The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-09-28
An Interesting Letter From Mr.. J. e.
McGrtw,


city, with broad bOulevards, beautiful
stores and interesting sights. The modes
quite cheap; one can ride on top Of two
story omnibus, or inside 10 you prefer, for
five cent? nes Il cent? or In IL cab that
takes three persons for l shilling; and
half an hour, or mile or two, that IL 30
cents; you can pick up one of these, as
any one can get about easily.
On the river Seine, which runs
through the city, are many small steamers
plying up and down for miles, leaving the
various stations every fifteen minutes, SO
one can see the city In q different and in
teresting way; 10 centimes, or cents,
carries you miles up or down. The river
Seine IN crossed by 2S fine bridges, all of
them of different styles of architecture or
desigus, but all OF the most substan ntial
character, as well IN costly. The river ls
200 to 300 feet in width and clear and nice,
as no sewerage runs into It; these being
conducted some distance out OF the city.
Our hotel Is located on the Rue d Eschelle,
and near the Rue del Opera. The Rue del
Opera ~ the avenue ut the end of which
Is the hne grand opera house. and Is
long. broad avenue, with fine aud elegant
stores on II: also near 1t are the principal
retail avenues or streets, such as the Rue
de Rivoli, Aux dc la Paix, De Italien, &c.
We first wish to see some of the style of
Paris, as every one knows, especially the
ihuics, tuut TaTiS is tue center OF anu
leader of all fashion. As we must take
home some Paris dresses, hats, &c. we
therefore first VII. IL these fash iona hle estab-
lish ments to see the various styles and
judge for ourselves which are the ones.
We get the names OF several, and first go
To Doucet 4 Co., on the Rou de la Psix.
As We enter we go into room nicely car
peted with red velvet, lace curtains, &c.
A French lady who can speak q little
English comes to walt on us. We tell her
our wants, aud are ushered through sew.
erai rooms, and into one we are invited to
seats OF red plush. All the rooms and this
one have red velvet carpets on. Our
French lady leaves us for about Afteen
minutes, and then returns, accompanied
by a stylishly dressed, nicely formed. but
stately walking lady (modeD. with an
elegant and beautiful model dress on, at.
ting perfectly, and on one who perfectly
understands the art Of pr0menading up
and down In front of US, no as to show oh
the garment. Alter vie wing this one for
about fifteen minutes, another one came
10 with q differently made dress or gown.
We are thus entertained for quite awhile,
| and Tee many different gowns or cos-
| tumes, all OF which please US. We then
look at their silks; then their capes and
wraps. We notice these lady models are
all OF perfect form, with attractive faces.
Al We are only looking, we inquire OF
these people for stylish hsts. They direct
large and stylish establishments, elegant
ly carpeted, lace curtains, &c. We look at
| great number of them, and go to several
oi these establish shments, where they all go
| through about the same way of showing
on their elegant gOwns or dresses, Wraps,
&c. Not one of these lady models, who
| Iuaiesticaily and gracefully parades with
model dress on, ever speaka . word.
The one showing them TO US does all the
| talking. Every model gown is made to
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model dresses are of their own style, and
each one Is original, and from these origi.
nate the styles of dresses all over the
world. The houses we visited are the
| ones that make aud sell not only these
gowns, but supply London, New York,
Chicago aud st. Louis with their models
We visited the renowned and celebrated
Worth, and Perdoux 4 Co. As It IL the
great desire of oil ladies' who come to
Paris 70 get Paris gown. wrap, and hat
as well as many other ParisIen things,
and an the lady members of my family are
no exceptions to the rule, they get some.
hope that the ladies', to whom this part
OF my letter will be most interestiug, can
form some idea OF how and OF whom they
can get their handsome outfits when they
visit Paris. They can also zee some of the
original Parisieu gowns, wraps, hats, etc.,
by interviewing my wife aud daughter,
who can describe Paris fashions better
than ! can, so leave that for them to do
when you call on them at home. After
seeing about the shopping we commences
sight seeing.
