Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-04
MORGAN TRIES TO
 STRIP CITY 0F ALL
 ITS ART TREASURES
Town of Siena Enraged ar Attempt to Corral Its
 Precious Relics
WANTS CHURCH DOOR

to corral tha treasured antiquities and works of art at Siena. and these ef: forts are also reported to have made him the most unpopular man who has ever struck that ancient Italian town. The great financier would have bought everything of artistic excellence in | this city of St Catherine if he could. Finding that he could not buy the whole town NIT. Morgan concentrated upon three specialities. One is a baptismal font in the baptistry ad joining the cathedral; the second is Donatello's John. the Baptist" the third is d set of old carved seats. : The idea of letting the font, at which the children of Siena have been bap- tized for hundreds Of years go to the Metropolitan Museum of New York, greatly angered the Sienese. Dona- teilo's John the Baptist" is a figure in the Cathedral of St. Catherine, where the majority of young folk get married. This figure is to them like the portrait of a personal friend.
 Sense, of Reverence Outraged
 When Mfr. Morgan's proposition was made the people laughed at first. then grew furious. The climax of indigna- tion was reached when an offer was made to buy the unique old carving on the seats which go round the cathe- dral choir stalls, where sit those who chant the last requiems over the Sien- ese dead.
 But Mir MorgGn's parting shot, and that which most incensed them, was his attempt 10 purchase the pave ment of the Cathedral. This pave ment forms the centre aisle and con sists of marvellous graphibes. It IS i covered with wood and is uncovered only once a year. at the Feast Of As sumption. When MT Morgan heard that the principal artist of these graphites was Beecafumi he wanted them badly. Today every guide ill Siena. when pointing out these artist . ic treasures. says with indignation:
 The millionaire Morgan tried to buy that
 The two latest names in the regis ter of St. Catherine Of Siena $ house are those of Dorothy Drew, MT. Clad stones granddaughter. and J. Pierpont Morgan. The basilica which MT. Mor- gan has tried to strip of it's treasure is one of the three greatest cathe- drals in the world, its sister shrines being those of Milan and OTyieto.
 w. A. ChsnIer as Mercutio
 Displeased at finding what he be- ueyed was a hopeless lack of estheti- cisu on the part of Elmar Brother, ot Paris. London, New York and Texas, William Astor Chanler of New York and Paris thought he would make a supreme effort to give the former an Addisonian idea Of the sublime and ! beautiful by the old scolastic argu- ment of the stick The belligerents met at bar in the Rue Nolney-
 "l don't like people who come from Texas" NIT. Chanler said lottlly' and followed this up broadside by de- claring. And l hate people who wear ready-made neckties.
 ..I got it in the neck that time, quietly remarked Mir Brother
 Then in quick succession, Mir. Chan Ter found fault with every garment worn by MT. Brother. His hat lacked the requisite gloss; his coat was not buttoned estheticaily; the crease or his trousers was not sufficiently ac- centuated
 But when MT. Chanler wound up his caustic criticisms with the cl' max Your shoes do not harmonize with your hat" the Texan broke loose. MT. Prother pointed out that the New Yorker was much bigger than he. but nevertheless, if MT. Chan Ter would step outside and not dls' turb the gentlemen at their drinks he woud endeavor to give the big Tel low such satisfaction as one gentle man has a right 10 expect from an other
 Then they fought with varying sue cess until their mutual friends sep e1ated the gory combatants.
 IL was only when the wiseacres oi the American colony began to tell that Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Hodges, oi New York, are about to be married to their respective soul mates that the romantic circumstances attending their recent divorce, came to light.
 Arthur Hodges. who is credited wltn knowing all about interior. as well as exterior decorating, IS one of tte best cjnc-- in New iIIH. Mrs. Hodges is an rnglsh .oni@I. WHO TeJo ceS ~ the mar Of Jau.' .2d J1e sto goes that Nt. HodgeS usrI % come 'r paJi- inst Q roll of t..2t anne whsE dln ing at the Cafe de Paris. Mrs Hodges had A flat at No. so Rue Bonaparte right in the heart of the Latin quar ter Here she gave bridge parties second only to those of Mrs. William Holt, No 23. Avenue Du Bois.
 When Mir Hodges took possession of the flat the bridge parties stopped . and Mrs. Hodges moved out and tool up quarters at the Hotel Voltaire Though declining to occupy the same coniugal domcile, they were still quite friendly. and used to dine together.
 The Judge when he tried the case asked if 1t was customary in Americt for people seeking a divorce to din' together in a most friendly fashion