The Ione independent., June 21, 1929, Image 2

VE1SAHXES
Looking Into th Hall
(Prepared by National Oeorrephie
Socletgr, Waehlnston, D. CI
AS THE tired and travel-worn
visitor arrivet at the gntea of
the palace of Versatile" and
passes through under the glid
ed anna of France, he enter the cour
i'honneur and seet facing him the
(rreat equestrian etatue of Loula XIV,
the rol aolell, that august monarch
who occupied the throne of France for
T2 years.
Guarding the court In Impressive
grandeur are statue of distinguished
statesmen and marshals, like giant
of old, and even arms the vast ex
panse ot cobblestones stretching In
very direction these honored of
France appear of heroic slxe.
At either side and In front rise the
Impressive walls of "the architectural
masterpiece of the most brilliant era
of a great nation," later transformed
fcy King Louis Philippe (1S33-3T) Into
museum "to all the glories of
France."
This Is the first view of the palace
a seen by the majority of traveler
Xrom other land, who make of It a
ftoal ot artistic pilgrimage, a place
of historic curiosity, or merely one
of the sight of the country, depend
ing upon the visitor and his cultural
Interests.
The patrons of art come to see the
creations of the architect Mansart, the
murals and decorations of Le Rrun,
the portrait by Mignard. the sculp
ture of Coyscvor, and the landscape
gardening of Le Notre, whose design
of the extensive park ha been kept
almost Intact through the vicissitude
of the passing years.
For the student of history the
hades of inch parsonage as the
"Great King" and bi successors, who
made this their home and seat of gov
ernment until the Revolution Mollere,
Mesdame de Montespan, de Main
tenon, de Pompadour, da Barry, and
Queen Antoinette flit through the
scene attired In the costume of the
romantic long ago.
i. May Have Cost $100,000,000.
The Grande Chapelle, which at
tract Instant attention upon arrival
within the gates, was desfgneij by
Mansart, who obtained some of hfs
Men for from the Salnte Chapelle
In Pari. Louis XIV, having become
devout In hi later years, "determined
to raise that monument to LI piety."
' In the hundreds of rooms In the
palace It la said that MHK) persons
could be housed, and although the
fact of the cost of this magnificent
creation can never be accurately
known. It ha been estimated at $100,- (
Ottl.OriO, which, considering the period
nd the method employed by an ab
solute monarch, Is tremendous, even
In these eight-hour day.
The architecture I of the most eye
filling style and the Interior furnish
ings were the dernier crl In luxury.
A hundred sculptors are said to have
been employed to provide the stutnnry
which decorated the garden a well
a the palace Itself, and painters be
yond count executed musterplece to
durn Its walls and celling.
It was Versallle which furnished
the model for the palace of Sans Roucl
at Potsdam and other less widely
known German palaces, the Schon
brunn at Vienna, the Wren portion of
Hamilton court In England, and many
other throughout Europe.
Just a Louis XIV made of Ver
sailles the center of Interest of hi
France by the brilliance of hi court,
and attracted to It those noble of bis
country who might have made more
trouble for him bad they remained
at home, It had been the policy of the
TSourbon, Initiated by Henry IV, to
call to France the artistic Industrie
of other countries. The effect of this
policy Is to he seen even today In Die
artistic productions of the French.
Fleming and Kalians who excelled
In the finer arts were Induced to make
their home In France and to act a
teacher to the artistically Inclined.
In this manner the royal manufac
tories of tapestries, carpets, furniture,
and porcelain were established and
the designs of the foreign master
gradually modified and adapted to
produce the French classic style.
Colbert, the great minister of
Louis XIV, who wn bequeathed to
him by Curdlnnl Maxarln, organized
an academy of architecture. There
was also an academy of painting and
sculpture, and even a French academy
it Home bad Iteen established to pro
Vide further facilities for the art stu
dent to see the masterpieces of the
Creeks and the Romans.
Built Primarily for Fetss.
This policy of encouragement and
royal assistance bore glorious fruit
of Mirror, Versailles.
The palace of Versailles, In Its build
ing decoration, supplied a wonderful
atelier for an early expression on a
large scale of the genius developed
and trained In this manner.
Versailles was not made In a day;
It construction continued throughout
the reign of three successive king.
It may be said to have been the con
ception of Louis XIV, however, for It
was be who had the vision ot It al
most In lta entirety, and much may
be accomplished In a reign the length
of his.
