The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-24
SPENDS FOURTH
IN GAY PARKS
Marion Man Enjoys a Trip
Abroad.
BRIEFLY DESCRIBES CITY
One Yankee Has a Sane
Fourth.
Edward IIipshcr, Who IL Well Known
In Marion Writes Briefly of a Trip
He Is Now Making In England and
on the Continent.

fessor Edouard Hipsher, of Gale
donia. to w. B. Hart, friend of that
village, telling how one royal son of
Uncle Sam celebrated Independence
day. There was no cannon crackers
or sky rockets or any other of the
thousand and one devices designed to
rouse the spirit of liberty in the
hearts of Young America. 1t was a
perfectly sane Fourth for Professor
Hipsher, and of so enjoyable a nature
that he wishes to share 1t with his
friends.
Professor Hipsher at one time con-
Quoted the Marion Conservatory of
Music in Kensington Place and for
time was organist at Epworth M.
T.. church where his music was fea-
ture of the religious services. He is
stopping at present in London where
he is pursuing the study of his art
under famous instructors in that city.
The letter reads:
London, S. W.. July Z, 1909.
Every loyal "Yank" should cele-
brate the GLORIOUS Fourth" and this
one did so by taking a trip to Paris.
Leaving London at S:45 p. m. of
the 3rd we had "A ride by rail of an
hour and a half. to the seaport town
of Newhaven. Here we embarked for
voyage OF about four hours. across
the English channel, to Dieppe,
France.
"As in this part of the world we
now have only about six hours of
darkness, II was getting quite light by
the time we were through the custom
house and ready for our forward jour-
ney. If American railways were to
furnish such accommodation as one
gets on these continental trains, dare
say the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion would soon smell something like
burning sulphur in their office How
ever, the interest of the country oc-
cupied ones mind sufficiently to
make him forget he was not reclining
on silk plush.
For the first two and a half hours
we travelled through a section that
everywhere showed signs of respect
able old age. The houses were quaint,
one-story affairs, with steep matched
roofs that came down so n man could
reach the caves. Some had the APP
pearance of being dwelling and
stable under the same roof: though
this would not seem like the French.
We passed through old villages with
their picturesque high walls enclosing
the yards and gardens. The walls and
houses were of beautifully variegat-
ed stone in all shades of light yell
low and reds ranging up to a brick
color. Though 1t was Sunday, we
saw one obedient wife at work on a
haystack. while her husband was
pitching up from the ground. As we
drew nearer Paris the houses became
more modern. Many of them were
very beautiful In design and work.
manship, though there was never a
sign Of a porch or verandah.
''At 6:30 we landed ut the Care st.
Lazare in Paris Our first treat was to
see the building of one of the lead
ing Partisan magazines beautifully
decorated with the French Tricolor
and our Old Glory. AS our flags are
OF the same colors worked out in diff
ferent designs. they combine very eff
fectively for decorative purposes.
about the distance of two Amer
ican city blocks from the front of st.
Lazare we came onto the wonderful
church of The Madeline, copy OF
one of the most perfect of the old
Greek temples, The Parthenon. 1t is
n marvel in its classic beauty. The,
great colonade of massive Corinthian
, columns which surround II carry one
back TO the cultured ages of the past.
Its proportions are so perfect that it
is only by comparing II with other
large buildings in the neighborhood
that one realizes its size.
Everything in the city Is art. One
feels II In the air. The parks-The
Jardin des Tulleries, Jardin du Luxen-
bourg and Champs Elysees being the
best-leave words powerless. Wonder
ful statuary is so disposed among
shrubbery. trees and flowers that al
most one feels he is having a glimpse
OF paradise.
among the notable statues visited
were the great Arc de Triumphe at
the center OF the boulevard system of
the west end OF the city; the statue
OF the Republic at Place de la Re-
publique; the Arc de Triomphe at
the Place de la Carousal In the court
~ the Ministry of Finance; and the
monument at the Place de la Bastile.
AS one stands at this latter place and
recalls its baptism OF blood in the
stirring times of the French Revo-
luton, he eels that he is on sacred
ground.
Among notable buildings visited
were the great Cathedral OF, Notre
Dame; the Pantheon, a reproduction
of the Acropolis of Athens and the
Hotel des Invalides. The Pantheon
is the most gorgeous piece OF archi-
lecture and rural decoration ] have
yet seen. In the apse. the painting Of
Joan of Arc appearing on her white,
winged horse, In the heavens and
leading the French hosts. surpasses In
action all paintings l ever have seen,
while the coloring Is most extraordi-
nary. ~
At the Hotel des Invalides, which is
home for disabled soldiers and a
great war museum. saw many relics