Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-10-17
The Beautiful Seaside City
Caters No More to the
Comtry's Society.
ON MOUNTAIN SHELF
History of the Place Com
menced in Twelfth Cen
fury; Much Admired.

WASHINGTON. oct. l6.-"Jalta,
the Newport of Russia, to which even
such favored regions Of the world as
the garden lands Of California and
the Riviera must yield when climates
are compared, is today a stronghold
of society utterly cClipsed by war, a
lonely unvisited little village whose
prestige and fame have departed
overnight, a Newport u~ntenanted,
forgotten by the press and by all the
people, who, i'm peace times, eagerly
read about all the social splendOrs
there beings a statement just given
out by the National Geographic So
clety. 'Jalta, normally, would Just be
entering upon the height of its season.
It's gayest most important two months
OF the year had not a wOrld-war
closed it, together with Monte Carlo,
Kar,sbad, Interlaken and scores of
other places of good tone, beauty
ard amusement.
THE imperial court, the statesmen,
diplomats and members of the great
Russian command, now carving the
iptolerable burdens of the war, would
be gathered there in times Of quiet,
and social Russia would follow in
their course.
A Beautiful Place.
"Jalta is u beautiful place built on
the shelf Of a mountain whose foot
bathes in the bluest and mildeSt Of
waters to be found all around the
coast Of the Black Sea. This little
seaport, in the government Of Tau
uda, IN the southern coast Of Crimea,
thoroughly deserves the distinction of
being the vacation home Of celebrates.
Behind 1t, and between it and the
north, the solid mountain greens,
which merge into deeper and deeper
shades until at the bare submits they
ale greenish-brown, rise to heights Of
from two thousand five hundred to
three thousand feet.
These are the southern fringe of
the Jails mountains. The tops of
these peaks are often covered in icy
mists, while in Jalta and on its bay
rests the mildest of spring weather.
Snow lever falls in Julta, which
boasts an annual mean temperature
Of So degrees Fahrenheit. It's eli
mate is said to be superior to that Of
Nice. Its summers are not oppres-
siN ely hot, there is less rain in au-
tumn and in winter, the cool Is less
crisp in winter, and the sunshine Of
autumn is said to fall balmier here
than anywhere else in the world.
The Town a Gem.
THE scenery at Jalta, from what
ever direction, is completely satisfy
ing. It's beauty is an intimate beauty,
with which the stranger is soon upon
easy terms. not the stand-Offish cold
beauty Of the major Alps. The town
Is a gem Of white houses, set into
Tie dark green mountains and climb
ing by steps to the shelf upon which
stand some Of its most sumptuous
villas. Its bay is very open, and the
beach along the waterfront is narrow.
The hota, ANA pensions are mostly
in the lower town, the level which
spreads just back OF the beach and
quay. Some Of the homes higher
upon the hillside are the magnificent
estates of the foremost Of the Rus
sian mobiles. The present Tsar. his
father and his grandfather, had
palaces in Livadia, a near neighbOr OF
Jalta's.
There Is no industry and little
trade carried on by the people OF the
village, who i've almost entirely by
catering to vacationists and regular
visitors. Smoke and SCOT do not de-
face the picture, and even the rail-
read does not approach the town. The
guests come by steamer from Sevas-
tOpOl, NOvOrOssisk and Odessa. Living,
Of course, as BELTS a fashionable re-
sort, is expensive.
Hotels and boarding houses charge
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