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of by gone ages. 1t has in forms,
as nearly exact as art can produce,
the celebrated men-statesmen, rul-
ers, kings, ete.--of several hundred
years They are dressed Just as
they lived, which, to say the least,
is somewhat peculiar. Many begin
as far back as Shakespeare, aud
about the last addition is the great
genius of Ohio who fell in the as
sassin's lottery-President Garfield.
To the person who has read Europe
an history this museum unfolds
treasure of thought because it is
scientifically exact. 1t is rich col
lection of the thinking lords of Eu
ropes last 500 years. Peculiarly
enough England is not so well rep
resented as other nations Bacon,
the greatest philosopher that Eng
land or Europe has seen for a thous-
and years, does not appear at all
The love of Germany for England
is not like David's love for Jonothau
France is we'll represented. Ma
poleon appears exactly as he lived
= and dressed. He was a round d-faced,
boyish looking man, and wore n
light mustache His hair was dark
and he was only a medium sized
man. His face is somewhat sullen.
He wore tightfitting clothes and
high topped boots. The carriage in
which he rode when he was crowned
king of Italy in 1905 is here 1t is
a ponderous, large, closed barouche
which was drawn by six horses. The
: closed part is painted black and is
, entered by two glass doors, and the
, wheels and wagon work is red.
The most surprising French figure
is Voltaire He appears in his orig
inal dress, which Is rich and gaudy.
e 1t is mostly silk of many colors,
4 knee breeches, and extremely small,
dainty shoes. He is in the attitude
of taking snuff He dressed as
, prim as a lady. He was a head aud
shoulders below other men in stature
and would weigh probably one hun
J dred pounds. He has pleasant, in
=. tellectual countenance Three of
the great statesmen Of France, stand
together as in conversation-Pr Presl
dents Greyy, Ferry and the wor
! shipped Gambetta. Gambetta, the
. flower of French chiyalry and prog
= ress, was n fine, noble looking man.
lie was a rather short man, with a
full dark beard and pleasant face.
) DeLessups appears as natural as he
+ now lives
3 England has few good repre-
sentations. Cromwell at the coffin
of Charles 1. is quite original. King
Charles is beheaded and lies in the
e coffin, and Cromwell comes and
e raises up the lid to take a last look
and farewell Of this unfortunate
king. Cromwell is distant looking
=, man with dark, broad countenance,
/, long black hair parted in the middle,
! and a sligat, dark mustache.
! A very cute aud very natural
s scene is that Of Queen Elizabeth at
the death bed Of the Countess Of
Nottingham. Elizabeth shakes the
dying Countess with rage because
u she intercepted and kept a ring
!. which the Earl Of Essex, Elizabeth's
, lover, had sent TO the Queen when
he got into trouble. Queen Eliza
beth did not get the ring in time to
} pardon Essex and he was executed.
r Queen Elizabeth told the Countess
s that God might forgive her but that
she could not The Queen is dress.
ed as she lived, with a superfluous
amount of ornament To say the
s least she was not very prepossess-
/, ing woman. She was spare, mas
culine looking woman, with an ex
ceptionally large Roman nose.
But more interesting than any Of
; England's representatives is Lord
Beaconsfeld, Benjamin DeIsraeli,
= the Jew. He is dressed and sits as
natural as life between his two
mighty rivals, Bismarck, and the far
! renowned statesman, Gortschockofl
3. Of Russia. Beaconsfeld was a good
b representative jew, with dark eyes
r and hair, deep furrowed lines in his
face, a worn anxious look, and short,
scanty beard. His face and figure
is inferior to his wealth of intellect.
The figure which attracts the
d greatest attention among this galaxy
n Of intellectual lords is the Lasker
! resolution man, Sargeant's memento,
even great Bismark himself Bis
- mark looks more life like in this wax
T en- figure, than he does on the street
[. now, because he has been sick and is
now poor and thin. This figure was
taken when he was in robust health
lie is a fine specimen Of a man, has
f the highest appearance OF intelli
3 gence, wears only mustache which
e is heavy and adds to his distant sui
len look. He is an awful schemei
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