The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1910-08-11

shore was trod by the feet Of the
Forty Immortals. who then only be
longed TO the orleans party. and by
deposod statesmen. The imperial
court had abandoned Dicpne and gone
70 Biarritz. but that was too far from
Paris for the lesser officials and the
busy men Of the party TO follow And
Truuyille offered a bathing place With
I'm six hours of Paris. So 80 came
about that villas were built and a
square foot Of sand Don cost as much
as a square foot OF building ground
in Paris IL II. Very soon # was the
favorite resort of the monde and the
demi-monde.
The real life of Trouville. OF course,
is closed to the merely pass.eg visitor.
Just as Is the case at Cowes a2d az
Newport. The passing caller has not
the entree to the salons and the viii
las. But he may see that the people
change their toilets every hour. he
may walk the promenade and the
beach. firm and smooth. which slopes
so slowly into the sea that the bathcr
must wade far to get into water 10
his neck. even at high tide. and he
may visit the Casino, so close To- the
sea that the great tide Of 1876 almost
swept II away.
Dieppe shows a seascape that Is
called 'ineXpresslbly grand" The Wis.
/ itor seats himself upon the terrace
! and looks seward over q GLORIOUS
and far-stretching eXpanse. Some
times II IS as calm as a mirror But
the tide never creeps In. It brings
waves and foam with Il. OFTEN It is
turbulent. Sometimes II comes in as
a raging plain that lifts itself al last
mountain high and thundcrously
dashes itself upon the shore aud filings
It's salt showers e. the spectators.
It Is splendid for the eye and Il
gives yiEor 20 the body.
Napoleon played with Josephine.
pushing her into the water, and hiding
her bathing slippers, to the amuso.
ment OF the boatmen and the onlook.
ing STAFF, in their bathing expeditions
In 1905 from Bayonne 10 Biarritz, that
bright little corner OF France. nest
ling at the foot Of the Pyronoos. oyor
looking the Bay of Biscay and al
Joining the Basque provinces Of Spain
There are memories here 20 49,
Empress Eugene also. on tho Blop'
ard o~ycrhauginE the great rocks a
the head OF the bay are the ruins d
the bathing villa. whore she nu-
Louis Napoleon spent many hrv7'
hours II was sold. then enlarged uu.
burned In 1903 There are muny hls
torical memories here. Gladston.
/, spent weeks here each year. Man
battles were fought IN the vicinity d
, th, Wellington campaigns and Do.
( Spanish provinces adjacent are fun d
b "reminiscences Of Loyola and Xavier
Ostond-to the initiated that mean
. thc most beautiful strand to be cor
p ccivcd, as smooth as a billiard tahl
and stretching away many "a leagu,
r u mean also ,n the summer month
4 e most dlyorting spectacle, wher
o handles mince and hirt ever with th
g waves. whore bathing, dancing, "a
a ming and music occupy the fashioi
q able world, and where the va.
q thronRs present a gay and cheern
@ miscellany OF faces and costumes
TAI NFsE important seaside tow
d on ia sEllugut OF Europe has h
palathal vIlis. including the Summ'
rs residence OF the king; its sports, pol
.e golf. tennis, racing its great annu.
r "batallle de hours.' IT'S promenade
y and around an rs beach, a paradi'
b, for children, and ifs bath houses, s
le great a novelty for Americans Abo'
ss AN, 81 has itB kIrsaii, the center
an the glictlog OF the season, whi,
10 gives the visitor who secs % Tor a
first time "a most confused improssi,
n. OF marbles and mosalcs. brass, copp
"a and gliding, rich ~hgugingH. palms al
10, mirrors The dixie or "digue' which
IN built along the beach Is a three nal
or promenade. and az night the spcctac
seen upon Il iusuhes tho saying IA
n, Ostend rs "tho maddost, merrioat" cl
e. In Europe.
n Ever ~. ~ has its seaRhore
he sortA I'n3 9 them ~ famous
In BiarritH Wl Brighton. Bray,
lis County Wicklow. 10 the Brighton