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Show A. .. 1. fw No 'W : - i. ..-- a S - - ...... 11, s, v '!T The Riviera Lures Its Greatest and Gayest Throngs Garden Spot of Europe's Playground a Teri- table Fairyland, Comparatively Little i ' ,)t , 4 I - A- vt Jr 0 : ita..-,,,,L- ,- - 4. v Jo Y - ' 1;711111 , 4 Known to Americans Except for ..1.1. 4,4 L . LILT Monte CarloAttractions of the Alps and Egypt , I, U 0 4, f dr dr ,4 da.4, r 44, ''....."."' fL"-.- ,A41 , ........... 6, i '? ........ - .,.....,....1.1,40,..r I -6 ..4. to, . ' - 44 4mt - , Ah.MOVIIIIIIIIPte dfi;di Ill'i JP:, it , g 41i AlAtakolffik046 topr -' , 1 If , ' I PANCUS (Spacial Clarramosaiosee.) .. ' - t".."'',' '- - ' " ' ''te t 4 ' , ---: .;,',.-- 44, 1 ,,....... - ,. ....- -. r ( aChoiLl No- . 4,4, ..." 41..',, -, , .. ' . ..,..-- - - 7., . 4 - , ... a . ! .1u. - .'4;4 V ; ,,44..,....t, le.k,,, 0,, 4.., -,.,,e,,,. 1" , ' 0 k. ' 4 .. ' 1.1:44.' ' ., 4. - 4 -'..,1-- ,r,L ,.. , -- - ' 7 , - . , L 4 J14411(.... , . , 00 "... 8, V , N. ,, 4L. ' ' ' 4, 41,,, 'Y e." ?' , Ii ' .. ,,.. 7. ..46 ,,, i ,, ,, A . 1,1 el z, )1,,,.; ..,. 7 f.. ,i, , I , I ,, 1I jt - .' ,. - ,, , 4'401 , , - N...a.,N,.derA.,'",1, ". , 01, litiF4411 a 4r3' Beauties of the Riviera. ...... 'I ip,,:;, 4 SEA " 044!...' ii Isillf 64 tI. is., -4,- . i, j.4'e. 44." 4 , Aiii)r: , Le k 4 ;i "1,'"wd I ' , Ceeneet of riltiNCE. CATHEDRAL vat MUSEUM i1. ..$144 i par SI i -------- ----. s '' 4r - rt ; I ' .',' p, t , . ' - t bait Urine, of the most , , - 6 441 t" ( 4 . . ',. - ;ref A e. r, .., ' .., , ., : 1 r,,i, , -- ; : ' ...... 4 SA) , - , ., . - r ,,,- . , -s- ; - -- he r4 . . . semi-tropica- V. - i. ' I , so aris- the Riviera. Cannes is hiedy rtepeetable and as cold as an serberg fiowani the stranger wbo eornas without the proper credentials Lod lettere pateet. From time immemorial it S i levet the choeen reeort of the Romeo Grand Dukes and DucheeateOrsnd Duke !Michael, the Grand Duchess Anastasia, mother of ths Croon Prinerets Cecile of GermAny and mother 140 of Queen Aleisadra of I)erimarii, together with other of the Romennffs, the Grand Dukes Serge The last of the Ro- Iiin,a4nort;su,l'Arntaittetatra; Boris and the rest boil of Lair quit Its, Riviera and, France for various resiaona,44A,most of them, leaving their pelaccs at Cannes Iv WI ',butters and doors bermd and bolted, have betaken themselves to the other aide of the border line, in the vicinity of Bortieghera iin Italy, the chooen winter abode of Margheritn, the quneen mother of Italy. Cannes hoe a notable polo field, a pee. feet golf couNe, naturally. and all other amusements, opera and theatre. things which gravitate nnturelly toward plieve where there Le plenty of money. Cannes is very much affeeted by the English upper ten, and by the 'mart vet geeeeelly.. We pass over Cannes momentarily, the on a hilltop. the e'llosen anciient village of t'harpentit er, the immortal author of "Louise," and or the artist Lenoir, recently deeeosed, on ideal hiding plat, for brainworkers, and we arrive at Nice. Nice is 3 reeort only ineidentelly, as it ie a large maritime city. rieh in its own reeourees and quite , nimble of taking pare of itself independent of the tourist trade. It ham an extensive Itallat quarter, here the streets are so narrow you can tour', the buildinge on cot side with your hands while walking through, and there is the wonderful quarter of Ciniiez. where the late Queen Victoria, Empress of India, as she loved to be called, spent the winter ecason frequently during the last years of her life. Nice possesses thousands of pensions and hotels; it is the terminal point for all sorts of excursions, tnd the Niee carnivals whiot, are held annually during the ten days preceding Lent are femous. all i- c e Ali thli home aing tocratio villa colony on riials PALACES I ' - ''...0 2 Cannas lias No Rivals. tor peace and oomfort and singing 4. Atv..t. . ' ..",, -.What is popularly known as the Riviera ,e1 It would be difficult to live ..1.11111111-- is compoaed of a sarrew strip of land - Riviera and not become a eau ' .Z ilmir 4:1k.n. along the lip of the Mediterranean, ex- - and a sea worshipper, a worahipper of .. 