Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-09-13
VISIT TO monte CARLO
OF DIVIDE FAME
Most Luxurious Gambling
Establishment in the World.
Delightfully."- Situated In the Principa lity
of Monaco on the Shores of the
Mediterranean.

We are now on the last lap of our
trip to Naples, that is we are not
scheduled for any more stops before
reaching Naples. We had very i'm.
portant excursion yesterday which
was not on the program, but which
had convinced many of us that it is
an i'll wind that blows nobody good. -
AS suggested in previous letter
there was great deal of excitement on
board because of the rumors concern
ing cholera in Italy. It came to a
head yesterday morning the alarm
becoming quite general. The pas
sengers elected committee to in
vestigate the situation and confer
with the captain. A wireless to the
American consul elected the reply
that passengers travelling from Italy
into Switzerland would be quaran,
tined for period of five days at the
border to prevent possible infection
Then the committee waited upon the
captain with petition to land as
many of the passengers atVillefranches
as desired. This he could not do
without consent Of his superiors, but
he Immediately telegraphed Liverpool.
Before passing, the reply came with
authority to substitute Villefranche
for Genoa as landing place. Well
it is hardly necessary to say that the
excitement existing before was
changed into a perfect bedlam. The
pack-up and get-out fever seized
every body and about two thirds of the
passengers went ashore. OF course it
was necessary for the snip to unload
a tremendous quantity of baggage and
we obtained permission from the
captain to go ashore. The Saxonia
dropped anchor at about one o'clock,
but as the crowd to land included
almost every passenger on board, and
the facilities for landing were any
thing but first class it was almost
half past three before our tender
touched shore. 1t was necessary to
be on board again by half past seven.
We took the first available train to
Monte Carlo where we spent all the
time We had.
With the descriptive powers of a
newspaper reporter on metropolitan
daily | might nope to convey to you
some Of the attractions of the Dlaca~
Since | do not possess them I must
resort to simple English to decribe
something that is neiher simple nor
English. Imagine if you can range
Of mountains some thousands Ct feet
in height sleeping abruptly toward the
greenish blue waters of the Mediterra-
J mean. Then the city of Monte Carlo
seeming to cling to the very cliffs
An apparition white and red-white
! for the cement walls and red for the
tiled roofs. Tier upon tier, inter-
J spersed with tropical trees lie some
, of the most palalial hotels Europe
can boast, while to right and LETT
along the coast, almost hidden by
palm groves are the villas of the
aristocracy of the world. Occupying
its plateau in the foreground is the
Casino with it's bold sculptured front
and surrounding gardens An
approach consisting of two broad
BEAUTIFULLY kept drives, lined with
palms and other tropical trees, leads
to the building from the west on
: either side are splendid lawns shady
, walks and splashing fountains, while
birds which know nothing of frost and
winter sing songs our forests have
never heard. 1t is place CT dreams
and poetry. One becomes imbued
with the atmosphere of the place. 1t
is easy to realize how men and women
} who have the means cling to the
place through the long season and
hasten back the next In the grounds
is located also the Restaurant de Paris
where an orchestra is playing the
dreamy. music of the South On it's
veranda and upou the gravel court
surrounding it on three sides were
men ard women taking their wine or
tea as the case mihgt be.
Well presume could go ON
writing about Monte Carlo for another
hour or two, but it would be to no
purpose, for / should fail after hours
of description to convey any idea Of
the atmosphere, of the place, and in
that really lies its charm. / certain
" nope it will be possible for me to
some day return, and return to stay
for days-nowever that remains for
the future to determine. My own
impression were shared by the rest OF
of the party as already suggested,
and they unanimously vote the
excursion an unqualified success. and
the finest experience they have had so
! far.