The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 8, 1899, Page 31

THE SUNDAY CALL. Through T Choicest speci= means a fund mens of antique cameos, sards, intaglios and other gems that have been notable for more than a century, and whose total value SR is not known but may be well apprecl= ated, for it is certain that one alone THE CUPID ANDPSYCH of these antiques cost $10,000. Known, but the price of one gem alone was $10,000, and there are others that certainly cost nearly as much. The most famous gem, and one which has been frequently copled, represents the nuptials of Cupid and Psyche, ard"'i signed by Tryphon, who lived and died in Macedon about 370 B. C. The history of this cameo iz known from the year 1 A. D., but there is a difference of opinion as to its orig Some scholars believe it to be a product of the Renaissance, others that it is Grecian. Mr. Robinson belleves it to be a product of Greece, and the trend of opinion seems to be In that direction. The first figure to the left bears aloft a dish containing probably what is a wedding gift, or food for the nuptial feast. il — gems were prizes a Next on the left are Cupid and Psyche, the central figures, the v erl ment of faces of both veiled from curious eyes, as custom prescribed Cupid bears a dove. The next tiny figure bears a torch over for 1 I one shot 1d leads the couple by cord. Still »w, with an open-ha gesture, we T them to w y be either a couch or a table for the feast. The the body are depicted skillfully. The heads of Livia and winged lit I : ; 2 quoise on another cameo. Unfortunately, only the upper pa ; g of the was found; what remains had to be p: hed to- ot s : i gether, but the work was done so skilifully that it is scarce ; % noticeable The head of Tiberfus and the head and breast of Livia remain ct. A small portlon of the woman's drapery = is shown: the treatment of the hair is particularly fine, m ving been done with what afforded little opportu reaths, denoting imperial rank, surmount each brow 8 bought 3 cast of the young Roman's features is typical of his ¢ NTI LA the exvression is stern. 1 Spe onstru » ‘and ~AUGU5T{‘A & talozzi, a noted engraver of the last century, devoted X @ several years of his life to reproduéing on copper the Marlbor- be t some of the Back y yugh gems. He made in all 108 plates. ery few found-th T y manifest surp C‘, DIDAND ‘“'ag\' tf. this country : ve regained LUS ® i not Possibly the only crmplete set is owned by John R. de that the family fortune 2 Zeller, a collector of New Y - Jurtany not ma = : Jmall Fortunes to INoted Jingers. HE American millionaire in London who gave the most notable entertainment of the season has surpassed all records for lavishness in offering artists for the pleasure of ts. King Ludwig of Bav of an dithletic Parson. T of 1 e,L. 1., and temporar Jelimore, N. who had an Imore some ) opera his solitary amusement, seems economical i 1 how opened only comparison with this latest list, and an all-star perform " r d a at the Metropolitan could be undertaken at no greater cost 3 s meang very Paderew Sarah Bernhardt, Melba and Plancon, not to men- i one of the ma tion Ancona Bonnard, were the artists engaged at this . tful Clist concelved the Mr enter - Sabbath and hold- and for liberal and at the RIght here, however, came in the wag- younger generation of aspirants to the | Those who belleve that the days of plc- the fear of death, but hope finally de- company in a little © g€ had been arranged. More than ging heads of the doctrinarians whose IOPed arena. The younger element want- | turesque journalism are dead in this coun- spaired and the boom winged its flight ¢5000 was pald to these entertalners. Only the forelgn ac 1o young clement, scheme of exclusiveness had closed the ciyes joes ' ipn,and more athlotics, the | try are mistaken. Go West, and vou find through ethereal space to the upper and, ure engaged for these drawing room appearances, and interest, passed the church by doors of the cl t is a tall, finely pro- | it In all its fresh exuberance. What, for it 18 to be hoped, much better kingdom, cyrjous to read that on the best known women on the Paris ch and kept them the Rev. Mr. ( 1 long ers and longer closed for two years. Bellmore is a vil- Hoged membepofithe militant church, | natance, 18imors InApiing th&n the fol: whers 1t Wil e#eave tho deaigns of ather | REikA Hiady gonddn s SRgo (e T aeiiE 2 thea b "he music performed in a drawing room who appeared with some members of he to be met a field cl le upon little, concluded Heine, who with Major Hyrun Kalt, Mr. | dead. Born in the shadow of a grave, air, born to this unhallowed sphere at an De hletic enterprise, and, b . which should he an up-to-date that the Rev. Mr. Clist was nothing bringing the ng people into re- more than a trainer of pugilists in dis- ed sport over the festive bunker and the merry teanis net, guise, and that he proposed to turn th 80 led them into the church foid. -y Shieafies 1 in a Madison avenue drawing room after her regular per- untimely hour with the knowledge of but formance. Only 3300 was paid to her for that. The explanat 2 a few members of a charmed circle, it used to be that the comparative smallness of New York draw t | it died on the Fourth of July, 18%. It was djed, not like the flower—for there is hope ing rooms made this style of eniertainment unpopular. Rut an ‘and scores of othe: of the athletic dominie, to a very good man t take the part nd also most at this figh cradled In vanity and nurtured on conceit, d £ Mr. Clist began v lage of magnificent distances, where peo- With a keen sense of the human needs ing eprightly: obitudry of the Con- and stronger, Congressional booms and tér, bist st of engagements for private houses E ople to tk rch, and ple have more than plenty of time to Cll A8 the spiritual. he leaned essional boom of a Nebraskan? It is avoid, especially, contact with the de- enough to keep her emploved for three wee The di : c e longer sermons. He gave informal “t think things. By the time they were (oWard the younger constitue d | from the editorial columns of the Kearney stroying octopus of a man on a slack wire in the value set on such-forms of entertaining here is shown i e of the most popular New York divines, and ready to talk & few of the enemies of the spwontian - P osrcsted i epite of all | gyn; 3> 0ie winl g Tosd's boum, R I et o earnan s o 1 olks ale to fill i 2 S Oppos . he z s § G oricetre ‘ S, 7 acted heve in private three years ago. e e last to ac : ok als egxn Mlowly: to the pews. revolutionary regime came together, and _ “It 1s most absurd,” sald Postmaster Hose Carson's boom for Congress s ‘“Conceived in a friendly castle bullt of jder thege circumstances in New York, and gave a little pia IS therein, the dominie conceived orilliant idea by magnifying li o P f unj g should come just at a time when th c- | always a frail flower and lingered for sev. that if the flower dies it will bloom again. that no longer holds, since so many among the persons who ©ld church Into training quarters for the cess of the new pastor was assured.” | eral-months between the hope of life and Peace be to its ashes.'” = could afford such luxuries now have ballrooms,