Ferhap his Inspiration grew from
envy, fur It was hi first Idea to pro
vide a setting for fete which would
outshine In magnificence and extra va
gnnce those of hi embezzling super
intendent of finance, Fouqitet, who
had first employed the master land
scape gardener, Le Notre, to design his
own garden at Belle lie, where the
king had been entertained soon after
be had taken over the rein of power.
With hi own hand Louis I said to
have drawn roughly the plans for Ver
sailles, following designs submitted
by Lemercier and Boycean, and then
to have given orders for their execu
tion to the gardener, Le Notre; to
the first architect Le Van; to the
painter, Le Brun, and to the sculptor,
Coysevox, all of whom worked) under
royal supervision and wero directed
by Colbert
Pierre de Franclne, who was skilled
In the construction of waterworks, de
signed the system by which the nu
merous fountains and pools are still
fed with sparkling water from the
great reservoirs of Montbauron and
Gobert He received the title of Com
mander of the Fountains.
The Keller brothers, who cast the
king's cannons at the Paris arsenal,
also cast the bronzes designed by the
sculptors after suggestion by the
king and Le Brun. In short, the fore
most artist of France combined to
make of thl place "the most beauti
ful spot In the world."
The palace ot Versallle was built
around the hunting lodge of Lou!
XIIL the walls of which still Inclose
tTe Murble court, while the gardens
were cut out from the earlier king's
esiuti """""
Hall of the Mirrors?
The most famous room, the finjerle
des Glaces ( Unit of the Mirrors),
where the king ot Prussia was
crowned emteror of Germany at the
end of the Franco-Pruslnn war, and
where the Treaty of Versailles was
signed In 1019, still retain much of
it former magnificence, although Its
silver furniture was sacrificed to the
mint when money troubles afflicted
the grand monarch.
This room Is lighted by 17 great
window overlooking the gardens, op
posite which are a corresponding
number of Imitation arcade filled
with 800 beveled Venetian mirrors,
whose size and brllllunce were won
der of their time.
When lighted by myriad of can
dle, the gorgeous scenes they reflect
ed challenge description. On the
vaulted celling of thl and the room
at either end, Le Brun painted a
series of pictures Illustrating allegnr'
Ically the triumphs of his master's
reign. In them Louis Is represented
as a Roman emperor In golden armor,
Thl I still the largest painting id
France,
On the same floor are the room of
greatest Interest to the romantically
Inclined, the Cabinet de Marie An
toinette. They are small and consist
of a boudoir, two libraries, a salon,
bath and dressing room, and are adja
cent to the Grands Appnrtenient de
la Heine, the state mite, the bedroom
of which was occupied by the succeed
ing queen of France. Here were born
many princelings, snd, following an
cient royal etiquette, these births took
place in public, so that the people
might be certain of the authenticity1
of their royal fumlly.
The bedroom of the king I behind
the center of the Hull of the Mirror,
It window looking out upon the Mar
ble Court toward the Paris gate. Its
murble balcony will be remembered,
for It was to thl thut General La
fayette, of our own Revolutionary
fame, escorted Louis XVI to be seen
by the mob, and where Marie An
toinette by her bravery changed their
cry of "Death to the Austrian" to
"Vive le Roll Vive la Itelncl Let us
take them to Purls 1"
It was In this room that Mollere
served ns valet de chambre taplssler
to Louis XIV, and made the king'
bed that he might be near the mat
ter and thus obtain hi majesty' per
mission to stage hi comedies at tin
court
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Pp th wild waters of th un
known Yellow-l.es, on winter's
hunt, journey llrock McCain snd
Qaspard Lecrolx, his French-Cree
comrade, with Flash, Urock's
puppy and their do turn. After
several battles with the stormy
waters they arrive at a fork In
the Yellow-Leg. Urock Is severe
ly Injured In making a portnK
and Klaah lends Unnpard to the
unconscious youth. Utupard tell
llrock ot hie determination to
find out who killed his father.
