The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1919-03-14

Sailors Trip to Paris
B. d. Raymond Tells Of Sight, Seeing
In French Capitol.
The following is an interest
ing letter received by Mrs. w.
S. Burdine, of Summit, 8. D..
from her brother, B. q. Ray
mond. who is an enlisted man in
the navy:
U. s s. Merauke,
St. Mazaire, France
Jan. q, 1919.
Dear sister:
Will write you letter now as
have plenty of time. Did you get tho
card sent from Paris? sent sever
al from there but did not have time 70
write any letters as was busy all
day long seeing the sights and when
night came I was so tired that went
to bed as soon as reached my hotel.
II there is any organization that do
serves the credit for helping the boys
and for being backed up by the people
at home it is the Red Cross. Every
where we may 60 there is Red Cross
canteen and you never hear q word
against them from any of the soldiers
or sailors. They are always ready
and willing to help in any way that is
possible.
When / wrote you before I think
we had not started unloading but
now we have about half the cargo ia
bulk though not in weight of as thore
is lot Of steel and copper billets in
the bottom which il taken out will re-
Quire q great deal of time. We start
ed unloading at about 500 p. m. Sat-
urday but did not work on Sunday.
If we do not take out the steel and do
not load anything we may not be here
more than week or ten days more.
| left here Friday evening with an
other one Of the sailors and rot IL
Paris ~ 7:l5 the next morning. The
fellow who went with me met his SOL
dier brother their SO they were TO-
gether more of the time. Saturday
forenoon we walked around different
parts of the city and rode part Of tho
time In the subways. At nooo Ne
went to the Y. M. G. A. Hotel where
joined the sightseeing party who were
going to Versailles. The two boys
stayed at the Y for dinner then walk-
ed AROUND the CITY in afternoon
We left the Y. NJ. C. A. hotel at
1890 and reached Versailles at about
ZOO p. m. where We immediately be-
gan seeing things.
The OBJECT Of our visit was the PAL
ace OF Louix XIV. This palace 10
the largest csstilrest, and most mag
nificent Of any In the world Il cost
several hundred million dollars 70
build, n fact, il broke the french
It vas builS and kntli 3hs bIrtK 81 he
'kepuolic it was the palace OF ths Roy.
al family. Now il is used only - .
museum. The buildings and grounds
are kept in the finest shape sud pre-
sent wonderful view.
After leaving the station we walked
q short distance past the old Royal
stables and carriage house to the
we made our first stop and our guide
palace itself. This talk was to ex-
plain the cause and time of building
it, the different styles of architecture.
and the use OF the different wings Of
the building.
The courtyard 10 divided into. three
divisions, the outer court. where the
people OF the lower class met and die
cussed their differences; the inner
court, where the lesser mobiles met for
their discussions; and the marble
court, where the higher mobiles and
the Kings discussed questions Of
much value 10 the government.
The building IL built in the shape
Of the letter U with the greater dis
tance being between tho sides. The
sides also extend somewhat realy
making the main building, the bottom
Of the U, the smallest of the buildings.
The Palace Is not over three or four
stories high but contains . great
many rooms of all sizes. The first
floor Of the main building we did not
20 through probably - there were no
rooms OF much Importance loCated
there.
In going TO the second floor No g.
cend the famous marble stairway IN
which Marie Antoinstte Ned when sho
attempted 10 escape the mob who
sought her life. This stairway -
maue from the very best marble ae
are ell tho statues and oruamenta-
tions adorning Il.
Upon reaching tho second floor by
way Of the marble stairway We passed
through the Hall Of Glass named b.
cause OF the many windows which it
contains with . mirror the same sire
and shape directly opposite which re-
fleets the light making II appear as
having windows on both sidee. Is g
in this hall that tho table, upon which
the Treaty Of Peace Of Ito present
war will be signed stands. Il 10 :
marble top table inlaid with tortoise
shell and l. considered priceless. AZ
each end Of this hall are two smaller
halls called The ssHall u Peace" and
the 'shall Of War" Upon tho ceil-
ings Of both tho sm9ller halls ero.
paintings which symbolixe War and
Peace. Il 10 "a tho large hall that H.
Treaty WAS signed which gave Ger
many the power over Francs Ii. :
previous War 6nd IL Il Tor that r6as-
on that Tho present treaty will - eak-
On th6ro - b signed 81 I'll of 10
A!iied Nations symbolisfnr 10 down.