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THE SUN, , SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1914.
WHEN THE REPUBLIC OF BOHEMIA WENT TO WA
Scenes
in
the Latin Quarter of Paris When the Arts of
Peace Were Transformed into the
Arts of War
u in. i in;
lvl ll,
" " 1 1 1'J Latin Qtinltcr of I'm In Is fur
Ileal. The llopubllo of lliilii'inl.i
has declared war. Hotween
XliOtl and 1,000 French p.i Int ( r.-.
n iiii'nrn. tvrehlteet. ongrnvots ti ml
: lt r nritiii mi- eat oiled in tin- army.
'I l.t- fnmoui "Quartz' Arts" nf l'ni!i"'
ni in ilii' finiu In war ns in pence.
Mm ns wo know, the 1'rench form only
.1 s t ti ( 1 1 pmtlon of 1 ho itnl l.ntln Quar
; I ill her causes depopula'od lh
'Itivo (iiini lio ' nf I'nr.s
So him Pari was nui.t .iift'i eel
Quiuler 'I'lir Republic nf Hulii'inai.
with II? free hospitality, nick or
sponsihllltlos anil facile intimacies.
Iiail served us an rxcollcnt divert for
tin- mosi notle brnni'h of the csplon
use wltli whlcli Paris had In-en niitipd.
Tim QiiHitcr. which never used Hi"
question point in Up dealing, lent it
self nilnilralily tu the masking of the
(Jermnn secret service.
Ill.izlug w.th indignation the Quarter
constituted Itself the Korelgn Legion
of the I ..it In Quarter for Home Defence
nidoi to i leaiise i's piccinct. sacred
beginning nf til war The l-'i fiirli tlietn.
I solve Had never hafl nny Illusions about
the task ahead of them. They look It
seriously from the titan. Never In ine
history of Hip nation illd It begin a war
with Mich determination and so little
til.it t of martial ntdur.
In their roundup of .-lie.- the te
I it ot 1'ohcmlu raided the cafes and
I .-tu urn ntH from end to end of .he
Quarter and chased suspects backward
and forwuid from one to n outlier of
their li, units. The ciowd. growing 'n
Milium' blocked the hoiilcvaids for
o'c.ook at liight This cxtlngiilMiIng of
the enfe light was trie llrst thing that
brought the war home lo the Parisians,
"Paris Is no longer gay," they said
gloomily, and Paris not gny Is no longer
Pari. Nothing grieved the people mom
than this "covering of the lire" as thej
called it.
It somewhat imntlieied the lire of
enthusiasm ot Hie Latin Quarter. The
I'oielgn Legion almost regretted their
onthuslnsm. Light n-cnick In the eve
ning was the beginning of Ihelr djy.
Blaze." of martial atdor continued to
hurst out spasmodically in the exeitt
iiieiit of the departiile of their comrades
for the war.
The I'lein li weie the Hist In go The
mldlnette' llneil up and pelted litem
with lloweti, I heatal them piomislng
to hrlng Muni and 1'itlne and n dozen
others (Jernian helmets for Mower vasej
About 4,000 Painters, Sculptors and Other Artists Now
the Front Most of Models in Service
of Red Cross
Honolulu l how the 'inajm li of tliese
people devoted to the uplift of alt I willy
live. There lias heen much written of
their struggle nd their deprivations,
As a matter of factfthelr chief deprlwi
tlon Is to leave I 'ails, and the simple
truth Is that. the majority of the popu
lation of the country of Bohemia ure
icmlttance men and women, llased on
the size and spending force of these
remittances Is the ilgld caste svstotii
which now prevail In the Latin Quar
ter Kill the Hist effect of war, us we
all found out was the sudden stopping
Liumueice At last hat fascinating .ir
Itlstlc stale which has fnnmd the theme
of much toinance descended In teallty
upon the Paris lloheinla. The resource
of the leal Latin Quarter, always lin
ed tain, ceased tu exist It wan faml
with the li.'ild necessity of worl.
.Some nsponded in ihe demand for
wnrkcis to gather In a harvest that
the call to arms had lefl In a precarious
condition. Al lists went back to reap
1 the pnpp sprinkled grain Held' which
they had painted In happier days, to
guard the llotkf which had served as
at twenty-lhe cent" .. u
Included." They wi le -i
country sketching ground
learn how to shoot sii.i.l
any one doubt mil thai n,e
tor's I'lUelgu Legion wnl
dofeudot of tin Ir holme i
About tills tlnii' I m ni'
the Quurtel . rnurt afli i
buildings Was dosed 14,
street absolutely deci U 1
crept In Ihe sacied pn t
and pla.M'd on Ihe i. p-
i f al l The coin ci i -
PARIS
O" Kv - - v vVVs?-. -J-"-mO-l'--, s yrr. t VT-3 riSS-i ' S-! "I " C(?tSS Af ?
