The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-04

sand guests, hear a, sigh and I'd Xix,
to stay here for Duration
We go into the Sale de Congrei
and I tell the story OF how il wal
built and absolute finished ir
| three months. and ] hear grunt oi
disbelief and a bass voice saying. II
takes Frenchy that long to cook j
steak. When I announce that this
guide Is veteran of the Franco.
Prussian war. as they can see by hi:
military medal and his empty sleeve
one generous fellow wells Every
fellow hand him a frame But oh.
ject vigorously and tell them that thai
would never do; 1t would be estab.
fishing another precedent, and good
ness knows enough have already
been established here for the ma n IN
khaki; at which the wit of the crowd
pipes, At least you'lI let me kiss him
Now. thanks to the kindness Of the
French government, the chateau is
opened to my thtrty-two We enter
into all the maRnificenee that was
Louis's through the great wide doors
not. however, wide enough to &C
commodate the eager troop Of verita-
BILE children. who crowd and push
and joke and swear.
we halt second before the bic
picture of Louis XIV because several
wants to take a peek at the Rink
who was responsible And rs all
Of Versailles is essentially Louis. after
awhile II gets to he game. this
hunting for and finding Of Louis An
bronze. marble, and oil in all sorts Of
poses~ and costumes. so much so that
one day when one Of my guests tool;
some snapshots OF the party. an
other said. We mustn't tell .T>ooey
he'd hate so TO ne out Of It.
we ascend the gorgeous marble
staircase, the favorite one Of Marie
sAntoinette, and I try not TO smile
when a miner from the Yukon refers
to her az Marie Antonio Lord love
him. he's going 10 see everything and
know who's who and why. At least
that's what he tells me. An Austria
liam mutters THAI his favorite stair
case is the one that leads off the boat
lat Sydney. and a second. and third,
and q fourth agree with enthusiasm.
I'VE wander slowly and aweSomely
through the gradeur OF the gallery OF
battle pictures, We examine atten
lively the picture depicting one OF the
first victories of France, In the year
496; never forget to point out the
trench helmet, so like the one in use
now, and employed as another pic
ture proves, early in the th~teenth
century. ! always remember TO halt
the entire company before the battle
~ Lens. which took place In 164S,
on the goth OF August. The date and
month are of importance, because II
was on almost that very same date
and month OF 1917. that Canada start
ed to get back Lens.
And when I ask nischievousiy,
Boys. are We or are we not going to
do it?' well, I'll venture to say that
the great room in which we stand
never echoed to deeper or sincerer
emotion than during the second when
positive voices shouted, We aret'
I'VE are taken through many OF
the private rooms OF the court, we
see Louis's bedroom. it's a funny,
fat bed, and one fellow Gays that If
Looey had one drink he couldn't get
onto II, and that If he took two he
couldn't stay on
after we've seen what seems like
miles OF beautiful old rooms. and fur
niture, and rugs. and tapestries. we
tip our guide in true soldier style
Then We sally forth into the fresh.
understanding openness OF the gar
dens We all heave huge sigh to
leave behind the close. hot air of In
doors We breathe deeply for very
Joy of living and being away from
'Fritzie,' in whom we ell admit there's
"a mighty good kick yet,