,transcriber's ,note3 ,during his time in ,paris1 the author didn't achieve a perfect command of the ,french language2 many ,french words and place names are incorrectly spelt and_/or accented4 ,these errors have been preserved4 ,illustration3 ,h4 ,e4 ,noyes1 ,d4,d4 ,,seventeen ,,years ,,in ,,paris3 ,a ,,chaplain',s ,,story4 ,,by ,h4 ,e4 ,,noyes1 ,d4,d4 7,late ,hon4 ,chaplain to ,his ,majesty's ,embassy1 and ,incumbent of the ,embassy ,church1 ,rue d',aguesseau1 ,paris74 ,,baines ,,and ,,scarsbrook1 ,,printers ,,and ,,publishers1 #ge ,,fairfax ,,road1 ,,swiss ,,cottage1 ,,london1 ,n4,w4 #aiaj4 ,,dedicated ,,to ,,the ,,british ,,and ,,american ,,colonies ,,in ,,paris1 ,,with ,,whom ,i ,,spent ,,these ,,happy ,,years1 #ahia-aijg4 ,,preface4 ,in sending forth this brief account of my long chaplaincy in ,paris1 ,i desire to say that ,i do so at the request of many friends1 who were kind enough to express their interest4 ,it is not intended to be an account of life generally in ,paris1 or a description of the beauties and treasures of the ,city4 ,there are many books which do this better than ,i could hope to do1 for the life of a chaplain in ,paris is a very strenuous one--every day bringing its work1 and often much unexpected work1 that it was difficult to give much time to sight-seeing4 ,my predecessor1 ,rev4 ,t4 ,howard ,gill1 said to me when ,i accepted the position1 8,do not stay more than seven years--it is enough for any man40 ,i stayed nearly seventeen4 ,i have not attempted either to give any full account here of the spiritual side of my work--,i would only say that ,i have every reason to thank ,god that ,i went1 both for the work ,he enabled me to do and the experience that ,i have gained4 ,there is an erroneous impression in some minds about ,continental work1 viz41 that it unfits a man for ,parochial work at home4 ,i heard this expressed upon my appointment to my present sphere4 ,the fact1 however1 is very different4 ,the work is so varied1 so constant1 and often so unexpected1 that one gains as much experience in six months in a city like ,paris as ,british ,chaplain as one would gain in a much longer time at home4 ,it may be true that in small chaplaincies in lonely places1 with but few ,english people in residence1 men get out of touch with ,church life and work in ,england1 but it is not the same in the permanent chaplaincies in thickly populated places4 ,in ,paris we had our organisations much as at home4 ,daily ,services1 ,sunday ,schools1 ,mothers' ,meetings1 ,visitors1 etc41 and although the numbers attending 7owing to distance7 were not so great as at home1 the work was much the same4 ,i have given several hints which ,i trust may be useful to parents intending to send their children abroad for education1 and also to those who may be purposing to reside in ,paris4 ,as we are going to press the notice appears in the papers of the death of ,sir ,edmund ,monson1 formerly ,ambassador in ,paris4 ,the country loses in him a distinguished and faithful servant1 and all who knew him will regret a kind and generous friend4 ,h4 ,e4 ,,noyes1 ,d4,d4 ,st4 ,mary's ,vicarage1 ,kilburn1 ,n4,w4 ,,contents4 ,,page ,,chapter ,i4 ,,royal ,,and ,,other ,,visits #a ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,the ,,british ,,embassy #be ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,memorable ,,services #dh ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,the ,,englishman ,,abroad #ff ,,chapter ,v4 ,,education ,,in ,,france #gd ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,difficulties ,,of ,,english ,,people ,,abroad #gi ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,british ,,charities ,,in ,,paris #id ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,british ,,journalists ,,in ,,paris #aje ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,varia #aab ,,chapter ,x4 ,,present ,,conditions ,,of ,,religious ,,life ,,on ,,the ,,continent #abb ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,england ,,on ,,the ,,continent #ace ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,americans ,,in ,,paris #aci ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,l',,envoi #add ,,list ,,of ,,illustrations4 ,,rev4 ,h4 ,e4 ,,noyes1 ,d4,d4 ,frontispiece ,,rue ,,de ,,rivoli ,to face page #b ,,his ,,majesty ,,entering ,,the ,,church1 ,,followed ,,by ,,sir ,e4 ,,monson 0 #f ,,his ,,majesty ,,leaving ,,the ,,embassy ,,church 0 #ad ,,sir ,,walter ,,vaughan-,,morgan1 ,,lord ,,mayor ,,of ,,london1 #aije-aijf 0 #bb ,,mr4 ,,wright 0 #bc ,,entrance ,,to ,,british ,,embassy 0 #bd ,,the ,,earl ,,of ,,lytton 0 #bf ,,the ,,countess ,,of ,,lytton 0 #bh ,,the ,,marquis ,,of ,,dufferin ,,and ,,ava 0 #cj ,,the ,,marchioness ,,of ,,dufferin ,,and ,,ava 0 #cb ,,trainbearers ,,at ,,the ,,lady ,,plunket',s ,,wedding 0 #cd ,,court ,,yard1 ,,british ,,embassy 0 #db ,,sir ,,henry ,,austin ,,lee 0 #df ,,british ,,embassy ,,church1 ,,from ,,the ,,rue ,d',,aguesseau 0 #dh ,,british ,,embassy ,,church 7,,interior7 0 #ed ,,place ,,de ,,la ,,concorde 0 #ff ,a4 ,,percy ,,inglis 7,,british ,,consul-,,general7 0 #hd ,,sir ,,john ,,pilter 0 #id ,,hertford ,,british ,,hospital 0 #ih ,,the ,,elys,e1 ,,from ,,the ,,faubourg ,,st4 ,,honor 0 #aab ,,place ,,de ,,la ,,concorde 0 #aah ,,the ,,historic ,,fountain1 ,,place ,,de ,,la ,,concorde 0 #aah ,photos of ,city by ,leblanc1 ,paris4 ,,seventeen ,,years ,,in ,,paris4 ,,by ,h4 ,e4 ,,noyes1 ,d4,d4 ,late ,honorary ,chaplain to ,his ,majesty's ,embassy4 ,,chapter ,i4 ,,royal ,,and ,,other ,,visits4 ,the ,daily ,press has naturally recorded the visits of ,royalty1 ,members of ,parliament1 the ,lord ,mayor of ,london1 etc41 to ,paris during the period of which ,i write1 but as in each case there were services in the ,embassy ,church1 there are certain facts from the chaplain's point of view which will1 ,i hope1 be of interest to my readers4 ,a clerical friend once said to me1 8,everybody who is anybody has been to your ,church in ,paris40 ,it certainly was a fact that during my chaplaincy many distinguished people attended the ordinary ,divine ,service besides the crowds at special times when ,royalty was present4 ,i may mention the late ,duke of ,devonshire1 the ,right ,hon4 ,w4 ,e4 and ,mrs4 ,gladstone--who often came twice on the ,sunday when visiting ,paris--,h4,r4,h4 the late ,duke of ,cambridge1 who was many times present4 ,on one occasion the ,duke arrived in ,paris from a long journey early on ,sunday morning1 but he was in the ,embassy gallery at the #aa o'clock service4 ,upon his late visits--and he was in ,paris not long before the end--he was unable to face the stairs to the gallery1 and sat below with the congregation4 ,in the early days of my chaplaincy1 the late ,sir ,condie ,stephen was an attach at the ,embassy1 and a most regular attendant at both morning and evening services4 ,the late ,archbishop of ,canterbury was once at service in my time1 and sent me a most kind message4 ,bishops1 ,home1 ,colonial1 and ,american1 were occasionally seen1 and many clergy4 ,i noticed on two or three occasions ,mr4 ,pierpoint ,morgan among the worshippers4 ,on one occasion four ,english dukes were present at morning service4 ,the late ,sir ,g4 ,stokes1 ,sir ,w4 ,freemantle1 ,lord ,rathmore1 and the other members of the ,suez ,canal ,board were regular in attendance month by month1 the former a devout worshipper and a kind1 genial friend4 ,great interest was naturally excited in the ,english ,colony when we had ,royal visitors4 ,her late ,majesty was not in ,paris during my ,chaplaincy1 although she was several times in the ,south of ,france1 being usually met at some convenient station by the ,president of the ,french ,republic4 ,whatever may have been the feeling of the ,french people towards the ,english before the 8,entente ,cordiale10 they always had the highest respect and admiration for our beloved ,queen1 and ,i never heard that she met with the least annoyance from 8the most polite nation in the world40 ,illustration3 ,,rue ,,de ,,rivoli4 ,before coming to the special subject of this chapter1 ,i should like to say a few words about the ,english ,church in the ,rue d',aguesseau1 which has always been known as1 and is 8ipso facto10 the ,embassy ,church4 ,in former days the ,english services were held in the ballroom at the ,embassy itself1 and there was a resident chaplain4 ,i have heard that there was sometimes rather a 8rush0 after a ,saturday night's ball to get the room ready for divine service on ,sunday4 ,this 8,chapel0 was also at that time somewhat of a ,gretna ,green1 where at twenty-four hours' notice young couples who had difficulties at home could be united according to ,english law by a resident chaplain4 ,my friend1 ,dr4 ,morgan1 of the ,american ,church1 kindly sent me a volume of sermons he had picked up on a bookstall1 bearing the title 8,sermons preached at the ,chapel of the ,british ,embassy1 and at the ,protestant ,church of the ,oratoire in ,paris1 by the late ,rev4 ,e4 ,forster1 ,m4,a41 ,chaplain to the ,british ,embassy40 ,this was in the days when ,lord ,stuart de ,rothesay was ,ambassador to the court of ,france1 and the volume bears the date #ahbh4 ,i believe ,lord ,stuart de ,rothesay was twice ,ambassador in ,paris--an unusual circumstance4 ,services are no longer held in the ,embassy4 ,the ,english ,colony in ,paris having largely increased1 it became necessary to provide a suitable building as a church1 and at the period when the late ,lord ,cowley was ,ambassador1 and largely through his instrumentality1 the present ,church was purchased1 and has from that time to the present been the ,embassy ,church1 where all services of a public and diplomatic character have since been held4 ,here is a ,french description of the building1 which1 while not exactly ecclesiastical1 is yet loved and valued by the ,english ,colony4 8,l'glise ,anglicane est situe moins de #ajj mtres de la porte de l',ambassade4 ,c'est un petit monument de style ,gothique1 aux fentres ogivales1 aux fres colonnes fleuronnes4 ,a l'intrieur1 la chapelle est meuble de deux ranges de bancs1 places face l'autel4 ,devant celui-ci se trouve l'aigle de bois dor dont les ailes ployes portent les ,livres ,saints2 gauche les orgues3 droite1 la chaire3 une simple tribune de pierre1 de forme hexagonale lgrement surleve4 ,un balcon court sur les deux ctes de la chapelle1 dont le fond est occup par une tribune40 ,the church is in a much better condition than formerly4 ,the congregation during my chaplaincy put a new roof upon it1 and decorated it throughout1 and constructed a handsome ,mortuary ,chapel underneath--a sad necessity for the ,english and ,american colonies in ,paris4 ,i conducted some remarkable services during my time in ,paris1 which ,i describe in another chapter--scenes which will not soon be forgotten by those who witnessed them4 ,i was glad to leave behind some #g1jjj which had been subscribed towards a ,church ,house1 a much-needed establishment1 as there is no room for ,church purposes or residence for the chaplain4 ,my successor1 the ,right ,rev4 ,bishop ,ormsby1 will1 ,i hope1 reap the benefit of this effort4 ,his ,gracious ,majesty ,king ,edward ,,vii4 was several times in ,paris during the earlier years of my chaplaincy1 as ,prince of ,wales1 but his first visit to the ,french ,republic as ,king and ,emperor was in ,may1 #aijc4 ,the visit was official and unique4 ,those of us who had lived in ,paris during the ,boer war--when1 to say the least1 the ,english were not popular1 and had so frequently heard 8,vivent les ,boers0 as we passed along the streets1 and even had newspapers flaunted before us which recorded reverses to our arms--were very anxious that the visit should pass off quietly4 ,the ,english colony was much concerned1 and so were the ,french police4 ,i was advised by the latter to admit to the ,church only by ticket1 and to take the names and addresses of each applicant for them who might be unknown to me4 ,the following was the text of the ticket ,i issued3 8,english ,church1 ,rue d',aguesseau4 ,divine ,service #aa a4m4 ,it is requested that all seat-holders will be in their places at #aj o'clock4 ,after #aj4cj all unoccupied seats will be filled40 ,the tickets were all numbered and signed with a special stamp marked 8,basileus40 ,the issuing of these tickets gave us considerable work1 as we only had #a1jjj1 and some #a1ejj to #b1jjj people applied for them--many by letter4 ,nearly the whole of two days was occupied in the distribution4 ,the 8,entente ,cordiale0 is now happily a 8fait accompli02 but at the time of ,his ,majesty's first official visit there was no thought of it in the public mind1 though we know now it was the gracious intention of our peace-loving ,king that it should come about4 ,i give an excerpt from the 8,patrie10 signed by ,m4 ,l4 ,millevoye1 which at this time gave us some concern1 for the 8,patrie10 while not a high-class paper1 is one that is largely read by the man in the street3 8,parisiens6 ,le ,roi des ,anglais n'est pas votre hte3 ce n'est pas vous qui l'avez invit4 ,cet tranger1 cet ennemi vous impose sa visite4''' ,parisiens1 ce roi vous saluera1 vous ne le saluerez pas4 8,mais des cris bien franais1 esclusivement franais1 peuvent sortir1 sans provocations1 de vos poitrines4 ,crier #8,vive ,marchand6' c'est condamner ,fachoda1 c'est marquer la fltrissure d'une des plus hyprocrites d'une des plus odieuses brutalits diplomatiques que la ,france aie subies1 ,crier ,vivent les ,boers4''' ,crier ,vive la ,russie4''' ,votre silence mme1 s'il est gnral1 absolu1 aura sa grandeur4 ,devant vos fronts couverts1 devant vos regards implacables1 ce roi comprendra qu'on l'atromp en lui parlant de votre soumission1 c41 c41 c40 ,it seemed1 however1 as if the very presence of ,his ,majesty in ,paris at once dissipated any cloud that might have appeared in the sky4 ,the ,french are remarkable for their readiness to swing round to an opposite opinion when they find reason for so doing4 ,this was very striking in the ,dreyfus affair1 and1 more recently1 in the case of ,m4 ,e4 ,zola1 who1 after having been condemned to imprisonment and a heavy fine for his defence of ,dreyfus1 received the 8post mortem0 honour of being removed from the cemetery of ,montmatre to the ,panthon1 that resting place of the illustrious ,french dead4 ,illustration3 ,,his ,,majesty ,,entering ,,the ,,church1 ,,followed ,,by ,,sir ,e4 ,,monson4 ,the visit of ,his ,majesty to ,paris extended from ,may #ast to #dth1 and almost every hour was occupied with the usual official visits1 lunches1 dinners1 and receptions4 ,the ,english colony looked forward especially to the ,sunday when they expected to see and worship with the ,king in their own ,church4 ,there was some anxiety as to whether ,his ,majesty would sit in the ,embassy gallery1 or in the body of the ,church1 as in the former case he would hardly be seen by the congregation4 ,i reported to our ,ambassador1 ,sir ,e4 ,monson1 the great desire that the ,king would sit with the congregation1 and late on ,saturday evening ,i received a message that he had kindly consented to do so4 ,this gracious act gave much pleasure to the colony4 ,there were many young people who had never seen their ,king before1 and ,i fear his presence was rather distracting to their worship on this occasion4 ,the police were considerably scared when it was announced that ,his ,majesty would not drive to the ,church1 but intended to walk4 ,although only a few yards it was felt to be more or less a danger2 but every precaution being taken1 all passed off safely4 ,as the congregation was assembling1 ,i was sent for to the door to interview a distinguished-looking man who desired to enter the ,church1 but had no ticket4 ,i found1 however1 upon careful enquiry1 that he was a detective from ,scotland ,yard1 and required to examine the place where the ,king was to sit4 ,this quiet ,sunday service1 with the ,king-,emperor attending as an ordinary worshipper1 very much impressed the ,french people4 ,i will quote what was said by the 8,figaro0 and the 8,daily ,telegraph0 at the time2 the former giving the general ,french feeling much more accurately than the 8,patrie10 although even the latter paper soon changed its tone4 ,the 8,figaro0 thus describes the service3-- 8,les ,parisiens sceptiques et volontiers gouailleurs1 ont t fortement impressionns par la trs simple crmonie d'hier matin1 la plus grande peut-tre de ces trois jours de fte4 ,de la rue ,royale l'avenue de ,marigny dix mille curieux descendent tout endimanchs des faubourgs1 se massent aux abords de l',ambassade d',angleterre1 pour voir comment le roi de la ,grande-,bretagne et d',irlande et des possessions britanniques d'outre-mer1 dfenseur de la foi1 empereur des ,indes va faire-visite ,dieu4 ,c'est pied que ,s4 ,m4 ,edouard ,,vii41 en tenue de ville1 se rend l',eglise4 ,et quand il le voit passer ainsi1 tout ce peuple saisi d'motion1 chapeau bas1 s'incline1 dans un silence solennel4 ,la petite ,eglise gothique de la rue d',aguesseau regorge de monde4 ,on a lanc neuf cent trente invitations4 ,la nef1 les galeries1 les bas-cots1 les tribunes1 tout est bond4 8,les deux premires traves de banquettes sont rserves2 et devant elles1 gauche du chur un fauteuil recouvert de velours rouge1 avec un prie-dieu sans appui1 et un pupitre sur lequel sont deposs une ,bible1 et un livre de psaumes1 marque la place du ,roi4''' ,le ,pasteur et ses assistants ont la soutane et le surplis garni de bandes de satin noir et rouge4 ,les enfants de chur assis prs de la chaire1 ont seulement la soutane noir et le surplis4 ,sur un signe du secrtaire qui guettait la porte l'arrive du ,roi1 tout le clerg1 le ,rev4 ,dr4 ,noyes en tte1 se porte au-devant de sa ,majest et l'attend sur le seuil4 ,edouard ,,vii4 et le ,pasteur se saluent en mme temps4 ,le ,clerg remonte vers le chur1 prcdent le ,souverain1 que suivent les membres de l',ambassade d',angleterre et tous les attachs militaires4 ,et des que ,s4 ,m4 ,edouard ,,vii4 a pris place devant son fauteuil--et ouvert son livre de psaumes1 l'office divin commence4 ,les fidles1 dont un instant trs court de curiosit n'a pu troubler le recueillement1 entument en anglais le ,te ,deum4 ,puis les hymnes1 les versets de la ,bible1 les psaumes se succdent chants par toute l'assistance4 ,les fidles s'agenouillent1 et le ,roi s'agenouille comme eux2 et sa voix se mle avec leurs voix4 ,il n'y a plus un souverain et des sujets1 #8,il n'y a qu'une famille dont tous les membres s'addressent1 ensemble au ,pre1 #8,notre ,pre qui tes aux cieux4' ,c'est la prire que nous ne savons plus4 ,enfin les chants ayant cess le ,rev4 ,dr4 ,noyes se lve et prononce le sermon dominical4 ,pendant un quart d'heure environ1 il dveloppe la thse de la ,divinite du ,christ1 et l'office termine1 selon l'usage1 par un dernier cantique1 sans qu'aucune allusion1 ainsi qu'il en avait exprim li-mme le dsir1 aie t faite la presence du ,roi40 ,i have given the above in full as it is an interesting ,french view of an ,english church service4 8,the ,daily ,telegraph0 recorded this event of the day as follows3 8,at the morning service in the ,english ,church1 ,rue d',aguesseau1 the ,king was attended by his suite1 and accompanied by ,sir ,e4 ,monson and the staff of the ,embassy4 ,this sacred edifice is a building of great interest to ,english residents in ,paris4 ,the ,rev4 ,h4 ,e4 ,noyes1 ,d4,d41 has been ,chaplain to the ,embassy since #ahia1 and during that incumbency has known three eminent representatives of the ,empire1 ,lord ,lytton1 the ,marquis of ,dufferin1 and ,sir ,edmund ,monson4 ,our compatriots in the ,french capital do not forget their ,church4 ,it is surely a matter of pleasure to know that at the last ,easter celebrations there were no fewer than #icj communicants4 ,to-day the ,church was all too small4 ,though admission was necessarily by ticket1 a crowd besieged the doors more than an hour before the beginning of the service4 ,notre ,dame or the ,madeleine would have been insufficient for the congregation anxious to be present4 ,indeed1 one feels regret for the hundreds who failed to obtain a coveted ticket of admission4 ,practically small room was left after seats had been found for the regular congregation1 among whom ,i was pleased to note a large number of ,english young ladies attending ,parisian schools4 ,many a year hence it will be a pleasant memory for those young persons who participated in this historic service4 #8,what a noble national possession is ,england's 8sublime liturgy10' to quote ,george ,borrow's description of it4 8,who has not felt its impress in a foreign land8 ,i have heard it west of the ,rocky ,mountains1 under the ,stars and ,stripes1 beneath the ,southern ,cross1 in the capital of ,china1 on the ,indian1 the ,atlantic1 and the ,pacific ,oceans1 and in war time in ,south ,africa1 and the effect is everywhere the same--a finer patriotic glow than almost anything else can call up4 ,it appeals to one as part of the heritage of the ,english people1 like their old ,parish ,church1 or their very language itself4 ,in the ,rue d',aguesseau the prayers for the ,king and the ,royal ,family of ,great ,britain were followed1 as they always are here1 by petitions for the ,presidents of the ,united ,states and of the ,french ,republic4 ,the #8,te ,deum' was finely rendered1 as were the hymns #8,children of the ,heavenly ,king' and #8,the ,king of ,love my shepherd is4' ,dr4 ,noyes founded a short1 eloquent discourse upon ,matthew xiii4 #ed1 #ee40 ,as the ,king left the ,church the congregation sang the ,national ,anthem with a fervour and emotion1 which was natural upon such an occasion4 ,after lunching at the ,foreign ,office with that eminent statesman1 ,m4 ,delcasse1 ,his ,majesty returned to the ,embassy4 ,here a most interesting ceremony was held4 ,the ,king had promised to plant a red chestnut tree in the ,embassy garden1 and the children of the ,british schools1 to the number of fifty1 and the inmates of the ,victoria ,home 7an institution for aged ,british women who have lived in ,france for thirty years7 were invited to be present4 ,it was a memorable occasion4 ,the ,king handled the spade as one accustomed to it1 and the tree thus planted has flourished remarkably well ever since4 ,it bears a plate stating the date1 etc41 and will1 no doubt1 be an object of interest in the beautiful garden of the ,embassy for many years to come4 ,the ,king has a wonderful memory for old friends4 ,i heard him on this occasion asking kindly after the ,hon4 ,alan ,herbert1 ,m4,d41 whom he had known in ,paris many years ago4 ,another interesting incident took place on this afternoon4 ,among those invited to the ,embassy garden was an old soldier1 ,george ,colman1 nearly ninety years of age1 who had been dispatch writer to ,lord ,raglan in the ,crimean ,war4 ,he was presented to the ,king1 who had a long chat with him1 and asked him 8,where are your medals80 ,colman replied1 8,your ,majesty1 they were stolen from me at the time of the ,paris ,commune40 8,well10 said the ,king1 8we must see to that40 ,colman was not forgotten1 and not long after the medals were received at the ,embassy4 ,he brought them to shew to me in great delight4 ,in the evening a large official dinner was given at the ,british ,embassy1 which was attended by the ,president and ,madame ,loubet1 members of the ,french ,government1 and many other distinguished guests4 ,three ,french artists had the honour of being invited1 ,,mm4 ,carolus-,duran1 ,detaille1 and ,bonnat4 ,the ,city was brilliantly illuminated1 and presented all the characteristics of a ,national fte4 ,his ,majesty left ,paris for ,cherbourg the next morning1 ,president ,loubet accompanying him to the ,gare des ,invalids4 ,there was a thankful sigh of relief from the many loyal hearts in ,paris that all had passed off so well1 and that our beloved ,monarch was safe4 ,it had been an anxious time1 for the happy change to more friendly relations between the two countries had then only just commenced4 ,the next visit of ,his ,majesty was in ,may1 #aije1 just two years after his first official visit4 ,there had been a change at the ,embassy4 ,much to the regret of all who knew him1 ,sir ,edmund ,monson had retired1 having reached the age limit1 and had been succeeded by ,sir ,francis ,bertie1 the present ,ambassador4 ,there was1 moreover1 a great change in the attitude of the people1 and the 8,entente ,cordiale0 was on the lips of all4 ,the ,king's previous visit1 and the return visit of ,m4 ,loubet to ,london1 resulted in the settling of several outstanding disputes which had long been an anxiety to diplomatists4 ,there was much less ceremonial upon this visit1 and the ,king1 instead of going to the ,embassy1 took his old suite of rooms at the ,hotel ,bristol in the ,place ,vendome1 where he had often stayed as ,prince of ,wales4 ,his ,majesty came to ,paris via ,marseilles1 where he had a very hearty reception1 and arriving at the ,gare de ,lyon was met by ,sir ,francis ,bertie and the staff of the ,embassy1 and that all-important functionary1 the ,prefect of the ,police4 ,a good number of people gathered in the ,place ,vendome in the hope of seeing the ,king1 but the weather was showery1 and he drove in a closed carriage1 and they were disappointed4 ,the ,hotel ,bristol in the ,place ,vendome--formerly a monastery--is managed by an ,englishman1 ,mr4 ,morlock1 who is well known to many crowned heads4 ,the ,tsar of ,russia stayed there before his accession to the throne2 the late ,king and ,queen of ,portugal1 and many others4 ,mr4 ,morlock is a most genial host1 and although he has been so long in ,france is proud of his nationality1 and always ready to join in any movement for the good of the ,british colony4 ,i had been informed that ,his ,majesty would attend ,divine ,service on the ,sunday morning1 and took the precaution to admit only by ticket1 to prevent over-crowding4 ,it was well ,i did so1 for a great crowd assembled outside the ,church1 and would have prevented the regular worshippers from entering4 ,owing to this arrangement the ,church was filled before the hour of service1 and there was no confusion4 ,it was ,eastertide1 and the hymns 8,jesus lives6 no longer now--,can thy terrors1 death1 appal us0 and 8,hosanna to the living ,lord0 were sung with great fervour4 ,i had requested the congregation to remain in their seats during the singing of the ,national ,anthem at the close of the service--the intention being that ,his ,majesty and the staff of the ,embassy would then leave and thus prevent crowding at the door4 ,however1 the ,king stayed until the end1 and1 ,i was told1 joined heartily in the anthem4 ,we always omitted the second verse having the words 8,confound their politics10 as being guests in a foreign land4 ,upon this occasion ,his ,majesty sat in the ,embassy gallery with ,sir ,francis ,bertie and the staff4 ,an amusing incident happened as the ,king left the ,church4 ,a loud crash was heard and caused some excitement4 ,it came from a photographer who had perched himself upon a high ladder with a large camera1 hoping for a snapshot4 ,he fell owing to the breaking of the ladder just as the ,king came out of the porch4 ,he was very disappointed at losing the photograph4 ,upon the return to the hotel the ,king received ,admiral ,fournier1 who had presided over the enquiry relating to the ,north ,sea firing incident1 and conferred upon him the insignia of a ,knight ,grand ,cross of the ,victorian ,order4 ,the reception of ,his ,majesty on the part of the people was in marked contrast to that of his former visit4 ,there were very few cries in the streets on that occasion1 but now one often heard 8,vive le ,roi0 and 8,vive l',angleterre0 shouted with a hearty good will4 ,the 8,entente ,cordiale0 was an established fact4 ,illustration3 ,,his ,,majesty ,,leaving ,,the ,,embassy ,,church4 ,the third visit of the ,king during my chaplaincy took place in ,march1 #aijf1 when he travelled as the ,duke of ,lancaster1 arriving in ,paris from ,cherbourg on the ,saturday evening4 ,the ,royal train was brought round to the ,gare des ,invalides1 where the ,king was met by ,sir ,francis ,bertie and the staff of the ,embassy1 ,m4 ,mollard representing the ,president of the ,republic1 and ,m4 ,lepine1 ,prefect of ,police4 ,as ,his ,majesty ascended the stairs a flashlight photograph of the scene was taken by an unauthorised person--much to the annoyance of all present1 as the explosion caused a temporary alarm4 ,next morning the ,king attended the ,embassy ,church1 and sat in the ,royal gallery with ,sir ,francis and ,lady ,feodorowna ,bertie4 ,little change was made in the service1 except that ,i preached a short sermon in order to keep within the limited time4 ,my text was 8,but the ,word of ,god is not bound10 and the collection was for the ,british and ,foreign ,bible ,society4 ,h4,r4,h4 ,princess ,henry of ,battenberg and the ,princess ,ena 7now ,queen of ,spain7 joined the ,king at the ,embassy for lunch4 ,his ,majesty drove to and from the church in a closed carriage1 and although there was a great crowd1 his desire to be 8incognito0 was respected4 ,it was upon this occasion that ,his ,majesty handed to ,m4 ,fallires the missing leaves from the second volume of 8,the ,history of the antiquities of the ,jews0 for the ,bibliothque ,nationale4 ,m4 ,loubet1 former ,president of the ,republic1 was one of the many who called upon the ,king1 and it was characteristic of the kind feeling of ,his ,majesty that he returned the call at the private apartment of ,m4 ,loubet--an act that was much appreciated by the people generally4 ,i often heard ,french people speak of it4 ,upon this visit the ,embassy in the ,faubourg ,st4 ,honore was turned into a ,royal ,palace1 the ,king and his suite staying there4 ,i