Norwich bulletin., 1922-08-26
MISS JULIET ". ROBINSON
 SPENDS SUMMER ABROAD

Sailing today Saturday. from Liver pool. on stea mer Cedric, will be an in- teresting party of art students and
 workers including Miss Juliet Warner ! If Art. New York, formerly of Nor wich.
 Miss Robinson was invited to ion the group of advanced students of the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts,
 which has a branch school in Paris, for l l trip abroad this summer. for. the eum mer session of the school. The school enjoys unusual privileges for seeing places ordinarily not open to the pub l lie.
 Miss Robinson received leave of absence from the trustees of the Mu- 1 scum of Art in order that she might l take advantage of this hattering offer. 1 After delightful days in Paris. the par l ty left Monday. August 7th for a six day trip down through the Loire val
 ley. to visit Blois. Orleans Tour and
 Chartres, and had permission to visit and inspect about ten chateaux. | Aug. 14 they lAft Paris for London and as noted will sail for home from :! Liverpool today
 1 Writing to friends Mss Robinson
 dives most interesting descriptions of
 the wonderful sights and experiences of l the trip including exceptional privi- l leges granted them at Fontanebleau. Anniens and ether points At Amiens, in particular, they spent some time at the chateau in the famous town which had been occupied by all the kings of ] France from Clovis to Napoleon TIL the town in which Joan of Arc was cap tured. in the forest of which Petafn had
 his quarters. While the invading Gen : mans had not injured the particular chateau of which she wrote, parts of i the palace and gardens showed. traces of wars ravages The Germans had reached that town twice, but were
 driven back.
 Tn that connection. Miss Robinson l writes that the opinion over there seems to be that there will be war in less thar two years and that it will be worse thar the other.
 The tourists greatly enjoyed their : visit to Blois. In Paais, one of the in. structors of the school Miss Palmer made an appointment for Miss Robfnsor 2 to meet M. Key. the assistant director
 of the Louvre. who has charge of tht
 Educational work of the Louvre ant
 Luxembourg also of the permits Eo
 copying. M. Key is a. friend of the sec retary of the Metropolitan Museum Henry W. Kent, formerly curator of sla ter Museum, Norwich. consequent, , Miss Robinson was cordially welcomed
 as coming from the New York Museum also was given unusual opportunities 0
 seeing art treasures never seen by tht
 ordinary tourist. ) One afternoon Mss Ward and Mis- Q Robinson. members of the party, wer, s invited for afternoon tea by the Count r ess. de Sayye Two friends of thi 3 countess were Invited to meet the Amer
 ican visitors by the countess, who haG
 come to Paris from her summer horn, : to show the tourists this mark of hos pitaaity, The little social attention
 rroved very pleasant to all
 Everywhere Miss Robinson noted tn splendid roads and the marvellous man
 sSement of traffic. heavy though 1t is The weather rroved cool, and ther
 were many .hrief showers-but the tour
 ist's managed to accomplish much in tn
 way of sight seeing.
 Mss Robinson writes of seeing Ms Fanny Bristol and Miss Katherine E Child, the latter on her way to Italy t. study. She has been surprised to not how r9pidly tfae French have recoveae, From the effect of the war, and state
 that there are fewer cripp.es and main l, ed people to be seen than in New York Several sof the attendants in the van GUS museums, she noted. have only or arm. while one CT two use canes.
 She describes the pleasures of tn special privilege of a day. at Notr Dame referring also to. the treasure :, inspected at the Tuileries and the Rodi t Musee. She had attended grand oper , and had seen the Russian ballot, durin
 their recreation hours