The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-06

But we must not tarry here, mucl
as we would like to; our guide re
minds US that time is fleeting anC
much yet remains to be seen. The
Arc &c TriOmphe de 'Etoile, the
finest tTiumphal arcn in existence
stands. as the latter portion of It's
title would indicate, in the very
centre of the city of Paris. From
Its summit a magnificent pan Drama
of natural and artificial scenery
spreads out on every hand. It's the
point from whence radiate twelve
fine avenues, forming a star, one of
which, the Champs Elysees, con-
meets the emiDence upon which the
arch is built with the Place de la
| ConcOrde. Another, the Avenue of
the Grand Army, is so named from
the fact that down this very street
IN the year 1919, marched that ire
mendous host which had as its OBJ
ject the inYation of Russia, and the
disastrous fate Of which a few
months later, is familiar to the stu
dent of history as one of the most
painful chapters in the annals of
modern warfare, Others of these
streets are named after Napoleon
the First'S generals. It was for the
Emperor himself that the Are de
Triomphe was designed, by ChaI-
grin in 1906, but it remained for the
OOnquerOr's successor, Louis Phil
lipe, to complete the structure,
which WAS finished in she year 1896.
The arrangement Of the streets in
the form Of star, splendid inn
prOvement already referred tn, was
already carried out by Baron HaaRS.
man, by order of Napoleon III. The
Arc is 160 feet high, 146 feet bread
and II feet deep, and cost 81, Oo0, zoe.
GroSss of statuarJ, eaEvga in high
relief and gigantic proportions, Illus
tratiYe Gf events IN the NapoleOnie
era, embellish the east and west
sides Of the arch, while the top Is
occupied by colossal moGel group
in br0nZe, more modern addition
by Falgnleres, respecting the re-
mOVal OF the retention and COM
pleGiGg Of which the municipal
council Of Paris are as yes unde-
clded. We now return TO the car
rage but In . few minutes have
again BHlled up before u magnificent
structure, in the shape of u crescent,
and bearing the Aame Of the Trosa-
derO Palace, she centre OF which Is
a circular ediaee Of vast proportions
by q dome, with the
two arms fOTRipg the crescent ten
minating III Moorish paYiliOns.
From the summit Of this buildMg1
which is gained by an enormous
'lift" elevator, IL to be obtained
the Anest view in Paris. The gar
dens are most tastefRlly arranged
and form cool inviting resort from
the heat and dust Of shmmeT. The
principal event, and the only one of
importance. connected with the
necessarily brief history of tbs
beautiful modern structure, is the
fact, impaired by our guide-if
guides ave ever guilty of importing
facts-that it Is was undertaken,
planned and perfected in fifteen
months, truly astonishing feat and
one that is without 8 rival in the
annals of French architecture. The
Champ de Mars, large sandy plain
/ 600 yards long by about 500 broad,
the site of the Industrial Exhibition
OF 1898, the Grand Fete Of FrateF-
mite in 1918, and Of the Industrial
Exhibitions OF 1857 and 1878, is i'm
mediately opposite the Frocadero
Palace, and it Is reached from thence
by means Of the bridge, or Port
d'Jena, which here spans the river
Seine. At the opposite end Of the
Champ de Mars, which is used as
training ground fer the cavalry
and is not accessible ordinarily,
stands the Ecole Militaire, or train
ing school, fine building equal to
many palaces in appearance, the
northwest front Of which is a quar-
ter of a mile in breadth. The pub
lie are only admitted to the interior
by special permission, which, since
the war; is very difficult to obtain.
We will now stop for a lemonade
for the day Is exceedingly warm and
then for the Hotel des 1nvalides and
Tomb of Napoleon. IAGo.