The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-24

she never saw anything Ike this. Let her
come"
Unfortunately, two years later the Prus-
SLAMS entered the gallery and carried off
twenty relief plans of the fortified towns
situated between the Rhine and the Mouse.
Where are they now? Nobody can tell.
In our own century the work was con-
uhued. Under Louis Philippe Constantine
was made. Cherbourg is the latest plan.
It was finished i'm 1872. 1t is seventeen
meters long aud five and one-half meters
IN width The green fields of Normandie
the smiling prairles. and shady roads de-
scending toward the sea are wonderfully
presented. The sea Is shining and bril-
nahty vanished canvas fringed with a
Inc OF roam upon a strand of fine and al
most gold-colored SAND
Ana mere, perhaps. il might be necessary
10 describe the methods in which these
admirable Works are constructed but thai
would re quire too much technical detail
III which an amateur might easily blum
uer' IL should be remembered that moth
ing IS left to fancy The peculiarItias ~
the trees. the nature of the cultivation tho
very paNements of the streets and
the form Of the houses are all accurately
rendered. To produce such exact repre-
sensations IL would have been necessary to
get recruits from all the different corps
or the trade, If the artists attached to the
@'N'N'tN "NAt AtNt dNilllIuDie workers n
coWed with thoroughly good taste. with
the most delicate touch and with a ma
uehce that might wei, astonish the ,eles-
tldf empire. The pasture lands are imi-
tated Dy means of silk tinted in differ4nt
shades OF green, cut into the smallest
fragments and put together by means of
a thick Varnish. The vegetables and gar
deh Mowers are tiny pieces of silk OF vari-
Gus colors, and the minute pavements of
the streets are simulated by little ribbons
OF coarse yellow linen. Just imagine the
labor and expense of such a work. Gre.
noble, the finest work on the Ga1erie re-
CURED ten years of patient toll. II cost
e0'Ao francs. 1t covers fifty-four square
meters.
There are other reliefs which form no
part of the gallery of fortified towns. and
are Kept in a separate apartment such.
Tor instance, as the place de PHotel-de
Vile on the 18th of July, $780," There on
horseback Is the Duke or Orleans who
has just taken possession of the govern
ment At his side is the chair upon which
the banker LATTE is seated. while thn
national guard keeps back the crowd
which presses in from all sides. At the
windows thousands of sightseers appear
BUT what precious document-if we NAV
use the worlds this piece of work the
draping and decoration of which are oc
curate in every particular. There is the old
Hotel-de Vile, such as it was at that time
standing among the unique monuments of
old Paris. There also are the Image No
tire Dame" and the lanterns" of 1889. This
picture fills the mind with wonder On
looking back into those days of fever a
man feels as though he were actually In
that excited crowd which seems to move
in all its frenzy.
1t would be impossible to describe all
these works, but 1.-THE Return of the
Troops from ITALY, should not be forgot
ten. Neither should we omit the "Boule-
ward du Temple" a the time of the Fieschi
attempt or "the Death of the Duke Of Or
leans" These latter models are a gift
made to Napoleon III. by an old soldier of
the first empire, who no doubt was the
patient artist who produced them.
Unfortunately this gallery Is not of easy
access, because exposure endangers the re-
liefs. Dust damages these extremely deli
cate works. some of which are two centu-
ries old, and it is necessary to shelter them
carefully in Theoretically closed coverings
which are removed only in the month of
June of every year.