The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1891-08-28

and then the boys with violin and swell
organ. That was part OF the service; then
they sang several long pieces of music,
chOruses with tenor, bass and soprano solos.
it was fine. The church Is very beautiful
and the steps outside are the scene of many
historical events. j have seen the column
Van Dome which Napoleon |. erected. also
assembled the Ethel Tower, and saw several
other objects which will not mention this
time.
don't suppose one could begin to " do
the Louvre in a week; it is such man.
moth affair and full of the choicest paintings,
sculpture. engravings, antiquities from all
countries. and numberless other interesting
and fine things.
Yesterday morning | went to the Bon
MAJ che TO- little while, then again to the
Louvre, and stayed until four o'clock. l am
fascinated with it. If you grow tired look
ing at pictures, you can rest yourself by
looking for while at old jewels. finger
rings. worn by royalty, two diamonds-One
| the finest rose diamond, the ohe sad to
| he the clearest and most brilliant in the
world. Charlenagne's crown set with
| Jewels also Napoeon's. An elegant watch
encrllstrd with diamonds. NapOleOn's sword,
presented him by the French people, hun
dreds of beautiful jewel cases, sDutf-boxes,
| etc., used by members Of the royal family.
| Then there are elegant Mosaic tables, serve
vases, urns, old and beautiful tableware,
etc. The hall of Apollo is most magnificent
| beautifully gilded and painted-indeed
| all of the ceilings in the Louvre are works
of art. Each has subject Tor two or three)
painted by masters.
Paris is so beautiful; wish you could
could only see it. We did not ascend the
ArnI, hut Il nfNft tNxny ~
the TrOcaderO palace, from which fine
view of the city is obtained The guide,
pointing out various buildings of note, made
| it very interesting. The TrOcadero is love-
| ly, in shape of crescent. We were admit
ted to the concert hall which is used only
| occasionally now. 1t is heated in a curious
manner The hot air is blown up from the
cellar and comes into the hall through little
iron ventlators placed on the backs of the
chairs. In summer the cool air is forced
up the same way Then the gardens and
fountains are so very beautiful and curious.
| was charmed and awed by the altar back
of NapOeon's tomb and the tomb and its
surroundings. Am going there again before
leaving Paris. The Spanish marble pillars
supporting the altar, which is crowned with
gilded figures, are twisted in imitation OF
those IN st. Peters at Rome, and when it is
amber windows OH each side tighten these
up and produce the most lovely effect inn
aginable. We were fortunate in having
one peep of sunlight just as we entered. and
seeing the soft amber light on the black and
white marble and below the dark, imposing
tomb of Napoleon, surrounded by its white
statues of guardian angels. Back of this is
the church in which are all the flags taken
by Napoleon, that is all that were not
| burned, and these fill the sides of the gal
| leries. The upper windows of the Hotel
Des lnvalide, are i'm the shape Of armed
| soldiers. The panes of glass being in the
| chest, as our guide said, Its better to
have window in your chest than pain in
/ your stomach" / wonder how many times
| he has told that same joke.
The Bourse was very interesting to me.
We went up i'm the gallery and in minute
they were cheering down stairs for the
"Anglals.' felt like correcting them for
| | think Of course they meant to include me.
| At Notre Dame saw the hat of Cardinal
| Richelieu. 1t was here Napoleon was
crowned 1t is stupendOusy large inside
but disappointing outside. The two uniin-
ished towers give it a stunted appearance.
l think must surely go there again before
| we leave.
l have no more paper down here and
haven't told you yet about Versailles and
| the opera. We went to William Tell We'd
nesday night. but not to Robert" Friday.
Am going to hear Faust Wednesday next.
Expect to leave here Friday a. m, get to
| ROuen about IL, and stay till $3.50, then on
| to Dreppe, where we embark for England,
| at 8 p. m. / shall have to leave Paris but
| know | will have a good time in England.
| | have not said half | wanted to but will
| try to write again this week and tell you
| about the operas and the hippodrOme where
we saw Joan de Arc played last night.
have begun rather with the ''cart before
| the horse" i'm this letter, but | had to let out
a little of my enthusiasm over that wonderful
palace before j could write anything else.
| The building itself is SO grandly beautiful,
| but | cannot describe it. Friday after leav
| ing there CLOSES at ) p. n.y. l went with
| Milo G. down the Rue RivOli, beautiful
street with shops all under arcades. There
| bought views of Paris. That is the only
way to get any conception of the Louvre
| from photos) and then you don't get it.
Tell Mrs Tillotson and Abbie that
| thought of them there. l enjoyed the long
| hall and the large room between that and
Hall of Apollo, best of all the paintings.
Ruben's scenes in the life of Marie NJ.
| Medici are so interesting, etc.
Well, will not finish this letter if keep
in this strain, so will make an effort to
change the subject.
Weather is such convenient and natural
| topic that | will discuss that next. We
| have had a week of April showers, but on
| the whole it has not been very uncOmfort-
able. 1t is cloudy every morning, but has
not rained long at a time except Tuesday,
when it did pour all the afternoon and kept
us in. Has rained just little this p. IN,
then the sun came out and everything was
lovely. We think it better than having it
very warm.
enclose Gaze's program so you can see
what did Monday and Thursday and what
am to do next Wednesday. Mrs. Watson
has seen everything here so many times,
and has so much business to attend to that
she has not been sightseeing at all in the
day time. Every evening we go out on top
of the trans and it is great fun-can see
everything up there. At first you feel as If
you were doing something wicked, climb
ing up those narrow winding stairs, but you
soon get over that and enjoy it.
Well, Monday l was put under the care