Rosa Bonheur's Palette

When Rosa Bonhe'ir finiVned haf masterpiece, "The Horse Fair," a triend said to her: "Make me a present of your palette." With her freshly finished canvas before her and her palatte on her thumb Mme. Rotea smiled and said: "Ah, well. if you wish it; let me touch it up a little." She then quiekly painted the sketch of a deer and added her autograph. The paints are tiried around the edge of the palette and the vvhole is framed under glass in the Walker Art Gallery in Minneapolis. From France to Minnesota! The prophscy of such a destiny would have seemsd si range when the palette left the artist's hand. But the transition has -ome to pass. The painting and the