The Jackson herald., 1910-08-25

shore was trod by the feet Of the
Forty Immortals. who then only be-
loDged to the Orleans party. and by
deposed statesmen. The imperial
court had abandoned Dieppe and gone
to Biarritz, but that was too far from
Paris for the lesser officials and the
busy men Of the party TO follow. And
Trouville offered bathing place with
in six hours OF Paris. SO It came
about that villas were built and
square foot OF sand soon cost as much
as a square foot Of building ground
in Paris itself. Very soon It was the
favorite resort of the monde and the
demfmonde.
The real life Of Trouville, OF course,
is closed to the merely passing visitor.
Just as Is the case at Cowes and at
Newport. The passing caller has not
the entree to the salons and the vii
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 bather
must wade far to get into water to
his neck. even at hisn tide. and he
may visit the Casino. SO close to the
sea that the great tide of 1876 almost
swept It away.
Dieppe shows a seascape that 10
called "inexpressibly grand" The Wis
itor seats himself upon the terrace
and looks seaward over 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 It. Often It is
turbulent. Sometimes It comes In an
raging plain that lifts itself at last
mountain high and thunderously
dashes itself upon the shore and filings
Its salt showers over the spectators.
It is splendid for the eye and II
gives vigor to the body.
Napoleon played with Josephine,
pushing her into the water. and hiding
her bathing slippers, to the amuse-
ment OF the boatmen and the onlook-
ing stan, in their bathing expeditions
In 1908 from Bayonne to Biarritz. that
bright little corner OF France, nest.
ling at the foot OF the Pyrenees, over
looking the Bay Of Biscay and ad.
Joining the Basque provinces OF Spain.
There are memories here of the
Empress Eugenie also. On the slope
and overhanging the great rocks at
the head Of the bay are the ruins of
the bathing villa, where she and
Louis Napoleon spent many happy
hours. II was sold, then enlarged and
burned in 1903. There are many his
torical memories here. Gladstone
spent weeks here each year. Many
battles were fought in the vicinity In
the Wellington campaigns and the
Spanish provinces adjacent are full Of
"reminiscences of Loyola and Xavier.
Ostend-to the initiated that means
the most beautiful strand to be con-
ceived, as smooth as a billiard table
and stretching away many league.
most diverting spectacle, where
dandies mince and filrt even with the
waves, where bathing, dancing, ga
ming and music occupy the fashion
able world. and where the vast
throngs present gay and cheerful
miscellany of faces and costumes.
This most important seaside town
on the continent of Europe has its
palatial villas, including the summer
residence of the king; its sports. pole.
golf, tennis. racing, its great annual
"bataille de fieurs." its promenades,
and around all Its beach, a paradise
for children, and its bath houses. SO
great a novelty for Americans. Above
ALL It has Its kursalI. the center Of
all the gaieties of the season, which
gives the visitor who sees 1t for the
| fiji 1T time a most confused impression
Of marbles and mosalcs, brass, copper
and gliding, rich hangings, palms and
mirrors. The dixie or ''digue" which is
| built along the beach is a three-mile
promenade. and at night the spectacle
seen upon It justifies the saying that
Ostend is 'the maddest. merriest" city
| In Europe.
Every country has its seashore re.
sorts, some of them as famous ~
Biarritz and Brighton. Bray, In
| County Wicklow, is the Brighton Of