The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-29
BARON PAUL DE y: LA " ] Y !.
Bonds Of Union Between ,s.t:'I the the
United States and France.
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fspcrtal to Tile. Times Dlsp atci'fl
w,il,lAMSBURG,V VA, jan 81 y - y
evenings ago Baron Paul De I, l.h .a, Z,
! 'nntive Of Paris, France, delivered y
,ocimrc ~ william and Mary College
anon lli8..Paris-Ancicnt and Modern. .s ~
faw thoughts from his address follow 6,l.
E'ran cee q part OF the Gaul OF caesar;
if,aysItook itsananc from the FRANKS. VINO ~
,,Inntcd themselves there under CLOVIS
IN 4Sl A. D. King Clovis, shortly ave tter
taking possession Of the country, l1luue
paris the seat or his authority. rms 5c,eS
toolt its name from the PARISH, "h WIZ. ~.
lhnhited the island Of Lutctla,i In the RIVER
Seine !, !. -, L, !, ~ t
THE ROMAN 4 NJ ASlON
i Clovis vowed that III a certain 4Vlctory
wero given hin, he would worship The God God I
OF his wife, Clotildc, who was q Cnrlsi1lt'.''s
,rhe victory was won, and In 496 CLOVIS
vlth .0Oo Of his mobiles, was baptized by
Remlgius, Archbishop Of Rheims. Ih ~,
began In France the union OF chuIcE allu 1
state, which for these l,4o9 years mas ny
yct Leen broken 1,l,csc bonds are, no W
eycr. being broken now, and 1t VIII not
bo long before this union ofncarly a NIL
lcnnium aud Il half will be at an end.
IN spcaking Of the three French dSiliiss-3
ties, Baron Dc La,nay stated that ING
asst real king Of France died ~ 1850
Ia was the J1uko Of tlsorGt auX,Sa grand
son of Charles %.9nnd was CO lled .iehry
" The only prctnnder 70 the = ~ \, ench
throne to-day is the Duke OF Orl lAAE:'
called Louis Philippe j III,
His descr:pt!on OF tho churches pail
aces ana tolnbs inland near Paris was e.
pccially Interesting. When we realized
that Notre Dame, for example, was ne
gun in 1853 and finished In 1880, VIC de-t
gcidcd not TO mention. for at least Two
DAYS, old Bruton Church and tile l'owdcri
Horn, which were bult only one nun,
I dred and ninety-one Years ago. Y. i,
Mary seemed like misses in short dresses
when he stated that tho University OF,
I Paris was founded In 1900, the sorbouno
I'm 1272 and tho College OF France IN loao'
q There arc as many us, 5000 Greek slu-
dents ii, Paris every year, and large liN'''
hers from other nations, There are lhnu-
/ sands OF American students rliefe, cslle-
clally In art. Many poor students. some
| of whom become famous, i've on as li'tle
ms ive cents per day, Vrgnia'a college
5hotelsn would 10 for them regular wal
| dow Astorlas ,lhc bond Of sympathy
between tho students Is very FlrohS. u
| enc OF them needs financial help, tlley
take IN q collection Tor him as Masons
do for one another in America. ,4a
Afterthe lecture the students Haltoren
around the speater to have explained
IA thom photographs OF many places IN
paris tn. most beautiful city IN tho
!, world, s5
4 n:iron 10 l,auray is " sn'l OF Professo 7
= Jules DO Lnunay. PHI, D., whose great-
urcl, wa governor IF thu Rhsslles when
twas DESTROYED by nSParlsinnt mob In
l1so Daron Ire LannaS $ nreseneo n
Williamsburg rem'ndstis that there IL
a tic which. yhoush formed more mon
Twelve denades aao, st!ll binds. VII hooks
of shetland bonds OF love the hearts OF
the sons 81 America 70 tho SPIRITS 81
thnt MARQUIS Della FuSette, Count pe
Rochambeau Count DO Gl'asse and tllGll
! lSranch soldiers, made 4 possible f2r
our forefathers 10 trail a the dust the
retl cross OF ST. George and ra SO Bnlol Y
our banner brspNnglcd With stars. ,s4.
nut Baron De I4uunay loves ;ollr mot lel