The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-25
In the Garden of the Tuilcrics and Champs
ElySecs.

The palace OF tho Tmlcrics Is a rum, a
monument of the communists rage: but il
is cleared up and kept so neatly we can
form good idea of what it once was. On
1t is painted in large black letters, as on
every public building we have seen to-day,
whether ecclesiastical or civil, the words,
"Liberte, Eyatitc, Fratc'Witc," We
will stop for n few moments directly in
front Of the middle of the palace and look
westward on one of the finest sights in the
world. From where we stand Ill avenue
stretches in straight line to tho trumphal
arch, distance Of about n mile and half
AT first it passes through beautiful flower
gardens adorned with statuary and cnlivcn-
cd by fountains, then through the more
open part of the same, whcnccs comes to
lis the music Of military band, then 1t
crosses tho Place dc In Concordc and keeps
straight on through the gay Champs Elysccs
on up the hill where il is lined on each side
with the palaces of the nobility. The de-
clining sun shines through the distant tri-
umphal arch down the long vista, sparkling
on many fountain and lighting up almost
to chccrfulncss the gray tlcsolation of the
Tuilcrics In the flower gardens tourists
are strolling, Frcnchmen are taking their
evening constitutional, and ladies and chill
dren arc sitting on the benches laughing
and chatting. We go on to tho music bet
ter, Near where the band is playing we
find thousands of chairs, two of which we
appropriate, placing them wherever we
choose a few moments after taking our
seats whtc-cappcd damscl with small
wallet, will como to us and hand us a slip
of paper which tells lis we can occupy a
chair anywhere in tho garden until a certain
hour, and for this we pay her two sous
each. AS VIC hand her money she will be
sure to thank us gracefully. For an hour
we sit and listen to raptur0us music. With
its last notes the large crowd will quickly
and quietly dispersc, and VIC will walk on,
crossing the Place dc In Concordc, where
VIC must lingcr few moments, for surely
it is the finest square in the world. On our
right, we look through the Rue Royalc to
the river to the giidcd dome of the nva-
lidcs. The great fountains are playing, the
Egyptian obclisk points hcavcnward, and
Entering tho Champs Elysccs, we find
chairs and sit under the great trees to watch
varied scenes Of the promenade. Children
oiS iiollSNi'Go, Jou'iS pSoIpC oiC llltiiS3
elders gossipping, reading, or smoking.
Gingerbread stalls, lemonade vcndcrs and
merry -go-rounds are doing thriving bust
ness. Cafes -chantants are brilliantly light
cd and cntice the multitude. We are
fascinated by the gay scene and wander on
quite forgetting how far VIC are from Hotel
-. The palace Elysecs, where Prcsi-
dent MacAlahon lived stands on one side of
the park, but it is enclosed by such high
wall we can scarcely get glimpse of it.
We know we should not be allowed to visit
the palace, but we wish we might enter the
grounds and get good look at the building.
We communicate our wish to the sentinel
pacing up and down before tho entrance
and he bids us ring the bell at the gate.
We do this, and the concierge Immediately
opens little wicket and demands what VIC
want. When VIC tell her, her countcnance
is convulscd with horror, she says, "NOn !
non non J" and shuts the wicket. We
sit down upon bench and laugh heartily,
at first, at our Yankee tcmcrity. Then We
remember what country we are in, and
that our action may be deemed revolution
ary, and we begin to have visions Of a
policeman and a squad of soldiers seizing
us and carrying us to dungeons we know
not WHITTIER