| Show LOYA 1 TO THEIR MEN the alie french people to their dead is admirable from a patriotic standpoint it it doe sometimes puerile e ho slips into the tomb of the great napoleon without removing his hat and with feelings of veneration lie visits the pantheon and stands before the tombs of whose greatness gave them burial there the fame spirit that inspires loyalty to great soldiers and great statesmen in france holda daar the memory of nil those who have in any any contributed to glory of alie country the same spirit was maniac st at the recent fale of the famous Se crotin collection of paintings in parrs when tha angelus of biliet was offered to the bidder and wealthy americans tried to chase alie prize and bring it to try before the sale opened a number of frenchmen subscribed francs to add to aliat alie government might vole to place alie picture in the louvre when tin biad carried the price to more alinn francs and determined to carry off alie picture frenchmen from all party of the hail began to shout boners of contributions to 1 governments representative and demanded that lie save the picture to france some offered francs some and one man even went franca they would have contributed a million bollara there before they would have allowed any foreigners to carry off jhc thc celebrated picture by cue of alie greatest anisis of modem tinier the price paid was nearly double what has ever before been paid for a picture at alie stewart art sale in new york henry hilton paid for friedlard Fried laud 1807 and vanderbilt paid for rosa boshears Bon hears alie borso fair alie angelus of millet has had a rather remarkable history in the way of set upon it when pointed not many yeara ago it waa sold by the artist w and before his death it waa re feoli for at aliat time millet to a friend anxiously denying any responsibility price placed on his picture he seemed to think that his friends and the world would regard it as a speculative price placed apon it to in some help him in the picture was sold at public auction in paris and brought and now when americans try to bring it to this country frenchmen are willing to pay any price to keep it in the national art museum at paris such loyalty to her great men is admirable in a people and the example might be commended to americans |