4.; tig, B......slo . tending from St. Raphael and Ilyeree to nature iteelf. Here, While the rest of t"Isk.......,1 S Menton., shut out from the told north I Europe is being blasted by 'terms, the I 4 411011 ' winds and the rest of the world by the villas with their 4!.. . gardens tof fruits and Elves-AlpBetween Hynes and Men. &mere are flourishing beneath the blue , , ., 1141111 ton tome Cannes, Nice, Beaulieu, Cap dome of a eloudleas sky. The cold north ' ,J1. C.'' 'L. it . FerratEse, Cap d'Ail, Monte Carlo, Cap wind baste in vain against the rocky wall ri 1 leas number of kl' Idirtinand intervening a of the Alps. When the days lengthen and 4 1 ii ) . 4r 4k , II. -1notsble but none the less pictureeque hamthe sun would got too ardent sea breezes , 4, 1, :;:1": SI. l',N, .1. -.."..', lets and villages. From the Mediterra , :t. ' : i..,' 0, spring up every morning at 10 with the , , i 1 t , , , mean, when approathing this coast by ship, regularity of a clock, fanning gently the t ,,1 :. ; - 1' .' L i the vista is fairylike. In the daytime the whole coast until the sun hes bidden its t ,,c , ' t .. ' aspens of gardens and trees, dotted with feet behind the frowning mountains. Rain M. ,624t1,40,S ' thcumnds of villas, is flooded with dm-is almost a negligible element, eoming , t - - I ei) , in and bursts. . .., sling sunlight, and at night the unending showers, just enough only 't , ., , ' t) i t t ,1 lines of electric lights, with clusters at to vitalise the vegetation. in the spring, . , , c77)., , , ' the villages, resemble a giant necklace an! for the rest the sea Bendel, rolling , . ' 1 f , . ,.., t ' " i 4 ., , i utatretthed on the breast of the Alps. On , lip the mountain sides to meet the mist f i ' --- the crest are the lights which outline the thet reecho; down from the cloud. hangD-.(.. ,,, ,, 14, fsmous Cornithe road; further down ars ing on the other side of the Alps. The ,,, , . ., those outlining the electrie trans lines eolorings created by this combination of ,o, i It ' LADY de BATH. , LILY LANGTRY which unite all the villages and towns. At sun, sea and moisture laden atmosphere WALKING on Me TERRACE, ai comthe is all . but zo, ,I present beggar description. , MONTE CARLO. ',11 11..... pleted. This is a roadway begun before. PoitTion Rivkia's Unique. is , un- the war, which lies half wity up the .t, 1 Riviera the bolds a po' Geographically 1 iainside between the shore and Abe old , Rue de Is Paix in Paris all have branch . ..,..,..i., l .climate Corniehe drive,'and is intended for the sition that is unique- The is, of . .' L houscs here. They send their newest end l. In winter the air thousands of itomobiles running from all course, ...,... ,iter. most extravagant models to be tried out ; is chill and but Beaulieu's Attractions. MonW and back bracing ,to stops:abort of c Carlo, forth, points dil on the lliviera, where the very sunshine .11.. From Nice to Beaulieu is only a stone's , - which hitherto have been obliged to thread freezing. .' Vegetation remains green precludes and witherrii up any attempts w. Beatlieu is shut in on itself by throughout the year. Once in a blue moon their way along the narrow and tortuous !h.r? ' outline. and at soberness in colorings 0 tunnelled out along the shore for the. snow flurries over from the Alpe and The. chic Parisieune Is notable for the hirh perpendicular cliffs. It has a eosey L down. even LADY WI WALERAN AM RIGHT MRS. into ...It; of flutters the SOW,LEFT , trams and other traffic. gardens little harbor and several tine hotels. But 'sombre 'tones she