The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-07-18

and characteristic Danish p2vIlon Stanes
q statue of Hans Christian Andersen, and
back of it is the room in which he lived
and did his work, with many relics or the
great author. When the children come &c
the fair Go not forget TO take them To see
the articles which breathe the simple, low
ing nature of the author of the fairy tales.
Here is pile Of manuscript containing
several Of those wonderful tales, the au-
thor's library, his writing table, his hat
his cigarette case, many autograph letters.
hundred photographs of him, the curious
old stove at which he used to warm him
self during the long winter evenings, his
spectacles, a lock of his hair, the window
and chair at which he used to sit and
look out over the shipping, rude attempts
Of MS to make drawings which almost any
child in our public schools can excel.
In the opposite corner is model of the
Thorvaldsen museum in Copenhagen,
which contains not only the tomb
of the great Danish SCULPTOR but a
collection of his works. That man left his
mark on the art efforts of his country, If
ever man did. To him can be traced to
this day an inspiration and style which
runs all through Danish endeayor in the
field of fine arts. He had his pupils by the
score, some OF whom still survive.
Denmark clearly eXcels all other nations
in two important arts-as silversmiths
and as makers of fine terra cottas. As you
enter the main door of the pavilion pause
for a look at the silver equestrian statue OF
King Christian, whose daughters sit on
half the thrones of Europe. It is a small
figure, and TO see the beauty of its mould
ing you need q magnifying glass. With
this you can see that every sinew and vein
OF the animal stand out plainly but not
obtrusely, that not even the finest detail
Is lacking TO make it work of the highest
art. Yet not a tool touched its exterior
it is hammered from the other side. Fol-
thirty days the horse, King Christian 8 IA
vorite charger. posed for the artist who
fashioned this marvellous piece of silver.
If the piece pleases your fancy, as well it
may, you may buy it with check for
SIS, 500:
Near by is a glorious shield in silver,
bearing ON its face series of illustrations
from the history of Valdemar, the con-
queror. Here again beg the loan of a mag
nifyiDg glass from the polite Mr.. Henning
son who is in charge, and note the perfect
delineation of each of the hundreds of
figures, the perspective contained in the
battlefield, how one man seems stones
throw nearer you than another. though
the relief is but an eighth of an inch. All
this marvellous delineation of figure and
scene was produced by enclosing. The
price of the shield is $4,000
1t would take more space than have at
command to mention, even quarter of
the beautiful things which the Danes
have to show in silver or in silver and
gold, or solid gold. Here is toilet set
fashioned after an antique set once used
by the old Danish kings, and worth 81 600.
Here is an armlet in solid gold, copy of
other antiques in the Copenhagen mus
cum, and reproductions of the trinkets
which in the old days formed the articles
of exchange among the inhabitants. Then
the poor people had armlets of brass or
bronze, the well-to-do of silver and the
rich of solid gold. Here is copy of an
old hunting dagger The original was Of
gold, and weighed six pounds. There are
golden hunting horns from the sixth cen.
tury.
Wherever one goes IN this charming ex-
hibit land have but taken you TO the en-
trance Of it, we see the value from the art
standpoint OF living in a country with
history. In all the Danish work there Is
character eInanating from the era of the
early kings. 1t is pagan favored with the
holiness of the Norsenen, and finally soft
ened and beautifed by modern art. You
see the same character running through
the iewelry, the carvings, the silver work,
the light and exquisite terra cOttas which
to my mind ere the finest examples Of the
kind TO be found in the whole exposition.
Among thousand other things 20 he
seen here do not overlook the matches
embroideries Of the Danish women in
which they produce sunEowers, dandelions,
hollyhocks and daisies with their needles
and with such fidelity 10 nature as to sug-
gest the painters brush rather than thread
and fabric. The largest terra Gotta works
in Denmark, by the way, employing forty
artists and twice as many workman, are
owned by a woman; and we have many
other evidences here that in the little
North country woman is taking proud
place II the arts and industries.
Is 4LTER WELGAE