The Van Buren press., 1898-03-12


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sals. rer ne po8f. nor q bslelle s cfeaff
~. sfsef ssemollng ser bsf daughter
and tfeuliiag fQF Rzus VI. me haot b
- Lad ftemblad fDf to dress q bsr
daughter. Mh1 had fezlsn VITA he
- iesse Is Ter hand Treasured OF a.
fbese important pOlntss he aforrlbF
NOaaa eIreesee her wsasa against uf-
Oh. these HnQ1eh, 1hsss Eagzlshs
wi write 70 tie minister sne eefn-
psslB e them
The Tourists BeemeS . take liFeag
latefeef % fhis dramatic episode. i
nae a. incident 0f the trip. One Foang
4gf took noies. shs doubtless wrote.
Young CIR coping the portrait q
Piua vi upses.
Tbit delay Feeuee1 TIE guide 70 De-
e4zis. Hs halted before she -kaaeaa
c. q Meauhe. and - eellsci rs sat
tszte9 aoek be shouted q fbs Top q hls
fsiass TIE H2ff q LIE Meeaae.s By
D5efdcQs~ And sgaias a va higher
pltehs TIE Ksfs . lie Md ases bF
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tie 46F Djerieo. By D5efleo.7 aaas fe-
pesseG bg he echoes Of tie qsEt ROOM
exactly like he crow 81 the cock a
dana.
Order WAS al Last feestablished, aud
TEE litele arnY sgsia EBangtales. doe
= aud gt,s5seut. nbder the command o
IL CHIEF. WHO addressed 10 if q ba.
rang1e on the subject Of the painting
~ sefieaulis i ended vita these
words
This picture ives sold for only COO
ffans e
Only G.00o frsnast And sueh 3 large
plefares7 exclaimed tourist. 1faen
viii the RAPID dexterlty q clerk Ia
dr. go0as esta DilsAmeut. measuring
calico. be began . measure with bis
uubrelis she slze Of The Geriea al CAL
sas. lie esld 10 hig VIE and daggh-
tern, mho had watched the operation
viii interest:
Rather mere than nine.4
Yhe aI1adeau Dc Ia MedBse," which
had eost the only 900 francs, meas.
uEed rife more than nipe umbrella
leHgfhe. This Ingenious tourist was
sYideatly practical man, accustomed
10 reduce everything 10 figures. and
ihst night At biz hotel be doubtless
calculated that every slice u the pic
iufe ss long as his umbrella has cost
The French government 6e6 francs 60
cent5mes.
aAoh. Aobi Aob." the guide shout
ed. ard we Bere OF again. We no
longer walked, we ran. We had 10
make up for LOST time. We made one
mouthfai u the G8lefie d Apollon,
without even raising our eyes 70 look
al The ceiling By Delaeroix. Then, abb
fuptsY, IN q serried column, We de-
boneaed in the square salon by wheel
10 the right, very well executed; we
were uneoBseiousiy adopting military
maDeuYers.
Our mere appearance brought fear
ard disorders the 10 Or - persons,
young and Old, who were engaged in
copying Correggios and Raphaeis,
Jumped doBn from their stools. coy
cred themselves with their psiettee as
with shields, aud prepared TO defeEd
9guinst the approaching avalanche the
easels upon which rested 50 many en-
bryo masterpieces.
We passed before the sAntiope,' by
Correggio, and we're engulfed il the
little Duehstel room.
The Sphinx by Ingres! The
Spring by the same" yelled the guide
10 precisely the same manner that a
conductor VI an omnibus calls out To-
calities to his passengers. We crowded
around him in the narrow room; but
without giving US d quarter Of min
ute 10 admire the sphinx" or the
Spring he suddenly whirIed around,
lowered his head, and, elbowing furi-
ously, made passage for himself
through our ranks, calling out:
This way! This way."
We understood, and each mechanical
IL turned az on a pivot and FASTENED
back to the square salon. We rushed
past RembraHdtf, Raphaels, Iiiians,
Murillos, etc. Our guide, under full
headwa seemed determined to allow
no obstacle TO stop him. Suddenly a
gieat cry went up from all the English
~ chorus:
Charles the Flrstl Charles the
First"
The guide had evidently hoped they
would not recognize their king; nut
they had recognized him. And there
they stood rooted before the portrait
by Van Dyck. Carried along by the
force Of inertia, the chief was alone,
80 feet ahead Of his army. lie turned,
saw himself abandoned. and at once
comprehended the situation. Knowing
that he could not escape without a
short discourse, he reiraced his steps,
and in an eXasperated tone with un-
usual yolubiliiy made speech Of which
the following Is an exact translation;
Portrait Of Charles l., king Of Eng
land, by Van Dyck, Flemish painter,
the fayoriie pupil Of Rubens. Van
Dyck lived for long time in England,
married there, and was made
'uthaiifl ny ihe Mug iHiA P"i'i"it
resembles the work Of Velasquez and
was purchased for $4,000 liyres by the
Countess du Barry. the celebrated ia
,orite Of The French king Louis XIV"
He even said Lewis the Fourteenth. T"
and then, in a sharper, more imperious
zone than ever, came the cry, the sig
ral Of departure. We left the square
salon. and before us opened the i'm
mense gallery which joins the Louvre
10 what was once the Tuilleries. Here
was a genuine raee course, smooth,
.trat,rlf traeL t,tfbouf obstacles An