La Junta tribune., 1912-09-28

daughters OF France went 10 their
death, among the victims being the
King and Queen Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette. with many other members
OF the royal family
Beyond the Place de- Ia Concorde
10 the west is the beautiful Champs
Elysees. the most noted street in
Paris II has wide shady parking on
either side. filled with seats for the
weary, you pay the price This
avenue leads up TO the grea, Are
de TriOmphe. one OF the architect
ural glortes Of Paris This was al
80 conceived by Napoleon and be
gun IN 1906 as a memorial Of the tri-
umphs achieved by the French sol
dirrs Boa the Austarlitz campaign II
is the largest triumphal arch In DO"
world. being 1850 feet high. lGi feet
wid. and - feet thick. e. is also
adorned with sculpture representing
scouus Iu he history of France on
tHa arch iE Inscribed some $50 names
ot officers Boo the armies of Napoleon
Napoleon bad thr arch SO located
IHaf cannon placed around .t would
sweep fbe city for miles and iU ls5i
the communists took adEaUHu" nf
tHs position and were tislodgrd
with the greatest difficulty The arch
Is situated ON something of knoll
at Tho Junction ot a number Of
streets. twelve. ! think. udiauuE in
dIga-anr directions.
We all made a trip TO the top
~ Effl Tuvrr by elevator The
top landing is pgi feet hish. The
elevators 20 the first and second
floors carry 100 people. and the one
from there 10 the top carries only
fifty Half way up from the second
floor 20 the third Vc had 10 pass
from one elevator into the other
20 complete rho ascent The hisuess
of mo tower is Impressive. on the
first floor I2i feet up. az, rDs'aH-
rant bar and "a 'hoatcr. ON the
second floor. stalls for selling post.
cards and souvenirs. and the same
ON the top floor Above rho top
landing Us a wireless telegraph out
nt. about 1000 feet hiah. that can
send and receive messages To and
from Canada The view from the
third floor iakes iu the whole city
with It's background Of hills. aud Is
yery fine
Paris has many fine old churches.
the oldest and most famous being
Nofr" Dame This church was be-
gun In 1863. the first stone being
laid by Pope Alexander III II was
completed IN i235 but has uudergou.
many re1oyati1ns and rcstorations
since then. being completely restor.
ed since lSg5 II is said to be- one
Of tho finest Gothic structures In
Europe The exterior is elaborately
decorated with sculpture of various
designs. som. Of which Is actually
hidr1us Most of the old cathcdrals
are covered with quaint old rarFoyles
or water spouts. these are usually
made IN the form Of "a" long neck
aud head oi some animal, most fro-
luontly the dog with open mouth the
head extending out three or four feet
from fbe wall when il rains II is
very curious 10 see the rain pour
over these spouts As thcs. are 10
Gated iu numerous positions all oY-
er the exterior ~ the building they
attract great deal of attention
from sirhi s'crs The interior Is
very pretty consisting Of the nave
and double isles ON either side
Around these are thirty seven chap
els. opening on from the main part
Thes" rhapels an have aliars in
them with the indispensable candles
and Images. on" always finds wor.
shippers knecling at some of the al.
tars In all European churches. for
nero IN" chufch'H ar" Always open.
aud N. pazs'rby oan enter and OF.
Ter his prayers at any time In some
OF these chapcls are tombs of eel.
.brat'd people, one Of the tombs.
think Il Is that Of the Duke OF Har.
court Is the embodiment OF dream
that his wife had few days before
his death lie is represented as
climbing out of his coffin. Mt the
head Of which stands a skeleton,
repr.s.ntatiy. Of death. and at the
foot. another figure representing life,
I think Tn. choirs Of all ca,h.d.
rails. as well as the ceilings are rich
ly ornamcn,.d. much of the choir de-
corations being Of handsome old WOO,
carvings
Near Notr. Dam. iS an elegant IT.
tie church. The Saint ChApcilc. prob
ably III. most beautiful In Paris. and