The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-13
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 AiluEed by advertisements, a French man. fond of travelling paid $500 to join 6 rsonaiiy--conducted' party to Norway and spttsbergen. to see the mLfsun sun. But when he got there he was disappointed. To begin with he had been promised sport with "cprious game" such as polar bears. FeindaeF. and walruses. and the traveller had gone armed with the latest things in weapons and ammunition. bought at great expense. Buk the steamer In which the party travelled did not eontary to the advertisement. call at various points where the game was tn be found. The only creatures to be shot at were seaKulls. and the captain of the steamer forbad the sportsman pottinK at them with his Improved guns. because the latter were too dangeFeua." which was perhaps a polite way of saying that the peril lay in his maFkananRhip. In 6pitzheFgan "ice cliffs and blue sea" were nowhere to be seen. and. worst of all. when the midnight sun should have made his appearance pitch dark instead. owing to the fog. In Norway the party was shown nothipng at all. and the reason proved to he that the guide and inter- preter did not know a single word of Norwegian. Although 1t was snow inK hard open carriages only were provided. and the unhappy travellar caught cold. When he expestulated and asked for a closed conveyance he was told by the guide that in Norway such carriages were used only in dne weathaF. and only open ones in winter. the former being too heavy on snow bound roads, At length when the party got back to Stockholm. civilization. and comfortable hotels, the latter were all full because q medical congress was being held in the town at the time. and the entire party of excur- sionists had to be accommodated lE one bed room. the guide arranging that they should sleep in the one bed. turn and turn about for one hour each" This was the last straw for the traveller. who has brought an action against the tourist agency which arranged the expedition. claiming $500 damages The agency Feor.s that 1t cannot be held responsible for fog or a medical congress.
 Spurious Paintings.
 Trade in spurious paintings. which seemed to have been almost extinct for some time. is reviving, judging from the number of cases brought to the notice of the judicial authorities The producers of spurious works no longer cohfine their efforts to palming off so-cailed Rembrandts or Bouchers on the public; they have the audacity to copy the signatures of living paint CTS of renown, and sell these works at a high price as authentic. Some time ago a Partisan fancfer purchased a painting from a dealer which repre- scented 8 picturesque scene in one of the streets of Montmartre, and was sigh 1 ed Claude Monet" Several friends, on seeing 1t. expressed e doubt as to l its being a genuine work of that paint l CT. An expert was consulted, and a photograph of the painting was sent to M. Claude Monet who was at Venice. | He, replied by return of post that he had not painted the picture. but was very pleased to see how well his sigma ture had been copied. A complaint | was lodged against the dealer, who gave the name of the. person from whom he had acquired the painting. and who in turn said that he had puF- chased 1t at a. public art sale in Lon don. The same magistfstk who Is tn- ] quifing into this case has received the