Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-24
SEEING FRANCE.
INCLUDES THE TRIP
10 TINY ISLAND.


.chel viii cease 10 lead their present
strenuous life when the last u the Al
e r. departs for America
The tiny Island npon which the his
toric French monastery piles up its
Gothic magnificenee has always been
II tourists mecca. bnt since the I'LL
sf 1918, when he Al Il II opened the
Brittany Leave Area al st Mala. the
slaughbsy has put 1t least one Or his
seven days IL perniis sion into char
aacteristicalls thorough examination
+Hrranged Nv the Y NJ e. A. ~ this
extraordinary church which the thir-
teenth century French chose 10 build
IA kiiomefer out II sea He knows Il
SIS extraordinary. not merely because
the French say 50. hni because all the
other gays IN The company from The
cook III the top sergeant have tOla
him that at 81 Michel is some
thing ~orih seeing
France MAY not realize it bar the
,doughhoy Is probably her best adyer-
ttiser He vii moi admit offhana that
She II much of country, that she can
Foger anything 60 match the Wild
charms OF Texas or the rolling free
life Of North Dakota until he begins
his aiiss ertafion on the particular spots
lie has invest gated far himself The
true state OF the cathedral al Rheims
Or the exact number Of steps that
lead to the platform on the top 81 MI
~ Michel On sueh personally inves
FtIgated tours ne will not merely lee
lure hui rhapsaeii1e
ST MaIo Is the capital liz the Brit
tany Leave Area. which also contains
i1inard whose gaiety has suffered
s;flce the war. and I'aramey, d smaller
village To the west Within this arcs.
there Is. Of course. the conventional
round Of leaye-area pleasure vim
ming. boafing he JAZZ band III the
Casino morning. afternoon AMI eyell-
ing, and the 81 81 a girl With
whom one can nov ana hen snatch i
fox-tro But tho dpnghboy iii whose
veins must run few drops of the
blood Ill The original Cook tourist.
conpts these things AS the lesser
pleasures II there n il monumental
curiosity. 4 ruined castle. within Il
days Journey. tho danghboy Will rise
out of bed 1T dawn Is catch the train.
jamned With all his fellows. SIS tht
he need not 80 home without having
seen IT.
The train for Nj ST Michel leaves
-St. Malo three days d week at nine
O'clock, and The five hundred men
whom ~ secretary leads there ems
liyen the sleepy snnbaked streets and
sfafrways of the street that leads up
ID the church War has heen bad for
the innkeepers and the souvenir sell
l,ers Of Mt ST Michel; there have been
ifew tourists to eat omeleites In the
famous kitchen of Ia Mere P0ulara /;
no one to carry on those curious Bret
tone china eats with which the SOU
lvenir-shop keepers deck their stalls.
consequently the weekly quota Of fir
teen hundred Americans has been not
merely diversion but something Of
financial godsend The doughhoys
seat tremendous deJeuner, and they
go home with their pockets filled With
complete editions of all postal cards,
guide-books, and china cats
The five hundred are piled on the
train on narrow gaugeway which
connects the island with the main
tlanti The wonders Of ST Michel are
familiar to The traveller. but the
pdoughhoy stands impressed Behind
{ him are the green fields Of Normandy
and Brittany: ahead OF him. the ire
mendous Gothic pile; and beyond, Ia
fright and left, that sea III white sand
and blue water which melts into the
Ehorizon
The sergeant from Kentucky allows
THAT this ii something better than
he's ever seen before; and the red:
headed private with the gold teeth
who has been one Of Harlem's most
noted dance-hall champions. ceases
his eternal whistlinG and wonders.
THE thirteenth century il dead
dream. but the young twentieth CEN
fury stands Bit awed IN the face o.
lits overpowering handiwork
TITS expedition b ST Michel II still
further American m that the dough.
boy does moi have time % linger He
tails out of the train ne advances
along the road. helps I'LL The dfinhinr
pathway which serves as main
street. and into the town. The arms
must always eat first. Of course, and
THE T guide Fred r Lewis. Of North
kEaston. Mass, counts OF tne men as
they come up the street. so many C 2
restaurant. each 70 lis fullest eapaes
kity Without chat selectiye draft. 300
III the gang would crowd the FIRST res
tamFant and the resorts farther NJ
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