Evening star., 1922-03-26
HY STERLING HEILIG
HOTEL O'CONNOR. Nice.

v American girl entered the
~ dining-rcom of the hotel.
~ leading a little white goat
u with a pink ribbon. She was
Miss Barbara Cassidy, daughter of an
officer on Admiral Niblack's squad
ron. Nobody objected to the little
Eoat-favors go by favor.
For, note, a Russian girl (and
titled was forbidden to bring her
tame red fox into the hotel lounge,
even-and an animal as cosmopolitan
as poodle-because, when the prin-
cess promenades him on the seawalk.
tho dogs do not chase him, nor does
Mr.. Fox notice the dogs.
And / can tell you another. Miss
Alice Pate of New York has two pet
hummingbirds, the tiniest little things
YOU ever saw, trained in Algiers to
follow her, fiutter around her. alight
on her hat, perch in her pocket, and
jump to tiny ebony wand. But
when a Belgian lady brought par
rot into the hotel on her shoulder
she was requested to please not do it..
Such is the prestige of the Ameri-
can tourist on the Riviera. We ca n
do about what we please. Our sailor
boys from the Mediterranean squad
ron. now in Villcfranche bay, prove
ii gayly and confidently. like beloved
children who can do no wrong.
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T~HERE is in this hotel an American
grandfather who never dreamed d
Year ago that he would see the car
nival at Nice. He is Mr.. Cole. pow
of Chicago, previously Of Marquette.
Mich, and who began life in suburb
Of Buffalo. He Is alone, hard Of hear
ing. speaks no word of French, and
has coughing spells at night Yet the
head waiter orders him special dishes.
the valet makes out his wash list,
the maid regulates his steam heat,
and the management SENDS him rid
ing in the autobus that meets the
trains.
The secret is this: Modest Mr..
Coles grandson is a survivor of the
\. L. f. in France. The hotel people
know it. because the boy holds a re-
sponsible position in an American
hank here and is paying for his
srandpop's little trip to Europe.
There is an American lady getting
some good out of her son. She is
Mrs. Seavor of Cleveland, widow of
the partner of that name in Wellman,
Seavor & Morgan of Cleveland, but
doing vast construction. work in
France. Italy. Belgium. Austria. ia
pan and at home. Her son Hugh Is
an architect and ambitious, because
brother has already made a success
in business life. Yet Hugh Seavor is
taking year off to accompany his
mother in Europe. And the two are
up and down the Mediterranean like
a pair of lovers.
Both Mrs. Seavor and her sister
Miss Patterson of Pittsburgh, have
been in Europe before.
What strikes us most since the
war;" they say. sis the immense tour
ist convenience of touring cars car
rying twenty-four persons, each over
scheduled routes and going almost
everywhere at such cheap rates. We
don't see how they can do 1t! Think
of it! Monte Carlo and return, 10
francs (S7 cents): Nice-Mentone and
return. Is francs ($1.30); the circuit
OF Grasse, IS francs (s2.17), and Nice
cannes and return, 20 francs ($1.75).
At proportional1y the same rates.
they take you over the Alps to Gre
noble. and then on to Strasburg as
regular as railroad trains
Miss Patterson. who had been much
in Italy with her mother. always de-
sired to do the Italian Riviera from
historic little port to port. Now she
is doing il in these services. II did
not try it before because mother was
not strong. Then, just before the war.
we returned to Pittsburgh. Now the
furniture is in storage and I am off