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du Champs de Mars, thence to the Eiffel Tower erected in 1887, nearly 1000 ft high & the highest building in the world, constructed of iron work on four points, a wonderful edifice now used as a wireless station. Then across the Seine by the Pont A'lena to the Palais du Trocadero . The Palais built for the exhibition of 1878 is now a museum & has accommodation for 5000 people, a splendid series of Cascades & water fountains with statuary is in front of the building but not working at present. Had tea in the Place du Trocadero & then drove by cab to the Hotel where I enquired where my friends resided. Took a taxi but found the girls out & a Doctor and his wife being with Madam. I was received very well & had an interesting yarn with the Doctor who was a Russian. He & his wife knew very little English but we managed to hold a conversation OK & they ended up by inviting me to dinner the following day. Russian is a beautiful language to listen to, being sweet & soft. Later Madam Dobbevitch went & rang up to tell her daughters