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Show KI:\ G'S 1'.\L.\ CI:. IW?IIE and upon ih examination vvill be di sconre<l that it i S tra ~lntrg , which t he F rench lost to the (;erman. in HQl , a long with the t erri tories of :\lsace and Lorra in e. An T<..gypt ian obelisk is he re. It \\·a..; brought from Luxor ancl set ttp in the yea r 1~36. One o f th ese obeli sks is a lStl iound in Cent ral P ark in New York. The plea-;urc o f our vi sit in Pari s was greatly increased b) the prese nce of ~li ss C ula f>i'\, ~li .s Rose l la rlwell. ancl i\Ji ss .:\ lary l lnrteJhl' 1\imball. These young ladies all hail from ~al t Lake City and our coming togeth er was almmt like a fam il) reuni on. Miss Dix is a student at the Beure ( 'ollegc, wher e she is stud yi ng French, French Lit c·ra turc and I\ lusic. l\liss ll ar t\\ell is an artist o i co ns icl crablc no te, some oi her pictures ha,·ing been received in the c;a llcric.., there: and ~ ! is s Kimba ll is stud y ing music and French. In this connec ti on it wil l be tim ely to say that the <;rand Opera llnusc is one of the chici ;h'-l'ls oi l'aris. .\11 the celebrated operas arc ..,ung here hy the hc.., t talent that can he secured; ;1ncl since acl mi -.s ion is no longer obtained except at performances, the party sec ured :;cah f()r one n ·cnil l/-!.' and li s tened with a keen SL'Il"l' of appreciation (11 l~i c hard \\ 'agner's ''Lohcngrin." That it \\'as g lori ously rende red is unqncstioned , hut tile rea lly g reat thing abo ut this place is the building· ih cli. 'Twen· useless tn UJH!l rt a ke (() dc-.cril iL' it . It must he s<.:cn . and no ,·isit ttl l1aris is compkte witho ut see ing it. though 1m (\\'() f11 r!llcr \ i-,ih I h<ld neglected it. The \rt ( ;:l.]lcrics, the Lounc and the Luxomhourg. arc intcre.., ting, l> oth irom the ..;tandpo in ts of their hi story and the ir co ntents, :\eith er ca11 he attempted here. Suffice it to state th a t :1111U11g tile finest painti ngs of the world arc l'ag:c Our llundn·d Nineteen |