The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1891-08-01

luxury at The expense of their subjects
while our titled knights must hustle
for living, lii! e the rest of us.
Our party desiring to see the Palace
obtained ca"ds Of admission, and secr..
ing guide, we started on our mission
In my boyjood days had read of Al.
ladin and bis wonderful lamp and q
great many other fairy tales but here
1t was realized. It seemed hardly pos,
sible that the human mind could con.
ceive such works of art. To give YOU
description Of this renowned palace
would require weeks and moths O;
thought and study. It is said the King
himself requires guide to find bis
way. The Palace Residence, as IL is
termed, WIS commenced in 1900 and
completed In 1915, and remodeled and
ENLARGED in 1925. 1t occupies about
two blocks square.
will try to describe to you a few Of
the halls OF note in this enormous
structure. A room occupied by Napo-
leon I in 1919, and never occupied
since. One occupied by Pope Plus Nv
in 1895. The Marriage Hall, where al
the Hotables are married, is one solid
gallery of art. Among the paintings
on its walls are Siegfrted's victorious
return from The Saxon and Danish
wars, the solemn gree.:ng between
B"uinhild and Crienhi'd, Siegi,ied's $
ma"4iaye to Chlienhild, and tae c 1T
OF The Fe,la! Gi die. Next of no;e comes
the Throne Room, where ,.,e K:ng
meets the ambassadors from all COM
tics. This ;'oom is indeed q sight
worth seeing. It is about $50 feet long,
with side gale les supported 3y ten
Coria'hi,ln columns With gilt Ca tals.
In this .oon stand twelve colossal fig
u"es ) ONE, richly gilt. o; the ances-
to.s o, ,ne House of Wittels ,acl.
The apartments o. the late ling a e
almost iadescr:5ab'e. Ol lis bed is a
cover which cost 5000, 900, and ,'eGr ed
the 'abo: of 40 peop'e ten yes to
Nuke. And so we went on . ON one
room 10 anothe grander and 2 ande"
in splendor until we bad socnt I've
hou g in The Palace. The Aa' ue of vhe
furniture o. this Building is almost .'ab-
u1ous There are clocks valued at
$25, 600, tables at $35, 900, ETC., until the
va'ue of what we had seen amounted 10
millions.
Attached to this Palace are two the
atres. One is used fo'' opera. the other
for comedy and tragedy, to which the
public are admitted, the King having
his pri ivate apartments in each. There
is where the stranger goes to get a
sight of the nombles, and where your
correspondent saw the King, Princes,
and hundred Dukes of Bavaria for
$1.25.
Munich ia noted as the greatest city
In ali Eu- ope for Art. II is admitted
that the finest paintings in The world,
Of the greatest masters, are owned by
this city. It has three different build
ings, located in different parts of the
city, and occupying one block square,
each filled with the grandest and finest
pictures. Here it is that the young
artist comes to get models for his wot.i,
and in every department you will tild
him trying to get a model.
Believing it will be of interest to
some Of your readers, I will give you u
description of few of these paintings,
each OF which cost thousands of dollars,
The most notable of these galleries
is the old Pinakothek. Here you will
find the picture of ''Christ upon the
Cross" On the right is the Virgin,
John the Evangelist, Peter and James
the Great. On the left is Andrew,
Thomas and Bartholomew. The fig
ures stand before richly.patterned tap
estry, which is upheld by little angels:
''Christ Appearing to the Apostles"
after the resurrection. In this picture
Christ wears a red mantle, and bears
the banner of the Cross, and shows his
wounds to St. Thomas
1.-THE Death Of the Virgin" In this
picture the apostles are gathered about
ne bed, while Peter holds the sprinkle
and John the burning candle.
1.-THE Burial Of Christ In this pict-
ure the body of Christ is borne by Jo-
seph Of Aramathea and Nicodemus.
On the left is St. Peter, on the right
St. John the Evangelist, and behind the
group, the two thieves on their Cross
es, and at the foot Of the central cross
Mary and John. n.
1.-THE Virgin as Queen of Heaven.
In this picture the Virgin, in famed
mandora holds the infant Jesus in her
arms.
1.-THE Twelve Apostles going forth to
Preach the Gospel" In the halo Of
each is designated his name and the
land Of his mission. In mountainous
landscape with many trees are seen st.
Peter drin king from flask, St. Thom-
as with cap in his hand, st. Barthol-
omew and St. Andrew stretching out
their hands in taking leave, st. John
drawing water, St. james walking to-
gard The border, the other James and
Phillip embracing, and wandering in
the distance st. Matthias. All this In
one picture. :,
1.-THE Death Of Lucrece," At the
foot Of her bed, which Is draped in
green curtains, she stands, naked ex-
cept a strip around the hips, about to
thrust the dagger into her breast.
1.-THE Destruction Of Sodom." Upon
the way, in the foreground, are Lot
and his two daughters, and his wife
changed into d r.llar Of salt, with the
burning city in the background.
''The Eattle Of Arbela, "the victory Of
Ale-auder over Darius. In the centre
Of the foreground are Darius and Al
exander, the former flying in his char
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