Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-06-21
Letter From the Editor.
New York. June Is. 'GG

OF Mew York is a huge stone.
Wherever you go on this island
the rock sticks out of the
ground. When a house is built
the foundation has to be blast
ed out of solid rock. The miles
and miles of the subway rail
road had to be blasted out of
solid rock. Wherever you 80
that rock shows itself wherever
there is a chance. We used to
read about there being a proha-
bility of the city of New York
sinking into the sea we'll il
won't sink 1t is as solid a Glib
raltor When a man gets his
cellar dug here he has stone
enough to build his house with.
1t is surely a great town it i
tic limit as far as the cities OF
the world goes. Saturday
morning we went down to SltE
and 18th avenue and took in lhl
metropolitan gallery. 1t is a
beautiful building and is crowd
ed with beautiful works # art.
OF course the first thing We
hunted up was the Horse
Fair" by Rosa Bonheur. The
horse fair is all right, but we
will bet eleven elevated rail
road checks that every member
OF the Art club in Mo Valley
would be disappointed when
they saw the picture 1t is Q
picture we had heard of all our
life. but We are free to state
that there are dozens of pie
lures in the Metropoliton that
are far ahead of the Horse Fair,
One especially we found, "Joan
of Arc" that is as far ahead of
the Horse Fair as a Madonna is
ahead Of a chrome. There is
something to this picture to
think about to remember
something you will take home
with YOU and think OF after.
There are hundreds of wonder
full paintings in the building
and q person would need a
month, and an artistic guide to-
take in this collection as it
should be taken in. The build
is full OF modern and ancient
statuary of all kinds some of
which is beautiful and some
that may be artistic but we
couldn't see the beauty of it.
The group of horses by Gutson
Borglum is one Of the most
beautiful pieces we saw in the
gallery. 1t stands in the first
room near the entrance and is
indeed a beautiful piece of work. |
We put in two hours in this
gallery and felt that we were
we'll paid for the time but we
are fully convinced that any
person coming to New York
will make mistake if they
don't visit the Metropolitan art
gallery. Coming out of the Gal
lery we went out into the park
and took in Cleopatras need
lie, that was brought to this
country by the old Vanderbilt.
This needle" is a high piece of
marble, about one hundred feet
high and about fifteen or TWEEN
ty feet square at the base. For
four thousand years this monu-
ment stood on the banks Of the
Nile in peace, until the Ameri-
can got his eye on it and CON
Guided that it would be a nice
ornament in Centralpark that
settled it. 1t was bundled up
and brought to this country and /
set up out behind the Metropo-
Titan art gallery in Central Park. |
1t is covered with heirogliphics |
The action of the salt air on the |
west side the heirogliphics are
all defaced, but on the east side
they are as plain as they were
when the shaft stood on the
Nile. While you stand looking
at the shaft you can't help but
think of the wonderful things
this old stone saw in it's far
away home during the four
thousand years it kept it's
watch over the Nile. Its worth
coming to New York to see.
The air currents in this city
are peculiar Going across A2d
street yesterday we met a sur
prise party. There was not a
breath of air stirring, and just
before we got to 42d and Broad
way Frank said "Look out for
your hat dad,' we didn't know
what he meant, but we grabbed
our hat, and by the time we had
got to the middle of the street
the wind was blowing a hurri-
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