The Washington herald., 1907-02-10
T0l dny Americans crowd
into The popular resort dnd
Qdiety reiQns supreme

crowds of punters are to be seen all day
at the Municipal Casino; while at the
Jetee Promenade there is maddaEing
ARRANGEMENT for losing your money even
more quickly than at Monte carlo
long table is arranged, with spaces set
out and numbered up 10 nine; in the
center is a sunk wooden disc, surrounded
by pockets or holes for the reception OF
on india-rubber ball, which Is sent splii-
ming round and round by croupier, unui
it finally settles into one Of the holes
numbered up To nine II is Heholsh
ball. and / am certain that il contains an
evil spirit. for it dances about from hole
TO hole. and just as YOU think il Is going
to settle down. off il goes again 10 the
other side. and there finds resting
place. To appreciate this impish ball II
must be seen-one cannot describe It.
Helder's restaurant, I End, is as good
and popular as ever, and all smart Nice
collects here for lunch and dinner This
IS the restaurant on the Place de Mas
sCna. where one can get all the delic3-
Giles i'm and out of season; the cooking Is
excellent. and delicious caviar may be OBJ
tanned here. BY the way, 1 heard with
regret that young RigO. the conductor OF
the band that one remembers SO well
couple of years ago in London, died last
year from pneumonia. When he and his
relocated musicians left London, they
came TO Nice. and We're % be heard two
or three times a day at the Helder res
taurant during the season
Gay scenes Presented.
/ To see Nice at its best one should walk
/ or drive about the town in the afternoon.
/ Every one is out shopping or listening
10 the capital town band that plays in
the gardens of the Place de Massena.
/ and here the scene is q very gay one
/ children abound, and nearly all are flying
a bright crimson air ball, TO which Is al
tached a little tri-color.
/ The shops in the Quai de Massena are
wonderfully attractive, especially the
/ costumIers' and milliners'. Outside one
/ Of the latter emporiums found quite a
/ crowd watching Il woman inside trying
ion hats. I spent an amusing five min
lutes with the crowd, listening 20 their
remarks. which were most sympathetic.
Monsieur. VINO was inside with madame
looked rather foolish as hat after hat
was put on and then laid aside.
watched madame put on a little arrange
ment of tulle in which nestled five or SIX
punches of grapes-green and purple
then. as this did not prove becoming, one
made entirely OF market punches OF
Iviolets and their leaves was essayed
This. in turn. was put on one side, anc
[ believe the final choice was made of ar
ARRANGEMENT Of green grapes and Parma
vioIets Then the crowd broke up and
passed away.
The jewelers. make a brave show, too
The gold purses are much bigger thai
: they used to be, and I saw one decorated
, with diamond swallows almost life size
while another was set with emeralds tn
size of cob nuts. I saw at Morgans on
. or two little fantasies in the way o
necklaces that struck me as being new
The most striking was literally tWiste'
, rope Of five or six rows Of pearls, whicl
were tied I'm knots and the ends finishet
off with a large black, pear-snaped pear
Another cOnceit for madame when sh
goes to gamble at Monte Carlo IS
I bouquet of real violets- with an exquisit
, model Of a large Cz<r violet made in dia
Z mOnds in the center. This, ! believe,
r. supposed TO act as a charm.