The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-02
FRENCH FLAG FLIES ON KA|SER'S
NOTED PALACE At BAY OF CORFU

of Achilles" occupies the post of honor
at the top of the grand staircase II
is one of those striking pictures, full
of life and movement, like Carl Melchers
war" in the Congressional Library at
Washington, and showing the same
straining horses and men pushing for
ward to the combat Achilles is shown
in full panoply of war, driving his cha
riot and dragging along the bloody pros
trate body Of his foe, chained to the
| chariot wheel, with the rabble bowling
at the spectacle. Art connoisseurs do
not always approve this picture. but
the ordinary observer is attracted by its
dash and has the feeling that he is here
in the presence OF one of those great
| tragedies of the Homeric age.
! The palace garden is however, the
really remarkable feaure of this estab-
lishment. In originality, beauty and
gardens in the wohld. The unique fea-
ture is the strict adherence to the stand
| ards of legendary Greece, making one
| feel as though transported into some
| fairylike precinct Of the dim past. At
every hand are marble and bronze
| statues of the old delties. heroes and
muses.. The palace entrance to the gar
dens is formed by a wide Ionic colonade
where the imperial family used to pass
their evenings. Nearby is the garden
Of the muses.. with heroic figures of
the muses. before each marble column.
one looks through long vistas with
these muses. stretching away at either
side of the walks. In the center is a
dancing bacchante, and in the neighbor.
ing fountain the water gushes from the
mouth of a huge dragon carrying IF a
young girl
Terraced 10 the Sea.
These gardens are continued one after
another in terraces running down to
the sea Each has its distinctive fea.
ture" Some are lined with beautifully
wrought marble balustrades. Others
are a Wild tangle Of giant palms. with
trunks three feet in diameter. or ot
lowered beds laid out like the pavement
OF a temple. In one of these gardeys
is the chief art treasure the Owing
Achilles showing the nero in the death
struggle with the arrow in his heel. One
turns from the artistic merit Of this
statue, which is conceded by all critics
TO the colossal bronze of Achilles nota.
bic chiefly for size and condemned bv
most critics This colossus rises some
thirty feet above the base and is a
sort OF modern rival to the Colossus Of
Rhodes or the Statue Of Liberty in New
YORK harbor II is striking. however
ana even sensational. planted here in
this tropical garden. at a commanding
point overlooking a vast area and in
pose expressive OF imperial conquest
Passing out Of the palace entrance
one OF the visiting officers noted the
tall ornamental lampposts lighting the
way 10 the entrance. They were an.
parently Of bronze, but as the officer
struck his cane on one Of these richly.
carved posts il did not give hack tho
ring OF genuine bronze. And on cIoser
examination the officers artistic taste
was greatly shocked TO find that these
elaborate lights at the very entrance
OF the emperor's palace were of sorne
base metal colored 10 initiate bronze
As the party withdrew. il was nh.
served that the military automohfo
which had brought us up the steep
ascent bore on its doors the imperial
crest Of Emperor William. This was
out one Of the many accessories Of bis
summer place. which had now passed
out OF his hands While il was onlv
an automobile. Vet it seemed IN hs
typical OF the extent 10 which this i'm.
peri'l disaster had become personal to
the emperor-not only lost colonies AN,
palaces. Ike this summer playtbire
sympolizing Achilles. but even the au,o.
'Nooi'e Wit' the Hohenzouern arms
no" passed Beyond his reach