dukes held their magnificent courts. We saw the exterior of the old ducal now used as the Hotel de Ville (town been greatly changed, but one of the la as well as kitchens, still remain. We the old churches and a statue of St. famous French abbot, who preached t sade. He was born just outside the c bought some gingerbread, as this is a and had it for gouter. We motored stopping at Grand Hotel de la Fontaine

The next morning, Wednesday, ΟΙ started in high spirits for Paris. After ene, our road followed the Youne river way. We passed through several old banks, one being Sens. Here we saw the St. Stephens. There are two fine sculptu in the west front. We arrived in Monte at Hotel du Grand Monarch. This is t the most ill-kept hotel it had been our find. We saw no one on entering the offi find no one, not even when we looked in smoking-room. We kept on through to room, which adjoins the bar. There ber of both large and small tables in the set, ready for the meal, one waiter for a We took our seats at a table near the do

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dining-room, and as soon as Gaston was through his
luncheon we started on our trip, though, as usual, he
had a little work to do on his car first. We went like
the wind now. Just after we left Monteran we
crossed the River Yonne again, for the last time, as it
flows into the Seine at this point.

PARIS

Just outside of Paris a tire burst, which delayed us, but we arrived at 4:30. This time we stopped at Hotel Chatham. This is an up-to-date hotel-quite swell, in fact. After locating and changing into more comfortable clothes, we were ready for our dinner. Fisher joined us for this meal, and we had a jolly time. Mr. Millet called in the evening, and he seemed to think we had completed a remarkable trip, as we had

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left Paris and returned there on the da made the entire trip scheduled, with t Geneva and Chamoniux. We had moto miles, visited five different countries, different mountain passes.

Thursday, October 6. We are to re sine, as we had plenty of kilometers lef We came down to go sightseeing, and so spic, span, clean, and Gaston in a livery, that we hardly recognized him a had arrived yesterday, dust-covered outs Gaston was in about the same state. looking Frenchman and we feel quite p his stylish motor livery. We spent the and getting ourselves presentable once worried every minute that was not spe Without exception, she is the worst p with I ever knew, as she is just like a for they, with few exceptions, despise generally buy the first thing shown then what they want or not. This is Gusty to looks angry all the time. She says she know, for I have seen her.

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guarded by an old soldier, one of the few left in the Hotel des Invalides. The chapel at the back is still in use. It has hundreds of battle flags hanging from the roof, high up, some in tatters, others with only a few colored threads remaining on the staff. The building itself was once a church. It has a fine gilded dome which can be seen from almost any part of the city. The Hotel des Invalides was erected by Louis XIV, seventeenth century, as a home for old soldiers. During Napoleon's time it was crowded with them; now only those wholly incapacitated are admitted. The few remaining will stay till they pass away. When that time arrives, the place will probably become a museum, as the greater part of it is so now. The church of Les Invalides consists of two parts, the dome Des Invalides, named from its magnificent dome that covers the tomb, and the Church of St. Louis.

From here we drove to the Pantheon. This great building was erected as a church to be dedicated to St. Genevieve, whose shrine once stood in a smaller church on the same site. Soon after its completion it was decided to consecrate it as a burial place for eminent men of France. It was then named the Pantheon. Later Napoleon restored it as a church, and each new government as it came into power changed it. Since the burial of Victor Hugo here in 1885, it has remained the Pantheon. It has an immense dome with fine colonnades extending across the west front. The interior walls are beautifully decorated with frescoes by modern French artists. Many of them represent scenes

from the life of St. Genevieve, Joan of and St. Dennis. A number of noted in its crypt, Voltaire among them. Fro we drove to the Church Etienne (St. is one of the many old churches of Pa beautiful Rood screen in sculptured m one of the side chapels stands the shri vieve. This is a handsome modern shri original once stood in this church, an been placed in her church, now the Pan the revolution it was melted down. Ma always kept burning here, lighted by th to pray at the shrine of the patron s From here we drove to the Cluny Muse once the town house of the Abbots of a perfect example of the city mansions o century. It has an exterior courtyar by a wall. On one side of the court is a On the front of the mansion is a tower, r ground in which is the winding stairway. with its paneled walls and beamed ceilin it originally stood. The different rooms with a rare and beautiful collection of ar Finely carved panels and chests, exquisit value, beautiful ivories, fine porcelain are seen. On the second floor, which is r old staircase as well as the one in the ci brought here from another old place. room occupied by Mary Tudor after the first husband, the old king, Louis XII.