New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-21

her head becominsly and never never vets hs-
hair IL she wears rubber cap IL will be such
gay butterfly little affair that il is positively Err
gaging. or else she covers 1t up with a kercbsf
ied 9oH In bow over the forehead Thar
watch the wearer thereof she poses before ia s
undong and doing il over surveying the ~
effect and the back effect, and giving ia
satisfied and you conclude that bow like ,has
on French wOman's head is work OF art-noth-
which impresses every visitor 10 an Ame-iea5
bathing station of a row of women with their hair
some such object, TO dry in the sum- have never
tipathy to putting water OF any description on
"As for the resorts themselves. it seems to ma
ours are decidedly behind those OF France and
England In some respects You know We havs
Scarborough and Trouviile and ST. MsIo A'" Well
there was not a seaside place in either country
terests of the least Importance carried on but
had its stone promenade and its stone pier. The
prom and in France the digue'-is a strong sea
wall. supporting broad walk Of stone or con-
crete In France they have a fancy for making
double promenade Langrune, where we spent
mel within sight OF the lighthouse Of Havre Its
population numbers about six hundred. l believe.
smartest of our seaside resorts Between them tbs
citizens and the Mayor-oh yes. they have Mayor
over the door and the Mayor issues proeiama-
tons in very black Ink tOuchin on and appertaHn'
to every conceivable subject connected with his
bailiwIekEbetween them say the Langrunitss
twenty feet high, perhaps with a broad walk q
artificial flags on the top. level with the village
or more in width and five feet above the beach.
The wall is carried up to form a broad.
being progressive. up 70 date Americans but only
pigheaded Norman peasants. they were not cor
tering and unsightly length past their village. %
be tinkered up with boards and pocket Of nails
thing in promenades.We are satisfied with the
smoss say for eternity hundred Years rom
now: if my great grandchildren are lucky enough
IL sifT' the same as left it last month
What they do in France in the way Of sincere.
England. The English are Just as buIlheaded
as the French IN preterT i[ ~, trus ~ f i ~
elbow carpentry. and nearly all their seaside towns
and watering places have fne stone or iron prom
IN one respect I think the French seasaore
fish. that is in the bathhouses. I can them bath
houses because they are small wooden houses
and dress for the surf which at high water breaks
only few feet away: but really they are nIrs
feet square with double doors in front so that me
of a japanese house. The doors have glass panes
shaded by lace curtains. II you please WITHIN.
fbree chairs a shelf and clothes pegs. looking
glass etc As a row OF similar houses streteHss
Vomr house You seem TO be one of series of ten
ants in miniature street You can VIE OF I5s%
cover, with the comfort of table and decent
chair with the free airs blowing on you Of. -. -
sea; or if windy 1t may be pieassh,e ~. ~
sit outside on the 'digue.' and then YOU 1eei NE
Abraham sitting at his tent door-lt was 7.
wasn't it? If your neighbOrs are asreeaoe y IL =
all very nice and comfy, ana II not H Pun r door
know them. Anyway, before your iron. uOt ~
stretches always the sea. and you GOIs - :,
squat the sand or break your PACK 20 Ely ard
either Your bathing dress hangs on us peg ~ ~
dries itself while you practise your French on u
arniahIe yotIng man next door II he IS partieu-
larly amiable you can invite him anu MS ~ TEs
to a cup of tea some afternoon Iney Won +i I'M
the tea but they will appreciate the aIe az o@-
Your shrimp net stands in one corner. any 1 ~
chafng dish ornaments the centre taple- 70! all
bv about 8 o'clock. dear little oaAer 10y q r. IN
pass with a basket of cakes on his arm IIa e
fervaI between luncheon and dinner Is a oils On,
and of course you viii buy some odDd-aLlus Il" go,
keep the change. Now. doesn tnat s9EiF1 Ai'''
ing5-and it's even better than II SOUNDS