Show AOL ti vw am UK M i W rp N bizarre float in the carnival at nice prepared by the national Matlon nl society hington D V 0 LIEN millions of americans W allun leave tor for abi three e d days ays weeks or 0 three mantl inantha is at the bench beach or the takes on the farin or tn in the t they ey are hitting an age old trail las laps of 0 lapland and the ot of west persia take tile vacation trail to it a cool bummer climate and it ta a called a migration because they opy t ti 6 go the athenian gentleman went to olympia olymeta and called ills hla r erent lon interval the Oly olympic mple ehmes tu In china Cliffin end and india popular thou glit satisfies tile tho vi lention impulse by religious pilgrim ages some people not yet entirely accustomed c cus tomed to pleasure for pl pleasures ensures sake KO go to health springs linds hads or spas but it Is a vacation ne nevertheless verthel c sa and a salutary one olympic games of 0 ancient greece were probably the first vacation excursions cur before their organization years before the birth of christ traveling was risky the mountains might invite in bunin summer 1 er but if a man loved life he stayed in ills hla own little kingdom though lie he cooked and boiled and baked in the sun in greece for I 1 one month following the first full moon after june 21 every four our years a general pence peace proclamation went out through tile the states state of greece permitting contestants and hordes of 0 ex in 10 go safely to the ful vale of olympia Olymp la rome nome marked its conquests not with lend lead plates or flagpoles but bath houses many of the innumerable health springs of europe gat gathering heyIng places for multitudes for the curo cure of I 1 disease and the enjoyment of rest or 01 sport boast of roman konian origin at the hands bands of tho amphibian legionnaires the site of dath bath in england attracted one nine of tho the largest roman settlements by its famous springs spring s biad lad k I 1 n german go r means bath and towns with bad before or after the names are almost as frequent as 1126 main fain streets in n america this word spa tor for health spring resort has its origin in the belgian town spa once the most farno farnos famous s in europe resorts of royalty the prince of wales goes in for out oat door life on a canadian ranch the king of spain ti mummer sat at san sebas ban the spanish counterpart to blur biar ritz whereas peter the great of rus rug sla lilt and monarchs mon archa of austrin austria and sweden soaked in and drunk drank cheal cally scented water in spa king george of 0 england goesta the sea ea shore or to the scottish moors moora for a vacation cation but his ancestral namesakes went to the pump house of bath in tile the hills ellla west of neiping peking tire are be the ruins or of one ortho most beau summer resorts the world has seen the summer palace of manchu emperors the jade fountain a one fine large spring has been the site of sum hier roer pa lacet for chinese sovereigns a since ince the tenth century but the roost most beautiful was that built by he be poet emperor in 1001 1661 jesuit priests artesta described to him the beauties of ver sallies palace and he wove some of the designs into his own plans A jesuit supervised tho the development of the palace enclosure alere the emperor took his ease case on a royal barge floating on a sapphire lake in the midst of which rose an artificial mountain girded with marble bastions climbing fujiyama Is the cherished japanese idea of a vacation although the numerous hot springs of the nation attract thousands annually mount fuji la Is their mecca every true japanese expects to climb it oure once in his lifetime it IW sacred to both shinto and buddhist believers bel levera to the former it is the beautiful goddess causing flowers to bloom brightly to the int latter it Is the folded bud of the sacred lotus tile the desire to climb the perfect snowwhite snow enow white cone of fuji has given rise to vacation totter es throughout japan the luck ticket gives its holder sufficient funds to ascend tile the supreme altar and salute the sun as it turns the sea aea of cotton as tile the japanese call the cloud roof into a floece fleece of gold lucky are the mohammedan all arms bound for mecca when their shifting chit ting calendar briegs the holiest hollest time for this journey into the spring for or that Is the most delightful season lit in the desert playgrounds playground by the sea each nation has its atlantic city peruvians go down to barranca on the pacific the french in algeria go to in the hills back from the mediterranean athens athena listens to french operettas ope in Pha leron teron on the bay where galleys of ancient attens athena were sheltered egyptians desert tha muddy nile for it few fair miles from alexandria and on the edgo edge of 0 the deltas tan fan the lado an island near venice Is the famous ocean resort of italy and tile the enst shore ehora of the baltic Is one vast bathing beach during tile the brief summer which that region enjoys one of the best of the worlds playgrounds Is the IlI oliviera vIera that sun drenched shored shore of tho mediterranean w where here franco france and italy meet nice chief town of 0 the viera Is often caviled cavilee nt at as too boisterous too crowded but it continues despite nit nil that to be the capital of Ru Eu ropes winter playground cannes draws to its villas fill and d hotels those of quieter tastes mentone lures its invalids while all tile the other scores of resorts along una sun bathed mediterranean coast draw to themselves appropriate groups of oc those jn in search of pleasure rest or health but nice Is trio tha meeting place tor for all its as well as uie tho place of 0 temporary residence for thousands who find this bustling city and well equipped resort rolled into one exactly to their liking nices galety gaiety rises in crescendo to th tho a carnival which takes takei place placa just before the beginning of lent each spring this more or less historic celebration ebra eb tiou a type tor for numerous festivals around the world began as aa a modest fiesta many years yeara ego ago it became c a moan an org organized milded celebration in and has drawn increasing crowds since it must be admitted too that it has grown ln in there ore are quiet loving souls soula who leave nice fai or the carnival just as there are arc those w who ho flock there for li IL the celebration centers about the battle of flowers in tile promenade des anglaia anglais Ang Angl lais als there ore are parades that feature the ludicrous as aa well as the beautiful and dominos masques es street songs street dances borna end and cofi confetti ettl many english in nice there Is a considerable english colony at nice it dates back many fears years as one might ur nilse when he learns that the promenade den dea an gluts has borne its name since 1821 some of the earl earliest test of the seeker of winter sunshine from tho the british toles islea were in the modest riviera town that year when an unusual cold snap ruined the orange crop they clubbed together nud gave the unemployed an lives work by building a road along the seashore the promenade desan des an geals glais A wag has said that this roadway was built by the unemployed and has been used by the unemployed ever since the chief boulevard and shopping street in nice to Is the avenue do de in victoire VIcto lre with its smart shops and smartly dressed shoppers it la Is a typical parisian boulevard in miniature form new nice with its wide streets and bright buildings has grown browd over a large area almost obscuring quaint old nice one finds the old town in a seemingly compressed quarter across a little torrent from the newer city between the stream and a buff baft ilke promontory castle hill which was the acropolis of the earliest settlement on one side of the stream are narrow crooked streets houses centuries old and here and there ruined palaces it Is a medieval looking place abbt Is inhabited by thoroughly modern modem mechanics chani cs tram train drivers and other less opulent inhabitants of the city on the other side of the stream lies iles the new city with its avenues and prom esades theaters und find casI casinos sweeping up hill bill inland to a zone of hotels palaces and villas although many criticize nice for its modernity and its too rapid growth oil all agree that its ito setting on a spacious sparkling bay en folded by green and lavender hills la Is superb to see tile the city and its surroundings at their best one should ride over oter the famous grande road from nice it climbs to a high shelf the name means great cornice or shelf on the island hills overlooking the entire region both seaward and oft off to the snow capped alps napoleon built the rond road between 1805 and 1812 to facilitate military expeditions ions toward italy now it la Is div gl en over almost entirely to pleasure traffic over it the season I 1 whiz cliar q a barics banca and motor buses ind and i private cars after warn warm weather brings nn an end to the season this road of incomparable views Is almost do n I 1 seated |