chooses for her frocks WILLIAM SON , LADY WATTS , SITTING wALERAN , . .. it- consists almost 10 This is eonsidered to be a MontCcarin. While permitting this entirely of clustering ", LA PAUSA THE woLLIAMSON Af5OVS IN But here the furs. and her in FRONT. .., dazzling gt5yNGALO., of divertissement the sun never alin surrounded hits re- - villas and feat CAP lovely garldens and MARTINI engineering great by ti rays of the omnipresent sun god those hidden lows the snow to remain more than a few the wilderness of trees. (mired no end of blasting and building. among become dark toned garments soon mountains, and inside five hours they can some hours., difficulty by the use of "tanks" for clear. Lord Salisbury was one of the first to one of . - - In places there are tunnels through the sake and the fof faded, economy The proximity of this Mediterranean snountains.-imsitting comfortably in the snow, where soon away the snow. ereet a house here. in others great chasms O changes to light and brilliant colors s, to a snow shore Africa flowers summer northern the it are makei are Alpine The as euily Villefranche is the great naval port bt have been bridged. The cost is enorevery English, -, new miracle of beauty. Those having ia harmony with nature'' setting. poesible for thou who so desire to go into enthusiastic followers of vigorous sports'. tnOus, but the Societe des Being de Mer, the Riviera, having a very deep lozenge the burning sands of the desert or to and because of the advantageous rate of motor ears can enjoy vagabond trips Keen Rivalry Among Towns. Fh ped harbor where the battleships and the Casino company, pays. , In the eentre of this great garland of Egypt, to the real tropics, by the pleasant exchange, there were never perhapsin its through The mountain passes and along Each city, town and hamlet along this erniserfof all the friendly nations slip in - Ifghts Monte 'Carlo, the most brilliant of routes of the sea from Marseilles across history so many English people of Modect ' the routes followed by the mountain sh.,re of the Mediterranean has its own to anchor during the season. Naval ofil- ' to Algeria, or to.Spain, to Italy, to Greece incomes on 'the Riviera as this season. rivers, such as-- trip up the Var, for ineers give fetes on board ship and inviteo . tat, shining as the sun compared to the distinctive atmosphere, with, of course, even oh to the Orient: Corsica, the or "" stance, where. the scenery is marvellously stars of them all.- - - tions to these picturesque divertissements Groups of young people are already the like of flrmanikt, a the Carlo as leader lonte bangs gots beautiful. The old Napoleon roads are pearl of the. Mediterranean, is., visil)le to priming themselves 'for these exeursions, The rivalry among then isOrementiotts;-- - are much ioneht. Cap Fervor. with the O geous pendant to this - wonderful necknaked from certain the on often the eye encountered, for Napoleon was the each an points which for are L. , Alpine beingorganized lace of the gods. Here- lights in yellow great semaphore at its extreme point, juts vying with the others in attractions , . Riviera, and is one of the popular exclimb. Every pretty girl in the hotels pioneer Of the Alps. ' -' calculated to and red shine in clusters amonir the white. out into the sea on the !eft of .Tillefrancbe. l' the number greatest tenipt ... cursions from this coast.... Boats make ' is spendinvter !rare time, the lime --Ai A Happy Hunting Ground, The depot is close dovzn ontbeithorcwith ,. on visitor& of harher, and here there is always a lookout-I fo.r-tharatated times for-th- is Riviera 'ha" th,, outskirts', purpose. hnP" stolenfroin -kept.. tango Andbridge knitting wonderful terraces lighted and leading to who those from Everything is more or less appeal's - On the other hand, those,hoo feel the those, new fangled sweaters and skirts