The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-09
A TRIP TO PARIS
(M. NJ. NJ

Saturday afternoon the Ocala
" mans Club took a very delightful
Up to Paris, conducted by Mr.. w. T.
Gary.
The program of the afternoon was
in charge Of Mrs. E. T. Helvenston,
chairman of literature. and Mrs. T. H
johnson, chairman of music for Jan
uary.
Mrs. Gladys Martin Black charmed
the audience with two delightful
songs, might" by Caro- Roma, and
"Florian," by GODDARD
Before beginning his talk Mr.. Gary
showed the audience a map of Paris
and pointed out on it the line of march
for the afternoon. Mr.. Gary also dis
played some very splendid pictures of
the various buildings and places of
interest which he so vividly described.
The journey began at the Made
leine, one of the most noted and beau
tiful churches in Paris. While admir-
ing the beauties of this magnificent
church, Mr.. Gary gave a brief sketch
of the very early history of Paris in
the days when julius Caesar was con-
quering al'the world, including Paris.
From the Church of the Madeleine,
we were led to the burying ground of
this church where many victims of
the revolution were buried, including
A
then hastened to the Place de la Con-
corde, where the Guillotine was estab-
lished during the French revolution.
AS Mr.. Gary pointed out with bits
from history, the Place de la Concorde
has ever been a place of tragedy
rather than concord
We then strolled by the Champs
Elysee and the Rue de Rivoli and
noted one of the things which makes
Paris so beautiful, its uniform archi-
lecture. All Paris is laid out with
beauty as a result in view and if, for
instance, Italian architecture predom-
mates in one section of the city, no
one is allowed to build Gothic or
Greek building nearby, but must ad
here to the Italian style.
On the Rue de Rivoli, Mr. Gary
brought in a little more personal
touch, telling that it was there he saw
Paderewski, who was at that time at
tending the peace conference.
Our next stop was at the garden OF
| the Tuilleries. Here we saw some or
ange trees hut they were not the
healthy fruit bearing specimens we
have in Florida. However, what they
lacked in size and fertility they made
up in age, some dating back to 1896.
We then dropped in for just sec
ond at the Louvre, which contains
many Of the most wonderful art treas
ures of the world. One could spend
months and months at the Louvre but
we were able to stop for only three
works of art, namely, the Venus de
Milo, the Winged Victory and Mona
ia.
| We hastened on to the Royal Palace
erected by Richelieu, past church
which dates back to Charlemagne and
from whose belfry tower the bell was
solled which was tue signal for the
massacre of st. Bartholomew.
We then crossed the Pont Neuf to
what is called the Isle of the City, the
original site Of Paris in Julius Caesars
time Here were saw the Palace of
Justice, the cathedral of the Notre
Dame built in the twelfth century, the
Bastille, a graveyard where Jean
Vatican, the hero Les Miserables,
Moliere, Balzac, Rosa Bonheur and
! innumerable other famous French
men and women lie, the Pantheon,
where Mirabeau, Rousseau, Voltaire
and many other notables are buried
and many, many places spoken of IN
Les Miserables.
Before hurrying on to the EiffeI
Tower we stopped to pay moments
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