The Falls City tribune., 1910-07-01
MOSCOW. Juno 3. 1910.

Moscow, June ,. 1910.
We arrived in the ancient capital
ON the early morning of the 3d-ex-
aaetly ON time, and. most thankful
that we had met with not the slight
est accident during these eleven days
of rail travel. is il Howell who says
that to go to a countryWithout know
ing the language is like going to
school without ateacher? Perhaps so,
and yet, as our party of six have
had a most efficient and informed in
terpreter, We have seen far more than
We had thought possible in the two
days we have been here. Just now
has gore to The tGreek) Church of
st. Sayious. ! would like to do at
least partial justice to the grand old
sights in this important city (nearly
two million population) but l know
| cannot, yen were words adequate.
The Palace is a dream of elegance,
wealth and magnificanee, and the
marvellous, inlaid floors never more
enjoyed than by William and Mar
garet who We're allowed to play
about upon them.
The new palace, built after Napol-
ian's time is far grander and at the
same time far less Interesting than
the old palace, dating from the thir-
teenth century. In the Church of
Michael Angelo, packed with a wor-
SHIPPING throng, are buried all the
empcrors up TO Alexis, and here for
these 700 years prayers have been
offered, as today for the souls of the
departed emperor,-so few of whom
died a natural death. Yesterday
among the many fine paintings adorn.
ing all the 600 churches of the city,
We sew II painting, many hundred
years old, depicting the story of 10
nah, and though the whale seemed
very small, Jonah emerged quite un.
injured.
Or all too brief visit to the Mos
COW art gallery yesterday can merely
be mentioned. though worthy the pen
of an artist to the extent of many
volumes, for here are many of the
finest paintings of Europe-though
nearly all by Russian artists. Those
by Ve~rristchagen appealed to us es-
pecially. Though he was a painter
of carnage and war, he has lone
much for peace through the very
truthfulness of the scene of battle.
His great canvas of a mound of
skulls is well titled, THE Results of
War" Alas, that he should be drown
ed in the war with Japan. As would
be expected. religious subjects
abound, often with conceptions quite
new to ne. Thus the crucified Jes-
us Is represented as being carried,
cross included, by angels to heaven,
by one painter. The several paintings
by Malsofsky attract much attention,
and the crucifixion by Rabushkin
gives food for new thought. On leav-
ing the museum when it closed, we
took a launch on the Moscow River
and went to Sparrow hill, five miles
Is versts) away for a fine panoramic
view of the city. Here Napoleon
viewed the city and determined to
TAX It, but alas for the plans of men.
know better than to try to des-
erlbo the Kremlin, with all its price
less treasures and historic associa-
TONS, Though oft rebuilt it dates
back TO the eleventh century. Crowns
seepters, jewels, solid plate. thrones,
robes are there till it is almost be-
yond the mind of men toeven com
pute their Intrinsic worth. These are
IN what is called the Treasury and
the kremlin contains many other
historic buildings. Most of these are
churches or monestaries, and the
singing or chanting we heard in a
number was most wonderful in its
richness and depth-like the voice of
many waters. The jewels from a
single "Ikon" had been stolen from
the church of the Assumption, and
their value was a million roubles or
100000. They have recently been
recovered. Napolean took some ten
thousand pounds of silver and seven.
hundred pounds Of gold from this