The Princeton union., 1900-08-30

attempts to seat himself he finall,
succeeded in doing so-upon the floor
At this juncture he was removed
struggling violently, from the church
1t would have been ludicrOus had no
all the circumstances been so intensely
pathetic. Near Notre Dame is the
morgue, place visited by many bu
the sights there are so gruesome we
felt that we did not care to view them
One of the saddest places we have
seen is the Conciergerie, containing
the prison cells of Marie Antoinette
Robespiere and many another unfortu
nate. One can scarcely enter these
cruel places of captivity unmoyed,
particularly at remembrance of the
youthful queen, her sutferings here
and her execution upon the Place de
la Concorde where her royal husband
had already suffered the penalty OF
death.
OF all our pleasant experiences
in charming Paris, perhaps the day
that will live longest in our memory
was the one spent at Versailles, the
scene of Marie AntoinetJe's happiest
hours and the home from which she
was so ruthlessly driven.
Loaded with lunches for a picnic
dinner, we boarded the train at 10 A.
NJ. for the ride Of about II miles to the
village OF Versailles, taking the train
from here to the Palace and the
Trianons. We went first to the
thatched cottages where the queen
with her courtiers so loved to play at
peasant life, peeped into the kitchen
where dishes were prepared by her
own fair hands, the dairy with its mar
bic table and it's porcelain urns set in
inches around the walls, the mill
where her royal husband, Louis XVI,
shouldered sacks of corn in his>role of
miller and the stables where the cattle
were housed We ''picnicked' in the
shade of the grand, old trees about the
pretty, little pond, feeding our crumbs
to the fishes, lineal descendants, per-
chance, of those for which the girlish
Marie was wont to angle
We walked from here through shady
avenues to Petit Trianon, the retired
home of which she was so fond and
we're shown through her antechamber,
library, music-room, containing the
curious little instrument belonging to
herself, the bed-chamber with her own
bed in all its original furnishings and
her boudolr adjoining. The guide who
conducted us through these apartments
concluded his remarks with laconic
"Volla: Petit Trianon" uttered as
naively as if it we're said for the first
time
The coach house was next visited
The magnificent golden coach of
Charles Y used afterward by Napoleon
Ill, occupies the central place. Eight
horses were used to draw this vehicle
which is elegant and costly almost be-
yond description. Grouped about it
are the coach in which Napoleon and
Josephine were drawn to their corona
tion at Notre Dame, the one used by
Josephine at Malmaison after her d.
vorce, one used by the Gar of Russia
and others OF equal magnifcence once
used by royalty. Sedan chairs owned
by Louis XIV, Madame Maintenon and
the wife of Louis XIV are also shown.
The Grande Trianon and the Palace
with its beautiful extensive grounds
were next explored. These grounds
contain large artificial lake and
many fountains of which one, the
"tountain of Neptune" is world re-
nowned for its size and beauty. Apart
ments prepared for the visit of Queen
Victoria in 1916, (which never ma
teralized, by-the-way,) the room and
bed IN which Louis XIV died, the
Hall Of the Bulls Eye,' in which
visitors waited to obtain audience with
the king, the famous ''Gallery of Bat
ties" and Hall of Mirrors" in which
during the siege of Paris the King of
Prussia was declared Emperor of
United Germany, all were visited and
ana then we rested in the shade of the
prlncely grounds and listened to a talk
by Dr.. Willard on the historical asso-
Citations Of the place, before bidding it
adleu and starting out on our return to
Paris. This was reached by differ
ent route, passing through Sevres
where the famous porcelain ware is
manufactured and several other charm
ing suburbs of the great city.
Among other places of interest
winch we have seen is Sainte Chapelle
belonging formerly to the Royal Palace
and one OF the most exquisite churches
IN It's interior embellishments to he
found in the world. The floor is in the
richest mosaics and the walls and cell
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