Tracks are dlecovered ami the two
boys separate for scouting pur
poses, Llrock I jumped by two
Indiana and a white man and
knocked unconscious. He Is held
prisoner. Onapard rescues him
while his captors aleep. While out
alone Uaapard Is shot from am
bush by an Indian and kills his
would-be-slayer. While out on
bis trap lines llrock Is caught In
a heavy snow norm, Guepard
And him and the two start out
on Frock e trap line. They And
an Indian who had been talking
them caught In a trap, dead. On
him waa knife that belonged to
Qaapard's father. They decide to
camp until aprlng and then con
tinue their journey. Two months
later they start out and recon
nolter an Indian camp.
CHAPTER X Continued
21
The lean face of Onspard relaxed
In a smile; hi eye glittered aa be
whispered Into Brock's ear: "Eet de
dog smell us now, oulee de cook can
travel de odor dry der footgear,"
But notwithstanding, two 8O-30'
were lined through the murk on the
figure In the yellow glow. Two boy,
muscle tense, nerve strung like bow
strings, a they watched, listened
with alert ear for th challenge of
a iusplcloua busky awakened from bl
deep by the warning from hi nostril
of a strange cent In the air,
- From somewhere outside the radius
of the firelight a low growl, followed
by the warning challenge of an awak
ened busky, spilt the gloom of the
spruce.
"Don't shoot wait r came the gut
tural command beside Brock' ear.
Swiftly, the awakened dug of the
team filled the forest wltb their yelp.
But the thicket of fir, fifty yard from
the fire, vomited no double Dash of
exploding rllles.
"Set de dog come alone," muttered
Gaspard to the tense muscled Brock,
crouched, with elbow on knee, to
steady hi aim, "we Ink' dem wld de
knife. At de Ore de Cree are blind."
Reaching behind him. Brock moved
the heatb of bla knife nearer bl right
side, bl bear! pounding under the
strain of Inaction. He could bear the
dogs threshing around In the brush
near th fire, snurllng st the unknown
enemy, yelping their fears, but not
getting the direction of tiie scent
Still the lnllun went on wlifj the
drying o? their clothes, occasionally
calling to the dog to keep quiet
"ie (Jog are scare (9 liiyej tie fl ro
tor wolf, (itilee die one suiell us. lie
ees Icar to come,"
"We'd better get out" whispered
Brock. "I won't Or Into that cunip
uuless I have to. "
Ad Indian rose and stood between
the fire and those who watched, bis
figure silhouetted as If cut from bluck
paper, tie culled to th dogs:
"Go on. you I Catch de wolf I"
Encouraged, the buskle beut about
the camp, plunging through the deep
snow Into the wall of blackness,
shortly to return.
"Dey find rj ef w tty. We gol"
commanded Guspurd, bl rllle lined 00
the black shape at the lire, his nervous
forefinger playing with the trigger.
Nolsless as the muffled flight of the
snowy owl was the retreat of the
stalkers to the lake shore.
"le dog no good scar of wolfl"
grunted Gaspard with contempt.
"Flash and Yellow-Eye bunt u out
quick I"
"Gee, but that wa a tough wnltl"
exploded Brock. "All I could do not
to fire when that husky smelled us
but I didn't want to shoot It's too
coldblooded."
"We had dem for sure!" grunted the
hulfbrocd. "We could get dem all
before dey left de light."
There was no wind, but a few Inches
of snow, and the night not cold, so
the boys kept on up the lake. Walk
ing the trail which they followed by
the feel of their fee!, they continued
until It swung In to the shore where
they bad first seen It Slipping Into
the shoe they carried on their back,
they continued for a mile, then went
ashore Into the thick timber, where,
with the greatest difficulty, In the
gloom, they gathered and chopped
enough wood for a small fire, ate
ravenously, and lepf.
CHAPTER XI
The Spruce Speaks
"Wuke tip der I ton sleep all day?"
From the one hundred and eighty
pound of growing boy burled In the
rabbit skin robe by the fire In the
snow-hole, came groan of protest
"Go on I Lomme aleep a minute
will yuhr grunted the heap on the
sprue bniKh by the fire, which lit
the dusk-filled timber circling the
camp. Above, the rear-guard of the
tar dimmed before the blue down.
Again the durk ahape, sauatted bo-
tore the small fir on which bubbled
a small tea pall, changed Ilia trying
pan hcapjd with puttering caribou
ateuk to hi right hand while, with
hla left, ho rcuchod back and pulled
at the feet cf the one who protested.
