Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-03-16

seilles to Nice the train goes along
the Mediterranean coast for miles,
and always the mountains form the
background. There are wide fields of
grapevines and olive trees planted in
all the valleys with few orange
groves, but do not think the citrus
fruit can be compared to that of Flor
ida. It looks very inferior and grape
fruit is unknown.
see no hopes of prohibition ever
gaining a footing here, for wine
making seems to be ''the staff of life"
in Southern France. You would be
amazed to see how severely the grape
wines are pruned, and in fact all the
trees are cut back until wonder how
they survive, but 1 suppose it is the
correct way to grow fine fruit.
Nice is the fashionable winter re-
sort for Southern Europe, and l i'm
.agine all these crowds of visitors we
see represent more money than
brains. The place with its mountain
background and board walk on the
water front, might be combination
of Atlantic City and Palm Beach.
There are villas built along the sea
front surrounded by exquisite gar
dens, where flower beds in full bloom
are scattered here and there in wide
grass lawns while palms and other
evergreens provide the shade. sup
pose they are owned by the wealth.
est people in the world, as l learned
that many American millionaires
come here for the winter season.
It seems where nature left off,
man came along and added all that
money and the labor of years could
accomplish. It must have been the
original Garden of Eden" for l can
conceive of nothing more beautiful.
Today we rode out to Monte Carlo,
which is about twenty miles away,
with vistas of the same scenery and
exquisite villas. Of course we simply
had to see the famous "Casino" which
is known the world over. There is no
trouble about gaining an entrance,
and we explored thoroughly this ex-
pensive gambling palace with its ia
bles provided with every sort of
gambling device. There were more
women playing than men, and one
look at their faces was enough to
make you sorry that life could come
down to this. Thousands were at the
tables and had we ever been crazy
enough to think of joining them, it
would have been an impossibility.
Some of the ladies (?) sought more
privacy than could be had in the large
gambling saloons, so small private
rooms were provided for the mod
est (?) few, where the public could
not enter.
This place bears the unenviable
distinction of being the only licensed
gambling palace in the world. This
little country Monaco is principali-
ty so small that its ruler can stand
in the center and get an entire view
of all his possessions. l was told that
it was so wealthy that not citizen
was ever taxed, nor was single piece
of property within it's borders. With
such revenue from gambling why
should taxes be necessary?
We walked up to the Princes
chateau and viewed the artistic en-
trance to his grounds. One of his reti-
nue. of soldiers came up and present.
ed me with card giving me the price
of admittance to his chateau. How
contemplate! We might as well
charge for admittance to the White
House. I asked him if the price in
cluded a good look at the Prince also,
but after that, as my French was too
poor to prolong the conversation, we
turned our backs on this hospitable
offer and left him none the richer. If
this is royalty, Woodrow Wilson was
wise when he wanted to make the
world safe for democracy. You will
doubtless wonder how this country
compares with the U. S. A. In some
respects it is far ahead. I know moth
ing in America to compare with the
aspect of the combination of noun
tains and the deep blue of the waves
below and skies overhead. Second, it
has the advantage of time behind it,
for money was lavished on up-build-
ing this country before Columbus