The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-04-03
Paris, March II.

Yesteday the other Innocent and I
went to Versailles. Before l came
here l had vague idea about Yer
sailles. l knew that the Peace Treaty
of 1919 was signed there, that it is
especially famous for it's palace and
hall of mirrors and that it is situated
somewhere in France. l had no idea
that one could get on a street car at
in an hour. No American motorman
would consider it necessary to take
an hour to the business at that but
would whiz dizzily through the coun-
try in half the time including the stop
at Sevres where the famous French
china, by that name, is made.
Now am well aware of the loca-
ton of Versailles and know that be-
sides its magnificent palace, where
were the most brilliant courts in his
tory, it is, in itself, charming little
town built on hills. l may as well
confess in the beginning that we did
not see the interior OF the palace.
The French have a way of keeping
Monday instead Of Sunday-Saint
Monday, the day is called-and prac-
tically all museums and places OF his
torical interest are closed on that
day. However we peeked into the
windows-seeing nothing at all-and
contented ourselves with walking
through the great gardens back of
the palace which are of unparalleled
beauty. Personally think the palace
from the front is much too ornate to
be beautiful but it does impress one
to see the gigantic structure towering
over the town. 1t is truly beautiful
from the rear and when one stands
by the great canal at the end of the
gardens even an American is awed
by the stately structures. We put
tered around in the sunshine, prom
enaded the Bosquet de la Colonnade
where Louis XIV was fond of walking
off the effects of the morning after,
sat on the marble benches and fed
crumbs to the birds which were not
in the least afraid of strangers. Our
greatest enjoyment came after lunch
when we dickered with picturesque
coachman for a ride about the town
behind his NANCY steed. One dickers
over money matters here as matter
of course. No arrangement is COM
plete without it. That over, we clam
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and limped about Versailles.
That coacher was tyrant if there
tver was one. We would much have
preferred to- loll at ease and drink
in the beauty all around us and peer
curiously at the peasant but not
was the cabby's duty to educate us
and educated we were. He took us
by the Villa Trianon where he de-
clared the richest woman in all the
world-an American-lived. We dis
covered that the villa was the home
of Anne Morgan and caught a glimpse
of the celebrity herself, out for a
walk with a frolicsome puppy. Then
he took us by the Petit Trianon
which was the favorite resort of
Marie Antoinette. 1t really is just a
delightfully."- quiet, rustic little house
and, what, with the English garden
nearby, which Marie loved, our adj
miration for the unfortunate queen
increased tenfold. Cabby dragged
us out at the Musee DIES Voitures to
see the state carriages of dead roy
atty. We got reall thrill out OF
them after all, they were SO resplend.
emit and so historically significant
for instance the coaches used by Ma
poleon /, at his coronation, as first