Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-09-05

thelF History AomDS OF Famous
Frenchmen People who went were
/ Disguised with "rourist PARTIES
Congratulated the Doctor that he
was Free TO go as He Pleased and Mt
less Expense.
By 5. y LEEGH. d. d.
i The most magnificent and over
shadowing attraction OF Paris is the
Palace of the Louvre, covering with
its -four vast wings, many acres and
situated near TO the Tuilleries gardens
and Seine river | think the four
combined palaces would measure near
I ly half mile, ii placed la straight
line. It is the worlds peerless muse
UNI. Since the French Revolution it
has been open 70 the public, free, es
cry day, with the exception of Mon
days Then the dust made by the
tens of thousands of Sunday visitors,
is removed and on Tuesdays the vast
collection of editlces are again in per-
feet order. Thousands OF exhibits
of ancient and modern sculpture are
under its roofs. Tens of thousands
of euriosities, beautiful and costly, are
in these numberless and splendidly
decorated royal rooms. Hundreds of
famous paintings hang on the walls,
from the brushes Of the greatest ar
fists OF all ages Two days in these
lovely apartments are necessary to an
intelligent study Of these masterpieces
OF canvas, purchased or won by treat
les after conquests Floor on floor,
hail on hall, corridor on corridor. are
full OF priceless conquests. 1t is worth
trip to Europe to spend week in
the Louvre Here are the finest paint
ings created by the brushes OF RAJ
phael, Angelo, Titan, Tintoretto,
Rembrandt, Neronese, Van Dyck,
Durer, Da Vinci Murillo, Rubens.
Velasqnez and probably two hundred
other celebrated painters. Here are
the marbles cut BY Phidias, Praxi-
tiles Myron, Polyclitos, Canova and
hundreds Of other sculptors of all CEN
turtles Here is the famous Venus
of Milo, exhumed on the island of
Melos by a Greek peasant. France
only paid twelve hundred dollars for
it. The English government offered
France 5000 600 to part with it, and
/ the offer was declined. Scopas is the
early artist to whose chisel arch9olo-
gists attribute this renowned statue.
Besides its thousands OF famous paint
! ings and sculptures Of all lands and
/ periods, this national museum con-
i tains vast number of historical GU
riosities from the ancient and modern
/ IL hot m Iar
parties of American tourists, conduct
ed by tourist agent, tramping hur-
/ riedly through these priceless exhibits
on schedule time. | couversed in a
/ dozen cities of Europe, with people
connected with Tourist Parties.
They were generally disgustedHwit
i their arrangements They were pay
! ing almost double what / paid for the
same itineraries. They were under
constant unexpected extra expense
| They went through the streets in
droyes. Some had never seen their
baggage after leaving Liverpool. They
would say to me "You 60 where you
please, and when you please, and eat
what you please, and est when you
desire. You are having an ideal
tour at sixty per cent of what it costs
us
To go to Paris and not visit the
Louvre would be like going to Wash |
I ington without visiting any public !
building, or journeying TO Palestine
and seeing none Of the places associa- !
ted with the life of Jesus Christ.
The Pantheon is a great Partisan
attraction. 1t was originally a
church. dedicated to Saint Geneveve,
the patron saint of Paris. Louis, the
Fifteenth. built it, and its great dome
is the talIest in the city On the
sembly set it apart for the tombs OF
great Frenchmen Louis the Eigh-
teenth reconverted it into a church.
But since the death Of Victor
Hugo, it has been used for the inter
ment OF national patriots. Ii is a
splendid and great structure, built in
the form Of a Greek cross Pillars OF
stone support the immense dome.
Historical frescoes are everywhere in
statues OF marble In the crypt re-
pose the bodies OF Victor Hugo, Ros-
seau, Voltaire, Souffiot. President |
CARROT and his illustrous father, Mar
ceau, La Tour D'Auvergne, Marshal |
Lannes, Bougainyille and other emf |
nent men. From the gallery OF the /
summit OF the dome glorious view |
of Paris Is had.
Among many historical and cele- |
brated churches American tourists |
visit the Notre Dame Cathedral and |
the Madeleine. The Notre Dame has
towers more than 200 feet in height. I
The magnificent building is vast
Latin cross, $50 feet long, 144 feet T
wide, and the vaulting is 1872 IT. from
the marble floor. Victor Hugo's book
entitled "Notre Dame de Paris fur
nishes much interesting history con-
nected with the great building In