French Give Up Pack of Smokes To Fix Palace FARIS—-The French are cutting down on cigarettes to help raise money for the Palace of Versailles. A special appeal has been made to every citizen to contribute the price of one pack toward the $14, 000 000 needed to restore the palace and gardens. Non-smokers are contributing too. for the French love Versailles and flock to see it from all over the country. On an afternoon jaunt from Paris or a trip from the provinces, they visit the palace and walk in gardens where over 150, 000 plants are set out each year. Families spread picnic lunches on the grass, and the children play by the fountains. Occasionally special attractions are listed among theater notices m the papers. Some Sundays all the fountains are playing; on cer tain evenings they are illuminated while tile opera ballet performs by the fountain of Neptune. Or there may be fireworks displays reflected in the Grand Canal. J Built on Marshland y After almost total neglect dur ing World War II many repairs are needed in the gardens. The con dition of the palace is even more critical Built by Louis XIV around his father's hunting lodge on marsh land 12 miles from Paris, and w ith no outside downspouts to mar the beauty of its facades, the palace is crumbling within from dampness. The largest building and most visited historic shrine in the coun try. Versailles has always been very much a part of French life. Louis XIV, who said bluntly, "I am the state." established there the seat of government, luring nobles to his brilliant court. There they stayed, dependent on him finan- ] cially and politically. t ows and Goats Sightseers were freely admitted along with official visitors. Corri dor were thronged with princes and ambassadors, servants and peddlers. Cows and goats were hr light daily to the doors of those of the : ability who insisted on fresh mil. Tin: public also was allowed U1 the gui de :> and canto- in such tninibns tl., t guards: had to clear a | atli for the kingly constitu tionals.

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