New-York tribune., 1880-09-26
THE HOTELS, CASINO AND BEACH.

ADJUSTMENTS AT 1HE CAsiNo-fRkNCH Gus
TOMS IN SURF BATfIING-A PARTING GLANCE AT
DIEPPE
fvRou THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRiBuNEl
DrrPpF, Aug. 2S.-In one of the London society
journals articles appeared last week and this on
Norman Sea Baths. So much OF these as related TO
Dierpe is of questionable accuracy; tailying
neither with earlier memories of the place nor
with this years experience Lord Salisbury who
has n chateau not far away. is said to have drawn
after him n crowd of English and American
tourists who have inundated the place. They
must be content with the inward satisfaction de-
-ivable from the knowledge that Lord Salisbury is
or has been, for he is now away-living IN the
neighborhood. He is just as inaccessible to
strangers here as at Hatfield. and Dieppe hardly
knows him by sight. Englishmen and Americans
there are certainly, whether drawn by LORD sans
bury or not but they are not very numerous. You
may hear as much English spoken on the Boule-
yards Of Paris rs on the beach at Dieppe The pub
lshed lists of visitors contain ten French names TO
one English i nave met one American whom
knew and heard of three or four others; not much
of an nundation. The same writer remarks tEat
the tourist will find the French hotekeeper on the
sen coast rcsoluteIy determined to starye all who
come 10 him the reason being that fixed sum per
day Is paid and that the host strives to make all
he can out of the bargain. 1t Is, beieve III TACT,
rather difficult TO induce hctel-keeper to take
lodccr at a fixed price during the season. In
Dieppe certainly it is not the custom. The hotels
are good and if visitor starves it must be in emu
lation OF DR.. Tanner. - particularly disagree
ahle SURPRISE adds this authority. which awaits
n visitor to the Norman Sea Baths is that he can
never by any accident get slice of fresh fish,"
There are twelve kinds of fresh fish on the break
fast menu at INV hotel this morning, which is no
mora than usual; and there is always fish for din
nor and il is much fresher than you are likely to
find il IN a Paris hotel. The cooking is also better
than the average in the hotels which the Americans
most affect in Paris, for ar obvious reason lhe
visitors heIe being mostly French, would hot toie-
, t,c cuisine which the foreigner is too ready TO
mt nm with and to praise. All the hotels heIe
fronting the beach are, l believe, good. VI the
three have lived in at different tneS IL is easy ~
s,eak we'll The one which is commonly regarded
as the leading house the visitor VIII readily ma
out for himself 1t is, the whole, the best 1t is
~. host hecause it is the most frequented and it is
the most freouented because it is the best People
who prefer auieter lodgings and early hours Will
have no difficulty in finding them. 1t must be
added that during the racing and pigeon shooting
week the strain upon the accommodations OF Dieppe
is greater than they will bear. And some emphasis
must be put upon the further statement that Deppe
Is not a cheap place. single man living at
hotel as the people about hlm I'VE, must nave
talent for economy if he expects to find his hotel
bill less than $40 week, and the most careful at
tenton to saving would hardly bring it below $50.
Yet with one exception the separate charges do not
.eem too unreasonable. Rooms for families the
first or second floors must be paid for at high rates.
but a gle room the fourth floor facing the sea
may be had for 81 day. Dinner at the table
d'hote is 81 if you cannot find an appetite at
o'clock. you must pay go cents more for dining at
your usual hour Breakfast is to be had a la carte,
and not otherwise and the prices of each dish
put at a figure which may account for the cheap
ness of the table d'hotethe French iunKeeper hav-
ing more ways than one of showing his acuteness
Wine is dear-almost half as much as at New
York hotel fairly good if you stick to the COM
moner sorts but the quality by no means rises in
proportion with the price. There are not many
hotels where it does. Carriagehire. again. Is ex-
pensive but many of the most interesting excur-
SONS are within the compass Of good walker; the
roads are good and have not seen IN any field a
notification that trespassers will be prosecuted.
No doubt the profits of the existing INNS are very
large. the season lasting. as 1t does from July TO
October Yet no new hotels spring up. The
Dieppe which the visitor knows is the same Dieppe
that it was ten years ago. No now hotel has been
built within that time. perhaps excepted at the
eastern extremity OF the Rue Aguado.
The want Of hotel room is one reason why not
everybody finds Deppo delightful. l met this
morning in the courtyard of the hotel two young
Engiishmen of my acquaintance. They had come
on n,ing visit, escaping, one nom MS dut'es III
barracks. the other from his duties in Parliament
@Dont You think it beastly placef" was the
first question of the latter 1t turned ont that he
had arrived overnight and could find nc lodgings
except in a back street, and was at that moment
waiting till 1t should please the head-waiter of
this establishment to give him some breakfast
The two were going to the races, Sunday though it
were and they from a Sunday keeping country.
At dinner / asked how they had got on. "Never
was 20 bored in my life.' was the answer; not
single horse had ever heard Of" And there
upon as eager to get back into the atmosphere he
had just left, the hereditary legislator began dis
coursing upon the Hares and Rabbits bill. Having
forgotten all about English politics. beard with
interest that the Lords, sOpe of them. though
taken by surprise at having to deal with this
measure, are meditating resistance to it, The
hereditary legislator agreed that they could not
venture to throw out second important bill this
session. but he thought much could be done by
amendments. And gathered that certain num-
ber Of peers are sacrificing their holidays and their
shooting with a view to doing as much mischief
as they can to this bill. They certainly are never
slow To sacrifice themselves the public in the
interests of their order. Some sort OF q &C M
mittee has been formed quietly. to devise scheme
Of opposition. and there to be meeting this
week. and he would rather 20 to a committee meet
Ing in London than STAY another day in Dieppe;
even though lie, q Liberal. should find himself in
temporary alliance with Lord Beaconsield. This
rernnscencc of st. Stephens has no business here,
i admit. and come back to my subject not with
out adding. however, that this young gentleman's
idea of a vacation consisted of day ia Dieppe
other in Trouvile, and third in Aix-les-Bans. OF
the week lie was to be away he would spend the
greater part in steamers and railway carriages.
There are Englishmen of the superior classes who
believe they amuse themselves in that way.