The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-09-07
Everyone is Out Of Town at the
Seaside.
DIsTINGUE FRENCH RESORTS
At One of Them There Lives a Lineai
Descendant of William the Con.
queror-Visit to Island of Jer~
sey. That ideal Community.
BY Max O'ReII.
(specia. Cable to The Times, Copyright.
1aO11

| PARIS, Sept. 6.AParis now Is abso-
iutely dead, and for three weeks longer
will show no sign of life. The shut
ters are closed everywhere. Everybody
Is at the seaside or in the country. And
those who. for one reason or another,
| cannot afford a holiday, have their shut
tiers closed just the same, and their con-
| cierSe has received orders to say that
| Monsieur and Madame are out OF town.
| The best two patronized seaside places
In France this year are Trouville and
! Deauv1ile. Speaking of the former
| place, 1t Is interesting to know that a
| direct descendent of William the Con-
| quefor lives there, who is neither King
| OF England nor even Duke of Normandy.
| In a little Trouville street, not very far
| from the beach, you can find a house
| with a plate on which is the following
| inscription:
| The Conqueror, House-Agent'
| Everybody in Trouville knows the lit
! tie woman who every day goes about
accompanying strangers in search of
houses or apartments. She is known as
Madame William the Conqueror She is
| the wife of the last descendants of the
| Dukes of Normandy. Her husband Is a
| printer. and both make enough money
| to live very comfortable. They have
two children, a boy and girl. Follow
| ing the tradition of 900 years the boy
! is called Guillaume (Wiliam) and the
| girl Arlette.
Island of JERSEY.
| I was lately revising that beautiful
I spot in the English Channel the Island
| Of Jersey. the best governed community
| in the world, Inhabited by POPULATION
| of Industrious French and English pes
| pie, living happily together. and who
| know neither custom houses, taxes nor
| poverty.
This happy spot belongs to the Eng
| lsh Crown. but in no public act Is IN"
! sovereign OF England mentioned other
| wise than as Duke OF Normandy. No
| only French is spoken in the island by
| everybody. but French is the official
| language. IF. in this British possession.
an Englishman. unable to speak French
| has TO appear before court of law he
is obliged to get an interpreter. as all
| the proceedings. plsadings. etc. have to
take place in French.
Many times John Bull arum.- at this
| state of things and aired his grievances
on the subject to the Jerseyans. who in
| variabIy replied that they had always
spoken French and meant to always
speak French.
John Bull is a philosopher. and ac-
| copied the situation When he goes to
| his possessions in the Channel Islands he
takes with him a French English pocket
| dictionary.
Gypsy 'tLee,"
The famous gypsey Lee" who had
predicted that King Edward would
! never be crowned and who still lives nea
Brighton on that desolate moor called thu
Devils Dyke, IS made much fun of.
hot ? WA
silly women the business of gypsies clair
| voyants fortune ellers and all that sort
| OF humbug would have been exploded long
| ago Gypsy Lee" defends herself. and
now affirnls that she never said King Ed
ward would not be crowned. In fact. she
goes further she affirms that she predict
ed everything that has lately happened
to the King.
She declares that she remembers very
well the hand Of the King when he was the
Prince of Wales. He has a splendid line
OF life" she says land he is intended to
live very long. What + then said to the
Prince was that when he would be sixty
years of age he would nave Co % e&-
tremeiy careful.
"Of course. I did not know exactly what
would happen. I could not exactly tell
whether it would be great Illness or an
attempt on his life: but what knew Is
that it would be a YER serious thing"
AS you see the old gypsy is pretty
clever and you will see that for long
time to come her profession VIII be az
profitable as over.
The Shah of Persia.
The Shah Of Persia is leading a very
cG;et life IN LONDON. for the day after
the coronation there was q general sraEI-
rede for the seaside and country; but the
music halls are still open, and there "a
a good time still 70 be had for His Ma
i: iesty, the King Of Kings, Lord OF the
Elephants. and Master of the Sun and of
the Lion of Persia.
This Shah is not half SO entertaining
AMI picturesque as his father was. IL is
rot so picturesque because he is not only
more clean in his habits and, with this
exception. that he doesn't touch wine or
alcoholic liquors. ne does things pretty
much as people of the civilized nations
do.
When. thirty years ago the Shah's faith.
err came to London. Buckingham Palace
where he lived. had to be fu:nigased ans,
aired for weeks before it could be OF use
to anybody else. In his bedroom he re-
fused the use of tn" ~
ctne, no less Indispensable pieces of fur
rit,ire OF that apartment
He slept on the floor. ate his first break
fas, or the floor: In fact the floor OF
! that room had never before been put TO so
many uses. He was picturesque. Nor did
ne lack g. certain sense OF humor.
/ When he was taken TO the ALEXANDRIA
/ Music Hall and saw the ballet he sent
for the manager and asked him the price
1 OF two scores OF girls - had admired.
10 be shipped off for his harem- He was
entertaining.
When they took him 10 visit the New
gate Prison he went straight to the death
chamber and had the process of hanging
explained to him in detail He was 80
! interested that he asked to Immediately
I witness an execution.
The authorities apologized for their IN
81 ability to satisfy him with the plea that
at that time they had no one couds0n0d
to death.