was told of the following incident which indicates the change of feeling on the part of the ,french4 ,after dinner at a fashionable restaurant 7while the ,king was in ,paris7 the band was called upon to play the ,english ,national ,anthem by a party of ,frenchmen4 ,then some ,englishmen present called for the ,marseillaise1 which was received with the same honours and enthusiasm4 ,by a curious chance there was a party of ,germans present1 and these stood up and uncovered while both the ,national ,anthems were being played4 ,beyond the various social functions there was no other special incident1 and the short visit passed off very satisfactorily in every way4 ,i have told of the enthusiasm evoked by the first official visit of ,his ,majesty to ,paris1 and the two subsequent visits1 but when it was reported early in #aijg that the ,king was coming1 accompanied by the ,queen1 enthusiasm knew little bounds4 ,many of the ,english ,colony had never seen the ,queen1 and were on tiptoe of expectation4 ,their ,majesties arrived in ,paris from ,london on ,saturday evening1 ,february #bnd1 at the ,gare du ,nord1 where they received an enthusiastic--though non-official--welcome1 for they were travelling as the ,duke and ,duchess of ,lancaster4 ,the photographic fiend was again in evidence1 and ,her ,majesty gave a perceptible start as the magnesium light flashed1 although she must be accustomed to this annoyance4 ,i was told that the crowd outside the station was enormous1 and the cries 8,vive le ,roi--,vive la ,reine0 were very hearty1 both there and along the route to the ,british ,embassy1 which was to be the temporary home of their ,majesties4 ,notwithstanding the fatigues of the journey the ,king and ,queen paid a visit to the ,nouveau ,cirque in the evening1 much to the delight of those present4 ,it appeared to me that the ,parisians were the more pleased at the 8incognito10 as it was as if their ,majesties came as friends1 and not merely as ,royal visitors4 ,the visit was thus less formal yet more cordial2 everyone felt that it was not political1 but just friendly1 and ,paris was delighted4 ,the ,british sovereigns were going to spend a week of pleasure1 visiting and entertaining their friends1 shopping and motoring4 ,the ,rue de la ,paix is always attractive1 but it seemed to surpass itself on this occasion4 ,i was naturally very busy preparing for the ,sunday service4 ,tickets were quite necessary1 and the demand for them very great4 ,we issued #a1jjj--our utmost limit--and then came the pain of refusing the hundreds who also desired to attend4 ,i crave pardon for giving the report of the service1 written by my friend ,mr4 ,ozane1 the well-known and valued correspondent of the 8,daily ,telegraph40 ,he wrote3 8,i have never seen a larger crowd in and near the church in the ,rue d',aguesseau than that which assembled there this morning4 ,admission to the sacred edifice was by cards1 of which a liberal distribution was made1 but any number of persons who must have known that the chance of finding a place was hopeless1 had put in an appearance nevertheless4 ,the ,english colony had mustered in full force1 and there was a big gathering of ,french friends as well4 ,the footpaths close to the ,embassy and along the street leading to the ,church were crammed with well-dressed people--the fair sex being strongly represented2 and there they stood in the brilliant sunshine1 but bitterly cold wind1 waiting for their ,majesties to pass4 ,the ,king and ,queen drove to and from the ,church in one of the ,ambassador's carriages1 and with ,sir ,francis ,bertie and members of their suite were conducted to the ,embassy ,gallery4 ,by the time they entered the ,church was thronged to repletion1 all the arrangements made for the accommodation of the congregation being1 however1 excellent4 ,the prayers were read by the curate1 ,rev4 ,w4 ,harrison1 the lessons being read and the sermon preached by the ,rev4 ,h4 ,e4 ,noyes1 ,d4,d41 who is chaplain to the ,embassy4 ,doctor ,noyes is well known as a very eloquent preacher1 and taking for his text the #adth verse of the #hth chapter of ,st4 ,luke1 part of the ,gospel for the day1 delivered an excellent discourse on the parable of the sower4 ,the choir1 under the direction of ,mr4 ,percy ,vincent1 did itself full justice1 and the congregation joined heartily in the service1 as it invariably does at this ,church1 which has only one defect1 viz41 that it is not large enough to accommodate all the worshippers who would attend it1 especially at a season when so many ,english visitors are passing through ,paris4 ,when the service was over it was scarcely possible to make one's way along the street1 so dense was the crowd40 ,in the afternoon the ,king paid a visit to ,president ,fallires at the ,elyse1 which was returned later1 ,madame ,fallires accompanying the ,president to make the acquaintance of the ,queen4 ,in the evening their ,majesties dined with their old friends ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,standish4 ,the following is an extract1 giving the ,french impression of the ,church service3 8,l',eglise tait comble1 bien qu'on n'y et t adms que sur la prsentation de cartes imprimes1 spcialement4 ,l',entre des souverains y fut salue par de nouveaux vivats4 ,ils prirent place dans la tribune de l'ambassade1 a gauche de la nef4 ,puis le service commena4 ,c'tait l'office ordinaire du dimanche et la seule modification qu'on y apporta fut l'excution du #8,god save the ,king'--jou par les orgues la fin de la crmonie1 tandis que tous les assistants chantaient en chur4 ,le ,reverend ,h4 ,e4 ,noyes officie4 ,edouard ,,vii4 suit avec une attention soutenue l'office1 ainsi d'ailleurs que la reine ,alexandra40 ,all through the week the liveliest interest was taken in the movements of the ,king and ,queen1 and there were some amusing incidents4 ,there was great curiosity to see the ,king's automobile1 the people apparently having forgotten that he had purchased it in ,paris on a previous visit4 ,what they expected to see ,i don't know--perhaps some vehicle modelled after the old ,royal stage coaches8 ,but the reality was a fine ,mercds car1 much the same in outward appearance as others in ,paris1 but with luxurious interior fittings4 ,it was the rule in ,france at this time 7as since7 to have a conspicuous number painted on each car1 and this mark the ,royal ,mercds had not4 ,it was consequently very soon stopped by a policeman in the ,champs ,elyses1 and a crowd gathered4 ,when1 however1 it was found to have a ,royal owner1 it was allowed to pass on4 ,but this was not the end of the matter4 ,next day it was stopped by a more 8exigeant0 police officer1 who1 having failed to get satisfactory answers from the ,english chauffeur1 obliged him to go to the police station4 ,the crowd was highly amused as the news soon spread 8,c'est l'automobile du ,roi10 although the stern police officer continued to ignore it4 ,i believe there was another difficulty the following day4 ,however1 so soon as ,his ,majesty heard of his chauffeur's adventures1 he ordered a number to be at once painted on the car1 to conform with the ,french law4 ,her ,majesty the ,queen received many begging and other letters during her short stay1 and ,i was struck by the careful enquiries she caused to be made about each case4 ,i was glad to be able to give1 through one of the attachs1 information as to several of the applicants who were well known to me4 ,the consideration of the ,parisians for the 8incognito0 of their ,majesties was very marked4 ,it was reported that both the ,king and ,queen expressed their satisfaction at this1 and that the former said 8,nothing could be nicer or more discreet4 ,the ,parisians are the most courteous people in the world40 ,the same attitude was maintained all through the visit1 enabling their ,majesties to go about in freedom and comfort1 as they constantly did1 to the great delight of both nationalities in the gay city4 ,after the 8,entente ,cordiale0 became an accomplished fact1 we had several visits of public bodies to ,paris1 and ,i always endeavoured to arrange a special service for them as part of the programme of the visit4 ,in ,november1 #aijc1 we had a ,british ,parliamentary visit4 ,i had corresponded with the secretary beforehand1 and arranged for a special service at #d p4m4 on the ,sunday afternoon 7#bith74 ,we had no room for them at the ordinary morning service4 ,i also consulted ,sir ,e4 and ,lady ,monson1 who kindly arranged their reception for #e o'clock1 so that the ,members of ,parliament1 their wives1 and daughters could go across to the ,embassy at the close of the service4 ,about #cjj attended1 and1 ,i had reason to know1 fully appreciated the arrangement that had been made for them4 ,i preached upon the ,great ,charter of our ,religious ,liberty from the text 8,render unto ,csar the things that are ,csar's1 and to ,god the things that are ,god's40 ,the ,national ,anthem was very heartily sung at the close4 ,sir ,e4 and ,lady ,monson received the guests with their usual kindness1 and all the magnificent rooms at the ,embassy were thrown open to them4 ,all the members of the ,british party were present1 together with ,french ,senators and ,deputies1 and the leading members of the ,british ,colony in ,paris4 ,this same year we had a visit from the present ,bishop of ,london4 ,i believe his first visit as ,bishop4 ,i had written to him to say that ,i had a number of candidates for confirmation 7about #ej71 but that our own ,bishop ,wilkinson1 coadjutor for ,london1 could not come1 and could he ask some other ,bishop who might be in ,london to take the office for us4 ,he wrote3 8,my dear ,noyes1 ,i will come myself40 ,the ,british ,colony will not soon forget his visit4 ,after the ,confirmation1 at which he gave a most helpful address1 although curiously enough founded upon a misquotation1 we had a reception at my house1 which was attended by the leading members of the ,colony1 and those confirmed1 with their parents and friends4 ,the ,bishop 7as always7 won the hearts of all by his kindness and geniality4 ,i acted as ,his ,lordship's chaplain while he was in ,paris1 and he kindly fell in with all the arrangements ,i had made1 which were numerous4 ,in ,february1 #aijf1 we had a visit from the ,london ,county ,council1 most of whom attended the ordinary service in the ,embassy ,church on ,february #dth4 ,on ,monday 7#eth71 there was a grand reception at the ,hotel de ,ville4 ,this magnificent structure1 erected on the site of the old historic building1 is well worth a visit4 ,the decorations and pictures are among the most beautiful in ,paris1 and when it is lit up and specially decorated with flags1 etc41 as it was on this occasion1 presents a striking scene4 ,the same week the 8,minister of the ,interior10 an office corresponding to that of our ,home ,secretary1 gave a grand reception in his superb mansion in the ,place ,beauveau4 ,all the ,london ,county ,council were invited1 together with the leading members of the ,british ,colony4 ,the reception was followed by a concert1 in which some of the best known artists in ,paris took part4 ,the programme was itself a thing of beauty1 bearing in the front a striking picture drawn for the occasion by ,lvy1 of a sailor looking back over a tempestuous sea at a lighthouse on a pier4 ,illustration3 ,,sir ,,walter ,,vaughan-,,morgan1 ,,lord ,,mayor ,,of ,,london #aije-aijf4 ,illustration3 ,,mr4 ,,wright4 ,this was a year of visits4 ,in ,october1 the ,right ,hon4 ,sir ,walter ,vaughan-,morgan1 ,lord ,mayor of ,london1 accompanied by many of the ,city ,fathers1 came officially to ,paris4 ,there was considerable excitement among the citizens of ,paris about this visit1 for among other things it was rumoured that the ,lord ,mayor would bring his state carriage1 and also ,mr4 ,wright1 his well-known coachman1 whose fame had preceded him4 ,an enormous crowd gathered to welcome the party1 many leaving off work early in order to see them pass1 and the streets from ,gare du ,nord to the ,rue ,scribe were literally packed with people4 ,the cheers were frequent and loud1 and one often heard1 8,vivent les ,anglais10 and the less common 8,vive le lor ,maire40 ,had this cry ever been heard before in ,paris8 ,mr4 ,wright1 the coachman1 had reached ,paris the day before1 and was soon recognized on the box of the ,lord ,mayor's carriage4 ,the crowd shouted1 8,vive ,monsieur ,wright10 and 8,vive le cocher du lor ,maire0 with vehemence1 evidently delighted with his jolly appearance4 ,i had corresponded with ,sir ,joseph ,savory with reference to a service in the ,embassy ,church on the ,sunday1 and it was decided that a gallery 7holding about #ajj7 should be placed at their disposal1 although this caused the other parts of the building to be very crowded4 ,in front of the ,embassy1 which faces the ,rue d',aguesseau1 and down the street1 police were stationed in force4 ,had the ,king himself been coming there would hardly have been a stronger detachment4 ,the whole of the gallery in the ,church was filled4 ,the ,lord ,mayor was invited to a seat in the ,embassy gallery4 ,i preached a special sermon to a very attentive congregation upon the labour question4 ,after ,divine ,service the ,lord ,mayor and members of the party lunched at the ,embassy with ,sir ,francis and ,lady ,feodorowna ,bertie4 ,in the afternoon the ,lord ,mayor1 accompanied by ,sir ,george ,faudel ,phillips1 ,sherriffs ,dunn and ,crosby1 ,sir ,joseph ,savory1 and ,sir ,vesey ,strong1 paid a visit to the ,girls' ,friendly ,society4 ,there is usually a large attendance of girls on ,sunday afternoon1 but on this occasion the hall was crowded in every part4 ,in introducing the ,lord ,mayor1 ,i explained the objects of the ,society1 and told something of its good work in ,paris4 ,in reply ,sir ,w4 ,vaughan-,morgan said 8,he had not expected to find the members of the ,society so numerous in ,paris4 ,he did not know if he were breaking the rules in paying them a visit1 but as ,dr4 ,noyes had brought him in1 he also hoped he would find some way of getting him out40 ,sir ,george ,faudel ,phillips also said some kind words to the ladies and members present4 ,the drives of the civic party in the ,city in the days that followed were a great delight to the people crowding the streets4 ,i was on the ,boulevards on one occasion when the carriages passed1 and the remarks of the people at the unusual dresses1 and especially the head gear of some of the party1 were most amusing4 ,i understand the principal carriage was not brought as it was too large for the railway vans6 ,the ,lord ,mayor and ,corporation very kindly gave me #ajj guineas as a memento of their visit1 towards the proposed ,church ,house in connection with the ,embassy ,church--a much-needed institution--part of which will form a club for young ,british men1 and the whole be a centre for church work4 ,illustration3 ,,entrance ,,to ,,british ,,embassy4 ,,chapter ,,ii4 ,,the ,,british ,,embassy4 ,i lived and worked in ,paris during the 8reign0 of five ,presidents of the ,republic and four ,british ,ambassadors4 ,when ,i went abroad ,m4 ,sadi ,carnot was ,president4 ,he was assassinated at ,lyons in ,june1 #ahid1 by the ,italian ,anarchist ,caserio ,santo4 ,when ,i left ,paris ,president ,fallires had lately come to the ,elyse4 ,the interest of the ,british ,colony largely centres in the ,british ,embassy1 and the residence of the ,ambassador in the ,faubourg ,st4 ,honor has been the scene of many notable gatherings4 ,the house itself is a very attractive one1 with beautiful gardens extending at the back to the ,champs ,elyses4 ,it is said to have been built after the design of ,mazin1 in the eighteenth century1 and was originally inhabited by the ,princess ,pauline ,borghse4 ,it may be interesting to some to know that pieces of the ,borghse furniture still remain in the ,embassy1 notably the handsome bedstead4 ,his ,majesty the ,king occupied this when staying at the ,embassy4 ,some beautiful ,empire clocks are to be seen in the reception rooms1 and are1 ,i understand1 unique and very valuable4 ,it was in the time of the ,duke of ,wellington that the property was purchased for the ,english ,government4 ,the price said to have been paid was #fbe1jjj frs41 a comparatively small sum4 ,it has proved a profitable investment1 as property in this part of ,paris has greatly increased in value4 ,it is estimated that the property is now worth six millions of francs 7#bdj1jjj74 ,the following is1 ,i believe1 a complete list of the ,ambassadors who have resided there3--#ahaf1 ,sir ,charles ,stuart2 #ahbe1 ,viscount ,granville2 #ahbi1 ,lord ,stuart de ,rothesay4 ,during the reign of ,louis ,phillipe1 ,henry1 ,lord ,cowley1 and then the ,marquis of ,normanby1 were at the ,embassy4 #aheb1 ,lord ,cowley 7son of the former ,ambassador72 #ahfh1 ,lord ,lyons2 #ahhg1 ,the ,earl of ,lytton4 ,lord ,lytton died in ,june1 #ahia1 and was succeeded by the ,marquis of ,dufferin and ,ava1 who retired upon the age limit of seventy in #ahif4 ,he was succeeded by ,sir ,edmund ,monson1 who also retired from age1 and the present occupant is the ,right ,hon4 ,sir ,francis ,bertie1 whose wife is a daughter of ,lord ,cowley1 the former ,ambassador4 ,i had intended1 with the permission of the ,ambassador1 to put a board in the ,embassy ,gallery in the ,church1 recording the above facts and dates1 which would be of great interest to many1 but ,i put it off until too late4 ,perhaps my successor may wish to carry out this idea4 ,the success and comfort of the ,chaplain in his varied work connected with the ,embassy ,church1 naturally depends largely upon the support and sympathy of the ,ambassador and his family4 ,i desire to place it on record that during my sixteen years' work in ,paris1 nothing could exceed the kindness and consideration which ,i received4 ,illustration3 ,,earl ,,of ,,lytton4 ,my first introduction to the ,embassy was when the offer of the chaplaincy came to me4 ,there was then a considerable debt upon the ,church1 which ,i was required to undertake1 and which caused me to hesitate4 ,i was uncertain how far the ,colony would support me4 ,i was advised to go over to ,paris and consult with ,lady ,lytton before ,i finally decided4 ,i did so1 and was most kindly received4 ,we talked the matter over1 and ,i related my difficulties1 when ,lady ,lytton said3 8,come1 and we will help you to pay off this debt0 7#fjj74 ,her ,excellency promised that she would organise a bazaar1 which would no doubt be sufficient4 ,soon after my arrival a meeting was called and the matter put in hand1 but alas6 before the sale could be held1 the ,earl of ,lytton died4 ,it fell to ,lady ,dufferin--who kindly took the matter up--to make her first public appearance as ,ambassadress1 at the opening ceremony4 ,the effort proved most successful1 the debt was paid1 and a balance remained which enabled me to put double doors to the ,church1 which in the winter time were most necessary4 ,the ,earl of ,lytton was not a regular ,church goer4 ,he used jokingly to say to me3 8,you are so crowded ,i can't get in02 but ,lady ,lytton and her daughters were most regular1 and generally at both morning and afternoon services on ,sundays4 ,her ,excellency took a great interest in the ,british poor and in the various charities1 especially in the ,victoria ,home--paying frequent visits to the old ladies--much to their delight4 ,it was a sad time in the ,english ,colony when the family left4 ,personally1 we missed them greatly1 for we were frequently at the ,embassy1 our children often played there1 and in every way the relationship had been most happy4 ,it was a real pleasure to us to receive several visits from ,lady ,lytton subsequently in ,paris1 and to answer her kind enquiries about friends in the ,colony4 ,a change at the ,embassy is always1 for many reasons1 an anxious moment for the ,english colony4 ,it was with real pleasure that we heard the news that the ,earl of ,lytton was to be succeeded by the ,marquis of ,dufferin and ,ava1 who had been as part of his memorable career both ,governor of ,india and ,canada1 and whose name was well known to all ,english people4 ,lord and ,lady ,dufferin arrived in ,paris in ,march1 #ahib4 ,a hearty welcome was accorded to the ,marquis and his family1 and it was soon felt that we had in him1 not only an ,ambassador accredited to the ,french ,republic1 but also one who realized his responsibilities to the large ,colony of ,british people always to be found in ,paris2 and that in this attitude he would be in every way supported by his noble wife4 ,as chaplain to the ,embassy ,church ,i was most grateful for the kind reception and encouragement ,i received from the day of their arrival until their much regretted departure4 ,it was delightful to see the ,embassy gallery in church crowded the ,sunday after their arrival1 and to find they took a lively interest in all religious and philanthropic questions4 ,i was at times during my chaplaincy saddened by the too frequent neglect of the ordinary ,church services by the ,churchmen on the staff of the ,embassy4 ,why is it that the ,diplomatic seems the exception1 with respect to a general rule in the public service of at least one attendance at their own ,church on ,sundays8 ,i had1 however1 no reason to complain of the attendance during ,lord and ,lady ,dufferin's time in ,paris--the gallery was invariably well filled4 ,i suppose that after all it is in this service1 as in others1 a matter of example4 ,as is known1 the ,marquis of ,dufferin suffered from deafness in his later years4 ,he used sometimes to bring a book of sermons1 which he read while ,i preached4 ,illustration3 ,,countess ,,of ,,lytton4 ,the ,embassy was practically an open house during this time1 and the enthusiasm and devotion of the ,british ,colony remarkable4 ,in ,may this year a banquet was given in honour of the ,queen's birthday1 and was most brilliant4 ,the leading members of the ,colony were invited4 ,the banqueting hall was decorated with trophies gathered from many lands1 and the table 7as always7 beautifully arranged with flowers1 and some of the many curios the ,marquis possessed from ,canada1 ,burmah1 ,india1 etc4 ,it was part of my duty to say the ,grace on these occasions4 ,in ,november of the same year ,i received a visit from my lamented friend1 ,lord ,plunket1 late ,archbishop of ,dublin1 and their ,excellencies the ,marquis and ,marchioness of ,dufferin and ,ava honoured us by coming to meet him at dinner4 ,the late ,canon ,meyrick1 the ,bishop of ,clogher1 and ,pre ,hyacinthe ,loyson were also with us4 ,it was a gathering preliminary to a visit to ,spain by ,lord ,plunket for the consecration of a ,reformed ,church in ,madrid4 ,i have said that the first public act of ,lady ,dufferin was to open the ,bazaar on behalf of the debt on the ,church1 which she did in a telling little speech1 which made a most favourable impression upon all present4 ,but ,her ,excellency may be said to have been always before the public in ,paris4 ,she found time amid the onerous duties of the ,embassy to visit the various charitable institutions1 and to organize help and give advice wherever needed4 ,i remember on one occasion she came to the meeting of the ,british ,charitable ,fund1 and sat for a considerable time listening to the various tales of woe that came before us4 ,the applications to ,her ,excellency from professional beggars were very numerous1 but she never gave help without careful enquiry1 and ,i was glad to be of frequent assistance to her in this matter4 ,the ,victoria ,home for ,aged ,british ,women was regularly visited by ,lady ,dufferin and her daughters1 indeed1 almost every week1 and ,her ,excellency knew all the inmates and the story of their long life in ,france4 ,she had no more devoted admirers in the ,colony4 ,the ,ladies ,hermione and ,victoria ,blackwood were ever welcome1 and spared neither time nor trouble to brighten and cheer their lives4 ,photographs of the ,dufferin family hang in many of the rooms1 and long after they left the old ladies would make anxious and loving enquiries about them4 ,the ,girls' ,friendly ,society1 as ,i have stated elsewhere1 owes its present prosperous condition to the efforts of ,lady ,dufferin4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,marquis ,,of ,,dufferin ,,and ,,ava4 ,my predecessor1 ,rev4 ,howard ,gill1 realizing the necessity of a central building where the various ,church works could be concentrated1 and where also much-needed rest and recreation rooms for young men might be established1 had ventilated the idea of a ,church ,house4 ,there is no house or room of any kind connected with the ,embassy ,church4 ,an influential meeting was held in the ,mansion ,house in ,london in furtherance of the project1 but owing to the debt on the church nothing had been done4 ,as this debt had been paid ,i felt we might move forward1 and consulted ,lord and ,lady ,dufferin on the subject4 ,the difficulty was to commence a fund when so large a sum 7about #ab1jjj7 would be required4 ,their ,excellencies1 however1 advised me to go forward1 and promised me all the assistance they could4 ,lord ,dufferin kindly wrote me a letter which ,i published with an appeal4 ,a short time after ,i was told by ,lady ,dufferin that they had decided to allow a public sale in the ,embassy on behalf of the scheme4 ,this proved to be a great success4 ,lady ,dufferin presided over a stall assisted by the ladies of the ,embassy1 and the ,ladies ,blackwood conducted a fish pond which was largely patronized4 ,the 8clew0 of the sale was an exhibition in a private room of all the 8curios0 belonging to ,lord ,dufferin1 including a gilt filagree stand and drinking cup1 which had belonged originally to the ,king of ,burma4 ,his ,excellency took the most lively interest in his own 8show10 and never tired going round to explain the various objects to the visitors4 ,the nett result of the sale was over #bg1jjj francs1 and the fund was now fairly started2 it amounted to between seven and eight thousand pounds when ,i left ,paris4 ,the house can now be purchased1 as the balance required can easily be borrowed4 ,the thoughtful personal kindness ,i and my wife received from ,lord and ,lady ,dufferin is beyond words to express4 ,i may only give one or two examples4 ,there is no residence attached to the ,church1 and as ,i was living some distance away it was very difficult to get back after the eight o'clock ,communion ,service on ,sunday mornings for breakfast1 and be down again for ,sunday ,school 7held in the ,church7 at #i4cj4 ,lady ,dufferin at once recognized this1 and kindly offered me breakfast on ,sunday mornings at the ,embassy4 ,the rest was most helpful1 and ,i used to look forward to my meal in the pleasant gallery looking out upon the garden--and an occasional chat with ,nowell1 who waited upon me--as a most pleasant break in the constant work of ,sunday4 ,nowell was the confidential servant of ,lord ,dufferin for many years1 who went with him to ,canada in #ahgb1 and had been with him in all his different posts4 ,a rather amusing incident once happened4 ,the late ,archbishop of ,york was staying at the ,embassy1 and we were invited to meet him at dinner on the ,saturday evening4 ,while ,i was at breakfast on ,sunday morning he sent his servant down to ask me the way to the other ,english church6 ,in #ahic-d my wife had a most serious illness1 and was confined to the house for some months4 ,i can truly say that scarcely a day passed without ,lady ,dufferin coming in to see her1 and often to sit with her for a considerable time4 ,even when ,his ,majesty the ,king 7then ,prince of ,wales7 was in ,paris1 and lunching at the ,embassy1 she did not omit this kind office1 but apologized for being late4 ,such kindness can never be rewarded or forgotten4 ,our relations with the ,french were not at this time of the most cordial character1 and ,i often feared that ,his ,excellency had a good deal of anxiety that we knew nothing of--as1 of course1 we never spoke of 8politics0 at the ,embassy4 ,i once1 however1 ventured to say that ,i feared he had been passing through a troublous time1 and he took and held my hand in his kind way and said3 8,my dear ,noyes1 when one has been through the anxieties of ,canada and ,india1 it is not so difficult to support the trouble here40 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,marchioness ,,of ,,dufferin ,,and ,,ava4 ,but if the ,embassy had its grave moments it had its gay ones too4 ,one morning1 quite early1 ,i received a visit from apparently an old lady 7really a very young one71 who told me she was in great trouble4 ,she seemed1 however1 very reluctant to explain1 and said she would like to see my wife4 ,as she was not down ,i proposed she could come later1 or1 if she preferred1 see me in the ,vestry1 where ,i usually received such visits4 ,after some demur she promised she would4 ,i learned later in the day that it was one of the ladies from the ,embassy--disguised4 ,she went from me to the ,chancery1 and equally deceived one of the ,attachs4 ,the 8make up0 was very clever1 and ,i was quite deceived4 ,we were dining at the ,embassy the same evening1 and ,his ,excellency said1 8,i wish she had got a franc from you1 ,i should have put it on my watch-chain40 ,we had a very enjoyable ,christmas party at the ,embassy in 7,i think7 #ahid4 ,lady ,dufferin had arranged for a sort of magnified charade1 in which the family and most of the ,attachs took part1 and in which they 8took off0 one another4 ,the scene representing the writing of a dispatch in the ,chancery was most amusing1 the peculiarities of the different secretaries were cleverly caricatured4 ,i was brought into the play1 with some other members of the ,colony4 ,it was a happy coincidence that there were two weddings in the ,dufferin family during their stay in ,paris4 ,these occasions were peculiarly interesting to me1 as ,i had been in the habit of giving religious instruction to the younger members of the family every week at the ,embassy2 and also that ,i had known the ,hon4 ,w4 ,lee ,plunket1 who married ,lady ,victoria ,blackwood1 for some years4 ,his father1 the late ,archbishop1 was an intimate friend1 with whom ,i had travelled much in ,england1 ,scotland1 ,ireland1 ,spain1 and ,portugal4 ,the first marriage1 that of ,lord ,terence ,blackwood and ,miss ,flora ,davis1 took place on ,oct4 #afth1 #ahic4 ,miss ,davis being an ,american1 the wedding took place in the ,church of the ,holy ,trinity1 ,avenue de l',alma1 ,dr4 ,morgan and myself being the officiating clergy4 ,the church was beautifully decorated1 and well filled with guests1 both the ,english and ,american ,colonies being largely represented4 ,in the seats reserved for distinguished guests were ,lord and ,lady ,dufferin1 the ,united ,states ,ambassador 7,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,eustis71 the ,baron and ,baroness de ,morenheim from the ,russian ,embassy1 ,mrs4 ,j4 ,h4 ,davis 7stepmother of the bride71 with some other relations4 ,after the ceremony a reception was held at the ,british ,embassy1 very numerously attended by both ,french and ,english4 ,the large number of handsome presents--under the charge of ,nowell--had many admiring visitors4 ,it was altogether a most interesting and brilliant gathering1 and the first marriage from the ,embassy for several years4 ,illustration3 ,,trainbearers ,,at ,,the ,,lady ,,plunket',s ,,wedding4 ,the wedding bells were1 however1 heard again when the ,hon4 ,w4 ,lee ,plunket 7now ,lord ,plunket1 ,governor of ,new ,zealand7 was married in the ,embassy ,church to ,lady ,victoria ,blackwood1 daughter of their ,excellencies ,lord and ,lady ,dufferin4 ,the wedding took place on ,june #dth1 #ahid1 and was a most interesting event4 ,it had been given out that the marriage would be of a semi-private character4 ,notwithstanding1 the church was full to the doors4 ,it was an interesting gathering from both the family and public point of view4 ,mrs4 ,rowan ,hamilton1 ,lady ,helen ,ferguson1 ,lady ,terence ,blackwood1 ,lady ,hermione ,blackwood1 and the ,hon4 ,elizabeth and ,olive ,plunket 7sisters of the bridegroom71 were present1 and ,miss ,muriel ,stephenson and the ,hon4 ,cynthia ,lyttelton were among the bridesmaids4 ,in describing the bridal procession1 the 8,new ,york ,herald0 said3 8,the noble ,marquis1 who wore the conventional frock coat1 appeared deeply moved as he led his beloved daughter to the altar4 ,in close order behind came the eight bridesmaids in their light dresses and broad hats1 forming a very gay cortge1 the rear of which was brought up by a weeny mite of six years or so in an ample ,greenaway white skirt and mob cap1 and her brother equally diminutive1 a jolly little #8shaver1' alert as he could be1 his big blue eyes taking in everything1 dressed in white knickerbockers and three-cornered white cavalier hat4 ,how sweet they were4 ,let me introduce them to you--,miss ,dora ,geraldine ,noyes and ,master ,claude ,noyes40 ,the latter1 who had imbibed the idea that this ceremony involved the departure of ,lady ,victoria from the ,embassy1 for whom he had a great admiration1 was very indignant with ,mr4 ,plunket1 and 8went for him0 later on in the ,embassy garden4 ,it was a great pleasure to me to stand on this occasion side by side with ,lord ,plunket 7then ,archbishop of ,dublin7 and to assist in the marriage of his son4 ,the signatories of the marriage contract were the ,earl of ,dufferin and ,ava1 ,lord ,plunket 7,archbishop of ,dublin71 ,mr4 ,f4 ,rowan ,hamilton1 the ,hon4 ,david ,plunket1 and myself4 ,the reception after the ceremony in the ,embassy gardens was a brilliant gathering of 8,tout ,paris40 ,m4 ,hanotaux 7the newly appointed ,minister of ,foreign ,affairs7 was among those present1 and the ,diplomatic ,corps were 8au grand complet40 ,many ,american friends of the family came to wish ,godspeed and happiness to the young couple4 ,it was a happy gathering1 and the fine old garden--the scene of so many memorable gatherings--looked its best4 ,in the ,diplomatic service ,ambassadors retire at the age of seventy2 there was real sorrow in the ,english ,colony in ,paris when it was known that the ,marquis of ,dufferin and ,ava was nearing this period4 ,it being1 however1 inevitable1 it was decided to render their departure as little sorrowful as possible1 so far as the ,british ,colony was concerned4 ,a ,committee was formed to consider a presentation to ,lord ,dufferin1 and also a ,committee of ladies1 who were anxious to mark their appreciation of ,her ,excellency's kindness and untiring work in connection with the various charities4 ,it was agreed to present to the ,ambassador a portrait of his son1 ,lord ,ava1 who was also very popular1 and ,m4 ,benjamin ,constant was commissioned to paint it4 ,it was unfortunately not ready for the day when the presentation was made1 but the subscribers were invited to view it later4 ,it is now1 of course1 of very special value1 owing to the unfortunate death of ,lord ,ava in ,south ,africa4 ,at the banquet1 when the presentation was made1 the ,earl made a most interesting speech1 part of which is well worth recording4 ,he said3 8,that he felt he was not addressing an audience1 but was speaking to a few dear and intimate friends1 and therefore would not make a set speech4 ,when one had something to say from one's heart words came easily4 ,considering the almost minatory words in ,scripture1 addressed to those who1 like himself1 had reached their seventieth year1 he hardly knew whether he might consider himself as possessed of a future1 or whether he ought not to regard his life as over1 and himself as an uninvited guest at a crowded banquet4 ,he consoled himself1 however1 with the reflection that the words of ,holy ,scripture were addressed to a people whose life began rather earlier--who married1 for instance1 sometimes at the age of ten1 and whose girls were occasionally mothers at that age4 ,as he had not married till he was thirty-six1 he concluded that he was only now beginning his life4 ,speaking as he did in the ,british ,embassy1 he remembered what he felt at his first appearance there4 ,it was in that room that he had ventured upon his first waltz1 having been ordered to dance4 ,the lady was1 he feared1 thoroughly disgusted with her partner4 ,in this room1 too1 he remembered a performance of the #8,school for ,scandal1' in which three of the characters had been taken by three descendants of ,sheridan--the ,duchess of ,somerset1 his mother1 and ,mr4 ,r4 ,sheridan4 ,finally1 the room would be after this associated with one of the most gratifying incidents of his life1 the presentation of this gift by his friends in ,paris4 ,he would like to say a few words on his choice of the present4 ,he had desired something which might descend to his heirs1 and remain long afterwards as a memorial of the kind feelings with which he had been regarded in ,paris4 ,he had not chosen1 therefore1 a valuable picture or other object which squandering descendants--such persons were occasionally found in families--would at once sell1 but he had asked for a portrait of his son which would grow more valuable with time1 and be a long-lasting memorial of his ,paris career4 ,it would be among the most treasured of the objects which he had collected at ,clandeboy from all parts of the world40 ,the speech was delivered in the ,earl's happiest vein1 and was listened to with rapt attention1 though not without emotion1 it being his last public address to the ,british ,colony in ,paris4 ,the ,colony1 however1 were not satisfied with shewing their warm appreciation of the kindness of their ,ambassador4 ,lady ,dufferin had won all hearts during her stay by her consideration and goodness to rich and poor4 ,almost every charity in ,paris had benefited from the indefatigable work of ,her ,excellency1 who had gone thoroughly into the affairs of the various agencies and then set herself to strengthen any that were weak4 ,never did she fail to respond to any appeal1 taking a personal interest in every case1 often at a sacrifice to the demands upon her diplomatic duties4 ,it was both a glad and a sad gathering in the 8,galerie des ,champs ,elyses0 in ,june1 #ahif1 when the presentation committee and a large gathering of friends met to say farewell to their ,ambassadress4 ,the gift was a lovely ,louis ,,xvi4 clock and candelabras1 and was presented on behalf of the donors by the ,hon4 ,mrs4 ,gye4 ,in reply ,lady ,dufferin said3 8,it is really impossible for me to say what ,i feel on this occasion1 for ,i am quite overwhelmed by your kindness and by your expressions of friendship and goodwill4 ,however undeserving of such kindness ,i may feel1 it is a very great pleasure to me to receive this assurance of your sympathy4 ,i thank you with all my heart for your generous words1 your good wishes1 and for this most lovely gift4 ,i thank you also for the many occasions upon which during the last three years you have shewn your sympathy with other members of my family1 and for the loyal support you have ever given me in all matters relating to ,british charities in ,paris4 ,it is the duty1 and ,i am sure it is the pleasure1 of every ,english ,ambassadress here to interest herself in these institutions1 but without the hearty co-operation of the ,british residents1 her fellow subjects1 her interest in them could have no practical result4 ,if1 therefore1 ,i have been able to promote in the slightest degree the welfare of any ,british charity here1 it is because of the unfailing help and support ,i have received from you40 ,shortly after1 the departure of ,lord and ,lady ,dufferin took place4 ,it was a time and scene not easily forgotten4 ,the whole ,embassy staff were gathered in the hall1 my wife and myself among them4 ,the ,ambassador and ,lady ,dufferin came down and went round to everyone1 shaking hands and saying goodbye4 ,there were few dry eyes4 ,no ceremony marked their departure beyond this1 and they drove away in an ordinary 8growler0--it was just like them4 ,lord and ,lady ,dufferin returned to ,paris subsequently--for the ,emperor and ,empress of ,russia's visit--but stayed at an hotel4 ,i rarely met ,lord ,dufferin afterwards4 ,the last time was at the cemetery at ,mount ,jerome1 ,dublin1 when we stood beside the grave of the late ,lord ,plunket4 ,he then laid his hand on my shoulder1 saying3 8,noyes1 this is a great deal out of your life20 and so it was1 for ,i had been intimate for many years with the ,archbishop4 ,it has been our delight to welcome ,lady ,dufferin on several occasions since4 ,the death of ,lord ,ava in ,south ,africa1 so deservedly loved1 was a great blow to ,lord ,dufferin1 and one of the sorrows which no doubt brought him to the grave4 ,on that occasion he wrote me the following letter3-- 8,my dear ,noyes1-- 8,i knew you would feel for us1 and my wife and ,i are deeply grateful to you and ,mrs4 ,noyes for the sympathy you have shewn us4 ,we know no details except that the telegram told us that our poor boy died without having ever recovered consciousness from the time he was struck4 ,it is ,god's will1 and we must try to submit in patience4 8,yours very sincerely1 8,,dufferin ,,and ,,ava40 ,the successor to the ,marquis of ,dufferin in ,paris was ,sir ,edmund ,monson1 ,bart41 who had held many and important posts in the public service4 ,he came to the ,faubourg ,st4 ,honor in ,october1 #ahif1 having been ,ambassador ,extraordinary1 and ,plenipotentiary to the ,emperor of ,austria since #ahic4 ,he was appointed a ,royal ,commissioner for the ,paris ,exhibition of #aijj1 and was made an honorary ,d4,c4,l4 of ,oxford in #ahih4 ,he also received the ,grand ,cross of the ,legion of ,honour from the ,french ,government4 ,sir ,edmund and ,lady ,monson received a hearty welcome from ,parisians generally1 and the ,ambassador soon won his way with us all by his kindly manner and warm interest in whatever concerned the ,british ,colony4 ,there were many important events during the time ,sir ,e4 ,monson was with us1 among which was the celebration of the ,jubilee of ,queen ,victoria1 which took place in ,june1 #ahig4 ,a garden party was given at the ,embassy1 which was very largely attended4 ,the 8,figaro0 said there were about four thousand present4 ,the entire ,diplomatic ,corps1 artistic1 political1 and literary celebrities1 distinguished visitors to ,paris1 and the leading members of the ,british ,colony were included4 ,madame ,felix ,faur and ,mlle4 ,lucie ,faur1 wife and daughter of the ,president1 ,m4 ,hanotaux1 and many others well known in ,french politics and society1 were amongst the guests4 ,general ,horace ,porter1 the ,american ,ambassador1 was supported by a large number of the ,american ,colony4 ,the following day a ,children's ,fte was held at ,st4 ,cloud4 ,special boats conveyed the young ,britishers to the rendezvous1 and a most enjoyable day was spent4 ,between eight and nine hundred sat down to tea1 when patriotic speeches were made amid hearty demonstrations of loyalty to the ,throne4 ,it is not an unimportant part of the chaplain's work to keep 8green0 in the hearts of the young living in ,paris the home feeling1 and to prevent their slipping away from attachment to their ,sovereign4 ,the following year was marked by the 8,fashoda0 incident1 which1 it will be remembered1 caused much excitement in both countries4 ,relations were somewhat strained1 and all sorts of exaggerated rumours got abroad4 ,i remember it being reported that ,sir ,e4 ,monson had gone to the ,elyse with an 8,ultimatum0 in his pocket2 and again1 that the ,embassy had commenced to pack up with a view to removal6 ,in ,december1 #ahih1 the ,british ,chamber of ,commerce gave a banquet1 at which ,sir ,edmund ,monson made a speech which caused considerable excitement4 ,on arrival1 ,i found the journalists1 who had seen a copy of the speech before it was delivered1 in a considerable flutter1 ,m4 ,blowitz of the 8,times0 being especially active4 ,there was marked silence during the delivery of the speech by the ,ambassador4 ,the following is the most striking passage3 8,i would entreat the ,french ,nation to resist the temptation to try to thwart ,british enterprise by petty manuvres2 such as ,i grieve to see suggested by the proposal to set up educational establishments as rivals to our own in the newly acquired provinces of the ,soudan4 ,such ill-considered provocation1 to which ,i confidently trust no official countenance will be given1 might well have the effect of converting that policy of forbearance from taking the full advantage of our recent victories1 and our present position1 which has been enunciated by our highest authority into the adoption of measures1 which1 though they evidently find favour with no inconsiderable party in ,england1 are not1 ,i presume1 the object at which ,french sentiment is aiming40 ,illustration3 ,,court ,,yard1 ,,british ,,embassy4 ,in ,february of the next year1 ,president ,felix ,faur died quite unexpectedly4 ,there was a certain mystery about his death which has never been quite cleared up to the public satisfaction4 ,the wildest rumours were spread in ,paris4 ,i visited the ,elyse1 and the salon where the dead ,president lay4 ,he looked much as ,i had often seen him in life4 ,he was dressed in evening clothes1 the prevailing custom in ,france4 ,the funeral was most imposing4 ,but 8,le ,roi est mort1 vive le ,roi40 ,very soon the question of a successor came on1 and the grand ,salon at ,versailles 7where the ,german ,emperor was crowned in #ahgj7 was filled with the deputies to elect their ,president4 ,the choice fell upon ,m4 ,loubet--contrary to the expectation of many--and the event showed that he was the right man1 for during his ,presidency ,france had a comparatively quiet period4 ,next year 7#aijj7 came the great ,exhibition1 when we were flooded with visitors from all parts of the world4 ,sir ,edmund ,monson kindly placed the ballroom at the ,embassy at my disposal for an overflow service on the ,sunday mornings1 as the church proved too small4 ,indeed1 nothing could exceed the interest and kindness of the ,ambassador in all ,church matters4 ,during this year the ,annual ,conference of ,continental ,chaplains was held in ,paris1 as it gave them the opportunity to visit the ,exhibition4 ,halls suitable for such a gathering were very expensive1 but again the ,ambassador came to our aid1 and we held the ,conference in the ballroom at the ,embassy4 ,he also gave a banquet to the chaplains1 which was much appreciated4 ,i unfortunately caught typhoid fever at the end of the year1 and so was debarred from many of the closing functions which were crowded into that time4 ,in #aija came our great ,national loss in the death of ,england's greatest ,queen4 ,i have described elsewhere the deep feeling manifested in the ,british ,colony in ,paris1 and the services held in connection with that sad event4 ,i have spoken above of the kindness of ,sir ,e4 ,monson in all ,church matters4 ,when the time of his departure drew near1 ,i wrote to tell him how much the ,british ,colony1 and especially the congregation of the ,embassy ,church1 appreciated what he had done4 ,he wrote me the following letter3-- 8,my dear ,dr4 ,noyes1-- 8,i am deeply touched by your kind letter of yesterday2 and it is a real gratification to me to think that our association during the last eight years has been productive of such relations of friendship as have constantly existed between us1 and that our steady co-operation in the interests of the ,english community here has never failed to be advantageous4 8,in the many posts which ,i have occupied in ,her ,majesty's service1 it has always been one of my chief pleasures to come into contact with the ,english chaplains1 and it has so happened that wherever ,i have been ,i have had opportunities of making a general acquaintance with all the accessible clergy4 ,i have had special experience of their devotion to their work1 and though differences of opinion are inevitable1 ,i have never found that such differences have seriously interfered with social liking and harmony4 ,it has consequently been always a real pleasure to my wife and myself to welcome the chaplains whenever a general meeting calls them together at the post we may be occupying4 ,it is not so easy at ,paris as it is elsewhere to be in touch with a large ,british community1 but everyone with whom we have made acquaintance has given us evidence of interest for which we cannot but be very grateful4 ,we hope to be from time to time in ,paris1 and whether we have a sort of home here or not1 we shall at any rate look upon the ,rue d',aguesseau ,church as a spot in which we have a vested interest1 and where we shall never be regarded as strangers4 ,with my wife's very kind regards to yourself and ,mrs4 ,noyes1 ,i remain1 dear ,dr4 ,noyes1 8,most sincerely yours1 8,,edmund ,,monson40 ,sir ,edmund ,monson left us at the close of #aijd1 to the sincere regret of all his friends4 ,he was succeeded by the present ,ambassador1 the ,right ,hon4 ,sir ,francis ,bertie1 ,k4,c4,m4,g41 etc41 who came into residence in ,january1 #aije4 ,the staff at the ,embassy is continually changing1 so that during my long chaplaincy in ,paris ,i made the acquaintance of many1 and the friendship of some now serving ,king and country in different parts of the world4 ,it would1 ,i think1 be difficult to find in the public service a finer body of men than those in ,diplomacy4 ,the journalist has no doubt minimised to some extent the work formerly done by the ,diplomatist--as ,sir ,edmund ,monson pointed out in one of his speeches4 ,but the adjustment of international difficulties1 and the solving of delicate questions continually arising--the 8keeping of the buttons tight0--leaves a vast amount of work with which ,diplomacy only can deal1 and for which the careful technical training for that service alone supplies the knowledge4 ,one of the best-known figures at the ,embassy is ,sir ,henry ,austin ,lee1 ,c4,b41 etc41 who has been many years attached to the ,embassy1 and is universally loved and respected4 ,he has had1 as is well known1 a very distinguished career4 ,among the many important appointments he has held1 it will be remembered that he was attached to the late ,marquis of ,salisbury's special ,embassy to ,constantinople in #ahgf1 and the special ,embassy during the ,congress in ,berlin in #ahgh1 being assistant private secretary to the late ,earl of ,beaconsfield4 ,he is now ,commercial ,attach in ,paris1 and ,councillor of the ,embassy1 and also ,director and member of the ,managing ,committee of the ,suez ,canal ,company4 ,sir ,henry ,lee takes the warmest interest in the ,british charities in ,paris1 and is ,chairman of the ,schools and member of the ,committee of the ,british ,charitable ,fund4 ,his marriage was the last held in the ,embassy4 ,i officiated with his brother at the ceremony4 ,her ,royal ,highness the ,princess of ,wales 7then ,princess ,may7 was present on the occasion1 and ,h4,r4,h4 the ,duke of ,teck one of the witnesses4 ,sir ,charles ,ottley1 ,admiral ,sir ,william ,may1 and ,capt4 ,morgan were ,naval ,attachs during my sojourn1 and ,major-,general the ,hon4 ,sir ,reginald ,talbot1 the late ,lt4-,col4 ,w4 ,f4 ,bonham1 and ,lt4-,col4 ,h4 ,c4 ,lowther1 ,military ,attachs4 ,illustration3 ,,sir ,,henry ,,austin ,,lee1 ,k4,c4,m4,g41 ,c4,b4 ,sir ,e4 ,egerton 7who has just left ,rome71 the late ,sir ,michael ,herbert 7who went from us to ,washington71 ,sir ,maurice de ,bunsen 7now ,ambassador in ,madrid71 ,sir ,rennel ,rodd 7lately appointed to ,rome71 the ,hon4 ,reginald ,lister 7who has lately left for ,morocco71 ,sir ,charles ,harding1 ,mr4 ,h4 ,j4 ,o4 ,beirne1 ,lord ,berwick1 the ,earl of ,sheffield1 the present ,lord ,monson 7whom ,i married71 and many others1 were at the ,embassy during my time1 and with some of whom ,i was privileged to work in the various philanthropic and other efforts in the ,british ,colony4 ,one of my greatest regrets in leaving ,paris was the necessary severance of my connection with the ,embassy1 and the parting from those who had shown me so much kindness4 ,,chapter ,,iii4 ,,memorable ,,services4 ,during my chaplaincy there were several memorable services in the ,english ,embassy ,church4 ,the first of these was the funeral of the late ,earl of ,lytton1 ,her ,majesty's ,ambassador of ,france4 ,lord ,lytton died in ,november1 #ahia1 at the ,embassy4 ,his death was unexpected and sudden4 ,upon hearing the sad news ,i called at the ,embassy and saw ,lady ,lytton1 who was naturally very much affected4 ,i remember that she took me by the hand and led me into the chamber of death1 and we both knelt down1 and ,i prayed with her4 ,the ,earl was very little changed by death1 and lay as if asleep4 ,each morning afterwards1 until the funeral1 ,i went to the ,embassy and conducted family prayers4 ,the relatives had gathered1 and ,i had quite a large number4 ,several of the ,balfour family were present1 amongst whom was ,lady ,betty ,balfour1 the eldest daughter of ,lady ,lytton1 who has since1 as is well known1 edited her father's classic letters4 ,illustration3 ,,british ,,embassy ,,church1 ,,from ,,the ,,rue ,d',,aguesseau4 ,the funeral took place on ,saturday1 ,november #bhth1 and was most imposing4 ,the late ,earl was very popular with the ,french1 so much so that it had been decided that the funeral must be public1 and of the 8class0 usually accorded to a ,marshal of ,france4 ,the scene in the church was very remarkable4 ,the ,embassy had taken the body of the ,church for the ,diplomatic ,corps and the high officials of state of the ,french ,republic4 ,one gallery was reserved for the special and intimate friends of ,lady ,lytton1 and the other gallery was the only space available for members of the ,english ,colony generally4 ,the body of the ,church presented a striking appearance4 ,all the ,foreign ,ambassadors and their suites were present in full diplomatic dress1 and the ,military and ,naval ,attachs in their brilliant uniforms4 ,i remember that ,colonel the ,hon4 ,r4 ,talbot 7as he was then7 was especially remarked in his ,english scarlet dress4 ,the ,french ,government1 the ,political1 ,naval1 ,military1 and ,civil ,administrations were all represented1 and many of the most distinguished men in art1 science1 and literature had come to pay the last tribute to the deceased ,ambassador4 ,the outer coffin was quite plain1 in accordance with ,lady ,lytton's desire1 and bore the inscription 8,edward ,robert1 ,first ,earl of ,lytton1 born ,november #hth1 #ahca1 died ,november #bdth1 #ahia40 ,the ,british ,chamber of ,commerce and the ,hon4 ,whitelaw ,reid had sent flowers 7evidently not knowing of the order 8,no flowers071 but the only emblem in the ,church was a simple wreath of laurel1 which rested on the coffin4 ,the ,church was draped from ceiling to floor in black and silver1 and the effect was very striking4 ,i have a record by me of some of those who were present1 and it is an interesting list of names4 ,there was the ,prince of ,monaco1 ,m4 ,ribot 7with the staff of the ,french ,foreign ,office71 ,general ,brugre1 ,m4 ,fallires 7then ,president of the ,senate71 ,,mm4 ,jules ,ferry1 ,lon ,fay1 ,goblet1 and ,flourens4 ,then ,i saw ,barons ,alphonse ,gustave and ,edmund de ,rothschild1 ,comte ,armaud1 ,prince de ,sagan1 the ,marquis de ,breteuil1 ,alexandre ,dumas1 the ,marquis de ,jaucourt1 and ,comte de ,portales4 ,these are but a few of the well-known ,french names4 ,in the gallery amongst many others were the ,baroness ,morenheim 7wife of the ,russian ,ambassador at that time71 the ,countess ,hoyos1 ,madame and ,mlle4 de ,freycinet4 ,i heard that amongst others a telegram of sympathy was received from ,madame ,sarah ,bernhardt1 who was in ,america4 ,the pall bearers were the ,count von ,munster 7the ,german ,ambassador71 ,mr4 ,egerton1 ,c4,b4 7,minister ,plenipotentiary at the ,british ,embassy71 ,sir ,e4 ,blount 7representing the ,english ,colony74 ,m4 ,ribot 7,french ,minister of ,foreign ,affairs71 and ,,mm4 ,jules ,claretie and ,camile ,doucet1 representing literature and science4 ,i shall never forget the scene in the streets4 ,it had been arranged that the body of the late ,earl should be taken from the ,church in ,rue d',aguesseau to the ,gare ,st4 ,lazare1 to be conveyed to ,england4 ,all the traffic was stopped between the ,church and the railway station1 and the streets were lined with military and police1 and many thousands of spectators4 ,it was said that #c1jjj soldiers were employed1 and that the procession took thirty minutes to pass any given spot4 ,the demeanour of the immense crowd in the streets was most respectful and sympathetic1 and all heads were bared as the coffin passed4 ,when we arrived at the railway1 the hearse drew up at the entrance gate1 and then followed a most impressive demonstration4 ,i1 with the other clergy and the sons of the deceased ,ambassador1 stood in front of the hearse2 grouped round were the ,ambassadors and ,state ,officials1 and now the entire body of the ,french troops filed past in review order and saluted the bier4 ,i noticed that as the regimental flags were borne past1 the ,military ,attachs saluted them and the civilians uncovered4 ,the interment took place at ,knebworth4 ,we had a memorial service in ,paris1 and ,i made reference in the sermon to the distinguished services of the late ,ambassador1 and by request of ,lady ,lytton the sermon was published4 ,it was said at the time that the ,earl of ,lytton was the first ,ambassador who had died at his post in ,paris1 but this is1 ,i believe1 not quite correct1 as ,james ,beaton1 ,archbishop of ,glasgow1 was ,ambassador for ,queen ,mary and ,king ,james ,i4 at the ,french ,court1 and he died in ,paris in #afjc4 ,curiously he was known as ,jacques de ,bethune de ,balfour--the name ,balfour being thus common to both families4 ,but a few weeks afterwards1 and a second impressive and public service for the burial of the dead was held in the ,embassy ,chapel1 this time as a memorial to the ,duke of ,clarence and ,avondale4 ,his early death had evoked a world-wide sympathy1 and ,her ,majesty's ,charg d',affaires in ,paris1 ,mr41 now ,sir ,e4 ,h4 ,egerton1 requested a public service4 ,upon this occasion the gorgeous diplomatic and military uniforms were not worn1 as etiquette only prescribes the wearing of uniform at a funeral service in the case of a reigning sovereign1 or of an ,envoy ,plenipotentiary4 ,this fact1 however1 did but add to the solemnity of the scene4 ,as was the case at the funeral service for the ,earl of ,lytton1 the body of the ,church was reserved for the ,french officials and the ,corps ,diplomatique1 while the unreserved part was filled with members of the ,british ,colony1 all the ladies being dressed in mourning4 ,the ,church chancel and pulpit was draped with black and silver hangings1 the porch outside being similarly decorated1 the ,royal arms being emblazoned in the centre4 ,there was a large gathering of distinguished ,frenchmen on this occasion3 ,president ,carnot was represented by ,colonel ,dalstein2 the ,prime ,minister1 ,m4 de ,freycinet1 by ,colonel ,pamard2 the ,minister of ,marine by ,captain ,thomas1 of the ,navy2 and ,general ,saussier1 ,governor of ,paris1 by ,colonel ,courbebaisse4 ,m4 ,ribot1 the ,minister for ,foreign ,affairs1 was present1 and among other ,frenchmen of prominence were ,m4 d',ormesson1 ,master of the ,ceremonies2 ,m4 de ,mahy1 ,vice-,president of the ,chamber of ,deputies2 ,m4 ,poubelle1 ,prefect of the ,seine2 the ,duc de ,luynes1 and the ,duc de ,mouchy4 ,among the ,diplomatic ,corps ,i noticed ,count ,hoyos1 the ,austrian ,ambassador2 ,colonel de ,fredricksz1 ,military ,attach of the ,russian ,embassy2 ,m4 de ,schn1 of the ,german ,embassy2 ,m4 ,delyanni1 the ,greek ,minister2 ,missak-,effendi1 who replaced his chief1 ,essad ,pasha1 kept at home by influenza2 the ,baron de ,almeda2 ,m4 ,jusserand2 ,mr4 ,vignaud1 of the ,united ,states ,legation2 ,general ,meredith ,read1 and others4 ,the members of the ,british ,embassy were present 8au grand complet10 headed by ,mr4 ,e4 ,egerton1 ,charg d',affaires1 and ,mr4 ,austin ,lee4 ,i conducted the service1 assisted by my valued colleague ,rev4 ,j4 ,c4 ,pyper and two other clergymen1 and preached from the text 8,weep with them that weep40 ,before closing ,i took occasion to thank those of other ,nations for their kind expression of sympathy on the sad event4 ,the guests were received at the ,church door by ,sir ,e4 ,h4 ,egerton and ,lt4-,col4 the ,hon4 ,reginald ,talbot1 the ,british ,military ,attach1 as we had no ,ambassador yet appointed to succeed the ,earl of ,lytton4 ,real sympathy was very manifest through the whole service4 ,the following year 7#ahic7 there died in ,paris a remarkable man1 ,rev4 ,whitaker ,mc,call1 the founder of the ,mc,call ,mission among the ,french people1 whom it was my privilege to know during the last four years of his life4 ,for twenty-three years this devoted man had worked in the lowest parts of ,paris with remarkable success2 so much so that in #ahib he was accorded the ,cross of the ,legion d',honneur by the ,president of the ,french ,republic as a mark of appreciation of the work he had done4 ,he was also given the medal of the 8,socit libre d',instruction et d',education populaires10 and that of the 8,socit ,nationale d'encouragement au ,bien40 ,i believe he was the only ,englishman who has thus been honoured1 and this is the more remarkable as his work was purely and altogether religious4 ,the ,salles des ,conferences scattered through ,paris and the ,provinces are a lasting tribute to his memory1 and remain centres in which the work is still carried on4 ,the funeral was held in the ,church of the ,oratoire in the ,rue de ,rivoli4 ,a vast crowd filled the large building in every part4 ,this church is remarkable from the fact that it was given to the ,french ,protestants by ,napoleon the ,great1 and at one time--before the ,church in the ,rue d',aguesseau was bought--was used for ,english ,church services on ,sunday evenings4 ,my friend ,dr4 ,pigou1 the ,dean of ,bristol1 tells me that he frequently took services there when he was connected with the old ,rue ,marbuf ,church4 ,i was asked to take part in the funeral service of ,mr4 ,mc,call1 as representing the ,english ,colony4 ,it was a scene not easily forgotten4 ,the immense crowd1 the hymns sung in ,french1 and the addresses--of which ,i gave one1 in both ,french and ,english--were listened to with wrapt attention4 ,it was the last and a loving tribute to one who has probably done more than any other to place the ,word of ,god in the hands of the ,french people4 ,illustration3 ,,british ,,embassy ,,church 7,,interior74 ,the following year was marked by public services of a different kind4 ,it was the ,diamond ,jubilee of our late ,queen1 of glorious memory1 and the ,british ,colony in ,paris--and there is none more loyal to the throne--determined to mark it in a special manner4 ,public meetings were held in the ,hotel ,continental1 kindly lent for the purpose1 and it was decided to raise a fund which1 after deducting the expenses connected with the fte1 should be devoted to the various ,british charities of ,paris without distinction of creed4 ,it was also decided to give a fte to the children of the ,colony and a dinner to the working classes4 ,i consulted with ,sir ,e4 ,monson1 our ,ambassador1 who arranged with me that there should be services held in the ,embassy ,church corresponding with the services in ,london on ,sunday1 ,june #bjth4 ,an official service was also arranged for the afternoon of the same day to which the ,diplomatic ,corps were to be invited4 ,the following is a description of the services3-- 8,at the ,embassy ,church1 in the ,rue d',aguesseau1 there were two thanksgiving services1 one at eleven a4m41 at the close of which the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,noyes1 who wore the scarlet cassock of a ,doctor of ,divinity1 delivered a touching and eloquent address4 ,he stirred a deep chord in the heart of those who heard him by reminding them that1 though in a foreign land for the time being1 they were in communion of thought with millions of their countrymen at home1 and many more millions of their fellow subjects in distant regions1 even in the most remote corners of the earth1 in offering their thanksgivings for the blessings the ,queen's reign had conferred on ,england and the ,british people4 8,the official thanksgiving service also took place at the ,rue d',aguesseau1 at three o'clock in the afternoon4 ,the admission to the church was by tickets1 as a large portion of the nave had to be reserved for the ,french officials and the members of the ,corps ,diplomatique2 but the ,english community was also present in large numbers1 and the church was densely crowded4 ,the ,corps ,diplomatique1 with the exception of the ,united ,states ,ambassador1 whom etiquette compels to wear evening dress on ,state occasions1 were all in full dress4 ,our ,embassy received the various officials and ,diplomatists1 and showed them to their places4 ,there were present1 representing ,england1 ,sir ,edmund and ,lady ,monson 7the late71 ,mr4 ,gosselin1 ,colonel ,dawson1 ,mr4 ,clarke ,thornhill1 ,sir ,brook ,boothby1 ,mr4 ,marling1 ,mr4 ,barclay1 ,sir ,berkeley ,sheffield1 the ,british ,consul ,general and ,vice ,consul1 ,messrs4 ,percy ,inglis1 and ,mr4 ,falconer ,atlee4 ,president ,faure was represented by the captain of the frigate ,serpette1 and the ,french ,government by ,m4 ,hanotaux and ,m4 ,mollard4 ,the ,german ,ambassador and ,countess ,marie de ,mnster1 the ,russian ,ambassador and some of his ,attachs two of whom wore the splendid uniform of the ,chevaliers ,gardes2 the ,austrian ,ambassador1 in whose suite was a ,hungarian magnate in a splendid national dress1 the ,italian ,ambassador1 one of whose ,attachs was attired in the picturesque garb of a ,colonel of ,bersaglieri2 the ,persian ,ambassador1 ,munir ,bey1 and his ,staff1 decked in gorgeous uniforms1 contrasting strangely with the unpretending fez1 which1 of course1 they did not remove2 the ,chinese ,ambassador and a couple of quaintly dressed ,mandarins1 filled the nave of the unpretending little church with a glittering array of gold lace such as ,i think was never before congregated within its walls4 ,the rest of the nave and the galleries were filled by the ticket-holders1 and they were all obviously ,english1 ladies largely predominating4 ,the service was shorter than that in the morning1 but there was no sermon1 and at the close the choir sang the first and last verses of the ,national ,anthem1 in which the ,english part of the congregation joined4 ,the ,ambassador and his ,staff then took up places at the entrance of the nave1 and shook hands with the diplomatists and officials as they passed out40 ,there were some very striking testimonies in the ,french papers to the ,greatness of the ,queen1 e4g41 in the 8,gaulois10 ,m4 ,imbert de ,st4 ,amand wrote3-- 8,queen ,victoria has not only been a model ,sovereign1 she has also been the model of all wives1 of all widows1 of all mothers4 ,she might be described in a very few words--virtue on the ,throne4 ,as a rule1 long reigns generally end in sadness4 ,charlemagne wept at the sight of the ,northmen's galleys scouring the coasts4 ,charles ,v41 weary and disheartened1 sought the living death of the cloister1 and was present at his own funeral service4 ,louis ,,xiv4 remarked to ,marshal ,villars after his last defeat1 #8,we cannot at our time of life hope for good luck4' ,none of these precedents holds good in the case of her ,britannic ,majesty4 ,her reign1 after sixty years1 seems to defy the efforts of time4 ,there are no signs of decay1 but of a permanent renewal of life4 ,the popularity of the ,queen grows with every year added to her reign1 and the joy and enthusiasm with which her three hundred and fifty millions of subjects acclaim it are the crowning and most touching feature of her ,diamond ,jubilee4 ,the ,queen fully merits this apotheosis1 since she is the noblest incarnation of all the leading qualities of the ,anglo-,saxon race--love of her home1 firmness of purpose1 energy in effort1 unswerving devotion to duty4 ,england sees herself mirrored in her ,sovereign1 and takes just pride in the presentment4 ,she and her people are one4''' ,every class of ,french society1 without any distinction of party and origin1 unites in respectful greeting of the ,sovereign who stands out as the grandest womanly figure of her century--the heroine of duty1 whom not only her children1 but her whole people venerate as the most intelligent1 the most devoted1 the best of mothers4 ,like our neighbours1 we shall all say1 #8,god ,save the ,queen1' and with all our hearts take part in the ,jubilee1 which is at once the triumph of the woman and the triumph of the ,queen40 ,and again ,m4 ,comely in the 8,matin03-- 8,it is impossible for a civilized being to refrain from a feeling of deep admiration at this splendid result of the past sixty years4 ,but it is difficult for a ,frenchman not to feel some bitterness when he compares the situation of ,england with that of his own country4 ,queen ,victoria has known one ,king of the ,french1 one ,emperor of the ,french1 and six ,presidents of the ,french ,republic4 ,from her steady1 unchanging1 ,royal observatory1 she has beheld the rise and fall of eight ,sovereigns6 ,this stability of ,england1 compared with the instability of ,france1 is sufficient in itself to account for the reason why ,france has been growing less while ,england has been growing greater2 the one has been shrinking1 the other has been expanding40 ,the ftes were a great success1 and a grand testimony--if it were needed--to the loyalty of ,britishers living in ,france4 ,about fourteen hundred applied for tickets4 ,st4 ,cloud1 a favourite suburb of ,paris on the ,seine1 and the ,restaurant du ,parc--the scene of many ,british ftes--were decided upon4 ,four of the 8,hirondelles0 boats were chartered to convey the party down the river4 ,as each boat reached the jetty1 the band of the ,pavilion ,bleu1 a well-known restaurant1 struck up the ,national ,anthem4 ,after dessert the following telegram was read1 which had been sent by ,sir ,e4 ,blount1 then the 8doyen0 of the ,colony1 to ,her ,majesty ,queen ,victoria3 8,we your ,majesty's most loyal and loving subjects1 venture to offer our heartfelt congratulations on this auspicious day1 and pray for the continuance to your ,majesty of those blessings which have shed such a lustre on your ,majesty's glorious reign40 ,the following reply was received3 8,the ,queen desires me to thank you and ,her ,british subjects in ,paris for your kind message and congratulations4 ,bigge40 ,mr4 ,a4 ,percy ,inglis1 the highly-respected ,consul-,general in ,paris1 made a patriotic speech4 ,his proposal of a toast to the ,queen was received with the utmost enthusiasm4 ,i also made a speech on the occasion1 and took the opportunity of explaining the history of the 8,union ,jack10 at which the audience seemed greatly pleased4 ,paris joined heartily in the celebrations1 and the ,rue de la ,paix was a mass of flags1 and parts of the ,city were illuminated4 ,the ,english business houses all displayed flags in profusion4 ,in ,january1 #aijj1 there was a remarkable gathering in the ,embassy ,church at the funeral of an ,english governess4 ,it was the time of the ,boer ,war1 and it was said that the well-known firm of 8,creusot0 had supplied the guns which had done such execution against us in ,south ,africa4 ,this lady had been a governess in the family at the head of the firm1 and was greatly respected4 ,the firm paid all the expenses of the funeral1 and attended in such large numbers that the body of the church was filled with men4 ,it was a remarkable coincidence that at such a time the ,english ,church in ,paris should be filled with those who had1 it was understood1 supplied the munitions of war used against us1 to pay a tribute of respect to a ,british subject1 the service being conducted by an ,english clergyman4 ,in #aija came that sad event which plunged the ,nation into mourning--the death of ,her ,majesty ,queen ,victoria4 ,the sympathy of the ,french people with us in our sorrow was very marked4 ,i consulted with ,sir ,edmund ,monson1 our ,ambassador1 who desired that special and official services should be held in the ,embassy ,church at the time of the funeral in ,england4 ,the following account of what was done in ,paris appeared in the 8,galignani ,messenger0 of that date3-- 8,rarely1 if ever before1 has the little church in the ,rue d',aguesseau held a more august assembly than it did yesterday morning1 and the service1 in its grandeur and simplicity1 was in every way suited to the solemn occasion4 ,it consisted of a few prayers2 ,psalms xc4 and cxxx42 the favourite hymns of the late ,queen3 #8,hark1 hark my soul6' #8,lead1 kindly light1' and an anthem1 #8,all ye who weep1' with ,gounod's music4 ,no address was given1 but the two final prayers--one in memory of the late ,queen1 the other invoking the ,almighty's blessing on the new ,king--were specially written for the occasion1 and went home to the hearts of all present4 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,noyes conducted the service1 assisted by several other clergymen resident in ,paris1 and the choir1 consisting of about fifty voices1 was heard to great advantage4 8,the church was sumptuously decorated in black drapery and silver1 but1 possibly1 the effect would have been more impressive if the large monograms ,v4,i4,r41 in bright yellow1 and the ,royal ,arms in colours1 had not figured so prominently4 8,lady ,monson was early in attendance1 and ,sir ,michael ,herbert1 assisted by ,mr4 ,austin ,lee1 ,commercial ,attach1 and ,mr4 ,colville ,barclay received the numerous and influential congregation4 8,mme4 ,loubet1 accompanied by ,mmes4 ,dubois and ,combarieu1 was amongst the early arrivals1 ,colonel ,nicholas in attendance4 ,the ,president was represented by ,m4 ,combarieu4 8,mme4 ,loubet1 upon her arrival1 was conducted to a seat near the choir1 by the side of ,lady ,monson4 8,one side of the church was reserved to the ,diplomatic corps1 every member of which was present1 save1 of course1 the ,papal ,nuncio1 and the ,russian ,ambassador1 who was unwell1 and was represented by his ,first ,secretary4 ,on the other1 all the members of the present ,cabinet1 who without exception were present in person1 including ,m4 ,waldeck-,rousseau1 ,president of the ,council1 ,,mm4 ,dupuy1 ,delcass1 ,pierre ,baudin1 ,general ,andr1 etc41 also ,m4 ,paul ,deschanel1 ,president of the ,chamber of ,deputies2 ,m4 ,fallires1 ,president of the ,senate2 the ,military ,governor of ,paris1 the ,prefect of the ,seine1 and a great number of ,deputies1 ,,mm4 ,hanotaux1 ,le ,myre de ,viliers1 ,r4 ,bompard1 etc4 8,the lower gallery at the back of the church was reserved for representatives of ,royalty3 ,prince ,roland ,bonaparte1 ,princesse ,mathilde1 ,princesse ,marie of ,mecklenburg1 and the ,baron ,machiba1 representing the ,countess d',eu4 8,amongst other notabilities present were3 ,baronne ,faverot de ,kebrech 7,ne ,seymour71 ,marquis de ,lau1 ,marquise de ,peralt1 ,comte de ,vettre1 ,comte de ,ganay1 ,baron ,edouard de ,rothschild1 ,baronne ,decases ,stackelberg1 ,comte and ,comtesse ,jean de ,castellane1 ,vicomte ,lon de ,janze1 ,mr4 ,john ,k4 ,gowdy 7,american ,consul71 ,,mm4 ,crozier 7,chef du ,protocol7 and ,mollard1 ,marquis d',harcourt1 ,,mm4 ,picard and ,f4 ,arago1 ,comte ,greffulhe1 ,comte de ,clermont-,tonnerre1 and ,m4 and ,mme4 ,benjamin ,constant4 8,the ,english ,colony was represented by3 ,sir ,edward and ,lady ,sassoon1 ,colonel ,mapleson1 ,mr4 ,henry ,blount1 ,mr4 7now ,sir7 ,t4 ,barclay 7,president of the ,chamber of ,commerce71 ,mr4 ,t4 ,hounsfield 7,vice-,president71 ,messrs4 ,inglis 7,consul17 ,j4 7now ,sir ,john7 ,pilter1 ,w4 ,c4 ,robertson1 ,p4 ,lammin and ,mrs4 ,lammin1 ,messrs4 ,spearman1 ,ablett1 and ,c4 ,e4 ,lord1 ,captain ,churchward1 and ,messrs4 ,brigstocke and ,a4 ,coleman4 8,at the close the organ pealed forth the well-known ,dead ,march in #8,saul1' the effect of which was marred by the departing congregation1 who1 after the ,french fashion1 shook hands with ,sir ,michael ,herbert and the other attachs to the ,embassy1 who stood in a row near the porch4 8,the afternoon service was of an equally simple character1 in fact it was like the one held in the morning4 ,but instead of officials clad in their showy uniforms1 it was composed of the ,english and ,american ,colonies--those who felt that they had lost one who was very dear to them4 ,the service seemed far more solemn than that of the morning1 and handkerchiefs and tears were by no means scarce4 ,the ,rev4 ,dr4 ,noyes again conducted the service1 and as the deep-toned sounds of the organ rolled out the ,dead ,march1 the faces of many of those present showed that1 as the laureate has so beautifully expressed it1 #8,she is dead2 and the ,world is widowed4'0 ,the same evening ,i received the following letter from the ,hon4 ,michael ,herbert 7now1 alas1 no more73-- 8,british ,embassy1 8,saturday ,evening4 8,dear ,dr4 ,noyes1-- 8,before the end of this memorable day ,i must write you a line to express my appreciation and that of the ,embassy of the manner in which the two services in the ,rue d',aguesseau ,church were conducted to-day4 ,the music was excellent1 and both services seemed to me worthy of this sad and solemn occasion4 8,i fear many people were unable to find places at the afternoon services1 but ,i trust they will be able to secure room to-morrow4 8,yours very sincerely1 8,m4 ,h4 ,,herbert40 ,the late ,hon4 ,m4 ,herbert was first ,secretary of the ,embassy1 highly respected1 and one who took a keen interest in all that concerned the ,british ,colony4 ,the services were continued on the following day4 ,sir ,edmund ,monson1 our ,ambassador in ,paris1 was not present at the services1 owing to the fact that he had been summoned to ,london to attend the funeral service4 ,services were also held in the ,roman ,catholic ,church for ,english members of that ,communion1 in the ,russian ,church1 and in several other places of worship4 ,indeed1 an atmosphere of sadness seemed to rest over the whole city4 ,all the ,english houses of business were closed1 many exhibiting draped flags4 ,groups of people would stand under these flags conversing in an undertone1 and many were the kind remarks by the passing crowds4 ,i heard one say1 8,she was a good mother to all her people40 ,i may mention that ,i asked the ,rev4 ,p4 ,beaton and ,rev4 ,j4 ,milne1 ,presbyterian clergy in ,paris1 to take part in the official service1 and each read a lesson4 ,in #aijb1 the ,english ,colony in ,paris were looking forward with the greatest interest to the all-important event fixed for the #bfth of ,june1 the ,coronation of ,his ,majesty ,king ,edward ,,vii4 ,it had been decided that a service should be held and a fte given to all the ,british working classes and poor resident in ,paris1 and extensive preparations were made4 ,then on ,june #bdth came the startling news that the ,king was ill1 and the ,coronation ceremony had been postponed4 ,the first intimation we had was a telegram which was posted at the ,bourse4 ,the excitement was intense1 and the sorrow and anxiety in the ,british ,colony seemed intensified from the fact that we were residents abroad and far from the centre of interest--the ,palace where the ,king lay4 ,as soon as ,i heard of the telegram ,i called at the ,embassy1 and found that the news was only too true1 and that all had been postponed4 ,as is well known1 instead of the ,coronation ,service in ,westminster ,abbey1 an ,intercession ,service was held in ,st4 ,paul's ,cathedral4 ,we decided that a corresponding service should be held in ,paris1 and ,i shall not soon forget the solemnity of that hour4 ,the church was well filled1 all the staff of the ,british ,embassy being present4 ,we all sang the ,national ,anthem kneeling1 and never1 ,i believe1 was prayer more earnest that ,god would spare our beloved ,king4 ,during those anxious days every item of news was eagerly sought1 and great was the relief when we heard that the operation by ,sir ,frederick ,treves had been successful1 and that our prayers had been answered in the safety and then recovery of ,his ,majesty4 ,there was at that time no 8,entente ,cordiale10 but the sympathy and anxiety of the ,french people was very manifest4 ,news was published hour by hour1 and in the evenings1 on the ,boulevards1 the latest bulletins were given in immense letters1 shown by electric light from the office of the 8,echo de ,paris40 ,the month of ,august--when happily the ,coronation could take place--is the holiday month in ,paris1 and the city is supposed to be empty4 ,as a matter of fact almost the whole of the ,british ,colony is then away4 ,in view of this it was decided to postpone the ftes until the close of this memorable year4 ,we held1 however1 special services in the church1 when ,i took occasion to comment upon the ,coronation ,service1 and to explain parts of this solemn religious ceremony4 ,the ftes came off in ,december1 and were a great success4 ,in #aijc we had a visit of ,members of the ,british ,parliament to ,paris4 ,as they were staying over a ,sunday1 and many ladies--wives and daughters of ,members--were in the party1 ,i wrote to the ,secretary proposing that a special service should be held4 ,sir ,e4 ,monson very kindly fell in with the suggestion1 and arranged for the service at three p4m41 with a reception at the ,embassy1 a few yards away1 to follow the service4 ,about three hundred persons were present4 ,i preached from the text3 8,render therefore unto ,csar the things which are ,csar's1 and unto ,god the things which are ,god's40 ,i never had a more attentive congregation4 ,many of the ,members at the subsequent reception were kind enough to express to me their appreciation of the service4 ,later we had an official visit from the ,london ,county ,council1 which left very pleasant memories2 and in #aijf the ,city ,fathers came over1 headed by ,sir ,walter ,vaughan-,morgan1 for whom also ,i held a special service4 ,i have given some details of this visit in another chapter4 ,,chapter ,,iv4 ,,the ,,englishman ,,abroad4 ,,peculiar ,,calls ,,upon ,a ,,continental ,,chaplain4 ,more frequently than at home1 the calls upon a chaplain abroad are various and sometimes peculiar4 ,this applies especially to ,paris1 which1 being comparatively near home and easy of access1 is largely patronized by holiday makers1 and has besides a considerable resident ,british ,colony4 ,there are about #ab1jjj ,english 7according to the last census7 resident or travelling4 ,i was sixteen-and-a-half years in ,paris1 during which period my experiences have been somewhat varied4 ,it is proposed in this article to give some extracts from letters received at different times and requests made1 which illustrate the fact that a chaplain abroad is often expected to know some things besides those connected with his calling4 ,illustration3 ,,place ,,de ,,la ,,concorde4 ,a lady writes3 8,i am an invalid now in ,f1 and desire to come to ,paris1 and would be obliged if you would take rooms for me4 ,would you please see that the mattress in my bedroom is made of hair1 and not wool1 as ,i cannot sleep on the latter40 ,my wife kindly arranged for this good lady4 ,another lady writes3 8,some time since ,i purchased some ,panama ,bonds1 and am receiving no dividend4 ,would you please make enquiries about them and let me know if they are of any value1 and if ,i can sell them40 ,i obtained and sent her the information she required4 ,a gentleman writes3 8,a relative of mine 7giving the name7 died in ,paris about the year #ah--1 and was ,i think buried in ,pre-la-,chaise4 ,could you find out if this were so1 and whereabouts the grave is40 ,those who know ,pre-la-,chaise and other cemeteries of ,paris will realize what a difficult task was here given to the chaplain4 ,the grave1 however1 was found4 ,a lady came to the ,vestry one morning and asked to see me4 ,she told me she was leaving ,paris1 and had a pet monkey which she did not wish to take with her1 and would ,i find it a home4 ,i was glad to be able to arrange this for her4 ,a clergyman writes3 8,i hope to bring a party of twelve to fifteen artisans over to ,paris4''' ,we leave ,england on the evening of 1 and arrive in ,paris on ,saturday4 ,i do not know ,paris1 and venture to write to you to ask if you will be so good as to secure rooms for us1 as cheaply as you can1 and if you will just tell us where to go40 ,this request was granted4 ,on passing to the pulpit one ,sunday a paper was handed to me by one of the congregation4 ,it was to ask me to say from the pulpit that the applicant desired a wife about #be to #cj years of age--domesticated1 etc4 ,he added that he was prepared to take the one ,i recommended1 and that he had means to support her4 ,i need hardly say the notice was not given4 ,a lady writes3 8,kindly excuse my asking your help in a little matter4 ,can you kindly give me the names and addresses of anyone who would act as my agent and try to sell a little #8scissors sharpener1' which ,i have lately brought out4 ,i have patented it in ,france1 etc41 etc40 ,i was sorry not to be able to find anyone who would undertake the commission4 ,a ,colonial clergyman wrote3 8,i make a great hobby of optics and lenses4 ,i have a large collection of optical instruments1 etc41 of ,french make4 ,now ,i find there is a most unreasonable prejudice against ,french glasses4 ,i believe this prejudice could be removed if ,i could get a few catalogues of reliable ,french firms4 ,could you get me some and send them out1 etc40 ,i was glad to comply with this request4 ,there were various 8scares0 of a revolution during my sojourn in ,paris1 and one was frequently called upon to calm the fears of the timid4 ,the following extract is an illustration4 ,a well-known gentleman wrote3 8,a lady with whom we were dining last night is much alarmed1 and has frightened my wife about an impending revolution arranged for ,may #ast in ,paris4 ,she said she had heard that a ,royalist ,prince was hidden in ,paris prepared to seize the reins of ,government backed by the aristocracy1 and that arms1 bombs1 and munitions are available4 ,she also said that she had it on good authority that at our ,embassy the prospects of a row were considered serious4 ,she asked me to take her and my wife out of ,paris till the date should be passed4''' ,i should like to know what is your opinion1 and also whether you propose doing anything for your own family40 ,i gave him my opinion1 and nothing happened1 except that ,paris was quieter than usual4 ,the following request was more difficult4 ,a lady writes3 8,having seen in the ,london papers that ,paris has a working scheme for the improved feeding of babies1 ,i am anxious to learn more about it4 ,as you so kindly offer to help visitors in various ways1 ,i thought perhaps ,i might venture to ask you for the necessary information1 etc41 etc40 ,the request evidently referred to the system of 8couveuses0 by which prematurely born children were saved1 a system which has proved generally successful4 ,i referred her to the public exhibitions of these 8incubators10 which were being held in the ,boulevards at that time4 ,another request was as follows3 8,i am in a difficulty4 ,can you tell me where there are any ,poultry ,farms in ,france4 ,also could you find out for me if the ,editor of got six francs #be c4 which ,i sent him through the postman4''' ,can you tell me would it be possible for me to get a post in connection with poultry farming in ,france1 or in a gentleman's family4''' ,i am domesticated1 and can make good jams1 marmalade1 and cakes4 ,what papers 7,french7 do you advise me to advertise in4 ,i know nothing of ,french customs and hardly anything of the language40 ,these are extracts from a long and rather rambling letter1 which ,i was unable to answer to the writer's satisfaction4 ,the following letter relates to the subject of marriage1 and is one of many ,i received on the same question3 8,dear ,sir1--,i have been asked by a ,french lady ''' whether an ,earl or ,duke1 or any titled man may legally marry under the simple family name4 ,for instance1 if a ,duke of ,z1 wishing to conceal his identity1 could marry as ,mr4 ,x1 or whatever his family name might be4 ,also could he elope with a young lady and marry her in some out of the way village at once1 or must they both reside there for a certain length of time1 and have the ,banns called three times4 ,this is a lot of rubbish to bother you with1 but if you will be good enough to give me this information it would certainly oblige my friend40 ,to this ,i replied giving both the ,french and ,english regulations as to marriage1 and ,i heard no more of the case4 ,i am sorry to say that during my chaplaincy there were several sad cases of desertion after mixed marriages 7,french and ,english72 but these will be more easily dealt with under 8,the difficulties of ,english people abroad40 ,the calls of anxious parents to meet girls coming abroad to situations1 and to look