| Show p j yn the fhe Land of The Thc Yen jj delta detta nd the hc Bit CORSICA I of Napoleon I a H P LI N M rt Fl I U U U U pi Ut UtI iu I Feb Feu eb 1 I that tUt tl tUtI I Ia at alO to the ie effect In sa I m I Il In tho tO tOn a like sheep II IJ l ire are n aJ 1 blindly thu tho load of ot 0 t a n ais nI I exemplified n it is lt truth l I h P IM hr crowds ot of n I V n r I eternal sunshine 11 r n I and l the thc I era 1 k to o Hv I 1 fun oi ed d this beautiful IU 1st ig Ch Wh has a tar far 1 more tin hU A welt veil Known rither I er wel j j I X know wrote wr ote Imol col I gi l L 1 of oC sea sel anil amI tL f D n Ins SUI SU S u I no COlu IC hero within wih I n to 80 ton 0 J A a dif lC UI Iii takes so many nature En 1 la J 1 exquisite t H OH I 1 I I n ors c cf and f I I vineyards 1 n corn cor Ild co coOlS gr gl t woods In I n the 0 pine flut and fioz roc l p als k snows rOI Into tho tIo thoo tIon 11 v k 18 all these t I se brought rought u uIn In n al o a days Y Journey journe Nor arc aro ar J succession Here regular in n Into tho the In masses j i humus II massel g vt h I IP h smut SI I forests sweep up til f I S D or ct tt central c ranee t to II the thet Ie Iet J g t feel Tho rho at I Ir l X thousand r f t I Thu Tim sun sund aids the t e scenery 1 J worthy of ot luciditY haw have e n a IF d II III ant I the tho colors of ot land landa I I a t hi which make makek r 1 1 Ap All AllI AIt comparison ral tt by 13 t I k 1 the tIt westward I I a from t tv I I Mediterranean you f u the J DECK DECI mountains with Ith stet Bleep d t f wih 31 a 1 1 nr 1 r to 10 great Ireat elevations t Ith oth pinnacles I I I res r lt t r f u sky y of lt cloudless 1 I f I r closely through a 1 atIL 1 tu tIL mountain labyrinth lab ic ici e chain chains distinct i It into In t II three f h II other diagonally t IL II IY 0 I ut spurs nm 1 foothills In II every overy F r I g V m I t I of ot vision t I a I g V s 8 l I II em UP to t M radiate keH In 4 In from tool am rl n U colossal n a I con cen conI 1 Is h I group rou P v I huh hub ot of t which n I I nL k ten thousand I i r h I Ch surrounded Pda 11 1 by b dark and rid I al at I t This h Is Ii UtH a U I I I ig W 8 r 11 parl art of or o the Island Is 13 ti n I In Us It IL solitudes s and andin 1 I in II I ter as I R Alpine I I ip rd ri 1 Indeed I I It Is IM I a frag if c V Ai AI severed 1 only Olly by 1 a aI I 1 1 fifty nr miles from heir 1111 and aad 1 f 4 Spurs PUIS tho the Med Mcd I I In fl nil nU ul Idel to 10 I a thur terminate abruptly f f at Rt lt the t I Ie const Clo or 01 ori orth leaving shel S shelI I II i M 1 the th Ih waves le nl Ill I I s I Ih Gult of pro il r I i 1 if ir si j filed hiI a u ai ap i i 11 p it f r water ster two f r li f I i II cliffs I iu I mil irving an UI thoy thuy lt III mi il t the sea BR 5 till II met me by I C the tilO II 5 HI hit I 1 It 11 n i nt harbor duet deep h hH r l i in ti which the navies of or ort o ot t iM I t 1 II hl I i t rl In hut t ihn Ih Ihn t hf n S i S I I in og MIot eyes eyel ever be b beS S iu 11 UPON UC whit wb t grim grimi rInt I 1 i v here her In da daS 1 S hae hu given glYen those thoe pretty I ti tr W iven No o villages or hta H ti are here her U a r or lIghthouse I t II inn g u II waring finger while frown rown cr L i ll q 1111 ions loni Mark black shadows 1 plains Apparently 0 IV r i l MAX lMAX AND A D 5 j I IrdI r I r why wh the tle great Corsica 1 t f ri ht to St St t Helena when If it Iff I f 5 i i nant was the object he hei i l IH i S 1 fl have been returned to tot toI t I f 1 M r his janin Ja ia an v arc an ar fond of oC comparing t ir sulf lo Lu th ho Hay H nf Of o Venice hut but I n fl r i Hie Ilp other ng nl a u ug I s g n t r noonday This jik j k ram fOi If vast tiit u t Inlet In the theS S i S I II h gl g I 1 or fjord In I a the wilds V u 1 The ThO Th brIghtens ns as a au y 3 u n fl ir fT th md t Oft nf of the tl gulf droves in 0 nia hIj h till 11 the Ihl t fet lle tUe valley vale of oC I li f TI I suburban villas ln and 1 m i j n nestle