The daily sentinel., 1909-12-23
DELIGHTFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE
LETTER FROM MRS. SULLIVAN

ing them in large kettles over a char
coal fire, and pancakes as large as
Merry Widow hat. They did not look
very inviting but they went like hot
cakes. In many of the stalls where
confectionery and cakes were sold
were square pieces of cake with nuts
sprinkled on top that looked inviting
| bought one. One bite was enoukh.
| threw it to the sparrows, but they
turned up their noses at it and flew
away. The fete was well patronized
although there was much rain. Thou
sands were out afternoon and night,
the restaurants in the vicinity entire
ly filling the sidewalks with their
tables and chairs, people eating and
drinking till late.
We Joined party of fifty, tourists
and students from the Student Union
and spent delightful day at Fon-
tainebleau. We started at $50 n. m.
from the Care de Lyon Mediterranee.
We passed several small towns. One,
Nilleneure st. George, q town of o.
600 inhabitants, is built on a wooded
hill and where small deep river, the
feres flows into the Seine. The
Seine has suspension bridge at this
place. The town was at one time the
home of Balzac's widow. The train
crossed the Seine several times. One
important town which we passed
through, Melun, has 10000 inhab-
itants. There is an island in the
river on which stands an old church,
Notre Dame, built in the 11th and
18th centuries.
We reached the station at Fontain-
bleau at 10 o'clock, coaches were
waiting for us. We we're driven
through the town directly to the Pal
ace where with guide we were
shown through this great old chateau
1t was here that Louis XIII, was
born, and where the Empress Jose
phine was divorced. Napoleon III
was baptized here in 1910. The
apartment of Napoleon |, was the
round table on which he signed his
abdication on April 4, 1914. The
furniture, hangings, carpets and pic
lures We're very grand. In Marie
Antoinette's bed chamber we're two
beautiful ivory vases. The silk cur
tains were presented by the City of
Lyons. There is library containing
10000 volumes. The salon de re-
ception was hung with gobelins and
the chairs and sofas were upholstered
with the same. The paintings on the
walls and ceilings were very beau
tiful. There was small mirror in
this room, said to be the first ever
brought to France, l think every
one in our party had peep in It,
There was one long room which
was decorated by order of Louis
Philippe with one hundred and sixty
plates, costing 800 francs each and
made by the Sevres Porcelain factory
They We're decorated with views of
royal residences and portraits. They
were arranged in panels with gilt
frames. We were more than an
hour in passing through the many
large halls, rooms and galleries.
We then visited the grounds and
fed the carp in the pond, and went
back to the coaches and were driven
for an hour through the forest of
Fontainebleau when we stopped for
lunch; then on again for miles
through the lovely, shady roads, STOP
ping to see the Brigand's cave, and
then climb of fifteen minutes for a
beautiful view of a rocky valley, sur
rounded by the dense forest, and sat
on bench said to have been the spot
where Marie Louise often sat and
which was her favorite view spot. At
another stopping place, we rested
awhile and bought views and SOU
venirs of man and his wife who
lived in little hut and made a living
by selling coffee, milk and wine.
The roads were smooth and shady
and after hours ride we came TO the