Into the artists' peaceful sketching grounds burst the war bomb.
Next to Ambassadors nobody had such a hard time getting back
home as the artists of the Latin Quarter.
The best rapid transit most of them could afford
b iho war than the Itcpulihc of Ho
in'intii. Next to Ihe iimbassadnrs no
iI.im of people had more tumble In gel
ling luck home than the artists The
ill -1 week of war cnuuht them all nut
.r .iihii. nvn on thi'lr summer v.ica
ions. Inn as artists are the only people
wh.i woik on their xacatlons they de
sern' more s.Mupathy than the rest
Win 11 Ihe August holida arrive they
gin her together ihe remnants of their
finds, ileploled a'ler the year's stren
uous iiimpalgu nf breaking into the
Salmis, and after having taken care of
tin 1 outstanding bills with a por.m.ii
mo .rnriuiu undated they hie off Joy-
In traditions winch abhorred all tieach
ery. Loyally all nationalities Joined In
the hunt that unearthed 11 lot of iiieer
people out of queerer burrows, from
the cheap warrens that lie back of
the massive buildings of the Sorlionne
as well as from unsuspected nests In
the aristocratic quarter of .Mnntpur
nnsse. Km the leal offenders had got
off In the chaotic week before war was
declared, leaving only ransacked trunks
and boxes behind them All that the
Quarter could II nil to do was lo wreak
its vengeance on the suspected belong
ings nf raided studios
They punched holes in porlldlous can-
siliiaies in their ranging of unliapp
Individuals of 11 Teutonic look and a
guttural accent. A close clipped head
was a target for any handy missile.
.Men nnd women In an Iriespons.lde
wave of wrath to Ihe tune of the "Mar
seillaise" and the "Internationale" took
possession of the sidewalk cafes and
the Indoor restaurants, demoralizing
the service, badgering the garcons. pa
triotically haranguing Ihe public from
tnbletnps and chairs In their pursuit of
traitors, real and Imnglnary The Latin
Quarter Foreign Legion turned 11
debut Into war Into an Impromptu
"QimrtK Aits" festive b-MI and made a
and trophies of ail tends with the cond- '
.!..... .....I 1. 1... p. .lit.. 1 tit l.'f..rf
studio was a centre of distribution as
well a.s patriotism. Said a boyish 1'rench
sculptor, who was dividing his belong
ings nmntig an admiring cuclc of
friends who had promised to dampen
the cloths nf his clay works of art: i
"I have a double duty to perfmm. .
my country and my art. h Is obliga
tory thai I prrvent any further ex
amples of (lerm iu war monuments from
shocking the art world "
The Russians, with then contingent
of the I'nles, being Hie most numerous
group of the Quarter made ihe biggest
of lemiltances nf all kinds from eeiy
w hole
It Is oMiiujicd thai about - per cent,
nf the people who live In I'arls studio"
sell work."" of art. hut true It l also
that all who live In studios are not art
workers. It in 11 fact noted of late by
Ine ' liiiidlotds that the Quintet' is be
coming fashionable as a residential sub
urb, Kloeks of this characterful part
of old I'arls are being razed to be re
placed by de lu.ve studio apartments
with modern Improvement and a scaln
nf rents that terrifies the Old Guard of
the Quarter The war has Hit a blight
tin ir modes nthers rundlrd vegetable j
cults around ft mil the I "nils markets. 1
I rfognb.ed some as ta.xl chaiifleurs.
It was said the stteet cleaning depart- 1
ment attracted u few.
Hut It was that one fianc iwenty-llve
centimes a day, large open air sleeping
accommodations, plenty of fresh air and
exercise and bountiful rations which
France was offering to all who shout-1
der a gun in her defence that emptied '
nut the studios of the l.itln Quarter.'
and formed the basis of the declaration
of the war of the Republic of Itohcmln
And wh not" Is not the iifcesslty of
lie Is left I" guard -through
which no one eni 1
"Yes. overs thing 1" f"i
0110 nf thexc faithful mi. ml
fully, "for thri'c inoiiin.-
any price, and after that
.Many nf them will 1. -ti . :
come back ngaln' I am I.
belongings In order and lm
their Interests." but he -in.
with a doleful moveinei i
be plenty nf vacant studios
where there was nev 1
110111' '
1 ( heered linn up llohem
In be repopulated Vmi'H
Mr
I 1
Coming in with the early vegetables.