leste among amonI the t S mil I i j Fr mi m cemeteries or ri f ate are Ile passed which excite ir I dp 1 pest Interest and a self sel prom Ia H I tu II t investigate them at lt near nearS 1 I S rang L ion you rou are many hours cr n r Tho Th inner timer harbor appears to II be bs k h h in 0 nyer Or ry r hy to ri n lye he f and f r a floating the thery Ii ry r under the sun stilt A h t c 1 an KUn a collection 0 ot of S if hs h In I Ii f en and anh an ox cx S ym U are ar told that because f I Is the safest harbor In southern louther Pr pc p lH t Py h that cruises a Tt t t hi rage while II e he hies ii Ie f 1 11 i i m fl to ta all al the tho showplaces showplace I h n t No o doubt tho welt J Jr r i fiM h us that thaI I 1 ho he sin F II of ot f tho the Island Isla Id IdI t I II nl a abut ab ut a hundred titles miles t z bir br halt half as a to Its mies pop PuP adt Is l t V If y tim m nu ng amateur ur navigators S b y t f jao occupies a 1 tar nor tarI r I h I e f land lond extending some sOlo someI I into asti asU th bay ba alit ali 1 tipped by II on an al anasti A wonderful avenue of ot I I Ji 11 up p from tho the landing landinI and Is j red gil through the Cours Coors Nn a t r jt hy you 0 ou seek ek the Hotel t a ii a AS S Corsica has hn long 1011 been OP OF FRANCE nA CE f r Ft expect to hear some I h v hen In I Its hR It I streets and are aro areS S hiJ J to tf I eta that the universal ant c g IS a cur tor or t r t hI vi r the ho Island Islam belonged to lo lon ht n t aa a period before tho the theS S i a m n tl In Incited the r plO peo eo fight ht for f Independence which I n i J only nl fourteen years tS when q I h 1 French Corsica Conlea lies Ilia II SIT 5 5 ar f r tho th Italian Halan coast than Sc 01 lane ae tr C being only about ninety nilet t ona attil less s from Crom rt n Home Homet t It hate everything French Frencht t r rc 11 TW tei to ever learn lear their Ian lan IanS S i Though Kh Is the t 1 capital capitali i and nd 0 the tho see ce of ot a bishop the theu u 5 t i L L til I a Prefect and nl the seat scat th of I i on with wih a considerable com coin I i It r h oil on 01 ant and III wine vIne and ant a I thousand It Is I a ai as i L t I country try village viage on Sunday C 1 ii be the 7 e are Ire almost deserted t few te C p r tel eople you ou 01 meet evince nor c curiosity flo Hy but q S c f ap apI I It t I e Ih or discouraged to Mr lr eye ees e e from the ground rund tji III y i ku the lazy Izy tribes of ot tho the h I I are lre said sall to b 0 al I 5 a d the litt work that Is Ism II ise e br i IJ t m In the Island lland Is I i mostly a om n But Hut the historic most names lr Me e Your eyes fl nt at lt every turn re reo IB the Cours Cour f T n Place ace dp f rte Place l I line n Place de ft tI 81 t of the little of ot n nn n The he ghost of the tha theOF thaI theM M I s OF DESTINY Y h i tr lir everywhere from the h St S J 1 f Was s born In the Hue lul ue I Ill t to O the cathedral rath ral where her he her r i U II tb l gards In which he ho hoC C ollier IOther Watch t J dozens lt I a Ie and 4 tn CI In Iton stone stoneS l ne ner bronze bronw The n first S I ir I li I r i ili at t the head heM of ot the land i Ti n a Q marble of ot No Na rn t p ot f a t I granite teds I In JUI pot f h hl I back bak upon the thc humble u pit t Ih Ii and d I looking OUt oute he e foiled to conquer n He lie Is 15 Inappropriately wrapped In n ft toga toon anti and crowned crown t with lh n ft wreath wr of ot bay liay his hl I hl hand grasping a I rudder rutter which tests rests upon lon a ball bait bal rep the Iho earth cluth An Inscription at atlie lie thu base states that the monument mont ment Ilent was presented ted to the thc city cl by 1 King Ing Joseph In II 1812 Close behind It I Is la n a great greut marble 1 fb Ie fountain always mtr rounded by b women and Ild donkeys who ho flit oro canal boasts beati of ot burden In II Corsica A little farther on 01 Is II th time marketplace and In It you YOI flint Int another Napoleon