Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-30
Leaves Collection to Louvre.

Count Isaac de Camondo, who died a
little over two weeks ago, has left his
entire art collection to the Louvre. with
a sum of $4,000 to be spent on its install
lation. The sole condition attached to
the bequest is that the whole collection
shall be placed for fifty years in one
room. to be called the CamondO ROOM
The Camondo collection is both varied
and valuable. 1t includes all sorts Of
French works of the eighteenth century
tapestries, sculptures, bronzes and pic
ronneau and an especially fine one by La
tour. There are also many splendid
bronzes of the Italian renaissance. two
remarkable Delacroix and two Corots.
and superb pictures of contemporary
French art These include a fine set of
Degas' canvases. fifteen or twenty first
class Claude Monets, several fine Sisleys
and few good Manets
M. Durand Knel says that the late
count intended had he lived to gather to-
gether a collection Of Renoirs. Among
his objects dart Is the famous o'clock
OF the three graces," by Falconnet eX-
hibited at the smaller Palace of Fine Arts
in 1900 Count de Camondo discovered It
at Frankfort and bought it for $4,000
from an antiquary who had paid $1,0JO
for il.
Refused Millionaire's Offer.
A few years ago the count refused an
offer Of exactly ten times his purchase
price. viz, 100000, from an American
millionaire. AS a matter Of fact, he al
ways expressed his intention of leaving
| 1t to the Louvre, and would not have sold
| it at any price. This large sum is not
considered to be q high estimate Of it's
value.
EaIconnet'a s.Tro;. Crocae', opd Tho
Latour pastel Count de Camondo looked
upon as the gems of his collect on. His
| Italian bronzes of the renaisances' are al
ready the property Of the Louvre by title
deed. which reserved to the donor the
enjoyment Of them during h s life. Should
| the Louvre not comply with the one con-
dition attached to the bequest of his en-
| tire collection 1t will go to the Pet
| Palais. Count de Camondo who was
born in Constantinople, was not a
| Frenchman, but lived all his life in Paris
| and intended taking out letters of French
naturalization.
Interesting Airplane Test.
naval lieutenant named Conneau has
carried out an interesting experiment
bearing upon the employment Of aero
| planes for naval warfare. The outline
Of the stern Of a vessel was marked out
| on the ground and cords loaded with bal
| last bags to act as brakes were set
| across 1t. The aviator rose to the height
| of some 700 feet and then landed on the
| spot prepared.
| The cords were caught by a hook fas-
| tened to the aeroplane and checked its
| speed perfectly. The experiment was en-
| tirely successful. The cruiser Foudre
will shortly be fitted with all the ap-
planes required for these experiments.
which have already been carried out in
the United States.
Dick Turpin in Italy.
A Disk Turpin incident has taken place
in the celebrated woods that link Ro-
cadi Papa with Arriceta, on the Alban
hills. near Rome.
A steward named Campagnoni was
travelling on horseback with 5000 to pay
a squad of woodmen employed in telling
trees on the estate of the Duchess OF
, Sforza, when he was suddenly confronted
by highwaymen who were masked and
we'll armed.
The steward met the demand to hand
over the money by squirting his horse
and dashing of. He was slightly wound
ed by a shot that was fired after him as
he fed. The highwaymen then made
short cut through the wood and waited
the oncoming horseman at a bend in the
road some distance away. AS the stew
ard dashed by he was shot dead Some
laborers nearby heard a piercing cry,
but as it was raining hard at the time
, they took no further notice.
| Money Hidden in Boots.
| The murderers are still at large and
are Unidentified. They were to some ex-
tent foiled in their robbery. for Cam
pagnoni had carefully hidden the greater
part of the money in his boots. and
these the highwaymen overlooked.
The crime was committed in a district
noted for its enchanting scenery. and de-
spite the fact that it is infested by brig
andish vagabonds is much frequented
by American tourists. 1t was here that
a brutal outrage was committed on some
Scottish students a couple of years ago
and 1t was also the scene of an earlier
attack on and robbery Of the Duke of
/ Weirner