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it takes a man about a year to do a square yard : sent some P.C.s home illustrating the visit also some P.C.s of the first day's trip : visited the Palais de Justice & seen the oldest clock in France : went down the dungeons where Marie Antoinette & other notables were kept prior to their being put to death : seen "Marie's" chair & also a note written in pinholes, as no pencil or ink was available in her cell : quillotine [guillotine ] relics gruesome & France must have been a blood lusting nation in those days : after dinner strolled along the Grande Boulevarde & spent an enjoyable afternoon : Paris girls are very "chic" but I don't go nap on their so called beauty – too much paint & powder for my liking – interesting to see the different styles of dress on girls, etc passing by : seen the Madeline Church : sent a book of Paris to Alice, Aunt Myra & Mother, apart from the three envelopes full of "trip views" to Mother : also a photo of the St Cloud hill group : went to concert tea & it was very good : all first class operatic talent & though mostly French it was very good : a French General who was through the Serbian retreat also gave a very interesting lantern lecture on the horrors & hardships that the peasants & soldiers had to go through in their endeavours to escape from the advancing enemy : had a stroll till midnight as life only begins to cease here at that time :