The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-09-14

expected that the guest shall eat or
drink at all, a higher price for the lodg-
ing being paid when the breakfast is
not eaten in the house. But the name
of hotel is not to be understood as
meaning strictly public house of en-
tertainment, because it is applied in
France to all large houses, whether
public offices or private residences, in
magnificent specimens OF which Paris
abounds, in most of its great thorough
fares. After dinner which we took at
seven O'Clock, we started out for short
stroll along the Rue Rivoli, the covered
arcade of which is lined with bright
shops. We didn't walk far feeling con
siderably fatigued by the days journey,
and went to bed early, leaving for the
mornings work, visit to the Eiffel
Tower, from the summit of which | in
tended to take my first lesson in the
typography Of Paris. After rather an
early breakfast, as ght is turned into
day and 0iee-VerSa here, my friend
having a business call to make, | struck
out alone for the exhibition grounds.
My hotel being quite near the Garden
of the ruileries, walked through these
beautiful grounds until | came to the
Place de la Concorde. the well known
and magnificent square or plaza, adorn-
ed with ten fountains unexcelled for
beauty in Europe, and near which is
the celebrated Church of the Made
leine, which Napoleon dedicated to
hero-worshlp, but which is now conse
Grated for religious worship. l had OF
course to stop and admire its classic
Grecian beauty, its fitty-two magnif-
cent Corinthian columns, its imposing
frieze and pediment with sculptured
figures From the Place de la Con-
corde l crossed the Seine, and in few
steps entered the the exhibition grounds
on the Quay DeOrsay. l passed hur-
riedly through the buildings that line
the Seine, up to the Eiffel Tower by
the directest route possible to me under
the disadvantages of first visit, reach
ing the Tower at exactly eleven o'clock
1t is not necessary for me to undertake
to describe the general appearance oi
the Tower, since it has so generally
been written about. Its light and airy
appearance, detracts somewhat from its
immense height, particularly as the frs,
platform rests upon four bases or cor.
ners of intricate iron work, set IN the
most solid masonry. The wide spacs
between the four bases of the tower
makes handsome plaza, from which
you look up through the open iror
work of the fantastic structure. There
are four lifts or elevators reaching from
the ground to the first platform, one in
each base or corner of the tower. These
elevators, which are double e-deckers OF
two story lifts, carry you up to the firsI
platform one hundred and eighty-foul
feet for two francs. The journey Is q
very short one, less than a minute
This first platform is an immense place
1t will accommodate over five thous.
and people, and has l believe four res
taurants. To the second platform OF
story, three hundred and seventy-slx
feet, you can ascend either by the lifts o.
which there are two constantly running
or by iron stairs. From the second
platform to the third or highest one
you are taken by an American elevator
of the Otis patent made in Boston
This highest platform Of the tower is
about sixty feet square, and from it q
panoramic landscape eighty miles III
width is possible on clear dav. Stand.
ing upon this platform nearly one thous.
and feet above the ground, or 432 fee,
higher than the Washington Monument
you command one of the grandesl
views possible in this world. Paris be-
yond doubt IS of all others, the mos,
beautiful city, and here it lies spread
grandly before you. l was favored with
beautiful clear morning and what was
more l made the acquaintance of a
bright young Englishman on my way
up, and who had resided here for ten
years. He was chatty young fellow
and pointed out every important point
or salient feature in the grand pano.
rama spread before US. Away off to oul
left the dark green of the Bois de Bou,
logne, the finest public drive of the cap.
ital, attracts your attention. l was some.
what disappointed in the character and
the growth of the trees in this park. had
imagined it ornamented with grand old
growth of trees, ,on the contrary, it is most
ly Of young shrubbery and is quite mod
ern, as l discovered when subsequently
driving through it to St. Cloud and
Versailles. Immediately in front of us
is the celebrated Arc de Triumphe dc