this In lit bronze which Is it li about time the color of ot the tho uVel e On It I you yon YOI read Ills native city to the tIme Km imio gi aror Napoleon on ott Oi the tho of ut May Mu 1850 ishO 18 O the second year of thu presidency ncy of ot Louis Lotus Napoleon A queer story IH iu connected with this monument nt It 1 scorns set nIs that the tho city cl had bUg lOll been heon en el it to raise mise one ono to Its Is hero lot hut money motif mono was too tot e It 1 thai thaia a it 1 distant relative of ot s ro 10 in Ill II France Bent H lt to tl nn an 11 cousin the thc of ot a it I Gal ledo for Cor bin hIl Harden garden 11 1 When tin the statue was unloaded from the tho vessel ome lottie tOle mistook tho the eagle eUllo of oC for to I tho imperial eagle enalo and of ot course courso took tonic It for granted Brained that thai the time figure itS Napoleon Thereupon n IL mob moh collected which w Ii kim demanded the thc statue from Its Ie rightful owner to set setI It I I II I ha marketplace where nl ni all might do It I minor and Ind so In Iu earliest refused would were they the that to have havI have hl created ft a force fierce vendetta vendeta Hap Happily Illy III It II Is la ono one on of those of art which 11 equally well wol for tor a 1 Napoleon Wa ton toti tOi or John Smith the thc heat best erg of ot the first emperor Is that In the time Place du lu Dla Ila mant whIch was erected a n few tel years ears later mainly by hy public find It nd Inaugurated rim by II lri ace Napoleon It 1 Is II a 1 colossal statue mounted on 01 a it I lofty loti and ani below helow helo ut at it thu corners cornut tanI stun Napoleons nil ni wearing 03 ring togas locus To 10 got gat a I general Idea jen of or It I Is Isa IsI isa a I good goad plan when first nr t arrived to as ascent al ascent cent San Giovanni hUt hill hi itt at the land end of oC tile the th little lite peninsula p on which the city cl Is built buit It I looks a I climb but proves comparative comparatively ly Iy easy If It you YUI follow tollow to I 0 I a n guide through certain dirty alleys s arid zigzag paths ot of gentle slope flere are fre only two street s of at account In Ito II Ajac tho wide wid mid handsome ours and ant Hue Pencil running parallel the lie whole of or the time of or mud land These are ume crossed cros tl by r lanes luneR where ill t ft disease prowling I I iu curs cu rim and 1111 Ild naked ita ked children seem to Justify tin unfriendly criticism m of ot the time French Pr who dislike as much as HH the tIme die like II them that tho the Island people ore are re rethe the dirtiest In the tho world Nothing Nut li ii g mom dell Il t UI oan Iun be ho Imag 1111 bed ined than HUI a n sunny IU 1 n afternoon on top tOI of lt Sun Giovanni Nut Not lt a ti I loud clout In Iii the thu sky sk not hot lot a I ripple Ilp In iii time thu shining surface of the th Ih Mediterranean the singing of or birds bird the tho cheerful ehl hum hll of human bunion humal life the delicious odor of ot fruits and an atmosphere warm warl without sultriness ness I balmy mind serene All AI hi Mourns luxuriant Italian vegetation citron and lemon Imol tt amid 1111 myrtle lamond chestnut auth olive cure and und In II tIme the midst lies les the time peacefully Idyllic little city ty and half hair hidden under unde Its Ia ancient elms elite The fhe houses are large tutU and high hut but of ot no 10 architectural merit meri Their Krey grey Jealousies are characteristic of ot Cor Car Corsica Corsica sica ica where rey grey paint Is as a common as I green greel In II Italy Huh blue blua In France amid white lle In Spain pain Whatever the Ajao juo cans Ci may 11 laok luc they time the can eln truthfully truth tuly hout home olne of or the limo finest promenades In Europe the time Coors Cours Napoleon the Strand the tine Esplanade the time Corso CorBo there thero are ure numerous small parks anT most mo t beautiful tu I of ot all 11 the famous fatuous Place Ilu du stretching along ulong the time