The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-08-02
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gan, who spent his birthday, April IT, there year
after year.
Pictures and descriptions of AK have been
printed often enough for those who never have
been there, but the picture which lives In the
memory Of the first party of American perIns-
slonaires Is more vivid and alluring than any
other. If you take collection Of clean, bright.
well-built villas, with broad sidewalks and as
phalted streets, such as are constructed In pros
porous American mountain and lake resorts,
deck them with charming French or Italian gar
dens. place them the slopes of hills and the
edge Of emerald lake, frame the picture In
ranges of snow-capped mountains through which
run Zig-Zag roads, and you have an idea of the
vista awaiting the American boys.
Several of the Americans housed in the
Hotel Lamartine on the edge of the Lamartne
woods where the celebrated author wrote
Raphael" The philosophc, Intellectual fighter
will be sure to find the outskirts of Chanbery,
a suburb of Aixles Bains Les Charmettes," that
delightfully."- located home where Jean Jacques
Rousseau lived romance with Madame Warens,
received royalty as his friends and wrote books.
The permissionaire cannot escape history In
AK for he passes crumbng Roman arch when
he takes his way to the great bath establishment,
in which special rates had been made for his
plunge and shower. If he does not seek to eude
but to study the past soldier may find
plenty of Roman relics In the museums. There
also are relics of when mountain top
pied over, burying 16 hamlets and partly filling
Lake Bourget, from whose depths the treasures
have been retrieved.
He can row across the lake to Hautecombe alb
hey, which stands the sole bit of ground In
this province still controlled by Italy. 1t con-
tains 200 marble statues and the mausoleums of
the dukes of Savoy. He will where Han
nibal 200 B. c., started his passage of the Alps.
He will walk where walked Charlemagne, Henry Of
Navarro the khedives of Egypt, Elizabeth of Aus
tria, Marie Pia of Portugal, kings Of Great Brit
ain, Sweden. Norway, Belgium. Spain and the
kings Of high finance.
So much for the historic and scenic features.
The permissonaire, however, may be seeking less
classic relaxation on his leave and 1t is In abun.
dance in AK. Leave does not mean license to
him, and among the many good things that may
be said to his credt-loyalty, amfabity good
looks-let us not forget to give him good mark
for this, and have 1t the word of the in
habitants of AK.
Temptation may follow close, and not always
can the boy 5000 miles from home resist but to
his eternal glory be 1t said that he does not seek
it. Also to the credit Of AK and the department
Of Savoy be 1t added that all possible precau-
tons are taken to safeguard him. few gam
bling houses there will always be, few women
will follow army anywhere; there will, in q
word, be lawbreahers ready to lure him and In
spite of warnings, there were grocers who sur
reptitiously sold bottles Of liquor-not much, be-
cause the customer, rendered loquacious, con-
fessed the place Of sale and the vendors were
hailed to the bar of Justice
It is not the intention Of trying to represent
the permissionaires Sunday school boys. But
they alive with health, quickened by the
sense Of liberty, and the paths Of this lead nat
urally to sane recreation. Few Of them cared to
seek entertainment In dreary gambling places
illicit resorts when they could enjoy the beau
ties of nature and the wealth Of healthy enter
tainmsnt made available.
The boys did not have to be herded into the
straight and narrow path either. few second
lieutenants were sent with the men, but the off,