La Junta tribune., 1908-10-17

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-. In marble. greater than life size.
Of the Apostles and several saints.
There is . balustrade. or high and
ornamental railing. OF fine. polished
and diverse colored marble. seperat-
ing the chapels from the aisles. This
church is much richer. in It's archi-
lecture. paintings and sculptures than
the cathedral. Its exterior Is that
of the Gothic architecture. blacken-
ed by time. showing Its hoary age.
though not 30 old as the cathedral.
There are beautiful stained glass.
both ancient and modern.
The Royal Museum is q magnifi-
cent palace Of fine arts. constructed
in lS79-1s9O, the ornamentation of
its great walls not yet completed.
1t is very large palace and con-
tains very large number OF paint
ings. as well as few very fine mar
BILE and bronze statuary. Here are
paintings from the old and the late
masters. as well as from lead
ing modern painters. There are a
great many Reubens. Van Deyck's
and Rembrandt's. and a varied col
lection OF the old Holland and Flem.
ish painters. One of the most
celebrated OF the Reuben's Is the
Alteration of the Magi'' 1t con-
tains over twenty figures greater
than life size, besides the camels
and horses In the suite Of the three
kings. A prominent figure Is one
OF the kings holding goblet in
his hand. Another great picture by
Reubens is La Comp de Lance
The Thrust of the Spear-Christ cru
Gifted between two thieves. Lon
ginus, a Roman officer. sitting upon
gray horse has just thrust his
lance In the Saviour's side. One Of
the thieves is writhing in greatest
agony. every muscle sweilof with his
great strength and has withdrawn one
Of his feet, by pulling the large nail
head through his foot. while the
blood is falling from the wound.
There Is the bloody wound on his
shins, where a man, mounted on
ladder had struck them with an iron
bar. which he holds In his hands. In
trying to break the malfactor's legs.
At the foot OF the cross are Mary.
the mother. Mary Magdalene. John
and others. This is a wonderful and
striking painting. OF Van Deyck's
I will mention THE Entombment"
The Virgin holds the head Of the
dead Christ on her knee. st. John
shows the wounds. made by the nails
to two angels, one OF whom Is so
overcome that his head Is bowed
and his face Is quite covered. while
the other shows deep grief. The
finest feature Of this painting Is pro-
baby the anguish Of the Virgin: her
head Is thrown back and her arms
are wildly extended. can not now
give more time to this gallery. on
Iy wish l could paint In words. these
wonderful paintings and statuary, 10
you could see them and enjoy the
inspiration OF them II I have seeu
and enjoyed them. but these are
things that words cannot describe.
There are also paintings by other
celebrated painters, Van Eyck. Vsn
der weyden. Meniing. and an EN-
! tombment" by Quinten Matsys de
vos, and gem, "The Fisher Boy"
| by Franz Halls. There are Murillo's,
Snyders. Seghers. Jordeans. Jan
steens, Rugsdaels. wouvermans. Wy
nants, Ostades. Ffbano. the great Ita-
liam, and hundreds of other celebrat-
ed artists. None but recognized ar
lists find a place in this gallery.
In the older quarters OF the city.
near the docks, live the seamen and
dock laborers. Here the streets are
narrow and crooked, and as pass
ed through them on Sunday evening,
they were filled with women and chill
dren and crowded with men. All
were very noisy and bent upon hav-
ing a good time. AT many places
there were cafes where an automatic
orchestra was playing and men and
women were dancing and having a
social, boisterious time. In another
street, in another and better part
of the city. there are3several dance
halls. where admission. with the
privilege of the floor, costs but from
ten to twenty-five centimes-two to
five cents. At one Of these places
was advised by the concierge. who
seeing I was an American and there
fore not posted. that my ticket en-
titled me also to q glass Of beer. At
the first place visited, there were
only boys and girls of. from about
eight to fifteen years Of age. They