The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-09

bust They nuarreled q long time, but
could come TO no understanding when
Juno up and said: Il am willing to
leave II TO any judge YOU other girls
may pick out that ! am the beautiful
est. Me, too said Venus and Mol
Auss and Ichauch,' cried the goddess
Minerva. After some discussion they
picked out this young Paris, whose
bronze we have here, and left the de-
cision TO HIM Paris was the son of
l'rianl, one Of the Kings of this region
lie had golden apple, and he was TO
give this to the prettiest Of the ladies.
IN the meantime ca CHI of them. lust like
woman, slipped Paris aside, and
tried 10 hribe him TO decide in her
favor Minerva got him of In the
bushes and offered him wisdom June
walked him up he side of a noun
tam ana promised him power, while
venus siyly whispered. Decide for me
and you shall have the pretticst girl
OF me whole world for your wife That
Venus, and she gave him Helen. the
vic OF Menelaus lie carried her
nome and tho fuss that Menelaus made
drought about the great Trojan War.
Taken From Life.
The statutes of the Athens Museum
are wonderfully lifelike They seem TO
be portraits and were evidently posed
Tor by the models of the time. There Is
now museum on the Acropolis. which
comprises collection of objects taken
from The ruins of the Parthenon and
the buildings about 1t has half
dozen statues of women, the faces Of
winch were undoubtedly cut from wo-
men as models. There are busts Of men
made the same way, so that the mu-
scum Is really portrait gallery of the
heroes OF more than 1000 years ago.
one OF the most striking statues Of
Athens is the marathon runner who
Drought the news OF the victory IF
Asamemnon. lie ran from the battle
OIL Marathon to thcns In the space OF
Two hours. whereas the fastest furr
horse team dragging chariot could
not make the distance In less Than
four. As tie story goes. he dronnca
uead as he delivered the news
Golden Jewels from the Tombs
me tombs OF old Greece have yjc,d-
cd many medallions and gems which
are portraits ana there are masks OF
gold INTO which have been pressed
features so ifeike that they seem reat .
| TO speak. have the photograph Of one
| representing the face OF an old man
| which would probably serve as !
portrait OF the original. except that II
| mas lost the tip OF its nose There are
| sSpi"'H cups WIFI faces upon them n nd
! vases Of duh gold beautifully carved
some Of these cups would hold twr
quarts Of wine. and there are gold
masks as large as the tin wash has,r
OUTSIDE the back door OF the American
| farmhouse -
The collections OF jewelry are yer,
feinarkable They have come from the
ancient cities or Greece and show tht
ioilies md vanities Of fashionable III
1000 years ago. ] saw the skull of ;
woman Win gold pin that once boune
her treancs Embedded in It, Time ant
uscsS mad glued It 10 the vertebrae O
Ter neck saw scores Of gold ring
itor wa fingers. geld ankie.s and brace
Tots ana great rings FOR the bIceps, nnas,
2. @Nao god Sumo OF these arm ring
we're three Or -four inches. wide. The,
we're OF the rinest OF gold and the,
came from Mycenae,
am SURPRISED tho condition OF IN
| sold le"elrS, The most OF It IL n
prlght az wien !, was MADE. and
Great deni Of a Is exncisitcIy carvcd
ONE Of Tho % tte:ns are the Al M, n
these used 10 day There arc coi
orscf'ets with snnkns' heads n, N
Aend there arc bracelets OF gold coins