"We got to leave here, Brock I l
now stop eon de night; do doc find
our truck near do camp and (ley see
lon.ct'lug walk (le trull onloe few inch
snow ovalr cot"
"Pgh-litihl You're right a ustml I"
With a limit grouu of protest llrock
rolled from bl warm robe, "Stopped
snowing, eh I By golly they'll be aft
er us miles they're too (cured with
whnt they see. Kind ot startle 'em to
learn tliey were watched lust ulglit,
eh!"
"Come and get It," announced th
cook.
"We sure got two good reasons for
traveling todny," said Brock, stretch
ing, "(ice, but that wa hulr-ralsing
last night! Lucky we dldu't rush that
camp, eli J"
Washing hla band In snow, he hun
grily attacked a caribou steak which
he washed down with great drafts of
hot tea.
"1 t'luk dey are too care to follow
today, but we travel bard Just do
same," said Gaspnrd.
"You bet we've got to, to hit camp
day after tomorrow. I bato to think
of iturvln on rabbit the Inst day out,"
mumbled Brock through a mouthful
of meat. "We bead about southeast
to hit the outlet dont wet This lake
must be full forty mile north of th
Big Vellow-Leg."
"Not so far, but we see plenty trap
line todny. 1 fink."
"Well, we played In luck last night.
Suppose we'd kept on thinking w bad
Htrrffx .til
"Esf d Dog mell U Now, Onl de
Cook Can Travel do Oder Dry
Dr Footgear."
on surprised Indian to round op
and blundered Into that camp full ol
Crees, eh? What're they huddling to
gether that way forf j y u
Gaspard eipressfv, dark feature
lit Willi a smiTa. "Wal. I t'lnk dey baft
fear of 'Black Jack Desaullea and
Etlenne Lecrolx. Yon scare dem bard
w'en you tell dem dat stores. W
geve dem more to talk about t'ru dl
nioonl "'' "
"what d' ytjn mcanf" tr"
-uurry up, 1 snow yon -
As the eisteft EorlzTTR lit with ne'arl
an!) amber and rose, from" fhi ckfr ol
willow where the lake trail cut the
shore, Brock watched. Behind him ti
the forest Gaspard stood beside a
spruce from which tbo lower branches
bad been lopped, working wltb a
pointed, charred attck at a white bias
slashed wltb hi trapping at. At his
able In the mow crackled a little fir
of dry spruce.
Shortly, Guspard called, and Brock,
who, from hi position, commanded a
view ot the lake trail for miles, joiner;
his partner,
"Let me see, now, II 1 can read It,"
said Brock, as be puzzled over the
syllable character writing of the Crees
burned black Into the white tablet of
the peeled spruce.
(TO 118 CONTINUED.!
French Nation Shown
at Great Landownet
Tbo greutest landowner In Franc
Is the French atata. It possesses pal
aces, castles, munslons, building ol
all kind, and forest beside roads,
ports, railways, A record of all Its
properties, Just drawn up, reveuls a
total value of $3,).0(K),(k.u The
cast lu and park of Versullle are es
timated at f2K),000,UU0. Fontaine
blean Is much cheaper, H280,UU0, and
Its wonderful forest Is wort1) onlj
2,0UU,(J0U. Also, the lovely cnatl ol
Azuy-le-Rldeau, In Touralue, Is en
tered In the Inventory for the rldlc
ulous sum of I20,XJ. To make up
for that the Louvre, In Carls, with
It Immense palace and the Tullerlet
garden, come up to the sura of $2UO,
000,000.
But th French administration re
fused to assign any monetary value
to certain monuments, such a Notre
Dame de far) and the Arc de Trl
omphe, which symbolize a glorious
past or to the war cemeteries In for
eign countries, under the French flag,
where lie the children of Franc wlm
sacrificed their live ror Justice and
liberty. Washington t-tnr.
Backward Country
Afghanistan Is a cuuntry of wild
hlghlandurs, without one foot of rail
road, one mosque or temple or palace,
of architectural renown, ono handl
craft of noble culture or one volume of
ancleut wisdom.
Ofce KITCHEN
CABINET
HO, mil, Weatern Newspaper Uuloe.)
Out of the night that covers me,
Ulack ss th Fit from pol to
pole,
I thank whatever aods may be
For my unconquerable soul,
It mstters not how strait the gate.
How charged wltb punlehnients
the sorntl,
I am the maater ot my fatal
I am the ouptaln ot my snuL
W. B. Ileuley,
FOR FRUIT SALADS
Tako halve of cooked pours, or
those Hint are fresh and ripe. Scoop
out a cavity with
potato ball
a co op and fill
with cream
cheese uinde Into
a small bull.
