Show A CATHEDRAL RESTORED that the magnificent silt rheims cathedral has been restored after the terrible damage it buffeted suf feied feted luring hiring the war is most pa pe beasing ising asing t c every izer of architectural beauty americans take especial pride in the fact that thie xesto restoration ration was mode largey largely through the generous donations of john I 1 rockefeller jr of new york rheims cathedral is one of the he finest of gothic architecture in the world as well wel as one of the most it stands on oil the site of a fornier former church in which clovis founder of the kingdom of tile the A franks anks was baptized in the year there is a fi french ench legend to the effect that a bove brought aiom heaven a sacred vial of oil for the baptism the pi besent cathedra cache arel I 1 was begun in 1 1212 and completed competed about a century later but numerous alterations have heen been made bioni aiom time to time here joan of arc caused charles all to be crowned in 1429 and here the kinga king of france were crowned for several centuries many of the elea elaborate borate sculptures which adorn the cathedral theira ca were destroyed or damaged by bombardment during the war but fortunately photographs and casts existed to enable artists to copy the lost masterpieces so once clice again rheims cath eddnal stands forth in its pristine glory and transcendent beauty |