St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-11-30
OUR LAST PARIS LETTER.

man has an eye Tor one thing atleaSt
which pleases me-a tree. Every
where are trees; every street has its
row or rows OF trees which are well
taken care of. They are not starved,
but the paving is fully two feet from
the trunk and they are thus allowed
to flourish. The business streets are
as we'll endowed in this line as are
the residential streets. This, to-
gether with the flushing OF the gut
tiers with clear "river" water, two or
three times day, makes Paris far
ahead of any other large city which
have ever seen. The worst thing
which have observed is the cruelty
to horses by all classes of teamsters.
Upon two or three occasions, when
l took it upon myself to demonstrate
with drivers upon an omnibus and
did the best could with three French
words and some very plain English,
it resulted in making them whip the
poor beasts the harder. Therefore
now l say nothing.
The past two weeks have been re-
markably warm and sunny and con-
sequently very favorable to sight.
seeing. We have been very glad OF
the opportunity of spending part
Of our afternoons in this way. The
Bots de Boulogne is one of the finest
in the line of parks which "ever hap.
pened." Here is an area of 2250
acres just outside the city wall, with
drives, bicycle paths, statuary, flow.
ers, etc. In short a perfect place.
Every afternoon may be seen some of
the finest turnouts, and best dressed
people IN Paris. The motor carriage is
there to stay" and many of the "best
people" to use St. Johnsbury col
loquialism, are seen in thsse vehicles.
The Bots de Boulogne is a success
from every point Of view. Coming
back from this point throug the
Avenue de la Grande Amiee we pass
the Arc de PEtoile from which we see
the Jardin DIES Tuileries and Place de
la Concorde at the farther end of the
Avenue DIES Champs Elysees. The
latter avenue is one and one-thirC
miles long and is favorite drive
and promenade. The gardens along
either side at different portions of it.
length add to its beauty in great
measure. This portion Of the city il
one of which a person could never
tire and every time we have seen il
it looks new and prettier than be
fore. The Hotel DIES Invalides will
its gilded dome is one of the old ant
vast establishments Of Paris. l
was founded in 1910 by Louis XIV
tor Soldiers Home" 1t wa
built to accommodate 5000 but a
present there are only few hundred
inmates owing to very strict regu
lations regarding admission. Her
are to be seen the Musee d'Artilleri
which contains 10000 specimens @
weapons ancient and modern. Her
also is the Tomb of Napoleon l. l
is an open crypt beneath dome an
is 20 feet deep and SO feet wide. TIL
sarcophagus, 13 feet long, 61a fee
wide and 141a feet high, is from on
huge block of granite. The walls ar
embellished with slabs Of marbl
6 upon which are representations {
scenes in Napoleon's life. The dom
rises to height of 16O feet. Tt
"Catacombs" are only open to visi
ors two days each month and OWN
to forgetfulness we lost our chant
6 for visiting them. 1t is greatly r
GREETED for the visit is said to /
:. very interesting. The galleries an
= compartments are completely line
with human bones which represel
100000 bodies. The Palais c
Luxembourg and gardens which a
in this same section were visited OF
(; Sunday afternoon and unfortunate
- we could not gain admission to t
: Palace. The gardens are one il
- mense play ground for the childre
% apparently they improve The
r. chance. There were countless hu
- dreds, if not thousands, during tn
80 warm afternoon, who entered in
their games with a zest which plain
showed that their parents had utter
% failed to impress the lesson of obser
an ance of Remember the Saba
10 day." etc., upon their minds. The
al were also small children in arms a
v carriages every where, all happy,
40 crying, and all in all it was a sig