Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-04-09
It isn't nearly 80

1nvallded to Nice! 1t isn't nearly so
bad sSs, as asoI It sounds: Ills an i'll wind
tack OF pneumonia in February proved
the wind that blew mo good. I'VE arc
Recommending that you be givcn two
said the NJ. u. The RECOMMENDATION
went through like breeze. orders to
ing companion and left Le Mans for
Paris on March 10, and Paris for Nice
on March II. .arsiving in Nice twenty
,0 The "G RiT'er a,!S' who can describe IL.
Attempts to do so have been mado from
the days Of Julius Caesar. but tho task
achieved. This wonderful scenery must
be seen and felt 1t cannot be de-
ssribe ,,,o Neither Ma Language nor pictures
wealth and royalty, Comparativcly
is open to the do 10 s s. of sG Uncle ie
expenses paid.
coSu1y ne nesh HeY OF 'A d
Cannes to Mention. shows as a back
ground the, Maritime Alps, with their
their precipitous cliffs. their SUBMITS
In the distance clad with perpetual
snow, their ever changing variety un-
They touch the sea at Cannes. About
Nice they form hugo crescent within
which which the city lies SECURE in their rock
and Mention they tower in grim and
trownins majesty. superb in their
They
determined guard through the centu-
ries. mindful of the precious treasure
oyeIr, which they watch with ceaseless
vigilance.
Between the mountains and tho sea,
white against the background OF the
Mention. with numerous towns and viz
lagos in between and scattered In and
out, UP and down among the noun
asteries and Roman ruins perch upon
lofty peaks. villages ancient and
S %Gdern lie c1 saF up In the
in groups and isolated. are scattered
everywhere. Roads, solidly built. fol-
lowing the trail OF the First Napoleon.
and lead over them. affording wonder
ful views to tourists and often trying
rss ending Ima Out w ea1es foG
the solid ciiffs Terraced farms in a
high state of cultivation, are seen
tiful amid the rugged landscape.
Mediterranean Sea, Its waters are the
golden hues contest with tho native
blue, but the blue predominates. It is
It's shores palms, oranges. lemons.
lines. olives. cactus and sem!tropical
foliage nouriSh. the beautiful white
villas cmboweTcd amid palms and now-
crs. the stretches OF olive and orange
groves. form pictures OF this land OF
enhancing beauty that memory can
never relinouish. Here are the villas
OF the King OF the Belgians the En-
press Eugene. Gordon Bennett and
Picrpont Morgan. Hither Queen Vic
toria OF Great Britain journeycd an
nualiy.
We visited by motor Monte cario.
Monaco, Mention and the Italian bor-
der, going a few hundred yards into
Italy. aud returning by the famous
Upper Cornichc Road CRoute dc la
Grande Corniche) over the Alps. We
stopped at La Turbie and climbed TO
the ruins of a town built there by Au-
Gustus Caesar In commcmoration OF hts
victories over the Alpine tribes. For
nineteen centuries this lono tower on
tho mountain ton has kept watch and
has silently but cloqucntly told its
story TO the generations and races that
nave heheld il.
Another motor trip carried US from
Nice TO Grasse. the celebrated perfume
manufacturing town, through the
Gorges -du-I .ouD. and up the mourta ms
TO Gourdon. an ancient village on tho
summit OF the mountain. Hero we
visited a chapel built in tho eleventh