Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-09-03
HOT FRANCE.
THE HOT SPELL IN FRANCE, AND HOW
THE PEOPLE STOOD IT.
Where They Go in summer-How Passen-
gers Are Managed-Seashore and
Country Retreats.
LAxGRuxE SUR MER, August 6, 1881

LAYGRUNE SUR MER, August 6, 1881.
The hot spell experienced by Parisians
this summer has given them all a longing
for a sniff of fresh sea air, and those who
were able through time and money to get
to the coast did SO, while many Others un-
accustomed to indulge in such a luxury, for
the first time perhapsin their lives devoted
their economies, saved during the past year
to pay the doctors and apothecary's bills,
towards trip to the seaside, wisely con-
Guiding that although the hotel keepers
of Normandy gained what the doctors
lost they themselves would be about as
well off In the end. In consequence every.
thing along the coast of Normandy and
Brittany. with a covering to 1t resembling
a house, is occupied by human beings,
who are willing TO live like Chinese OF
mice, provided they have the privilege OF
wandering along the beach and bathing
in the surf In view of the great crowd,
some of the hotel-keepers have raised
the price of board, while others insist
on three and four people being lodged
IN the same room, or stow others among
the chimney-pots with an indifference not
at all consistent with their habitual solici-
tude. The peasants who rent their houses
are in clover, for the great demands by
families for these apartments have rendered
them far more audacious In their prices
than their dreams had ever pictured. In
fact, whereas the hotels constantly change
customers, sometimes having voids, fami'
lies with children hire these houses al
throughout the village for the entire season,
thus insuring certain profits to the peas
ants. People in France generally seek II
summer the coast nearest their habitation
those of the southern part of the country
seek the Mediterranean those of the west
the coast of Brittany; and those of the
extreme north the coast of Belgium while
inhabitants OF the northeastern part and
those of Paris seek the coast of Normandy
The coast of Brittany is by far the most
DESTROYS, for it has
SHAGGY WILD EXPRESSION
OF its own, and then the people have re
tanned the customs of their ancestors with
greater pertinacity than throughout the
rest OF France, and the entire country ii
filled with legends which are the surprise
of the young and Joy Of the old. But un
less one has friends in that direction
Parisians seldom wander that far, for the
trip is long and tedious one for children
and as rocks form the principal part o
the beach Normandy is preferred tor the
little ones, where they may revel will
thorough infantile delight in the soft, clear
sand. Until this present year all persons
en- route for the sea shore in Nor
mandy were obliged to stop at the city
of Caen and there change cars, but tht
travel has been so great that the railroad
company decided on selling tickets at tn,
station for any town on the line beyond
Caen, and by placing the passengers for
ward carry them direct to their separate
destinations. This plan is not only con
venient but economical, for that which Is
perfect nuisance IN France is to get YOU
baggage from one point to another, ant
howsoever small the distance. some half
dozen men have to touch it, and each on
has to be separately paid, that you are ap
in a short time to wear hole IN you
trousers by constant recourse to you
pockets, to say nothing of the hole in you
purse, and if not imbued with generosit,
bordering on imbecility you are most likely
to gather some disagreeable muttereC
words from the porter instead of the eS
pected thanks.
THE CARE ST. LAZARE
Is certainly the most important of all tn
railroad depots of Paris, that is for travel
and particularly for the summer season
1t is from there one starts for Trouville
Dieppe and every part of Normandy, as ais
for New Haven in England, leaving from
Dieppe, besides is it the departure 70
Calais, connecting with Dover on the othe
side. This is only one part of the gare
the other portion being the depot for Fon
tainebleau, st. Cloud and other importan
cities and towns lying east of Paris. Tn
arrangements are very systematic. Larg
placards are seen everywhere directln
voyagers to the proper guichet for thei
tickets, and arranged before each windov
are marked the hour and minute OF de
parture of each train, and beneath tn
list of the places at which the tran
stops. Notwithstanding, since Their
are great many people throughout France
who are unable to read, nuraber of guard
are stationed at different points to give al
information to travellers who may ask TO
it. And the information Is repeatedly
asked for by those, too, who can read, bu
who fear to trust their eyes, realizing wha
a serious thing it would be to take tn
wrong train, The most reasonable an
phlegmatic persons become excited an
Hurried when at this important and seriou
moment of buying railroad ticket an
having baggage checked, and as the hour {
departure draws near the place seems a pei
feet bedlam with persons hurryirg hithe
and thither, calling out to members OF thel
party who have strayed away, with wome
hugging their bundles in despair, while tn
children remain on the benches encirclin
the different posts, the guardians of diver
baskets and traps. No baggage can b
checked until the ticket Is bought, and /
order to purchase your ticket howsoeve
early you may arrive you are obliged t
fare Ia queue and IN line
AWAIT YOUR TURN.
To reach the guichet one must pass throug
a space hedged in by two ratings, an
then into another space where, at last al
irving at your destination. man standin
before the window asks you where 20
want to 90, and whether first, second c
third -class; then the man OF woman
whichever it may be, on the inside pat
down the ticket and the change, which tn
first man shoves to the left, where yo
may pick it up at your leisure, while h
gives all his attention to the next voyage
Your ticket once procured, you make
journey to where your trunk has been lef
and after succeeding in attracting the a
tention of the man at the scales, you
trunk is taken from the counter, place
upon the scales and weighed. The ma
who had previously taken your ticket frol
you then reads aloud your destination an
the number of pounds of baggage belongin
to you, all of which is noted by an ind
vidual in a sort of inclosed office, who r,
turns you your ticket stamped, and aftt
having paid the supplement over certai
number of pounds allowed you, he like
wise hands to you slip of printed pap'
covered with figures in ink, which is you
guarantee for your baggage. The entranC
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