The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
Cannes
Playground Of Fashion and
Meeting Place of Premiers

an attempt TO solve European II
nanci;l problems. says u bulletin
from the Washington y. e.. head
quarters OF the National GeoGraph-
ic:Il Society in regard 70 the French
Mediterranean winter resort at
which th.. Allied Supreme Council
X meeting. Cannes has its tie
with Ireland" the bulletin goes
on 10 explain. "becausc it was in &.
moaastcry on Il little island just
Of The C:lnncs shore that St. Pat
rick received the religious training
which fired him with missionary
zeal and led 10 his conversion OF
the Irish.
Eat there is an cminently prac-
,ical reason for any meeting 1T
Cannes in the winter and espec-
i:lll,. a .nccting Of l.ondone:S and
pa,i>ian<. While cold fogs hang
Oyer London and tt,c mercury is low
in Paris. Cannes. flooded wi:n sun
shin.. protected from northern
WINDS by a crescent of hills at its
back. and with It's shore bat!led
l,y th.. warm waters Of the Mediter
len.an. is ono OF the most delight
lul Spots in the reach of residents
OF TIE Old World.
Sapphire Matters and Emerald Isles
'..lltohusn the. French Rivera
is supposed 20 begin at Narseilits.
there are lovers Of this beautiful
coast who :cci That not until one
has passed east ward OF the prom
onIo.r formed by the Ester,l hills
so that the glorious bay of Cannes
breaks into sight has he really
reached La Cote dAur. as the
French call their playground Of
wealth and fashion. The waters
are like sapphire. and in them.
several miles off shore. nestle TWO
low lying islands. They are the
Isles de Lerins-Lero and Lerina to
the Romans. and TO the French Ste.
Marguerite and ST. Honorat.
ST Honorat founded. in 40. on
,hc smaller OF the two islands which
DcarS his nanRa the monastery IN
which ST Patrick studied and
which was one OF the fountains
of learning and missionary effort
during the Middle Ages. Accord
ing 20 Il legend the island was in
/ tested by countless snakes and St
Honorat miraculously drove them
out-an example which his follow
O. st. Patrick is supposed to have
put TO good use in Erin. y mod
crn romance clings about the is
land of Ste. Marguerite, for in its
fortress WIS confined for Twelve
years that mysterious figure of
French hist orv. the Man in the Iron
Mask
1T is from the Islands Of Lerin
or 5cttcr still from a boat enroute
10 them. that the best view of
Cannes can he obtained. From
illat vantage point the Gown and
It's surroundings form L pleasantly
colorcd crescent rising from the
liue sea. while villas dotting its
green slopes. while TO the north
amid a purple haze rise the summit
of the Maritime Alps.
y City Of Hotels and Villas
The vogue OF Cannes is a mat
ter of the prosperous late-nine-
Icenth and twentieth centuries. The
town was little more than a ham
| let in 1884 when Lord Brougham
built a villa there in which to spend
bis declining years. He became an
; :;SSiGuous advocate OF Cannes eli
mate. and scenery and TO him much
OF the rapid increase in popularity
OF the place is dGe. y statue TO
him occupies the principal plaza OF
Cannes
Present day Cannes is largely
a community OF stately and expen-
>ive Villas and modern hotels. The
% or more hostelries in fact. arc
supposed 10 include some Of the
best l.: Europe. Most Of the villas
are built of local white stcnc so
SIT that il is sawed rather than
cili$el"d into blocks. Y diStin-
gushing feature Of Cannes is its
SpaciousnesS. Most OF its villas
and hotels are surrounded by eXten-
Sivc grounds and gardens and it
is considered perhaps the most no.
bly, built Of the Rivcria resorts.
\ Favoritc With Crowned Heads
From The days Of Lord Brough
am >,h.. dominant note OF Cannes
rs Il resort has been its exclusive
ness and It's ar!stocralic tone. in
which regard ii has been somewhat
III contrast 10 the more turbulent
and more democratic Nice and the
more sporty Monaco. one crni-
c;,l writer has drawn the contrast
rpiGrammatically by saying that
Cannes is Of the world Nice Of
the flesh and Monaco of the devil"
Among themselves the Younger
OF the fashionable winter sojour-
ner> at Cannes carry on an eternal
round of balls. at homes. garden
parties and picnics, but there are
many OF the older members of the
colony who live in quiet dignity
in the seclusion of their rub-cm-
powered villas. Tile tow. has been
III" favorite Riveria winter resort
Of many not;tbles including Queen
Victoria. King Edward VII. and
numerous lesser lights Of the Va
rious Courts of Europe.
Equipped For British Sports
The larSr British colony al Can-
Ac> has resulted in 4 marked an