From there to the Bois everything was full of interest to them, and the drive around the Cascade Alice thought particularly lovely.
Nellie said, "It is not kept up as nicely as I like to see a park. They had better make Central Park a visit, and see its nicely cut lawns and trimmed bushes."
On their way home they were driven through the Place Vendôme, with its magnificent column in the centre.
Nellie said, "I can tell you a little about that, Mr. Winter, if you would like me to."
"Of course I should," said Mr. Winter.
"It is one hundred and forty feet high, and was also built by Napoleon I. It was pulled down by the Communists in 1871, but has since been restored."
The girls felt quite at home historically in Paris, as all these interesting things were very fresh in their minds.
In the evening, being very near the Palais Royale, which was built for Cardinal Richelieu, they thought it would be a pleasant way to pass their evening to go and walk around and gaze into the shop windows. The ladies were too tired, so the gentlemen took the girls, and they had a delightful time. Alice told her mamma on her return that she enjoyed it, but did not care to go again; she had seen so much jewelry, all alike, that it was actually tiresome.
Friday morning they drove to the Palais du Luxembourg, which has been prison, palace, senate-house, and is now noted for its sculptures and paintings.
Our party enjoyed it much more than the Louvre, as the paintings were so many of them modern and very familiar to them.