Morris tribune., 1906-02-03
HOW REV. HILL
SAW PARIS
THE CITY RICH IN PLACES OF
INTEREST TO AMERICANS.
A Spicy Letter of Travel i'm which
the Beauties of Paris are De-
scribed--How Rothshield Loot His
Start
CONTINUED FROM LAsL WEEK

10 Su1U most tastes. LII was OrglUally
built for royal chapel but converted
into this tomb in 1912. The sarco.
phagus containing the remains of the
general, was hewn out of one soho
piece of Siberian prophyry.
The Paris opera house is the larg.
IS est theatre in the world, though the
auditorium seats fewer persons than dc
some others. Built at tremendous
cost, it is wonderfully beautiful
structure, but the decorations in some
places are too heavy and in others toe
ornate. We attended the opera twice
but were much disappointed. The
quiet and dignity of the German
opera goers rather spoiled us and we
could not get used to the gay anG
careless and Indifferent audience here
AT times voices from the boxes could
be heard above the music. 1t was toe
much like New York opera audience
TO be pleasant. Here in France the
men invariable put on their hats be-
tween acts, even when they do not
go out to walk in the foyer.
One evening we attended the the
atre Coincide Francois. This is the
great centre for classic art and here
the acting is said to be the finest in
the world. We could not understand
the plot nor the conversations but we
enjoyed it all nevertheless. One
thing [ enjoyed immensely, 1T was
the fact that the actresses showed no
evidences of their makeup. They
were positively the first French
women [ had seen who could under
go the scruting of the naked eye, not
to mention an opera glass. We have
yet to see French woman who has not
spent time and money upon an arti-
fetal complexion. 1t is rather too bad
that little more ozone cannot be in
fused into the French atmosphere, for
the results in compilations would be
far superior to the home made variety.
Now come with us to Versailles,
the old capitol and centre. If you do
not object to fast driving, come in the
automobile for that's what we took.
Funny isn't it how your opinions vary
according to your viewpoint. If
there is anything [ detest in others,
it is the reckless and speedy driving
of these fire wagens.-but once inside
there is nothing quite so exhilarating
as to go at full speed and whizz by
the ordinary and quite slow and pro-
sale horse. There are practically no
speed limits in France and if you are
pedestrian and are struck by
motor car, you will be arrested and
fined for getting in the way. No
chance here for "claim lawyers"
Well we had a fine trip to Versailles,
going through the park of ST. Cloud.
Versailles was literally built up by
Louis XIV. First he made the hill on
which to put the palace, then he
brought trees from Louisiana and
otherwheres, then he had water
brought from miles away and after
fifty three years and after he had al
most fatally Impoverished his king
dom, he had produced one of the
finest garden spots of the world.
Here we visited the Petit Trianon,
built later by louis XIV for Madame
Dubarry and which was favorite
place Of Marie Antoinetbe. Here it
was that she was waited upon by a.
courtier who informed her that the
poor people were without, begging
because they had no bread. She re-
piled, eff they have no bread, let
them eat cabe.o The grounds here
are picturesque and the palace is a
dainty piece of architecture. The
Grand Trianon was built by Louis XIV
for Madame de Maintenon in 1887. |
Here there are many valuable paint
ings and other treasures. Here there !
is a cameo valued at about three hun |
dred thousand dollars and a mosaic |
table presented to Napoleon by Pope
Plus VII "a thank offering for his i'm
probably.) which took a
century to complete.
The Palace of Versailles however is
the great center of the ancient place.
The king did not like to live at st.
German because there he must al
ways be looking out over the GENE
terry. So he began this wonderful
palace. With the additions made at
different times, it is now an extensive
building recently converted into
national museum. Ten thousand
people lived in this little cabin one
time so you may have some idea of
its size. We had with us an artist
guide and were extremely fortunate
ia him for he was allowed to enter
places where ordinary guides could
not go. Thus for example, we saw the
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