Drawing up on Paris, now a fortified camp.
They got back in time to join in the spy raids and wrecked the
studios of a few of the art impostors.
oul ui.li , lii 11 paiiilni kit. generull)
In a happy band, lo some one of the
many sketching giouuds which dot th
(.luiimlug 1'rench counliysldc. Their
while umbrellas are one nf tin summer
crops of the green meadows of Nor
mnud.v and the granite bouidernl coast
of r.rlitany. They spring up like glnnt
inushinoius in the lush valleys nf the
Seine and the Ynnne and the )se, which
latter the Herman army has Just spoiled,
and a lm of pretty little rhers that
wind up 10 ihe gales of Tans
Tl models ihe led tiled farm
houses 'lie huddled up ii'ie Hinges,
the w ine ( "ffod maidens the blue
vases which had served as the painted
masks for another art. They cast reck
lessly Into the streets drawing boards
and sketching outllts which had been
used for the purposes of noting down
plans nf fortifications and defences In
the course of seemingly innocent paint
ing expeditions, and not even the exi
gencies of a profcshlon always In need
of costly artistic materials would inter
vene to prevent their destruction. They
ground Into white dust the works nf ,
false sculptors who had basely modelled1
forts In miniature. The Quarter was I
stirred to Its depths and Its depths con
tain weird types of strange peoples I
night and a morning of It until full
sunrise. !
The Immediate result was Hint the'
remaining subjects of the hostile na-
tlons took refuge under the Seine,
bridges, in cellars and on roofs, until 1
llu' otllclal order cam for them to clear
nut of the city. I'or the twenty-four
hours following the spy raid woebegone
bands of nermans and Austrinns, hun
gry and thirsty, not daring to ask for
food nnd drink, with their possessions
what they could cany In their hands
from the wreck, bo:eged t io sparse
train service reserved for their accom
modation, So, mournfully, many of
breach in the I'nieign Legions fences, 1
The Uelgians depleted them still more;
even the Kngllsh loft gaps, nnd when the
neutral nations cnuglil ihe mobilizing
fever the ranks were thinned consider
ably. Cooled off. the lilin Quarter. Its po
llen work ended and ihe cafes Korklnp
on half time, fell back on art. In
the tlrst days I used -to see solitary fig
ures .sketching In the i-trcets and pub
lic gardens courageously, mnld march
ing troops, until a few of them go'
rounded up at the police station for
being In the way Then they struggled
on bravely Indoors, but August days in
nn a uuildlng loom thai is destined lo
change the whole character of the land
nf liohemin.
One source nf Income for the Quar
ter Is supplying the foreign trade wlin
paintings. There nre speculative deal
era who make the rounds of the studios
of the necessitous, buying up pictures
at from live francs upward, according
to the size of the canvas. They employ
a retouching force to bring the paint
ings tliu acquired up to the trade re
quirements and lo tone down new nrt
to a commercial basis These pittures.
handsomely framed, supply the art
needs of a large pot tlon of the South
existence the basis of most wars? So.
like many anotlur little conn ry the
Latin Quartet' went to light in ordci to
live.
Kr.ince'8 I'oreigu Legion of Home De
fence had the inspirn ion to transfer op
erations: to the front. They dried the
tears ol the model!, now thin and wan,
mid promised to return wreathed with
glory. True to their colors, they stuffed
n few crayons nnd n sketch book or so
surreptitiously In their knapsacks, and
enthusiastically presented them.svlves at
the lluroaii of Enlistment of Volun-
j teers, The officers, swamped with offers
lllltllnit.il. Then to get t lioi
I self I dropped in on a Ki
I Americans, scattered about
one or two the only oecup.i
conns where arc grouped f
to forty studios, which ii
populations nf from fort. 1
drod. They were the solo
I lives of n dozen natlottaht
I defenders of the traditions
Qunrter.
I naturally expected n
cheerful. The had e i
be. The aristocrats of llnl
'eyed class, directly re-pi n
present real estale bomn
.f
n ms-
In
blousfd peasants, the plump enws, all
Midi' nutdnor studio properties, ate
toady ul hand lo be skilfully matilpii
l.ilcd Into tin Salon pictures which we
welcutiie as old Inentls each reiiu 11.113
seakon llete they live if sonic l.ltle
loiiutry Inn at artists' special lutes, i
a day, wheie credit Is alwas allowed
them. T!ie May fur into Hie autumn,
until their sometimes speculative r -huh
ces Kiillloionll, accumulale lo pee.
