Show LS L S TU MD broam 41 1 9 0 I 1 0 T lu T tf 47 1 A taw 1 A W A Y r stirl AP esfir i f A r VIEW OF anan is undoubtedly ono one of the provinces that B his has retained its original charm one must go there to ate the odd costumes and the quaint language lin their queer customs connected marriages burials bu rials pir par dons and the blessing ot of the sea customs such as one sees nowhere else sais a writer in town and coun try tr the soul ot of this race bears the imprint of the country ind and origin the are dream by bi turns poetical wage devoted attached to the tra dillons of the country and to its soil almost all families ot of a village or part or of the country are related to each oth er hence the expression cousins a 1 ll 11 mode do de bretagne weddings therefore comprise sometimes nun hun drea sometimes thousands of guests when these are too numerous numer oui tables ire are set in the open tor for their accomma dation their superstitions savor ot of the celts belts from w whence hence the they are de scented scenery Is fine the real characteristics of the he brit tan country are scarcely discernible before one reaches the north of nantes french brittany it is ot of course tor for one has to go wa beyond vannes to find the first village where the Ar dialect is spoken but it Js s brittan all the same as Is pro proved ed by the rude ruda granite that forms the structure ot of the island by bi tie the genera general 1 character of 0 the cities and villages by the nature of the vegetation and even by the color of the sky ski fine scenery and splendid architecture are found all al through the whole basin ot of the vil nine alne along the whole of this country briar bushes and landes alternately give it a I 1 savage grandiose aspect seen from the tower ot of a church it looks like a continuous forest yet woods are rare in spite ot of the tact fact that one side of brittany is called ar coat which in the language of the country means land of the forest in contrast to the other side armor v which Is land of the sea the breton cities seem in perfect harmony harmons with the savage appearance of their landscape the smaller brit ganv places are charming and the chateaux numerous blain Chate aubri and I 1 vitre ite fougeres dinan recall to one s mind by b their ruins and by bs the high walls nalls towered by b their fortresses some of which are nera eo well pre sered se ried the tact fact that tor for centuries I 1 trance rance and brittany lint tan 1 were ere two 0 distinct countries sometimes friendly fri endl but more often on warlike terms defying each other there is much romantic history connected with these interest ing places in the somber bomber manoir de combourg Com bourg chateaubriand Chateau briand tile the re downed author of rene hene and a deep philosopher lived his pensive and sol itara louth in the chateau des no cherb madame I 1 do sevigne came in vun vain to seek das dai of quiet and peace away avay from the conventions of court life such is tho interior of this side of brittany in the eastern part the peasant is agriculturally inclined while near tile the coast the childrens dreams are to become sailors to be long to tile the fishing expeditions of nova scotia or newfoundland the soul of brittany ahe 1 I be course of ill all of brittany Dritt an s ra riv ers Is divided into two parts these in some place or other joining the ocean such Is the rance fiance fl lowing oving from saint nalo to dinan it Is a splendid big river running along a magnificent green coast with nith picturesque rocks and charming parks above dinan it becomes a rivulet of minor imbor tance tile the past has left its imprint indelibly on oil this country mont saint michel built on sand and rocks Is crowned by superb towers and well represents the very ery soul out of brittany irstle rr le vet t A convent a wonderful norman church with 1 th a beautiful gothic choir chair towers pierced by b iron barred vIn windows doNs and containing prisons old la winding streets where nilore plain bourgeois in ill long past years sears erected their heir simple abodes at the toot foot of the church as it wishing to put themselves under the lords protection against the seas I 1 invasion n this is mont saint lichel BL beyond ond cancale bancale and doll dol saint malo proudly emerges from blocks of gran ito ite furiously beaten by ocean waves it lb is there that jacques card cartler or the tha discoverer ot of canada was her born sur rounded by Jai immense mense city walls with its huge imposing old iron doors it evoke a past of 0 glory and battle ad noblemen corbini i scalar jug ing traders lived there in the piat sometimes rom etimos usually lighting fighting each other chateaubriand Chateau briand a hurt burl at al place on the height the proud old city seems seema to protect it as athena Pir protected ath ens paramo sainte saint n c S lint n t dri gat esau ac saint Lun alre S a ar S 1 ra are arc around benm looking Saint malo like so many man delicate dainty alov flowers ers grouped around an imposing old oak all I 1 named places are in th the a warm season tilled filled with summer guests dut but the most frequented fash lona ble and delightful place of the emor emer aid coast is s dinard where hordes bordes ot of good hotels hotel rich villas and gardens garden s and any number of pleasures attra attract t the best american english and french people both in summer and in winter inter As soon as the season at deauville Deaun lla is finished it is to dinard that the social functions progress dinard li is filled with charming villas and resembles a landscape from dreamland it Is the laughing city citi where the fashionable ones both french and foreign gather to enjoy life at its best there are dinners receptions flie o clock tea artistic matinees mati nees galas and dolres altogether a whirlwind of elegance with pretty w women on en wearing the latest novelties in gown and all else that charms and fascinates ones imagination mrs hughes hallett who has lived in din DID ard for a number of years 5 ears is 16 the soul of the fashionable life there there is a charming new casino at dinard dillard where balls concerts and bac carat parties are given and which has a good restaurant attached there are also an any number of first class ho he among the best of which Is of course sir mr ruhl s hotel royal situ abed right on the sea front with charming grounds beach and garden the bretons bretone are an alpine or celtic race very dirk dark and short the have brown or black hair light or dark brown eyes ees rounded faces and thick set figures Brit tanys place in history in ancient times brittany under the nime name Ar morIca was as the seat of confederated con federated tribes who he v were ere of celtic and origin traces of them remain in the old ca aric dialect of the three most w west est erl departments and the numerous so 10 called monuments to bo be found in that section under the romans the country was v as made the provincia provincial Pro vincia and for two centuries was prosperous un der the roman peace but in vie disorders of tho the third century A D it suffered sever severely several cl and was reduced al most to a wilderness it was depeo pled bv numerous Im migrations from great britain caused hi by the anglo saxon invasion of the fifth and sixth sith centuries and then its name was changed to brittany the little province suffered severely from numerous invasions tor for cen tunes and the question whether brit tany was kas a vassal slate ate of fiance was the cause of anini inini battles finklin after miny treaties brittan w was as declared incorporated w with I 1 th france in 1532 hv by francis I 1 it retained a local parliament until the out break of the revolution during tile the reo revolution lution brittany which was in tensely loval ional to the bourbons was the areni of sanguinary conflicts ind and especially of tile the uprising of tile the chou ans who last reappeared in 1830 |