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A BIT OF FRANCE IN NEW ORLEANS V3Ufa of Vieux Carre Being Made Into Picturesque Abode For Works of Art. Vieux Carre is the name for the ?U French village in ' New Orleans, writes Chloe. Everything is set to sake the village an abode of art. It will be, if New Orleans succeeds in their designs of the Old Square. Down in Louisiana they are scrub - ' iV- .1J Hng and reinrDisning we oia neuvu *0lage and making it so attractive to artists that within the year, they ltope, great painters, poets and au-( tkors will swarm there from all over ffce world. The Little theater, the I Qnatre club and a tea room called ( I'Ombre de la Cathedral," are all wry attractive and alluring. The shadow is supposed to be cast by the Id St Cathedral. It is a good cathedral, all right, but it couldn't possi-j Uj cast a shadow that far. | The purpose of the Quatre club is .to entertain' visiting celebrities and far general social meetings of the vtists and writers of the quarter and t the society leader sponsors from up| i town. Among the distinguished guests kas already been Gen. Robert Georges Nivelle when he visited New Or Mens. It was one of those chill days vbidt reminds one . of Paris when the antral blows. But the Quatre club was above all' considerations of, weather and had the tables out on the walk, in real Paris style. By all ac?tints the affair was a decided sue, Of the romance of old days,1 the ? - _ iiL. *T feast possible survives in me new Orleans French quarter now but sure if bo place in the world has a ^oup - ?f buildings more charming and suitvV 4pble for the abode of artists. When |v: v > jso first walk about the streets you if, are Bkely to be disappointed ; for in aider to know the real spirit of the -.v. quarter you have to be at leisure and lure around, under escort, stopping j tp visit here and there with a friendly, |v- shopkeeper, ad to sit at your ease, i m the shade of a banana tree in some I';/t' dusky court yard. I know of one court yard where 19iree fig trees, with their funny stubfry twiggs, grow, and upon the gal.. fcry above are rows of brilliant gera-1 inure. The people are just poorj Kaffans who have not been in the. tpuitry long; but they show off their, fewery Spanish court yard as if it j r : Wire an ancestral habitation. It is ? aid that there are o nly some half *' . j dbjpen Creole families living down in fife French quarter^ now. Most of I , ftyrn have moved uptown. But'there [ V u ene charming pface on Royal street | with great tall wooden doors. You! ! X i re admitted through a little door cut | lathe big one- and taken through the finest court yard in the quarter,1 - Basegrreaf palms planted 100 years' ' * I n, spread. There are, twenty rooms |b this house and it is tenanted by Anree persons, the last of the family.11 ? Hot far away is a little pink house | qrith a low balcony upon it, about one from the street. There Patti ?sed to sit on an evening to watch! . * the fashionable^world go by when she ms in New Orleaans singing at tne French opera house. This opera house tamed down in December, 1919, and s very generally lamented. It was aot only the headquarters for the cay's music, 'out the meeting place wf fashionable society, when the iwilrpd balls were held at carnival t&pe. The low, slate and tiled roof 1 lasses are built of brick, stuccoed f\ t -"?v I mad limed and turned to all sorts of IT- . -Jtf jitturesque colors by time and the weather. There have been many unknown Ciest men in New Orleans, and one I gnat man was expected and didn't i gtt there. That is the most touch-1 hag story of hero-worship in all the; sqaals of the people's hearts. The Ckfeoles of New Orleans loved NapoImq even more after his downfall Shan in his triumphs. And a man smed Nicholas Girod thought of how &e emperor could be rescued and Bnught here to stay awhile until his ?ejastatem6nt. The Creoles regarded othing too good for Napoleon, ether the throne of France nor the test house in their own town. Co they built a fast yacht and commissioned Dominique You and a crew picked and desperate men to make Iks rescue. Napoleon died before the expedition could get under way; but tte house, the finest in town then, mrmm rooil*i fnr liis rRo.fmtion. Thev ariB tell you that every citizen who J a choice piece of furniture, or fBtticularly elegant linen, costly sil% 9er and rich Oriental rugs, gave toj ... ' I NEWBERRY PLANNING TO ENTERTAIN LEGION Dr. John F. Setzler, Pott Command* er, Issues Tentative Program For State Convention. Newberry, July 30.?Dr. John B. Setzler, commander of Newberry 1 County Post of th6 American Legion Ifcnd one of the most active legion 'men in the State has issued the following tentative program for the State convention to ibe held here Sep'tember 7 and 8: I "The locaU committees ?,re getting 'affairs in shape for the entertain1 ment of the delegates to the third an |nual convention of the American Legion of the South Carolina De1 partment, which' meets in Newberry September 7 and 8. The Woman's Auxiliary to the post is cooperating with the legion. This fact alone is an assurance to the delegates that they ?Ml IL- J?(I _? M?nr_ win oe itmeii vtuc vi wuuic ah nvnberry. "The legion hall will he used as convention headquarters and general information bureau, immediately upon arrival the delegates will register at headquarters, and then will be assigned to quarters. "The delegates to the convention will be housed in the hotels, private homes, and college dormitory. The two hotels can accommodate 100 delegates. The rates wftl be $3 and $3.50. Delegates assigned to private homes will be entertained free.. Those assigned to the college dormitory (may obtain meals at The Commons, on the campus, at 1;0 cents per meal. In so far as may be possible the wishes of delegates ^will be complied with in assienlmr homes. "The new court house will ibe used as convention hall. The 'business sessions and committee meetings will be hedd there. . "The convention will open at 10 a. in., Wednesday, September 7. The tentative program calls for a concert at 10 o'clock by The Serenadere of Lancaster, Pa. Then will follow several short addresses oi welcome, with response by members of