Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-05-18
TELLS Of THE BEAUTIES Of
MUSEUM At washington
FORMER RESIDENT BISMARCK WRITES
INTEREST ABOUT
T'oNAL CAPITAL EN7HU sAsT'c IN DESCRIPTIONS
OF SCENES.

OF SCENES.
Mrs. Louise Hopkins Elder, not her
self known in the city of Bismarck,
but the wife of man who was we'll
, known here in the pioneer days, Geo.
Elder, contributes the following to
the columns of the Tribune and sets
forth the beauties of the capital city
in an interesting manner:
Especial Correspondence to Tribune.)
Washington, D. g., May 13.-One OF
the pleasant features of our charm
ing city, is that all the government
buildings and attractions, are free to
the public, and without money and
without price one can see much OF In
terest. And no tipping is permitted
either in any government property.
The new domed national. museum,
on Tenth street, just south Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue, is the latest to be open
ed, and from q. M, until 1870 in the
afternoon, visitors are welcome. The
splendid white building Is not fully
completed and the exhibits are not all
placed, but the second floor is we'll
filled and arranged and offers a grand
opportunity to study and inspect the
many objects of interest, especially
for students Of ethnology.
The largest and most conspicuous
of the mural de orations, is In room
4, south wall, called Diana Of the
Tides" by John Elliott. It covers the
entire wall at that end of the apart
ment, surrounded by q handsome gilt
frame and white drapery. The tints
are exquisite shades of pink and blue
and it bears the inscriptions: 1.-THE
Varied Attributes of Moon Goddess
of Romans did not include that of
ruler of the tides" Since the con-
nection of the moon with tidal move
ments was unknown before the time
of Newton, and Mr.. Elliott was the
first to recognize the just claims of
the goddess to this splendid heritage"
In the painting, Diana stands erect
in her chariot, a rainbow tinted sea-
shell, drawn by four white horses.
The horses typify the flow of the
tides, their action repeating and am
plifying the rhythm of the breaking
waves. The moon, behind the god
dess in the east, rises through the
setting of the sun in the west. The
painting was executed in the artists
studio in Rome during the years 1906
to 1908. Its present position is only
temporary as it is destined to occupy
an elevated panel in one of the great
halls of the museum. 1t is the gift of
Gen. and Mrs. Loez Anderson.
The Roosevelt Collection.
The new museum is in charge Of the
regents of the Smithsonian institute, |
and in this building will be placed
the Roosevelt collection, when they
are made ready for exhibition about |
year from now.
The old museum building on the !
south side of the wall will in future be
used to exhibit the manufacturing, |
chronological and industrial achieve
ments of the United States. The new |
museum is eventually to be devoted !
to natural history. |
Now, numerous large glass cases
are filled with life sized figures of
many nationalities, and they look so !
life-like and natural you almost ex-
pect to hear them speak, or see them
move.
One case contains a Roumanian
Peasant family in gay holiday CO.'S
tune, from the Province of Banat,
South Hungary. The Roumanians
live principally north of the Danube,
and east of the Thesis in southern
Ranged about the sides of the long
halls are tall glass cases, containing
life sized representations, in their ma
tive costumes Tor without, as is the
case with some, who do not wear
much besides an apron and a Sweet
SMILEY
There was hideous Australian man
that one would rather see Gagged than
to meet him alone after dark The
according to Huxley,
form a separate race, and by all eth
nologists are classed among the low.
est races Of mankind, both physically
and from the limited progress they
have made in the arts. They are
black, tall, sparely built, with bushy,
but not woody hair, having an oval
section. The skull is long, the nose
very fiat and deeply inserted under
The brow, and the lips thick. This
figure is represented carrying the
and wearing an apron of
kangaroo skin. From Clarence river,
modelled by Theodore A.
Mills.
Various Arts and People.
The arts of the Simese were shown
by costumes of the nobility. Silver
gilt lace, brocaded stuffs and fabrics,
interviewer with gold and silver
thread, showing great skill and taste.
There were gorgeous sacques, shirts,
scarfs and shawls, all the gift of the
Emperor of Siam.
The Kingdom of Korea was shown
by q figure of a man in summer dress
wearing q tall black net "fy-trap"
hot alfnner a snrt 0f white gauZv