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IN THE MARKET-PLACE: NICE, ERANCE 



In normal times a quarter of a million invalids and pleasure-seekers visit this balmy 

 city by the southern sea. The great regattas and aviation meets of yester-year are now 

 forgotten, while all minds turn to the stern realities of war. 



below — old man February warming his 

 bare feet at a fire, March working his 

 vineyard, young April feeding a hunting- 

 hawk, and so on (see page 486). 



But the outside of any cathedral, ex- 

 cept the facade only, is the reverse— the 

 wrong side of the design, simply the warp 

 that makes possible the wonderful, airy, 

 soaring grace and majesty within; where 

 the crue scheme of the builder unfolds in 

 the bold symmetry of lofty column, arch- 

 ing vault, jeweled windows, and light- 



sparkled chancel. And in that chancel at 

 Amiens the most beautiful wood-carving 

 in the world blossoms in the solid oaken 

 stalls, doweled together without a nail or 

 screw or bolt. Heads and figures, orna- 

 ments and scrollwork, Bible stories and 

 portraits are there. The tough wood was 

 pliant as putty in the hands of those six- 

 teenth century artists, who could send it 

 writhing upward like twisted flame in 40- 

 foot decorative pillars and mold it into 

 the most delicate of fancies. 



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