shore till ti merged In the tree fringed Strand Its Is Is faced by I l a n broad broadSTONE STONE STO I from fromn which may In be ba had U n charming view vie of ot the gulf surrounded by uy groves grove and 11 cardens white while on the other rises ilses a stately church and a ft great mm mil lary tary hospital ho backed by h a greeni jr cn hill bill hiI Toward evening all 11 these tuse deserted deserted suddenly grow groll lively eh when military bands play pia and people gather In groups groupe to gossip and listen to the music They are aro u a I peculiar race these gener generally ally al all gaunt of ot swarthy of com coin complexion and nM t In of ot mien but with magnificent eyes O lR In whose whoso sombre depths d you 01 rend real 1111 undying vendettas Just JURt such Uch eyes Cos that tint Corsican mother must have haYe had who In time the lust last struggle gle gb e of at the tue Islanders Ilandra for Cor Independence l brought her hot young son on to the patriot general g alit sold lull Take fake him hint He lie le Is tins last of ot four tour brothers You have hu c chad had the line other oilier three Though by b no moans mels good looking these women have lias superb figures erect robust and with carriage the latter laller later no doubt front from their lifelong habit of or bearing heavy heay r Jars on 01 their heads from the public fountains When hen henin In II festive active garb they the wear vear weal bodices of black velveteen and Ind short skirts In nil 11 oh the tho wrought hues gut of ot the tine rainbow with wih clumsily SILVER SINI In Iii II their cars ears and on necks neck and fingers fn ers Enormous sliver pins mine topped with of offices IRes of ot butterflies beetle beetie or sword hilts hills hitI are arc stuck muck In II theIr abundant back hack hair front being generally hIdden bidden under ulder n a I ablack black veil l or 01 a n of ot light colored stuff tied tell Under tinder tho the chin Ihil as OM time the Tuscan women wear It I allowing little 1 tl curls uris to stray over the tine temples Both lre are second econ coos COUK cousins coosIns ins to the time Spanish mantilla the South American the Mexican ro to roo bosa 01 If It reports are true trul tine ono owes a 1 great Ilat deal to the for tor when women io mo I O bareheaded It Is i painfully manifest that they the are lre ns as n unkempt n lS as the fair air tall limit hut frail clans Ian of ot the time lower class who since time Into out of ot mind have hae enjoyed time thc tlC sobriquet of ot mat ma badly combed As to the time men of ot Corsica they the geem e em the time most mOlt unsocial and Ild sullen of ot crea creatures cr a totes tures always standing apart Idle lean anti and ant scowlIng They The wear war short trous trouser cm ens er shabby jackets of ot velveteen or of some somo coarse cone woolen cloth coth that rosem resemble ble horse horpe blanketing and felt hats hata with exaggerated exa brims slouched down over oven their eyes ees Every EvI one coo of ot them looks as ns If It he lie followed brigandage as ns a profession auth had hod dag ilag daggers lag lagel gers el concealed about aboul his hil person but butI I am ann 11 told that they are arC now no n a harmless lot lot like wolves with their fangs fan s drawn except for tor eternal feuds among Imon them themselves themselves selves Their worst wout vice li Is Incurable Indolence In work of ot any sort lort being en entirely entirely out Qt Of their th lr reckoning They The lounge loune all ni day ground around the fountains ant and see ceo ee their wives auth daughters lift lifting It lifting the water Jars without ever ing huge hinge offering a hand to help itch One tongs longs to t touch off doff a little Itc dynamite In their vl i 1 chilly to see nee fC If It anything nn would move th m Doll 1011 men and nd women go 10 barefoot on ordinary occasion On Sundays and other oilier festival time they don hani knit kni coarsely couII ribbed d woolen stockings |
