well as in the progress of | for instance. The teacher, in conduct- pr:fj‘jm""gl"l'::‘,’] “‘D,‘?;fo|.{’°g§”‘zo}l‘1’;] divorce and marriage in the State of r . ove | and 1 will show you a sign there. Give ciave at Cleveland, devote Rl ¥ rleans. Desirous | Meaky ’ Shether she Was An imposter or not by | me. sotdiers. many of few, and T wil ODERN youth is getting back 1o | S "t Siovelnd; devoted an entire | the individual's worl | ing her classes, often forns groups. One | at once to “The Towers,” the English| Marvland during Joo8 Jscued by the disguising himself. Laying aside his ! raise the siege.” “Being at length con- discipline. The 60,000 to 70, | "y "Frank Ballou, superintendent of | *In addition to literature, spelling, al- | group may study history, another arith- stronghold, where she proposed 1o/ gtate at large a ratio of one divorce royal garments. he donned those of & vinced of her seriousness of purpose o R}"r"‘“’ and_ tepresenias | the District schools. has made some illu- | gebra, geography and music, Washing- | metic. while a third may be assigned make an immediate attack, the MAald| r,; every 12 marriages is shown. There commoner, . ushered into the |04 chastity, the dauphin ‘consented tive Washington children «ho | minating remarks ‘on the subject. ex- | ton pupils are how being taught lessons | to_marching. Johnny may say ~Oh supposed that her captains would take | were 24,226 couples who set forth on hen Joan was ushered into e} (o give her the soldlers are beins iy aitend the public schools | piaining, in larg: mensure, how' the |in co-operation, courtesy. industry. sel(- | teacher, I never did that befor T don't | her there. They, (hinking their ownithe seas of matrimony, and during that D i et shin iy | o, OUIENSE Wy Ale D grest furtifon. are Deing taugit lessons in charactel | schools came to adopt this course reliance. thrift, promptness, neatness, |like to do that. I'd rather study my SUtegy better. led her to the Very}same period 1,976 came to grief. whom weze richly dfessed, ahe kst | tion. held by the French. 1" it fel, [BHUTEE I B CACACONI PIAR WPIR | up pelieve i charmoter. bulldings as | falrmess in workiand (airmest in'py. | Wiatory.1, Here s oflered an oppartunity opposite side of the river. La Pucelle.| Baltimore City has by far the greater Atcorting quite positively, “Thou art the France would be lost - S | part, of th ducation,” he said | There are two schools of character or | to teach the child the value of co-oper- | e ¢ . e Ugh | part of the divorces, a total of King.” “,‘Em;‘kmg o deceive her, he| Joan’s faith told her that it would' The conduct of the younger genera- |jn an inte “The person of large | ethical training. One is direct, the | ation. the Enrkgil nesxb‘ the starving citi- | | 38) as compared with a total of mar- iing " " Thinking to deceive ner, he | noi fall Ang she quiedly’prepared {0 ton has. perhaps, long been a matier |nalio ‘abiity with no Chatacier s a |other indirect. The indirect method is | Take thrift. Suppose a pupil is waste- | Zens of Orleans lost no ftime In cor-| riages of 6849. This represents about gatnted to ane atiired (n gorgEoul FOCS | leave for the march.on Orleans, The|of puslcment, it nob loial micompre. | dangerous porson to tum eut, but the | in'practice in the local schools_—a ne | ful 1n the use of schoal paper, pencils or LTy e e nd Y uby thc|one divorce for every five marriages, in's pleas g , e local scho st person with native ability and charac- | and practical principle of combining | chak. He is spoken to by the :encbvr.:‘,em_ AHE - fave iocaers’ tat harges] e SO Uiten: ek tled for low in di- This impressed the dauphin; so did the fact that she was able to tell him of a prayer which no one else knew.| . He had long been tormented with the | thought that perhaps he was not the s broadened its course to include etk ipate in some pomp and ceremony, ! ical training as part of its regular cu anned a far different departure, in- riculum in the natural ution of edu- isting that the girl be properly garbed ' cational growth and polif It is interesting to observe that the ever, thinking that they might pa is the right medium. One with even less native ability and with character goes farther and accomplishes more, as |1s often shown.” knowledge with the training of char- acter. Ever, message to parents: y report card bears the following “Two separate re- and if there is no improvement a check mark is placed on his report card [ alongside “thrift.” This not only gives | the pupil an idea of saving, but indi- should take the supplies across the | river. As soon as they were loaded, {the wind suddenly changed and con- ! ditions were favorable for crossing. vorce figures—Calvert, Charles, Queen Anne and St. Marys having but three each. Cecil County led in low ratio with about one divorce for every 200 mar- ; for the occasign. e isad Bl | ; Jegitimate heir to the throne, and had AP devised a character-build- | ports are given: The first indicates the | cates to his or her parents Where an | 1 : o v e ved to know the truth. Joan not g | Washington public schools stand in the |ing plan here which we believe puts } Pupil's standing in studies, the second | improvement may be hoped for. B oy w ac i Kent County was second with ihe At a0 e | QHE was giicn a daczling armor. in- | front rank of this movement and are | the child in the position to benefit, not | calls attention to those essential trails | = Self-reliance is'a characteristic of In- | the Maid enter Orleans unmolested by | e LA D only_convinced = school systems in the laid with silver. and beautiful | AMONE & few ol in educational growth, but in of character and attitudes of mind that | valuable aid. and it is with this in mind ! the enemy on April 30, 1429, 95.7 marriages. Tul heir, but tried to make him see % o | only e b e o wear the qrown| white bamner which wa “iisitely COuntry which have a “working.” broad- | ethical and business relations,” ex- | make for good citizenship. The school |that the subject has been introduced. | 3 . ¥ that It was Bl a e, ‘telling him at| ambrojdered wih Hles an a pieture 17 comprehensive character ~training plaincd the superintendent. “The re- | shares with the home the responsibility | Many children may fail to pass & grade b’:"’kfi:d gt Fs (:.':‘vlfmf;'f‘ b Montgomery County had an increase and BOveT T ime of ‘her plan to take | of Jesus, hoiding a globe A sword (Ve in force, | Bort Gard in use mieinly erves as & |ior Chatacter tralning Upon which U6 [becatse, though possessing rthe knowl- | neticved jo be divinely sent. mb conhe| eud or Giorcar fromn 36 1 45 Proes “hargs of his army and drive the Eng-| was found for i r_ben RO ot eattet/otlanaratter Bl | PReCKing ip on the. TIT eat ot and|| sceof air Gatarn et a2 |sagesthoy Hiavernot smelent toriabnos:l destly: did" e Assics ' OB Hat ALl & eaee e iaes et i h TG ol R e ot her yoices had'of St. Catherine’s Church ai Fierbols |ing at present Is an engrossing fopic (i A means of showing the parent how | * The benefits of this melhod are obvi- |In_themseles fo_get It ncross.” A'was well Ther iissed “the ground S R e directed. But Joan always maintalned that she among educators of the Nation, and the | the child stands In scnool, in his or her (ous. Consider the trait co-operation,! (Continued on Thira Paze) ~ Where her horse's heels left their marks. off 3, to 31 T q ¥ )