Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-10-03 | Page 4 | Palace Loses Tub Marat Expired In

PALACE LOS LOSES S TUB MARAT EXPIRED IN INThe S The he economic depression has had a peculiar reaction in itt the museums of France Trance in that it has deprived the theamous famous amous C palace of ot one of its ts' most precious preciou show shew pi pieces the ples the ces-the the bathtub of ot Mar atin which the great patriot was stabbed by Charlotte Corday The is properly the museum of ot this city and much of ofUs its Us lore deals with wilh the successive revolutions that have swept Paris from time to time The days of the terror are arc vividly port portrayed ayed in the numerous exhibits showing the last orders of King Louis the sixteenth the stockings and shoes of the princess princ prine ess the games of the little dauphin locks of ot Marie Antoinette's hair chains furniture clothing books death warrants and pictures Most of the exhibits are privately owned and bear the names of the donors vand and one of the most famous I exhibits was the bathtub in which Charlotte Corday stabbed Marat the theman theman theman man who was beheading half halt of France Trance it seemed The bathtub was loaned to the but it It is isnow isnow isnow now in a professional museum known as the Musee GrevIn and the donor Is paid richly instead of ot re receiving receiving re- re nothing