New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-05-03

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Those given gratis ell are so to she Mechanics
are having the best Influences. No second rate
ner,ou can have Professors chair Ia Paris the
Iesson IL ttat coAc0urse determines the cleo
,ion Every aspi,Euf 70 pat On MS Me.tie ana
he fail 70 show his talents 20 tne utmost before
array Of students snd professors be does n1c get
il For example, chair OF 4 Protector Of surge
IS is vacant. applicants Tor II as seole Oh ast2'1a
dsv. and before all the Faculty, and students
r-rss give evidence Of their entire aDiltv A
body il brought in surgical operation is ildi-
Gated the aspirELt delivers preliminary lee
tUre on the instant without note or book, AID
then must show how he would carve the living
by carving the dead body. and % Throughout the
cfsrter. This makes Paris the focus Of ready Wit
sno science. TIE intellectual man il carried at
ali points He has not TO depend on friendly
shelves. or the interests Of friends or relatives
His force must be pyrsmidal, and self sustained.
Lovely is the season the sun gives the earth
procresnt KISS, and start forth 10 lie leaves and
flowers. By way Of denying mlrsy traditions Of
the livery Of woe, Of ensEDguined crosses on dis
nal black grounds, Of cultivated misery, OF Jechni'
cal sobs and artificial tenebrn, comes forth Nature
arrsysd Is bride. Why this reference 70 the
past when all history can be found in each day
Why should We be packmen Of antiquity, carry
ing the load Of this and that era, as If the soul
could not live in the day as 1t comes, even as the
Hower in the sun that WRtms it into life
Magnificent is the church OF the Madeleine!
What though Reform bowls over twenty millions
OF humanity, living IN SIX sous day, OF shatchet'
faced stsryeing economy preGiding over toe
thoughts and Of each hOur aud minute Of these
myrisds Of people, Of avarice interviewer thas
with their beartstrings, aHd eg0tisn-the true
tene brap Of hurnEni.y-da be Rutfa France.
Let millions Of francs be spent on a church teach
II humility. So springs 70 life the Madeleine
Strange that a socslled uninspired people, the
Greeks, should make the architecture for this same
Christian; strange that the C0ruthian order
CoriLthisn. term convertible with worldly vice
should afford the type for the objective beauty
ofthe Christian Church. Is aith dead, or has the
gothic exhausted ts artistic creations We are
forever plying the benishted Greeks, who were
not " Inspired, and yet we are robbers OF their
ideas for our churches, mutiating them horribly In
the transfer, giving plebsd exterior, and an 10
terror that would have thrown the Oympan
gamesters into fits, could they rise from their
graves aud behold how modern iDnovators handle
the sacred things Of antiquity. But not mean IS
the Msdeaiue inside or outside "No expense
was spared
We have Just come from this church, where ex-
ira ceremonisls are taking place II is the finest
building Of the kind in the world. Here IS q de
scrpton of it for untrsveled readers, and be they
not legion 1t stands on an elevated platform Of
32s feet in length and 1873 in breadth. At each
erd is fight OF p steps, extending the entire
length Of the facade 1t has ffty.two isolated Co
rinthisn columns, each 80 feet by l6l in circum
ference, l. on each side, Ii in the southern pOr'
tico and IN the northern. Corresponding with
the intercoumniatons, in rows OF inches, are CO
lossal statues Of saints and angels, 81 IN number
The pediment of the southern end contains al lm
mense alto relieve, - feet in length by24 in hight,
to the angle in the center 10 the figure OF Christ,
the Aagdalene at bis feet. There are various ale
gorcal figures on this pedlment, which IS the lar
gest known. The figure Of Christ is lsteet The
doors are Of bronze, SO feet by l6i Illustrating the
Ten Commandments by scriptural subjects. Cor
responding with these exterior splend)rs, IS the
interior. The organ is a nonesuch for decorative
style the pulpit and twelve confessonsls are OF
carved oak. The church is nave, with four lat
eral piers with Auted columns, colossal arches,
spherical cupolas, skylights. An Ionic portico
supports a gallery with balustrRde. marble
balustrade separates the chspes, which each
has its patron Saint. Over the altar is colos-
sal iresco, representing Christ enthroned, and
various persons and events in Church history are
stantine, the Crusaders, and 90 down IN -fesgdfsi
series to Napoleon, who is painted in Heaven with
Christ because Of the concOrdat Louis Philippe
should next be inserted, and then the chain Of
Christianity would be complete. The roofs com
posed entirely Of iron and copper.
Paris would not be complete without the Ma
deleine 1t is the most cheerful bright sunny
Church in Paris. The others for the most part are
fsmily.vAultish They oppress the spirits. The
Madeleine makes oneieel comfortable. magnificent
caEopies now deck it. Ladies come in and out
freely. There is perfect democracy Tor all who
can pay two SOUS fer q chair the others may
stand The besdles are in their glory Nor are the
poor forgotten ladies' stand inside the doors ask
ing aims for them. Madm SOntag has Just sung at
the Made leine SO pure q voice aud so good
person well fits Church OF magnificent capacities
and resonnAnceE. Carriages with coats OF arms
bring the devotees, and mode tootmen carry gilt
prayer books. II primitive christianity be want
ing, art and fashion preside here and that Is what
people come 10 Paris for.
We stroll from the Madeleine down the Rue
Roysle to the Place de la Concorde. The fouu
tRins are lRying-but the blood OF Louis WI. Is
not washed out, ss the debate in the Assembly
too plainly tells w turn off TO the left AMI
ter the Tuileres. Here we have a wholesale
baby dom. There may be some hundreds or thou
sands of full bosomed nurses with red faces aud
white caps. They are from the country they
leave their own infants often to come and nurse
those Of ladies in artificial lie. All the secrets Of
the nursery are here displayed. Paris is queer
place. Disguise is not looked fOr-hOme matters
are done out OF doors. Large numbers Of children
are playing together. There is intriguing going
on; sports to suit all years If you would sit
down, take a chair for two sous. There is =
knot Of red ribands. There are five. and Ave are
decorated they are talking politics each has
solution They all disagree among them
selves as TO what u 10 but they agree that
the Devil possesses the people who wont Keep
quiet II now occurs TO one OF these idlerS that If
they worked hard for pittancs they would De
possessed too.
Let Us now put our faces westward and 20
to the drive of the ElysAn Fields While the
churches are hung with woe signs while the
tomb Of Christ, with the bruised and wounded
body represented by the consumnate skill Of tae
sculpture is found in each church and the liveess
fY,,e 81 -. srt,e kst-
mssses-s narrowing discourse it vas ia toe
Micdle Ages before Printing Snd Thought began.
while religion should tesch Paris Of things Of
another world, Of the lowly founder OF the fai.h
practising Equality and Frsternal Association
what do see in this drive Of tbs Eiysjan
Fields Pride and Vice the fete Of Long
Champs blszones coFonets, badges of servisQas
Hereditary pride. magnificent carriages. higb
stepping horses. Here, however, is aeon pensA.ing
principle ST work for once, and the splendid eoui5