The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09


You could not buy COrktall TO- a million
francs nor ~hss-y highban for mo
p1cs ~ an automohil. tour You must
drink the vines Il 'h' country n -
altog-thsr no plac.. for Americans
especially The ktnd that 81 "a the famous
resort only 'v'utv-hvo milcs away
You maze nut a pretty good c.tsc
B'' do y"u think 1ey'll belCve YOU
on M Nh6l'' DO. because aUn about
tn add that a. the famous rssort only
twenty -hy" miles away there are sting
palaces 20 noble proportions Nher. Amrri-
cans can paw many dollars for breathing
th" arr and restaurants ~ hrr" they can
get I'd ~ NOR. dollars hv eating 4 n
cart" AZ rates that would make th. Herr
Muschenheim pallid with envy. aud all
IN" other trimmings % a high class le~hive
where every nme you move Won get
's'ung And when you arr M the famous
resort. and II is only tw-uty Ave miles
away from the enchanted lake IN the fast 10
ne-r.- Of the Haute Savoy what IL easier
than 10 glide swiftly over the perfect
roads IN your motor car 20 the lake which
| have not vet named. see What sort ~
place u l.. and then motor hack in the
cool ~ the early evening and eat Ia
Bernascon,-
As for me said the wife I would
rather wander through the qua nj streets
of this old town ~ on human beings
than dwell IN the tents n. the wick e,l rich
peopl" ~ AK Ice Bains In all AK there
- nothing 81 captivating a. the Porto
Saint"-Claire with itA plain round arch
and its patrisrchal clock Even the bare
oil . al. n 4. 4
II it, own and 80 has the grim old hotel
itself
yet you can fnd history near At hand
continued the man Just weat of the
hotel. A. Won remember. il the church 81
~ Maurice founded IN II22 nv no less a
parsonage than that Cardinal de BroRny
who presided AZ the Council ~ Constance
II has 'Descen, From the Cross - Porhus
the elder do NOT know who Porhus the
elder was Neither do recall Porhus The
Younger Bn' there - the Descent Prom
The Cross and Won NAV. II YOU are ~ in
clinSi. compare 70 with that ~ Rubans
At Antwerp When YOU come out ~ the
church YOU find Yourself in sight ~ the
imposing pile Of the ancient chAteau.
now an army barrack. and not far from
the PalAis de Isle. once the residence ~
The Dues de Gsnav oiS- Nemours The old
pala"" has been many things oven a royal
prison Now one must not forget 20 pass
INTO tho heart 81 The town through the
Rue Rousseau. where the immortal
Jean Jacques took lessons IN music a, No
~ and wher> in the ancient Maison Lam
bert. No IS So Francis de Sales wrote
his Introduction 20 the Life II Devotion
Across the street - the cathedral whore
Henri ". once attended mass and where
Jean Ja1ues sang as a child in the choir
There he sang the rscitative with fute a
bee mentioned in his Confessions These
are just few - the bits that one can un.
earth In this littl, town There are more.
but | leave them 70 'he traveller
You dig in the earth old worm = said
the wife L mink - the parade De
Paquier. that magic ~ tall trees spread.
ing aC-o-s \ raIzht avenue n mile long
horder~d with broad walks and e1uipp-d'
with inviting benches in shady spots.
whore one ran si' and look down The
marvellously beautiful little lake and into
the ayri"' - its lurily mountains |
think Of the Champ de Mars which sweeps
from ons side 81 this Psauier down To- ~.
lake think - the Fiftv-ffih hr gade ~
infantry quarter-d IN the town and of the
slim oNioer- IA their haKgy uniforms
prom-nading on the Paqui-r At night |
think 81 the fs.-toun, - electric lights
arti-rically arranged under Ihe trs--
think ~ the brigade band % seventy men
crunch ug the gravel a. Il marches 70 the
band stand On sunday and Thursday
nights 10 give concerts | thtnk II the
cum-Iy women snd amisi Ie looking p-n
81 the town walking up snd down under
the trees while tl- hand plays think
- 'h- pretty children and rhr d.-cprou.
dogs think - the 9Th - Iuiv and nv"
fAr- ~ ~" fail = the Ba-tl-
-Nuu ~ NIX - many 'h'ug- indeed and
they arr all good Do Won aiSo think II
the -tatu. { B.rthplI,.t the great French
cscmist. situated IN IA. cent?. ~ the
champ Sc Mars look rg down ~, lak.
toward N. Iitfl.. town : IdII,r-s Wrer"
b. vas born | rtuaot easily rid myself
Il the shadow 81 10" great. nor oao frr.
g"' 'hs' m me Old nl.uarV near the w..
pitai Jean jacques wa scholar and pu1
ll'-i over 30. 'r-' lessons "a l-itn Down
'he laA" looms tho tputi FORM e w.. Ro,
10 Chen" II ,pk- hk. the l.pr-lsl Upon
- mighty shoulder sleep Henri Tame and
Ms wife d. not know vhy Tame sleeps
there. hu' h- hasa beaut,'nl resting place
\ -hur' distance away - the httla village
q Mention ani IN steep hill ab1v- 8,
stands 10" hOarv ctAt"ip - Menth@n
Wh"r" ~ the early vstvS uf the tenth cen.
fury ~ Bernlrd. ~. inventor 81 ~" -
SeruaIi inS wa- h.r0
Notable indeed ar. all 'hesA things.
SAID the wife. but | cannot forget the
enchanting beauty Of the drive around
Mont Neyri.r. whi0h approaches i's end
a. Won pass under the unreal mInare's
~ tha'.same chateau cannot FORGE
nm. wondrpus dav" up m" Valley -
rhones under the majestic front -
Mount Parmelan. which looks like the
outer fort ifca'ion - world Nor ~an I
forget m. soaring spires II tho Dent de
Ianf0I which stand straight above you
~ Won pass ou' Perhaps m watching
that ancient chateau too ! steal a though,
- Bernard the mystic youth pledged -
religion and keeping IN his oratory the
vail - the eve u the narTiag. ~ rho
fair Marguerite dc Niclan- 10 whom his
parents yauly sought 20 give him ! TOO
IN my eyes - the SHOWS and rugged
rocks ~ La rournetts thai grim mount
Vhich dominates ~" lake and from u