Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25

dallion. But it is Planquette the COM
poser of 1.-THE Chimes of Normandy who
has the most original tombstone of them
all. 1t is a f1orid, curving pedestal sup
porting great Tyre; and all around are
carved church bells of varying sizes-the
chimes.
Monuments to Musicians.
The composer Cherubini is a high rect
angular structure bearing life-sized bas
reliefs. That most visible shows an 1910
muse browning Cherubni's bust with
laurel Like Rossini, his great brother
opera writer, whose monument is here still,
but whose body was removed to Florence,
Cherubini was a foreigner in Paris and
heads sad section of the Pere Lachaise
population.
These are the foreigners who heard the
call or Paris, came and died.
The piano composer Chopin was such an
one Here he lies under vast block of
granite bearing his medallion and sur
mounted by life-sized female mourning
figure. seated and listening.
Bellini, that other Italian opera com
poser who found fortune-and death-in
Paris, was lucky enough to be removed in
tlme TO MS native Catania. Beside his mon
ument Dalmatian princess lies FORGOTTEN
under barbarically magnificent chanel
what was she doing in Paris?
An. the histories of those who come to
Paris! Once. in India there was a fearful
rising of the natives. English -conouerors
call 1t the mutiny." When all was done. a
queen of Dude fled Lucknow with her
young son and vast riches in Jewels.
She came to Paris lived in hotels cot
up great apartment was robbed right and
Ieit. ana never even got to see what wa
Parislan society. Two jewellers and a no.
tary got rich on her. Two families in the
same house lived on her She was nra cti
cally sequestered. Within a few wears he,.
millions in Jewels had so dwindled that
When she died suddenly, practically moth
ing was found for her little son and heir
fortunately for him, he followed his mother
Dr rii lhonth-and mere they lie. The
BRUSH government put up the monument.
Foreigners Who Died in Paris.
Beyond them rises the splendid monu-
ment OF Clara Peabody, with high relief
bronzes by Chapu. One Of the most mag
innocent tomb-chapels is that of the De
Ycaza family Of Columbia, South America
Here lies Isaac Singer. the inventor of the
sewing machine. who came to France tn
enjoy his Immense fortune
80 came the Princess Demidorff So did
Elizabeth Coulson. They died far from
.nelr own people, surrounded by time
or white marble with Gothic dais sun
ported by angels 1t is English work :"
FaTlsians are proud of the sample
r mere hes Charles Winor. the English
France. Look at that other stunendous
oriental mausoleum 1t covers the tomb ~
Prince Georges Bibesco of Wallachia end
ms wire. They died Of cholera. the same
day. in the thirties. And this enormons
one? 1t commentaries no prince or noet
warrior or musical genius, but a forsotf an
miiilonaire merchant Of Amsterdam. who
en- cen ueaa IN private supper room Of the
The mosaics of his chapel rotunda are
the most magnificent Of Pere Lachaise,
Around these forlorn foreigners have
n Mt named half-there is Lord Seymour
the Perrys, who are the Perrys? Ard
Antonio Terry-around these neglected for
eigners. l say, lie those other great com
Es o, sweet music-Harold. Lesseur,
Gretry, Auber and Bizet, who shot h,Yn'
sell because he thought that Carmen" was
a failure. was
Sad Beyond Words.
1t Is all sad beyond words. French co,,-
eterfes In no way resemble the park-,ka
burying places Of America. Because of the
enormous quantity Of tomb-chapels. and a
certain crowding, the result seems gro
tesque. huddled and incongruous at arst
sight. Later we learn to appreciate the
human interest Of 1t. Here unrehecting
grief leaves no place for Partisan coouetrv
The monuments are blackened and dinev
from the dampness and smut of the paris
atmosphere. The grass grows rank. The
pebbles Of the universal gravel walks CRATE
mournfully beneath the foot
Heavy and artistic iron railinus ora ~,
rusty and corroded. And the trs;,,n :.
ooughs of weeping willow trees comnia,ss
hopeless picture. Sonfpiete
Every monument is adorned u,th !.
decoration almost as immortal and n,,s,
as death itself. They are wreafhes anS
crosses Of black. white and purnie haadA
work with wrought notices: "Fathar ;,
Mother" MY Friend" "Desolated >,
hundred shops around each cenator,,
sell these lugubrious remembrance ana .
Paris widow would feel herself lost indead
to all correctness did she not each vear
| on the Day Of the Dead depose another
| bead wreath there beside the vreaths ~
previous years. Regularly they string them
like pretzels on an iron stick You have
but to count Them to learn how many years
| a man is dead.
Yet among all this ugliness there rise
simply magnificent monuments and marbles
by the great masters Of sculpture. Feliv
de Beau5our, during his lifetime. spent
some $4,000 on his forty-five-yard high
mausoleum, which Parisians cali s.the
sugar loaf" Two other examples OF enor-
| nous expense and imposing size are the
| monuments of the Demidorff princess al
ready mentioned and Joachim Maria. a rich
Portuguese. The former resembles and Is
almost as great as the Albert memorial.
The latter Is a real building, large enough
| for family to live and entertain in!
Remarkable mb-Chapels.
Here we touch on the most remarkable