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E VKRY one has heard of the troubadours, and to
all the name calls up a picture of a youthful
singer in romantic garb, holding a lute in his
hands as he chants a lay to his mistress’s eyebrow.
The original troubadours came from Provence, the
birthplace of all the charming romanticism that clung
around the knights of the later Middle Ages.
• It is peculiar that the music of these sweet singers
goes back for its model and method to the Bible itself.
How the 600-YEAR-OLD MELODIES of the Middle Ages Are Being REVIVED
The chief characteristic of Hebrew minstrelsy and
poetry was what is called "parallelism” of thought;
that is, the first part of the verse was echoed in other
words in the latter part. The Arabs brought this
method to Europe, calling it “contention,” two singers
taking part, one repeating the thought of the other, in
the same metre, but different words. And in Provence
they spoke of the “tenson,” their transfer of the “con
tention” from the Arabs, two singers likewise taking
part in the performance.
Flourishing between the eleventh and fourteenth cen
turies the troubadours made their may not only all over
France and Spain, but even into England. The word
really means the “finder” or “inventor,” or as we would
say, the “composer” of the songs. No troubadour
worthy of the 1 name would sing any songs not composed -
by himself, and very often they were composed on the
spur of the moment in honor of the Queen of Love and
Beauty at some royal “Court of Love.”
In that beautiful, harmonious tongue of Provence, ac
companied by the melody of voice and lyre, the songs
of love sounded through the world,
and now you can play them for your
selves and learn precisely how they
sounded to the ears of the men and
women of six centuries ago. A few of
these songs have been preserved wit It
the old musical notation of the sing
ers, and can now be rearranged ac
cording to our notation, so as to be
intelligible.
It is like listening at a telephone,
running back over six centuries, when
we enjoy these melodies that moved
whole nations in mediaeval times.
It was during the first crusade that,
the Normans and the English met the
Provencals, bringing many of their
troubadours back to England with
them when the crusade was over.
The first of the troubadours to win
fame outside Provence was William
IX.. Count of Poitou and Duke of
Aquitaine, grandfather of Queen Eleanor of England,
and In that way progenitor of the English Kings. He
*as a poet of great genius, described as ‘easy in dic
tion, free In style, with a perfect conception of literary
effect.” He became the patron of troubadours and did
much toward making their place In England.
Knowing that they had a friend in him the trouba
dours from all Provence flocked to his court. His grand
daughter Eleanor was no^less fond of poetry and song
than William himself. When after her divorce from the
French King she was wedded to Henry II. of England
a host of poets quickly followed her to the new court.
The poetry of the troubadours was both lyrical and
epic. Their verses were sometimes divided Into coup
lets, but not always. Here is one of the famous songs
by Gkaud Riquier, in which the first line is unpaired;
“Of lies can cunning men
Oft make a truthful show;
But God hath made me know
My course in life will be
To sing eternally.”
They used stanzas, too, as witness this translate
(rom William de St. Didler:
“Since she is fair, the dame I celebrate,
Fair her great name, and fair her broad domain,
Fair her sweet words, and fair her stately gait.
My couplets eke to be as fair are fain.”
They had their dirges and their pastorals, but the r
serenades and ballads were the most popular, and aie
to this day the best known.
The troubadours were not beggar-singers, who had
to stand at the castle-gate and wait for admittance.
They formed a very aristocratic class, being considered
the equal of the best, for they had to be cultivated and
accomplished gentlemen, and most of them were high
born. A troubadour was expected to entertain his
friends sumptuously, and to give feasts marked by me ;-
niflcence and originality. This coat a great deal of
money, so he had to belong to the wealthy class. Many
ruined themselves for their art and in defense
of it.
Words and Music of a Troubadour Song of 600 Years Ago as They Would Be Written To-day.
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When the nightin- gales call a-loud. How they de- light by their song. With clasp’d hands thank them for their song For by naught can we love more.
To my beauti - ful and sweet friend, See my heart, it night -in- gales. And know well if she for-- get me That joy is all o’er for me
The Right Way to EAT PINEAPPLES
P INEAPPLES used to be considered unwholesome.
