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Several of the Americans were housed in the Hotel Lamartine, on tin* edge of the Lamartine woods, where the celebrated author wrote Raphael.’' The philosophic. Intellectual fighter will he sure to find on the outskirts of Ohanbery, a suburb of Alx-Ies-Ralns, “Los Charmottes. that delightfully located home where Jean Jacques Rousseau lived a romance with Mndurae YVarlt;*ns, received royalty as his friends and wrote books.The permlssionalre cannot escape history In Alx, for le* passes a crumbling Roman arch when he takes his way to the great bath establishment, In which special rates had been made for his plunge and shower. If he does not seek to elude but to study the past, our soldier may find plenty of Roman relics In the museums. There also are relics of tin ora when a mountain toppled over, burying 10 hamlets and partly filling Lake Ronrget, from whose depths the treasures have been retrieved.He can row across the lake to Hautecombe abbey, which stands on the sole hit of ground In this province still controlled by Italy. It contains 2Q0 marble statues and the mausoleums of the dukes of Savoy. He will see where Hannibal, 200 B. started his passage of the Alps. He will walk where walked Charlemagne, Henry of Navarre, the khedives of Egypt, Elizabeth of Aus-
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The Idaho Springs Siftings News
Idaho Springs, Colorado, US
Fri, Aug 02, 1918
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