Church review . it being notonly the largest but the most elaboratein decoration and equipment of anyin the world. It stands in the centerof Paris. To accommodate it a largetract of territory was taken by eminentdomain, buildings were demolished andstreets changed, and connection madewith the Louvre, and it is consequently 8 THE CHURCH REVIEW. Burrounded by some of the finest thor-oughfares In Paris. The exterior ofthe Opera house is so commanding thai one stops involuntarily, for it is arevelation In Buperb outlines and un-rivaled beauty and symmetry. It isowned by the government and the .and
Church review . it being notonly the largest but the most elaboratein decoration and equipment of anyin the world. It stands in the centerof Paris. To accommodate it a largetract of territory was taken by eminentdomain, buildings were demolished andstreets changed, and connection madewith the Louvre, and it is consequently 8 THE CHURCH REVIEW. Burrounded by some of the finest thor-oughfares In Paris. The exterior ofthe Opera house is so commanding thai one stops involuntarily, for it is arevelation In Buperb outlines and un-rivaled beauty and symmetry. It isowned by the government and the .and cost more than thirty million dol-lar;-. A company of mounted soldiersare on guard at all times when there isa play in progress. The interior isbeyond any possible descriptive powersI possess, and 1 think it beyond thepower of anyone to describe the effecton ones mind on crossing the thresh-hold and on viewing for the first timethe famous staircase and the Interiordecorations. The broad steps are. S i a i ie of Louis XIV, Paris. solid blocks of white marble, the bal-ustrades are made of onyx or alabaster,while the banisters of jasper rest onpedestals of malachite. It would befutile for me to attempt to describe thisenchanting place of beauty and singers are a well-trained, perma-nent organization, and together withthe orchestra produce an impressionnot to be forgotten. The following day we visited (pronounced San Clue), the fa-vorite resort of Napoleon, just outsidethe city. Though nothing remains ofthe palace in which he lived, it is alovely place and well worthy of a visit. At the eastern terminus of the Boule-vaids is the Place de la Bastile. Who-ever has read the history of Francewill remember the cry on July 13, 1789,To the Bastile! when the peoplerusher thither from all quarters, andafter a struggle of several hours and aloss of 171 killed and wounded the Bas-tile was captured. Its governor, thepiovost and several soldiers werekilled and beheaded, and t
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