The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1919-07-10

sometimes at the base Of hills, and
sometimes close enough to the
water to throw sardine cans into
lit. and about noon disembarked
at Nice. Twenty-four hours on a
poorly upholstered car seat, with
little or no sleep is somewhat tir-
ling. We found a good hotel close
to the station. removed two thirds
Of the movable soil Of France from
our faces and set out to see the
town.
Nice is winter resort. The
season is over now, and 1t is get
ting quite warm, so there is hardly
anyone there. The big hotels and
shops are all closed. They have
Inc industries, not even a harbor,
their whole existence depending
on supplying amusement to tour
| lists and the habitual resort seek
ers. The beach is on bay some
four or five miles across and a
mile or so deep. A high mountain
forming the eastern side of this
BAY shuts off all the wind from
that direction, leaving the city
and waterfront in very protect
ed position, with an almost UNI
varying temperature. There IS
nothing Of particular Interest in
the way Of buildings or monu-
ments. The city was founded
about 500. B. c.. and there are a
few ancient chateaus at inacces-
sible points of mountains tops,
which we made no attempt to Wis
it. After eating light lunch of
six fried eggs each, we headed for
bath house, hired a suit and
spent the entire afternoon in the
water. The beach is rocky, or
rather, all cobblestones; just
large enough to be most uncom-
Portable underfoot. The water
was just mite cold, but most en-
joyable.
That was the first salt water
swim | ever had. must say that |
the water tastes disagreeable.
We discovered a Y. w. G. A.
hostess house for supper and suf-
fered the pangs of hunger no
more. In the evening we promen-
AIDED along the beach, watched
the moon set over an ocean of cop
per with streak Of pearl inlaid
IN the center, and fought gnats.
Being tres fatigue" we sought
he downy couch quite early.
Sunday morning, after an
breakfast Of an orange,
bacon and eggs, hot cakes and
,irup in the Y. w. G. A., we set
nut for the shores Of Italy.
/ have never told you who
I'VE" Morgan, a sergeant;
Peel, from Kentucky. and myself.
We took train or street
ar at nine a. m. 1t is a sort of
IN interurban that runs for some
wenty miles along the coast.
Immediately after leaving Nice
he mountains close in again, and
ret still sleeper and more wild
This interurban skirts along
he bluffs, sometimes hanging by
is eyeteeth over the water, and
running under. hug, ov-
cliffs. And wherever
here is any slope at all, are hous-
S. glued to the hillsides. In the
cad of every little bay is little
own, built in terraces, OF white
walls and red tile roofs and COW
red and buried and smothered in
lowers of every possible color, :
hape and size; on roofs, in pots,
n walls, on the faces Of the walls
themselves, in the trees every
here. You have heard of riots
color. Well. this is not riot, it
S a regular Bolshevist insurrec-
ion of color. 1t defies descrip-
on, so why say more.
After passing several of these
owns, we reached Monte Carlo.
is a suburb of larger town,
[onaco. Monaco is the capitol of
prircipality of the same name,
hich is so large that it has a
anding army of 81 men. It's sole