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Show 1'.\RTY 0:\ :\1.\RS 1111.1. . . \TJIE~S thought. They had witnessed the great Xa poleon and hea rd him peak JoYing words tn Josephine; they bad looked upon some of the most sum ptuous ly prepared and . cn·ccl banquets in tile ( ;;t! lery of Diana of which hi story kn0ws; th ey had ucheld some of the hittcn.:st amonu· human griefs: and had seen the Communists burn to the ground the Palace oi the Tuileries in 1~7 1 . Thence our way led us to the Place de Ia Concorcle, the very center ni in terest in th is cit y. Tourist travel would seem to radiate from here for the reason th a t on one side the Sci11e is crossed by a large bridge ancl the Chamber of Deputies is re<tched thereby. The opposi te side of the square brings one into Rue Roy ale, and thence to the most bcauti iul church in \\ 'es tern Europe-! mean the .\l cde lcinc Cathedral. The architecture ol this building, with its graceful columns and stat ely ap-proach, is surt.:ly ( ;recian , and one cannot escape the thought l)i the .\ cropolis while looking upon thi: iamous structun.: "hich .:\apolcon intended slwulcl he a 'lemple wherein the celebration of his vidoriLs annua l! ) should he held, hut which I >rll\·idence decreed sho uld he a place where ( ;od'-; honor d\\ tlldh. The west side ni the [>Jace de Ia Concnrdc brings the tourist tn the ianH> tts Champs-Elysecs. the most gloriou-; 1\m!ler<trd C\'er seen. The t borough tare ior carriages and automobiles is wider than the \\'ide streets oi Salt Lake ' ity. and through thts highway is one cea. c:less stream oi countless means oi travel. On either side arc \\ide sidewalks and beautiful public ( ;ardcns that arc almost constantly filled with the plca-;urc-lnving populace. This 11oulc,·ard i..; hcautiiul during the da). hut ''hen the night comes on and the myriad oi colored elect ric l'agl' One 11l1ndrl'd r<iftl'Cil |