STE.-MARIE-MATEURE CATHEDRAL 



Photo and copyright by Standard Scenic Company 

 MARSEILLE, FRANCE 



All the beauty of Amiens is not focused 

 in the cathedral. The miniature Pare 

 Rene Goblet is pure delight and reanima- 

 tion; the "'soft-glittering'' River Somme, 

 parting into numerous crystal streams, 

 transforms the older section into a Vene- 

 tian picture of canal streets, and out 

 along the river road above the city, by the 

 low island vegetable gardens, picture 

 after picture unfolds — of moated villas, 

 little dye-works that tint the stream blue 

 and red, curious rickety houses with old- 

 fashioned flower gardens, a distant gray 



cathedral, sturdy farmer women paddling 

 their snaky black boats, which might al- 

 most be gondolas brought from Venice. 

 The. finest picture of all is the market 

 in the long, tree-shaded Place Parmen- 

 tier, beside the river, almost under the 

 cathedral walls. What color and realism 

 in the huge piles of golden carrots, pur- 

 ple turnips, red tomatoes, white cheeses, 

 small mountains of eggs and hills of 

 butter, meat and fish and cabbages. It 

 is a moving picture, to the music of 

 Picard patois jarring against liquid 



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