in male it clear that it is the land of dolea- ' d- ice or nee eiriLv desire to live to the Casino. . in appearance and in fact. Some military bp very preju I lure of wintcr, who are devoteek of snow - colored woollens, cap and muffler. fAr niente, of oblivion, for those who - - - Two Million Visitors a Year. quietly who eschew the Casino, who enjoy large and beeutifel estatta are located on 't hoeing and skiing, have only to-g- o up bright . to match.. The younger set,tvill pretty have finished their active career in life. - only country life, golf and tennis, who Cap Ferret, including that of the late Since is .. the ;: rule it Casino of the that tthe mountains behind Nice, a distrreeAkf, much-a- ll this. and forthe, syba rite, the pleasure -, go in forthe walkS among-th- e ffferiit l'olutKing Leopold II. of Belgium. Etre he took every individual before ..entering must about twenty-fiv- e : miles. to Piera-Cavto shoeing, skiing, lugging and vhst-r- et, seekers. those whs) have nioney enough to fields is of mar-g- o the violet I up his abode with his morganatic wife, la violetsIlyres .1 register his isamtl; his Riviera and his en:oy sports equall to any at St. Moritz and when they get frozen out in the Alps the pace. It is no sort of Pariswho f011le primarily for belle Caroline, as she is familiarly known. ket e Piera-Cavand because a in adult or lies an Switzerland. every ,, they will only Lowe t,i take a slide and in for a btviness man unlegs perrhanee ttw;r laaltilCtual-K444-44wnf-rognthi 71tttittrr"ftttr"ttlr".tltI-Itirl'gt:"'rTIirrlairltZ.Vr''"Iiirt:klirTfig 7tarpfliii-17- -) at Toulon., a great naval, centre, and train once to the Casino, it is easy to ascertain caterer for certain luxuries of life So A number of Americans have villas on miane, a little further. along. 7,004 feet warmth and sunshint-- of the Riviera. is a narrow gauge train that whiskq the number of visitors to this enthanted thvO and the Col des Champs, 10,00n. Al! to vigorous young person has an' right Cap Nor is this all. These same mountain Ferrat, including Mr. and Mn. the visitor off to the shore, to Ilyeres. region during the year. In normal times these offer an eiceellent field for. skiing tote his time ani his talents by.a long conveilient, in, winter, are a Ralph Curtis., There is one villa famous The is the slopes,so in mast picturesque anti.rugged the visitors number etoae to two million .and kindred recreations in a wooded its wonderful gardens, Villa Maryfor veritable boon to this country in summer, sojourn hum It is 'llki happy iiiintityz extreme, the sea at this point being dotted a year. They include every nationality, country.' land, the property of an English lady and ground for tire leisure classes, wIn7,,,plensand combined with the fresh. sea breeze small islets. Among these is the celwhits and black, yellow and brown: ThouThe hotels at PiereCava are large and render-th- e her daughter, Mrs, Wilsonand Miss WO-so- u. Riviera a most delightful place tire and mansement are the business of ebrated Isle of Ribout, owned by the well sands are transients who come in passing tomfortable. It is military headquarters No une worts here except those life. The in which to pim. the Recently Mme. Maurice Ephrussi (nee known and to see the world renowned gambling psychologist ,lnysician of for the department of the Alpes ho are ctering to the isitors. and in has erected s, marvellous pal- -. ,Rothschild) surk, gets very hot in July. and Augi.ftt. L. Richet.