New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1927, Page 3

SERVICES REVIVED TODAY IN FAMOUS CATHEDRAL AT RHEIMS First Mass Celebrated Since Activities Were Halted Because of Bom- bardment During World War. Rheims, France, May 26 (UP)— Rheims Cathedral—the world's most precious artistic and architectural heritage from the Gothic age—was today restored to the uses of Chris- tianity. Today when the first mass was, lield since the war marked a historic | date In the 716 years of existence of this edifice which has witnessed the rise and fall of empires and dynastles, the emergence and de- cline of peoples and natons, the tri- umphs and defeats of kings and captains, innumerable wars and un- | have been mute witnesses of the | ogged with ruins. told bloodshed. After eight years of continuous work of reconstruction and expendi- ture of nearly $1,000,000 the ancient structure was again ready for use as a place of worship. ‘War Scars Remain But the medieval fabric forever will bear the scars of war. Another ten years must elapse before the wounds of the Great War are ef- faced and a generation will pass be- fore the restoration is completed. The world of Christendom and of art is lagely indebted to an Ameri- can—John D.' Rockefeller—whose gitt for the restoration of the roof made possible the completion today of the first phase of reconstruétion. Throughout France today mem- ories of the Great War and the part the Cathedral has played during the centuries of her long history surged up again with the news of the re- storation. The venerable, white-haired Card!- ral Lucon, who remained during the war and saw his beloved Cathedral ravaged by fire and shell, was tremulous with emotion, He has dedicated the remainder of his life to the restoration. ‘War Time Recollections On the occasion of today's cere- mony many remembered with what anxiety news of the fate of the Cathedral during the war was awaited throughout the Christian world. In the midst of the excite- ment of the early days of the war the world was shocked by the re- ports on September 19, 1914 that fires started by a German shell Jde- stroyed the roof, ruined the interior, and burned the Archbishop's palace with its priceless tapestries and Gothic collections. Tn an effort to protect the building the French had placed German wounded in the nave €ross flags on the steeples.. About a dozen Germans were burned to death or Kkilled agonizingly by melt- ed lead dripping from the burning roof. Architects today estimated that the restored Cathedral will stand for many hundreds of vears— berring another war—and that many | consecration of nearly all the klngs‘ generations of posterity and millions Ial sightseers will see the architec- tural gem of the middle ages. Hit By 300 Shells During the four years of the war while the German trenches were only a few miles from the cathedral more than 300 shells struck the building destroying the famous “Rose Window,” most of .the an- clent stained glass, the choir, the roof, and many of the 2,303 sculp- tured figures which decorate the in- terior and exterior. But, in the general outlines, the cathedral | stands as it was seen by the eyes of | Joan of Arc-on July 17th, 1429 when she witnessed the coronation of Charles VII, and by all the long line {of French kings, except Louis IV | and Henri IV, who were crowned in the cathedral. The cornerstone of the present | cathedral was laid in May, 1211, by | Archbishop Aubri de Humbert and | the history of the edifice has since been closely interwoven with the history of western Europe and | Christianity. The ancient stones | great events of the secular and ec- clesfastical history of France. Robed dignitaries of the church have thronged the gallerles and crowned kings trod the stones of the nave | during centuries. | At intervals the construction went {on during 216 years, interrupted by | wars, famines and disorders. There | was a long Interruption during the | Hundred Years’ War and in 1431 a | great fire destroyed the roof. Un. | told millions of francs, gathered from the clergy, from Papal indul- gences, and collections in Christian lands, were spent and many men | passed their entire lives working |upon the structure, Despite the | fact that four architects were em- | ployed at various times the unity of | plan was preserved. The original plans were drawn by Jean d'Orbals, | who supervised thelr execution over 120 years. Finished in 1428 The building was finished In 1428 {and since then only necessary r | pairs have been made in the 17th |and 18th centuries. In 1845 Violet- |le-Duc executed extensive restora- | tions. | During the recent repairs in the |cholr, tombs of Bishops of {were saved from the fire by the | Rheims dating from the year 700 | were discovered. Their location had been forgotten for hundreds of | vears. | The present cathedral stands on the sites of churches successively | crected since the dawn of Chris- tanity. The first was built about four hundred years after the birth of Christ and the immediate predeces- | sor of the present edifice was burn- {ed on the night of May 6, 1210. | The priceless treasure of the | cathedral and the rich tapestries | were saved rom the fire by | ly. Among the famous objects of the )'rensure are the chalice of Saint Remi and the Skiff of Saint Ursula, | both precious examples of the gold- | | smith's and jeweler's art of the Mid- dle Ages. The chalice of gold fili- gree work and jewels, was used in | the communlon services during the | of France. the | on bundles of straw and hoisted Red | Cure and will be replaced eventual- (32 Mags NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1927. The stage of restoration today s surprising when compared with the scene when the United Press corres- pondent visited the Cathedral dur- |ing and after the war. Then heaps of debris covered the floor of the nave to a depth of 20 feet, the sclup- {tured splayings were covered thickly with dust, there were great gaping holes in the vaulting, and the outer eplayings of the doorways were cov- ered with sandbags. Mixed with the debrls were chunks of the sculptured figures of Biblical scenes, shell frag- ments, bnts of anclent carvings ex- ecuted 700 years ago, and several unexplodud eight-inch shells which had plunged through the roof. Other Historic Incidents. Today was also a milestone in the | history of the “Martyred City” of {Rheims. When the guns were stilled on November 11, 1918, only 60 of the 14,000 housés in Rheims were un- | damaged and habitable. Innumerable | thousands of shells during four years had wrecked the city. On some days |two to three thousnd shells had fallen in the city. On April 1, 1917, more than 2,800 sheflls plunged into Rheims. On Good Friday 7,600 fell. | Most of the 115,000 inhabitants had |heen driven out or evacuated by the military authorities. The streets were | Now ,about ninety per cent of the | | damage is repaired, the number of inhabitants has reached nearly pre- war figure, there are shiny new de- partment stores, busy markets and omfortable hotels. The shell holes in |the railway station have been plug- |ged, and the riddled trees in the | parks and boulevards have put forth Inew branches. But just outside the town the wil- derness of the Champagne battle- {field stretches mile upon mile defy- |ing even Nature's powers of restor- ation, ?TRDLLEYS IN COLLISION, ONE PASSENGER INJURED —_— Hartford and Francis Street Cars Crash At Central Park | Terminal | Harry Kombakian, 35 of 102 Broad street, who was thought to | have been seriously injured as the result of a trolley collision at the Center last nighf, was reported to | be resting comfortably at New Brit- lain General hospital today. It was |stated that he has an injury to his Ihead and that therc might have {been a slight concusion at the time |of his admittance to the institutioms | He was a passenger on the New | Pritain-Hartford trolley which was | coming into its terminal at Central | Park last evening at 9:37 o'clock. [The car collided with a Francie |street car at the south end of the {park, Kombakian being ~thrown | violently against the seat opposite. 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