Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-18
DESCRIBES SCENIC
BEAUTIES OF NICE
IN LETTER HOME
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on the trip and We stood there in the
beautiful sunshine, spellbound. admir-
Ing the wonderful works of nature.
modified by the work of countless
generations of men. We slowly d.
seconded and started back To Nice
along the beach We had a reckless
French driver, SO the girls were on
edge all the way back We Killed two
dogs and had few little excitinl
turns, so ! had my hands full trying
to calm five American girls. O.
course, lived up To the occasion. IIa
Ha,
One rainy day while in Nice, !
visited two of the largest and most
important banks and met young
man in each who could speak Eng
fish. SO they showed me through, be
cause ! told them that was my line a.
home, and We soon became gooG
friends, | can 'parley' little Frencl
and they knew "A little more English
so We got along fine. ! went to d
French show with them one evening
OF which | understood very little bu
they translated enough for me TO gel
the idea didn't think much Of it
] would rather go to the Orpheum o.
Crescent in Ottawa and see "A goo
movie. On Sunday forenoon OF the
last day | was there they took me on
10 summer home belonging to the
family Of one Of them, about tifbeen
minute ride from Nice. This was
beautiful place. which they call thei
California This is because Of thu
orange groves, flower beds and beau
tiful palm tree groves. | was de
lighted with the place, and IMAGINE /
must be somewhat similar to Wha
We have in southern California.
picked and ate IA good many small
sweet oranges while there
Another interesting trip | tool
with IA Y. NJ G. A. bunch one after
noon took us through old Nice,
ancient Nice, and the Chateau Hin il
back OF it, upon which are the ruin
OF an old castle OF historical renoWu
Old Nice is comparatively small. witt
extremely narrow streets and tai
buildings which are similar now T.,
the tenement districts Of the .aIg
cities in the States Some Of th
streets are actually only eight or ter
feet wide, and the sun gets down Ii
there between the old tall buildnl
for only about thirty minutes a day
We went through the Royal Palacl
and several old churches built hun
dreds Of years ago. How people iiU
there is more than can say. Stil
they don't live, they just exist. TheI
we went through their cemetery alOn
the hill That was wonderful On
would think he were going througl
an art gallery instead of a cemeter,
judging from the splendid monument
and artistic work. We had a Wonde,
ful view from the top of the Chateat
Hill. We looked right down into tn,
harbor of Nice from there ana ais
new Nice, with the Mediterranean OF
the one side and the Alps in the bacH
ground There is a powerful telescOg,
on the hill and made use Of il. look
ing at the distant snow capped Alp
and a large fort stationed on noun
tain many miles away. The mos
wonderful sight was a group of Frencl |
barracks which | could see distinct |
on a mount 5000 feet high and abou |
seventy-tive kilOmeters tabout fort, |
or forty-iive miles, away.
We started back Sunday night o
10: 30 and got here yesterday morn
ing 1t was a wonderful trip and ;
chance of a lifetime VIII tell YOU
all about it in detail, mother, when
get back | hope that won't be more
than few months at the most There
were seven letters here for me WheI
| got back. one of them being olive!
No 90 Will answer it soon. In the
meantime, | hope you are all well, anG
please write soon and often. ! am re
ceiving the Free Trader-Journal, too
have them up to and includins
March | now. Received a bunch to
day Am sure glad to get them. Say
hello to everybody"