Show headquarters 0 of f monks attractive french spot there Is always something new to write of la grande chartreuse Cha the headquarters of the famous order of monies CS founded by bruno in the eleventh century amons among the almost inaccessible ces sible mountain valleys of savoy in france to wander through the intricate passageways eways and slits silts la in the wa I 1 19 is to be reminded of the ancient rules of the order which permitted no monk to tee see another all lived in solitude and silence illuminating lumina ting manuscripts minu scripts or writing learned treatises on the holy writings until they died and were burled buried in its little garden of the dead an A 11 egg and cheese twice a week but one meal of bread and water every ether day was their diet yet set these monks gave tile the world the renown renow nett ci chartreuse cordial the sale of which supported the monastery when the government seized the place in 1903 the monks fled to spain and carried with will them the secret of their famous liquor made of herbs and plants and today the lonely monastery Is only a allow place tor for visitors to tin ger eer and muse on the austeri austerities ties of the past |