-place, but there are other hundreds of times and the home of Ihe 911iie Dtsvils"but there is always a breeze, and. the 'this province the natives have the first 11!,.rittJir. Charles ace on the topmost apex of a hill on the i 1 beau-titwith its strat4 of thousands who come to the Riviera m - Cap,,, the house notjet completed. Military mannsuvres are Carried out all ,. average temperature inside- ;the thitk innings. Of it$ climate, and who lite on here .I ever theae mountains throughout the year. green. and red,rock;, comes licit. it the populki.on-t- s a nurture of Italians We mine to Eze. There are two Ezes walletl.stonehouses is about seventy-liv- e born Year to year, prubahly beeausethey it is 'here. the famous Chasseura ' is said to possess the best golf links in in Alpine -- degrees, nol,exeeisske as compared wit:, and French. and in ,fur short months fart, one perrhed on a mountain peak f6d 'it one of the most delightful and got their training.. ' 1,, composed largely of ta.4 our own climate diming' the summer thee, make their alcomie for the year. the world.. hinterland Ind the other an insignificant ?egad spots on thia trotibled globe. It The 'valleya between the mountain.... menthe. It is a. matter-- of statisties that ' The stinicner"they Fpf lift like the eigniet ,personal proprieteR, among which have village where 'the trains stop, down on the specially reeeminends itielf to with little tillages and is hotter in sunoner than Monte always shone that of the Duchess of ?qtr.'. shore. It was at this bas-E- a e that. Ttreji. rarli singing anclonakinr! merrY., and' awaiting and to those who, having finished . there are groups .'Of huts and ( eonsuela the return who, Vanderbilt), dent Poineare with Mme. Poincare occumyriatts of vigitors who . tklcoligh 'military, Carlo: The Mediterranean is so Sislt that y their care;rs, find it an ideal plate shelters. A regulat'Automolnle .serviee even old ladies learn to snu in it th .her two sons. the pied a villa, for a short shores eveiy 't., the4 thigiate noanutlaily I.i,spitable stay few seasons in whit to glide peacefully down the ,f e Duke of Mar1140rough and from Nice, itself .earries the ing in it is next to impors.ollk , ir.10r. In the summer the nativeg take This has villa now been taken over slope of life after the turmoil and strogI toitrists up. Hitherto there have been If there 74.omes an eyeeptionally 'hot s to their vine and .11g tree. 1,'Aecy c.astint the tatter delicate in heatIth. Itut' this by th6 singer, Mule.. Cavalieri, and ber gle of their earlie4 years. It is interruptions on it&ount of theAmow4 but sumnicr.like the kent wave.olfich a.pt----Iaey year the Duchess Las' a rrix.e,d :frit! taken laicmad, his trnek patch wnd cia ponailler Signor 'Muratori, and-thare ot People with modeSt incomes, it is now the Club Alpine , urt !Tr criaiters it Cap,trAil. unden'the - said to be ,Irrancala the in and the all ) over air 1911, for . ThoultrY , instlinre, Cucope villa and -- a haven of rest trivfsfortning -grounds for thine who long only 74,,uring nubf - tIT the rune of 400,000 francs. , ., arparently.bae solCe4 the; 13:1ierolt,cs Jm-v- 6nly to Lie Iliegl it; thi.--- -, ' :The emartegt- etipturiers and jf:Artilel-- of Ve-- faveR ft t lionte Carlo. at ititei ., . -,, . , ---. -- -- . --- k -- .",,,. : , '-' t... : : ' , :,, . ' , . ., . t I 6. At ,, -'- e ptcLior.s. p, , i ... 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It U. spot t , 4PPPONT , 'the world for the pirasure Decker and f!it . . -' - N '' . , the rest maker as welt But for some reason eta, J.102.- ' ' ' s ,.. ' - ..40......1, - , .., -, , . , . -. ' it is not generally frequented by Amer. ....It.' .e.- - , .4 C.,, ... .k,, ,, ,A,-.- , few ,Ho a course of , exhort 11:,,',' by leans, CASINO ' ' 4k 4k.,,.,,,N' ..), , arid their who have their palates :,...0...,. , ,, 0 ' -- . . ,,,,, ' few e for come , and , ; villas hero, .... annually '- ' .A ' i. ....,t ...oil ... , ,.0, months. in the winter season. ,eiiii .,, ,I .Wt,,- , . , ' aftrase ,....011,44 bow,-e ':' ,,, , ........ Ms average American traveller, ,". cr,, ..t. ''''...t- - t s'1' .te: . ,,, ' , '...471;1.1.!':; tete, knows only about Monte Carlo. 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