Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-03-09
Mrs. Emmett Writes Interesting
Letters From Paris.
Hotel de Crillon,
Place de la Concorde, Paris,
January, %, 1921.

4lotCl QC Slll1OLt
Place de la Concorde, Paris,
January, %, 1921.
My dearest Mother:
This hotel is very much in the lime
light tonight. At five o'clock this af-
ternoon Lloyd-George and other less
er lights of the Britist delegation ar.
rived and are located here, ready for:
the conference which takes place this,
week in regard to Germany. Outside,
are long lines of autos and crowds of
curious spectators, but strange to
say, it never seems to occur to any of
them to try to enter. I suppose it is
american nerve" that brought us.
here, and like any other brand, it car.
ries you long way.
We have interviewed porters and
bell boys and gotten all the informa-
tion possible considering their knowl-
edge of English and ours of French
Now am waiting to see what Lloyd.
George will do next, so will fill in the
time by writing to you.
We went to the Madelaine to-
church this morning. At first we had
intended to go to Notre Dame, but.
it was too far, and after all what diff
ference did it make since the service
is either French or Latin. Mr.. Emmett
said we had got this much out of it,
"we knew when it began and when it
ended"
But we got more than that, for the
music was fine and since it has a
universal language there was no
trouble in understanding that. La
Madelaine is the most fashionable
church in Paris. 1t has no windows
but is lighted by great green glass
roof. During the French Revolution
it was used as "The Temple of
Glory" but is now regular Cath
olic church. This afternoon we walk
ed up as far as the care de Tri-
umphe" erected by Napoleon to COM
memorate his victories. In 1870 the
Germans in-theirtriumphal in entry 4in--.
to Paris marched under it, and there
after: chains were stretchgd across
the entry to signify this profanations
but since this stain has been wiped
out by the Peace Parade of 1919 to
celebrate the Allied victory over Ger
many, all looks serene and happy
about it. 1t forms the centre of cir
Gle from which radiate twelve of the
best avenues in the city, which 1 i'm
agine must be the best residential
part of the city. We then walked back
to the "Place des Invalides," expect
ing to pay our respects to Napoleon's
tomb, Che is buried there) but it was
too late and every thing was closed
up for the day. Instead we had long
talk with an American soldier we had
met up with, and his remarks about
France were not complimentary. He.
said these people were not the best
friends to US in the world, and are
neither grateful nor appreciative for
the service we rendered them during
the war;.
We are having more trouble get
ting around in Paris than we did in
London. Not only is the language diff
ferent but their manners and habits
are so unlike our own, that there is
no feeling of any common ties as
Americans instinctively feel for the
English. Then you have the con-
sciousness everywhere that they are
on the alert to see how much they
can get out of you. 1t it no use to-
suppose you can hide your national
ity,> for they can spot you as easily
as we would Chinaman. The word
american" seems synonymous with
money" which is rather disad-
vantage to those of US who cannot
measure up to their accepted stan
dards of our countrymen.
Again it seems a perfect marvel
to them how Americans can own au-
tomobiles. They speak of it in awed
whispers and wonder at our wealth
Over here the automobile privilege
belongs exclusively to princesses and
peres of the realm, but we have at
last discovered that the prices here.
are SIMPLY prohibitive to the middle.
classes. Gasoline sells for S1.0o per
gallon and Buick a car for $4,000.
and is the very aristocratic car much,
used by the various lordships.
I should take whole page to de-