The Appeal., 1900-05-12
MRS. AGNES MOODY
Writes of Her Impressions Of Paris
and the Exposition.

MRS. AGNES MOODY Z
Writes of Her Impressions Of Paris
st and the Exposition.
Paris, France, April, 1900. My
Brother John met us at the station.
After going to breakfast we went to
the exposition. On our road we pass
ed the large wholesale and retail store
of Dufaye on Boulevard Rarbes and we
changed omnibus at the railway sta
tion called Care du Nord. We passed
down Rue Lafayette and saw the great
old church of st. Paul, through Rue
Devout and saw the great govern
mental auction rooms, through the
Grand Boulevard where we saw the
large banking house of the Credit
Lyons; also the people sitting on the
sidewalks at cafe eating and drink
ing in the street. We saw the grand
opera house covering five acres Of
ground and the grand hotel on the ad-
jacent block. We passed Madeline
Church and the Rue Royal, the Tuil-
leries Garden and the Place de la
Concord and all the small concert halls
and gardens on the Champs Elysees.
At the exposition we found all behind
time, but everybody was glad to see
us as they thought we would not cross
the ocean. .n.a s.. ... S.+#
The exposition will not be worth
seeing for another two months. We
saw the Eiffel Tower and other large
shows too numerous to mention now.
We returned by way of the Trocadero
and Avenue Kleber, passed the Ameri-
can embassy, the Place de Etoile and
Arch de Triumph, Place Chichy and
the new Hippodrome de Paris; also
the famous Millin Rouge and all the
great concert and dance halls of that
boulevard. The great Church of Sa-
cred Heart on Montmarte, when we
thought we had seen enough for one
day so went home. ~ = ~5s
| Our second day out we visited the
| lCOncergerie or Tribunals of Law; the
old building of La Sante, st. Barthole-
new, where the Hugenots were mas
sacred. 1t was the greatest sight
ever saw, the windows are all a per-
feet history, hundreds of years old
Next the great church Of Notre Dame
and were just in time for the grand
mass of blessing the cross. I will give
you a description later as it was toe
grand and impressive to speak of now
Next we saw the statue of Charlie.
mango, which is also very grand. Aft
erWard we went to see the mOrgue anC
crossing the Seine river we saw al
the houses of many years of age. Al
the mOrgue we saw some five or SIX
dead men who looked just as natura
as life. They had been frozen so as
to preserve their features for recogni.
tion should any one come in who knew
them. They were behind a glass win.
dow. We walked through a hall ani
looked in at them. My brother is tax.
ing us around to see everything while
we have the time, as the fair will moi
be in going order for a month yet, but
we go to our department at the build
ings every day. To-day we went tc
the Arch de Triumph and standing il
the center of it we looked dowr
Champs Elysees, at the end of which
can be seen the Tuilleries and Louvre
We passed the Chamber of Deputies OF
House of Representative alongside Of
which is the Palais Bourbon, where
the old Bourbon families reigned.
The fair is built in the street along
the river bank principally, something
latter the style of the Court of Honor
The grand stone buildings are or
the Avenue de Sar Alexandra and the
main buildings are on Champ de Mars
and the Place des Invalides. The ma.
tons buildings are grouped along the
river bank while the Midway is flockeG
around the Esplanades and the Gar.
dens of the Trocadero. The fair be.
ing in part in the heart of the city the
principal entrance is on Place de Ia
! Concord. The gate or entrance beins
one of the many master strokes of art
and beauty for which this country is
renowned. There are three great arch.
ed openings to the public about forty
feet in height, supporting a Cisney
dome, on which, is a large artistic
steeple. On top of the front arch rises
a large capital on which is placed the
statue OF a woman representing
France, most handsomely pairetted
with the rest of the arch. The figure
is clothed in a large royal robe and is
so shaped as to represent her welcom-
ing the world to the Paris exposition
The side arches or entrances have each
very high ornamental poles to assist
! them in forming beautiful and agree
able sight to the eyes Of the people
AS far as I have seen the American
building and exhibits will be all right
and will have no flies on them. AS to
us with the corn demonstration we
nave the honor of having an annex or
building all to ourselves. It will be
no need to tell you that Paris is the
most beautiful city of the world; able
writer's have done that already. The
houses here are all built nearly on d
Elevel, being seven stories high and
four out of every five are built alike,
so should one go on the boulevards
for miles and look back at the houses
he, would always see the same house.
The streets are crowded with vehicles
OF every kind and it's as much as
you can do to get through the streets.
The tram cars have an upstairs as well
as down so do the omnibuses. The
apartment houses are called hotels and
also private mansions. Some of the
streets are very narrow, in fact State
street is as wide as three of them put
together. 5..... Fl. 4 Eaf
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