The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1932-11-25

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. and Princess Lombard played
being milk maids. Here they coul
forget for a while the duties {
state and the worries of turbulen
Paris. The revolution found ther
at Versailles, however, for late
the guide showed us the room i
the Main Palace where the Swis
guards gave their lives for the III
fortunate queen.
The broad approach to the Mai
Palace or "Castlep as the Frencl
refer to it, seemed about a mile il
length. 1t was lined with stated,
trees, marble statues and innum
cradle fountains. At intervals il
the center of the avenue were gi
gantic s~tatuary groups, featuring
allegorical subjects and serving a;
foundations for fountains. Later
in the day we saw all the fountains
in full play. The grounds were
terraced so that the fountains
near the Castle fed those lower
down. Altogether there r about
four hundred fountains making a
display lever to be forgotten. The
fountains play but a short time,
once a month, because of the great
expense involved so we consider
ed ourselves very fortunate.
The long approach to the Castle
was in keeping with the building
which is half a mile wide. 1t is
three stories high, forming a great
square with a wing at either side
and one in the rear, projecting in
to the park.
Versailles is a great pleasure re-
sort for the Paris1ans but we were
not conscious of the crowds until
we started to explore the Castle.
Then the jam was terrific. Fortu-
nately our guide had secured a
banana at one of the refreshment
stands and by waving it on high he
managed to assemble his family
occasionally for little conferences.
Louis XIV Palace
This Palace, built by Louis XIV
at a cost of a hundred million dol
lars, including the grounds, prob
ably is the most beautiful palace
ever constructed. The marble stair
ways, inland mosaic floors, gor-
geously painted walls and ceilings,
gold embossed woodwork and daz-
cling candelabra constitute indies
cribable beauty. The building is
now used as a national museum.
A few of the rooms still contain
furniture used by French royalty
but most of them hold s~tatuary,
paintings and low upholstered
seats. We were surprised to find
every loom a gay painting OF
XIV as we'll as countless
medallions of him radiating rays
Of light like the sun. Indeed, play
ing sun god was one of his favor
tie pastimes. Perhaps he went to
church at times for a magnificent
chapel occupies the three floors
If one wing.
The most famous suite in the
consists of three rooms and
occupies the entire end of the right
wing. The Hall of Mirrors is in
he center and may be entered
either througs the Battle Gallery
one end or the Peace Gallery
It the other. The Battle Gallery
,ommemorates the renowned Wet
,ries of France by means of color
ul paintings and by busts of not
BILE generals.
The Hall of Mirrors is two humid
ed forty-five feet long and thirty
i've feet wide. 1t seems even larg-
r being connected with the adj
dining rooms by large arches. The
~raceful, arches framing allowed
yindows on one side r matched
v corresponding massive mirrors
n the opposite side. There mir
ors reflect both the lovely paint
ngs on the arched ceiling and the
parking glass candelabra.
Here were held the gay parties
hat made the Bourbon court the
of Europe. Here was held the
cremation of William l as Emperor
Germany when his victory over
ne French brought all the Ger
states to his standard. 10
lis same room more than forty
ears later came the German en-
oys to sign the treaty that ended !,
erman hopes of world dominion. !.
precious relic in this room is l
lie table on which the peace treaty I
as signed. g
We returned to Paris feeling '
we had that day relived some 4
: the most thrilling episodes of :
orld history.