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Show VI EW IN :\':\PLE light arc aflame, a h, t h a t is th e time when it would seem tha t t bc genius of man had reached its perfection. t the h ead of the ChampsElysee is the w nd erful A r ch o f Triumph , the greatest and the g r a ndes t \rch t hat was ever erected. ft sta nd. mo re th an 160 feet hig l1 and was erected to commem o rate t he vi ctories of \apoleon. \\' ith thi s A r ch as t he h uh, there are lwelr · mao·nifi ce n t a ven u es that radiate the refrom llkc t h e s p ok es of a wheel, thus making one o i the most pe r fec tly charming centers in Paris. O n o u t pa st t hi s ,\ reb is the iamous P ark, t he Bo is de Boul ogn e, wh ere e\·ery Parisian delight to whil e away every possihle hour. ]~ ,·erybo d y vis its th e Bo is de n oulognc and lingers among t he trees, or rows upon the lake , or pia) s on the g rass, or enj oys the rustic ret reats where love rs u s u a lh· roam. But we m ust not fo r get t l1 e Place de Ia Con-conic, the Place of Peace. Ju st why or how this pbcc was so named, [ do n o t und ertake to stall', though matters arc peace ful thereabouts now. 1\ut what of the past? Some haYc said that ··all the \\'atcr in the world wou ld not suffice to wa:--h aw.t) the stain s of blood that has here been shed." nut t he s tream s of blood th;tt once ilowl'd from the g u ill otine that fe ll upon the necks of Loui..; .\. \ ·1 and :\ laric ,\ntoinettl' and multitude:-. of o th er s, indcecl h u 11 d reds n f ot IH:r->, on this ·po t, have been supplanted b~ inllllL'tlSe fo unta ins \\'hich toss their \\<tters into the air, \\ hile the mad ja rgon of the infmialerl moh g ives place to t he almost nunll>crless multit udes th a t arc heed less ni the ternblc :-n:ncs once enacted here. Eigh t prClmincnt citie..; uf France arc re presented a bout thi .. quare IJy <111 equal number o f large stat ues. ( )nc nf these is constant!: draped in mo u rn ing, !'age One I [undrcd Seventeen |