Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-05-11
D0UGHB0YS ALL
 VISIT FAMOUS
 HALL OF MIRRORS
Versailles Now Mecca for Tourists and Natives of
 Europe.

peace treaty has already been signed, sealed and delivered in spirit scores of t ines from the historic chateau here, if( indeed, the good intentions of hundreds of energetic young Amer lcan soldiers count for anything. It would be difficult to find Yankee warrior who, having got as near as Paris, has not come to Versailles to express his approval or disapproval of the place where the real treaty will be signed, and to subscribe his name to a peace document of his own for the folk back home. Having sought out the wonderful Hall of Mirrors, doughboy and officers alike invariably make their way to the table upon which it is said the treaty will be signed, and with much hiking of fingers from leaky pens indite postcard memorials which begin:
 This is being written in the fam ous Hall of Mirrors in the Chateau of Versailles, upon the very table," etc. ! etc.
 l The doughboy is by no means alone 1 in his desire to see the renowned pal ace in which the world peace will be concluded. Thousands of French peo- 1 pie have been Hooking to Versailles for many days on sightseeing tours. In fact Versailles has become sort 1 of Mecca which is drawing the na- l tionalities of the world who wish to worship the shrine of peace.
 All the pre-war slendors are rapid ly returning to the palace under the practiced hands of expert workmen who are renovating the vast halls and replacing the priceless relics for the advent of the peace delegates. When the Germans were threatening Paris the chateau was stripped of all portable valuable which were taken to Bordeaux and other places for safe keeping. During the past few days ancient tapestries of untold value and furniture worth the ransom of king have been reappearing in their ac- customed places, and the dust of many months has been cleared away from walls and floors.
 Flock to Versailles.
 Today being Sunday people flocked to Versailles in great numbers, for it was the first really sunshiny holiday of the season. Hundreds of American officers, doughboys and nurses were among the pilgrims who filled the huge Chateau and overran the lawns and already green woods of the beau tiful grounds.
 1 The doughboy for once was seeing something which had no counterpart at home. The Woolworth building was ) higher .but-well, they could hardly be compared after all, they were so different. His first impression was one of amazement at the grandeur, and the thought came to him: What a lot of men it must have cost" Then he got interested in art for arts sake. The Hall of Mirrors. where the treaty will be signed, held him long, as he gazed in awe at the myriad re- flections and the superb decorations of the ceiling. He found his way to 1 the exact spot where in 1871 stood the dais from which the foundation of the German empire was proclaim ed, and heard his guide say that for reasons of sentiment the table upon which the treaty will be signed would probably be located in the safe place.
 The great hall, the doughboy was told, will be reserved for the treaty makers, but the ceremony will be witnessed from adjoining rooms by members of the press from many countries and by some distinguished guests. The wife of President Wilson will probably be one of those who will see the president and other dele gates place their names to the most important document of history.
 Went Through Palace.
 There was little that the doughboy didn't see today. The apartments of King Louis the Fourteenth, and the council chamber of that monarch and his successors, all of which will be used for conference purposes, proved attractive to his imaginative mind. The boudoir of Madame de Mainten- non, which also is to be sacrificed to committee work, drew many wise shakings of the head from the dough- boy, who said little but looked as though he could tell great deal about the fair occupant of bygone days.
 l The Gallery of Battles with it's painted history of the glories of l France on the field of honor appeal ed to the boy in khaki immensely, perhaps because he himself had been , living similar martial scenes over al- ready historic ground. This gallery is to be assigned to the press of the world, the guide said All the great 1 paintings held the doughboys long, but the one which struck his fancy most was that of Washington and Lafayette standing in front of their headquarters just before the battle i of Yorktown. ;.
 "Why, if there ain't old George him self," exclaimed one delighted boy in uniform, and in the ectacy of his dis covery he summoned all his pals forthwith to see "old George"
 For the purposes of the conference some of the sacred rooms are being modernized, temporarily undoubtedly by the installation of the telephone. ! For the first time in history, too, tea