Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1919 — Preserving French Treasures. [ARTICLE]

Preserving French Treasures.

Lille is no exception to the rule that, every French center of population has its museum and every such museum has in it something of'unique interest. The Palais des Beaux Arts there contained before the war the well-known “Tete de Cire,” or rather, head of a girl, in terracotta and wax, which tradition had ascribed to many artists but without any assurance as to the attributions. The wax head was removed from the museum to a place of safety before the Teutonic invaders entered the city early in the war.