Telegram-herald., 1890-03-10
SIx HOURS IN ClSyES.
A Delightful City in La Belle
France.
- AnaFe"s Gives The "Ielegrsin-Her-
AID Half Dag Sensations and
sights OF the French Resort.


Every resort upon the Mediter-
ranean's chores claims u be more fav-
orsbly situated and to offer more ad-
Santages than the rest. That j. only
natural when they all have but one end
IN v,ew-the attrhction OF the ever-wel-
come stranger" Nice may be gay
and festive, Monte Carlo very fascin-
/ at-ng and just wee bit naughty, Men
tone = quiet, securely sheltered sOlacc,
but elVe me Cannes. for where else wlll
~ nud 80 grand crowd of fashionable
folks liT.ng cozly together, Where else
can sc gaze upon 30 bright an ARRAY of
pretty palaces that adOrn the hill-sIdes
OF picturesque Cannes, They shelter
/ through the winter months, some scores
/ OF the most ar,stocTatlc families OF
! Great Britain, who carry on here the
fashionable season into March, until, In
tact, il Is time to open the salons in
Paris. Here. a. twenty-seyen hours from
London, are all the resources of c.vlllza-
/ ton and society within reach, and To
be enjoyed with the almost perpetual
accompaniamento of bright sunshine and
blue sky.
Cannes certainly occupies a charming
corner. Climb 10 one OF the heights
with me, and we have ut our
feet one OF the most picturesque
panoTanas Of the Mediterranean
coast. The winding walk which
skirts the deep blue water Is the
boulevard de In CrOlsette; to your right
the Gull OF NapOule, rejecting in its
waves the purple peaks Of the Esterel
Als.r~ o -. f..f, IL.
reaching out Its arm 10 the Isles OF 81.
Marguerite and II. Honorat; beyond
the Gulf Juan and the Cap d' Autibes;
whilst behind YOU stretch the Snow-clad
Maritime Alps, sheltering the whole
from the north cold wind. Dotted here
and there are bright little villas, shining
III the sun amidst the most luxurious
vegetation, the pointed towers Of
gothic chateaux peeping out from the
orange and olive groves; coy cottages
and cnalets nesting amongst the
roses and tine palm trees,
altogether an enchanting scene. The
centenary of Lord BrOugham was cell
ebratcd III Cannes 10y the erection of
statue on the promenade. He looks to-
wards the sea, and says: 1nvemi por-
ttm; spes ct fortuna valete; sat me
be rendered INTO English as follows:
Fortune and hope. good Bye
fuit long We been your sport,
On others work your Will.
At last I've reached my port.
The Boulevard dc Ia Croisette in
Cannes falls far short of the fine
Promenade des Anglais III Nice. and
there arc few houses of interest fronting
the sea. As | pass along, however, /
catch Il glimpse Of NJ. Jules Ferry
whom | lbecameacquainted with several
years ago-baskng IN the sunshine IN
the garden OF the Hotel Gonvet ct dc
In RENE and reading the latest scourge
inflicted upon hIm 10y tho Italian
Tribmq. The OppOrtunist leader does
not seem 10 mind much, however, and
ne looks very different man alter his
residence IN Canncs-far from dead, as
his enemies would wish him.
The famous club, Cerclc Nautique,
faces the sea, and its frontage contains
n kiOsquC, where the municipal band |
plays once or twice a week TO fash !
iOnablc crowd. The club Is the favorltc !
resort OF men of wealth and position, !
who vi,it Cannes during the winter.
Walking TO the end Of the Croisctte. |
YOU may enter one OF the finest orange I
gardens on the Riviera, There are over /
a thousand trees, just ripcning the /
golden fruit. together with about as
many chInOis, besides lemons and |
orange trees. From the Crolsettc itself 1
you nave a lovely view over old Cannes, /
tne Esterel Mountains and the lime !
stone hills OF Grassc 20 your sight.
From the CrOlsctte take a turn INTO the /
Ant,bcs road, and YOU are soon IN front I
of the Hotel Beau Scpolr, where the /
ev-EmperUr Of Brazil spent last season. !
Walking up the SIDE OF the California I
hIIi, YOU find ON the left the Villa I
Nevada. where the Duke Of Albany /
died on March >, 1854. Close by IS the /
Memorial Fountain. erected by the /
French residents m Cannes, the founda- /
ton stone II which was laid BY the /
Prince OF Wales on February p, 1857. |
IL has the following inscription: - la |
Memo're Prince Leopold q 'Angleterre,
Due d'Aibany. DECIDE a Cannes, IS |
Mars. 1851.
TIE cr0wning piece of the column j.
q figure of u. George and the Dragon.
and the Prince ot Wales unveiled this
at che same time.
a drv sol., miid climate. little wind. |
a beautiful. aud sarleEst-d country. an /
oVniiaratng ard tome atmosphere. an I
excefitfo ally good climate. which sup /
VGcs HyCeDlC resources winch lt would /
de difficult 70 iiud elsewhere. Cannes /
would suit many OF she klud Of cases F.
observable On large towns. where the /
worry and trouble of tae world. weak +
oDlu- the springs of iitf. afford an easy