Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-01-04

filler. as 1t were, for a warm toned
picture full of high1ights, touched
/ with the gold of grain, the ruddy tiles
| of ancient roofs the fiery Spatter of
peoples, the tawny flood OF q river or
the steely thread Of a brook; and on
! the glstening southern shore, with
/ cliffs as red as any soil New Jersey
boasts, water like melted sapphires,
villas covered with ma joliea tiles that
make the beholder rub his eyes and
wonder if he is dreaming the amaz-
ing inebrieties of style and color that
| strive to but cannot shatter the har-
mony of creation.
Almost every one of the older di-
visions of the country has some fea-
/ ture distinctly it's own that fixes it
| indelibly in mind. Brittany is al
ways the Land of Pardons,'' bleak,
! wind-swept peninsula full Of silent,
undemonstrative folk who live by the
| harvest of the sea. Dauphine whose
Alpine sierras saw the horizon with
| the snowy teeth, burns with glorious
sunsets that fire its savage grandeur:
Burgundy, of the wine; Champagne
of the liquid sunshine; Auvergne; of
the dead volcanoes, like giant bee
hives, and Touraine, that was and
still is the playground of France, are
all Characteristic and easily remem-
bered.
Not less so is Normandy. with it's
shimmering streams and its wide
spread orchards of cider apples-acres
and clouds Of pink and white and
green in the tender spring-the air
quick with the thin, sweet, subtitle fra
GRANGE. And spring is not only APP
pie blossom time in Normandy BY
every farm. about the railroad stations
along the roads, and in private es-
tates bristly hedges of scented l1aws
vie with the purple and the while
clusters OF great chestnuts. the long
festoons of the towering acacias. and
other flowers innumerable.
THE real Brittany is an oIfn,
w1nd-threshed, compelling country of
gray and green, a hardy pro&ince
able to Withstand the buffeting of the
sea and It's gales, inhabited by a race
who fear only God and the sea, but
man not at all. They live in and by
the sea by them. Their clouds of blue
nets hang high in the sun from gieam-
ing brown mast and yard in the har-
their victories. And in the nave of
many a little country church through
out Brittany the Sea has her symbol
"a waiting catafalque.
Potion is a comedy province, of
soft and delicate co1oring. tender
azure skies. unhurrfed streams that
moving, seem asleep The whole
rich and. fertile region is q tone-har-
mony, full Of subtitle shades OF color
Among the burrows great oxen toll
| with bent heads and patient eyes
| the fbeef5' the peasant often values
more than his easily replaced wife
They plow; they reap; they haul
heavy burdens along the endless white
roads. They even brighten up the ln-
utterable dinginess of railway yards
! as they pad softly beck and forth
shunting freight cars.
Languedoc. the land of oc, with its
green canals and turluid river Tarn, IA
| q lovely district, where geography
4 has Influenced both people and arcki-
lecture, from Roman times to the
| present day; a land of great cities and
vast wild expenses. of wierdness and
| goblin fascination. Toulouse, the
| greatest city of the Midi and the EN-
bodiment of its history is q living
/ testimony to geographical influence.
Palaces. houses. donjon library, and
churches are built solidly OF brick.
! 1t is difficult to say what. 1.-THE most
beautiful section Of France. The
most vivid and ravishing ls the Cote
d'Azur, that Blue Side we ean the
Riviera. AL the way from Mareeille
/ to Vintfmiglia, at the Italian from
/ tier, it is an endless. floral paradise.
Geographically 1t is a narrow Attoral,
protected from the fierce north winds
/ by considerable hills behind, and con-
! sequently q forcing house for every
/ flower that blows. The rugged coast
ranges from the fiat sands of Cannes
! to the iron cliffs at the border. and
/ the colors from one end of the spec
trum to the other. It Is d blue shore