after them1 and requests to find ,french families where young men and maidens could be placed for education in the language1 and enquiries as to schools1 pensions1 and hotels1 were a pleasant though constant part of every day's work4 ,a list of reliable abodes was kept1 and one had the satisfaction of being able to be of real service in this way to hundreds of one's fellow countrymen1 who without good advice too often get into difficulties4 ,one rather frequent call upon the services of the chaplain1 in the earlier part of my work in ,paris1 is happily no longer necessary4 ,we frequently got urgent letters and telegrams from ,india to look after people who had been bitten by snakes1 dogs1 a jackal1 etc41 and were hastening to ,france to put themselves under the ,pasteur treatment2 and with some the experiences were very painful1 as they arrived too late for the cure to be successful4 ,now happily our ,government has provided a similar institution in ,india1 so that those who need it can be immediately attended to4 ,this splendid institution in ,paris is1 however1 well worth the attention of visitors4 ,there were occasionally ,english people in ,paris suffering from mental disease--not sufficiently insane to be placed under control1 but yet ill enough to cause considerable trouble4 ,upon one occasion a man came to me and gave me a sealed packet1 telling me it contained a most important document1 and it was not to be opened unless ,i heard of his death4 ,his manner made me think it might be of real importance1 and he did not strike me as insane4 ,some years after ,i heard of his death1 and opened the packet1 and found it contained only torn pieces of paper with no writing upon them4 ,one poor lady who lived in ,paris during the whole of my stay there1 frequently wrote me letters--literally yards long--some of them must have taken her many hours to write4 ,yet on many points she was sane enough1 and was engaged for years in teaching ,english to the ,french1 both privately and in classes4 ,i had not been long in ,paris before ,i was asked through the secretary of the 8,socit de ,steeplechase0 to join a syndicate for the purpose of adjudicating upon any question that might arise connected with the riders4 ,i was supposed to represent the ,english jockeys1 being the only ,englishman on the board4 ,i accepted the position1 as it was represented that ,i might often be of some service to my fellow countrymen1 although ,i knew nothing of the race-course4 ,i regularly received1 up to the date of my departure from ,paris1 tickets for the reserved enclosure4 ,sometimes friends visiting me appeared shocked at seeing these in my study1 until ,i explained the reason4 ,a copy of the card1 which may be interesting1 appears on the next page4 ,the syndicate met very rarely1 and ,i never had any serious case upon which to pass judgment4 ,a peculiar call was made upon me one day4 ,i was passing the ,arc de ,triomphe when a gusty wind removed several hats4 ,in front of me was a nursemaid wheeling a perambulator4 ,the wind took her hat1 and all her hair1 which fell at my feet4 ,it was an embarrassing moment1 but ,i fulfilled my duty1 and handed it all to the blushing maiden4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,obverse ,,and ,,reverse ,,sides ,,of ,,the ,,ticket ,,referred ,,to ,,on ,,the ,,previous ,,page4 ,,chapter ,v4 ,,education ,,in ,,france4 ,i was often asked by anxious parents as to the facilities for education in ,france1 indeed it was part of one's daily work answering enquiries on the subject4 ,it may not be out of place to give here the result of my experience4 ,for ,english boys there are very few schools carried on as our public schools are in ,england4 ,for parents living abroad1 the best plan is to send their young boys to ,french 8cours0 or classes1 of which there are many1 where they will readily pick up the language1 and then to send them over to ,england for further education4 ,the instruction given in ,french schools is not of the character or sufficient for those who intend to enter professional life in ,england4 ,when it is not convenient to send boys to ,england1 ,i would strongly advise parents to see the school carried on by my friend1 ,mr4 ,e4 ,p4 ,denny1 ,m4,a4 7,oxon471 at #ee ,boulevard ,suchet4 ,he has been very successful1 and parents may safely entrust their sons to his care4 ,for older boys and young men entering the army or navy it is better to select one of the many ,french families where young men are received to learn the language4 ,the resident chaplain can always supply a list of thoroughly reliable homes4 ,for mercantile life some of the ,lyces are very good4 ,i may especially mention the ,lyce ,lakanal1 at ,bourg la ,reine1 a short distance by rail or tram from ,paris1 where many ,english boys have been received1 and where every care is taken as to moral training4 ,i was appointed by the ,french ,government as ,religious ,instructor for the ,english boys there1 and occupied the position for some years1 so that ,i had every opportunity of knowing the merits of the school4 ,the advantages for ,english girls in ,paris are very great4 ,there are a number of excellent schools1 as well managed as any of our schools at home4 ,it is not usual to receive very young girls or day boarders in the best schools4 ,for the most part they are finishing schools1 and the girls do not usually stay more than one year4 ,i need hardly say anything to commend the old-established school founded by ,madame ,yeatman in the ,boulevard ,victor ,hugo1 ,neuilly4 ,her name is well known in ,england and ,america1 and other parts of the world4 ,some eight to nine hundred young ladies passed through this school during my sojourn in ,paris1 and the classes ,i held there will always be a pleasant memory4 ,madame ,yeatman is now enjoying a well-earned rest1 although she continues to take the kindliest interest in the school1 and her charming house with access to it enables her to pay frequent visits4 ,madame ,yeatman displayed her knowledge of character in the choice of ,miss ,easton to carry on the work1 a lady eminently suited to the position1 who has already attained to a well-merited success4 ,an interesting gathering of old pupils is held every year at the ,grand ,hotel in ,london1 known as the 8,yeatmanite tea40 ,another school which ,i can speak of in equally commendatory words is that carried on at 8,the ,maronneries10 ,auteuil1 by ,mlles4 ,hogg and ,guyomard4 ,this is quite an up-to-date establishment1 and has largely increased of late years4 ,two houses standing in extensive gardens1 and a large field for recreation1 make one feel quite in the country4 ,nothing can exceed the kindness and care of the principals--the teaching is excellent1 and many of the pupils have gained high distinction in ,french examinations4 ,these two schools occupy the galleries in the ,embassy ,church every ,sunday morning1 forming an important part of the congregation4 ,i always felt the responsibility of speaking to so many young people1 who would so soon occupy important positions in ,english life4 ,besides these two large schools there are several excellent smaller ones where equal advantages may be obtained4 ,some of them take a certain number of ,french girls1 who take their lessons with the ,english--an arrangement for and against which something may be said4 ,the more important of these1 and all of which ,i knew well1 and can speak of in the highest terms1 are ,mlle4 ,lacarrre1 ,rue ,st4 ,james1 ,neuilly2 ,mlle4 ,bourr1 ,auteuil2 ,madame d',almaine1 ,passy2 ,madame ,morel de ,fos1 ,bolougne-sur-,seine2 ,mlles4 ,expulson and ,metherell1 ,auteuil4 ,the ,marquise de ,san ,carlos has a successful school at ,bornel1 about two hours from ,paris1 which is a delightful country home for girls1 for whom it may be well to add a country life to the advantages of education4 ,there are other schools1 ,french and partly ,french and ,english1 which ,i do not mention1 not because of any reason against them1 but only that ,i was not brought into contact with them in the way that ,i was with the above4 ,sometimes parents have written to me asking if it was safe to send ,english girls to ,france at all1 and many have sent their daughters in fear and trembling4 ,my answer was that if parents would only be careful in the choice of a school1 and consult those on the spot1 who had no object to serve but to give the best advice they could to enquirers1 no harm would result4 ,schools in ,paris cannot be carried on cheaply--the necessaries of life are all taxed1 and consequently living is dearer than in the country in ,england4 ,many mistakes have been made from choosing a school where the fees were a few pounds less than others4 ,those who cannot afford a good school had better keep their daughters at home4 ,convents have been a temptation to some owing to cheapness1 and ,i would warn parents who are anxious 7as all should be7 about the religious education of their children that they should avoid these establishments for their daughters4 ,the food is often insufficient for ,english girls1 who find it hard to work on the 8petit djener0 up to midday1 and ,i have known many become anmic from this cause4 ,but this is not the only difficulty4 ,while the promise is frequently made that there shall be no interference with the religious belief of the pupil1 it is rarely kept4 ,parents should remember that it is after all the business of a convent to propagate the religion of the ,church of ,rome1 and if parents1 for the sake of cheapness1 allow their children to go1 they must not be surprised at the consequences4 ,i had several most painful cases while in ,paris where the parent was inclined to blame the chaplain for what had happened--whereas his advice had not been asked in the first instance4 ,i do not as a rule recommend ,french families for girls4 ,there are some most excellent homes 7,french pastors and others7 where every care is taken4 ,but ,i have known others where there was culpable laxity4 ,english girls cannot go out alone in ,paris as they do in ,england1 it would not be safe1 and in some families it is not easy to find a chaperon1 and mischief follows4 ,in seeking a family for an ,english girl1 it is well to ask if there are any daughters about the age of the pupil1 as if so the above difficulty is lessened4 ,one further point about learning ,french4 ,it is important for both sexes that they should 7if beginners7 learn colloquial ,french from one who speaks some ,english--at least sufficient to explain the meaning of words4 ,i have known some ludicrous mistakes arise from this cause4 ,on the whole ,i recommend ,paris rather than the country parts of ,france for the education of young people2 it is the centre for music and art in all its branches1 and the best professors congregate there4 ,moreover1 in case of illness or difficulty of any kind1 it is better not to be too far from home1 or an ,english doctor1 and may ,i say1 an ,english clergyman4 ,the children of the working classes in ,paris are well provided for in the ,british schools1 where they receive a good sound elementary education1 both in ,french and ,english4 ,the children trained in these schools do remarkably well1 as they are taught shorthand and typewriting in both languages1 and are thus able to take positions in ,french commercial houses1 and earn good salaries4 ,there are often more applications for boys than can be met4 ,the schools are managed by a committee of which ,sir ,henry ,austin ,lee1 ,c4,b41 is the chairman1 who takes the warmest interest in their welfare4 ,a small fee is collected from those able to pay1 and the very poor are paid for by the ,british ,charitable ,fund4 ,,chapter ,,vi4 ,,difficulties ,,of ,,english ,,people ,,abroad4 ,it was part of my duty during a chaplaincy of sixteen years in ,paris to help our fellow country people1 who from one cause or another got into difficulty4 ,sometimes it was their own fault1 and similar conduct would have brought a like result at home4 ,but often these difficulties arose from ignorance of the language1 and from an extraordinary disregard of ,french law4 ,too often the ,englishman not only expects his own language to be spoken1 but also the laws of his own country to prevail in a foreign land4 ,not long after ,i commenced work in ,paris ,i received the following telegram1 addressed to 8,le ,pasteur ,eglise ,protestante4--,please come as soon as possible to the ,depot--,prfecture de ,police--to a member of your congregation who seeks your help at once40 ,i lost no time in going down1 and found that the writer--an ,english governess--had1 in a moment of temptation1 stolen a pair of gloves at the ,magasin du ,louvre4 ,i believe it was a first offence4 ,i did all ,i could to console her1 but was unable to get her off1 and she had to undergo a term of six days' imprisonment4 ,i regret to say that this instance of 8,kleptomania0 was by no means singular4 ,the system at the larger shops in ,paris lends itself to pilfering by the dishonest1 as the goods are displayed in such a way that it seems easy to steal4 ,the manager of the ,louvre shop told me that they had on an average twelve arrests a day4 ,it is not generally known that a large number of detectives are always employed1 who are continually on the watch4 ,there was one sad case of a lady who had come to ,paris to place her daughter in a school1 and who had ample means1 and yet took some gloves from the same establishment4 ,with considerable difficulty she was released upon the payment of #fjj francs 7#bd71 a good price for a pair of gloves4 ,one other case in which ,i was successful in obtaining the release of a woman who was1 ,i believe1 innocent1 but in a moment of thoughtlessness1 put over her arm a covering for a child's bed4 ,i had known her for a long time2 she was the mother of a large family1 all well brought up4 ,she assured me she had intended to pay for it1 but no attendant being near she went to another part of the shop with the article in question1 when she was arrested1 and invited to appear in court to answer to the charge4 ,i wrote to the ,judge and told him what ,i knew about her1 and he kindly gave her the benefit of the doubt4 ,her husband 7a waiter7 was away in ,germany1 and had she been imprisoned it would have been the ruin of her family4 ,by the kindness of the late ,earl of ,lytton1 ,i obtained a pass enabling me to visit any of the prisons in ,paris1 where ,english people might be confined4 ,many of the cases were very sad1 and especially where the prisoners could not speak ,french1 as this added to the misery of their lot4 ,i recall one case1 which interested me much4 ,it was that of a young man who had come to visit ,paris1 and like so many others1 had been led where he soon got into difficulty4 ,he came with a considerable sum of money and went one evening to the 8,moulin ,rouge0--which at that time was of questionable repute4 7,it is said to be under better management now47 ,he was relieved of his purse1 which contained a #a1jjj franc note1 beside some coins4 ,he had left only a #ajj franc note in his hotel1 and went the next morning to the bank to get it changed--very much irritated1 as he said1 with the ,french for having stolen his money6 ,at the bank he saw a ,french gentleman counting some notes1 and he snatched a number of them and ran away4 ,he was soon arrested and was sent to prison for some years4 ,he assured me it was his first offence1 and that he had no intention of stealing when he went to the bank4 ,on another occasion ,i unwittingly broke the prison rules4 ,an aged ,englishman had been imprisoned for picking pockets on the race course4 ,he said his wife did not know what had happened1 and begged me to give him something to buy paper and stamps4 ,i gave him a franc1 but as ,i was leaving the prison an official came up and handed me the franc1 telling me ,i had broken the rule4 ,they had been watching me while ,i was locked in the cell1 and made the poor man give up the money4 ,ignorance of the language was frequently the cause of difficulty4 ,one morning a nurse came to the vestry in the ,rue d',aguesseau1 and when ,i enquired her business1 said1 8,why1 ,i am lost1 and have been walking the streets all night40 ,she then told me she arrived at the ,gare ,st4 ,lazare the previous evening1 and was driven by the cabman to an address near1 which she had now forgotten4 ,she went out to post a letter1 and must have taken a wrong turning1 and so was soon lost4 ,she walked about all night1 and had only just found an ,english-speaking person1 who had directed her to the ,church4 ,i gathered from her description where the ,home was1 and sent her up with my ,vestry ,clerk4 ,on another occasion a girl was brought to me in great distress4 ,she told me she had started from ,england on the previous day to visit a ,french friend of her mother's4 ,she had the address written on a piece of paper1 which she was instructed to give to the cabman1 as she did not speak ,french4 ,she travelled by the night boat to ,calais4 ,when she arrived at the ,gare du ,nord1 she could not find the paper1 and1 staying to look among her parcels1 the ,english travellers all left4 ,she got out of the train and did not know what to do2 she spoke to a porter who did not understand her1 and eventually left the station4 ,this was about #g a4m4 ,she walked about the streets until late in the afternoon1 when she was heard near the ,madeleine trying to explain to a policeman4 ,the ,englishman who heard her brought her to me1 and ,i sent her back the next day to ,england1 as ,i failed to discover her friend's name in any directory4 ,on another occasion ,i received a telegram from a lady in ,ireland asking me to meet her daughter that evening at the ,gare ,st4 ,lazare1 who was going to a situation as governess1 which she had obtained through an advertisement4 ,i met the girl1 and took her to the address she gave4 ,it was a small wine shop1 and altogether unsuited to her1 and would1 ,i fear1 have been a very dangerous position4 ,i persuaded her to go to the excellent ,g4,f4,s4 ,lodge1 where she was most kindly received1 and eventually a good position was found for her4 ,the above are illustrations of many like cases which were brought before me4 ,more serious cases are illustrated by the following telegram3 8,please remove ,miss ,x from #ad rue at once2 very urgent1 letter follows40 ,these requests often involved considerable time and trouble1 and the laying aside for the time of all other work4 ,one morning ,i received a request from the manager of one of the leading hotels to call as soon as possible4 ,i went down and was told that an ,english girl had been left there by a 8gentleman10 and was in great distress4 ,i found that she had left her home two or three days previously on the promise of marriage1 and was now left without means1 and was afraid to communicate with her parents4 ,i placed her in a room in a smaller hotel1 and in the meantime wrote to the father4 ,however1 before he received my letter he had started for ,paris1 having heard his daughter was there1 and came to see me in great anxiety about his child4 ,his relief and astonishment were remarkable when ,i told him ,i knew the whereabouts of his daughter4 ,a reconciliation was effected1 and the girl was taken home4 ,one of the most remarkable illustrations of the difficulties ,english people sometimes get into abroad is the following3 ,early one morning 7#f a4m47 ,i was sent for to visit two young ladies in a small hotel1 who were said to have become insane4 ,i went down and found one of the sisters on the ground floor holding the door leading to the staircase1 and not allowing anyone to pass4 ,she would answer no question1 nor permit me to pass to see her sister4 ,with some difficulty ,i obtained access to the room where the sister was1 by another way1 but found her in a like state1 and unwilling to answer any question1 or to give the address of any relative4 ,the difficulty was that the proprietor of the hotel wished to have them removed at once to an asylum1 which ,i felt would only aggravate the malady from which they suffered4 ,i called in an ,english doctor 7since passed away7 who most kindly helped1 and forbade the proprietor to have them removed4 ,by searching amongst the papers in their room ,i discovered an address in ,london1 and telegraphed for their relatives to come at once4 ,my wife and ,i had a trying experience all that night--we sat up with the girls1 one of whom had to be fastened to the bed1 having become violent4 ,she was shouting all night1 and gave a great deal of trouble4 ,the relatives arrived the next morning1 and the necessary steps were taken for their removal4 ,it turned out that these young ladies had been dabbling in hypnotism1 and had spent the greater part of the day previous to their illness with some 8professor40 ,one died and the other only recovered after a long illness4 ,illustration3 ,,british ,,consul-,,general4 ,we frequently had to help ,english artists connected with circuses1 shows1 etc41 who got stranded in ,france4 ,one morning a smart-looking person called at the house and told me she had a number of performing dogs held at the ,gare de ,lyon because of some payment demanded1 which she could not meet4 ,if she could not get the dogs she would be ruined4 ,by the kind help of the ,british ,charitable ,fund ,i was able to get the dogs set free4 ,on another occasion1 when ,i went down to service1 ,i found in the ,church some fifty ballet girls waiting to see me4 ,they had been brought over to play in an exhibition in ,paris1 but the proprietor having failed1 the light was cut off and the place closed4 ,they had no means to get back to ,england4 ,by the kindness of the ,british ,consul1 and again by the help of the ,british ,charitable ,fund1 these girls were all sent back1 and very grateful they were4 ,not knowing the language they were indeed 8strangers in a strange land40 ,whenever companies of ,english girls came over to perform in theatre or music hall1 ,i tried to get opportunities to address them2 but it was not an easy part of one's duty4 ,difficulties owing to mixed marriages frequently arose4 ,it cannot be too often explained that there is no difficulty in two ,english people being married abroad1 providing there is no impediment such as would prevent the marriage at home4 ,civil marriage at the ,british ,consulate should first take place1 and the religious ceremony can follow4 ,but in the case of mixed marriages it is absolutely necessary that the contracting parties should satisfy ,french law1 and first be civilly married at the ,mairie4 ,a marriage 7,french and ,english7 in ,england is not valid in ,france unless the ,french ,consul in ,england has first performed the civil rite4 ,much distress has been caused by not obeying the law4 ,i will give but one instance1 though ,i might give many4 ,it is an important one1 as questions were asked in the ,house of ,commons about it1 and a statement as to the law sent broadcast to the ,clergy of ,england4 ,the case is this3 ,madame ,x1 an ,english woman1 came to live in ,paris4 ,she was a widow with children4 ,she obtained1 through my instrumentality1 a position as secretary4 ,after a time her employer proposed marriage4 ,he told her1 however1 that his parents would not give their consent 7which in ,france is a bar to marriage71 and proposed that they should go to ,england1 and be married in ,church4 ,they went1 and after complying with the law as to residence1 were married in ,london4 ,when they returned to ,paris the husband refused to let his wife live in his house1 but told her to remain in her own flat4 ,when she pressed him on the subject his only reply was1 8,i suppose you know that the ,english marriage is not valid in ,france40 ,she came to see me broken-hearted4 ,i did all ,i could for her1 but it was useless4 ,the husband only laughed at me4 ,the case was put into the hand of a solicitor1 and brought before the ,french courts1 but the judgment was given against the wife4 ,the ,judge told her she ought to have been more careful to ascertain the law4 ,thus she is legally married in ,england1 but not in ,france1 while her husband is free to marry whom he may choose without hindrance4 ,if1 however1 he came to ,england1 he would be legally married to the woman he now repudiates4 ,i have stated this case in full as it may be a warning to others1 though much more care is now taken than was formerly the case4 ,i laid the whole case before the late ,bishop of ,london 7,dr4 ,creighton7 who wrote3 8,the case you bring before me is a very sad one1 but ,i do not see what can be done either to obtain redress or to prevent such cases occurring in the future4 ,marriage is a contract regulated by law2 if anyone marries a foreigner they ought to take legal advice about the necessary steps to legalize their marriage4 ,i do not see who is to protect them except themselves4 ,our ,government cannot ask the ,french ,government to recognize as binding in ,france all marriages solemnized in ,england4 ,this would open a door to evasion of the ,french law4 ,the difficulty in these cases arises from the belief that marriage is a purely ecclesiastical matter1 and that ecclesiastical procedure is universally recognized4 ,really marriage is a civil contract which in ,england the clergy are authorised to perform by the ,state4 ,to this in their ecclesiastical capacity they add a religious service4 ,people have mixed these two together in their own minds with disastrous results40 ,the extraordinary tangles into which ,english people sometimes get from ignorance--wilful or otherwise--of the marriage law1 is illustrated by the following remarkable case which came under my notice4 ,a ,french working man living in ,london married an ,english woman in his ,parish ,church4 ,he could not legalise the marriage at the ,french ,consulate because he had not the consent of his parents4 ,this consent is generally necessary for any legal marriage of ,french people1 whatever their age may be4 ,one can easily see the reason for this requirement when the law of inheritance is taken into consideration4 ,no ,french father can 8cut his son off with a shilling10 as in ,england4 ,they must leave their money to their children1 and the younger benefit equally with the elder4 ,this is the reason the realization of property must take place on the death of anyone4 ,it is1 however1 generally arranged in the family1 and does not necessarily come before the public4 ,the couple of our story did not possess any property1 being working people4 ,the husband had lived in ,england from childhood1 and consequently had not done his military service4 ,when the question arose as to the legality of his marriage1 he promised he would not return to ,france4 ,while living in ,england the marriage was1 of course1 perfectly in order1 but the day came when the husband wished to go back to his own country1 and he went to ,paris with his wife and two children4 ,needless to say1 the man was at once arrested for his military service4 ,it is extraordinary to ,english minds to see how quickly the arrival of any man in ,france who is liable for military service is noted by the ,government officials1 and he receives a summons to join his regiment at once4 ,while serving three years 7or two as it is now7 in the army1 a soldier is not allowed to marry1 and so ,x's wife was without a legal husband1 and any means of subsistence4 ,she took her two children and went to live with her father and mother-in-law1 who became very fond of her and the grandchildren4 ,we helped her for a time with money and work1 and ,i expect she provided her ,english made husband with the pocket money for tobacco1 etc41 so much needed by the ,french soldier4 ,towards the end of the three years1 preparations were made to legalize the marriage in ,france1 the parents giving their consent willingly4 ,when1 however1 the time came1 and it only remained to give notice at the ,mairie of the intended marriage1 ,x refused to re-marry his wife1 and so legalize her claim to the title in ,france4 ,it was found that he had taken up with another woman better looking than his wife1 who had no claim to beauty1 and whose hard work to support the children during this time had rendered less attractive4 ,x's father and mother were furious with him and offered to adopt the children4 ,matters were in this condition1 when another misfortune fell upon this poor woman4 ,she took smallpox4 ,the hospital for this terrible disease is one of the worst managed in ,paris1 and the hardships of the unfortunate patients are often very great4 ,when the poor soul came out she returned to the only home she had--the tiny flat of her father-in-law--and was equal to very little work4 ,the grandparents had cared for the children1 but they were also poor1 and found it difficult to make ends meet4 ,we were almost in despair as to how to help her1 as it was a large order to undertake the whole family4 ,the solution of the whole matter would hardly be imagined by one brought up in ,england4 ,mrs4 ,x4 one day came to me at the vestry in the ,rue d',aguesseau1 and said she was going to marry a ,frenchman1 who was not only willing to support her and the children1 but would adopt and legalize them as his own4 ,this can be done in ,france1 and the real father has then no claim to them whatever4 ,i spoke to her very seriously1 and told her that her lawful husband being alive1 she would be committing bigamy1 and that ,i could have nothing whatever to do with such an arrangement4 ,i pointed out to her that she would be the legal wife of one man in ,england and another in ,france2 that in ,england she would be the lawful wife of the first man1 while ,english law would not only refuse to recognise this second so-called