Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-12-16
JUNE SANDERS WRITES
OF NOVEL EXPERIENCES
Tells of the Beauties of Paris a..
the Wonderful Art of Sara
Bernhardt

Following are extracts from, =.
ters received by Mr.. and Mrs G
Sanders from their daughter, Miss
June, one of the American girls 60
lected by the French government -
receive special educational traini,a
in that country:
Monday morning we went for q
walk in the Luxembourg garders
There is wonderful old palace tboro
which, is now a museum. II was Tho
first of November, but | never saw
anything so gorgeous as the acres
and acres of dahlias. asters and
chrysanthemums all in full bloon,
Monuments and sculptures of exouis-
lite beauty are situated at every turn
ing point and in front of the palace
is clear pond where little bows sail
their boats. All the smart Partisan
world was out giving their dogs their
morning exercise.
From the Gardens we went to tho
celebrated st. Suplice cathedral to
see the wedding of a girl who grad
uated from the Lycee last year. The
church is beautiful. The nave seems
so high that it makes one feel about
the size of a peanut. The mural
paintings are quite remarkable and
there are exquisite little chapels
along the sides for special prayers.
The girl was an orphan-abused all
her life, but fortunately her father
left her a dot so she married the son
of Hachette, the biggest publisher in
France. 1t was quite a swell we'd
ding and the ceremony took about
an hour. Finally the organ pealed
out the wedding march and the we'd
ding procession started down the
aisle At the head were two austre
looking creatures, marshalls of the
church, in satin embroidered coats
tight fitting satin boomers, white
hose, black bluckled slippers and
I cooked hats. The color scheme of
their costumes was purple with red
anu SllNSl uty lOOh6u
to me like they had come to life from
the 18th century, Next came the
bride, who invariably wears white
satin in France, her face yelled I'M
til after the ceremony. Then all the
relatives came. AS the ceremony is
SO long everyone sits, even the bride
and groom, the bride with her train
over the back of a chair. At this
point a third marshal in antique cos
tune appears and with his fairy
wand yields the brides train, con-
stantly arranging it as she kneels,
stands and sits. About 90 priests
and 10 altar boys took part in the
mass. The altar was a mass of can
dies, some five feet tall, in gilt can
dlesticks, and the decorations were
white chrysanthemums. During the
ceremony the page and flower girl on
one side of the church and the best
man and the bridesmaid on the other
go hand in hand down the aisle to
take up a collection for the church.
When at last the ceremony is over,
always double ring in Europe, the
bride and groom retire to separate
rooms to receive congratulations.
Il know you want to know how
we celebrated Armistice day. We
had classes as usual only we had
some patriotic exercises in which
Nos amis les Americans eve love
the Americans) was every other
word. We had special food for sup
per and an impromptu program in
the Salon Bleu that evening. |
played twice. AS nearly all nations
were represented among the stu
dents we all sang our patriotic songs,
including we three Americans. My
American flag was gracefully draped
at one end of the room.
You can not guess where l have
been today. | am thrilled to the tips
of my fingers. The whole school
went to see the real Sarah Bern
hardt in La Gloria a play that is
the talk of Paris. She is wonderful.
She is nearly so years old, but IS
really beautiful. She has only one
leg, so she sat throughout the play
: made very few gestures, but sus-
tanned the interest throughout by her
marvellous rendition of her lines. she
wore beautiful wig of flowing gold
en- hair with a wreath of golden
, leaves around her head and draped
costume of cloth of gold and dark
red satin.
But Sarah Bernhard was not the
chief attraction by any means. a
young genius played the part OF the
, son and l decided that / had never
seen real acting before when 1 saw
him. / couldn't begin to tell you
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