They were supposed to cause cholera and all
kinds of intestinal disorders, but in all proba
bility this reputation was gained because they were not
eaten in the proper way or were not ripe enough. When
pineappleMs thoroughly ripe and is eaten as it should
he, it is refreshinging and wholesome, either when
eaten in slices or when converted into juice.
Most people eat pineapples the wrong way. They
pare off the coarse, prickly outside skin and throw it
away, not knowing that the skin really contains the
best part of the fruit. This outside skin contains a
large proportion of the alkalqid principle, “bromelin,;’
which is the digestive ferment of the pineapple and
which is somewhat similar in its medicinal effect to
pepsin.
The correct way to eat a pineapple, to get the most
good from it, is first to pare off the rough outside skin.
Squeese these parings in a lemon squeezer and pour
their juice, sweetened or not, as preferred, over the
pared pineapple when cut in slices. In this way all
the powerful “bronielin” is saved, and enchances the
flavor of the pineapple itself.
Pineapples should always be eaten after meals and
not before because then they assist digestion. All
kinds of food, nitrogenous (meats), carbohydrates (veg-
stables and starches) and fats are readily digested by
the “bromelin” of pineapples. The digestive principle
of pineapples is much more far-reaching in its effects
than pepsin, for pepsin is only active as a digestant
when combined with acid ,of some kind, and alkaline
foods of any kind are practically unresponsive to its
action. But pineapple juice exerts its digestive activ
ity in any medium, acid or alkaline.
A striking illustration of the digestive power of pine
apple juice is shown by the irritation which will be
caused on the lips and in the mouth if the skin be bit
ten or chewed. This soreness is really caused by. the
“bromelin” commencing the process of digestion on the
mucous membranes of the lips and mouth.
Few people realize the quantity of jVnce that can be
obtained from a pineapple if it is preferred to drink
the juice rather than eat the pulp. From an ordinary
sized pineapple from half a pint to three-quarters of ,a
pint of juice can be obtained by cutting the whole fruit,
skin and all, into cubes about an inch square and
squeezing them in an ordinary lemon squeezer.
Pineapple juice, mixed with an equal quantity of ice
water or seltzer, makes a healthful Summer drink, and
is particularly valuable for children, because being such
a. help to complete digestion it counteracts the ill ef
fects of over-eating.
How SELF CONFIDENCE Affects Your HEALTH
T HE state of mind which we know as self-
confidence exerts a more important in
fluence on a person’s health titan most of
us would believe. When we are confident the
heart beats regularly and powerfully, making
the circulation perfect. The passage of the blood
through tile arteries and veins every half minute
supplies the lymph and the cells of every "®an
with just what they need, and keeps the body at
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unconscious of all this, bemuse we do not have
to stop to think of it. Our confidence helps us to
forget that we have a stomach, wliiph is the ideal
condition.
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if any one asks how we feel we answer with con
viction: “Never better in my life." We have
such an appetite that we can eat anything placed
before ns and enjoy it, which is at least one-half
of digestion. We are not afraid of work—we are
itching to get. at It, because we feel the newer of
labor, due to our* excellent mental and physical
condition.
If we meet friends we shake hands with so
much vigor that they feel it, and half the battle
of life is won by the very confidence we show.
There ** no timidity in advancing the work we
have in hand, and we impress those around us
with the feeling that we know what we are
doing and that we are sure to succeed. Uncon
sciously they are influenced to help us to our
ends.
We walk with firm, elastic step, we stand erect
and the expression of the face is attractive
rather than repelling as it is when we lack con
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The reaction of this state of the system upofl
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circulation gives the brain just the amount of
biood it requires, without any danger of conges
tion.
With confidence worry becomes Impossible, and
work absorbs our energy, thus increasing our
productive capacity, instead of wasting it on
fruitless effort to avoid ills which may never
occur. Just because of our confidence wo gu--
mount obstacles which would prove hopeless t:i
the timid.
The exaggeration ^of confidence—*'over-conI -
deuce,” as we call it—is oftenest, youthful rnri.-
ness; it should not be confused with manly tr
womanly reliance upon one’s own powers and tie
feeding of ability to do things. Anything til. t
tends to inspire one with confidence in him or
herself will go a long way toward preventing
disease and ennsuring long life.
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