marriage1 but could prosecute her for bigamy4 ,nothing ,i could say had any effect upon her1 the only thing she would say was 8,i will never go back to ,england40 ,she has now gone through the ,french 8marriage0 at the ,mairie1 and is happy4 ,it solved our difficulty as to the support of herself and children1 but the complication in which she has involved herself and the two children is one of the most extraordinary ,i met with4 ,occasionally there were very sad circumstances attending the death of lonely ,english people in ,paris4 ,at the close of the ,boer war1 an ,english soldier who had fought in ,south ,africa died in the ,beaujon ,hospital4 ,we could not discover how he had wandered to ,paris1 or get from him any information as to relatives4 ,the only persons present at the grave were myself and the vestry clerk4 ,just as the body was being lowered into the grave the clerk placed upon the coffin a small ,british flag4 ,and here ,i should like to bear testimony to the devoted work of ,mr4 ,wicker4 ,his father was ,vestry ,clerk before him for many years--through nearly the whole of the long ministry of ,dr4 ,forbes4 ,when he died ,i appointed his son4 ,brought up in ,paris and speaking both languages1 and thoroughly in earnest in his work1 his services are invaluable to the ,chaplain4 ,another sad case was that of a girl named ,x1 who had run away from home four years before her death with the son of a ship builder1 who deserted her two days before her end4 ,the parents had lost sight of her1 and were too late to see her alive4 ,the funeral was most distressing4 ,the number of ,english people 8under a cloud0 who bury themselves in ,paris is not small1 and the chaplain has frequently very sad cases with which to deal4 ,of late years1 since the ,french have taken so kindly to 8afternoon teas10 ,english people have been tempted to open tea shops1 without having carefully considered the difficulty and expense of carrying on a business in a foreign land4 ,several came to grief during my sojourn in ,paris4 ,one of the saddest cases1 which may prove a warning to others who have had similar ideas1 is the following3 ,in the year two ladies1 daughters of an ,english clergyman1 came to ,paris and opened a tea shop4 ,for a time they did fairly well1 and their business fell off chiefly owing to a ,french shop being opened in the neighbourhood4 ,things got so bad that they suddenly closed the shop and left for ,england4 ,on the way1 under mental excitement1 one of the sisters jumped from the train and was seriously injured4 ,as a report was spread that only one of the sisters had left1 ,i went down with the officials and forced the establishment1 expecting to find the other sister dead4 ,the report1 however1 proved to be false1 for both had left4 ,it was a sad ending to a foolish venture4 ,one ,sunday evening as ,i was returning from ,church1 ,i was overheard speaking ,english1 and two young men stopped me4 ,they said that being out of work in ,england1 they had realized their savings and come to ,paris1 with the idea of selling fruit in the streets4 ,i asked them if they spoke the language1 and they said 8not a word10 and they were in great difficulty to know what to do1 when they heard me speaking ,english and stopped me4 ,we got them back to ,england the next day4 ,it was extraordinary the number of ,english working people that turned up time after time1 with no knowledge of ,french1 expecting to get work1 and had to go--or be sent--back1 wiser men4 ,owing to the great increase in motor cars1 the streets of ,paris are particularly dangerous for pedestrians1 and accidents are of almost daily occurrence4 ,a peculiarly sad case was the following3 ,two sisters1 working girls 7,english71 lived together in the ,rue 4 ,they worked in different establishments1 but generally met near the ,madeleine after working hours and went home together4 ,on this occasion one sister waited near the trysting place1 but her sister did not meet her4 ,she noticed a crowd round a neighbouring chemist's1 but did not enquire what had happened1 and went home4 ,it turned out that it was her sister who had been carried into the pharmacy to die4 ,standing on the 8island of safety0 opposite the ,madeleine1 her dress had been caught by a passing motor1 and she had been dragged under it and killed4 ,these two girls were supporting an aged mother in ,england4 ,another fatal accident which gave me a curious experience was that of ,madame ,j1 who was run over by a cab and killed4 ,in her pocket was found a paper with my name and address written upon it4 ,she was an ,englishwoman1 widow of a ,frenchman1 and used to earn her living by selling lace on commission4 ,after the accident she was taken to the ,morgue4 ,at that time this gruesome institution was partly open to the public1 and some of the bodies--not identified--were exposed upon slabs behind glass1 others were kept in boxes in another part until buried4 ,the authorities sent for me1 to see if ,i could identify the body of this poor woman1 which ,i was able to do--but ,i shall never forget the horror of the scene4 ,the poor body was in a box without covering1 and so disfigured that ,i had some difficulty in convincing myself that it was the person ,i expected4 ,i was glad to arrange for her decent burial4 ,one of the most melancholy of ,english suicides1 of which1 alas1 there are many1 was that of ,colonel ,hector ,macdonald1 in ,march1 #aijc4 ,he was staying at the ,hotel ,regina in the ,rue de ,rivoli1 and apparently after reading the 8,new ,york ,herald10 in which there was a paragraph stating that grave charges had been made public against him1 he shot himself4 ,after the necessary formalities the body was removed to the ,embassy ,church in the ,rue d',aguesseau before removal to ,scotland4 ,colonel ,macdonald was a large man1 and there being a double coffin1 we were unable to lower the body into the mortuary1 and this gave rise to a report that sufficient reverence was not shown--a report which was without any foundation4 ,many members of the ,scotch colony in ,paris visited the ,church and placed flowers on the coffin1 and someone unknown sent a bunch of heather from ,scotland for a like purpose4 ,it was a sad ending to the life of a brave soldier4 ,,chapter ,,vii4 ,,british ,,charities ,,in ,,paris4 ,the ,british poor in ,paris form no inconsiderable part of the ,colony4 ,this arises largely from the fact that it has been the custom in ,france to employ ,englishmen as coachmen and stablemen1 many of whom from one cause or another have fallen into poverty4 ,others have taken advantage of the small expense and gone to ,paris in the hope of obtaining work1 which is by no means easy to find4 ,some years ago many ,english were employed in various works1 but lately it is not so4 ,when first ,i went to ,paris ,i held in the ,montmartre district a weekly service for the families of those employed in the gas works in that neighbourhood1 and had an attendance of thirty to forty persons4 ,but this gradually dwindled1 until at last there were none left--one after another had been discharged and had taken their families back to ,england4 ,in order to meet the need of the impecunious ,british1 several excellent charities have been established in ,paris4 ,one of the most important of these is the 8,british ,charitable ,fund40 ,this is a fund which has existed many years in ,paris1 and it is interesting to know that during the ,franco-,german war and the ,siege of ,paris1 it still carried on its work1 giving out food to those poor ,english people who had been unable to leave the beleaguered city4 ,illustration3 ,,sir ,,john ,,pilter4 ,in former years it was a most difficult matter to raise sufficient funds to meet the various calls1 and there were all sorts of expedients for raising money4 ,now1 happily1 the fund is in a healthy condition1 owing to a generous legacy by the late ,captain ,briscoe1 and very good work is being done4 ,the fund is managed by a committee1 of which ,his ,majesty's ,ambassador is ,president1 and the ,british ,consul-,general the ,chairman4 ,the executive is an undenominational body1 and the members usually attending during my time were3 the ,english ,church clergyman1 the ,roman ,catholic priest1 and the ,scotch clergyman1 and one or two laymen--,sir ,john ,pilter being a most regular and valued member4 ,sir ,john ,pilter is one of the best known members of the ,english ,colony1 and is always forward in every good work both with means and personal effort4 ,the secretary1 ,mr4 ,reginald ,gesling1 is a well-known figure in the ,english colony1 and an invaluable presence at the weekly board4 ,being gifted with a remarkable memory for faces1 it is hard indeed for the would-be impostor to pass his scrutiny4 ,i have known him recognise a man who had not been before the committee for thirty years4 ,the weekly meetings of the board1 which ,i attended 7with rare exceptions7 during my sixteen years in ,paris1 were full of interest and a curious study of human nature4 ,all sorts and conditions of men came there1 with all sorts of stories4 ,we had clergymen and ,roman ,catholic priests1 lawyers1 soldiers and sailors1 black and white1 ,boer and ,briton1 from all parts of the world4 ,sometimes it was a man sent as far as ,paris by the ,consul at ,marseilles1 whom we had to send on4 ,at another1 members of an ,english circus which had failed asked to be sent home4 ,clowns and ballet girls1 in fact 8artists0 7as they call themselves7 of all kinds were frequently before the committee4 ,the ,home ,government give some assistance towards the repatriation of ,british people1 or this would be a serious drain upon the fund1 and1 moreover1 the ,western ,railway of ,france conveys these unfortunate people at a reduced rate4 ,there are often curious scenes at the ,gare ,st4 ,lazare on ,wednesday evenings1 when these people are being sent off4 ,there is frequently a reluctance to go at the last minute on the part of those who have long resided in ,paris1 and all sorts of dodges have been resorted to to avoid the train4 ,i knew of one case where a woman having a ticket to ,london left the train at ,rouen1 and in a short time came up smiling before the committee again4 ,the distribution of charity is ever a difficult matter1 and while every care was taken1 we were no doubt often imposed upon4 ,we have an excellent lady visitor1 ,miss ,beaton1 who spares no time or energy in finding out the merits of each case4 ,here is a curious instance3 ,on one occasion a woman came to the committee in widow's weeds1 leading a string of children1 and in tears4 ,she said her husband 7a printer7 was dead and buried4 ,she would not return to ,england1 and asked for help for herself and children4 ,the committee were touched1 and made a generous allowance1 which went on for some weeks4 ,one day the ,secretary 7,mr4 ,gesling7 met the husband 7supposed to be dead7 in the street4 ,he went up to him and questioned him1 and discovered that he knew nothing of his wife's deception4 ,i believe she is really a widow now1 and receives help from the committee4 ,it was astonishing how many ,english people lost their purses1 either on the journey over or soon after arriving in ,paris4 ,almost every week we had the same story1 which1 in many if not most cases1 was only an excuse either for having given way to drink1 or having been in bad company4 ,the committee is always desirous to get ,british people who are not doing well to return to their own country1 especially the younger people4 ,old people who have lived most of their life in ,france and have lost all their relatives cannot well be sent home4 ,the fascination of ,paris is1 however1 so great1 that it is often very difficult to persuade even the poorest to leave1 and all sorts of excuses are given against leaving4 ,upon one occasion an old man came to the committee asking for relief4 ,he was asked 8,how long have you been in ,france80 ,he replied 8,over twenty years40 8,do you speak ,french80 8,only a few words1 sir40 7,this is quite possible4 ,englishmen working together in a stable will have little need to speak the language47 8,are you in work80 8,no1 sir40 8,have you any prospect of work80 8,i think not40 8,will you return home80 ,a decided 8,no1 sir40 ,he was then asked a number of questions in the endeavour to discover his reasons for wishing to stay1 as he was getting old1 was unmarried1 and had no relatives in ,france4 ,at length1 with some reluctance1 he said1 8,well1 sir1 its the wine4 ,we can't get the claret in ,england40 ,and nothing would persuade him to return4 ,he is probably still there1 ekeing out a miserable existence4 ,i am glad to hear that the committee are about to purchase or build more suitable premises in which to carry on this important work4 ,this is a real necessity1 as the present rooms are too small and badly ventilated4 ,visitors are always welcome on ,wednesday afternoons when the committee meets1 and the study of human nature at these gatherings is most interesting4 ,there are usually between #ij and #abj applications for relief each week4 ,next in importance to the ,british ,charitable ,fund is the 8,hertford ,british ,hospital40 ,this was the noble gift to the ,colony of the late ,sir ,richard ,wallace1 ,bart41 and was partly the outcome of the ,franco-,german war1 and the ,commune in #ahgj-ahga4 ,this philanthropic nobleman opened a hospital in the ,rue d',aguesseau for the reception of wounded1 and in ,january1 #ahga1 added two wards for the 8,sick ,british ,poor10 and also a dispensary4 ,at the end of the year only one soldier remained under treatment1 and upon his discharge it was closed4 ,a few weeks subsequently ,sir ,richard ,wallace communicated to his friends his intention to found and endow a hospital in ,paris for poor ,british subjects1 to be called the 8,hertford ,british ,hospital10 in memory of the late ,marquis of ,hertford4 ,the foundation stone of the present building was laid by ,sir ,richard and ,lady ,wallace in ,august1 #ahgg1 and opened at a visit of the late ,lord ,lyons in #ahgi4 ,the hospital was visited in ,june1 #ahgi1 by their ,majesties ,king ,edward ,,vii4 and ,queen ,alexandra 7then ,prince and ,princess of ,wales71 who named the principal wards 8,albert ,edward0 and 8,alexandra40 ,in #aijj ,lady ,wallace made over the hospital by deed to the ,british ,government1 who appointed the present management4 ,this hospital is especially fortunate in having an endowment sufficient for its requirements1 so that the management have no need to apply for subscriptions4 ,the hospital contains #dj beds and cots1 and has an average number of #cej in-patients1 and some #b1jjj out-patients4 ,illustration3 ,,hertford ,,british ,,hospital4 ,it can hardly be realized1 except by those resident abroad1 what a boon an ,english hospital1 with ,english doctors and nurses1 is to the ,british poor4 ,one cannot speak too highly of the kindness of the ,french hospitals in receiving ,english people for treatment1 and ,i received many testimonies from grateful patients of the benefits obtained4 ,i frequently1 however1 heard the poor say3 8,when one is ill1 it is such a blessing to be able to talk your own language to those about you10 or 8,i am afraid they did not treat me properly because ,i could not explain to them the symptoms10 and such sayings illustrate what ,i am sure all feel1 viz43 that it is very difficult in illness to explain as one would wish to one who is a stranger to our language4 ,so that the ,english hospital for this reason 7and it is only one of many7 is a real boon to the ,british poor in ,paris4 ,you no sooner pass the iron gate than you feel as if you were in ,england4 ,the porter speaks to you in your native tongue2 the secretary 7though a first-rate ,french scholar7 greets you in the same language4 ,the wards are bright1 cheerful1 and 7especially7 airy1 and all the surroundings are such as we are accustomed to in our own land4 ,the nurses are all ,english1 and most of them have had experience in hospitals at home4 ,all are under the guidance of an experienced matron1 chosen from among many applicants for the post4 ,i have known hundreds of the ,british poor who have been treated there1 and they often are in difficulty to find words to express their gratitude4 ,certainly the works of ,sir ,richard ,wallace do follow him4 ,if there is any drawback in this splendid institution1 it is the lack of a separate building for the treatment of infectious cases2 and also of a pay ward4 ,this want necessitates a poor ,britisher with consumption1 small pox1 etc41 being taken to a ,french hospital1 which often is not desirable1 and sometimes a great hardship4 ,the need of a pay ward is also a real one4 ,it often happens that an ,english person is taken ill in an hotel where it is difficult to get proper treatment1 and where expenses are apt to increase very materially under the circumstances4 ,to some hotels doctors are 8attached10 who charge exorbitant fees1 and1 it is said1 divide the proceeds with the proprietor4 ,in such cases it would be the greatest boon if the patients could avail themselves of a ,british hospital1 and they would no doubt willingly pay for the necessary treatment4 ,but notwithstanding these omissions1 the ,hertford ,hospital is doing a splendid work1 and is an enduring monument to its generous founder4 ,another ,british charity in ,paris is the 8,victoria ,home for ,aged ,women10 founded by my predecessor1 the ,rev4 ,howard ,gill1 in the year #ahhh4 ,he found1 as ,i did subsequently1 that there were ,english women who had been governesses1 ladies' maids1 and domestic servants1 living in loneliness and poverty1 generally at the top of the great houses in ,paris1 where the rents--and the ceilings--are low4 ,for the most part they had led honourable lives1 and were respected and helped by the families where they had worked4 ,but they were old1 they had lived most of their lives in ,france1 any friends they had in ,england were dead and gone1 and they had no wish to return to their native land1 indeed it would be cruel to compel them to do so4 ,the idea of a home where such could be lodged1 free of rent1 took shape in the year of the late ,queen's ,jubilee in #ahhg4 ,it was then decided that after the expenses of the ,celebration1 the fund collected should be applied to the establishment of a ,victoria ,home for the ,aged ,british ,poor4 ,however1 the fund collected was not sufficient1 so it was eventually decided to apply the interest of it in ,victoria pensions1 until the necessary amount should be collected4 ,however1 ,mr4 ,gill would not allow his scheme to rest1 and receiving generous help from a few friends1 he started a ,home on a small scale4 ,this was inaugurated by the ,dowager ,lady ,lytton in ,december1 #ahhh1 and has proved a real success4 ,the conditions of entry may seem rather 8stiff10 but the fact that there has never been a vacant room shows that they need not at present be relaxed4 ,the applicant must be a ,british subject1 over #fe years of age1 of good character1 and have resided at least #cj years in ,france4 ,it was one of my most pleasing duties during sixteen years to visit this 8,home10 and to act as chairman of the committee4 ,most of the old ladies had an interesting story to tell1 and they never wearied relating their experiences4 ,those who had been governesses in ,french families delighted to tell of the young ladies to whom they had taught ,english1 and watched over until they had married4 ,the kindness of some of these ladies to their old teachers and nurses was most touching4 ,the late ,sir ,condie ,stephen1 an attach at the ,embassy1 took a kind interest in one of these inmates1 and regularly sent her a present until the time of her death4 ,all these old ladies had passed through the siege of ,paris and the ,commune1 and had interesting stories to tell of that tragic time4 ,i remember one of them shewed me some of the meal which was served out during the siege--very coarse and dirty1 and mixed with particles of wood4 ,the ,dowager ,lady ,lytton and her daughters1 and afterwards the ,dowager ,lady ,dufferin and her daughters1 the ,ladies ,blackwood1 took the warmest interest in the ,home1 and were constant visitors4 ,members of the ,english and ,american ,colonies constantly go out to see the inmates1 foremost amongst whom ,i must mention ,miss ,thorndike1 one of the oldest ,american residents in ,paris1 who frequently gives a tea and presents of warm clothing1 which are much appreciated4 ,formerly we rented a house in the ,rue ,borghse1 ,neuilly1 but lately a house has been purchased in the ,boulevard de la ,saussais1 and is now being enlarged and made more suitable as a permanent home for this deserving class4 ,visitors to ,paris will always be welcomed by the excellent matron and her daughter1 ,mrs4 and ,miss ,ffarmer4 ,another institution in ,paris which is doing an admirable work is the ,british ,schools4 ,these schools were established in #ahcb1 in order to afford a sound education to ,english-speaking children of the working classes resident in the city1 and to enable them to retain their knowledge of the ,english language4 ,a small fee is charged to those parents who are in a position to pay1 and the fees of the poorer children are paid by the ,british ,charitable ,fund4 ,i cannot speak too highly of the good work done in these schools1 under the mastership of ,mr4 ,r4 ,smith4 ,the children receive an education in both ,french and ,english--a ,french mistress is always employed4 ,they learn shorthand and typewriting in both languages1 and thus are able to obtain good positions in ,french business houses4 ,indeed it is often difficult to supply the demand for both boys and girls competent to take such posts4 ,the children are taught patriotic songs1 and every endeavour is made to instil into their minds love and loyalty for their own country4 ,this is very necessary1 for ,i found that children of ,english parents who did not avail themselves of the advantages of the schools1 had the tendency to forget their own tongue1 and to gradually become ,french4 ,the chairman of the schools is ,sir ,h4 ,austin ,lee1 who takes the warmest interest in its welfare1 while ,mr4 ,h4 ,webster is untiring in his work as secretary and treasurer4 ,the ,girls' ,friendly ,society is a splendid institution in ,paris1 hardly perhaps to be designated as a charity4 ,when ,i first commenced work in the ,city it was doing but little1 but of late years it has become a society of the first importance for looking after ,english girls abroad4 ,it is1 of course1 a branch of the ,london ,g4,f4,s41 which has its ramifications all over ,europe4 ,english girls come in very large numbers to ,paris as typists1 governesses1 nurses1 etc41 and it is very important that they should be looked after in a city so full of temptations4 ,the society took a new lease of life during the time when the ,dowager ,lady ,dufferin was at the ,embassy4 ,it was in debt and other difficulties1 and the work was comparatively small4 ,lady ,dufferin seeing the possibilities took up the matter with her usual energy4 ,the debt was soon paid1 the difficulties removed1 and the work placed on a firm basis4 ,from that time to the present the society has prospered1 and when ,i left ,paris had some #cjj ,english girls under its care4 ,the system of the ,g4,f4,s4 is just what is needed on the ,continent4 ,each girl has a lady associate1 who is her friend to whom she can always apply4 ,if she moves to another city she is recommended to a ,lady ,associate there1 and is met at the railway1 and looked after4 ,i used frequently to visit the charming lodge in the ,avenue d',jna1 and often on ,sunday afternoons 7the great gathering time for a free tea7 gave an address to the girls4 ,the work of the chaplains in ,paris is much lightened by the kind help of the excellent ladies at the head of the lodge4 ,indeed1 one may say that the need of ,english girls in ,paris is fully met by this society1 and the ,y4,w4,c4,a41 under the fostering care of ,mrs4 ,hoff4 ,this excellent lady devotes a large portion of her time and wealth to work among ,american and ,english girls1 and meets their need1 and especially that of ,american artists1 in the beautiful homes she has established4 ,the 8,ada ,leigh0 homes have done a good work in the past4 ,the ,y4,m4,c4,a4 has for years had a branch in ,paris1 and done a good work1 under the devoted presidency of the late ,h4 ,skepper4 ,these are the principal ,british charities in ,paris4 ,there are other smaller and more private charities which were less under my notice1 but of which ,i would write1 but for want of space4 ,,chapter ,,viii4 ,,british ,,journalists ,,in ,,paris4 ,it was my privilege to know most of the journalists representing the leading ,english papers1 frequently meeting them at the various public functions and on other occasions4 ,they are truly a body of men of whom the ,nation may be proud4 ,most agreeable to meet and keen in their work1 so much so that very little escapes their notice4 ,the 8,times0 was represented during most of my chaplaincy by that truly remarkable man ,m4 ,o4 de ,blowitz4 ,it was said of him that on one occasion at least 7in #ahge7 he saved ,france from war4 ,his achievements during the ,franco-,german war in #ahgj are well known4 ,he was not striking in appearance3 small1 nearly bald1 rather insignificant looking1 so that it was hard on first acquaintance to realize that he was the man whose deeds had startled ,europe on more than one occasion4 ,he was1 ,i believe1 ,austrian by birth1 but ,french by naturalization4 ,his communications to the 8,times0 were1 ,i understand1 always in ,french2 indeed1 he was latterly more ,french than anything else4 ,i once heard him try to make a speech in ,english1 and it was evidently with considerable difficulty4 ,he was naturally a constant visitor at the ,embassy1 and was an especial favourite with the late ,earl of ,lytton and his family4 ,i used often to see him driving in the ,champs ,elyses1 and to meet him at banquets and other occasions4 ,in ,december1 #aijb1 the colleagues of ,m4 de ,blowitz joined in making him a presentation in token of their admiration and esteem4 ,about a month after this1 in ,january1 #aijc1 he passed away4 ,his funeral was a very representative one1 a large number of his friends joining in the last tribute4 ,with the modern restrictions upon war correspondents1 can there ever be another ,blowitz8 ,m4 de ,blowitz was succeeded by ,m4 ,lavino1 who had formerly been upon the staff of the 8,daily ,telegraph0 in their ,paris office1 and was afterwards in ,vienna4 ,i met ,m4 ,lavino soon after he came to ,paris1 and he made what struck me then as a peculiar remark4 ,after some moments conversation1 he said1 8,you know1 ,dr4 ,noyes1 you will have to bury me40 ,of course ,i said ,i hoped not1 but he seemed to have a presentiment then that his days were numbered4 ,m4 ,lavino1 though not so well known as ,m4 de ,blowitz1 had had a distinguished career4 ,he was in ,paris when the ,franco-,german ,war broke out as secretary to ,general ,salazar1 ,minister of ,ecuador in ,chicago4 ,when the ill-fated ,marshal ,bazaine was being condemned by the ,french for supposed treachery1 ,m4 ,lavino contrived to obtain a letter from him in his own defence4 ,from this time his success was assured4 ,later he assisted ,sir ,campbell ,clarke on the ,paris staff of the 8,daily ,telegraph10 and subsequently went to ,vienna to represent the same paper4 ,in #ahib he was appointed to represent the 8,times10 and upon the death of ,m4 de ,blowitz was called to ,paris4 ,it was commonly said that ,m4 ,lavino did much to help on the 8,entente ,cordiale10 not so much by what he wrote as by bringing together leading men of both nations1 and so encouraging a better understanding between them4 ,m4 ,lavino frequently expressed himself as favouring the action of the ,french ,government in its late struggle with the ,roman ,catholic ,church4 ,m4 ,lavino struck me as a kindly gentleman1 observant1 not fond of society--a man one could safely trust4 ,he died suddenly on the evening of ,august #dth of strangulated hernia and diabetes1 the latter being a disease from which he had long suffered4 ,the 8,daily ,telegraph0 was represented almost all my time by ,sir ,campbell ,clarke4 ,he was a man of large means1 having married a daughter of a proprietor1 and occupied a fine apartment in the ,champs ,elyses4 ,he was a most genial1 kind man4 ,the late ,lady ,campbell ,clarke was always ready to help the needy1 and frequently assisted me in our charities by monetary help4 ,sir ,campbell ,clarke was most ably assisted for many years by ,mr4 ,w4 ,f4 ,lonergan and ,mr4 ,ozane4 ,the former has left ,paris1 while ,mr4 ,ozane still plies his busy pen in ,la ,ville ,lumire4 ,i feel sure that readers of the 8,daily ,telegraph0 always enjoy 8,paris day by day10 written in such a 8newsy0 style1 and giving all the salient 7though sometimes unsavory7 points in passing events4 ,i owe a large debt of gratitude to the ,paris staff of the 8,daily ,telegraph0 on account of many kindnesses received4 ,mr4 ,hely ,bowes and ,mr4 ,farman represented the 8,standard10 succeeded by ,messrs4 ,adkin ,raphael and ,pountney4 ,mr4 ,farman's son is very much before the public at the present time1 having invented one of the most successful of the ,flying ,machines4 ,i knew ,mr4 ,hely ,bowes and his family very well4 ,they were regular members of my congregation in the ,rue d',aguesseau4 ,mr4 ,bowes was a singularly good ,french scholar and very witty4 ,he was born and brought up in ,france4 ,his father was1 ,i believe1 at one time upon the staff of the 8,galagnani ,messenger40 ,i remember upon one occasion sitting near him at a banquet4 ,he was pouring