The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-04-28

Vi Va ECSY}SA most snObblSh
TLG III II ~ town of the
,l - W re- Il WI many snobbish
Il HY9taRs towns of the
El- saG = Mediterranean
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Che train de-lux crowd; the people who
toll not and at the same time neglect
to spin. do not say this about Cannes
because had row with an estimabie
resident of the place, but simply be-
cause it is true. Guy de MaUpassant
saws of Cannes: ~Princes, princes,
everywhere princes. They who love
princes are indeed happy People gath
er together at Cannes because they
love imperi al and royal highnesses
De Maupassant is not quite correct
] didn't go to Cannes to see princes;
neither did he. Once I rowed III q
small boat past De Maupassants little
Yacht, the Bel-Ami, and saw the nov
elist sitting gloomily on deck watching
the Estral mountains and apparently
thinking how much better he would
had the doing of it SILL there IS no
use denying that there are great
many titled people about Cannes in the
winter time. / do not know the rank
OF the man | had the little difficulty
with, but thought him d most objec-
tionable person and | have no doubt he
thought the same Of me. | have never
had Che courage to look him up since,
but if this should meet his eye beg to
Inform him that / will pay his little
bill for repairs if he sends it IN TO me.
1t is curious thing that Cannes, al
though it is SO aristocratie, has many
American names. One whole district
of the town is named after California.
which they spell with q final ''e'' in
stead of an "a" There is the Hotel
California, one Of the largest in the
place; there is the Villa Nevada, where
the duke of Albany died in 1854: there
Is United States hotel and a Villa
Florida, besides Numerous villas named
after several western states, where
billiards. are more common in winter
than the sunshine of the Riviera.
1t was the exploring of California
hill that led to my trouble. ] climbed
the hHf behind Cannes by = steep road
that led to little chapel called st.
Antoine. This chapel is more than six
hundred feet above the sea, and it
stands In a notch at Che top of the hill
where the road dips down into Il deep
and lovely valley with the little pot
terry and pottering town of Vallauris
at the bottom. | don't know anything
about the history.of the chapel Of ST.
Antoine, but | can give you some in
formation about tie pub that stands
opposite. They can mix you up some of
the most villainous drinks there that
you can getiR all France, " hich is saying
e good deal. From the corner Of the
cafe a narrow lane leads steeply up the
hill from out the notch, and hGt lane
led me into the forest of Mautarre,
which occupies the summit of the hill,
eight hundred feet or SO above tie sea.
AT the edge of this wood of scraggy
pine there is = most wonderful view.
The cliff. ABOUT IS high as that at
Quebec, IS not quite so prccipitous.
The bare rocks prctrude here and
'HChc' pN1 she laCc Oh tre uecfiVtty Is
mostly covered with shaggy shrubbery
and ambles. At the foot are hand
some villas, and along between them
and the sea runs the road from Cannes
to Antilles like Winding white rib
bon. Away to the horizon stretches
the blue Mediterranean. To the west
the outlook is restricted by the shout
der of the hill, but to the east The view
extends into hazy iHfnity. The pro-
montory OF Antilles projects out into