The Spokane woman. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1921-1935, 1927-08-18
p A r | S
BY Mabel Laycock Hege

of clippings from old American news
papers. These seldom include any
thing that would add to an understand
ing of our policies of government but
more frequently, are the sensational
things that are given Il deplorablc
prominence in our own front pages
But, in Paris, there are at least Two
editions of American papers, the Chi
cagO Tribune and the New York Her
aid, perhaps more OF course they are
but miniature editions with here and
there a column in French but the trent
page has some cabled news of the day
of issue, such as Thompson's election
as mayor of Chicago, which is i'm head
lines before me here as ! write
''Mayor Dover Made IL Great Race Hut
Could Not OFFSET the Huge German
and Black Vote Backed by the Guns
of the Underworld"
Here are few other things | note
in this issue of April 9th:
Certified milk and cream sent by
airplane to Paris every day.
Secretary of Treasury Mellon ar
rives for Il weeks visit with his
daughter"
"The national favorite, Georges Car
DtlllitIs VIII DOA at
the Palace"
Monte Carlo hotel register notes give
the names of DIR. and Mrs. O. NJ. Ian
strum of Helena, Montana, who, re-
member, have many friends in Spo-
kane.
London notes state that 'the Prince
had one Of the best races of his career.
losing only by a head"
Last but not least we see those
American classics, "the Gumps' and
"Gasolne Alley" And by the way,
just outside the wallis of Paris, even
though the walls are largely thing
of the past, every motor car must stop
and be officially examined There is
4 tax on gasoline inside the city-it
is cheaper outside-but one cannot
bring in more than he takes out.
OF course everybody goes to see the
Louvre many people have the appear
ance of doing it just because they are
expected to- 1t must be wonderful
treasure house for those who have tine
TO study some particular phase of ii
some artist or some period.
1t is interesting to find another Bot
ticelli, Veronesse, so rich in cOloring
to notice if this or that Fra Angelo
painting is as iiat-chested MS the others
and if the coloring is as soft and rest
full. Or il you are interested in MAJ
poleon--and who can sojourn in France
without being interested in him-you
will want to see his pictures painted
by his friend and admirer, David
painted in all the glory of his corona
tlon robes or his second wedding.
am afraid that am hereto when
it comes to just seeing picture gal
leries. | have spent conscientiOusly
three mornings at the Louvre and l
confess that | have few definite i'm
pressions to carry with me always.
"rhe Venus of Milo" standing alon.
with the rich dark velvet hangings to
set off her beauty, which she appre
ciates enough to- provide comfortable
seats for her admirers-"The Winged
Victory" which l understood bette,
than "The Venus of Milo"--Mlchelan-
gel0s 1.-TWO Captives'-these are Il
very few of the four thousand pictures
in the gallery that clearly remember.
There are the interesting whisper
ing bowls, Napoleon's crown. some old
friends such as Millet's "Gleaners" and
"Angelus," Da vinci's "NIona Lisa and
Raphaers la Belle Jardinere"
Whistler's Mother the only paint
ing listed from 1.-The States" stands on
an easel. quite by itself.
Over here one learns to overcome
the habit of calling the United States