Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-05-11
AN EARTHLY PARADISE.
Where Even the Wind Is Tempered to tho
 Shorn Lamb.

Where Even the Wind Is Tempered to the
 Shorn Lamb.
 Whatever may be the proportion of philo- sophie spectators and of conscientious oppo- nents of gaming to inveterate gamblers and cursory punsters who risk few louis now and again, s'lust for the fun of the thing,' the fact remains that Monte Carlo has be- come an earthly paradise, says the London Standard; that the gardens, with thelr sub tropical vegetation, are enchantingly beau tiful; that the views from the terrace are more than Neapolitan in their soft loveli- ness; and that the drive from Nice along the Cornice road and through Villefranche, Beaulieu, Rochebrune and Monaco IS almost unequaled in its bright picturesqueness. The hotels of Monte Carlo, to those who know how to choose their domicile, are not more expensive than those of Nice; the res ident doctors are skilled and moderate in their terms; and, if the population be not about the happiest to be found on the con- tinent, the blame assuredly does not lie at the door either of the paternal Grimaldi or the more than paternal Banque de Monaco. The Monagasques pay no takes, are subject to no conscription, enjoy the advantages of excellent paving, lighting, drainage and sanitation, and run no risk of being injured in pocket through the vicinity of the Casino, seeing that paternal government does not allow the natives of the principality to play at the tables. Health seekers, again, are arriving at the conclusion that the climate of Monte Carlo is in winter warmer and more staple than that of Nice :; that the cut-throat ''mistral' rarely careers over the bay of La Con- damme; and that the little town is alto gethere more sheltered than the great blazing, windy, dusty, Mediterranean watering place. Then, again, for persons in really delicate health, the amenity of Mentone is easily accessible; and beyond the Rivlera in it's Italian section, opens up a whole chain of delightful winter resorts be- tweenV entimiglia and Savona, which, twenty years ago, were never heard of in England. San Reno, Bordighera, Alassio and a score more pretty and genial sea side hamlets have now their regu- lar complement of wealthy patrons from England and the States, and every season spac ious, elegant and clean hotels and ''pensions" continue to spring up, su. perseding the artistic and pretty little 'sosterie' and ''locande" of the past Have the roulette and trente-et-quarante tables of Monte Carlo been exclusively, or even principally, instrumental in bringing tC these smiling shores so many thousands of Anglo-Saxon pilgrims, or is it that the prime cause of the amazing popularity o1 the Riviera is its accessibility from En- glands Only thirty hours travehng, in cluding the steamboat journey from Dover to Calais, will now enable the valetudinarian or the pleasure seeker to exchange the smoke, the fog, the sleet, the raw damp o, the piercing cold of a London winter for the palms, the cactus and prickly pear, the oranges and olives and almond blossoms the blue sky and bright sun of the Riviera Is it to be wondered at, then, that princes peers, politicians, people in society and peo pie out of society, that all sorts and condi tions of men and women who can put money in their purses, are docking to the Riviera, notwithstanding the potentia wickedness ot Monte Carlo and it's gam tling rooms,