Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-07
POPULAR PARIS TRIP
3-DAY PILGRIMAGE
OF JEAN VAL JEAN

| one OF the books which the entire
A. e. seems 20 have read III Victor
Huge Les MIserahles AT any rate
/ tho trip known as Jean Vatican Pill.
grimagea Ii one Of the most popular
with the three-day permlssionaires In
PARTS,
When 1t was suggested to mir
ChaRee. head of The \ N. q, A. Seeing
Paris department, that i three hour
"trip be devoted 10 a tour of the many
points mentioned III Les Miserables. Z
The WAS skeptical of the idea. The
doughboy with only three days In
which to see All Of Paris isn't going to
want ID spend 1ne entire afternoon 10
Ireyiewing the scenes of his favOrite
| novel, no matter how thrilling the
story However. the scheme was tried.
The tirst trip there were nine passen
gers la the big xxi truck,
That was three months ago. For the
latest trip there were fifty passengers,
and instead or twice week the pill
/ grimase viii be made four times and
Il
The first stop il at the Grande'
lpalais which looks across the Cours Ia.
Refine TO the Port du Gros Gallon and.
the Seine Just as pIacidly as it did that
June evening In 1882 when Jean Val.
jean emerged into daylight from the
nOatli III the sewer only To find his
passage barred by che gratings of the
heavy iron gate.
Then next there Is the little house.
In the Rue Plunlet where Jean Vatican
took Cosette after she LEFT the convent
Iii the Little Picpus. The fence from
which Marius removed picket, the
bench and the tree are gone. together
with the house that Thenardier plan.
ned to rob. and Eponine protected, but
the long wall in the Rue Babylone re-
mains ancient and grim.
Not far to the east Is the church 81
ST Sulpice where Baron Pontmercy
was observed by the church warden;
Mabeaf, standing behind pillar look!
Ing through his tears at his son. Mar.
lus Near the church Is the palace oe
the Luxembourg. ii front OF which are
the gardens where Jean Vatican and
Cosette were accustomed to walk dur:
ing the long summer evenings The
statue Of the Gladiator under which
Cosette and Marius used To meet, still
stands In the garden. and the walks
and benches are guaranteed. even al
early IN the spring as March, to be-
quite ais suspicious rendezvous for
lovers as lii the days of Hug0's hero.
Not FAR from the gardens runs the
Roman road. known as the Rue st.
Jacques. Vatican brought the little
Cosette to this street to attead mass
1T the church of st jacques du Haut
Pas because Ii was far from home and
less likely To attract the attention of
the police. Here Eponine found Jean
and delivered to him the note which
enticed him to the Gorbeau tenement.
II was in front Of this church too that
Javert, disguised as beggar, was
recognized BY Vatican
The trip concludes with al. visit To
No. s Place des vosges This was the
home Of victor Hugo when he com.
tnenced to write the story of Les Mis-
cradles Here he Was visited BY
Charles Dickens who had written his
story of the poor and oppressed ID
England
a great many Of the visiting dough-
boys had read Hugo's story In French.
others iii translation, but the greatest
number had seen II in the movies. Az.
cording 10 the American Library A.
ISOLATION, Hugo is riyalling Zane Grey
and Iack London now as favorite
author ia the a.. E
The idea Of the Jean Vatican pill
grimage originated with Frank p.
Lewis. 81 everett Washington AIr.
Lewis WAS convinced that ever SO
many members OF the q. 3. # thought
LES AEiserabIes WINS Just as good =
story AZ be did, and he vas wiling 70
gea ii. Ever since this trip has been
| Incorporated In the Y u. G. "A. list of
Paris tours Mr.. Lewis has actsd as
guide. According 70 the a. 2. F. be
] and Hugo are doing excellent team
work. Z
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