Show 0 ss ED ID inna L vu C ami ax ol 01 sw 1 N z n 1 V al nab i s A ife r W 1 y we 10 0 ont VIEW OF DINAN Is undoubtedly one of the french provinces that BRITTANY has retained its original charm one must go there to appreciate the odd costumes and the quaint language their queer customs connected with marriages burials bu rials pardons and the blessing of the sea customs such an aa one sees nowhere else says a writer in town and country the soul of this raco race bears the imprint of the country and origin they are dreamy by turns poetical savage devotedly attached to the traditions of the country and to its soll coll almost all families of a village or part of the country are related to each othor other hence the expression cousins a la mode do de bretagne weddings therefore comprise sometimes hundreds sometimes thousands of guests when these are too numerous tables are set in the open for their accommodation their superstitions savor of the celts belts from whence they are descended sc scenery Is fine the real characteristics of the brittany country are scarcely discernible before one reaches the north of nantes french brittany it Is of course tor for ope has to go way beyond vannes to find the first village where the dialect Is spoken but it to a brittany all the samo same na as Is proved by the rude granite that forms forma the structure of the island by the general character of the cities and villages by the nature of the vegetation and even by the color of the sky fine scenery and splendid architecture are found all through the whole basin ot of the all alne along the whole of this country briar bushes and landes alternately q jt a savage grandi grandiose I 1 aspect peri frn tho the burtor tur tor of a chuch oh uch 1 it looks like a continuous forest yet woods wooda are rare in spite of the fact that one aldo aide of brittany is called ar coat which in the language of the i country means land of the forest in contrast to the other side armor which Is land of the sea the breton cities seem in perfect harmony with the savage appearance of their landscape the smaller brittany places are charming and the chateaux numerous blain and vitre fougeres dinan recall to ones mind by their ruins and by the high walls towered by their fortresses some of which are very well preserved the fact that for centuries france and brittany were two distinct countries sometimes friendly but more often on warlike terms defying each other there Is much romantic history connected with these interesting places in the somber manoir do de combourg Coro Com bourg chateaubriand Chateau briand tho the renowned author of rone rene and a deep philosopher lived his pensive and solitary youth in the chateau des Af madame adarno do de sevigne came in vain to seek days of quiet and peace away from the conventions of court life such Is the interior ot of this side of brittany in the eastern part the peasant la Is agriculturally inclined while near the coast the childrens dreams are to become becom sailors to belong to the fishing expeditions of nova scotia or newfoundland the soul of brittany the course of all of Brit tanys rivers Is divided into two parts parta these in some place or other joining the ocean such Is the ranee rance flowing fi from rom saint malo to dinan danan it Is a splendid big river running along a magnificent green coast with picturesque rocks and charming parks above dinan it becomes a rivulet of minor amlo importance r the past has left its imprint indelibly on this country mont saint michel AlI chol built on sand and rocks Is crowned by superb towers and well represents the very soul 0 ol 01 brittany rr mystic yet A peaceful convent a wonderful norman church with a beautiful gothic choir towers pierced by iron barred wini windows lows and prisons old winding streets whore where plain bourgeois in long past years erected their simple abodes at the foot of the church as it wishing to td put themselves under tho the lords I 1 protection against the seas invasion this is mont saint michol beyond cancale bancale and dol saint malo proudly 6 emerges from blocks of at granite furiously beaten by ocean waves it Is there that jacques cartler cartier the discoverer of canada was born surrounded by immense city walls with its huge imposing old iron doors it evokes a past of glory and battle adventurers noblemen corsairs cor seafaring traders lived there in the past sometimes fraternizing usually fighting each other burial tl place on the tn height overpowering over towering h yond old oct city to protect it as athena protected athons athens saint saint abrl ac saint Lun alre saint are ara around grim looking saint malo llo ille so many delicate dainty flowed grouped around an imposing old onh oak all these last named places are in tin the warm seaport sea boason sort filled with summer guests guesta but the most frequented fash fashionable lona and delightful place of the ofner ether aid coast Is dinard where hordes ot of good hotels rich villas vilias and gardens and any number of pleasures attract the best beat american english and french people both in Fi summer timmer and in winter As soon as the season lit at deauville to la finished it la is to dinard that tho the social functions progress dinard Is filled with et charming harming villas and resembles a landscape from drear dreamland riland it to Is the laughing city where the fashionable ones onea both french and foreign gather to enjoy life at its best thero there are dinners receptions fly alvo clock teas artistic mati matinees nees galas and gorresi altogether a whirlwind of elegance with pretty women wearing the latest novelties in 1 gown and all else that charms and fascinates ones imagination mrs afro hughes hallett who has lived in dinard for a number of years Is the soul of the fashionable life there there Is a charming new casino at dinard where balls balls concerts and baccarat parties are given and which has a good restaurant attached there are also any number of first class hotels among the best of which Is of course mr bir buhls hotel royal sit situated u right on the sea front with charming grounds beach and garden the bretones bretons are analdine an alpine or celtic race very dark and short they have ab brawn U oy op black hair hairl light or 44 dark arx b bro rown wn eyes rounded fa facea cesin and A thickset figures brittany Brit tanys place in history Hl atory in ancient times brittany under the name arm orica was the set of federated confederated con an tribes who were of celtic and origin traces of at them remain in the oli old dialect of tho the three most west erly departments and the numerous so called monuments to bo be found in that section under the romans the country was waa made the Provin cla and for two centuries was waa prosperous under the roman peace but in the disorders of tho the third century A D it suffered severely and was reduced almost to a wilderness it was depeo plod pled by numerous im migrations from great britain chused caused by tho the anglo angie saxon invasion of the fifth and sixth centuries and then its name was wag changed to tc Brif brittany tany the little province suffered severely from numerous invasions for centuries and the question whether brittany was a vassal state of france was the cause of many battles finally after many treaties brittany was decla declared i red incorporated with france in 1532 by francis I 1 it r retained e a local parliament until the outbreak of the revolution during the revolution brittany which was intensely loyal to the bourbons was waa the arena of sanguinary conflicts and especially of the uprising of at the chou ans who last reappeared th in 1830 |