The sun., 1909-01-10
give me something grand. something

give me something grand. somethinI
that will be remembered
Three weeks later the guests on ar
rival were ushered into q room that rep
resented a tropical garden full OF thu
rarest equatorial flowers and plants
where hundreds Of humming birds fiev
about.
For dinner the guests found them
selyes In polar landscape. Great blocks
OF ice snaTtltng with electric lights sur
rounded the room. All kinds OF larcl
and firs, unknown in France, brought
from the north at immense cost, were
strewn on the floor, hoar frost seemed tc
stars OF the north shone from the CEILING
and the rare flowers Of Norway covered
the table.
Coffee was served in a third room. q
Partisan salon where every effort had beer
made TO spend money In flowers and
wonderful furniture of art, nouveau
style. The cost OF this dinner has never
been divulged.
When Lucien Klotz, the art critic OF
the Ecidir. received letter few days
ago inviting him to see an original Ra'
phael in the writer's collection he smiled
sceptic smile. Then the signature
Of the letter caught his eye, NJ. Luglien
Leroy, and he remembered that this name
carried no little weight, as 1t belonged
to well known manufacturer who is
also one OF the wariest picture collectors
In the north OF France.
Accordingly NJ. Klotz betook himself
TO Prevent and made long examination
raillet.' as II shows the Virgin with
the infant Jesus on her knees holding a
carnation in his hand. As result OF his
to ascribe the picture TO Raphael, judg-
ing II fine example OF the artists first
M. Luglien Leroy possesses documents
giving the history OF the picture, from
which IL appears that It was bought in
1889 by q M. DO Rosainville,. The cata-
logue OF this gentleman's pictures con-
tains the entry:
No. iO--A picture representing Virgin
holding the little Jesus. 10 inches 0 lines
high, 8 inches lines wide. NJ. de Lar
gelliere, who has examined 1t. told me II
was an original by Raphael.
M, dc Largeliiere, here quoted, vas
noted French portrait painter.
From M. de Rosainville the picture
passed on his death to his grandson,
Baron de Foument; his son, Senator
Of the Second Empire, inherited IL next,
and he presented II TO the present own
er's mother. The picture was shown
In 1885 at the Alsace-Lorraine Exhibition
In the Louvre Palace and is to be exhib-
tied again In Paris at an early date.
The Council OF State has at last issued
adeoree Uniting the name champagne" to
wines grown and manufactured in GER
tain districts. These districts are prac-
tically all the Department Of Marne and
the south half Of the Department OF Aispe
As the Departments immediately south
OF Marne Aube and Yonne also formed
part Of the old province called Cham
pagne the wine growers there are natu-
rally aggrieved at not being able TO call
their product champagne and are hoping
to have the decree amended to include
them One Of the leading dealers in
champag gne on being asked his opinion
Of the decree said:
1T will not affect in any way the in
terests Of the great brands or the honest
commerce in champagne. That abuses
should grow up by the side Of this honest
and prosperous trade was inevitable. and
Il Ia against these abuses that the limita-
ton, now legal instead OF remaining
moral, will react. Il
-By including the arTondissement Of
Chateau -Thierry the Council OF state
evidently wished TO give satisfaction to I
the legitimate demands OF houses which
make champagne at moderate prices, but
the great vineyards are oil found In Marne. /
the true and only cradle Of the champagne |
vine do not see exactly what Soissons
q doing within the limits; 1t Is better
known FOR it's beans
-Why do you think public taste favors
dry wines 30 much nowadaysV
I'm my opinion the chief reason is that
champagne is no longer as 1t used TO be,
exclusively wine for dessert. The fash
lon Of serving champagne from the be-
ginning Of meal comes TO us from Eng
and and then from America.
Logically the true lovers OF cham
oagne should begin q meal with a very
Try wine and finish with q very sweet
,ne Connoisseurs think most OF the
,intages Of 1889, 1892. 1898. 1899 and 1900,
most Of which are now exhausted; they
Ire now selecting the 1904 growths. which
ire just ready and Of which they ought to
)uy stock.
The recent railway accident in a tunne
lear Brive in France. where after a COLI
lion train took fire, gave rise to ques-
ion Of conscience often debated. whether
man has the right to put another man
,ut Of his misery when II Is impossible
o save his life.
DR.. Bosredon. one Of the first medical
men TO reach the scene Of the accident.
ays: After a thousand difficulties !
cached the place where the engine and
ender had been thrown into position
ika q v and 1 saw the fireman, Iefort,
With his legs caught under the firebox.
lis head and the upper part of his body
lone being free. The unhappy man,