Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
LOUVRE PICTURES
SOON TO Be SOLD
Cellars to Be Relieved OF Great
Accommodations of One
Hundred Years.
COPIES OF OLD MASTERS
WILL BE DISPOSED OF
Plan to Instruct Gypsies in Chris
tianity-Glaciers of Switzerland
Gradually Drying Up.
PARIS, August s. 10

1AEtlSS, august O. 1910.
The immense collection Of pictures,
many OF them copies Of famous cam
vases. which now incumber the cellars
and garrets of the Louvre galleries. are
soon TO be sold at public auction.
These pictures have been accommodating
for over a century. 1t is doubtful If
even the Louvre authorities themselves
know what is there. Most of them are
copies of old masters, which were made
by artists in the course Of their study
and then abandoned.
Many a picture of value may be dis
covered under the dust of years Doubt
less a number Of them were executed by
artists who afterward became famous.
Tho sale will. at any rate, AFFORD
amateurs an opportunity OF obtaining
c..l,icS IF their favOrite picture at a
comparatively low price. Lovers Of the
lest 'Joconde" will have the choice Of
innr, than a hundred copies.
Moths Attack Relics.
SutG. days ago a group OF visitors
r.as~ji., through the Army Museum, at
les ius:t!ides. examined the glass case in
wu,a h. personal relics Of the great
Napoleon are displayed.
IT, their horror they saw three holes in
the SKIRT If the celebrated gray overcoat.
S,ar.1 ny bullet and shell. the famous
ana legendary garment is in imminent
danger of destruction by the memorable
domestic moth The gallant general who
j. IL charge of the museum was at once
advised. and measures have been taken
30 make the existence Of moths In the
precious case impossible.
Great Gypsy Horde.
ono million gypsies with neither home
nor country. move across Europe every
year from east to west with the begin
ming N summer. Nowhere are they
wanted, everywhere are they eyed as
sanoe, but still every year they wander,
and the authorities Of the countries they
cross dread their coming and are re-
ieve<l when they 80.
There is always trouble at the frontiers
Here the wanderers are stopped. Ques-
toned and often imprisoned as Migrants.
But there is nothing to do but finally let
them go, and they invariably return the
next year.
sypsies. and incidentally the perplexed
authorities. IL being made by Swiss
clergyman. II. Ecuyer. He has organ
izsd a society. one Of the purposes oil
christian religion for these nomads are
all pagans. The success of Mr. Ecuyer :
erorts. however. Is considered very un-
gertAin
Glaciers subsiding.
The leveas Of the various glaciers Of
switzerland are slowly subsiding. In
other words. these huge. slow-movtna
rivers OF ice and snow are gradually dry
tng up for the reason that their volume
: yearly decreasing. In future years
taey undoubtedly win present an appear.
;nce considerably different from wha,
they 30 today.
The gradual subsidence OF these ic,
deids is established by statistics which
observation of some thirty-two OF tn.
most important glaciers These figure.
show that the greatest Swiss glacier tn.
.'Neosck," subsidized ten feet in 1912 de
spite the exceptionally cold weather. Ar
s1eiyht feet in 1911. and seventy Ave fee
1910. The "Ronegletscher" subside<
rty-six feet in 1872 thirty-three fee
1911 and forty feet In 1910 The tw.
irndlewald' glaciers increased BY six
five feet during 1912, but had dimin
he'd l30 feet the year before. Since lS9:
hese two glaciers have subsidized ove
100 feet.
Cards Foretold Fortune.
Recent happenings in Bulgaria hav,
brought out the story OF an Interview
ten years ago between the present kin,
of Bulgaria and a French diplomat
who told Ferdinand his fortune from ;
pack of cards with remarkable &C
curacy.
In 1909. the story goes. tho late M
Mancini was secretary Of the French