out stories and witticisms to his neighbour1 a ,french ,deputy4 ,the ,minister was heard to ask afterwards 8,who is that remarkable ,englishman8 ,he speaks and tell stories like a ,frenchman40 ,mr4 ,hely ,bowes died during my chaplaincy4 ,i visited him at the last1 and was the first to convey the sad news to ,sir ,h4 ,austin ,lee at the ,embassy1 where he was so well known4 ,as ,i passed the ,lodge ,i told the ,concierge what had happened1 and raising his hands he exclaimed 8par exemple0--it seemed to me a curious expression on such an occasion4 ,the 8,daily ,news0 and the 8,morning ,post0 were represented by ,mr4 ,j4 ,macdonald and ,mr4 ,raper1 the latter of whom ,i knew very well4 ,mr4 ,raper succeeded ,mr4 ,arthur ,gill 7son of my predecessor1 the ,rev4 ,howard ,gill71 who for a short time represented the 8,morning ,post40 ,the 8,daily ,mail0 now occupies a unique and very important position among the ,english papers obtainable abroad4 ,having1 in addition to a special wire1 a printing establishment in ,paris1 they can produce a fac-simile edition of the ,london issue every morning4 ,in times of ,national anxiety especially1 it would be hard to over-estimate the boon of such a paper4 ,we had no such advantage1 e4g41 in the ,boer ,war1 and the anxious longing for the evening post was very trying1 especially when one had relatives or friends in the ,army4 ,the ,french papers gave short telegrams1 but these were often misleading and sometimes untrue1 and only added to the anxiety4 ,but now this is changed1 and one can get a fairly full account of ,english doings at the breakfast table in ,paris4 ,as the paper can be dispatched by the early morning trains1 those in the ,south of ,france and other parts get their ,british news at least twelve hours earlier than heretofore4 ,during most of the time ,mr4 ,mc,alpin represented this paper1 whom ,i well knew4 ,mr4 ,lane was also upon the staff1 and some others4 ,mr4 ,mc,alpin is now no longer on the ,paris staff of the 8,daily ,mail10 and was succeeded by ,mr4 ,j4 ,b4 ,brandreth1 who is well known in the journalistic world4 ,the 8,daily ,mail0 has been the death of the 8,galagnani ,messenger0 which used to be so well known upon the ,continent4 ,for the ,american ,colony in ,paris there is no paper like the 8,new ,york ,herald40 ,this paper1 owned by ,mr4 ,j4 ,gordon ,bennett1 is a remarkable publication1 produced it is said at a loss1 very chatty1 and containing daily current news from ,america4 ,before the 8,daily ,mail0 came to the front1 most ,english people took the 8,new ,york ,herald10 as it gave a certain amount of ,english news from the papers of the day1 and whetted the appetite for the ,london paper which arrives in the evening4 ,mr4 ,j4 ,gordon ,bennett is a well-known figure in ,paris4 ,he is said to be several times over a millionaire--spends freely1 and is a great traveller and sportsman4 ,he has the knack of getting the men he wants upon the staff of his paper1 and of getting the best out of them4 ,but ,i am told the tenure of office there is rather precarious4 ,many of the journalists of ,paris have been at one time or another on the staff of his paper4 ,i have also heard it said that the name of no person disliked by the proprietor is allowed to appear in the paper4 ,the ,editor publishes at times all letters1 etc41 even though they revile the paper and things ,american4 ,a letter from an 8old ,philadelphian lady0 has been repeated daily for some years6 ,i received much kindness from the 8,herald0 during my chaplaincy4 ,i was never charged for any advertisement1 and any communications ,i sent were always inserted4 ,another journalist whom ,i often met was ,mr4 ,clifford ,millage1 who was the ,paris correspondent of the 8,daily ,chronicle10 and an ardent ,roman ,catholic4 ,he was fond of discussing theological subjects--an able man1 and well thought of among his confrres4 ,he passed away in #aijc4 ,i may also mention ,mr4 ,strong1 ,mr4 ,longhurst1 and ,mr4 ,fullerton1 among those from whom ,i received kindness from time to time4 ,i was brought a good deal into contact with the late ,mr4 ,cuntz1 who managed the 8,american ,register0--owing to serious illness in his family4 ,besides the journalists of the sterner sex1 there are also ladies who are well known as brilliant writers for various society and other papers4 ,i may mention among those whom ,i was privileged to know1 ,mrs4 ,emily ,crawford4 ,this lady was in ,paris during the war of #ahgj1 and the almost more terrible ,commune that followed4 ,she writes for the 8,daily ,news0 and 8,truth10 and has published a memoir of our late beloved ,queen1 under the title 8,victoria1 ,queen and ,ruler40 ,mrs4 ,crawford is well known in all literary circles in ,paris4 ,mrs4 ,alison ,robson ,i knew for almost the whole of my chaplaincy4 ,she is a clever writer for the 8,queen10 under the nom de plume of ,e4 de ,campo ,bello4 ,mrs4 ,robson went as special correspondent to the ,hague at the time of the wedding festivities of the ,queen of ,holland2 and also ,madrid1 when the ,king of ,spain came of age4 ,she gave us a most interesting account of these visits4 ,,chapter ,,ix4 ,,varia4 ,many of my readers who can recall the great 8,times0 trial will remember the names of ,pigott1 and ,tynan 7the famous ,no4 #a1 who it was said gave the signal for the murder of ,lord ,f4 ,cavendish74 ,it was a curious coincidence that both these men were living at one time in my ,parish of ,christ ,church1 ,kingstown4 ,i often made purchases at the little bookshop kept by ,tynan1 and sometimes spoke with him4 ,during my stay in ,paris ,i had a visit from the famous le ,carron1 who for a long time was a member of the ,clan-na-,gael in ,new ,york1 and informed the ,home ,government of their proceedings4 ,he told me that he was formerly a choir boy in the ,embassy ,church1 and he related to me some of his thrilling adventures4 ,he died of consumption soon after his visit to ,paris4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,elys,e1 ,,from ,,the ,,faubourg ,,st4 ,,honor4 ,some of the yearly customs on fte days in ,paris are peculiar1 and those occurring in the winter season are less familiar than others--to ,english visitors4 ,new ,year's ,day1 the 8,jour de l'an10 is kept as a ,national ,holiday1 and presents of flowers and 8objets d'art0 are sent amongst friends4 ,christmas ,day is not kept with the like solemnity and joyousness as with us--though becoming more a fte than it formerly was4 ,upon ,new ,year's ,day beggars are allowed in the streets1 and it is often a ghastly spectacle to see the poor creatures in all conditions of deformity asking alms4 ,a good deal is distributed amongst them1 as the ,french are very charitable to the ,poor4 ,at this season 8booths0 are allowed on the ,boulevards1 when all sorts of toys1 etc41 are exposed for sale1 some of them mechanical and very ingenious4 ,they are supposed for the most part to have been made in the homes of the poor4 ,shrove ,tuesday 7,mardi-gras7 and ,mid-,lent 7,mi-carme7 are also general holidays4 ,on the former there is a procession of fat cattle1 and a throwing of confetti in the main streets and ,boulevards1 where vehicular traffic is suspended4 ,i have seen the ,grand ,boulevards literally six inches deep in confetti on a fine day4 ,mi-carme is marked by a procession of the washerwomen1 and in many particulars resembles our ,lord ,mayor's ,show on ,november #ith1 only it is more fantastic4 ,the ,grand ,car on these occasions is reserved for the ,queen of the ,laundries1 who has been solemnly chosen for her beauty4 ,she rides triumphant1 surrounded by her 8,court0--sometimes rather scantily dressed for the cold weather1 and stops at the ,elyse1 where she generally receives a present of a bracelet at the hands of the ,president of the ,republic4 ,these functions are well worth seeing--once4 ,the ,national ,fte1 to celebrate the declaration of the ,republic1 being in warmer weather 7,july71 is usually more of a festival in the open-air1 and is kept up late and early4 ,many families leave ,paris for the country before it comes off4 ,it is emphatically the people's fte1 and one feature of it is that dancing is allowed in the streets4 ,bandstands are erected1 usually opposite a restaurant1 and in the evenings people gather in large numbers4 ,inmates of flats near these bandstands suffer much 7,i write from experience71 for being the hot weather windows must be open1 and the noise is deafening4 8,all ,souls'0 and 8,all ,saints'0 ,days are religiously kept by most ,parisians1 and thousands go to the cemeteries to place flowers on the graves of their relations4 ,it is a very interesting sight1 and visitors to ,paris should not omit on these days to go to ,pre-la-,chaise1 ,passy1 ,bolougne-sur-,seine1 or one of the other cemeteries4 ,the ,french pay great respect to the dead4 ,no funeral cortge is allowed to trot in ,paris whatever the distance to the cemetery1 and most men raise their hats and women cross themselves as the body passes in the streets4 ,soldiers and officials always salute4 ,burials are a monopoly in ,paris4 ,the ,pompes funbres is a great company1 who have decorations arranged and always ready for every church in ,paris1 and everyone is buried by them1 and in the 8class0 they choose to pay for4 ,there are seven or eight 8classes10 and it is so arranged that the rich pay for the poor4 ,a first-class funeral is very rare1 as it costs a very large sum4 ,officials attend the poor man's funeral--only less gorgeously dressed--equally with the rich1 and all things are done decently and in order4 ,as a sign of the times1 not long before ,i left ,paris1 ,i was called upon to take a funeral of an ,american at ,st4 ,germain1 some miles outside the fortifications4 ,the family and friends went down by train1 and ,i went with the body1 but in a motor-fourgon 7hearse74 ,when we left the gates of the city we travelled very rapidly4 ,i noticed a marked change during my life in ,paris in the keeping of ,sunday4 ,twenty years ago many shops were open1 and there was little to distinguish it from any other day4 ,now most places of business are closed4 ,leagues were formed some years ago1 advocating one day's rest in seven1 and quite lately 7#aijg7 a law was passed requiring that all employs should cease work on ,sunday4 ,those compelled to work on that day 7in restaurants1 etc47 must have another day4 ,alas6 the change is not due to a religious but a secular movement1 and is solely to oblige one day's rest in the seven as a holiday4 ,as far as it goes it is a good thing for the people1 and it is pleasant to see the orderly crowds enjoying the open air in the ,bois1 the ,parc ,monceau1 and other places1 while one regrets the irreligion which is so characteristic of the nation at this time4 ,the well-known ,mark ,twain 7,mr4 ,clements7 came to ,paris to complete 7so ,i understood7 one of his books4 ,no one knew of his presence amongst us for some time4 ,when ,i heard of it ,i went to see him in his hotel in the ,rue de ,rivoli to ask him to give a public reading from his works for the benefit of the proposed ,church ,house4 ,he put me off in his characteristic way4 ,i then went to see the ,marquis of ,dufferin and ,ava--our ,ambassador at that time--and asked him if he would give a room at the ,embassy if ,i could persuade ,mark ,twain to read4 ,he kindly agreed1 and so did ,mr4 ,clements4 ,we had a splendid success1 the rooms were crowded4 ,we obtained twenty francs a ticket1 and cleared some #bjj4 ,american humour is sometimes difficult for ,english people to appreciate1 but no one could resist ,mark ,twain4 ,i shall always feel grateful to him for his kind help on that occasion4 ,among the many artists it was our privilege to know in ,paris was the eminent sculptor1 ,mr4 ,bruce ,joy4 ,he had then a studio in the city4 ,we still possess a replica of his well-known bust of the late ,archbishop ,benson4 ,paris is a city which might well be compared to the ,adulamites ,cave1 where all in distress and difficulty congregate4 ,among the unfortunates was the late ,oscar ,wilde4 ,i had known him a little in ,dublin as a student1 and had also met him at ,lady ,wilde's receptions4 ,he came to ,paris to die4 ,when ,i heard of his serious illness ,i went down at once to enquire1 but found he had passed away4 ,the 8concierge0 told me that he had been visited by a ,priest1 and baptized into the ,roman ,church4 ,as is often the case1 the ,baptism was administered when the patient was 8in extremis10 and knew nothing about it4 ,the ,roman ,church1 however1 claimed to take the funeral1 and ,i could not object4 ,curious mistakes were sometimes made by the ,french ,postal authorities1 owing to the difficulty of language4 ,each ,easter it was my custom to send out a card to the members of the congregation giving notice of the services1 and at the foot a suitable quotation from the ,scriptures4 ,in #ahie1 ,i sent out the card as usual1 and the passage was 8,the ,lord is ,risen40 ,one came back to me through the dead-letter office addressed to 8,the ,lord is ,risen1 #e ,rue d',aguesseau40 ,all sorts of ideas and rumours were circulated when the ,french ,church was separated from the ,state4 ,one morning a ,french gentleman called at the ,vestry and asked me if it was true that ,sir ,francis ,bertie1 our present ,ambassador in ,paris1 had purchased the ,madeleine ,church1 our own being too small6 ,this is somewhat parallel to the story of an ,irish clergyman1 who told me that the day after the bill passed to disestablish the ,church in ,ireland he heard in the early morning a scythe going in his field4 ,a stranger was cutting his hay4 ,upon enquiry1 the man said3 8,sure1 sir1 the ,church is disestablished now1 and ,i thought ,i would come early for my share60 ,the ,french often make curious mistakes in their translations into ,english1 but the same may be said1 and perhaps more so1 with respect to our renderings into ,french1 e4g41 ,a young ,english girl was heard to exclaim 8,je suis cheval10 desiring to say she was hoarse4 ,and another1 who had a touch of the same complaint1 8,je ne peux pas hirondle10 meaning she could not swallow4 ,upon another occasion1 when called to play in public1 a girl said 8,je suis sre de casser-en-bas10 in her fear of coming to grief4 ,it was rather a peculiar way to express hurry1 when one said 8,je suis dans une dpche40 ,i suppose most have heard the story told by ,dean ,pigou1 of ,bristol1 of the lady 7,i believe an ,american7 who1 desiring a cab1 called out 8,cochon tes-vous fianc40 ,another story1 which was current in my time1 is worth repeating4 ,a girl who had been but a few months in ,paris learning ,french was taken out by her parents to a restaurant4 ,looking over the menu1 she was asked to translate the sentence 8,ris de ,veau la financire10 which she told her delighted parents was 8the calf laughs at the ,banker's wife40 ,many of such mistakes arise when young people are placed in ,french families where no ,english is spoken at all1 and so their errors pass uncorrected4 ,among the remarkable men who lived and died in ,paris during my chaplaincy was ,mr4 ,h4 ,a4 ,m4 ,butler-,johnstone4 ,he had been for sixteen years ,member of ,parliament for ,canterbury1 and as a youth was at ,eton1 at the same time as ,his ,majesty ,king ,edward4 ,he was closely identified with the young ,turkey party in ,paris4 ,he was on his way to the ,post ,office in ,october1 #aijb1 when he died suddenly in the street near the ,place ,vendome4 ,he was staying with his wife at the ,hotel ,continental1 but there being no funds1 his funeral was undertaken by the ,british ,charitable ,fund4 ,i conducted his funeral1 which was attended by quite a number of the ,turkish ,colony in ,paris4 ,it was said that his financial ruin was caused by his having lent #bjj1jjj to the ,turkish ,government in #ahgg to resist the encroachments of ,russia4 ,to raise this sum he sold his pictures to the ,national ,gallery1 as well as his estates in ,england4 ,it was said that he gave great offence to the late ,marquis of ,salisbury by the attitude he took up on the ,russo-,turkish ,war4 ,in ,january1 #aijg1 there was a remarkable gathering of eighty-six ,prelates of the ,roman ,church in ,paris to discuss the attitude of the ,church towards the recently passed 8,law of ,separation40 ,what seemed the more remarkable was that the gathering was held at the ,chteau de la ,muette ,passy1 the residence of the ,count and ,countess de ,francqueville1 and that the ,countess presided at the lunch1 she being a member of the ,anglican ,communion4 ,the ,countess1 as is well known1 is the daughter of the ,earl of ,selbourne1 and niece of the late ,bishop of ,southwell4 ,illustration3 ,,place ,,de ,,la ,,concorde4 ,illustration3 ,,the ,,historic ,,fountain1 ,,place ,,de ,,la ,,concorde4 ,the concierge or hall porter occupies a responsible position in the ,paris house4 ,a common answer to the question 8,is life worth living80 is--it depends upon the concierge4 ,there is no doubt that a disagreeable concierge can make things very uncomfortable1 and it is necessary when taking an 8appartement0 to gain his goodwill by a good tip4 ,otherwise letters which are delivered at the lodge may not be brought up as soon as they should be1 and other little annoyances will frequently occur4 ,it is customary to give #ej to #ajj francs to the concierge on ,new ,year's day1 according to the rent paid1 to secure civility and good service through the year4 ,the concierge is the servant of the proprietor and not of the tenant4 ,every quarter the rent is paid to the concierge1 and must be paid in cash4 ,the cheque system as we have it in ,england is but little used in ,france4 ,when ,i handed a cheque for my first quarter's rent to the concierge he looked at it1 and said 8,what is this80 ,i was compelled to go down to the ,bank and get the money for him6 ,in taking an appartement 7or flat7 in ,paris1 the greatest care is necessary4 ,the 8etat de lieu0 or state of the flat must be taken both by the architect of the landlord and your own4 ,a document is drawn up1 and signed by both parties4 ,unless this is done all sorts of charges may be made when the tenant leaves the flat1 as1 e4g41 for every nail in the walls or floors1 every scratch on the paint1 etc4 ,i bought my experience rather expensively in one of the flats ,i occupied4 ,owing1 it is said1 to the lack of population1 the law as to nationality presses hard upon some foreigners in ,france4 ,the law at present is that 8all children of parents born in ,france are ,french10 and male children thus born are liable for military service4 ,i knew several young men who were thoroughly ,english1 and who had always kept up their connection with ,england and the ,english ,colony in ,france1 who1 nevertheless1 owing to the fact that their parents were born in the country1 were accounted ,french1 and had to go through their military service1 and were liable to be called up in time of war4 ,it has naturally followed that when an interesting event is expected in a ,british family1 and where it can be managed1 a temporary change to the ,english climate has become desirable4 ,but this law presses very hardly upon the poor4 ,i am often asked as to whether it is more expensive to live in ,paris than in ,london4 ,my experience is that ,london is the dearer city4 ,in ,paris almost everyone lives in a flat1 where it is not necessary to keep so many servants as a house requires4 ,wages are about the same2 but servants in ,france are much more economical than in ,england4 ,food is dearer as it is mostly taxed--the exception being fruit and vegetables1 which come into ,paris free of duty4 ,wine of home culture is now exempt4 ,coal is very expensive1 being generally over #b a ton2 but then less is used1 as the houses in the best parts of the city are generally warmed4 ,there is1 however1 no income tax in ,france1 and the municipal taxes are much less--about one-half what they are in ,london4 ,but the days when people would go to ,paris to largely economise are past2 both capitals are expensive for the upper and middle classes4 ,the carte telegram or 8,petit bleu0 is an advantage in ,paris which one misses much in ,london4 ,this is a system by which a letter written on a special form1 which can be sealed and posted in a special box1 with a threepenny stamp1 will be delivered in the city1 by means of pneumatic tubes1 within an hour4 ,it is a great convenience1 and largely used by ,parisians4 ,the post offices1 however1 often afford a trying experience4 ,the officials seem in no hurry to attend to the customers1 and there is no appeal4 ,they do not seem to consider themselves the servants of the public in any way1 and so the public suffer4 ,the 8,bureaux de ,post0 are frequently badly ventilated1 so that a long delay is not always agreeable4 ,,chapter ,x4 ,,the ,,present ,,conditions ,,of ,,religious ,,life ,,on ,,the ,,continent ,,of ,,europe1 ,,and ,,their ,,lessons ,,for ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,england ,,to-,,day4 ,a ,paper read at the ,yarmouth ,church ,congress1 ,october #bnd1 #aijg4 ,i ventured to accept the proposal that ,i should speak to you to-day upon the ground that ,i had been for the past sixteen years chaplain in ,paris1 with certain opportunities for gathering some information upon the subject before us4 ,what ,i have to say will naturally refer chiefly to ,france1 which during the past few years has been passing--with somewhat grim silence--through a bloodless ,revolution4 ,the long story1 of which the present condition of religious life in that country is the sequel1 has been as to its earlier stages so ably dealt with by the previous speaker that ,i will not occupy your time by a further reference to it4 ,to come to recent events4 ,during the years #ahig-aijj ,france was stirred to its depths over the ,dreyfus 8affaire40 ,it was in the air--everyone talked about it1 and the controversy was full of bitterness4 ,the policy of the ,ultramontane party with respect to this question can only be described as deplorable4 ,at any cost this unfortunate ,jew must be proved guilty1 apparently with the hope that thus feeling would be stirred up in the country against all ,jews1 and non-,roman ,catholics1 and the ,church come again into the favour she was fast losing4 ,the reaction that came when it was seen that a great blunder had been made was remarkable2 and there was considerable irritation against those who had1 it was felt1 deceived the people4 ,yet there are some in ,france who still would have us believe that ,dreyfus is guilty6 ,the country had been steadily becoming indifferent to religion1 but that indifference was largely changed into open hostility in the reaction after the exposures which were made in this 8affaire10 which had indeed brought the country perilously near civil war4 ,it was in the year #aijj that the ,french ,government took action against the ,augustinians1 or ,assumptionists4 ,hitherto the 8,orders0 had been treated with more or less of indifference1 but at this time the country woke up to the fact that this body was publishing a newspaper 78,the ,croix071 which was acquiring a leading position so far as circulation was concerned4 ,in every caf1 in every village1 it had its agents2 and while acting under the cloak of religion--the crucifix being printed on the front page1 with a representation of the 8flag of the ,sacred ,heart0--it was really a political organ--its object was revolutionary--and aimed at the existing ,government4 ,it is only fair1 however1 to say that this organ1 while largely used1 was never officially sanctioned by the ,church4 ,the ,government becoming aware of the danger promptly seized the press1 suppressed the ,order of the ,assumptionists1 and proceeded to further measures4 ,m4 ,clemenceau showed1 in an able speech1 that in very many cases these so-called religious orders were nothing else than huge trading establishments1 some of which had made great fortunes by the manufacture of wines and liqueurs1 and that a considerable amount of 8sweating0 was practised by those in authority over them4 ,in #aija1 ,m4 ,waldeck ,rousseau being ,prime ,minister1 the 8,associations ,bill0 was brought into the ,chamber of ,deputies4 ,this ,bill required all congregations to be authorized4 ,existing congregations were to obtain authorization1 and no new ones could be formed without this authority4 ,the ,bill was no doubt aimed chiefly at the various 8orders10 several of which were not authorized1 as1 e4g41 the ,jesuits and the ,dominicans4 ,desperate efforts were made in the ,chamber to defeat the ,government1 but the ,bill was carried by #cjc votes to #bbd4 ,soon after this1 ,m4 ,waldeck ,rousseau retired1 nominating ,m4 ,combes as his successor4 ,in #aijb the elections were held1 and the ,government 8went to the country0 upon the ,associations ,bill4 ,contrary to the expectations of the ,ultramontane party1 and showing how rapidly it was losing its hold upon the people1 the elections were decidedly in favour of the ,government4 ,m4 ,combes1 in the same year1 suppressed #abg establishments 7monasteries and convents7 which were not authorized4 ,many thought he acted with undue severity1 and disturbances took place in various parts4 ,it has1 however1 to be remembered that with the ,government it was a struggle for life1 and as a leading statesman expressed it1 8,the religious orders are a ,state within a ,state1 and capable of undermining the most solid edifice raised by a most united people40 ,m4 ,combes has frequently said that he had no intention at this time of going so far as to propose the breaking of the ,concordat--not that he objected to it1 but he did not believe that the country was ripe for it4 ,the somewhat extraordinary action of the ,vatican1 and the support of the ,government by the people1 carried him on4 ,an event took place soon after which accentuated the friction between the ,government and the ,vatican4 ,m4 ,loubet 7,president of the ,republic7 had decided to pay an official visit to the ,king of ,italy4 ,this was considered an insult to the ,vatican1 which had for a long time endeavoured to keep ,france and ,italy apart4 ,protest was made to the ,french ,government1 and every engine of diplomacy used to arrange a visit to the ,pope before the audience with the ,king of ,italy4 ,m4 ,loubet and the ,government refused to be dictated to1 and as ,m4 ,combes put it in a speech subsequently made1 8,we will not allow the ,papacy to intermeddle in our international relationships1 and we intend to have done once for all with the fiction of the ,temporal ,power40 ,this sounds very much like the sentence in our own ,constitution3 8,the ,pope of ,rome hath no jurisdiction in this realm of ,england40 ,the mass of the people--with whom ,m4 ,loubet was popular--sided with the ,government1 and the gulf was made a little wider4 ,following this incident came the case of the two ,bishops1 ,mgr4 le ,nordez1 ,bishop of ,dijon1 and ,mgr4 ,geay1 ,bishop of ,laval4 ,these two ecclesiastics were accused of certain crimes against morality1 and of ,freemasonry4 ,the excitement was widespread1 and eventually the bishops were summoned to ,rome4 ,in conformity with the terms of the ,concordat1 they informed the ,french ,government of this order1 who forbid them to leave the country1 as the summons was irregular4 ,from this time a battle began between the ,vatican and the ,french ,government1 until at length the two bishops yielded1 and went to ,rome to be tried1 and eventually resigned their bishoprics4 ,this was regarded as a great triumph for the ,ultramontane party4 ,but what followed caused considerable consternation1 for on ,july #bith of that year the ,papal ,nuncio was informed by ,m4 ,delcasse that there was no need for him to remain longer in ,france4 ,i shall not soon forget the excitement in ,paris at this decided step4 ,parliament1 however1 approved of what had been done1 and thus the way was prepared for the breaking of the 8golden chain0 of the ,concordat1 and the final rupture with the ,vatican4 ,great events followed with striking rapidity4 ,on ,december #ith1 #aije1 the law was passed severing the connection between ,church and ,state1 which was completed on ,march #afth1 #aijf1 by the 8,reglement d',administration publique40 ,it was legislation for which the country had proved to be ripe4 ,the series of events which ,i have briefly referred to had hastened the crisis4 ,no greater mistake could be made than to imagine it was merely a political measure arising from irritation4 ,it was inevitable--it was but the 8registration of an existing fact40 ,moreover1 the ,bill itself was much more generous and favourable than it might have been1 and is not rightly described as 8persecution40 ,it is no doubt anti-clerical1 but that does not mean that it is altogether anti-religious4 ,in the ,chamber of ,deputies the other day the ,abb ,lemire could say that 8he believed in the sincerity of those who say they wished to make the law of separation a law of liberty and toleration1 as well for the ,church as for the ,state40 ,the first article of the ,bill reads thus3 8,the ,republic assures liberty of conscience and guarantees the free practise of religion subject only to the restrictions hereinafter enacted1 in the interest of public order40 ,the second article says3 8,the ,republic neither recognises nor salaries nor subsidises any religion0--in future budgets 8all expenses connected with the practise of religions0 would be omitted1 and public religious establishments would be suppressed4 ,provision is1 however1 made for the continued services of chaplains in public institutions1 a provision which shows an absence of an altogether anti-religious bias in the ,bill4 ,the ceasing of grants for religious