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Show GAY AND POPULAR RESORT Biarritz, in Southern France, Noted as the Scene of European Frivolity Fri-volity and Fashion. One of the gayest and most popular popu-lar watering resorts of Europe is Biarritz Biar-ritz in France, about forty miles from the Spanish border. Its nearness to Spain has colored lis language and architecture ar-chitecture somewhat, giving it the pic-Uircsqueness pic-Uircsqueness of both countries. It is a beautiful place, with its cream-colored, red-roofed villas, dark pine trees, winding walks and crescent of white sandy beach guarded at: either end by high, rocky bin IT-!, rising abruptly from the sea. Before the war it was tin' scene of frivolity and fashion, rivaling rival-ing Monte Carlo in its gambling, dancing danc-ing and display. It was a favorite resort with one of England's more playful kings in his lighter nioinenls. Indeed, its main street is called line Edouard VII in honor of h'm. The war brought a sudden change of mood to Biarritz. Its gambling casinos ca-sinos and hotels were turned into hospitals hos-pitals for wounded French, and later American soldiers, (irlm convoys of warships passed close to its shores on their way through the Bay of Biscay. Numerous ships were torpedoed In sight of the shore by the Ceniian submarines sub-marines lurking idong the Spanish coast. The coast was heavily mined, and from time to time the detonation of a mine would shake the town. |