St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-11-23
OUR DOCTORS IN PARIS.
A rotber interesting Letter from Or. Allen.

EDITOR AALEDONiAN. liz hoSe
beautiful place have ever visited
and one of the best fields for mission
ary work is Paris. Weeks could not
suffice to see the whole city and its
environs. Therefore shall only be
able to write Of but very little and
that only specifically.
The trip from London to Paris by
way OF New Haven and Dieppe is
one OF the fnest-that is after the
channel is crossed. The channel trip
will fulfill the most sanguine expec-
tations for a disagreeable three
hours. One certainly cannot enjoy
the time very pleasantly with his
stomach playing tag with his
throat. That describes the whole
crossing. But after half hour up
on the rail after leaving Dieppe we
soon forgot how lately death had
seemed imminent, as the country
trayersed is one of the finest in the
world.
The work in the hospitals is done
largely in the morning from 8 a. m.
or 9 a. m. until IL m. or p. m, so
that the afternoons are largely at
our disposal. The first place which
we visited, and the most important
building from an architectural stand
point, as well as from its contained
treasurers of art, was the Palace of
the Louvre. Here is building COW
ering 4S acres of ground, with every
incn OF space on its three floors filled
with the greatest collection in the
world. Sculptures, paintings, en-
cravings, drawings, the musee ethno-
graphique tc.,-in short collection
which to examine with care would
take person weeks. Near here too,
are the Palais DIES Tuileries, the Arc
de Triumph de Carousel, the Jardin
des Tuileries. These are all worthy
OF all the time anyone can possibly
spare to them. The "Place de la
Concorde" is the most extensive
place in Paris. Its area is 800 yards
by 225 yards. Its east boundary is
the garden Of the Tuileries. Here it
was in 1893 that Louis XVI was
guillotined. This route was patro-
nized by many noted people at about
this time including Charlotte Cor
day and Marie Antoinnette. But
the real boom to the undertaking
business was from this time up tc
May, 1895, as upwards Of $500 per
sons were beheaded between those
dates. In March, 1871, part of the
German army were encamped here
and in May of the same year thu
Versailles troops and the Commun
ards had frequent misunderstanding
which often resulted in bloodshed
In the centre of the Place is tn
obelisk, presented to Louis Phillip
by Mahommed Ali, Viceroy c
Egypt. 1t was erected in 1886
Never having seen but two othe
obelisks, my opinion is not wort
much, but / should say that it ar
pears to satisfy all present needs i
this direction. Beside the base {
the obelisk are two large fountain.
each of which has a basin So feet
width. There are no trout in eithe
one. From the Place extends til
Pont de la Concorde to the Chambr
des Deputies. From this bridge
fine view is obtained OF nearly all tt
points and buildings mentione
above as well as the towers Of tt
Notre Dame, the dome of the Il
stitut, the Towers of the Trocader
and of course the Eiffel tower.
The Madeleine or Church of S
Mary Magdalen" can be seen fro
the Place de la Concorde. TIL
building was begun in 1862 ar
completed about 1914. 1t is sc
feet long, 141 feet wide and 100 fe
high. 1t is entirely of stone and h,
not single window in its wal
The relief in the facade represents t,
last judgment. The huge bron
doors are adorned with illustration
OF the decalogue. This is all prop
as far as it goes but it doesn't GOV
the ground. 1t is my opinion tn
a Especial village meeting should
called and the trustees be directed
post the ten commandments
every block in the whole villa
limits. 1t would seem to be mon
well invested in futures" B
Paris would not be Paris were t
decalogue very generally followed.
The trip to Versailles may be tax
II, uT.