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TARANTTTLA 254 TARDIEU It is a native of Italy, but varieties, or closely allied species, are found through- out the S. of Europe. The tarantulas of Texas and adjacent countries are large species of Mygale, Also, a dance, or the music to which it is performed. See Tarantella. TARAPACA, till 1883 the extreme S. province of Peru, but annexed by Chile after the war; area, 18,125 square miles; pop. (1895) 89,751. The country con- tains vast fields of nitrate of soda, as well as silver mines, deposits of guano, and flocks of sheep, alpacas, etc. Capital, Iquique (q. v.). See Chile. TARARE, a town of France, depart- ment of the Rhone, on the Tardine, among the Beaujolais Mountains; 21 miles N. W. of Lyon. It has two fine churches of the Madeleine and St. Andre, and manufactures fine muslins, tarla- tans, plush, velvets, and other textures, to the value of 7,000,000 francs yearly. Pop. (1906) 12,016. TARASCON, a walled town of France, in the Provencal department of Bouches-du-Rhone; 14 miles S. W. of Avignon and 8 N. of Aries. King Rene's castle, dating from 1400, is picturesque and well preserved; and a Gothic church (1187-14th century) is dedicated to St. Martha, who here is said to have sub- dued a dragon. But Tarascon is chiefly famous through associations with the immortal Tartarin. It has manufactures of woolen and silk fabrics, "saucissons d' Aries," etc. Pop. about 8,500. TARE AG AT AI (-ti'), a range of mountains, 10,000 feet high, in Russian central Asia, on the frontier between Semipalatinsk on the N. and Chinese Zungaria. TARE ELL, EDMUND C, an Ameri- can landscape and figure painter, born at West Groton, Mass., in 1862. He was educated at the Boston Museum School, and studied with Boulanger and Le- febvre in Paris. He then went to Bos- ton and soon developed a reputation by his Impressionist representations of New England interiors. His better known works include: "Josephine and Mercie" (Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington) ; "Woman in Pink and Green" and "Girl Reading" (Cincinnati Museum) ; "The Venetian Blind" (Worcester Museum) ; "The Golden Screen" (Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia) ; "Afternoon Tea" (Wilstach Collection, Philadel- phia). He is a member of the National Academy, of the "Ten American Paint- ers," and of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. TARBELL, IDA MINERVA, an American writer; born in Erie co., Pa., Nov. 5, 1857; was graduated at Al- legheny College; studied in Paris 1891- 1894; was associate editor of "The Chau- tauquan" (1883-1891), of "McClure's Magazine" (1894-1906), and of "The American Magazine" (1906-1915). She IDA MINERVA TARBELL wrote: "Life of Napoleon Bonaparte" (1895); "Life of Madame Roland" (1896); "Life of Abraham Lincoln" (1900); "History of the Standard Oil" (1904); "Father Abraham" (1909); "The Tariff of Our Times" (1911) ; "The Ways of Woman" (1915); "New Ideals in Business" (1916) ; etc. TARBES (tarb), a town in the S. of France, capital of department of Hautes- Pyrenees; on the left bank of the Adour; 30 miles E. S. E. of Pau. The cathedral is the principal building. There is a government cannon foundry in the place which is the seat of an active general trade. Pop. about 28,600. Tarbes dates from the time of the Romans, and its bishopric was founded in the year 420. It was in the hands of the English in the 13th and 14th centuries. TARDIEU, ANDRE PIERRE GA- BRIEL AMEDEE, a French administra- tor and journalist, born in 1876. After graduating from the Ecole Normale, he entered the diplomatic service and was, during 1897, attached to the French em- bassy in Berlin. For a longer period he was employed in the Foreign Office, then, in 1899, became secretary in the presi- dency of the Council of Ministers, a po- sition he held for three years. Then fol- lowed a period in which he devoted him- self to journalism and was editor of the "Revue des Deux Mondes," and foreign editor of the "Temps." In 1908 he made a brief visit to the United States, gath- ering material for a book. During the beginning of the World War he was