Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-09

Brest had just been finished. Accompa-
MED 1; by the empress and all of the court. he
f fbTo1sh up 1bs the six n9ors. He passed
company behind, and stopped in front of
the new plan. which filled him with ad-
BILE OF noting down his words:
II 1},a m1 fEa isn't work. V Oh: how truly = beau;
Go seek the empress! Tell her that She
never saw anything like this. Let her
How They Are Constructed.
Unfortunately. two years later the Prus-
slams entered the gallery and carried of
twenty relief plans of the fortified own
situated between the Rhine and the
Meuse, Where are they now? Nobody
In our own century the work was con-
was made. Cherbourg is the latest Dian.
It was finished in 1872. 1t is il meters
t t1ng and M y meters in width; The green
and shady roads descending toward the
sea are wonderfully presented. The se;.
vas fringed with a line of foam upon a
strand OF fine and almost gold-colored
sand.
And here. perhaps. it might he necessary
10 describe the method in which these adj
mlrable works are constructed but that
M IN Witch [hea an too much technical detail.
II should be remembered that nothing is
left to fancy, The peculiarities of the
tAtS'. Nhc httule vi II CU1IlNaI1On. Inc
very. pavements of the streets and the form
or the houses are all accurately rendered.
10 produce such exact representations it
from all the different corps of the trade,
II the artists attached to the -Galerie were
not admirable workers endowed with
tfcrouShly good taste. with the most deli
cate touch. and with 4 patience that might
wei ast9nish the Celestial empire. The
silk tinted in different shades of green.
cut into the smallest fragments. and put
tcgether by means of thick varnish. The
pieces of silk of various colors, and the
minute pavements of the streets are simu-
of such a work. Grenoble. the finest work
IN the Galerie. reqMirneedd ten years of pa
tent toll. 1t cost $500 francs. 1t covers
There are other reliefs which form no
part of the gallery of fortified towns.
such. for. instance. as the place de rHo-
tel-de-Nille on the 18th of July. 1920" There
or horseback is the Duke of Orleans. who
has just taken possession of the govern
nent. At his side is the chair upon which
the banker Latitte is seated. while the
WHICH presses in from all sides. t the
windows thousands of sightseers appear.
Must BE Carefully Guarded.
But what a precious .document-if we
may use the worlds this piece of work.
the draping and decoration Of which are
accurate IN every particular. There is the
old Hotel-de-vilie. such as it was at that
time. standing among the unique monu-
ments of old Paris. There also are the
Image Notre 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 We're
actually in that excited crowd which
seems to move in all its frenzy.
1t would be impossible to describe all
these works. but The Return of the Troops
Neither should we omit the Boulevard de
TemDle' at the time of the Fieschi attempt.
or The Death of the Duke of Orleans"
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
delicate works. some of which are two
centuries old. and it is necessary to shell
ter them carefully in Theoretically closed
coverings, which are removed only in the
month OF June of every year.