Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 October 1918 — WILSON’S WORDS ARE WOVEN IN TAPESTRY. [ARTICLE]

WILSON’S WORDS ARE WOVEN IN TAPESTRY.

Paris, ■ Oct. 11.—Three phrases from President Wilson’s wmr messages will be woven in the costly Gobelin tapestry France is having made as a gift to the city of Philadelphia. The tapestry is to be hung in the museum in the Quaker City, and is about to be placed in the hands of 1 the workers at the famous Gobe»i t factory for completion. The sketch has been officially viewed and approved at the Ministry of Fine Arts in the presence of Robert W. Bliss, secretary of the American embassy, representing Ambassador Sharp; Eugene Glaenzer, representing Joseph E. Widener of the art jury at Philadelphia, and Capt. Andre Tardieu, head of the general commission dealing with Franco-American war questions. The tapestry will be 21 feet by 15 feet. It will be full of life and color and will have an atmosphere of enthusiasm and patriotism in portraying troops departing from Philadelphia for Europe to participate in the war of justice. Below’ are three panels containing these phrases' ’'*. m Preside at Wilsons message: Right is more 'precious than peace. We have no selfish end to serve and desire no conquest and no domination. We shall fight for democracy.