The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-10-03
M. PUJALET IS
,lRE0RGAN|z|NG
louvre MUSEUM
FRENcH ADMINISTRATIVE Ex-
PERT MAKES AN EXAMINATION
AND FINDS NATIONS ART
TREASURES WERE LIFT uN-
GUARDED.

{ GUARDED.
Paris. Oct. IN. PauIaIet. the adj
illustrative expert whom the Govern
ment has entrusted with the task Of
reorganizing the Louvre Museum, has
lost no time in setting about his by
no means easy undertaking.
A very brief examination revealed
70 him the appalling manner in which
me nations are treasurers were left
alnguarded, and his first step was to
Smmediatelp close a number OF rooms
Tor which no guardians were available.
These rooms will in the future be
opened to the public only IN turn on
fne or two days OF the week. The mu-
Feum henceforth will be opened at IL
o'clock in the morning instead OF at 9.
To prevent the recurrence of theft
Hike that of the Mona Lisa a rule has
been made that no picture may be re-
moved from the wall without a writ
ten order signed by the Curator and
which must be left with the guardian
in charge Of the room who keeps 1t
until the picture is returned to it's
place.
Va M. Pujalet decided to furnish the
staff of night watchmen with two
watch dogs, and selected them at the
FnaAa who combine ferocity with sa-
I. Agaoity; answer to the names Of Jack
and Milford" the first being OF Green
landish origin and the second hailying
from Belgium. The dogs will acorn
pany the night watchmen on their
rounds.
The theft OF the Mona Lisa has de-
veloped some curious incidents. Among
the horde Of sordid begars who i'm
perfume the faithful on the steps Of
the old church Of st. Eustache In
Pariss Central Market square was a
woman of IS years, decently dressed
in black, who stopped the passers by.
requesting to be taken to the Louvre.
II am the Joconde'," she said, and
the person who carried me off has
abandoned me; / have no home"
=HEhes unfortunate woman was taken
by policemen to the Police Infirmary,
whose officials communicated with her
family She had been missing from
Her home for two days.
B The aviator, Latham, has Just con-
cluded the trials Of the engineer, La
vavasseur. Destined for the military
service, 1t is of exceptional strength.
1t has q lifting surface of 160 square
feet and scales the surprising weight
of 100 pounds. It's most vulnerable
parts are armored with aluminium
plates which, while they would not be
and still less against a shell, never
eless constitute a certain protection
pr the negine, the levers and the
aviator.
Baron dEstournelles de Constant
has finished writing a series of i'm
pressions Of the United States. His
object has been to make the French
people better acquainted with the
United States, especially with the
South and West. Fifteen chapters
have appeared in LIE Temps. Some of
them are on Kansas City, Lincoln.
Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake
City, Seattle, Portland, ST Louis, St
paul, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Mad
isAnis milwaukee,. Chicago. Urbana,
Cincfnnau, Pitsburg, Philadelphia,
Ba1tiAiorA, Boston. Buffalo, Lake Mo-
honk, gVassar College and New York
F8alaaS chapters also upon the states
ef-California, Arizona and Texas
Baron d'Estournelles looks upon the
Americans, what sort Of folk they are
and what they are doing. through the
eyes of a Frenchmau with plenty of
amusing incident and keen criticism
but without an unktnd word.
Since Prince Victor Napoleon and
Princess Of Belgium were married last
year the Bonapartist party has been
usually active. The princess has taken
an intense personal interest in the
1arty's plans and Is willing to use
large part of her fortune. A COM,
mittee works mysteriously in France
Spreading Bonapartist feeling In the
army and among members OF parlia-
Snent: "A fund has been started which
Il is designed shall amount to $4,000
900 to finance the movement.
-HhS. French government has given
little heed to the conspiracy except to
keep informed. No objection has been
made to the Belgian government on
account of the meetings that are held
in the residence OF Prince and Prin-
cess Victor Napoleon at Brussels
An unusual sight was witnessed this
week at Frontignan. The ponds OF
Faux Blanches and the Midi Canal
were covered with fish floating about
on tia Surface In q helpless and alto
Eether inexplicable manner. The Gus
tomss6meEsIs were the unwilling cause
of lthis phenomenon. They had seized
$4,000 gallons OF "doctored' Spanish
vine THE, frontier station and dis
posd of It by emptying 1t into the
canal, with disastrous effects on the
fish. The flsh could be easily caught
with the hands and the local fisher
men were quick to take advantage OF
their helpless state.