The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-02-14

Portions Of the letter follow;
MY TWO DAYS IN PARIS. FRANCE.
December and 9, 1918.
T Ser yeant J. r. Kane and | went
/ together We lett our hospital at
/ Il yigny Immediately after supper,
about ) p m. TO take the $50 train
Icf Revigny (As we were informed
/ that the train through here for Paris
! is crowded We figured by going tc
/ Barbecue We would be more likely
was about two hours late, but We
! waited for it. and then had a wait for
/ the train to Paris. 1t was due at
11:l2 D m, and arrived about 1880
a. N. That is enough to prove the
uncertainty of the French railroads.
We boarded the train for Paris, but
did not get a seat. but stood. sat in
the lobby of the coach all night pass
ing through Chateau-Theirry about 4
a m 1t was daylight about an hour
1 before we reached Paris, and the
I country there is very level and
1 D cturesque, the small towns here
with their stone houses set apart
/ from each other and neat little
( truck garden in the rear of each,
which was quite a contrast from the
/ u n
where the buildings almost entirely
/ joined together with the exception of
| the streets
| Arriving in Paris about a m, De-
| eember s, we presented our railroad
/ tickets at the station and registered
| N at the A. p. MS office where
we received our city pass and bread
| tickets. We were pretty tired from
/ the nights ride. but were determined
4 to make the best of our time, and
started out to see Gay Paree. Our
train pulled in at the east station
| tGare de L'est), and We walked down
| boulevard Strasbourg, which the sta
/ ton faces, and the first large struc-
ture on our left was the Church St
/ Laurent We hailed a triangle man
| and inquired concerning the Y. NJ. c.
A.. which we located about five blocks
away in the Grand Hotel Du Pavilion;
here we breakfasted Tin style, Tor
3 francs each). The dining room is
magnificent, for small hotel; the
chairs and built-in divans around the
edges are upholstered in a rich, green
/ and gray. the framework of the
chairs. the tables. and woodwork of
the walls being mahogany or redwood
OF some sort; the entire walls are
mirror set in the redwood frames.
from ceiling to floor; the ceiling
white, dotted with small electric lamps,
with large one here and there. which
illumined the room beautifully.
French mattresses served us in grand
style: they were So pleasant and
courteous and the eats were splendid.
Our room was very pleasant with red
wood furniture upholstered in vine
color with large bed and diyan,
very high ceiling, and Two large win
dows almost the entire height OF the
wall We bought a map OF the city
and a book of postcards and started
out to see the city. First we entered
the Holy Trinity church; they were
holding low mass; all the churches
, are massive in structure, wonderful
pieces of masonry and art, and most
all Catholic. | noticed on bulletin
board in the " there was one Wes-
leyan church listed, but | did not To-
cate it. Then we climbed series OF
steps up a hill (there is also funi-
eular railway to the church Sacre
Colur (Sacred Heart). We did not
discover the funicular until we reached
the top. 1t is a wonderful building;
appeared not quite complete. From
this hill we got good view OF that
portion of the city.
I'VE descended and next located the
opera; it is adorned with statues. We
did not try to enter, knowing We would
not have time to take everything in
in detail. The opera being too high
class for us, and wanting to attend IA
performance at one of the theaters we
hunted out Folies-B -Bergere very noted)
and secured tickets for the evening
90 francs each).
Next we hit Boulevard ST. Denis.
which was crowded with people, and
we got in the swim thinking to give
the people the once over Well
considering the war just over. they
surely do dress-and mademoiselles-
galore. The better class of people are
just as swell as any American, and
really l liked the expressions Of
| some, the men more than the women,
though the young men, about my age,
were very few. All were very pleas
ant and courteous and seemed to ad-
mire the American soldiers and sail
ors very much, and do anything to
please or accommodate them. Down
! this boulevard we saw two very large
arches, named Porte St. Martin, and