Serve sprinkled
wltb nut finely
chopped and
place on lettuce. Serve with trench
dressing,
Grapefruit, orange and romalne,
with plenty of rich salad dressing. -
I'liieiipple, bnnunne, cherries, wal
nut, halved mnniliinallow and let
tuce. Grapefruit, celery, pears, almond
blanched and shredded with a bit of
red pepper fur color; lettuce.
Shredded apple, Malaga or Tokay
gnives seeded and peeled, cherries
and water cress.
Orange, minced mint and lettuce;
erve with game.
Sliced oranges, banana, apricots,
diced apple and any aulad green.
Apples, celery, raUtiia and lettuce;
dates Instead of raisin, too, are good.
Brunei, Tokay grapes, diced apple
and a sylnd green.
Pineapple, crumbled innppy cheese
and lettuce.
Halved strawberries, pineapple, or
ange, grapefruit and parsley.
Mulaga grapes, pineapple, calory,
out and lettuce.
Meed cantelope, allced tomatoes,
diced applet, endive.
Diced or bulla of watermelon, pine
apple, orange and lettuce.
Good flavored apple diced, a (mall
Burmuda onion finely minced, dates,
lettuce.
Tokay grapes, chestnuts, sliced
rboptied mixed nut, celery and let
tuce. Mhreddcd fig, pineapple, diced apple,
romalne.
Sliced unpeeled ixl apple, coring
first spread wltb Philadelphia cream
checs and peanut bultor, well blend
ed: lettuce.
iHictor Has points out that the
bnnnna has been the victim of one of
those curious atngonUin 10 frequent
In medicine, which hns made Iny peo
ple regard It as unsuitable for Infant
food, altliouvh In the tropic It ba
beeu 10 used for generations.
Things to Eat
If one ran get fresh home churned
buttermilk, tliey have Indeed a treas
ure of good food. A
as cream hns been
f V 1 c',u"n" out lor
'I 11 made, buttermilk ba
been enjoyed. It I deli
cious, refreshing and Is
regarded by dieticians a
one of the beat health
food. The lactic acid
hlcb give It It (uni
r-uu
fying (harp fajfo, Is Said to prolong
life and make people physically
stronger. It stimulate digestion, ct
a a tonic, I good for the liver, cor
rect constipation and other disor
ders. Th L'nlted State government
bulletin tell u that buttermilk Is
excellent food tor young and old. for
benlth and pleasure.
Coosebsrry Relish. Prepare this
when the giMiseherrle are reudy. It
Is good with meats or for sandwich
filling, Put four quarts of gooseber
ries, two pound of seeded raisin and
four orange through the meat grind
er. Put over the heat and cook fifteen
minute. Add one pint of water or
any of the Juice that ha been taved
from the grinding, four pound of
augur and cook until of the consist
ency of marmalade. Remove all seeds
from th orange before grinding.
Gooseberry Relish Sandwich. Add
enough finely grated Herkimer cheese
or old American cheese to one-half
cupful of the atrnlned gooseberry
relish to bind. Spread on thin slice
of toast cut Into funcy ihnpe 8erv
on lettuce.
Codfish Chowder. Any fresh fish
may bo used for this, parboiling It
and removing the bone. For salt rod
souk the fish In cold water, pnrholl,
drain and shred. Take a two-Inch
squnre of suit pork, cut Into very
small dice and brown In the chowder
kettle. When the cubes are crisp and
brown add three sliced onions, stir
until lightly cooked, then add six po
tatoes rut Into slice. Cover with
boiling water nud cook until thn vege
tables are well done, then turn In the
fish and 0110 to two quarts of milk.
Ken son with suit and pepper and add
one soflened milk cracker to each
serving of the chowder. The crackers
may be covered with boiling wuter or
the hot milk to soften. This Is a tneiil
In Itself. Herved with cabbage ns cole
sluw and a dessert or fruit and a
cooky or small cuke, one will have a
sutisfjlng meal.
The reason toast In given to those
of weak digestion la that (ho starch,
ny tne nent, is partly changed to
sugar and Is quickly acted upon by
the Juice of tbo stomach and reudy
to ne absorbed; in the Intestine.
A Sour
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