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and from gallery to gallery - Some of them 200 ft long and one mass of gorgeousness.  Versailles is 15 or 20 miles out of the city and I was impressed by the slowness of the train.  A Pennsylvania accommodation train is as much beyond it for speed and style as the palace is beyond a seaside hotel.

The great Salon has opened - it is the great picture event of the year.  I have only been once up to date - but will have plenty of time to go often as it remains open for two months.  It is a great exhibition and has many pictures in it that I must study carefully.  Of coures nine tenths of every exhibition are uninteresting to each spectator.  And the Salon is no exception.