Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-11
FRANCE.
RETURN FROM wATERING-PLAcEs TO
THE CITY.
Extortionate Charges at sea-shore Towns
How the President Of the French
Republic is Received.
PARIS, August l6, 1880.

Wnen bneIe drrlNSu az shae PiaSC Siipio@ CO
of the different Ministries, whether Of War
or of the Interior, accompanied by their
families their limited salaries force them
to seek retired spot, even though their
tastes did not lead them to choose tran
ouil retreat. There came also number of
Judges, lawyers and notaries, whose vaca-
tions also occur during the month of
August. The State employees are &C.
corded twenty days-the lawyers and
| iudges help themselves to the whole month
Even the most retired, Insignificant and
unattractive places along the sea coast are
filed at that time in consequence, and SO
| great is the demand for room that those
persons renting houses for the months of
July, August and September are obliged to
pay an additional sum for the month of
August This last year must, on the
whole, have been a prosperous one for
France, for never before have all watering
places been SO crowded to overlooking. A
great many of the hotels have daily refused
travellers, who forlornly wander around
the country In search of a lodging. Yet
never have the hotels at all the seaside
towns been SO dear; in fact, each year
they grow dearer, until persons of limited
means have scarcely been able to return to
the same resort, but have been chased from
one place to another, each time to q smaller
town, until at present there seems to re-
main but the one alternative of
STAYING AT HOME.
remember that five years ago when l
was at Bourg d'Ault, near Treport, the
board was six francs day. The following
year it was raised to seven francs, and it IS
now eight francs. The same with Dives,
and all other places which were few years
ago five francs, are now eight francs, Ores,
the little place near Fontainebleau of which
l spoke in one OF my letters, possesses the
most comfortable little hotel for the
price to be found anywhere in the
neighborhood of Paris. The board is
five francs per day, although each year
there are threatening evidences of prob
able increase in the price. 1t may be use.
full to our American artists who contem-
plate coming to France to know that there
Is real family hotel where they can spend
the summer months on the border of a
river amidst beautiful scenery, in the
neighborhood of the forest OF Fontaine-
bleau for the subj of FIVE francs day, and
without any danger of coming in contact
with French students and their objection
able mode of life, such as people Barbizon
and all the neighboring towns. They will
always there meet number of COM
patriots as well as English artists,
and as English is about the only language
to be heard at the table, the feeling of
home sickness is rarely experienced. The
hotel is called Hotel Beau-Sejour, and is
+ reached by taking the train at the gare de
Lyon and descending at Bourrou, station
short distance from Ores, which can
easily be reached on foot, otherwise car
rage can be sent from Ores by
first writing and sending the letter
to Ores, par Nemours, Seine ct Marine.
AS to sea-shore towns, there remains the
coast of Brittany, where in small places
board may be had for five francs day, but
the distance is considerable and the journey
so expensive that unless one intends to
make long stay there is no economy in
going SO far for
SEA BREEZE.
Some of the Government employees
leave Paris the evening of the 3lst of July,
SO as to enjoy every moment of their time
at the sea-shore, while others delay at
Paris few days longer so as to make
preparations for that little voyage whose
prospective qualities alone have frightened
the dull hours of labor during a whole
year. The omnibus which carried us from
Arromahches to Bayeux employed two
hours time on the journey, and conducted
us directly to the depot, well aware that
the little city offered slight attraction for
the traveller. AS we mounted the prettily
shaded avenue leading to the care we
were surprised to perceive a great
number of the citizens of Bayeux
and peasants of the surrounding country
following the same road as we they car
ried no baggage whatever, and could not
thereforei be going far /; and they pre-
sented quite a picturesque sight-the
young peasant girls with their closely.
fluted caps, and the old women with the
border of their caps futed and arranged
much like crown falling upon the face.
On reaching the care these people all
ranged themselves in a circle on a large
square in front of the building, and by
their manner seemed on the very
TIP-ToE OF EXPECTATION.
On entering we found partition of one
of the visiting rooms taken down, and the
room, which served as an entrance into the
large hall, hung in red velvet curtains,
bordered and fringed in gold and decorated
with flags, evergreens and flowers. 1t was
but l o'clock, and the sun shone most
beautifully yet the crowd looked as
smiling and delighted as though shaded
by tall trees. They were not only
patient but good-natured, for a
gendarme would arrive and one by
one push them back, so as to render
the circle larger, and he had scarcely
finished when another parsonage of more
Importance commenced the same cere-
mony in more wholesale manner-by
sending back two at time. But mo-
ment had elapsed when another individ-
ual, in dress coat, high hat and white
gloves, appeared on the scene, and accom-
panying the gendarmes, babe the people
stand back and make larger space. Next
came gentleman more handsomely
dressed, with flowing side whiskers and
great decorations on his breast, who
stepped into the arena and supplicated
the people to stand back. They were
already on each others toes at the ex-
tremity of the circle around an immense
space, when the Mayor, with his tri.
colorei sash crossing one shoulder and
fastened under his arm, and having writ
ten all over his feshy, deep. lined face the
word politician" appeared at the
window, and with wave of his hand in
dicated to the crowd to
STAND FURTHER BACK.
In the midst OF the important officials col.
lected in. the decorated room appeared the
Judge in a long black gown with red trim
mings, and great, tall, fanciful hat, and
might easily have been taken for Punchi.
nello escaped from his box. He did not
deign to address the crowd, else they GER
tainly would have finished by standing on
each others heads, as an expression of their
reverence for authority. On making in
quiry, we were informed that Mr.. Jules
Grevy, the President Of the Republic. &C.
companied by the Presidents of the Senate