111 1 ' Hie.r moving hack to Paris head-
qil.ll lel s.
In these pamditcs of pa, liter., the
war bomb lull Mt and scut the artists.
Mki all Hie icsl of the wm Id. Ilwnu
bin k to I'aiw. And It was not easy 10
gci back. A lot of tlieni tramped in
00 foot. Some swapped plctiiicx for
pa-sage no Ihe slow moving barges
thai iueaniler'1'arlsward nn the streams
thai traverse Ihelr outdoor studios.
They stole rides on the big country
"arts that bring In the dally market
produci or the city, hidden among ctir
nm, onions and cabbages. They slept
by the wayside, were run In by loci I
police as trumps, were shot at by sen
rxto, bul niodt of them gol in. I easily
picked them out In tliosp early days
of tumultuous ti.illlc, haggard and dN
hevellod from nights In hay Melds nnd
davs nn duslv roads, what meagre of.
feels ti,.x could bring on their backs,
thfiilty dinging 10 their canxnse.
s' : woi with palm
n' ' lb -1 Hid bomb eiioded The
i'. iiegaii 10 he hissed about.
' 11 r.i ( 1 itiroogh iho I.a'ln
the Latin Quarter's chase after spies they made an impromptu "Quartz' Arts" Night of it.
Where some of the expelled Germans and Aus
trians spent their last night in gay Paris.
The young French dptor
prepares to defend art .1 ainst
the Teuton invasion.
whose zeal oivasloiiHlly ran ahead of
discretion, as when they locked up four
inonenslve roles In a studio for
twenty-four hours without food.
Ii was the Korelgn Legion of tho
Latin Quarter in Its spy raids that fur
nished iho only leal excitement nf the
llicin weeping real tears of grief, thev
were expelled from the little land of
lloheinla under a military escort.
The secondary unforeseen result of
the Latin Quarter's demonstration was
that the Ministry of War now shut
down all cafes, testatinints, Ac, nl 8
hi 11 ffy studkus wllh little wielety aie not
conducive to nrt production.
Then the remaining Latin Quarter
nil turned e'liiurlsts n.s regards art. It
took stock nf Its llnniiclal assets, and the
flock wu, .small Indeed. One of the
most fascinating mysteries of the Paris
American continent. The Par Kastcrn
market occupies a number of studio
dwellers nnd some have made small for
tunes by painting portraits of ICast In
dian potentates and their families.
Hut ns we all know the second effect
of war was the cessation of foreign
at that moment, told llicin to apply
ngaln In a mouth.
"Hut we will Is- starved In a month!"
they cried.
So Pans, always genth, witli tin 111
and their foibles, smiled a little, but
put them on iho country's board Ut,t
ADVISES BUCCANEERS OF THE BALLROOM OF SERIOUS ANGLES OF THE DANCE
11. nr. 1.. u. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 : 1 ; .
Wl I KTIi I ;it you ate of I hose young
bucc.ineeis who IIP from hotel
lo hotel, from ballroom In ball
room, fiom dance hall to dance hnll,
capturing prize after prize for Iho best
tripping of the light fantastic Ine, or
whether ou aie of the larger tribe of
dancers who are, enamored of the re
vival of dancing, It Is n fact that Its
physical supremacy or defects, Its
therapeutics ond Its dangers should be
appreciated along with Its pleasures.
Now that the bitter war of the nntl
tango crusaders Is over, now Hint mili
tant moralists have seen the absurdity
of their criticisms of the nn; nnd prac
tice of dancing. It Is possible lo observe
thn value of dancing to the human
anatomy, free of theology, ethics, eco
nomics, sociology nnd Irrelevant balder
dash generally.
Ksscntlaily a musical rhythm yn
chronoiis with muscular vlbrsllon. -.he
ballroom dnnccs of the rt.iy with their
Interminable scrloa of nrlglnnl steps ape
In moderation Hie Ideal physical Ionics
for obese, lackadaisical flabby flesh.
The Instinct 10 dance Is not only ns
old ns mankind, but it Is Inherent In
nnlmals. The play of Infants, the kick
ing of the month old bnhe, the romping
of puppies, kittens, monkeys, nay, even
the fluttering of bird", are nil muscular
expressions of musical rhythm.
Isadora Duncan and her various Imi
tators Introduced nn artistic, graceful,
slowly moving type of Oreek dancing,
which was really In tempo only a neg
ligee elaboration of tho stately minuet,
While more or lew helpful to the
muscle, this form of tho art divine
really cannot be considered nn exercise.
