Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
In Beautiful Nice, the
''CapitaI of the Riviera"

"HE truly delightful town of Nice
seems to have the special gift Of
making folk within her walls more
| than ordinarily happy. Dull care alone
seems disconnected, she finds no place
| there. All the faces one sees are smiling.
gay, peaceful or animated, in unison with
| the sun and sea.
The Nicois themselves piously thank
| Providence that they were born Nicois
and not anything csc; their many visit
ors. increasing in numbers yearly, always
seem glad. So much is there In environ
ment. mfrth under blue sky is a con-
tagious but friendly microbe. The Nicois
are delighted to work hard for the proper
entertainment of their guests. who Ia
turn are charmed to find themselves -
well catered for, where nature benign and
beautiful is lavish also. ~
The big tea rooms under the arcade
on the Place Massena, where dainties
are SO we'll served and enjoyed by hun
dreds daily, Is social rendezvous, and
a most amusing half hour can be spent
there.
Pretty women in wonderful hats and
gowns, and of all nationalities, with
| their attendant cavaliers, come streaming
in. Pater familias, rubcund and jolly.
in spite Of the budget, with his sweet
faced wife and eager sons and daughters,
all with a fine capacity for goodies, the
demure maiden lady, and her friend, her
dIltilHtSl6s the pdCHtloT WOIll<4Ii, Win
| cigarette and tendency to stride, the
| acme of independence, form striking con-
| traStS to group of graceful Americans.
bright and gay, and whose coats and
| skirts have an irreproachabe cut. Now
| comes in with much rustic of silk and
| laces a society dame with a string of her
guests behind her. There are Englishmen.
| we'll groomed and reserved, Frenchmen,
expansive and CHEEKY, with flowing ties
| and flowing wit. 1t is a medley charac-
fias of ND
| There is hubbub of conversation, Eng.
lsh French, German. Italian and Rus.
sian which, with the steaming scent OF
| chocolate vanilla and tea, makes an M
toxicating atmosphere.
Now dashes up great white motor
car, 1.-THE little lady springs out, fol-
lowed sedately by a chaperon. The
younger has oddly chosen to tie her bare
with immense long ends of vivid salmon
but for a small fair fringe her little
round green mob looks like a pawn or
chess. She orders sumptuous tea. but
before partaking herself carries out a
cup with cakes to her,'friend the chauf-
| feur," who looks for all the world like
one of Mrs. c. n. Williamson's fascinat-
| ing handsome heroes; one imagines ro-
| nance The little lady in spite of her
oddty is pretty, and naturally attract
| attention. The repaSt finished she brief
! ly bids her chauffeur to wait, and yes
she is going to brave a walk down the
Avenue de la Care in her queer costume
at this witching twilight hour, when thai
wonderful street takes on Il peculiar
| charm.
| Its broad pavements thronged. arc
| flooded with light from its gorgeous shops
! and cafes The great lofty aisle OF
Gothic arch formed by the plain trees
each with a little garden of its own
round their trunks lit up from below yet
| mistily mysterious above, frames in
picture Whistler would have appreciated
| Down the long and narrowing vista the
! cars come and go, in this light their
shapeless mass, each with varied col
| ored disc looming up, growing large,
passing, diminishing, weirdly become AL
most things of beauty. The motor lamps
flash past. the street lamps burn vel
low, the foliage is green and gold The
movement, the color, the laughing crowd
under these noble. quiet. state y trees.
with the deep blue vault studded with
brilliant stars above them, makes indeed
street scene of Nice worth regarding
Not many, however. stop to look, they
are SO occupied with each other and with
the shops enticing wares. STILL for all
pleasant sense of beauty and compan-
lonship predominates and Nice is moth
ing IL not gregarious