We visit the palace and galleries Of the
Louvre, which Is one large mass Of build
| inRs, aome parts built In I54l, 1647 and
| some in l660, on down to 1887. Adjoining
these buildings are the gardens OF Tuii-
leries, the whole covering 48 acres Of
ground, and only few blocks from our
hotel. The Louvre IL said to be the most
| ulag N fiCant atruCf Of the hind In Nho
world. 1t was formerly the kings palace,
IL now only used for the exhibition Of
line paintings, sculpture and other works
oi art, as we'll as general museum.
| We visit the tomb of the great Napoleon, !,
which 10 large stone building Of massive
appearance; on the inside is large cir.
cuiar place wherein II the tomb; IL d
of reddish polished granite nom RinIsud.
The weight OF it Ia 81 tons and cost leo, 600
francs or over S2S, 600. The building must
have cost hundreds Of thouaands a. 1t II
large and fins. on the inside II I'll polished
marble and granite With handsome mar
BILE railing all around whore We stand to
look down on the tomb; over the tomb ID
| u large dome on the building some 16O
feet high. In the rear Is the church of st.
Louis, built IN the 18th century, In which
are the tombs of many Of Nspoleon's great
generals; just between the two IL small,
but elegantly gilded, chapel with two
| large windows, one on each side, with
yeilowish cOlOred glass, through which
The sun throws beautiful light over the
tomb of Napoleon. We visit the Hotel
Invalids occupying 80 acres OF ground,
built in 1871, 1876, where disabled soldiers
| or those who have served their country 80
years can spend their days free; they can
20 and come as they please; 5000 can be
accommodated.
We then visit the great Eiiel tower.
which was built by N. Gust Eifei In less
than two years, from July. 1887, to May,
1889. 1t Is 984 feet high, not far short OF
twice the height OF the Washington mon
ument at Washington City. There are
| four massive foundations upon which rests
four corners OF the great network of iron.
Besides the elevators that carry the people
to the top, there IL q winding staircase
one can ascend or descend II you choose.
We went up In the elevators; you 20 up 10
one TO the tirst landing upon which is q
promenade, restaurant and theatre; we
lake second and ascend to the second
landing, where there Ii promenade, aud
then on third we ascend to the top,
where there Ia q glass enclosed promenade.
From each promenade we viewed the city,
aud from the top one We looked down on
the men and boys playing in ths parks
Eifel tower is located on beautiful grounds
with flower gardens and nice lawns.
| Adjacent are many OF the buildings used
in the great Paris exhibition. Their
great worlds exhibition OF 1900 wili1pbe
held on these same groundsl these lay
right along side of the river Seine. Just
across the river Is the royal aquarium; u
is all under ground; we descend into II
through a Cavern looking opening, mace
OF rock as II put there by nature; down
here are acres OF caverns made with pas
sages all through, aud on both sides are
glass covered sections, each containing
The different kinds Of fish close by this
and in the same beautiful grounds, but
reached by gradual elevation, Ii the
Palais du Trocadero, large, circula'
edifice, 1S9 feet in diameter and sur
mounted with a handsome dome $50 feet
in height; on each side Of this circular
palace are two wings, each one $50 feel
long; Just In frCnt Of this central part ol
the building gushes forth a large cascade
Of water, which flows into basin below
This round basin Is 200 feet in diameter
and In the center Is an elegant fountain
around the edges are figures In gilded
bronze, full size, OF bull, horse. an ele'
phant and rhinOceros. This building
is used for concerts. We viait the MAZDA
line church. The July column, here stood
the Bastile or prison used in the 18th cen
tuIy.
We take a cab from here to the cemetery
"Du Pere IA Chaiss'' which 10 q csmstery
OF 40 acres right In the heart OF the city
where are the remains of over 000. .0Ol
people: none but the wealthy or distin
guished can be buried here. as 1t costs 81
very much for small lot. II belongs u
the city and II sells or leases burial plac'
for n term of six years only, or one caI
buy outright a lot II he has money enough
IL AT the end Of six years the burial spot u
not renewed Tor another six years, tn
bones are taken up and carried to tn
catecombs, where are the bones OF hun