The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-09-06

seeing. | went all alone early in the
morning TO the Louvre. The galleries are
80 immense that gave up trying to see
anything except what | wanted most to
see, Michael Angelo, Raphael and other
old masters, and the original Venus de
Milo, and the Winged Victory in the
the sculpture gallery. There is a special
room draped and lighted for the Venus
de Milo, and she is indeed very beauii
ful; but the Winged Victory impressed
me more. This stood alone at the head
Of the grand stairway on a piece of stone
which resembled the prov Of ship, and
with outstretched wings and flowing
draperies, the figure seemed so full Of
grace and life, that was almost over.
come with the beauty Of it, but not in
the came degree as a young American
whom / saw studying the Venus de
Milo. lie stood there with straining
eyes, walking from one view point to an.
other without removing his eyes from
the Venus, and groaning aloud at every
step. He looked go ridiculous that | must
confess that took my ewes from the
beautiful figure several times to study
him.
From there went directly upstairs to
see the old masters paintings and was
not disappointed in the least, bnt l'm
afraid Murillo's were my favorites again.
was standing studying his beautiful
Immaculate Conception" when an
English speaking sightseer came along.
He gave glance at the original. and a
longer look at an ordinary copy Of it,
on an easel near by, then exclaimed in
tones to be beard ali over the room,
"Well! that's fine, its better than the
original" " felt like speaking up, but
OF course refrained. However, could
not smile again until | left the house.
The Rubens room is immense and not
a small painting in il. But could not
see the Louvre in day, year, or life.
time 30 reluctantly left and met papa
at an appointed hour, 10 o'clock. We
Immediately took the boat on the Seine,
and the train for Fontainebleau. It
was such long ride and the day was so
warm that became csr.sick and did not
fully recover all the time | was at the
palace, seeing those beautiful rooms,
which did manage to walk through.
The view Of the extensive grounds is
very fine from the windows of the palace,
so we did not care to walk through them.
In this palace kings and queens were
born, married and died, and in Napo.
Icons room we saw the table on which
he signed his abdication. But imagine
the most interesting room to the court
ladies Of a certain period was the Salon
OF Louis XIII where in the side Of the
wall was a mirror, about Ike feet, the
first one introduced into France. OF
course we each glanced into it, for
various reasons. As we left the palace
We passed down the famous horseshoe
stairway into the large stone paved
court. While all the places We have
seen are interesting and beautifully
decorated inside, the exterior is seldom
attractive, except the gardens, which
are beautiful but wholly artificial.
We took the first train for Paris, papa
stopping on the way 10 attend u grand
iete that evening, but | was go tired that
went to the hotel and took long rest,
getting up at p. m. and going alone
with my camera to get some night views
Of the exposition. The street urchins
kept up such procession, looking into
the open lens that the results will more
than likely be a composite photo Of the
French "Garcon."