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Visit Paris and Home to St. Louis.
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French friend saying had seen all of
Paris in less than an hour, adding from
the Eiffel tower. This wonderful struc-
ture is 9s4 feet high and from its top
one has grand view, or had better
say a microscopic view. Of the great
French city, for persons appear like
flies in size and the Seine like ribbon.
We visited ST. Augustine, in front Of
which is statute OF Joan Dare, also
the Pantheon on whose walls are paint
ings of the heroic character thad led
the French into battle and was after
wards burned at the stake. In the
basement of the Pantheon lie preserved
the remains Of noted men Of the ma
ton, as Victor Hugo.
The Madeleine, with its huge pillars
on the front and sides, is an interesting
structure and one which Napoleon had
intended to convert into Temple Of
Reason, but it is used for worship still
or course Notre Dame is the famous
church edlfce of Paris and it is a great
privilege to see such piece Of arehi-
lecture and its beautiful windows aud
chapels.
In the center Of tho Champs Elysee--
the great open space where hundreds OF
vehicles and automobiles can be seen
in short while flying hither and thith-
er-an Egyptian obelisk stands just
where Louis XVI and his wife, Marie
Antonette, and others were beheaded.
We also visited Napoleon's tomb, a
dome-like structure, The marble sar-
cophagus containing his remains is kept
in followed out place and is viewed
by gazing on it from above. In the
rear Of the building are windows which
transmit a flood of golden light giving
an enhancing effect.
We also took in the art galleries,
Louvre and Luxembourg and Petit
Palais. What paintings and marvel
Gus productions Of the brush and the
chisell / believe ] admired most the
sculpture in Luxembourg, for here it
seems that marble is made to live. The
trouble is that there is so much to see
and so little time to see the hundreds OF
paintings that il fairly makes one's
head swim.
One of the most wonderful buildings
in this city Of wonderful sights is the
Grand Opera House, one of the finest,
if not the finest, in the world. 1t has
a spacious hall for promenading between
the acts and everything is finished in
the finest Of style. We had the pleas
ure of attending when Sampson and
Delilah" was given, and it was a most
charming production There we're so
in the orchestra and it can be imagined
that in this center Of art and in the
building, of which the government is
sponsor, the melody and singing and
acting was as good as they get.
On August IS we visited Versailles,
where the seat of the government was
under Louis XIV, XIV and XVI and
Napoleon We arrived just il time to
witness the funeral procession Of Cen
eral, and gorgeous affair it was We
were taken by our guide through the
richly furnished palace OF the once ia
nous kings, over the gardens that are
feast for the eyes TO look upon, TO Tri-
anon and the country home Of Marie
Antoinette and the royal stables, where
we saw the golden carriages IN which
royalty once rode.
One of the strange things about Pa
risian life is that at the table one kind
of food is served and eaten at time.
Wine is drank at meals just as Ameri-
cans do coffee and the Germans do beer.
One going from country OF skyscrap-
ers to Paris is surprised to see that
their buildings are seldom higher than
six stories, and this is true Of all Euro
pean cities Instead Of street cars on
nearly every street. as we have them in
our large cities, they have BUSES that
run along certain route Cabs and
are very cheap because ono
pays according to the record on the
meter.
There are some things our European
neighbors can learn from US, but it is
just as true that there are some things
we can learn from them. The cities
and villages, especially the villages, are
cleaner than ours and the people are
more respectful and courteous TO the
stranger The children are more obedi-
ent to their parents and pay respect TO
those in authority. There is also a
higher regard paid to those in author
ity by the citizens
We left Paris August 80 for Havre,
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