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LEFT RHEAD 15 RHEIMS vent, Paris, France; she began to study for the stage soon after leaving school; made her debut at the Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels, in "Fairy Fingers"; was engaged at Rouen and at the Vaude- ville, Paris; made a tour of France; was leading actress at the Imperial Theater, St. Petersburg, 1876-1881; played, in English, Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing," at the Gaiety Theater, London, in 1881; acted in the United States in 1881 and 1882. Her repertory contained "Adrienne Lecouv- reur"; "Camille"; "Pygmalion and Gala- tea"; "School for Scandal"; "Frou- Frou"; "The New Magdalen"; "Lady of Lyons"; "Nell Gwynn"; etc. She died in Montmorency, France, May 5, 1899. RHEAD, LOUIS JOHN, an Anglo- American artist, born in Etruria, Eng- land, in 1857. Having studied art at the Art Training School, South Kensington, London, he came to the United States in 1883, as art manager for a large publishing house. He painted in oil and water colors. Besides exhibiting in many American and European galleries, he also illustrated numerous books, espe- cially the Louis Rhead series of juvenile classics. He also contributed to news- papers and magazines frequent articles on fly fishing. Gold medals were awarded to him at Boston, in 1895 and at St. Louis, in 1904. He published "Bait Angling" (1907) ; "Book of Fish and Fishing" (1908) ; and "American Trout Stream Insects" (1916). RHEES, BENJAMIN RUSH, an American educator; born in Chicago, 111., Feb. 8, 1860; was graduated at Amherst College in 1883, and at the Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1889 he ac- cepted a pastorate at Portsmouth, N. H., where he remained till 1892 when he went to the Newton Theological Insti- tution, Newton Center, Mass., and in 1894 became Professor of Biblical Interpreta- tion of the New Testament. There he became a member of the Society of Bib- lical Literature and Exegesis; and was author of "The Life of Jesus of Naza- reth, a Study"; "History of Theology"; etc. He was elected president of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., and Burbank professor of Bibli- cal Literature, July 1, 1900. RHEIMS, or REIMS, a city in the French department of Marne; on the Vesle; 98 miles E. N. E. of Paris. Strongly fortified with detached forts since the Franco-Prussian War, when it was for a time the German headquar- ters; it is well built, and from the material employed in building, which is the chalkstone of the district, and from the prevalence of the older style of do- mestic architecture, has a picturesque appearance. It is built on the site of Durocortorum, which is mentioned by Caesar as the capital of the Remi, from which people it subsequently took its present name. Christianity may have found an entrance into Rheims at an earlier period, but it was not till about 360 that it became a bishop's see. Under the Frank rule it was a place of much importance, and it acquired a deeply religious interest from its having been the scene in 496 of the baptism of Clo- vis and his chief officers by the bishop, St. Remy (438-533). In the 8th cen- tury it became an archbishopric, and from 1179, when Philip Augustus was solemnly crowned here, it became the place for the coronation of the kings of France, who were anointed from a ves- sel of sacred oil, called "sainte ampoule," which a dove was said to have carried to St. Remy from heaven. Joan of Arc brought the dauphin hither, and the only sovereigns in the long series, down to 1825, not crowned at Rheims were Henry IV., Napoleon I., and Louis XVIII. In 1793 the cathedral was attacked by the populace, and the sainte ampoule smashed by a sansculotte; and in 1830 the ceremony of coronation at Rheims was abolished. The cathedral, though the towers of the original design are still unfinished, is one of the finest ex- tant specimens of Gothic architecture. It was built between 1212 and 1430, and in 1877 the government voted $400,000 toward restoration. Its nave is 466 feet long by 99 in breadth, with a tran- sept of 160 feet, and the height is 144 feet. Its grandest features are the W. facade, which is almost unrivaled, with its magnificent doorway, and the so- called Angel Tower, which rises 59 feet above the lofty roof. The stained glass is remarkable for its beauty; the organ is one of the finest in France; and two survive out of six magnificent tapestries. The Romanesque church of St. Remy (mainly 1160-1180), with the saint's shrine, is nearly of equal size, but of less architectural pretension. Also note- worthy are the town hall (1627-1880) ; the ancient "Maison des Musiciens" (Mu- sicians' House), and archiepiscopal pa- lace; the Porta Martis, a Roman trium- phal arch; the Lycee, representing a former university (1547-1793) ; and statues of Louis XV. and two natives, Colbert and Marshal Drouet. Rheims, prior to the World War, was one of the principal entrepots for the wines of Champagne, and the hills which surround the town were planted with vineyards, and many workmen were employed. It