The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-01
LETTERS FROM PARIS.


TIE following selections are from
letters received by Mrs j. N. Knapp
from Miss Marie Mathis, and will be
found fnll of interest to all:
PARIS, France, April 8, 1892.
Yesterday we visited the museum Car.
navalet and the National Archives.
wish | could describe TO YOU all the
wonders | saw in this palace of the
archives. 1t is a real palace where DUR
ing the good old times of the empire,
princes and princesess of the blood lived
and died We saw the sleeping apart
ment of the princess. The ceiling is
gilded and beautifully decorated. The
walls are covered with crimson silk
tapestry. The reception room Is mag
nificent. The rooms are now filed with
tables upon which are the parchment
rolls, parliamentary records, letters
treaties and marriage contracts between
kings and princesses. The table
Robespierre was placed upon
fatal shot is there. | looked upon the
handwriting of Louis Kill It was let
ter the boy wrote to his mother, A let
ter of Queen Marie Medicis TO her son
bare no signs Of royalty. The guide
pointed to a parchment roll which con-
tanned the original heritage OF Heloise.
| begged to see it but he could not undo
the roll To one who has read the his
tow Of Madame Roland and who re-
serves the memory of that remarkable
woman, her handwriting appeals with
a sad elOquence and almost moves the
lips 10 touch the words her pen has
traced. In the museum Cqrnavalet we
saw the chair in which Voltaire died,
the chair in which Bernager died, the
toilet case Napoleon carried in all his
campaigns, pictures depicting scenes
of the great Frence revolution,
copy of the constitution bound
in human skin, and thousands of other
things | have not time to mention.
April 6.
I saw the tomb OF Victor Hugo today.
1t is a simple tomb. The casket rests
upon SLAB of marble. A very costly
wreath was LIVING on the casket. The
The wreath was placed upon his dying
bed bv Dom Pedro a few days before
the great Frenchman passed away.
Directly opposite is the tomb OF Jean
jacques Rousseau. The statue which
surmounts his tomb faces the remains OF
the great poet. While in the crypt the
guide entertained Us by talking TO him.
self in slow measured tones 10 produce
an echo. 1t is said TO be the most per
feet echo in the world. As be talked the
same words and tones, as If actsally
spoken by other lips, resounded
back AGAIN. He struck upon the
like the roar Of many cannons.
Spring is here. The garden Of the Tuil-
cries, the Boise Boulogue and Park Mon
ceau are clothed in their beautiful spring
robe. You should see the beds of hya-
cinths, tulips and prImroSes. The breath
of their fragrance awa6ens within me
desire for the friends and the flowers of
my adopted land, or In other words /
believe | am homesick.
Sunday evening, April 10.
heard Pere Hvaclnthe today. He
has undertaken the enormous task OK ra-
forming The Catholic church. He Is j
profound thinker and al eloquent speak
CT. IreEret that have not heard him
before / listened for an hour with
almost breathlesS interest The audience
applauded several times. | was shocked
bur some one has just told me that Tai
IMAGES audiences do the same thing.
On our homeward way We
sJrayed through unknown streets
We found an old, Old tower
half fallen into ruins, it had defiant.
grim aspect; lis openings, once windows,
reminded one of the sockets OF q skeie-
ton. An old man was standing near
We asked him If he knew tie history Of
The tower. He said 1t i called jean
Laus Peur." Jean was a duke and w1ls
once the ruler of PARIS; ne hld himself
In this tower when ne was pursued by
enemies, AZ that time tf.e surrounding