New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14

grown very fond OF this young girl and have
long talks together. She shows her intelligence
IN many ways. but II Is truly marvellous how
great is the ignorance Of French people with re-
gard to America. 1t exceeds that of any other
nation and Is. OF course, partly due to the fact
that they rarely travel To give one example out
OF many Of their amusing igr ORANGE. this young
French girl asked me quite seriously what
% spoke e her that
rss Ss In do She replied
sh bu, casse the What o
they speak1 DO they speak indian?" could with It'll
picture fitted before my mind Of a fashionable
dinner In New-York being served by wild Indians
In paint and feathers.
THE BUZZ AT THE DINNER-TABLE
After studying our fellow boarders for couple OF
hours. all retire to rooms to enjoy a siesta
few Of the patients who are taking an extreme
treatment then carried to an afternoon bath
mornnS one w Kit cock we again gather in the
large dining room for the dinner. or second table
laughs and talks and enjoys s0@ to the Full S
ne.ies' and his volatile de Bresse" French table
d h6te and an American restaurant form a strange
contrast TO each other In America when we SIT
In public ROOM we seem afraid 10 SPEAK TX Asove
by others, and afraid to make any noise lest we
shall seem vulgar and .brsd When an american an
the cater Of the dishes he neither fees obliged TO
business principles; he is there TO- eat and ne eats
To ,Frenchman dinner Is not duty, but pleas;
voice is not low but he never seems vulgar H.
bred, although every one II he chooses can hear
digestion. / believe there would be less dyspepsia in
table d'h6te at Aix-es-Eains is no exception to the
rule are all gay and full s Of chatter hs The co Id
literature No is sullen silent our appetites
sos COMPOSED Of the varied and
dishes Of true French cuisine never brings the the
dessert appears on the table there appears at the
long French window opening on to the garden
family quartet. father mother and two daughters.
and they play on cello. two violins and viola.
folk songs s Of the paysans When the quartet have
played and sung half dozen numbers the young
plate around the " long table with unGlnchins reg
observance preoccupation or interest In some alb.
sorbng can save yo1 from eyen,na any
plays in the DaSSs
those same pieces We find ourselves leaning on the
iron railing Of our wndow TO- catch the , distant
voice sings those songs through which there a
III sus.s a Speaks the Of
people. We feel strange melancholy creep over us,
before v we v wake from our dream While lean
the window railing listening to our thoughts ,hat
ton has gone A to the Casino in the villa des
Fleurs." where the gaming tables are crowded and
ne Ps puo or nSt a"I they are sill SHAKING
their hundreds and thousands on A turn of chance
WALKS IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY.
We frequently take long walking excursions. for
the country is beautiful and the landscape full Of
quiet charm; the roads, moreover are good like all
European roads. and after walk OF miles we are
not obliged TO shake either dust or mud from our
feet. The peaceful little FAC du Bourget spreads
out It's smooth surface In the valley about two klo-
metres from Aix-les-B ains. The picturesque water
fall OF Gresy, with Its crazy old windms. II not
far distant: Further STILL on the way 70 Annecy
making a days excursion by rail- are the striking
Georges du Fer" The perpendicular cliffs. only
few yards apart rise severa hundred feet from the
bed OF the stream. which seems 10 have cut It's way
through heart OF the rock and TO have separated
the mountain to its very base A shaky wooden
along the face OF the rock and overhangs the stream
midway between top and base. We look down
from our dizzy footing TO the little stream far be-
meath US. and then glance up to the line OF blue
sky tust visible between the sheer cliffs which al
most meet high above our heads. We wind around
the face OF the for what seems long distance.
and IL is with a smothered Sigh OF relief that we
emerge at the further end into green wood apd
see the sun light playing hide and seek among the
lnan