Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-07-16
: 0. II. DOYLE WRITES HOME.
Finds Many German Dead Still I.y-
ing on tho l,nttleficlds.
BOurges, France,
June 10th, 1919.


| night about o'clock. and, true to
my promise. will try to write Il
summary Of my itineracy, which was
very interesting one all the way
through, but an eXcecdinly strenuous
and tircsone one at times on account
OF the amount Of travelling | had to
do. and the short time to do i, in.
We left Bourges at 6 o'clock on
Saturday morning and went to Or
leans, arriving at Paris about 3 y.
III. After getting a light lunch at the
Red Cross station on the Quay Il Or
say we went through the Louvre.
will tell little about il. for Il little
is all any one can tell about the Lou
vre and it's wonderful collection Of
art. as it is such Il tremendous thing
The original Louvre, Il part Of which
IS still standing, was once the home
| OF the French kings and was built
outside OF what was then the wall Of
Paris. AS we'll as | remember. 1t was
started by Francis | in 1927 and was
added to and remodclled by almost
every succeeding French King and
emperor on through the reign Of Ma
polc0n III. The famous Tuilcries
Gardens begin at the Louvre
and extend several blocks to
where the Champs l;lysee begins. The
garden is filled with fine specimens
OF S'atu"ry. The part Of the Louvre
that Interested me most was the sta
tnary and painting rooms. for | did
know Just Il little about them. Among
other famous works Of art saw the
woriG-fam0us Mona Lisa, worth |
believe. about five million dollars
cat least that is the price set on it
to establish its intrinsic value. AS
matter OF fact, it couldn't be
bought at all for any price, Per-
haps my sense OF the beautiful has
not fully developed yet, for | saw
other pictures Of lesser fame that
thought more wonderful, and more
beautiful. too. 1t is about the size of
sewing table, | suppose You pro
baby remember quite Il stir in the
p: pers few years ago about this
picture being stolen from the LUuy!r
1t was lost for some time Il have
forgotten just how long, and was
| finally recovered in Italy. An Amcri-
can lady. who was going through
| the gallery. took me to it and to Sev-
crAl others. and spouted more learn
| ing 10 me than ever heard be- Drc
| in the same length OF time. She
seemed to ''compre" what she was
| talking about Also saw the Venus
de Milo and the Victory Of Samo-
! thracc--all originals. OF course. for
the Louvre deals only with orig!
| will have to tell about all the other
! wonderful things in there when |
get back. Time and space wont al
low more now
After the Louvre we got trucks
and took Il ride all over Paris, or as
near all over as we could. While we
were going down the Boulevard St.
Denis. Robert Lansing met us and
waved his hat at us.
We hau 10 TAKE train at 10 p.
M. for Rheims. The train was about
two hours late. as all Frog" trains
are, and when 1t did get started it
was so jammed full that had barely
room enough to stand in an aisle.
and had to ride all night long, too.
| solved the problem OF sleep though,
by lying right down in the middle OF
the aisle about | o'clock a. M, Har:i
luck II they had to step over me; I
had to have my sleep; and woke
up about daylight very much re-
freshed by my nap. Had breakfast
at Rheims in the Y. NJ. G.. A., and
then took trucks for the trenches
outside the city. we stayed out .ha~
about an hour and came back and
looked at the famous Cathedral OF
Rheims, which is badly shot up. The
city itself is practically ruined. but
isn't nearly as completely shot to
pieces as ipreS. There are a few
houses untouched at Rheims. and
there are none at all in Ypres.
We left Rheims at $40 a. m. for
HolSSonS. going just north OF Cha
teau Thierry. Arrived at Sossons
about noon and had dinner at an0-
thcr 'f. which was in half ruined
house there. After dinner 20. >
car ana went Il pretty good distance
up the old battle line to the ChcminS
deS DANES. Every foot OF this ,;ronnG
has been fought over for the las,
ionr years, and the ground is almost
rulv"r'lc' in some plH ccs Whore !