The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-31
Paris, Dec. 81.

Paris, Dec. 81.
Dear Folks:
Add Starving Americans: All hopes
for an honest cup of American coffee
have been abandoned by the two In
nocents. Although an exhaustive
search has been made in the city of
Paris for the same none has been
found. Various brands have been
recommended and tried with the re-
suit that the more they cost the
worse they taste so the two are al
legged to have stated. In the face of
this calamity the Innocents are con-
sidering returning to America.
a.
l have told all the bad news first.
Having sobbed out my woes I can now
turn to the subject of the cathedrals,
museums, monuments, etc., of this
city about which I threatened to dis
sertate in my last letter. Don't skip
this part because I am not going to
do it-much.
1t seems to me that would be pre-
sumptious in the extreme to attempt
any exhaustive description of this
wealth which France offers the world.
Too, l could in no way put it before
you as it should be presented and
were I able, 1 would be forced to
write book instead of the few pages
allotted to me.
For one thing I have been here only
II h.x
first visit to most of the places Of
worldwide interest and prominence I
have by no means more than
scratched the surface. The Louvre,
for instance-one can get some idea
of its magnitude when / tell you, not
withstanding the offer of guide to
take us through in three quarters of
an hour, that Mr.. Baedeker declares
it takes two hours to walk through the
galleries without stopping. / haven't
taken the time to test the statement
but I have no reason to doubt Mr..
Baedker. I believe that if one should
spend each day there for month he
might have considerable knowledge of
the magnificent place at the end of
that time. 1 might add that the Mona
Lisa is there as inscrutable as ever and
with an admiring throng always near.
Personally, l detest her. She is an
evil spirit to me. realize that l am
a hereto.
While there is no other gallery or
museum so large at the Louvre the
others contain such valuable and in
teresting collections that one visit,
such as / have been able to make,
hardly suffices for more than hasty
glance. There is the Luxembourg
and its gardens; the palace built over
the ruins of the chateau Of Due de
Piney-Luxembourg by Marie de
Medicis, the widow of Henri Nv as
long ago as 1915; used as senate by
Napoleon 1, dwelt in by many long
dead princes and princesses and the
seat of the senate of the Republic Of
France today. The museum contains
sculputring and paintings so beauti-
full that l was held, spell-bound for
hours. The gardens, both there and
at the Tuileries in front of the Louvre
are unbelievably beautiful even now
and I can scarcely wait until spring
cloaks them with her glory.
I would only have to repeat about
the Musee de Cluny where the Roman
baths built by Emperor Constantius
Chorus in the latter part of the third
century are all that have been pre-
served, except for some half-destroyed
.statuary from the Roman palace built
Just across the street. The museum
contains some II, 900 objects each one
of intense interest to someone, so you
can see how dizzy ! was when / came
out of ther after one strenuous af-
ternoon.
And so on-through the long cate
cory of galleries and museums.
AS for the monuments
seems to have made speciality of
them for they are on every place
and corner. Of course the Arc de
Triomphe de L'Etcile on the Champs
Elysees is the king of them all and if
one wants to feel infinitesimal all he
needs to do is to stand near that stu
pendous crown of architecture. The
grave of the unknown soldier is
here. Remembering France! There is
always wreath, always tiny bou-
Duet over this sorrowful spot! In
deed there is no saint or martyr nor
any king who seems to ever be forgot
ten although his bones have long