the convention, naming of committees, and an address by some prominent legionaire. i "At 1:30 a barbecue will be served to the delegates at Willowbrook Pairk. This will be followed by a I meeting of the convention. in the T>a villi on at the -park. "A baseball game is scheduled with the local post and some other post of the department for 4:30 that afternoon at college park. "Dance dn the Legion Hall (for delegates only), 9:30* to 12:30. Music by "The Serenaders." "The convention will open on the 8th with a concert Iby 'The Serenades,' at the convention hall. This will be followed by a business session,'election of officers, reports of committees, etc. "At 4:30 there will 'be a baseball game at College Park between a picked team from among the delegates and a team from the local post. After the ball game there will be. an automobile ride followed by watermelon cutting at East View Park. "The picture show at the opera house will be open to the delegates ] at all times."% 'Dance at the Legion Hall 10 to i 2. Open to all Delegates free. Music by " The Serenaders." "Each post has 'been asked to send i a sponsor and a maid to the conven- i tion. The sponsors and maids will 1 be chosen from the auxiliaries where ; possible. The posts having no auxiliary may select them from among , those eligible to became members of the auxiliary. A conference of the i members of the auxilary present at the convention and of those interested in organizing auxiliaries, will he held in convention hall at 3 o' clock the afternoon of the 8th." ward furnishing the house for- the hoped-for guest. Now the dark courtyard is full /of old lumber, and plump Italiaan babies with big black eyes and bouncing ringlets are at play. For the rest, it's merely a tenement, with shops and the like, but for all that the house will never be as other houses. Dominique You was a pirate held in such esteem in the memory of the people as to make one reflect upon the folly of being good. Jean Lafitte is the leading pirate of the neigh borhood, but if you walk in the old St Louis cemetery even after all these years you'll occasionally find a wreath upon Dominque's tomb, showing that he, too, is not forgotten. I SAYS CAPTAIN KIDD If WAS OF GOOD REPUTE -?V? I Boston, July 27.-VSong and story I are wrong. Captain Kidd was not a | pirate and his fabled treasure does [ not exist. Privateersman he was, but J of good repute. His hanging as a pir- [ ate and murderer on Execution Dock [ at London in 1701 was to satisfy P ,the political exigencies of the r time. | These are the findings of John H. f Edmunds, state archivist for Massa chusetts, as announced in a lecture * at the old South Meeting house. Archivist Edmonds was discussing 5 "Lord Belloanont and the Pirates." * Bellomont, he said, was appointed governor of New England in 1695 I with a special mission to suppress t piracy. 1 "Before leaving England,'* Mr. J Edmonds contended, "he agreed ! with Captain William Kidd, a priva- J teersman of good repute from New York, to proceed against pirates in I a ship called the Adventure Galley I in a <No-capture-no_pay> basis. The Z adventurers included Captain Kidd | Robert Livingston, Lord Chancellor [ Somers, the Earl of Oxford (First | Lord of the Admiralty) the Earl of [ Romney and the Duke of Shrews- j bury (Secretaries of Sta^e), Bello- | mont and the straw men, to whom the king's grant of tresure was later | made, did not contribute a cent." | "On September 6, 1096, with a [ crazy* vessel and a crazier crew J Can tain Kidd proceeded in his mis* r sion," the archivist said. He picked g *up several pirates including 'a Moor- * ish" ship of 200 tons and a Bengal merchant man of 500 tons, (both ? havinp French passes and being law ful prizes." He came to New York and then to Boston "through the trickery of Bel lomont, who promised him safe con- I duct. With the remnant of his crew I he was arrested, sent to England, I tried for murder ?,nd piracy, con- E victed and hung on Execution Dock, [ Fiday, May 23, 1201, to satisfy the J political exigencies of the times. It jj was either Lord Chancellor, the First J Lord of the Admiralty the Secre- taries of State or Captain Kidd, and finder this circumstances he had no > chance. Collusion and perjury are ' ? L!- J .i. i.u~ L pituiiiy cviueui/ in ais trial, uie m French passes which would have cleared him of the piracy charge, though produced in Parliament, I were suppressed in the Admiralty E Court. The least said about Bello- E mont's action in the matter the bet- ? ter. He fooled Kidd,/he fooled his jj council, and worst of it is, he allow- | ed it in his letters to the Lords of ! Trade. g "The Captain Kidd of "today as a J composite pirate made up of all who ? frequented our shores from 1637 to > 1837. Propaganda recognized French I! authority says: 'It may be well doubted whether any man in equally trying circumstances has ever been * truer to his trust.' I "And yet the great American pub- E lie persists in calling Captain Kidd, E a pirate and in searching for his E treasure, which does not exist." | Rub-My-Ti?m kills infection. [ PIGEON BRINGS HARDING NOTE ? 1 President Takes Part in Celebration ? of Landing of the Pilgrims.' F Washington, July 30.?Coromuni- w cation with Washington by naval car- p rier pigeon was maintained today by the Presidential Yacht Mayflower as I she steamed up the Atlantic coast S with President and Mrs. Harding f aboard, en route to Plymouth, Mass., f where on Monday the President will speak at the ceremonies corifmemor ting the tercentenary of the landing J of the Pilgrims. Before the Mayflower left Washing- ? ( am o^r T ioiif 1Wr* A f jr coniji vaojt , aji^uv* 9 via*?*v?? h tor of the Navy Pigeon Service placed J five carrier pigeons aboard, at 4.55 & p. m.- today one of the birds returped I bearing a message from the Presi- E dent to the executive office. The | pigeon had left the Mayflower at ? 11.30 a. m. today when the yacht was j[ about 23 miles northeast of Cape f Henry light, a distance of about 250 j miles from Washington. g The President's message, obviously g hastily scribbled, said. 4 j "Fine voyage, all well, Mrs. Hard- j ing greatly refreshed. 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