St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-13
AragOnuS
Panel2 feet long
by l foot wide.
Virgin and the Book

Virgin and the Book
1903.
a slip of parchment bearing the papal
seal has this inscription, also in Italian:
Rome, April, 1870. From Clementine
museum Catalogue number g. from Clement
XIV BY Rafael SanziO del Santi. The Vii
yin and the Book. c. MOenatis, museum di-
rector.
Other bits of parchment and official seals
are also preserved, but the most important
is an inscription supposed to be the
HANDwRITING OF THE GREAT PAINTER:
From Clement NV, Pontitce Attmo Mas
einO-Fhe seated Virgin with the open book
in her hand, and the Holy Jesus seated OIL the
left knee of the Holy Virgin RAFEL SANzIo.
Then follows bill of sale of a copy of
the original work to an Italian nobleman in
August. 1856. BY the request of the Gus
toms collector of Chicago, the most prOmi-
nent artists of Chicago have made a
thorough inspection of the painting and
pronounce it a genuine Rafael. Ii. L.
Spread. recently returned from Europe.
Nolk the sculptor aud George Colby, ali
well-known artists whose opinions are
worthy OF consideration, are quite confident
that the work is the product OF the great
italian. Poor Kietfer will probably lose his
picture. as smugged goods of tins sort are
contiscated at once unless duties are paid.
will be demanded for this two square
feet of wood and oil that any art gallery
in the country would gladly pay thou
sands for.
4 mans sympathy always goes out to
cripple or a deformed person, but if the
object of his cOmmiSeration be a woman,
earth has no measure large enough to COM
0rehend his sympathy. But when a woman
allows her def0rmty to become a matter of
gain, BY exhibiting her miSShapen figure in
4 public place, then his sympathy turns into
disgust. At one of the dime museums
THE MOST STUPENDOUS PAIR OF FEET
shat an inscrutable Providence ever placed
on a human pair of legs. is now on exhibit
ton. The owner of these mammoth pedal
eXtremities is young woman of less than
twenty years pilgrimage in this world, an
Ohoan by BIRTH modest almost to bashful-
mess. She has brown hair, blue eyes, a
pretty mouth and chin, and a complexion
as delicate as the finest lady in the land,
but oh, heavens! her feet. BY shUemakerS
measure she wears a No. 30 shoe, five
times the average size of a mans, and fully
ten times the size OF the average st. Paul
LADY. They are made of three goat skins.
which would make eight ordinary pairs of
ladies' shoes. Their length is 10 inches,
width ~ inches around the ankle 1917
inches. instepS 1917 inches. the ball 1873
inches The tops OF the shoes reach to the
calf and measure 2O15 inches-which last is
not an abnormal measurement The heels
are So inches in width. It's a regular st.
Louis foot, but slightly exaggerated. The
ladv's dress shows to advantage a trim
Yorm. and it is very evident that her de-
fonnity does not reach above the knees.
Loeomotion is almost impossible with her,
and in ascending a stairway she must needs
place her feet sidewise on the steps. Her
appearance here is giving added interest
TO UNMARRIED MEN
BY the announcement that her father offers
So, ZOO in cash and a weli-stocked farm to
any respectable young man who will marry
her. Proposals must be sent in writing.
and, strange as it may seem, there are
scores OF asses who are bidding for the big,
big feet OF the lady. Perhaps most of the
letters are written in a spirit of fun, but
Miss Mills acknowledges that some of her
correspondents seem very much in earnest.
and she will grant them interviews
THE RECENT STORM.
The recent storm on the lakes was the
most severe known for many years. The
waves were higher and more destructive
than most Chicago people can remember.
The Lincoln park driveway was almost en-
tirey destroyed thousands of feet of earth
and hundreds of fine trees and shrubs being
uprooted, while the new breakwater. con-
structed since the disastrous gale of last
June. was almost entirely washed away.
Two miles off shore, looking like little
cottage with huge brick chimney to the
ob erver on shore. is the ''crib" and main
harbdr light. Its massive walls are of
granite. four feet thick, and the light is
nearly 100 feet above the water. Yet its
massive doors were partially crushed in
and spray from the furious waves dmmed
the light of the lantern last Friday night.
In this lonely place lonely only in winter.
however, as hundreds of visitors make the
"trip to the crib" every pleasant day in
gummer) lives Capt. Mckee and his fam
ily. The storm destroyed nearly all the
provisions the captain had stored away
brOke all the window glass on the north
and west sides of his island home. He
telephoned for assistance. End the tUss Com
modore. well laden. starttd out to lu.ieve
him and his family. The tremendous sea-
rolled the little steamer about like Gn eggs
shell. So rough was the water that the