New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-19
Nice and Monte Carlo Draw At
tention to Their Advantages
as 0ff-SeaSon Resorts.
NATIVE COOKING AND QUIET
Particularly the Magnificent
Blue Bay Is Visible Because
There Are Not Thou
sands to Look at It.
From The Tribune Correspondent


Paris October 10.
Greater and. greater efforts are being
annually mede by the municipal authori-
ties of the chief Riviera towns. In par
ticular Nice. Grasse and Monte caro-, 10
a. ract attention to the many adNan ages
of the Riviera az a summer and autumn
resort II is certa My the ideal place To-
the perfect rest cure
At Nice with the big hotels closed. a
Dominica peace re.gns on the Streets
and the more intimate attractions o. the
place now become visible. The cosmo-
politan crowd having departed. the H'tie
Nicolse stands forth in unrelieved beauty.
A tanagra figure. sire steps along the
quiet but not unlively avenues WIN
sculpturesque movement Of a Greek god-
dess. the delicate tints OF her Tutoring
garments. pink and pearl gray. or sof'
blue and citron green, or wholly Wh't7'
making the whole gamut OF tones under
the shadows that play upon them from
the waving branches and dancing leaves
OF the trees above her, leaves or the
freshest green that CLEAN Ike quick
silver against the sun.
There is a languorous gayety In the ar
The cafes distil quintessence OF sort
music: nothing blarng or braying. For
the first time. perhaps In ones expert
ence one comes into touch with the rear
Nice. the southern city OF light.
As to Cooking in Nice.
You are made aware that Nice mas
its own language. its own literature anu
school OF painting. its own arts, tXteho.h
n the culinary arts, its own politics ana
ideals OF beauty. 4 breezy geniallty is
the predominant note, the note OF the
artist and the atelier, suggesting merid-
ional Montmartre. And you make o..
ouaintance. whether you will or not, win
the Nice cooking in all its beautluI anu
fascinating horror. A typical resta"l ant
of the real Nice is In the old town c'oSe
nm against the cathedral. There you may
repale Yourself on aioli soup, concoc'ed
by a master hand; the famous potSBe
pIs,ou. which Is one OF the unchaliehee.
glories of Nice: belgnets. or frlt'ers vi
the great yellow flower OF the Vege,ao'e
marrow. the red and white wines OF inc
neighboring Falcon slopes. -
And
children or papa" according 10 ''s
age YOU seem disposed 10 assume anu
Will by no means allow you 10 eat whae
Won want. but rather what he THINKS Is
good for you, and is likely TO 90 hono'
"a his house and name. sometimes nc
douhIes his prices. or reduces them ny
half all according TO the mood ne hl'S
no IN outside the tall. leaning houses
~ oId Nice. with their green shutters anu
voI,ow walls. mask the midday sun ana
Loor tho tortuous streets as cool as the
inside OF a watermelon
Within half an hour by train you can
coach the countryside Of Nice. so charh-
ing IN it's rustic simplicity and so wrong
,,LIlv neglected by the majority OF the
,,r,er visitors. Just the country toiK
riavire bowls tthe one game OF Nlce)' the
vas, blue bay visible at last. because
,horo are not thousands TO look al H. 'he
AlnInc range OF hills. wreathed In smoke
nv cloud. confounded with the real "hi'e
.,,oka SET I'D by some distant forest
Gre And again perfect native food. with
the added advantage OF the open an
table spread in bosquet or aroor Oh
brightest. greenest branches OF oainooo'
enframed by pepper trees OF green even
mora snringllke. III up by the rose reuS
=, tho Iaurestinuscs, and the pale blues
OF the plumbago bushes and the f'co'or
q, the everlasting convolvulus. that magic
tree flower envied Of the North.