The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-04-18
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TREASURES
NUMEROUS.

I'm Some Respects French City
lis Capital of YoFld, Says M
! @ ocI e
WASHINGTON u 81. situated
at the cross roads uf sou ttfMEsLefn
EuTop Ut he ting place of the
Egfeat natur Al III Ss leadtnE from
The eri'anf d ii 20 the Atlauttr
tlfrorgi Rhine rail- and from
the berian paninsu alto the heart of
ttEnrope through Western France, Par
is became u toll IA Ser from the world
I:hetoFr must RI the modern cities Of.
I.tlrGne Mere born, accumula s that
5gFea Lib. that illture. that love DC the
E#bea utifut and that wisdom That can.
Etes thereto
Thus begins today's lesson in the
sgsoEFaphv OF the European war, pre-
pared by tic National Geographic So
rieiy he statement then continues:
IN population Paris ranks third.
among the cities of the earth, with
more peopIe than Washington. Mex
leo City Rio, Buenos Ayres. and San
tfago togettl Ter It lis the. IN orld h cal n
Esital in many Tespert s=S7it 3 All treas
lures surpasa thDs ekef ANY, her city;
ats fashions dominate the ely lizeds
world and eF en- inf uener he it1ciy-S
RIizetls its lanzila6 &c ttieE court tongue
of the earth; its history is d pano-
rama or the Story Of civilization from
the days OF the Goth and the Nandaf
down to the present
MS In the heart OF thr city stands one.
Irf the worlds most noted Of build
linEs. the palaccFof the Louvre. II Is
the priceless art museum Of France;
and there arc contained within its
three departing ssrulp ture, paint
Eings and antiquftifse examples of the
The collections of the Louvre, were
they offered for sale. would hrin 8 q
total price so stunen1ous as 10 he l1n-
belieyable- Tor example in the gall
Iery Of Apollo, among other treas
Enres rest the diamond hilted sword Of
fBonaparte valued at four hundred
thousand dollars. the famous Regent
diamond valued at three million dol
lars, the gems OF many a beauteouss
queen of France, and the swords and
spurs of sCharIemagne.
"A life time mig be spent in study
here, aud Libraries might be written
upon the treasure which the Louvre
houses. In the hall Of sculpture,
stands the peerless Venus of Melissa
thing more raFiShing than any other
vision ever heWn from a stone. In
this hall, there are many pieces Of
antiquity and of more modern times
the loss OF any one Of which would
be irrepar4hl lie. fet. the strange peo-5
pie Of this city, fired with enthusia SIN
for comn1unistic theory mined the
Louvre, poured petrol um over 1T and
n
what 1t bad taken e world more
than Twenty-Five years to produce
Eaaaris is toFc1 ric in the posses
sion OF the beautiful. the imp essiye,
and the magnificent Its III famous
buildings make an almost unendings
list. Richest among the world 81 thea
5teTs lis the Paris IN home OF Opera,
without, an architect deiig ht. wi TIL
in. fascinating inspiration III snow
white marble, onyx, jasp er. a1acIlites
and 4bronz. It's famed grand stairway
lis q fitting prelude to the highest
moods that can be produced by the
music on its stage.
And there is not wanting 4 strong
eastern points vent into effect on
reInints cencc in this glorious city. Tile
traveller stands amidst thefMide sweep
OF the Place de la Concorde Place
ealIJt t4lll ~ tLlllH IltlLs mere
before nsassenlbled beastia L mob, u ef
razor blade OF the guillotine rose and \
fell nttri1lg. while head after head.
mid bitter lest and song, roll led from
tho CORY ma chine into the great CONF
mon basket and the ql1lyering trunks
were cord ed s$at its side. Age and
youth and loreliness were sacrif1ccd
to british passion on this; now se-
rene square in a way that only Rome
Trad equaled
.,E1very contrast is found IN Paris,
and all varieties Of excel Here
rs the world IS highest structure. tbs
Fife Tower. IFS huge shat OF steel
is one Of the most oyerpow
thugs within the city. Forty drafts
men worked two years on the Is, 900
different signs necessary for its 49,
bno sections. Restaurants. shops and
asstla heater, i e. housed upon its steps
and within its cprrido rs. Ten tl1ous
and PEOPLE can gather here at one
time, u 4 t-i.