The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-08-01
From Paris.
II RUE BoIssoNADE,

PARIS, FRANCE, July II, 1906.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN "A visit to
Chantilly makes charming days out
ing for the Partisan. Starting in the early
morning, a 40 minute ride on the top of
an omnibus takes US through an old and
thickly populated section of the city to
| the railroad station. AS we look down
from our elevated perch, the narrow
streets, intersecting in bewildering
way, show us many quaint and fascinat-
ing scenes. Vendors of fruit, vegetables,
flowers, toys, kitchen utensils, cheap
pottery and notions of all sorts line the
pavements. One ambitious peddler has
her little push cart covered with an UNI
| brella from one side of which is suspend
ed a sort fawning; this is movable and
so forms a shade on the sunny side;
meantime the woman has protected her
head with bonnet made of newspaper.
In small open square are two or three
booths and merry go-round, the seats
being on the most melancholy looking
monkeys, donkeys and pigs, and the
| WnblC hIdlI WOIhuu ~ llbtlO lOioV
on the principle of horse power thresh-
ing machine. In the windows of the
but;her-shops are suspended the car
casses Of meat where they hang day and
night unprotected from hoat or flies.
There are practically no flies either here
or in England and even the poorest
streets are beautifully clean. Reaching
our train we are soon speeding through
fields yellow with the wheat harvest or
green with growing oats and rye. There
are no fences or hedges and the plots of
the different crops are small, which gives
a peculiar checker-board effect to the
landscape. Everywhere at this season
are the poppies sometimes like sheet
of flame in emerald setting, then sprin-
kled ike red stars through the golden
wheat fields. The valley OF the Thive is
crossed by a high viaduct of fifteen arch
es and skirting the edge of the forest we
reach the town Of Chantilly, famous for
several centuries as the residence of the
Condos. The chateau, one of the most
beautiful in France, was originally built
about 1860, but much of it was destroyed
during the Revolution. Duke Henri
d'Aumale, son of Louis Philippe, built
the present beautiful structure, incor-
porating the remaining section Of the
original building. Here the Duke gath
cred the priceless heirlooms of his family,
together with his valuable collections of
furniture, paintings and sculpture. and
bequeathed at his death both building
and contents to the Institut of France.
The library is especially beautiful, and
the great collection of books most inter-
esting, many of them dating from the
llth and 18th centuries. One which at
tracted our attention is a book of devo-
tions belonging to Henrietta of France,
and bound by her in close cloth woven
of the hair of Charles lst of England. On
one side of the chateau is broad moat
in which are hundreds of aged carp. A
guard on the bridge has basket of huge
rolls which visitors buy and throw to the
fish which come in shoals to be fed. They
weigh from two to eight pounds, and
fight like mad things for the bread, often
jumping entirely out of the water, and
making queer swapping noise. The
forest contains over 5000 acres, and our
way leads through its we'll kept paths
and drives back to the station.
July l4tb is the French Fourth of July
the anniversary of the destruction OF
| tI.n nf tha RoGtila Straat
dancing is the typical celebration of the
National Fete, and the Municipal Council
gives 100, 900 francs (S2O, ,OOO) for the mu-
sic. Small paviions for the musicians
are erected in many of the public squares,
and here the young people dance all day
and all night. This year, the Fete being
on Saturday, many danced most of the
time for forty-eight hours. Their dance
is variety of valse with no reversing"
and they spin round and round like
teetotums as long as the music lasts.
Everyone is good natured and there is
little or no disorder or drunkenness in
spite of the vast amount of wine drink
ing. The streets and large buildings are
elaDOraJely uecOrdteu-tHe puDllc pullu-
ings being especially attractive-and fine
fireworks furnished by the city are set
off at various points along the river in
the evening, thousands OF people gather
ing on the bridges for the display.
The great event OF the day is the mill
tary review at Longchamps and the last
feature of it is most inspiring, when
$500 cuirassiers make their charge, dash
ing across the plain toward the tribune at
full gallop, their helmets and cuirasses
glistening in the sunlight and their long
"horsetails' streaming behind them,
while the great crowd cheers and ap-
plauds frantically. The returning pro-
cession to the city gives us good oppor-
tunity to see President Fallieres, the
Diplomatic Corps, the Presidents of both
Houses of Parliament, the King of Cam
bodia, and many other notables, our own
country being also represented by the
Longworths, who have been much feted
here, the fair Alice being greatly ad-
mired. KATE G. DUNN.
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