The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-06-07

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urday night al and no more than We
pulled out 81 the station | felt like
a new man and my idea Or France
started to climb Up right away. After
lid ne all night on a French train a.
- mics per. We got in Paris about
100 and fellow Wouldn't know he
VAS coming to a big town if he did
no; sec the Eiffel tower There are
no skyscrappers in Paris like in New
York and Chicago Most OF the build
.ngs are eight or ten stories high and
as old as the hills. SomethinA that
YOU never see in Paris or any other
part or France Is a new building.
The FIRST thing Of interest | saw was
the Effel tower You can never
imagine the size or IL unless you see
Id The base covers acres Two bou-
levards run under il besides 2 little
park The next thing was the "Panth
con de la Isuerre" that means pic
lures OF the war" II is the most Won
aerful thing in Paris. II is a picture
As # high and nearly 500 IT long
I suppose YOU wonder what's won
derful about II A person can't even
begin TO explain i. It's III a round
building built especially for It and
has nearly 5000 actual paintings OF
men and women who did something
remarkable during the war. II took
two artists years just to paint the
faces and II others just long 70
paint the decorations and background.
We stood and looked al Il an hour and
the longer one looks the longer he
.Sants to stay. Just to show what the
PEOPLE thing OF II they charge SOC for
civilans and s5c for soldiers and
there's always two OF three hundred
in the building I'm sending you
couple Of pictures OF 1t and you can get
some idea OF II.
The Invalides is the place where
Napoleon Is buried He sure has
wonderful resting place and I doubt
IL If the devil could get at him II he
wanted 10. You have to pass three or
four guards before you ever get in
the building Then there's lot of stuff
that Napoleon used during his cam
paigns. old guns. uniforms. and flags
also a lot Of junk he picked up when
he marched through Austria and Rus
STA: German guns. Zeps. and aero
planes are the latest collections Of
antiques added TO II and there are lots
I, OF them.
Most Of the time we ate at the Y.
NJ c. A. hotels that used 10 be cafes
/ and cabarets before the war and are
pretty nice places. Palace dc Paris
/ and Hotel de Pavilion are q couple OF
/ places the Y NJ c. A. leased. Four
/ Of us went TO a classy place for sup
l per one night and / don't know wheth-
er We looked like crooks II they dc
| It to everybody. but they charged VI
10 francs for the use OF the knives
forks and cloths before even or
dered supper and that was only q
beginning After paying that We
4 thought we were entitled 70 some sou
veners 5ut they watched US too close
and We didn't even try t.
BY taking a trip UP and down the
river Siene a fellow can see more O.
the buildings than any other way. W.
did that one Afternoon and saw part Of
tho international boat races.
The first night n Paris saw the
FolIies Begeres. The show of wonder
and Zeigfieldts Foilles were nickl'
shows compared to II and class!
place il was too In Chicago the.
pass ice water around between the act
. and here. wine or anything you want
A beer garden IS connected with TIL
tIeater and il reminded me of Phi
Schnidt's places. You know that Oh
saying. when in Rome do as the Ro
mans DO" And that was my motto
guess one reason why the tow
seemed 50 great TO me was I hadn'
been in a city for nine months.
Taxi rides are cheap in Paris. fou
fellows can pile Elm one and ride al
over town for two francs apiece ant
there IS not any speed limits either
It is great place for tips YOU hav
TO tn tie driver. waiter. bartender
waitress. usher. doorman and ever,
time Won turn around and II you for
set about il they are not bashful abou
asking for It,
Notre Dame cathedral is another his
/ torical place. Napoleon crowned him
self in IL. The guard told Us that SOM
pope was ready TO lay the crown OF
4 Napoieons head but he grabbed it GU
Z of his hands and crowned himself
! There's nothing beautiful about it out
side but the stained glass and most o
thst has been taken out for safe keep
ing It's so darn old God himself for
eot the date they started It and ii look
like IL will tumble over one of thes
days Then we saw the church tn
Germans hit with their IS mile gun.
but leave it lay for a remembrance
Versailles palace is another place tina
you can't even begin to describe. 1
was built by Louis the 14th and tina
I guy didn't think any more of a million
/ francs than do of two bits We spen
I six hours going through the palace an,
4 then didn't see one-tenth- Of it, TIL
| palace and grounds coveres 27,00
! acres and the palace has about IS
rooms We only saw twenty-five O
them and ii sure was marvellous. Loui
I XIV was the guy that king for :
l years. His dad died when he was
years old and left him a pretty goo
Job but he wasn't crowned till he wa
n 90. His frau was pretty good woma
and he built a church for her. It's tn
finest church I ever saw. The wall
and ceiling are gold and bronze and tn
door of marble, the altar is of soil