The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1919-05-16

is 800 feet wide at the bottom. and
has an elevator runifg to the top.
The top will hold 500 people; It also
has q sway Of four feet in the air
Imight mention now that since the
war, the great paintings and statues
that were stored away, are being
put back in their places after being
hidden four years. &. e.
We passed down "Rue Etat Unisp
United States avenue and the palace
where President Wilson lives, which
we were not allowed TO visit. The
palace is guarded closely by soldiers
(French) and American plain clothes
men.
We passed the grand HArc de
Triumph" built by Napoleon's request.
1t is magnificent thing.
We have arrived now at the "Place
de la Concord where the guillotine
stood, and IS now marked by a
statue or obeiisk which was sent
from Egypt. 1t has been said that
$500 people were executed there in
one day, and the flow of blood was
80 great that a ditch had to be made
to the Seine river.
Saturday afternoon I visited in
Versailles and I can hardly tell you
about it. You can tell by the postals
and the grandeur of the palace, and
1 will try and tell you when ! get
home. q, 4 d.
Saturday night / went to the mosi
beautiful opera house in the world
and saw some real grand opera
Hamlet" was played. It lis almost
impossible to explain the beauty Of il
and the scenery in the play was the
very best. 7-s4 II
I Sunday morning I had lunch at Tho
X. M. G. A. and took the trip tt
! the. Louvre in the afternoon. WI
took the subway to the Louvre anG
they are very quick and quiet.
Across from the Louvre is tht
church Of st. German, where Marie
Antoinette and Louis XIV and XIV
attended mass. It was in this church
\ that I walked in the foot steps o.
kings and queens of France. Herr
(, the queen had private room bull
near the altar where she could watcl
the bishop and hear his sermons.
saw the special room or pews providet
, for the "Royal family"
From one window Of the Louvr,
in front Of this church, a signal wa
4 given to a man in the belfry afia
thus was started the massacre Of st
Bartholomew, evening Aug. "a, 1783
We are now in the king and queens
Y palace which is now a museum, an,
we entered into the Egyptian room
Egyptian coffins and statues of dif
ferent sorts Of gargoyles, stone cof
| fins, carved in 663 B. G. and ] di,
some writing on one Of these ston
coffins which is as old as Egypt
The original billiken was there an
was "a comical thing. Here is ais
\ a sacred bull that was worshipped b,
I the Egyptians.
4 A silver cup with Egyptian hiero
!, glyphics dates back to 300 years B. {
u The statue of Winged Victory
made by very noted sculptor, an
4 to commemorate the victories of TIL
French navy is also here togethe
4 with q white marble bust Of Juliu
A Caesar at the age of 20 years; and
Il statue. of Augustus, the emperor 0
Rome at the time of the birth 0
j Christ; Nero, at the time Of the burn
ing Of Rome 1925; and then the statu
4 that people from all parts Of tn
4 world have come to see, venus d
Milo Here saw some more wonder
ful paintings that are beyond m
I explanation. Then I visited th
y Madelaine, the Greek house o
worship, and they were holdin
services, and there were abou
Y 5000 people present. Then after
\ wards / had the pleasure Of walk
ing the Champ Elyeses, with q Re
Cross nurse, a very nice young lad
from the Army Of Occupation. The
|. Twisted the Opera de Comic that even
ing. Here is where the wonderfr
gowns are displayed on the prom
enades, worn by some Of the mos
beautiful women that / have ever seer
4 Monday, Mr.. Bourgognon, Rec
!. Bros representative, took us to som
other places Of interest that ! prob
ably could not have found.
You can tell Lucille that il she want
/ to be in style, that the girls .
/ Paris are wearing the hair ribbon
on their foreheads and holding tn
hair. 1t seems to be very styliS
!; there.
Hoping that these few lines fin
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