The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-01-14
a COLLECTION OF HANGERS.
One of the Sights in the New Bavsrian
National Museum at Munich.

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From Emma Ernestille Porter's Christ
mas dangers" In December Century:
| The great charm of the new Bavarian
| National rauseum at Munich perhaps lies
| in the fact that Its collections were made
| first and its building afterward. This
! method has resulted in unusual harmony
and surprises at every turn. The archi-
| tect has planned arches to be borne by
stone columns from early Roman Bavaria,
and rooms to be ceiled by genuine panels
from The middle ages; he has cut door
| ways to fit the worn doors at his com
| marld, has built q Vaulted chapel to hold
| the wealth of ecclesiastical treasures.
Among the many Individual collectionq
Of the museum, by far the most original
is the so-called "Krippensammlung," or
collection Of managers To the ears OF
Protestant America this expresses little or
nothing, and seems to be q more appro-
pirate department for q county far thali
for an art museum. But tha Roman Cath
olic church, in its constant appeals to the
eyes and ears of its followers, has,
through long centuries, invented some
very beautiful methods of teaching little
children, as well as those children Of an
older growth, the unlettered and the I'M
taught. Thus it is that the holy sepulcher
is still butt on Good Friday in many for
e.gn churches, while On Christmas eve
the story OF Holy Night is represented TO
the eye " q group OIL little HEu'eS Satll-
cred about a manger.
Whoever has happened or. such q scene
at Christmas time in Il Catholic church
In our own country has doubtless been
more impressed with the originality OF
the method than with any artistic merit
in the figures; but In the land of artists
across the sea, much skill and beauty
have been wrought into the little Christ
ma managers. These have been a part
of the equipment of churches and mon
asteries for centuries, but in times of dis
establishment and poverty many of them
were scattered abroad. About a thousand
have been gathered into this SCHNEIDER
collection at Munich. which represents
German, Austrian, Neapolitan and sici-
Ian workmanship, and for variety and
interest leaves nothing to be desired.
Imagine, if you can, hundreds OF little
fgures-dolls if you choose, but rather
miniature men and women, for most of
them are carved with a skill which
amounts to art. So full of life is every
line and feature that one-half expects 10
see them move. Some are of wax, but
most of wood or b,seue; a few are only
two or three inches tall, but the majority
are from eight to sixteen inches. The
coloring of the features is lifeliEe, ana
the poses of the figures are n%atural; the
costumes are elaborate, and would charm
the doil-loving little girl, while the SOL
dters, clad in full armor, would delight
her brother rs we'll.
Many of these fascinating figures are
displayed in cases which fill several
rooms, but the most interesting par; of
the collection consists of scenes actually
arranged as they We're every Christmas
in the churches and monasteries for
which they were made. Great panes of
glass are set in the walls of darkcned pas-
sages, and behind these are constructed
miniature landscapes. The extreme back
ground formed hV naJTFeS sna,, nc -S1, ,nt,