Rheims Restored

When the German howitzers were done with Rheims, there remained intact of the city's 13,806 houses exactly 17. Whole areas were wiped out so completely that the very location of certain streets could not be discovered. The great Cathedral was in ruins; yet it has risen again, and with it the greater part of the city. Last week Minister of Education Edouard Herriot journeyed out to Rheims for a simple yet impressive celebration of the Great Restoration. . . . Once again the great Rose Window of the Cathedral blazes with glass stained by members of the famed Simon family--glass workers for 400 years. Once again Rheims is a tight and tidy little city, restored by contributions from numberless sources, including the French Government, the Knights of Columbus, and John D. Rockefeller Jr. At the ceremony last week Ambassador Myron Timothy Herrick represented the U. S. contributors, stood witness while M. Herriot solemnly presented the key of the Rheims restored Cathedral to His Eminence Louis Henri Joseph Cardinal Lucon, Archbishop of Rheims.