Putnam patriot., 1929-05-09

tain. Arrived you descen@ rom the motor into 'piceala piazza" and al. most you can imagine yourself back in days mediaeval. Two little inns give hospitality. There is a terrace looking out over the valley of the Var to the cast and there is another balustrade where you may loll and leok over the vinyards and sloping hills away and far to the sea
 St. Paul has become the haven of many artists of all nations As you wander about the crooked streets of the closely packed little town you will ! md them at work, sketehing, work l ing in oils or water colors, CT. at lunch you will meet them in paint smeared smoeks chattering busily over their wine of the country in the title hotels. Our visit Co St. Paul was delight that we shall not soon forget.
 In contrast. but equally pleasant. was a luncheon with lady of high degree in a magnificent villa rising out of terraced gardens on the shores of Cap Martin. The house was erect ed by that Montgomery, who in spite of being the natural son O. a famous English earl, became a Senator of France and an honored French eiti- zen. The drawing room of this beau tiful house is notable bit of French decoration. which, however, came to Cap Martin not from a French pal ace but from a famous English coun- try place in Hampshire. We had our aperatif on marble terrace high over gardens that stretched down to the sea. To the left of us we could look directly on the famous villa oc- eupied for so many years by the late Empress Eugenie of France. and to the left, of all things in this exotic bi; of the world. we found a typical American Georgian house that might have stood in Marblehead or Ipswich. and naturally the property of Bos- tonians of the type who would. of course. take their Boston with them, even to the farthest corners of the globe.
 Cannes.
 Tonight was our last night and SO we celebrated with gala dinner at the Casino with all of the many kind friends who have made our stay such a pleasant one. We are saying good by to the most delightful of hostess es. We are leaving all those with whom we have explored the coast. dined, wined. and played for three really memorable weeks. IL has all been sheer pleasure but it has had it's interests. too, and we are going away to a bitterly cold Paris, regret fully.
 But tonight we must gay. So there is Pommery and a deiectable dinner and much dancing and then Co the gaming rooms.
 What a contrast to the stuffy dreariness of Monte Carlo The ta- bles are crowded. The play is fast and furious. The cafe is with visit. ors, for it is the very top of the sea. sen. Here is a famous actress, gilt tering from wrist to elbow with jew els Here is an American lady, tn, possessor of a huge fortune and thre, of the most beautiful homes in tn, world, gambling away thousands a 1 baccarat. Here is the stony-facel Zegrapho and his Greek syndicate los ing and winning millions of francs , Here, toe, are chic but anxious look ing ladies wandering from table { , table and playing a hundred franc here and a hundred francs ther, , Here is the picturesque old mar , known Co every gambling hall O , Europe. who never plays less than i thousand dollars an hour. Here ar , Americans playing 'chemin-de-fer and baccarat in their own reekles and insouciant fashion. Here are an . xious novices and emoticnless adepts , Out in the corridor a band is playin that charming song, Madame. Il the theatre, Paderewski has jus , aroused an audience Co eheersi Outside we stop for a moment an' look at the moonlight bathing the o,i town and the new, lighting up tn villas on the steep hillside.
 Delightful. Rivieraf Gay. idle, gilt ter.ng, perhaps wicked and perhap futile strand but beautiful and enter taining and stimulating withall. Ant anyhcw, 'all work and no play and suddenly we remember chat th, Paris" sails all too soon and Qul French winter-l929" will soon be only a happy memory
 -E. V. B.