New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 23, 1915, Page 10

. NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAT, D seful ristmas | ) s’ Han d Bags | Bag Specials Grain Linea .. wed ! Saddle Leather. P, $O% .+« $12.00 $25.00 | ALS .$1.19 | 2.50 | IONAL BAG SPECI ather .. stock . frame e poarded stock . up to it Case Specials he Leather .... $2.98 straps $3.75 | eather $5.49 | .. .$8.25 .$12.98 (OUSANDS OF BARGAINS! olds, Toilet Sets, Collar Bags, v ‘Bags, novelties, Drinking Cups, ts, Combination ' Folds, Brief Card Cases, Manicure Sets, etc. Look For The UARANTEE TRUNK (0. 4 Asylum St., Hartford ext to Newton-Robertson Co. UdRISTMAS SEES US WELL rROVIDED a full assortment of OPTICAL PDS suitable for Gifts. ere are: Eyeglasses, Spectacles, lent Automatic Eyeglass Holders, rpin Chains and Ear Chains, Read- Glasses, and hosts of other things. corse, we continue to examine eyes free, so while thinking of ers, don’t forget yourself. Make irself a present of a pair of Glasses we will supply, after examina- h, at a remarkably moderate price. fter Christmas,’ Spectacles and leglasses, purchased as gifts, will fitted with special lenses to suit the without extra charge. Examinations Are Free. ’ Satisfaction Guaranteed. Glasses As Low As $1-00. A. PINKUS, Eyesight Specialist, Over 30 Years’ Experfence. Office, 306 Main St. i the rickety side FAMOUS OLD CHURGH IN VENIGE RUINED Havoc Wrought in Italian Town By Recent Bomb Raid (Correspondence of the Assoclated Press.) Venice, Italy, Dec. 18.—An oppor- tunity to see the destructive effect of the bomb raids on Venice was given today to the Associated Press, when an inspection under official escort was made of the havoc and ruin in the famous old church of the Scalzi, one | of the art monuments of the now a wreck with it world, its massive walls tottering, and the fa- mous ceiling fresco by Ticpolo, valued at a million francs, lying in heaps of rubbish in the ruins of the building. be raids on vas the worst, and the historic church hore the fuil brunt of it Approaching the massive edifice one sees a gaping hole in the roof, extend- ing from front to rear. The f fronting the Grand Canal is intac and three scniptured figures standing along the cornice remain untouched. But back of the figures the roof §s away in a curved line downward and then up again to the rear wall, as though some giant hand had reached down and tern out the whole top of {he church, leaving only the front and s still intact. Workmen can be seen high above be- ginning the work of salvage and pair, and heavy timbers ‘are b laced across the gaping hole left by the bomb. Havoc and Ruin, Entering the historic church a scene of havoc and ruin Is presented-— ade, ro- ! twisted beams ana arches, panels and columns of alabaster crushed into bits and lying around in heaps, the ricnls carved pulpit blown to pieces with only a faint outline of its former won- ders remaining, and above, the roof wide open to the sky, with the won- derful frescos of Tiepolo dumped in huge masses of dcbris on the stone pavement. Taint edges of the grand old frescos still cling to the side walls giving some idea of the beauties of tho work torn away. Six enormous arches spanned the edifice meeting in the middle, and giving an intervening spacé for these frescos. Not a ves- tige remains of the main subjects, the visit of the Virgin to Loretto, contain- | ing hundreds of biblical and allegori- cal figures, the ragged edges showing only cloud effects and the background with a few figures. The high altar, with' spiral alabastér columns and rich decorations, is not touched, and another curious feature is that the electric candles circling the church are undisturbed, the . electric blu shining as brightly as ever. But with these two exceptions—the high altar far in the rear and the circling can- dles—everything is a ruin, frescoed ceiling, inlaid marble sidewalls, sculp- | tures, confessionals, memorial tablets, baptistry, and,é marble mosaic pave- ment—all lying about in fragments. It was about eleven o'clock in the morning when the explosion occurred. This was the busy hour, when the gondolas were crowding the Grand Canai, and the Venetlans were shop- ping and marketing. Suddenly a single monoplane was seéen in the northern sky, coming from the direc- tion of the Austrian frontier. It was flying very high—about 2,600 meters. People at first did not recognize this speck as an enemy bent on destruc- tion. Soon however, the steam syren at the arsenal gave a long wail—the signal of warning—and the people scattered to cellars and any available cover. The aeroplane was now in full view, heading straight for the big rail- way station at Venice, the center of a network of railway connections. Just above the station the aeroplane began to circle round and round. Clearly it was going to bomb the station. But at 2,500 meters height the aim is not good, and besides there was mist add- ing to the difficulties of a sure shot. Down came the bomb—people could see it fail—but instead of the station it struck square on top of the famous old church. It did not explode imme- diately as it struck the roof. Instead, it made a clean hole through the roof and then, shooting downwards, ex- ploded just above and in front of the pulpit. Internal Explosion. This internal explosion