The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-08-18
Versatile Prime Minister Made
An Interesting Trip in
War Balloon
SAYS 1T WAS MARVELLOUS.
THE HISTORY OF PARIS IN MIR
RoRS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED
BY A LEARNED AND ABLE SEC
RETARY.

ParlS, Aug I'm. Clemenceau has
become a balloonist. The versatile
Prime Minister has made an interest
ing trip over Paris in the now famous
war balloon Patrie in company with
General Picuuar, the Minister of war
Starting from the st. Cloud shed
they spent about couple of hours in
the air, pirouetting over Paris, circl
ing round the EiffeI Tower and hav.
ing a very pleasant tour. This is
quite a novelty for a Minister of Gem
enceau's age and with as many preoc-
equations.
On returning to terra firma NJ
Clemenceau gave his impressions of
| his trip. 1T was marvellous" he said.
II never realized before what a great
and significant discovery it is. 1t has
filled me with wonder for the future
| of aerial navigation. What surpris-
ed me more than anything was the
even flowing motion of the balloon
and the absence of all jerk, as there
used to be with the earlier motors.
Moreover, you feel in it as safe and
secure as in an automobile on the
ground In the middle of the journey
pipe of the motor burst and flooded
us with hot water, but this was the
only untoward incident.
The mechanician quickly repaired
it, and although he went quickly from
one compartment to another, there
was no shaking of the balloon at all"
The donor of the famous ''rosery of
Bagatelle," which all Paris has been
going to see, M. Gravereaux, possess
es immense fields of roses at Hay,
little village quite close to Paris.
1t is suggested that the example of
NJ. Gravereaux should be an excellent
one for the winegrowers in the South
of France, for the splendors OF these
rose gardens is a proof that France
could produce roses as we'll and as
profitably as do the peasants of Bur
garia, who supply most of the essence
of roses used in Europe.
Essence of roses fetches about five
hundred dollars a kilogram and it is
calculated that an acre of roses will
produce a profit of three or four hun
dred dollars. An interesting fact Is
that land suitable for vine cultivation
is also particularly propitious for the
culture of roses.
The history of Paris in mirrors has
been discovered by the learned and
able secretary of the Commission of
Vieux Paris NJ Lucien Lambeau.
Poking about in old shops and old
corners. as is his wont, he has discover
ed in an clubhouse of the stOrehouses
belonging to the city of Paris on the
Boulevard Morland, whole huge COL
lection of mirrors which were taken
from the Petit Cabinet at the time of
the Regency, regarding which so many
piquant if not always so very demure
romances have been written. In ac-
cordance with a royal decree dating
from very many years back. and which
was always very carefully carried out,
the city each time that it demolished
a building which it had acquired pre-
served the mirrors.
These were taken to the store house
on the Boulevard Morland. and it is
these which had for years been forgot
ten, that NJ. Lambeau has rediscoyered
and proved them all to be authentic.
They comprise a splendid collection
of mirrors of all styles from the period
of Louis XIV, passing by the Empire
and Louis Philippe and ending with
the Third Republic. The most inter
esting and curious are those dating
from the Regency, many of which are
scratched in various places by means
of diamonds with the most illustrious
names of the Grand Seigneur' of the
time. the Marshalls of France, high Of
ficials and dignitaries, and fine ladies.
A work is to be published dealing with
these mirrors.
Joseph Nannetti. lord mayor of Dub