Ilarefonl dancing, the rtusilnii ballet,
gymnasium dancing, bench dancing and
oil of tho modifications of the modern
dance are by no means ns valuable In
strengthening the heart nnd muscles as
dancing with n full orchestra, amid
pJensum soclil surroundings and with
constantly changing steps as well as
partners.
Tho muxixe. the tango, the tuo-tao.
the Lulu I'.Kld. iho half nnd half and
Ihe new waltzes are nil cnlm, restful,
yet muscle stirring dances, which train
the heart, lungs and lleshy pnrls to fit
them for Ihe best physical efforts.
It is now an accepted sclentHlc fact
Vhal the rhythm of mush: increases
bodily endurance. The heat of drums,
the crash of cymbals, the blowing of
llfes, the trumpeting of horns, even tho
staccato tnps of galloping horses, have
long heen known to eliminate fatigue In
soldiers, workmen, travellers and acro
bats. Marching with mart in I strains, tap
ping the foot in keep time, the sway of
the Ixxly with singing, Hie Jumping of
respiration and the heart boat are proof
that dancing, like murder, will out.
The calm wiMcrs of thn slowly flowing
blood ux you dance the new dances be
gin to leap nnd bound with youth and
vigor. The effect is the same ns ten
nis, running, swimming, baseball and
other athletic acts nf youth
True enough, the sense of oppression,
brcathlessness, high leaping pulse, which
appears In Ihe wide 'belted and middle
aged. Is the sumo ai results from all
kinds of new and unaccustomed work.
The unused heart, marrow, brawn nnd
blond do not at first know what to do,
As In nil new methods of muscular
play or physical culture, the body must
gradually adapt Itself In moderation to
tho dew dances. No one who begins to
dance such helpful, graceful, roll 11 ed
dances iih tho fado, tango, tno-tno, max
Ixo and the scorn of new wallzes shnilid
at first danco more than twice n week,
Slowly the endurance of tho muscles
Is extended and the vltnllty of lihe body
Is augmented. Then the dancing may
be enjoyed for nn hour or so every
night.
There should bo intervals nf five nr
ten minute between all dances, with
two half hour Intermission. There can
he no physical Injury to nny 011.. who-e
veins, heart, arteries, bi,d pressure
and Midi organs ie 111 good shape, if ,1
dance Is nnt kept up nvrr three minutes
with n nno. minute encore.
.Misguided and all too accouimodaiing
musical directors frequently play mad
one slops nnd the fu trot -properly
called the undertaker's trol-thjitv-llvo
nilnule" or longer without cessation.
Dilated heart, high blood pressure
apoplexy and other ailments, to h(. sine
affect dancers as they do alhlotos and
laborers In general. These, howeer
are the results of physical excesses, of
muscular Indulgence beyond the limits
of olnstlcltv.
I,
1 it'
Itepresontntlvo Denis (I'Leary of New
York simply can't get himself noons,
turned or haidenod to the amount r
time devoted to talk In (,'ongiess.
Nearly every day he louk.i lulu the
chamber, shakes his head sadly nnd
walks back to his nlllce.
"If I were the chaplain." he iciuaiked
one d.i shortly after lie first came m
Congress, "I would quit praying for tho
inenibois of Congress nnd pray for tho
country."
Quarter nnd consequent
the laudlniils and the
elerges. a'l the y had in
tranquilly, hunjed up b
('I edit, and awali the m
of the operations nf soli
nnd friends who were rm, "
lines of exchange to npi n '
cnmmiinlcatinus Willi II" in
, On the contrary the air 1 - 1
Willi K ill 111.
"What's tin' mallei ' 1
tug perhaps ihe moiaiot n 1
reach up as high a ihe
"It's 1 he washerwomen'
women, openly Indigo. 1 .
men sat with their 1 0.11 '
up and lingered Ihelr sleei.
"They haven'l gone to w ,
apprehensively.
"No." 1 etiirncd n pu
"but IP.s Just as had. Tie
noiinceil In the curiei" w u
ogy that until a now 011k r ' '
ciiITh would Unw to b. ' '
without starch or glno '
we had got tlieni prnpi rl 1 1
a 'glac.igo Aiiierli'iiin.' "
This was Iho beginniin; . '
He llicoiivciileuees Thai n
so nrfooled the population Fi
public or Mohemia icicib
ing traditions of the real 1. 1
and emphnslzes Ihe need fm
of the history of this land ' 1
as well as that of oilier . ..
1 lie war.
And what l,e, ame ' "
They tell mo Hint most
Into the nervier of the Itm
1