Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-07-13


non at Versailles, and will be very hand
some when completed.
When we made the excursion to st..
Cloud we went also to Sevres and there
visited the mandatory Of the famous
Sevres porcelain. Very little is shown,
but the valuable collection Of this and
other celebrated porcelains is most inter-
esting. This, like the famous porcelains
such as the Nielsen and Delft, is very ex
pensive. copy in this porcelain OF
Rafael's st. Cecilia, about ten by six
inches, cost S10,O 900. Handsome vases es-
pecially are made in this mandatory.
Very fine specimens are exhibited in the
museum, and in almost every palace there
are some of this kind.
We saw no such immense mantelpieces
or mirrors as we did at the royal Nielsen
at Dresden. At Sevres they seem to make
no large articles excepting vases which
are made all shapes and sizes. Another
interesting mandatory we saw was that
of the famous Gobelins tapestry at Paris.
Both tapestries and carpets are made
here. 1t is most interesting to see the
workmen working on these articles.
They are made entirely by hand and
although the workman need not have
special talent, he must have any amount Of
patience and an accurate eye. The design
is drawn with charcoal on the stretched
threads which form the body of the tap
estry and around which the colored wool
is drawn.
The larger pieces OF this tapestry are
very valuable, as you would suppose when
you remember that it takes day for one
man to complete about six or nine inches.
When we were there, among the several
pieces which were in progress was one
after the painting OF Marie Antoinette
and her children by Nine. Lebrun at Yer
sailles. At distance one can hardly tell
the difference between painting and one
Of these tapestries. The modern ones es-
pecially are beautifully colored. Most all
OF them are copies OF well-known paint
ings.
Now to return to tombs. The hand
soonest one in or around Paris is that Of
Napoleon. He lies now as he desired
''on the banks Of the Seine in the heart OF
the people he loved SO much" The hand
some sarcophagus Of reddish brown
granite lies in the centre Of an open cir
cular crypt beneath the immense dome.
Around the crypt stand twelve colossal
marble figures of victories, the names OF
which in mosaic form a circle around the
sarcophagus.
The coronation Of Napoleon took place
in the cathedral of Notre Dame where his
coronation robes are still preserved. This
cathedral is interesting in every part
even to the roof, which Is adorned with
grotesque figures Of animals, birds and
monsters. 1t would seem more appropri-
ate for a church to have figures Of angels
or saints, for some of the figures look
more like devils than anything else, lean
ing on their elbows and looking out over
the city.
On the same island in the Seine where
this cathedral stands is the morgue
which we visited as one OF the "sight O.
| the city" and didn't find it as horrible a!
| 1t had been represented to us. The view
ofthe city from the towers of Notre DAM
was fine, we thought, but that was befor'
we went up the Eiffel tower, which is 9S-
| feet-the highest building in the world
| four times higher than the tower!
of Notre Dame. 1t was built by M. G
Eiffel for the Paris exhibition of 1889
There are three platforms; on the first arr
a theatre, a concert hall, and restaurants
1t is rather surprising to think OF {
theatre in tower, but the base OF thi
! tower covers two and one half acres o
space. The platform at the top can hole
800 persons; it is surrounded by a balloon.
! thirteen feet across. One ascends TIN
| tower by lift. 1t is now forbidden t
walk up farther than he first platform.
One of most conspicuous buildings seeI
from the tower is the palace Of the Troca
dero, an exhibition building which nov
contains various collections. The Place d
la Concorde, the largest and handsomes
square in Paris, is situated between tw'
famous gardens-the Champs Elysees an,
the Tuileries. At the end of the latter
the palace of the Louvre. In this palac
is one Of the most famous picture gal
leries of the world and fine sculptur
gallery, which, among its valuable treas
ures, contains the Venus de Milo, as wei
as many other collections and museums.
In the gardens of the Tuileries in from
of the palace stands the Arc de Carrouse
erected by Napoleon to commemorat
some of his victories. Standing unde
this arch we could see the Arc de Tri
omphe quite plainly, although it was tw
miles away. 1t seems like one continuou
avenue of trees broken only by tn
obelisk of Luxor, which stands on th
Place de la Concorde. This Arc OF Car
rousel is in imitation of the Arch OF Sew
erus at Rome, while the other monumen
he had erected to commemorate his vic
tories over the Russians and Austrians
an imitation Of Trajan's column at Rome
The other column in Paris is the colum
Of Juliet July), built in honor OF tn
heroes who fell during the revolution G
July. 1t stands on the ground once occu