| Show THE DRAGON SCREEN Por lala wall the th saljr r assant at 1 I chord very few people eyen la in pekin seem to have beani heard of it for of course till lately non none were allowed to drive alone along the excellent carriage road by the th lake through the ke its grounds la in persed with rockers roc kerk kerIM the screen Is in perhaps twenty fett feet h gb gh and ot of porcelain throughout and on it in high relief a row of dragoni dragons standing on their talle tails and possibly 1 five feet high old cold gold dull rd creim cream daik blue then over again the two dark blo blue confronting each other in the center what waa was that screen meant to abel hel ter from the world now behind it there Is on y a scene of frantic desola tion of the moat most complete vandalism trees hacked br k al matia mai jle col timing razed to the ground images toro torn from their lo 10 us beats seats and cloven lo 10 two here a broken head lying in thi the grabs grala there a gilded hand and behind a little to the r oo 00 an eminence emin enc a ia temple like that u ach III ch crowns the th hill bill at the summer pa paa ae e covered with a e anias of buddha out side aide all ot of imperial yellow brilliantly shining it taus d 4 the spectator to sigh 1 and think how exquisite must hit have been the other destroyed building since thi this required no protecting screen 1 I do ut u t d p ore its it destruction at all 1 says a german the chinese must be bumbled somehow best humble them th ough their pa palaces laCell and end temples L the cornhill Corn hllL |
