The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-08-17

the rings Of Francis and Louis XIV, /
crown and sword of Napoleon, watch of
Louis XIV. crown Of Louis XIV, and the
famous Pitt and Tunisian diamonds. |
Another case in the magnificent room
contains a pure gold casket, 15x2O inches
in dimensions, given by a Cardinal to
Anne of Austria.
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The art galleries of the Louvre are
filled with masterpieces in pictures and
statua1g which could claim ones atten-
ton for weeks. The most noted work
in the gallery Of statues is the famous
Venus de Milo, which is the admiration
and model Of every art student. 1t was
found on The island of Milo by peasant,
who sold it for six thousand francs to
the French government, which has re
fused an offer of five million dollars from
the British government. Other famous
pieces III this gallery are statues of
Adonis. Alexander the Great, Mars. Di-
ana, Hercules, Centaur, The Gladiator,
Victory kn a Warship, Homer, and a
bath tub four feet wide and nine feet
long. Most of these statues were made
from one to six centuries be
fore Christ. The most famous picture
in the gallery of paintings is Murillo's
masterpiece ''The immaculate Concep-
ton, for which France paid one mil
lion francs. Other grand pictures by
Murillo are ''The Saint Family" and
''Madonna," Near these are also hung
''The Madonna and Child" and "The
Holy Family Of. Frances l." and est.
Michael and The Dragon" by Raphael,
and ''The Holy Family at Nazareth by
Rembrandt Other sections of the
gallery contain. masterpieces by Murillo
and other old masters. The largest
painting in the gallery is a picture
twelve feet high and twenty feet long,
given by Venice to Paris. The con-
ception of these masterpieces, many of
which were painted two and three hun
bred years ago, is wonderful beyond de-
scription, and facinates the art lovers
for hours. "The Angelus' is also in the
Louvre but it belongs to a private col
lection and cannot been seen by the pub
lie. The Louvre is open to
visitors every day except Monday, which
is cleaning day for all of the galleries in
Paris.
Paris is beautiful by night as well as
day All of the boulevards and
places public squares( are brilliantly
ilsaial1Stea f0T miles and miles. A
drive up the Boulevard d'Italie gives
one an insight to the amusement side of
life in gay Paree. On almost every
block is a cafe filled inside with tables
and having twenty or more on the side
walk The sidewalk tables are always
crowded after eight o'clock in the
evening. In the evening the visitor
may choose his amusement from grand
opera, drama, vaudeville, the concert
J halls or Moulin Rouge, or sit at the cafe
and watch the passing thrOng The
Moulin Rouge is a mammoth concert
hall and beer garden, where several
thousand persons gather and sit at the
drinking tables and watch the dance,
which gets lively at times as the liquor
gets into the toes of the dancers. The
dancers are mostly all women and their
twinkling toes point roofward as the
music gets gayer.
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The Palais de Justice, or courts of
justice, is interesting to all visitors. The
building was erected early in the Middle
Ages and was coded by Charles VII to
Parliament in 1431 The palace suffer
ed much during the Franco-Prussian
war and the Commune The Sainte
Chapel of this palace, erected in 1915, is
one Of the finest specimens of Gothic
architecture in existence. The stone
tracery is magnificent and the fifteen
windows are of stained glass. Against
the pillars of the church are statues of
the twelve apostles. In one of the side
walls is a secret room with window
looking to the altar, used by the King to
avoid being assassinated. Marie Antoi-
nette worshipped in this chapel just be-
fore she was put to death.
VIC.