Show au A A 14 A N beautiful fid si st pierre SOME impressions OF or AN VISITOR MAD MADE boror E THE RECENT CATACLYSM 1 st pierre was one of tho the picturesque ture tur esque aque little cities in the world I 1 spent a few hours there once and shall never forget the gay appearance it presented resented Ii said capt john A hassell of new york yesterday at the st jamea jimes hotel the women of fit SL plene dressed more gayly than in any a other part of the world I 1 liver visited they wore many colors ard strangely clough combined them quite harmoniously there waa was practically no harbor at ot st pierre and the ships anchored a distance out at sea aa As soon as ow r vessel came within hailing dis nce rf st picore a number of small 11 baitx would sot sat out from shore they vere ma filled with women dressed in colora colon aad carrying fruits a they offered to the passengers pase enger I 1 1 remember that many of the women u cocoanuts Ima nuts from which the en on 4 ea been removed part of the milk been pou eu from the fruit and cd by nim cocoanuts prepared 14 that way war are quite celicious oell celi clous and in ireat demand with travelers ew of the people in st alerre fotr w pure black tho the negroes who vire we originally in thu island tho the ma his 7 who rho were brought there to serve 8 and the french and other le ale who located inter later 14 aried 1 80 arfe freely that ma most ot of tho the lna a anly aly a trace of the betro epo blood auk the women were quite ct but ha had d good features tea turea and many them ire d quite handsome their e 0 was very tory unusual on their they wore of bright col their tue bowns own were very fantas tie tic all through the city there seemed to bo be an air oc of gayety and abandon st pierre was located in a small indenture in the shore lino line and ita its houses were queer affairs which seemed like a lot of fancy blocks piled up against the side of the mountain many of the houses were whitewashed or painted some very light color they were all short buildings of quaint french architecture nobody worked in st SL pierre any more than wag was feces eary sary there were music and dancing avory everywhere where and the immortality immo ditty of the city will probably lead many people to suggest that judgment has been brought down upon the ill fated city washington post |