The morning call., 1893-03-12
STREETS OF PARIS
Forgotten Quarters of the
Great City.
THE MUNICIPAL N
MUSEUM.
Some Historical Buildings That Are
Threatened With Destruc-
ton.
Correspondence of THE MORNING CALL.

Nothing can be more interesting, nothing
more amusing, than a promenade around
Paris, through streets the origin of which
is forgotten. through quarters unfrequented
save by those whose families live there
from generation to generation. I made
such promenade few days ago. and all
along my route l saw something OF interest,
both artistic and historical.
My promenade began with the Galliera
Museum, in the square bounded by the
Avenue de TrOcadero ana the Rues Chailot,
Goethe and Pierre Charron. This museum,
begun In 1878, is almost completed and will
be one of the grandest in the world.
Besides the land the Duchess Galliera
gave the sum of S1,5OO,0O0 for the con-
struction of the building. Chapu, Thomas
and Cavelier have decorated the central
pavilion with statues representing painting,
sculpture and architecture. The facade of
the building is $50 feet in width, and the
style is almost Greek because of the columns
and portic0s.
The Duke OF Galliera left his large col
lection oil pictures, Statuary and porcelain
to the city of Paris, and the Duchess de-
sired that all should be placed IN this mu-
scum. The Duchess seemed to have but
one aim, and that was to render her name a
synonym for charity To the Pope she gave
y ~
received from her $500, 600 as Peters pence
To the house of Orleans the Duchess gave
at least S6.000,000 and in addition to the
many thousands she bestowed upon hos
pitals in Genoa, she gave S4,000,000 for a
harbor In that city. Paris thanks the
Duchess for four institutions-a home for
200 old men, retreat for 100 Christian
brothers, an orr han asylum for 800 children
and the museum Of which / have spoken.
The Duchess de Gailiera was daughter of
M Ilrir, al. Sol.
a high position in Genoa. SignOr FeTrara,
rich GeDoese banker, married the daugh-
ter of tie Marquis and not long after was
made The Duke de Galiera. The Duke died
in 1876, leaving one son, verita6le savant,
who devOtes himself entirely 20 the study of
history and politics. He refuses to be called
Duke de GallieTa and is know as Monsieur
Ferrari.
When the Marquis de Brguoles-Sale rep
resented Sardinia 10 Paris he bought from
Nine. Adelaide what is now called Galiera
House, before his exile the home of COmie
de Paris, and in this house took place The
famous solree given in honor OF the marriage
Of Princess Amelte, now the Queen OF
Portugal.
The Paris Municipal museum has until
now been in the Auteuil quarter, but all the
works of art are TO be transported TO the
Desaix gallery in the Palas des Arts
Liberaux, Champ de Mars. The paintings
will be In the second story, the sculpture
Will occupy Vie ground MOOT auu the tapes
tries will probably be hung in the rooms
with the sculpture.
This change Is very necessary, as the COL
lection Is quite unappreciated by the pub
lie, because OF its distance from the center
OF the city. In order TO see the wonderful
sketches, some of which dats from the res
tOratiOn, the drawings Of DelacrOix, paint
ings of j. Z. LauTens, COGnet, Helm, etc.
and GObelia tapestries OF the eighteenth
century. 1t has been necessary TO explore a
quarter almost unknown, aud there to find
the works OF art 10 rooms badly lighted, in
rooms not arranged with reference TO an
exhibition of pictures.
Argenteuil is a suburb of Paris that
boasts OF its great honOrs, among them
that Nine. Moliere is buried in the ceme-
terry. and that when Mirabpau's remains
were taken from the Pantheon they were
carried TO Argeutcuil, tie little village he
loved so well. In the city hall the people
show marble chimneypiece on which Vol
tare used 10 lean, aud we all remember
how Argeuieull proved that the famous
holy coat is in that town and lot at Treves
| visited Argenteuil, and to my surprise
was told that William Shakespeare is
buried in the cemetery, situated on rue de
Calais. When | expressed my doubt. with
the utmost cOOlness my informant con-
tinGed, Not only is the great writer
buried here. but perhaps he was born in
this place, as the English are noted for ap-
propriatng whatever they consider great
Aud then | was shown stone slab. on
which is a vertical plaque Of black marble.
Here is the inscription: