The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-24

little statue and some boxes contain. ing verses and songs against the Bour- bon regime. could take out these articles without in any way damaging the statue.
 This was the revenge. of the Napo- leonic bronze caster against the then masters of France. N
 The Dog Cemetery.
 A new addition is shortly to be made in the famous dog cemetery in Paris. namely, a crematorium. The dogs cemetery here has existed since 1900 when the President of the Society for the Protection of Animals. laid the foundation stone. thanks to legacy of $2o.oo0 left for this purpose by Baron de Launoy.
 The cemetery has for some years now been used by people who lose their pets and 1t is expected a long felt want will be met by the crema- tory oven. where the dead bodies can be reduced to ashes. The cemetery is situated at Cennevilliers, near to As- nieres, and the entrance to it Is Orna- rnented with a monument to Baron de Launoy.
 Not only are the mortal remains of dogs inferred there, but H is also the resting Rlace of cats, birds. parrots and other domestic creatures bereft from their weeping owners. whose grief takes the form of beautiful little tombs in marble surrounded by flowers. and various curious inscriptions.
 The graves are cheap enough for all purposes. ranging from twenty to 200 francs according to the extent of earth required. Many distinguished animals LOT rather the animals of distinguished people are buried there.
 
 French Mixed Schools.
 Experiments are being made in France with mixed schools, for boys and girls. the idea being that this mix ing will give the boys a finer idea of chivalry without making tomboys of the girls. and will enable them to know each other better and bring out intel lectual competition between them.
 The children of both sexes between the ages of 5 and learn together in the same classes. and in one or two schools where this has already been tried. such as the Lycee Micheiet at Names. suburb of Paris. the result has been very satisfactory. It has killed in the boys that nasty air of superior ity in the presence of little girls which Is known to all teachers, and it has broadened the girls interests without making tomboys of them. The experi- ment Is going to be continued and adopted in other schools. as
 aFriends of vsr.aiiIes.
 An influential society is now being sons representative of high society, and others. calling themselves Friends of Versailles" ("Amis de versailIes.")
 There already exist the "Amis du Louvre" and "Amis du Luxembourg," but the object of these societies is as clubs of private persons and unofficialiy to purchase for these galleries works Of art which it is thought they ought not to be- without. The "Amis de Yer sailles" have another object, namely, to bring forward private initiative to- wards helping to keep the famous pal ace and park of Versailles and its ap- purtenances. the Grand and Petit Tri- anons, in a proper state of repair and preservation and In a condition worthy of their past grandeurA
 Attention has been called frequently of late to the condition of neglect in which several portions of these monu- ments have been allowed to fall, and the manner in which some of them are being ill-treated. Matters have come to such a pitch that unless something is done. and done very speedily. the fla nous hamlet" of Marie Antoinette at the Park of the Petit Trianon will no longer exist
 All the cottages where the famous and ill-fated queen liked to forget -her rain. the window frames are devoid of dignities and play at being shep- herdess and dairymaid are failing into ruin. The matched roofs let in the glass. and the dairy" farmhouse"
 mill and other cottages are the nightly resort of tramps who seek here free nights lodging, and are able to get here owing to the bad state Of repair In which the hedges and walls of the park are. NJ. Pierre NoI- hac. the distinguished curator, Is aware Of these facts, but he can do nothing for the simple fact that the funds al- lowed him by the state for the upkeep or the most famous ex-royal palace in France are totally inadequate.
 They only allow for three guardians being kept to protect the Thianen and its park, and even these have to take it in turns to repose.
 Many of the statues in the place are falling away from moss and decay. walls, treilises, and bosquets are faIi- Ing into ruins. because all the money allowed by the state has to be employ ed to keep the interiors in proper con dition. while through want of proper supervision the superb marble statues and vases are disfgured by the idiotic scrawlings of the ubiquitous vandal.
 The serbonne Lectures.
 Great interest Is being manifested in the Sorbonne lectures of George Pierce Baker, the professor of literature at which are to commence on | December 10 and continue every Tues day and Saturday until Easter. At the first lecture Mir. Henry White. the Am has promised to be present.
 Mir. Baker is the fourth of the lec- | turers from Harvard who have come to | lecture at the Sorbonne during the past | four years. under the scheme founded | by MT. James H. Hyde. his predecessors | having been Professors Wendell (lit- | erature). Santayana (philosophy), and | Coolinge (history.)
 Professor Bakers subject. is to be | ''The Development of English Tragedy | and Comedy from 1590 to 1900" and | the various subheads of the course will | deal with the comedy of manners of | time, the decay of the | drama, the Iacrymose comedy of the eighteenth century. and the renaissance | under Goldsmith and Sheridan.
 MT. Baker Is a great enthusiast on everything connected with the stage, | and he Is looking forward to his win ter in Paris so that he may carry out l another of his cherished ideas, namely. | the study of the contemporary French | drama. from whence 1t Is quite possihIa |