is caused the terrible destruction, as be- and its shrapnel contents, the. sud- den expansion of air in the confined interior of the church literally lifted the roof from the supporting walls and blew it skyward. One side of the roof was bent over to the right, the other to the left, beams and arches crashing upward and over, while masses of debris settled down between the walls. The frescoed ceiling had disappeared in an instant. Particles of the bomb dug deep into the alabas- ter facing the walls, cracking and wrenching the marble pillars and side walls from floor to roof. Even the marble floor, made of huge slabs formed in mosaics was torn up in chunks. One huge slab of the floor covered the tomb of some of the famous Venetians of olden days, and this was wrenched out exposing the tomb below. The explosion occurred when the church was deserted so that no loss of life resulted. To the art world the damage to the famous old church is an irreparable joss. Everywhere it was known as the type of the Venetian baroque style, and next to the church of Santa Maria was the best example of this style in the world. The fresco by Tiepolo, covering the entire ceiling, was of course, the greatest loss, as mext to Titian, Tintoretto and Paul Veronese, Tiepolo was accepted as the greatest of descriptive painters, and the last of the older school of famous Venetian roasters. The destroyed fresco was his most representative work, and probably the largest, After nearly roof blown off, | what | sides the flying fragments of the bomb | Genasco Shingies with attractive surface of Red and Green Slate Durable Handsome Fire Resisting We carry a full line of Genasco Roofing products. Call and investigate. NEW BRITAIN LUMBER & COAL COMPANY. New Britain, Conn. | 300 years the painting w cellent state of preservation, the vividness of the coloring and the £rea’ number of figures in the col- tossal wor nearly 100 feet across— giving it a ‘cial interest and value ‘o the art world, Tiepolo’s Work Destroyed. by chance, too, is it Tiepolo’s | | in an ex- | | i I, that destroved instead of | Titian’s or Tintoretto’ for these mas- ters are similarly represented on the ceilings and walls of ~hurches and historic ‘-monuments of | Venice, and whilo paintings ean be removed to places of safety the fres- coed ceilings must stay to take i chance of bombs. Ruskin in his | €tones of Venico says Titian and Paul { Veroneso can be judged only hy the | collings of Venice. The sculptures | &nd carvings of tho high altar are by many of the < ! arother Venetian master, Fozzo, but these escaped serious damage. Besides the cstruction of the | Sealzt church, the cchiaf effect of the Tomb raids has been near the arsenal, Tt is clear that the chief purpose of the raids is to reach the arsena) and the railway station, the former being | i | | i | | ihe chief defensive work of Venlee | h large stores of ammunition, while the railway station is a june- tion for many lines for strategic mili- taTy movements toward the frontier. The bombs thus far have fallen out- side the arsenal, in narrow side sireets, tcaring up the streets and, 1iddling the houses but not causing much loss of life. The canals are everywhere, and many of the bombs have fallen in the water. The nearest approach to the famous Campanille and Doges’ Palace was a bomb which fell midway between the coclumn bearing the winged lion of San Marco and the column of San Theodore, both on the Piatzza San Marco, but this bomb did not explode. {\nother bomb fell in the Grand Canal just in front of the Doges’ Palace. soth of these bombs, which fortun- | ately were harmiless. struck within a | hundred vards of the most famous | monuments in Europe. tho | Gifl:s to President and Cardinal Show Belgian Children’s Gratitude i ki The commission for relief in Rel- , eries and a jewel case from the school | gifts are touching documents of the glum, 71 Broadway, New York, re- | chalice cover and a pillow for Cardi- | feelings of the little Belgians for ceived a few days ago Christmas gifts | Wilson, members of his family and | America. No. 1 shows, from left to of engraved scrolls, laces ‘e | right, a jewel case for the president; | | | | | New Britain, Conn. enxbrmd»lfur Cardinal Gibbons. 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No. 3 shows, enlarged, the hand painted scroll from a twel e- yvear-old boy of ILiege, addressed to “‘His Excellency, Sir Bdward Wil.on, President of the United States at Washington.” The commission appcals to America for new winter clothing for the destitute men and women snd Hargreaves’ GIFT SHOP offers a surpassing assortment of ap- propriate gifts for the Christmas sea- son. Wonderful Mechanical Toys for Girls, and a few c Very Special hand-made embroideries and Fancy Pleces stitched by Harriet Hargreaves are on sale at 91 ARCH STREET Everything for the Christmas Tree and Table. The Original Decorating Concern of New Britain (established 1904), mak- ing a specialty of DECORATIONS in bunting and electric for Banguets, Balls, Falrs, Weddings and every event where Skill and Taste in this line are cxacted. AWNINGS FOR EVERY PURPOSE. CANOPIES. 91 ARCH STREET MULIIGHAPH LEIIERS Fac-simile of Typewriting done I 1-2 and 3 colors with signatures Letter Heads Printed. 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