The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-04
DELIGHTFUL CITY OF NICE
Its Name Exactly Fits Its Outward
Circumstances.
WHERE EUROPE PAssEsNINrER
Although II the Same Latituds %
Canada. Nice In Midwintsr Il -
warm ~ tho City Of Wash.
inston In April.

Special Correspondence to The Tribune.
Nice. March 12.-Perhaps the inherent
American tendency to call Nice nice
comes from the fact that that word
seems best to describe the town: Its
niceness Is what first impreSees the
visitor. The streets are even, straight,
and clean. the houses all rise In even
rows. each with its garden OF orange
trees around 1t, and the shops (they are
much too small to deserve our Ameri-
can name stores) are all very fine and
nice. 1t Is only natural that q city in
which a good proportion Of the worlds
should be filled with shops for the sale
Of all the worlds luxuries, but still the
sight Of 30 many Of these establish
ments. finer even than those Of Paris.
Is likely to surprise one.
The epicure or delicattesen shops and
the queer little shops for the sale
OF all kinds Of prepared meat, are es-
pecially interesting to an American, be-
cause they are so different from any,
thing he has in his own country. The
meats and pastry are prepared in all
sorts OF tempting forms and shapes, and
they make ones mouth water to look At
them.
PRESERVED FRUIT.
But tempting as they are they can
hardly compare with the windows in
which the glazed or candied fruit are
exhibited. Nice seems to be the centre
for the manufacture Of this kind of
sweets. and 1t is really wonderful to see
how all kinds OF fruit canbe preserved.
ana presumably made into candy.
There seems to be nothing in the fruit
or vegetable line too large for this
process. and In some Of these windows
they have everything from watermelons
ana huge canteloupes down to cur
rants. Oranges, bananas, pomegranates
pears. peaches and apples, are
only a few Of the many fruits treated
in this manner. They are usually ar
ranged in pretty baskets and panniers
OF vari-cOlored straw, and the prices
placed on them Indicate as well as any
thing can, that the people who come ia
Nice for the winter usually have plenty
| Of money to spend. These price cards
also indicate the cosmopolitanness OF
the visitors. for in addition to the price
at Nice, the price Is given for delivery
In all the CHIEF cities of Europe.
The two chief streets in Nice are the
Avenue de Ia Care, and the DUAL Mas
| soma. which intersect each other at the
Place Massena, on which fronts the su-
perb municipal Casino, and on these
streets ara most of the principal shops
q great many Of which bear announce
ments on their windows that. by special
appointments. they have the honor t
serve some royal highness or excellency
A rather amusing example Of this rags
for the special appointments IL found
on one Of the side Streets where the
window Of an otherwise unassuminE
milk depot bears a sign saying that they
are "by special appointment" milkmer
to Her Imperial Majesty, the Queen Of
Great Britain and ireland and the EN-.
press Of India. When Queen Victoris
was here two years ago this dairymar
probably supplied her household Will
milk. and now he intends to make tn,
4 most Of the fact