services means1 of course1 an enormous loss to the ,roman ,church1 and a proportionate loss to the ,protestant and ,jewish ,churches also4 ,it is a credit to the ,roman ,church that this financial loss has not been represented as the chief grievance4 ,the articles #c and #d in the ,bill have been those most bitterly opposed by the ,ultramontane party4 ,the former required an 8inventory0 to be made of all ,church property1 which was then to be transferred to the 8,associations ,cultuelles10 who were to hold it in the future as 8representatives of the religion which has now the use of it40 ,the taking of this 8inventory0 was made the occasion of considerable disturbance4 ,in ,paris this was especially so at the ,church of ,s4 ,clothilde1 where there was a free fight4 ,the names of the arrested1 however1 clearly showed that the demonstration was political rather than religious1 and engineered mainly by the ,royalist party4 ,there is also another fact not generally known1 and that is1 that the opportunity was being taken by dealers from ,paris and ,london to purchase valuable plate and pictures from the ,churches throughout the country1 substituting for them others of little value1 and the ,government was really protecting ,church property by taking these inventories4 ,by article #d the 8,association ,cultuelles0 were to receive the property as being representatives of the 8,religion that now has the use of it40 ,these associations were to be formed in every parish1 the members forming it being proportionate to the population4 ,the priests might be members1 and would in most cases nominate the other members4 ,thus it would seem a door was open by which a 8modus vivendi0 might have been arranged between the ,vatican and the ,state4 ,the ,french bishops realized this1 and at their first meeting decided to accommodate themselves to the law4 ,they were convinced by a majority of twenty-two that it would be possible to form associations which1 8without violating the separation law1 would maintain the essential rights of the ,church1 her ,divine constitution1 and her hierarchy40 ,but the ,vatican would not consent4 ,later1 the ,archbishop of ,besancon proposed a scheme for the formation of 8,associations ,canonique10 which1 according to the ,abb ,houtin1 was approved by the bishops by #ef votes against #ah4 ,this scheme was also rejected1 the ,pope declaring that he would not permit their trial 8so long as he had no certain and legal guarantee that the ,divine constitution of the ,church1 the immaculate rights of the ,roman ,pontiff and the ,bishops1 and their authority over the necessary property of the ,church 7particularly over the sacred edifices7 would be irrevocably and fully assured by the said associations40 ,so came a deadlock--on all points the ,vatican had refused compliance with the new law1 and practically declared war against the ,government4 ,with apparently a real desire to meet the difficulty1 the ,government fell back temporarily upon the law of #ahha1 which required a simple declaration to be made of the intention to hold ,divine service1 this declaration being only necessary once a year4 ,this proposal was under discussion at the famous meeting of the ,french ,bishops at ,la ,muette1 ,paris1 in ,january of this year4 ,we gather from reliable sources that there was a disposition on the part of the bishops to accept this solution of the difficulty1 when a telegram was received from the ,vatican forbidding it4 ,thus we arrive at the present state of the religious question in ,france4 ,the ,church is separated from the ,state--the ,papal ,nuncio has been banished from ,france1 the bulk of the people are only nominal adherents of the ,church1 and they love to have it so4 ,it must be evident to most who have followed this controversy that ,rome has herself fledged the arrow which has brought her down4 ,for a long time she has been losing her hold upon the people1 so that to-day1 out of thirty-nine millions in the country1 it is calculated that only four to five millions are devout adherents of the ,papacy4 ,this fact it is that accounts for the absence of any serious uprising during this momentous change which has so recently taken place4 ,mr4 ,f4 ,harrison relates his impressions during a late visit to ,france in the 8,nineteenth ,century0 for ,august1 and says3--8,of the great religious struggle not a trace was to be seen4''' ,i entered the churches and attended the services at all hours1 and was almost always alone4 ,in ,notre ,dame1 in ,paris1 on ,trinity ,sunday last there were fifty-two women and twenty-five men40 ,he adds1 8,the ,state was only concerned with the overthrow of a great political conspiracy2 there was no trace of a great religious struggle1 because none took place40 ,visitors to ,paris during the season may get a very erroneous impression as to the true state of religious life4 ,a few of the leading churches may be filled1 e4g41 the ,madeleine1 ,s4 ,sulpice1 ,s4 ,clothilde1 and some others1 but one has to take into account the fact that ,paris is much under-churched for the population1 and that many of those attending in the season are from the provinces1 and1 ,i am sorry to say1 some ,english ,churchpeople4 ,so with regard to ,sunday4 ,a great change has taken place in ,france4 ,visitors of twenty years ago will remember that the shops in ,paris were for the most part open1 but now they are very generally closed4 ,it would1 however1 be a mistake to suppose that this change arose from a religious feeling4 ,it is rather that ,france had decided to keep one day in seven for pure pleasure1 and ,sunday has been chosen as the most convenient day4 ,the theatres and other amusements are open1 and thronged as before4 ,during the last sixteen years--with the exception of the monumental building upon the hill of ,montmartre1 ,i never saw any important new church in building1 or heard of one being erected4 ,and what is the reason of this state of things1 from which we as a ,church may gather some lessons8 ,they are many4 ,rome in ,france1 as in other countries1 is rather a political than a religious system4 ,she was involved more than was generally known in the ,dreyfus affair4 ,the banished ,orders were sowing the seeds of disloyalty to the ,republic4 ,s4 ,cyr 7the military school7 was largely under the influence of the ,jesuits1 who are not ,republicans1 and the struggle had to come4 8,france is democratic and progressive4 ,in spite of eminent exceptions1 the ,roman ,catholic body has offered a sullen and stubborn opposition to economic and social reform4 ,it reaps what it has sown40 ,and this is an object-lesson to ourselves4 ,now the attitude of the nation towards ,roman ,catholicism is one of distrust and aversion4 ,a ,church--a clergy--these1 though he may not personally use them--the average ,frenchman will have4 ,but what he will not have at any price is a ,government influenced by priests--a ,roman ,catholic 8party0--or the intervention of ,rome1 secret or avowed1 in ,french politics4 ,the fact is that ,rome has asked the people to believe too much1 and they have ended by believing very little4 ,it is a sad spectacle4 ,but what has the ,church offered to combat the growing materialism of the country8 ,only the poor substitute of superstition1 such as is manifested at ,lourdes and other places4 ,this and the ,dreyfus affair1 and the scandal connected with the name of ,leo ,taxil1 have done much in late years to alienate thinking ,frenchmen from religion4 ,again1 the selling of the offices and sacraments has in ,paris at least been practised to an extraordinary extent4 ,before the separation1 ,i have known of as much as #a1jjj being paid for the services at a 8rich0 funeral4 #hj to #ajj was a common fee for marriages and funerals1 and large offerings were expected at baptisms4 ,since the passing of the ,bill the ,archbishop of ,paris has ordered that marriages and funerals should only be taken in a low 8class10 where the fees are comparatively moderate4 ,but ,i am credibly informed that it is expected that an 8offering0 will be given to the officiating priest equal to what was formerly charged4 ,this relates1 of course1 only to the wealthier class1 from whom the complaints have been deep if not loud4 ,and what is the outcome of all this8 ,here you have a dissatisfied priesthood1 especially as to the younger men2 it is calculated that some two hundred secede from the priesthood every year2 a people who have thrown over their ,church and practically banished religion from their schools4 ,you have teachers who have a better chance of employment and promotion if they are free-thinkers4 ,consequently juvenile crime is increasing1 and immorality more or less rampant4 ,here are two facts4 ,according to the official journal1 during the year #aije1 #c1hje boys of sixteen years of age passed through the police courts1 and #eff girls of the same age2 and in the same year there were #dfh cases of suicide of men and women under twenty-one years of age4 ,again1 in ,paris alone the illegitimate births are over #ab1jjj a year1 while in ,london1 with its much greater population1 the number for #aijf was #d1hfh4 ,what is the remedy8 ,certainly a revival of religion will not come through politics--but will it come from the ,church herself8 ,there is a ,liberal school of ,roman ,catholic ,theology in ,france from which some hope much4 ,m4 ,paul ,sabatier 7who has written so much and so well upon this subject7 has great hopes that the ,church in ,france will be saved by this party4 ,but it is a party which has no favour from ,rome1 and time alone will show whether anything can be accomplished by it4 ,some1 indeed1 there are who think that the somewhat mysterious action of the ,pope in the late controversy with the ,government arose from the existence and strength of this 8,liberal0 party1 and the latest ,papal pronouncement seems to favour this view4 ,this school--historical1 liturgical1 and critical--has broken down the intellectual conceptions on which ,romish doctrine rests2 and if its views are accepted by ,roman ,catholics generally1 then the ,vatican sees clearly that it cannot sway the minds of the people and bring them to obey implicitly4 ,it would appear that the ,curia sees that the doctrines of ,liberalism1 once adopted1 will overthrow ,romanism1 and in its desire to save the ,church allows the ,french ,catholics to be persecuted1 knowing that persecution will confirm ,conservatism1 and drive the really attached ,ultramontanes closer to the ,roman authority4 ,the ,pope's action is1 in fact1 the inevitable result of ,ultramontanism1 for nowadays no ,romanist can be anything but an ,ultramontane if he is loyal to the ,papacy4 ,thus the action of the ,pope may not be a diplomatic mistake so much as the outcome of a steady policy to maintain unity on the basis of the ,vatican decrees and the syllabus4 ,the lessons for the ,church of ,england are obvious4 ,it may be that ,france is in the van of a larger movement for good or for evil4 ,spain1 ,italy1 ,germany1 are in the throes of the same struggle4 ,anti-clericalism is not unknown among ourselves4 ,surely we may learn the danger of a too close alliance with any political party4 ,the ,church1 as her ,divine ,founder1 should be non-political4 ,and should not every nerve be strained to keep our people in close attachment to the ,church1 by active sympathy with the masses1 putting before them a manly ,christianity and avoiding medivalism and superstition8 ,and must we not fight for schools1 that definite religious instruction be given to our children1 which will equip them as none other can for the responsibilities of national life1 and for the life to come8 ,if we learn these lessons while the day lasteth1 8quis separabit40 ,,chapter ,,xi4 ,,the ,,church ,,of ,,england ,,on ,,the ,,continent4 ,the position and work of the ,church of ,england upon the ,continent is not understood as it should be by ,british people in general4 ,it is difficult to overcome old prejudices1 and there is no doubt but that in former times 7now happily gone by7 there was a distinct prejudice against the ,continental ,chaplain4 ,it was generally thought that he must either be on the ,bishop's 8black list10 or have been guilty of some grievous fault to be found upon the ,continent at all4 ,and this prejudice was hardly to be wondered at4 ,it is not very many years ago since no ,bishop was found to be superintending the chaplains1 and there were men ministering abroad who had left their country for their country's good4 ,the history of ,episcopal supervision is briefly this4 ,in the year #affc 8congregations of the ,church of ,england in foreign countries0 were placed under the jurisdiction of the ,bishop of ,london4 ,this was in the reign of ,charles ,i41 and by an order of the ,king in council4 ,and this order held good for #bjj years4 ,during this period there are little or no traces of any effectual ,episcopal supervision1 neither is there any record of any ,assistant ,bishop aiding the ,bishop of ,london in this work4 ,we may1 however1 assume that the number of ,british people travelling and resident upon the ,continent was nothing like what it is now4 ,in the old days people often took their carriage over the ,channel and travelled with servants and ,courier1 so that trips abroad were only a luxury of the rich4 ,and now the ,london ,polytechnic1 e4g41 take people over by thousands1 and offer a trip to 8lovely ,lucerne0 with all the best excursions1 etc41 for #e #es46 ,when taking the chaplaincy at ,lucerne three years ago ,i was much interested in the arrival of these weekly parties1 and in order to see how the excursions were managed went with a party to the end of the ,lake1 and by ,goschenen to ,andermatt1 a lovely excursion2 and ,i was indeed surprised how well everything was done4 ,the lunch was plain but substantial1 and all included in the five guineas for a week's trip4 ,but to return to ,church matters4 ,in #ahbe ,bishop ,luscombe was appointed to the ,embassy ,chaplaincy in ,paris1 and to superintend ,british congregations on the ,continent4 ,this could have been no sinecure1 when it is remembered that there was then no ,bishopric of ,gibraltar1 and that his appointment included superintendence of the ,church of ,england congregations on the whole ,continent1 in ,asia1 and the ,north of ,africa4 ,i endeavoured to ascertain if there were any records of ,episcopal work done in these lands1 but could find no trace4 ,the ,embassy ,chaplaincy was less important then than it has since become1 but my experience has been that the work in ,paris is both onerous and constant1 and that with all the chaplain may be able to accomplish there is necessarily much left undone4 ,twelve thousand ,english people scattered over a large city must involve1 as it does1 heavy work4 ,in the year #ahdb1 the ,bishopric of ,gibraltar was founded2 in this case a territorial title was available owing to our possession of the impregnable rock4 ,forty-two years afterwards1 in #ahhd1 a most important step was taken1 and a ,suffragan ,bishop to the ,see of ,london appointed to take jurisdiction over the congregations in ,northern and ,central ,europe4 ,the first was ,bishop ,titcomb1 a man greatly beloved by all who knew him1 and one who never tired of doing all he could to help and cheer his chaplains1 many of whom were in isolated posts and often very lonely4 ,unfortunately he was only a few years at work1 when he was taken ill and died4 ,his successor was the ,right ,rev4 ,bishop ,wilkinson1 formerly of ,zululand1 under whom ,i was privileged to serve during the whole of my chaplaincy4 ,i usually arranged for the ,bishop's hospitality at the ,embassy when he visited us for ,confirmations1 and while ,i fear he does not like ,paris and big receptions1 we were always pleased to see him and fully appreciated his work amongst us4 ,the travelling in this 7so-called7 diocese is very fatiguing1 as it reaches from ,calais to ,st4 ,petersburg1 and embraces ,belgium1 the ,north of ,france1 ,germany1 ,norway1 and ,sweden1 etc4 ,thus the work of the ,church of ,england upon the ,continent is within these two ,dioceses--,i use the term as being the most convenient--and can1 ,i believe1 be favourably compared with that in any ,english or ,colonial ,diocese4 ,in both ,dioceses there are permanent and temporary chaplaincies4 ,permanent chaplaincies are usually in towns1 where there is a resident and commercial colony1 and where similar work is carried on to that of an ,english parish4 ,the temporary chaplaincies are opened only in the season1 and in places where the ,english congregate for health1 holiday1 and pleasure4 ,the appointments to these chaplaincies are chiefly in the hands of the two well-known societies1 the ,colonial and ,continental ,church ,society and the ,society for the ,propagation of the ,gospel4 ,all licenses are issued by the ,bishops of ,london and ,gibraltar4 ,since my removal from ,paris ,i have been a member of the ,committee of the former ,society1 and ,i can testify to the care which is taken to select men suitable to the vacant positions4 ,in the chaplains1 and especially in the case of those permanent1 ,english travellers abroad will generally find a sympathetic friend1 and one ready to give advice or help whenever needed4 ,may ,i1 in closing this short notice of a very important and increasing work1 plead for greater liberality on the part of travellers4 ,the chaplains are often but poorly paid1 and are in a large measure dependent--in some cases entirely--upon the weekly offertory4 ,the number of nickel coins in the plate week after week is a trying experience to the chaplain1 and seems to show but small appreciation on the part of travellers of the advantage of a religious service when abroad1 and of the very great difficulty there often is in keeping a chaplaincy open for want of funds4 ,in trouble and difficulty the chaplain is frequently the one applied to1 and then gratitude is expressed1 but it surely should not be left to such times2 and the plea of home calls and the expense of a holiday abroad is not satisfactory or quite reasonable4 ,but what noble exceptions there are to the grudging giver6 ,i had for some years a member of my congregation in ,paris who regularly put a gold piece in the plate on ,sundays1 and if away for three or four weeks would1 on her return1 give for each ,sunday of her absence2 and 8,god loveth a cheerful giver40 ,,chapter ,,xii4 ,,americans ,,in ,,paris4 ,the ,american ,colony is not nearly so large as the ,english in ,paris1 but it is important and influential4 ,according to the last census there were #e1jjj ,americans resident1 or in hotels1 while there were #ab1jjj ,english4 ,the reason for this difference in numbers is not far to seek4 ,america is too distant1 and the voyage too expensive for the poor to readily cross the great ,atlantic2 while for a few shillings anyone can traverse the little 8,manche0 between ,england and ,france and try their luck in the gay ,city--generally looked upon in ,england as one vast pleasure ground4 ,alas6 these poor people often find tears where they looked for laughter1 and poverty where they looked for gold4 ,an ,american in distress from poverty is a rarity4 ,the few who are stranded in ,paris find many liberal helpers among their own country people4 ,there is no doubt that ,americans thoroughly appreciate the beauty and comfort of living in the 8,ville lumire10 and there are many residents who have chosen it as a place of residence when free to live anywhere4 ,then there are others who are married to ,french1 and thirdly1 those who are studying painting1 singing1 or architecture1 or whose children are being educated in that thorough way we in ,england know so little of4 ,the ,english ,chaplain comes into close contact with many ,americans1 both socially and ministerially4 ,though the beautiful ,church in the ,avenue de l',alma was built for1 and by1 ,americans1 the ,english ,embassy ,church counts among her faithful worshippers many an ,american cousin4 ,doctor ,morgan1 who has for many years ministered to the ,american ,church1 and is so much beloved by all1 quite recognised that we must exchange many of our flock1 and it would not be possible1 nor desirable1 to keep to the nationality of our congregation1 especially as we are in communion one with the other4 ,socially1 the ,english ,chaplain must necessarily meet many ,americans4 ,naturally1 those who speak the same language 7or nearly so7 must draw together in a strange country4 ,but there is more than that1 as everyone knows1 in the relationship of ,english and ,americans4 ,their outlook on life from childhood for education1 both in the home and school1 is the same4 ,until one has lived in a foreign country one hardly realizes how this affects one4 ,the difference in the way a ,frenchman regards the question of morality and religion makes a barrier which is not often bridged4 ,the truly sympathetic friendship between the ,anglo-,saxon and the ,frenchman is the exception1 and not the rule4 ,in this way the ,american and ,english in a foreign land draw closer together1 and consider themselves very much as one family1 with the same tastes and sympathies1 while they regard in quite a different light those they call 8foreigners10 though they may be living in that 8foreigners'0 land1 and would be quite offended if the term were applied to them4 ,we made many friends among the ,americans1 and we can never think of our life in ,paris as separate from those dear ones4 ,indeed1 the house which my family and ,i have come to regard as a second home1 and where the welcome is always that of a kind sister1 belongs to an ,american who was1 and is still1 one of the most regular attendants at the ,english ,church4 ,i cannot too often testify to the liberality of the ,americans in ,paris in helping the ,british poor4 ,they were ready at all times to give of their money and time for this purpose1 and ,i cannot remember a single instance when ,i appealed in vain for their aid4 ,at a large working party formed for making clothes for the ,british poor1 we had not only the attendance of many ,americans1 but the beautiful and commodious rooms of the ,hotel ,powers were lent to us free of charge by their ,american owner4 ,when we had bazaars for the ,church1 several stalls were taken by ,americans1 and at concerts given for charitable purposes it was in many cases to the ,american ,colony we owed both the talent which attracted the large attendance1 and also the results we generally obtained4 ,perhaps one of the most notable of the ,american millionaires when ,i first went to ,paris was ,mrs4 ,ayer4 ,she was almost mobbed when she went out on account of her wonderful jewels1 which represented a large fortune4 ,i have seen people standing on chairs in a drawing-room to get a better sight of her--or of them6 ,indeed1 royalty could hardly compete in notoriety with this little old lady4 ,mrs4 ,astor in her beautiful flat in the ,champs ,elyses 7which she called only a little 8pied--terre07 gave most enjoyable soires1 and her beautiful manners added not a little to the pleasure of her guests4 ,she had the great charm of making no difference in her welcome1 whether the guest was a prince or a poor curate1 and one went away with the delightful feeling that you were the person she had most wished to see1 and you had given her much pleasure by your presence6 ,the late ,mrs4 ,warden-,pell also entertained a good deal1 and she often1 at her afternoon receptions1 when great artists delighted her audience1 gave young students an opportunity of being heard--an opportunity which was worth a great deal to them1 and which they were not slow to appreciate4 ,mrs4 ,whitelaw-,reed1 who has since become so well known as the wife of the ,ambassador in ,london1 did a great deal for the artists in the ,latin quarter1 and her work has borne much good fruit4 ,i must also speak of ,mr4 and ,mrs4 ,mason1 the ,american ,consul and his wife1 who have for many years won the love and admiration of all nationalities and classes in the most cosmopolitan town--,paris4 ,their house is always open to those who require aid or sympathy1 and it is not only ,americans who seek it there4 ,mrs4 ,mason may be seen at all gatherings in any way connected with charity1 and we ,english often forgot that we had no real claim upon her and1 ,i fear1 trespassed on her kindness4 ,i have spoken elsewhere of ,mrs4 ,hoff and the good work she helps so liberally4 ,the annual banquets of the ,american ,chamber of ,commerce and the ,july celebrations were always important functions1 and ,i have thus had the great pleasure of listening to some of the most eloquent speakers in ,america and ,france4 ,it was the usual custom to have present a contingent of the 8,garde ,rpublicain10 and their bright uniforms added much to the brilliancy of the scene4 ,at one of these functions quite an ovation was given to ,general ,horace ,porter4 ,he was the means of restoring to ,america all that was left of 8,paul ,jones10 the founder of the ,american ,navy4 ,general ,porter paid all the expenses of transport1 etc41 which were enormous1 and the body was taken through the streets with great pomp and 8clat10--both in ,paris and ,new ,york4 ,i cannot mention the many ,americans whose kindness to me was unfailing1 and can only add that without the ,americans in ,paris the ,english ,chaplain's life would be less agreeable1 and his financial responsibilities more difficult to maintain4 ,,chapter ,,xiii4 ,l',,envoi4 ,my departure from ,paris came about in rather a curious way4 ,in ,april and ,may1 #aijf1 we had a visit from the late ,dean ,barlow 7of ,peterboro'74 ,for the first of ,may 78,labour ,day07 we had arranged a ,drawing-room ,meeting for the ,dean on behalf of the ,colonial and ,continental ,church ,society1 whose work in ,canada was1 and is1 attracting so much attention in religious circles4 ,it turned out1 however1 to be one of those 8scares0 with which ,paris is sometimes afflicted1 and the idea having got abroad that something dreadful was about to happen1 only three people turned up6 ,the ,dean was very kind about it1 and notwithstanding the small number present1 gave us a most interesting account of his recent visit to ,canada4 ,the next morning when he was leaving1 he turned to me and said1 8,noyes1 how long have you been here80 ,i told him nearly sixteen years1 and added1 8,you must not leave me here too long40 ,the ,dean had very considerable influence in ,church patronage1 and when he wrote to me in the spring of #aijg1 he said1 8,do you remember what you said to me when ,i was leaving your house last year8 ,well1 ,i have ventured to put your name forward for an important ,church in ,london40 ,so slight often are the incidents which bring about changes in our lives4 ,i had never heard of ,st4 ,mary's1 ,kilburn1 or been in this part of ,london before ,i came over to see the ,church4 ,the saying 8good-bye0 is always trying1 and especially after a long ministry among such a devoted congregation as ,i had in ,paris4 ,i preached a farewell sermon to a large congregation on ,friday1 ,june #ith1 #aijg1 and although ,i struggled hard against it1 completely broke down4 ,the next day ,i had to face a large gathering in the ,washington ,palace1 to receive a most gratifying testimonial4 ,the spacious room was crowded1 and the kind expressions of regret almost overwhelming4 ,it was here ,i was able to make the announcement that ,i had received a few days previously from a generous donor1 who wished to remain anonymous1 the magnificent gift of #d1jjj towards the ,paris ,church ,house4 ,the following account appeared in the papers of the succeeding day3-- 8,at the ,washington ,palace this afternoon took place the presentation by ,mr4 ,percy ,inglis1 ,british ,consul-,general1 to the ,rev4 ,h4 ,e4 ,noyes1 ,d4,d41 of the testimonial from the congregation of the church in the ,rue d',aguesseau1 consisting of an illuminated address1 a cheque1 and a flagon1 in the presence of a large gathering1 among whom were ,sir ,henry ,austin ,lee1 ,doctor ,sewell1 ,mr4 ,h4 ,millington ,drake1 the ,very ,rev4 ,father ,mc,mullan1 ,mr4 ,lammin1 ,mr4 ,le ,cocq1 and ,mr4 ,coleman4 ,mr4 ,inglis read1 amid great applause1 the address1 which is a tribute to the excellent work performed by ,doctor ,noyes during his sixteen years' residence in ,paris4 ,in his reply ,doctor ,noyes related all that had been done for the charitable and other institutions of the colony during that period1 and spoke very feelingly of the hearty support which he had received throughout from the ,embassy and all its members4 ,he noted this as especially interesting1 that during that time he had seen four ,ambassadors at the mansion in the ,faubourg ,saint ,honor1 and no fewer than five ,presidents of the ,republic4 ,great enthusiasm was displayed when the reverend gentleman announced that he had received last week from a donor whose name could not be revealed the magnificent sum of #ajj1jjj frs4 for the contemplated clergy house4 ,afterwards ,doctor and ,mrs4 ,noyes took a hearty farewell of all their friends1 with the expression of the hope that they would meet again in ,paris and at their new home in ,london40 ,my successor1 as is well known1 is the ,right ,rev4 ,bishop ,ormsby 7late of ,honduras71 and it is a curious circumstance that when ,i was curate of ,st4 ,matthias's ,church in ,dublin1 one of the congregation was ,judge ,ormsby1 the father of the ,bishop4 ,i left ,paris with many regrets1 and often have wondered since whether ,i had not been there too long to leave it4 ,but the die is cast1 and ,i can only now in quiet moments wander in thought over the familiar scenes1 and think of the many kind friends1 the memory of whom will never fade4