Evening star., 1898-11-21
Mrs. Frye Gives Her Impressions of
That Famous Factory.
THRILLING SOUVENIRS ARE EXPENSIVE
Chatty Story of the Doings Of the
American Peace Commission.
THE TOMB OF LAFAYETTE

the musee Carnavalet. 1t contains as all
other museums, fire pictures, carved ivory,
| beautiful tapestry and antiques of all
kinds. The new municipal library is in
| this building, established in 1871 1t was
! oEce the home of Lady Sevigne, where she
| spent sixteen years of her life from 1911 to
| 1893.
There is a fine model of the Bastile also
| parts of the wallis cornices, and many
| other things from that famous building. A
| portrait of Latude, who escaped from this
prison after a confinement Of thirty-six
| years. He was sent there by MAZDA ME P, m
| padour, whom in some way he had dis
| pleased. One case is given up to Voataire,
| his picture, jointed figure representing
| him, his autograph letters, etc. Many ar
| ticles worn by Madame Seyigne dress
| gloves. bonnet, lace and embroderies. One
| room is given up to Napoleon and the en-
pire, all interesting. Napoleon has a great
| hold upon the French. L was looking in
store window and said to the lady with me
| that is fine picture, the battle of Aus
teriltz A voice at my side said oui-oui-
oui-madame. turned: large, fat Fren III
woman stood there. her face smiling all
over. said Napoleon: again oui-oui-oui
came forth and bows. She recognized that
| an American knew the love Of the people.
When l was here ten years ago l did not
visit Sevres as L intended to have done and
always regretted it. Having this oppor-
tunity lady and /, accompanied by our
one gentleman, set out at II O'Clock top
of an omnibus for seven miles ride
The day was delightful, just like our
Indian summer in November. and We en-
Joyed every moment. l don't know of any
better way to travel and see all that is TO
be seen. You ride down on one side and
take the opposite in returning, and you
have the whole thing in a nut shell. Sew
eral of us ladies are going to take the trip
around the whole city-aS We can by trans
fers easily. We reached Sevres, and while
waiting for the factory to open We spent
the time in exhibition hall.
Thou shan not covet thy neighbor's
goods
How can any one who has a taste for the
beautiful see such magnificent specimens of
art and not break the commandment some
what. l had some friends who remembered
me, and just before left sent me tokens
of love.
On my way to Sevres 1 thought now /
will find some little souvenir here which /
know will more than please After going
through the factory and seeing the process
Of working and molding by hand, 1 asked
IL they had any small pieces to sell, l would
IKE to see them Oh, yes, ne replied. smil-
ihgly. l walked to the case, small
cup and saucer, very little decoration on it,
which 1 thought rather pretty and would
fill the bill in one respect. l asked the
price. one hundred and twenty-five francs
$25. 1 said to him, FL not take that. The
price of this one? eighty francs-$16; this
plate? fifty francs-slO. L turned away and
bought 70 presents for my dear friends, but
l want them to remember that my will was
good, but my bank account very short.
Instead of returning by bus, as we in
tended, We took steamer and l enjoyed
my first ride on the Seine. The fare was
the enormous sum of two cents, the cheap
est thing 1 h-Ve seen in Paris. We went
very near the Eiffel tower. l never had
courage to ascend the Washington monu-
ment, just about one-haIf high, and /
am very sure 1 shall not visit this. Many
of the ladies of our party have done So
and say the views are superb. l will give
the heights of the highest towers in the
world for the children. Eiffel, 9s4 feet;
Washington monument, 800 feet; Clm
Cathedral tower, 52s feet; Cologne, 544;
these are the highest in the world. The
Eiffel tower is made of iron interlaced, and
as one ascends by lifts they are called
here, you can see out all around
We also passed on our way down and
back the Palais du Trocadero. a huge build
ing in oriental style. 1t contains several
museums of sculpture, casts and ethno-
graphy. Concerts are often given here in a
finely decorated hall, which has an organ
by Cavaille-Coll, and a seating capacity for
6,OO0 persons. This ended our sightseeing
for the week.
Sunday to church, as usual, our first
pleasant Sunday for the month of October,
and our last one-for only one day more
remained-then we enter on what they say
here is very unpleasant and cold season.
Monday We took a bus ride to the tomb
of Lafayette. Next to the tomb OF Napoleon,
l think this the most impressive OF any
thing seen here in Paris. We had some
difficulty in finding it. as the old woman
who acts as a guide said few except Ameri-
cans come here 1t seems fitting that
Americans should visit this spot, for La
fayetteS name is very dear to our people;
perhaps next to that of Washington. L am
glad to see that measures are being taken
by them to build monument to his men-
ory. We entered court where a small
chapel connected with a nunnery stands.
On one side Of this chapel a gate opened
into the yard, some two acres in eXtel.t.
We passed along first through vegetable
garden, then by flower garden, the latter
beautiful in coloring on this bright autumn
day, then came to small cemetery where
lie buried very few of the oldest families
of Paris.
In one corner, inclosed by a fence. we
found the tomb of Lafayette. heavy
slab of dark marble covered the grave, and
on the slab stood a wreath of laurel in gold.
with the dear old flag around it, presented
only short time ago by our worlds fair
commissioner Mr.. Peck.
Near by hung a funeral wreath, which
had been given by the D. A. R. of Bridge
palms in state of decay, with small flags, |
showed that he was not forgotten by our
people. Near by was small inclosure |
fenced off, where lie the bodies of l,s00
who were executed the Place de Ma |
tionale, which place we had already visited |
I think it was Lafayette's wish to be buried |
beside them. Several families of the La
fayette name are buried in this small ceme- |
terry, De Pcpus. In the chapel candles are |
burning and have always burned, kept by |
the nuns, since Lafayette was buried here
When we returned from our trip we found |
our commissioners had also returned from |
their meeting and heard with sadness they |
had adjourned over to Friday.
Tuesday was "All Saints day." Wednes- |
day was "An Souls day. and our Spanish |
friends could not work these holy days.
1t is said here that our commissioners Mon
day made some kind of staggering pro- |
posal, and that the Spaniards were de- |
lighted with saints days, they afforded |
them breathing spell.
Whether or not this is true 1 cannot say
But one thing l do know, we ladies are get
ting very impatient for news. We know as
little sas those wonderful writers, who give
such marvellous guesseS and force the |
money markets up and down as they please
with their stories. |
While I have spent much time in sight
seeing, have visited museums, churches
cemeteries and the like. have found time
to make many inquiries about practical
everyday life and living here as well as IN
other places abroad. |
There is a mistaken idea with us that the |
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