The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-06-13

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After ten years of study Nine. Jo-
hanna Kristoffy onesti, Polish prima
donna, has determined the correct
costuming OF Aida, the leading role in
Verdis opera of the same name. 1t is
a radical departure from the tiger
skin or the transparent open skirt OF
the Egyptian court. The new costume
is combined Egyptian and Ethiopian
with sufficient beads to point out
| Aida's early life In the wilds.
| walk after 1t; and too, we were very
economical at this time. for we knew
not what was going to be our fate in
Paris for three days on 100 francs each.
! you needed about 400 to 1000 francs to
| have a good time. We again went
through the necessary procedure to OBJ
tain meal here; but the worst feature
supper and they had not changed the
| course; so we had the Identical food
| for supper that We had for dinner; but
it was enjoyed just the same, for we
had travelled quite distance since we
had eaten our dinner; therefore. no eff
| fort was made in vain to eat a hearty
| supper. After we had finished supper
and walked back across the Seine IT
was time for US to get to the .Palais
order to get seat for the show that
was to be put on. At 1880 the show
started. and it was a real honest to
goodness show. entitled the mime
I Whizz Bangs" There was continuous
| Torrance. The show was on until $3.50
p. M, after which there was our trip
back to the barracks. In the daytime
it was very easy to go TO-, for It was
near the Eiffel tower, which was a
very good land mark for the direction
we were to take, but this at night was
of no special value to us. Regardless OF
| this we started for the place, and as
neither OF us had paid any particular
attention to the corners where we had
! turned, naturally got lost. Miller
seemed to be more positive about the
| route than / did; therefore I let him
! lead the way, which really caused us
about an hours extra walk.
We came to the conclusion that we
| had better give our French a try-out
| and see if we could find the direction
| of the tower above mentioned; so we
| did after many repetitions of the word
| with many different pronunciations. he
| finally compreed. and we found that we
were quite a distance from our objec-
| tive. Notwithstanding our wrong sense
| of direction" we reached the barracks
| went into the canteen and had cup
of chocolate and ate a meat sandwich,
after which we retired for the night
1t Is now Sunday morning. We vol
unfairly got up at a. H. to get some
thing to eat. We purchased our tickets
CHATS wrong. they had Just run out OF
tickets, anyway, we paid for break
fast which cost US 80 centimes COc)
and followed the line through to the
counter, where we got couple OF sand
witches, some oatmeal and cup of
coffee. We did not desire to take any
trips this morning with the crowd. so
we set out by our lonesome. The day
was bright--at least the morning was.
and in about three blocks of the bar
racks there is the Eiffel tower, which
is the highest structure in the world,
being something over 900 feet hlgh.
of this tower, and then journeyed on
our way in homes of seeing the great
war picture. pantheon de. Guerre."
This picture was explained to us by
ture is painted in building which was
built especially for this purpose and is
in a circular form with walkway
built up in the center for the visitors
1t is the same style as that OF the PIC
ture of the Civil war now at Fort Ogle.
thorpe, Ga. Did you ever see it? The
picture shows the most prominent PEG,
pie, of the allies only, who participated
in the war. including our own presl-
dent, with the league Of nations G docu-
princes, and generals. These, pictures
stand in the foreground. In the back
ground is shown the panorama OF tne
entire western front, surely on very
small scale, and the names OF the prln-
cipal cities where the hardest fighting
took place. At the time l saw the pic
ture at Fort Oglethorpe | could not
imagine such "A thing. but II II is oniy
half as correct as to detail as TINS one
/ will take great pride in making an,
other trip to study it when return
home.
AS heretofore stated. we were, told TO
report to the assistant provost mar
shars Office ca + M nea TirniH that sTe time
now. In order to do this we must take
a taxi for two reasons-frst, we 90 not
know the way; second, necessary 10 set
there in time. We entered a taxi ny
knowing how much we would be sluch, |
but willing to take shot at AWNING
once. After we got into the TAXI we
noticed him change his meter on lne
car, which is visible to the occupant
They are run on a basis OF 20 cen ~ *
that is, the minimum charge 10 10
confines While the car is IN motlon
this meter is working, and 1t SHOWS IN
francs and centimes just how muCn IHe
charge is when you stop-no chance 70
heat YOU II you can read After arrlvaai
af the st. Ann, our rare was z IL
francs with a half franc tip. Inc
distance covered was judged TO pc apout
two miles. After gaining this lnlornl5-
tion OF the economy of a taxi IN PREF
erence to wearing out good pair o.
shoes, besides the necessary energy w, we
made frequent use of the taxi. w,
went into the hotel and registered WIN
the A. z. NJ. and got another pass
"good for three days" and mere we
washed and polished up a bit Tor a
promenade in the buster part Oh the
town. We started somewhere ABOUT t,,s
town to see and be seen. we n ade o t,,
t1nv 10 one of the main boulevards, by
name italian, but the traffic mere was
90 great that we could not see the lown
for the people, so we didn't remain lons
in this part On our way BACK 10 t.Ie
oIher side of the city we mace our his'
visit to the Soldiers ana SelioL n1o . D.n
Here we obtained cigarettes ny pIeSeLh.,
ing our passes, which was evidence that
We were in Paris on leave. Inc cruz 70
run Inv Americans on the selI-suppoIt-
ing plan" The cigarettes whlch are
given away are sent by diiterenI clH toS
tobacco funds, etc.) in America s a I'D
free distribution among the sailors anu
soldiers of the A. L. f. The club serves
meals from $50 to francs per meal;
has the usual army canteen, three pooI
tables and a nice reading. ana WTitlIs
room. We did not remain mere very
long. as we were to join a paI ~ a.
The Faiais de Glace at / pm: ror a trlp'
W. xaIked over to the Palais de Glaze,
which was about seven or eight DOCS
from here. 1t was ABOUT ~ nlinuseS
lin 10 o'clock when we arrived, anu any
upon being informed that they wouIo
begin to serve dinner a. IL cIoJn t.
knowing what bucking the ch0w n,,e
,Vonid start the Iine--and did. We We're
first for one time in life, We $1,000
there for twenty mintes and they pegai,m,
to serve. This, as have said, is