The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-03-14
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which even such favored regions of
the wor d as the garden lands Of Cal.
ifornia and the Riviera must yield
when climates are compared, is to.
day a stronghold Of society utterly
eclipsed by war, lonely unvisited
little village whose prestige aud
fame have departed over night, a
Newport untenanted, forgotten by the
press and by all the people, who, in
peace times, eagerly read about all
the social splendors there" begins a
statement just given out by the Ma.
tional Geographic Society. Jaita, nor.
nally, would just be entering upon
the height of its season, its gayest,
most important two months of the
year, had not a world war closed it,
together with Monte Carlo, Karls-
bad, Interlaken and scores Of other
places Of good tone, beauty and
amusement. The Imperial court, the
statesmen, diplomats and members Of
the great Russian command, now car.
rying the intolerable burdens Of the
war, would be gathered there in times
OF quiet and social Russia would fol.
low in their course.
"Jalta is a beautiful place built OH
the shelf of a mountain whose foot
battles 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 Tauri.
da. on the southern coast of Crimea,
thoroughly deserves the distinction
Of being the vacation home of celeb.
rites. Behind it, and between it
and the north, the solid mountain
green's, which merge into deeper and
deeper shades until at the bare sum.
inits they are greenish grown, rise to
heights of from $500 to 5000 feet.
These are the southern fringe Of the
Jaila 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 never falls ih
Jalta, which boasts an annual mean
temperature of Sc degrees Fahrenheit.
Its climate is said to be superior to
that Of Nice. It's summers are not
so oppressively hot, there is less rain
in autumn 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.
1.-The scenery at Jalta, from what
ever direction, is completely satisfy
ing. Its beauty Is an intimate beau.
ty, with which the stranger is soon
upon easy terms, not the stand-offish
cold beauty Of the major Alps. The
town is q gem Of white houses, set
into the dark green mountains and
climbing by steps to the shelf upon
which stand some of its most sump'
tuous villas. It's bay is very open,
and the beach along the waterfront
is narrow. The hotels ana pensions
are mostly in the lower town the lev
ell which spreads just back Of the
beach and quay. Some OF the homes
higher upon the hillside are the mag
nificent estates of the foremost OF
the Russian mobiles. The present
Tsar, his father and his grandfather
had palaces in Livadia, a near neigh
Dor Of Jalta's.
There is no industry and little
trade carried on by the people of the
village, who live almost entirely by
catering to vacationists and regular
visitors. Smoke and SCOT do not
deface the picture, and even the raj
road does not approach the town. The
guests come by steamer from Sevas.
, topol, Novorossisk, and Odessa. Liv-
ing, OF course, as BELTS a fashionable
resort is expensive. Hotels and board
ing houses charge high and the well
to do Russian is generally free spen'
der. October and November are the
first months of the year at Jalta, al
though people come to enjoy its beau.
ties and its climate throughout all
twelve months. Jalta Is not much
sought by the people outside of Rus
STA, for the reason, perhaps, that 1t
takes generations to win the fame
among distant people such as Is that