Daily globe., 1883-10-31
THE SIGHTS OF PARIS.
The Magnificence and Beauty OF the
French Capital
Paris Letter in St. Louis Republican !

The Boulevard des Italiens, one Of the prin-
cipal boulevards, at night is grand; the stores
all open, the pavement filled with people and
the streets lined with vehicles of all kinds.
Take a chair, and as soon as you are seated a
waiter rushes and puts a velvet cushion
undtr your feet, and you have wine and cake
and just gaze i'll silent admiration at this
gay crowd as they pass aud re-
pass. Well, never saw such a place in my
life. The carriages and conveyances don't
get out of the way; if they run over you,
they are not punished; you must get out of
their way. There are immense medallions
in the streets and boulevards, ornamented
with magnificent lamps and clocks, and also
with colossal statues in bronze aud marble
These medallious are raised little above the
street. and you can get on these, and thus be
protected from the rush. In daytime, and
night, too, it seems TO me that I'll Paris is
rushing to the races.
If YOU could only SEQ tba Champs Elysees
tElysian fields at night, all lighted up-three
concert gardens, the fences of feStoonS and
pyramids of pink and white globes-all
hghted- and the gateway. all globes lighted
with gas, and the fountains playing, lnagni-
ticent statuary towering above the trees,
and the stages ablau, with chrystal and gold
and gas and pagodas, high up above the
trees, filed with beautiful flowers,
ablaze with hght Here ladies and
gentlemen sit. drink wine and eat
ices. grapes, peaches. etc. l was up in
one OF these places several times, and l was
charmed The Elysan fields at night are
scene of enchantment. The Jardin Mabille
is not in existence any more. The Elysian
avenue is broad, beautifully paved with as
phaitum, brilliantly lighted on each side with
gas The vehicles going up and down on
either side at night, reminds me of torch
light procession, and as far the eye can
reach. The lamps on this avenue look like
string of stars. This magnificent avenue is
thanked with handsome palaces Here live
the Rothschilds, Munro, the banker, and
many others This avetule is fashiora-
ble promenade. Froln : to o'clock
yOn see numerous carriages. riders
and pedestrians on their way tu the BoiS de
Boulogne. At the Champs Elyseas" Que can
witnesses the characteristic phases of Partisan
life. The "BoiS dc Boulogne" is a beautiful
park, covering an area Of 2, $50 acres, bounded
by the Notifications of Paris. There are
beautiful drives, rivers, lakes which are Usci
for skating in winter and boating in summer.
1t is romantic and charming, and we drive
through tho Bos frequently. The garden of
ruileries is beautiful, filed with colossal
statuary, magnificent fountains, lakes filed
with black and white swans, and | can't tell
you all. There IS scarely o square iii this
city that is not ornamented with immense
tount.us and statuary Ill bronze and mar
ble.
7 spent three days in tie paiaca OF tho
louvre looking at paintings, statyiary, jewels
and all kinds OF arts. This Palals Royal is a
grand palace and it opened into a court
filed with flowers and fountains. At II
O'Clock a cannon is Glel by the heat of the
sun This palace Is used for handsome
stores A fine band of music is in
the garden [ also visited tie palace of
Luxembourg and its lovely fountain I have
been to see the opera-house, the grand
est in the world 1t cost Sl0,000,000. can't
describe it; 1T is poem IN gold. bronze, mar
bic of every kind and color, floors of mosaic,
bronze and marble figures, ceilings frescoeA,
etc Isaw "LAfricaiDe." l never saw any
thing mounted so gcrgeously on the stage be
fore and the singing was divine. There wero
500 persons on the stage at once. Went to
the Eden theatre, the finest in the world; 600
in the ballet. Went to tbs churches which
visited the tomb of Napoleon I, and did
not think there was anything SO handsome in
the world as the tomb and chapel 1t is in
the church of the Hotel of Invalids, the home
of the veteran soldiers, Il magnificent place.
with museum Of artillery containing arulcls
worn by different monarchs of France.
Went into two courts. All dignity and
grandeur: carpeted beautifully. Behind the
Judge on the wall is large picture of the
crucifix. This is in all the courts. Went into
the gallery of Louis * of France. Visited
tho grave of Adah Menken at Mont Paruasse,
IA plain shaft OF granite, with "Adah Isaac
Menken, born in louisiana, died in Paris,
and Oh the other side, ''Thou Knowest"
Went to Psre Ia Chaise, a grand cemetery.
Saw the tomb of Hcloise and AbeIard dc
vault of Rasini, and many others