The record-union., 1899-09-11

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Verestschagin, tells a story of when he
was IN Paris some years ago and what
happened to him and Skobeleff. Gen
eraI Skobeleff, who wanted to pass a
few days in the French Capital with his
adjutant, Ushakow, and the artists of
that city, went with them to the Hotel
des Invalides to see the tomb of Ma
poleon l. A worthy old warrior, pen
sioner of the house, acted as guide to
the Russian party. They stood before
the monument; Skobeleff looked at it
long in silence, and then turned to the
old soldier, asking: did YOU know
him, my son?'' "I was with him at
Moscow" answered the veteran. Skobe-
left put his hand into his pocket and
gave the old man a piece, saying:
Here, my man, is memento of the
Russian General, Skobeleff!" st was
at Jena, at Marengo," began the vet
eran. AT AusterlitZ I saw the Pyra
mids.' Skobeleff looked at the old man
IN aston1shment and reached in his
pocket for another piece of gold-but
here Verestschagin interrupted: "You
are a fine old fellow, old man. You
We're with Napoleon in Egypt--that was
in 1893, and now it is 1881. so you are
102 years old if you We're 20 at that
time. You have certainly taken good
care of yourself, for you don't look over
oO. Skobeleff turned as red as
peony and walked away without
word. -
Woman's Home Companion-Millet'
Angelus" was given to the world in
1899, but the painter did not live to
see 1T reach the hight of it's fame. Mil
let died in 1875. In 1889 the picture
was bought at auction by the American
Art Association and brought to the
United States and exhibited in the prin-
cipal cities, but in 1890 was sold to
the agents Of NJ Chauchard for $780,
OOO, the purchaser signifying his inten-
ton Of keeping it as long as he should
live, and presenting it to the Louvre
at his death.
Etched, painted, woven into tapes
tries, reproduced by various processes,
the picture has become a familiar one
IN all countries, and one which speaks
10 the masses everywhere of the peo-
pies toll, their rest and their worship;
the evening sky is bright with the sun
set glow; labor is relieved of it's curse,
and the slaves Of the soil become the
children of God. Two peasants, a man
and woman, at the sound of the An
gelus bell from a distant church, have
stopped their work and stand in the
field praying with bowed heads 1t
would be hard to conceive a more SIM
pie and pathetic representation of peas
ant life in France and it is not strange
that it touched the hearts of the COM
mon people. Here the peasant is in his
grandeur, living by the soil and the
fruit of hard, incessant work. In the
picture and out of it his type proclaims
that in spite of mans oppression-in
spite of long hours Of work, coarse fare
and the absence of culture-the toiier
can be kept from being brutalized by
that voice from the sky, heard in the
bells of the Angelus, which speaks of
peace, of God, and of the final re-
demption. If THE Angelus'' has a So
cial mission it is to indicate the only
way out of the thraldom of the cen
turies-the way God has provided. And
if you think the world is terribly
Wieked-if you think hard toll fearfully
enslaying and deadening to the senses
go to beautiful Barbizon, hear the ring
ing Of the Angelus at morning, noon
and evening, and even though hope has
died in your heart it will revive and live
again.