The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-15

B rh~ Discovery OF OtliouIes.
q OlliO,lls~ has BEEN discovered. The
glare and glory Of four full pages in
the Consular and Trade Reports have
rescued IL permanently from oh~curity
3 II il true that Paris. London. and even
the locally despissd Berlin. have long
known the winter blossom If this village
~ the Var The flower train that daily
4 trRver-ea the Cote d'Azur stays lnnge-,
AZ Sanary. the station 81 Ollioules From
Toulon and from the diminutive ports ~
Sanary and Ban3ol ts bulhe have been
shipped 20 remote America, but Olli-
dulles itself has remained beside ia tiny
I Reppe. undiscovered and resigned.
In mos, guide books OIliOules In q
place unnoticed To Baedeker II u a
place ~ gorges. II 10 only when one
reaches the GHide JOaRpe that Ollioules
achieves its deserved distinction. now
also attained in the Trads Reports IL in
not poverty NJ resource that has exfin-
g,Iished the fame of OlliOule~ Its gorRe-
a labyrinth ~ winding chazrns. q thou
sand feet below the summit II the Gro~
Cerveau, dark always except a. high
noon. dominated by modern forts and
/ Over~hadOwed by hills crowned with
rock hewn villages that were once the
protection Of the unfortunate inhabi-
tAnts whom Saracen pirates piiiaEesi.
/ have their own invitation IN visitOrs In
the days when the diligence joined Mar
settles IN TOHlon and Italy tho hundred
caves in the chalk white limestone cliffs
were tho resorts ~ bandits Who proc
pered nightly
OlliOules itself has charms not with
ont note Al the place where the hills
suddenly halt and the Marseilles road,
the route rationale. breaks suddenly
forth into daylight and the plain and
the traveller se@s the purple water If
Toulon harbor with Cape Cepet beyond.
an the very last ridge 81 the Gro@ Cor
veau. there stands a castle not unwor-
thy 81 attention. Looking w FIVE hun
dreh feet from the road along the sheer
face If cliff tn the tower and battle
ments the wayfarer seea a semblance Of
inexpugnable strength that carries con
viction. N il only from the we-tern
vantage point that tho heap 81 fallen
stOne= te~tifSe~ IN the Success 81 an uIti-
mate siege which destroyed a gateway
81 Provence
Under the shadow Of the castle. its
Place de Ia Rhpubliq'e on the edge 81 the
turbulent Reppe. newly cOme from the
caAcahSz ~ the gorgss, OlliouIe@ stands,
built about a church 81 ten centuries
The old quarter suggests AlgierS; its
diminutive alleys wind in and out under
arches supporting houses and pierced
with windows once designed for archery
practice upon tho paasers. Under the
arches u n dark and damp, and the
doorways that open on tho alleys are ~
forbidding ~ those that bar the way
tn the native houses in North Africa
OBce tho arch il passed. n medieval
world becomes a reality in a republican
commune ACCESSIBLE bv tram.
n Oiliouies has lis charms not lightly
tn he resisted. its countryside has equal
claims. From January 70 June is hill
sidess At other times barren and sun
burned. are oolored and fragrant with
the flowers that the Northerner knows
only in the hothoIap and at the florist
shops. Every foot Of anil supports i,s
bulbe and blossoms, and the stone walls
are used A. covers 10 protect the tender
est II the plants. At morning and AZ
night the roads Leading from Ollio,iles
are thronRed with the peasants march
ing TO or from their remote hectares.
IL Castelet. the suburb ~ Ollioules
beyond che Cervean range. tiny
town diminished now 10 couple 81
hundred people within its walls. SIR
paSAe- Ollioules itself in charm. set
slX hundred feet above broad plain.
surrounded like Ronda or Constantine.
almost completely by chasm-. u" Caste-
! Ice II ono IT the most attractive and Vet
unknown Corusrs 81 Provence. From
its battlements. still intact. ono ~Nes
the Mediterranean from towers whore
in ancient dayr tho watchers waited for
the s,gn ~ Moorish sail. whsle rts dis
mantled chAteau. now the property Of
the ReyaIblic, Once shelter~d I,OUIs XIV.
NOrthWard Saints Ba'ITne. the one NOUN
tain of the region. rises ont II = wild and
seemingly endless eIpARse of forest land.
the white limestone 81 it, hare summit
resembling an Alpine snow zap
Su"h - the kingdom ~ OlliouIes.
fronting tho sea, not at TOulon. not even
~ Sanary. known for twenty kilometerS
ahnu' for ita carnivals. hut At BandOl,
where two forts Of VAUBAN defend
harbor safer than any between
Marseilles and Toulon Bandol tn has
its hotels. both grand. its villas and
~ winter colony. sonetimes reaching
90 a soore IN number AZ Bandol the
sun shines, even when il rains az MEG