Mexico weekly ledger., 1900-09-27
ARCHITECTURE IN PARIS.
Rr. q. K. Hinde Writes of the Beau
tifnl Monuments and Buildings
for the Ledger.

tFCu III oAlhIanc0. ~ was
lu 1905 and not completed until 1896.
1t has great many figures commem-
Grating different victories OF the
French army, principally under Napo-
leon l. We saw several triumphal
archesin Rome, but none to compare
with this.
From thence We drove down the
world-renowned ohashps des Elysees
and returned over the same late in
the afternoon, when all Paris seemed
to be on parade
The exchange is noted building,
having around it sixtg-six corlnthian
columns and at each angle a seated
figure representing, respectively: I:
"Justice," Commerce." "Agricul-
ture" and "Industry.p We drove all
around IL, but did not 60 in.
We next drove to the principal
cemetery Of Paris, called Pere la
Ohaise. 1t contains two hundred
acres and commands q fine view OF
the city. l was very much interested
in the style of the family tombs. They
are entirely different from anything
we have in our country. They seem
to be on an average Of about ten by
eight feet and twelve or fifteen feet
high, forming little chamber in the
center with door and glass window.
Looking into several OF them / saw
chairs; also flowers tastefully arrang-
ed about the walls. The tomb that
mostly interested me was that Of
Heloise and Abelard, who are repre-
sented In stone and lying side by side,
apparently as loving In death as they
were in life.
We were greatly disappointed in
not seeing the interior Of the Pam
theon In Rome, but the Pantheon In
Paris was some compensation. 1t is
one of the most interesting buildings
In Paris, a Greco Roman structure,
with fifteen stone steps leading to the
peristyle, which is surmounted by q
triangular pedament, supported by
twety-two fiuted columns. II has a
magnificent dome $50 feet high, with
stair cases leading to the interior Of
the cupola. The walls inside are COW
cred with very fine paintings, repre-
senting scenes In the lives Of st. Gen.
evlve and Joan of Arc.
Norte Dame is the largest and mosl
noted cathedral in Paris, II stands or
an island In the Sein. It was con
structed between the 18th and 18th
centuries. 1t deserves to be ranked
among the great cathedrals Of the
world and differs from them all.
like it for It's simple grandeur, with
It's great central nave and two col
lateral naves continued around the
choir; its 297 beautiful columns anC
113 painted windows. In one OF the
choir chapels of the church is beau
tiful monument Of Dumis Augustt
Affre, who was shot during the insur'
resction OF June, 1s4s. His statute 4
represented as holding out the olive
branch Of peace, and uttering his lasl
words: "May my blood be the last
she'd"
We drove In front and had . fine
view Of the tomb Of Napoleon, which
is a majestic edihce, with a front ol
13s feet, surmounted by an enormous
gilded dome rising 1923 feet above the
ground.
The Place de 10 Ooncorde and the
Place de la Bastile we're two Of thu
most interesting spots visited here
The former lie the most extensive ant
beautiful square In Paris, and per
haps the finest in the world. 1t Gov
ers an area of 800 yards In length ant
235 yards In width and the Sein on th'
south. In the center Of the square
stands the Egyptian Obelisk present
ed to Louis Philipi. On each side o.
the Obelisk is q large fountain, eact
with a basin So feet In diameter.
A splendid monument, the CoIlont
de Juliet, now adorns the site oncl
occupied by the old Bastile, erected
by Charles V In 1S71-s3 and destroyed
in 1898 at the beginning of the Frencl
revolution. This monument is IS
feet high and its base Is surrounded
by six bronze madalions, symbolic o
Justice, the Constitution, Strength
and Freedom. On the west side of tn
pedestal is an immense bronze lion Il
relief. The column itself is In bronze
10 feet In thickness.
The old palace Of the Tuileries we
burned by the Communists In 1871
Its only remains are the wings whicl
formerly connected it with the Louvre
The old palace has very interestinl
history, being founded by Catherin
de MedecI, widow OF Henry II, an,
began In 1854, beyond the city wall
at that period. Before the revolution
the palace was only occasionally oc
cupied by the French sovereigns. Bu
1t was the habItual residence Of Napo
leon l, Louis XVIII, Louis Philip, an
Napoleon III.
The Jardin des Tuileries is prob
ably the most popular promenade
Paris. l cannot take tho space I
describe these gardens. We had
delightful stroll in them, and had th
pleasure OF lunching In both the gar
den Of the Tuileries and the Luxem
brough.
In our drive we stopped long enoug
to make q short visit to the morgue
and short we preferred to make 4
for the CHASTITY eyes Of those hs
dozen bodies seem to have bee
staring at us ever since.
In this vast wicked city every da
victims of murder and suicide al
picked up and placed there, many
them neve- recognized, or claimed b
loving friends; then the bodies al
cremated.
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Walkers Tonic Is the link that picA
up the vital force Of man In his rur
down state and binds him to heall
and strength BY reeuperating h