Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-08-23

to a little less than SO cents) pas
sengers are taken to the top with IN
termediate stops, the round trip re-
curing three different elevators
and occupying an nour OF tlme,
though one may remain up all day
if desirable.
The structure is SO large that there
is ample room for souvenir booths,
a restaurant, and observation spaces
at the first landing which is reached
by the elevator drawing toward the
center of the tower as it rises. In
other words, it goes up on an incline.
The view is good, but go on to the
top, or to the end of the last elevator
and then climb some stairs as high
as the public is allowed to go. Here
is the large oveThanging balcony eX-
tending all the way around and II
is presumably strong enough for all
the strain it is expected to bear and
then maybe some more for safety
sake. but nervous person ap-
proaches the railing like one walk
ing on thin ice. Looking off in one
direction is the Trocadero and yon-
der is Napoleon's Arch and down
there is the bridge with the gilded
horses. The church of Montmatre
and most everything else in Paris
and some things outside are visible,
for this is a lofty observation post.
We sat down and read a recently
received church paper-high (class)
reading.
From one side of the tower the
six immense cables forming the an
tennae of the Eiffel wireless service
lead off away out over the beauti-
.ful and magnificent greensward be-
low the distant ends anchored,
know not where, but we can see that
they are all threaded together out
Wonder and a cable drops through a
large square opening in the plaza
and now that we have run them "in-
to the ground" we shall leave the
place. On the way we pass the
Grand Palais opened by Emile Lou
bet. president of France, in 1900
Walking around Paris, one sees very
little to remind him of the war. II
is remarkable how we'll the people
are dressed.
AS we desired to see some of the
devastation wrought by carnal con.
flict we moved on toward England
by way of Amiens, where the Cana
dians turned back the German sa-
lient, through Albert, and on to Ar
ras in the Vimy Rage sector. Al
bert was badly battared up and may
be remembered by some from the
pictures of the leaning Virgin on
the Basilica. AS we speed on to-
ward Arras, quantities of wire, nu-
merous holes dug in the banks along
the railway and destroyed timber
are seen.
The station at Arras was de-
molished and has been replaced by
one now used enough to take off
the newness, and right out in front
of it is a plank shanty serving as a
starting point for autos conveying
tourists to the places tourists wish
10 see. Before this hut are several
captured enemy cannon. Within
are other objects of interest, and
not far away is a diminutive hut
with the Y. M. C. A. inscription up
on it. This is closed, however, and
the hotel is up street a few minutes
walk. AS you go, the buildings on
the right hand are we'll preserved ;
those at the left are Injured, some
of them completely ruined, while a
communicating trench, (that is one
by which the men and munitions
could reach the fighting trenches
farther out) is cut right through the
front yards. Heavy brick walls had
served as fences between neighbors
and the army cut through these as
we'll as through the yards which are
now topsy turvy with earth from the
trenches and debris from the ruined
homes. II is in this row, on ground
where a house formerly stood, that
the "Y" is located. The property
across the street looks well because
the damaged buildings nave been re
paired or replaced.
This little frame hut is now doing
service principally FOR bereaved
mothers and saddened fathers who
come over from England and Scot
land to visit the graves of their be.
loved A brief statement of the
work done by the Imperial Wal
Graves Commission helps to impress
the magnitude of its operations an(
the multitude of homes which were
robbed by those years of unparallel
ed carnage. To the end Of March
1927, this British commission haC
treated horticulturally about 95t
cemeteries, having sown about 49,
acres permanently to grass. 1t haI
seven plant nurseries as well as twt
nursery plots; about a million ant
half plants had been planted out
and ten travelling gardening partie
tidied 1875 cemeteries in the year
Over 300 cemeteries were under con
struction and 5000 headstones wer
being shipped weekly!
When we went in, there was a fai
sized company Of guests from acros
the channel, and the secretary al
ex-officer was sitting behind
room door busily engaged in max
ing out some papers. The chauffeu
showed up and away went party
The secretary's wife, nice littl
French lady, was as busy as a can
didate at the election, making bed
and keeping things in running ordel
The "Y" assists those financial
unable in making these pilgrimage
and it is a blessed service they rer
der, as becomes apparent later.
The English Catholic church ha
all the top, the roof, part Of tn
walls and nearly all the upper tin
bers torn off. A portion of the flot
was gone, and few workmen WI
seemed to be in the carly stages
HOUSES SELLING FOR FALL
Two good bargains taken la
, week. Buy now before schoC