Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-09-03
THREE MONTHS IN EUROPE.
PARIS.

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and to-day We see it in all OF its glory
and magniticence, and as We look down
through the miles OF shaded avenues
and boule,ards walled up on either side
| with architecture as beautiful as wealth
and genius can produce, and behold
the gigantic arches, the statuary that
adorn them in almost every public
and private place, the parks with their
endless roads and winding pathways,
the gardens with their choicest flowers,
the palaces and galleries with their
crowded walls of pictures, the grandeur
OF the public buildings and monu-
ments, the exquisite taste displayed in
dress, then we realize that Paris is the
home of art, for there is hardly single
spot that its fingers have not touched
and We are not surprised that travellers
like to visit and students love To study
here The city is beautifully located
upon the river Seine, 4 stream sc
peaceful that We do not wonder that
Napoleon wished that his body might
rest near it, and as We look down
along the shores rich with the verdure
OF early summer, it becomes go pic.
turesquc that il is gallery oi itself
The Masters for ages have loved tC
paint here ard many gems of lands.
cape have been taken from the Seine.
In fact everything appears suberb and
lovely, except the morals of the French
people, which to lis appear to be in Il
deplorable condition.
There may not be more sin to the
square inch here than in other great
cities, but one thing is obvious, there
are no screens to go around or peep
through, everything is public, and all
can enjoy and must endure it. In Eng
land we were reminded that the Sab
bath was n day Of rest, and worship by
the cessation of business, and the peal
ing of the church bells, but here we are
assured that its Gods day from the
bands of music upon the streets and
in the parks and the thousands ol
people that throng the theatres, races
and hundreds OF other places OF
amusement. Yes France has fifty-twc
holidays in the year that We know of
and several others of greater or less m.
portance | presume are observed.
1t looks rs though they were a little
| skeptical about the next world, and
were trying to make complete picnic
OF this. They are polite, kind hearted
and they tell me affectionate in an ex.
traordinary degree; in fact there is nc
limit to woman's love, and the men are
more richly endowed than the ladies
| You disconsolate and broken hearted
lovers go to France where everybody
loves and loves everybody.
But what, it may be asked
about French Home? don't kno W
as they have any. Most every house
seems to be hotel or cafe, and the
people seem to live mostly in the parks
and on the streets. That song so dear
to an Englishman or an American
Home Sweet Home" l don't believe
ever got across the channel Give me
the custom and the love that will make
house thatched with straw or covered
with sods home, where the children
can play unnoticed, and virtue walk
unguarded!
We have visited most Of the places
| OF interest such as the Souvre, Gar.
den of the Tuileries, Hotel DIES Inva.
lides, Tomb of Napoleon, Palace OF
Luxembourg and Gallery, Hotel de
Cluny, Bois de Boulogne and Cathedral
of Notre Dame. The Morgue, Arc de
Triumphe, Opera House, Vendome
Column, Pantheon, Champs-Elyse
and many places We will not take the
time to mention, and to give a de-
tailed description would be like writ.
ing history of France, so we write
i'll general way enlarging now and
then upon things that particularly in
terest us. In the galleries We saw the
largest display OF paintings we have
ever seen. The Gallery OF the Souvre
is an immense affair containing paint.
ings Of the dead Masters, nearly all
being represented. The celebrated
picture, The Assumption, and a num-
Der OF others by Murillo, are there.
The name Of Rubens appears at the
bottom Of one. Hundreds were copy.
ing from the different paintings. the
pictures Of the different masters hav.
many admirers. In some we confess
We could see but little beauty, but af.
ter witnessing the enraptured multi
tude. We concluded that it Was lack
OF education in liz. At the Luxem.
bourg Gallery we admired many
paintings by living masters; in fact
they were to us more attractive than
the display at London.
| We have used our wheels quite ex'
tensively in Paris, the streets being
wide and the city spread over so much
ground it has been much more con
venient to get around with them than
in London. We have not had a great
I deal of trouble with our conversation