The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-12-26

that indignity, perhaps, because, being on
q higher level, they arc protected. AGatuat
housewifery proclamation. The prince CON
sort seems 10 have been powerlsaa 20 pre-
vent certain errors of judgment, 90, for
instance, whom gigantic pieces OF Ital-
ian furniture, incruated with pietrA dura,
were placed in juxtaposition with the
delicate specimens OF q purer ART, Mateau
OF being sent to q K a more benehtlnR
\ positions in halls or on landings. how
ever, far more priceless than pictures n
bronzes 10 tho prodigious collection OF old
| Seyres china scattered throughout the. PAL
ACE. Tbs rare vases are counted by nun
| dreds; innumerable are the Jara, wi
| plates. and cups, comprising specimens that
are never seen out of museums. Ihe queen
10 ms fond Of hcr china rs OF her faces, ana
| values it beyond paintings and Jewels; enc
| can give a state dinner served Oh omplete
! services of Sevres, a single piece Of which
would excite the covetousness Of the COL
lector.
England was not slow to tako advantage
of the revolutionary era dating IN france
from 1898, and in availing herself OF the
adaptations which robbed her ~neighbors
of the Treasures which were their pride n
glory. She acquired them at nominal
prices. The collection of china was com.
mencoa by George "; when prince OF
Wales. He purchased masterpieces or
ceramic art on which Boucher and Frago-
nard had painted their inimitablo medals
lions; he paid about ego for a pair
OF vases which would be considered cheap
to-day vt &c., 600. The Dubarry rose, the
turquoise blue, the Sevres green, the pate
ments of the palace that there are not
enough tables and cabinets to contain them
all, and they are W into large cases
standing in every corner.
Windsor, the finest Of the many fine
monuments OF England, contains an almost
n-.c -,~.t;A., - ,,,I,ollo ohiro aud IL 10 n
pleasing and charming contrast to gee the
frail int brittle treasures enshrined in the
embAttled walls OF the castle. lhe impos-
ing mass, seen from miles around, is even
more stately when it looms above the leaf
less forest and the park, apparently sus-
pended in mid air. abovo the mists. A wave
of lirnitless space seems to roll over the
walls, chApeis and donjons grouped around
the round tower, iMmovable as the royalty
it shelters. 1t stands IS tho guardian, the
witness of the origin OF royalty, Its legitl-
mate ~usurpations, victories. services. n
was the palace of tho third Edward. The
buildings around it are Of every date, every
reign. every style. but they have slowly aud
solidly aggregated themselves into a strong.
harmonious Wholo. They constitute a singu-
lar. majestic edifce. strangely original and
srandly severe; profoundly archaic n
ultra modern, . nemento OF the middle
ages, and the eloquent expression of Eng
land as it is to-day. 1t is fitlv prefaced BY
the simple, honest figure of Queen Victoria,
whose statue stands at the gates. She has
completed the work began by Edward the
third, continued by the Tudors, the Stuarts,
and the Hanovsrians. She has added the
last touches to the royal Windsor, and fu-
ture generations will wish as little to dis
penss with her bronze efigv at tho entrance
as her subjects would wish to disturb the
statue of Queen Anne under the shadow of
st. Paul.