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The Alamance gleaner \ VOL. LV. GRAHAM, IS, C., THURSDAY SEPrEMBER 12, 1929. NO. 32. v. / - 'jnH DOINGS OF THE WEEK NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Anglo-American Agreemint on Naval Limitation Getting Nearer. By EDWARD W. PICKARD RAMSAY MAC DONALD, prime min ister of Great Britain, told the assembly of the League of Nations In Geneva that he and Ambassador Dawes In their many conversations concerning naval armament limitation had reached an accord on seventeen of the twenty points under considera tion, and that he hoped to be able very soon to announce a full settle ment. But dispatches from Washing ton and Geneva Indicated that the three points unsettled were vitally Important and that on these Great Britain and the United. States Jvere still far apart. They Involve cruiser tonnage and the comparative fighting values of vessels armed with 6-Inch and 8-Inch guns. General Dawes sent a long communication to the State department and It was considered at a White House breakfast attended by Secretary of State Stlmson, Secretary of the Navy Adams and the mem bers of the navy general board. Cruis er tonnage figures were not made pub lic, but It was learned that the Brit ish cruiser requirements, though less than In 1927, were still far above the tonnage figures favored hy President Hoover and would not give parity for the United States even If all our fif teen cruisers are built The British Insist they must have a large num ber of small cruisers, outside of the parity figures, to protect the world's sen lanes and protect British ship ping. Both Mr. MacDonald In Geneva and American officials In Washington were hopeful that the points of dif ference could be adjusted, and the prime minister said that as soon as this was accomplished he would foi mally announce his Intention of visit ing the United States to confer with President Hoover and Secretary Stlm son. Arlstlde Airland, premier of France, Invited the chief delegates of the Eu ropean nations In the league to a meeting for the purpose of hearing his plans for a political, economic and social federation of European pow ers. He wished the delegates to sub mit the scheme to their governny?nts and ask for their suggestions. ISrland made It clear that the proposed fed eration is not aimed against the In terests of the United States of Amer ica. Both Ramsay MacDonald and Dr. Gustav Stresemann seemed to like Brland's plan. That the League of Nations would adopt the Kellogg pact outlawing war as Its policy was a probability, made strong by the fact that such a course was said to be favored by Great Britain, France, Belgium, Ger many and Japan. In his opening speech before the assembly Premier Brland declared the pact was really framed In the Ideals of the league; and, following him. Foreign Minister Hymans of Belgium advocated a closer linking of the pact with the covenant of the league. He held the former was Infinitely stronger than the covenant because It Interdicted all wars of aggression while the cove nant of the league left the door open for war when the council was un able to reach unanimity as to the Identity of the aggressor. "The cove nant Is already old," he said. "The Kellogg-Briand pnct embodies prog ress." Adherence of the United states to the World Court for Interna tional Justice came a big step nearer when delegates of forty countries be longing to that tribunal unanimously accepted the Root protocol, which was Inter approved by the assembly of tbe League of Nations. The United States government was officially noti fied of this action. FOREIGN MINISTER STRESE-, " MANN of Germany and hla fellow delegates to the reparations confer ence at The Hague reported the re Plan* Crusade Against "Immodesty" in Dress A worldwide crusade against Im modesty In feminine attire Is to be nndertaken hy the Catholic church, according to an announcement bja Monslgnor Emmanuel Celestln Suhard, bishop of Rayeux and IJsleux, France. Efforts to suppress Immoral plays. Improper Dims and pornographic books also will be made. Bishop Subard Is planning this rig orous attack under the patronage of suits to the Oermnn cabinet and re ceived tile unanimous approval of the other ministers. The cabinet Mil reed to take all necessary measures to make the (ierninn people realise that The llngue agreement really repre sents a step fnrwnrd. and not a de feat as the Cerman nationalists one trying to latiel It. In his address before the league as sembly .Premier r.rlnna of France de clared that at the reparations confer ence he would linve been untrue to pence nijd concord If he hnd allowed "several millions of money" to prevent France from helping to liquidate the problems of the great war. Had he held hack on concessions he would not hnve been entitled to be welcomed back to France, The nations must be rendy to make concessions. Orders for evacuation of the Ithlne land by the Itrltlsh and Belgian forces hnve been Issued, and the French are preparing to get out as soon as they can conveniently. VIGOItOUS action by the British brought about a partial cessation of the hostilities In most parts of Palestine and the Arabs were begin ning to realize that England meant to make good on her pledge to protect the Jews there. But all around the Holy Land there was seething revolt among the Moslems. Floods of propa ganda proclamations were scattered among the Arabs of bordering states calling on them to engage In a holy war to help their fellow Moslems In Pnlestlne. The British colonial office appointed a commission to Investigate the race war, but announced that "no Inquiry is contemplated which might alter the position of this country In regard to the mandate or the policy laid down by the earl of Balfour in the declara tion of 191? and embodied In the man date, of establishing Palestine as a na tional home for the Jews." FOR a few days It seemed like); that negotiations, conducted In Ber lin, would bring about an agreement between Russia and China concerning the Chinese Eastern railroad and per haps end the threat of war. But the plan failed, at least temporarily, and both nations continued to concentrate their forces on the Manchurlnn frontier. A late dispatch reached London from Tientsin saying that 3,000 Soviet soldiers had Invaded Slnklang, Manchuria, and were march ing on III. In the region about Man choull the Chinese were establishing their first line of defense, but It was believed that in case of serious Rus sian Invasion they will fall back on the passes In the Great Khlngan moun tains, which have been strongly forti fied. Several thousand Russian troops were moved two miles across the bor der In the vicinity of Manchoull, and there were repeated clashes In that sector. Both the United States and Creat Britain have rejected the Chinese de mand that they surrender their extra territorial rights In China, but In both cases the prospect Is held out that such action may be taken Inter when the Nationalist government has prog ressed so far that there will no longer be need for the foreign courts. CAUGHT In a terrific storm over the waste lands of the Southwest, the big Transcontinental passenger plane, City of Spn Francisco, bound from Al buquerque to Ix>s Angeles, was de stroyed probably by a lightning bolt and Its five passengers and crew of three were killed. The dead were Mrs. J. B. Raymond of Glendale, Calif.; A. B. HcGafTey of Albuquerque, M. N.; Campbell of Cincinnati, Harris Llver more of Boston and William II. Beers of New York, passengers; J. B. Stowe and A. E. Deltel, pilots, and C. F. Can field, courier. Another aviator killed by lightning was MaJ. John H. Wood, noted speed pilot and president of the Northern Airways company. His plane exploded over the desert south of Needles, Calif., and he went down to his death with Its wreckage. His mechanic escaped with a parachute. Pilot T. G. Reld, at the Cleveland air races, set a new record for solo endurance flying and then presumably fell asleep, for bis plane crashed and he was Instantly killed. Lady Uary Heath, who also crashed at Cleveland and was terribly Injured, was reported Salnte Thereac de Llslenx. In his words, It Is to be waged against "the pernicious and world; Ideas of oar century and the degrading corruptive fashions of today. The rormptton of morals," he declares, "la doe to the Immorality of feminine attire. The contagion Is so universal that there la hardly a'ny remedy except to In fluence the next generation." In order to Inculcate Ideas of ichaa tlty and piety among the youths of the world. Bishop Suhard baa con ceived the lormaUojB of an Interna 4 as having a chance for recovery. Jimmy l>oollltle. crack flyer of the army corps, was practicing for atunta at the Cleveland show when, In a tre inendotis dive, both wlnga of Ills plane crumpled; lie went over the side with III* parachute und landed unlinrt. I'lloted this time liy Cupt. Krnst l.ehmann. the Graf Zeppelin made the return trip to Frledrlchslinfen with speed and safety. The bilge airship was welcomed liy premiers nnd other officials of all the Herman states and ah Immense throng of private citizens; President von lllndenhurg was pre vented from being present by the death of his sister. The Zeppelin's round-the world flight from Its home port was made In 30 days, 4 hours anil 13 min utes. establishing a new record. After conferences at Akron, Ohio, Dr. Hugo Kckener said the Goodyear Zeppelln nnd German Zeppelin cor porations would Join In establishing transoceanic dirigible lines. It will require from two to four years to place the ship? In operation. REPUBLICAN'S of the senate finance committee formally re ported to the senate their tariff bill, and the opponents of the measure spent several days Jockeying for the best position from which to attack it. The radical Republicans, led by Borah, determined to try to have tarlfT re vision limited to agricultural products, and In this they counted on the sup port of many Democrats. The radi cals also sponsored a Joint resolution lntioduced by Senator Blaine of Wis consin authorizing all members of con gress to have unlimited access to se cret corporation income tax returns while 'the tariff bill Is pending. The Democrats through Senator Simmons made It known they would try to ob tain the same results by a resolution directing the finance committee to get the Income tax Information from the treasury. C*OUR hundred officers and men, " picked as the best of the army's engineering forces, were ordered by Secretary of War Good to duty In the Jungles of Central America to survey tbe route of the proposed N'lcaragunn canal. Their findings snd report will go far toward determining whether or not the government will undertake to build that waterway, the estimated cost of which Is about s billion dol lars. The survey, which will require two years, will be supervised by the Interocean canal board appointed by President Hoover. CHICAGO mourns the death of two of her best citizens, Judge Frank Comerford of the Superior court, and William E. Dever, former judge and mayor. Judge Comerford, who was in the prime of life, was justly regarded as one of the city's most valuable jur ists?courageous, wise, honest and a determined upholder of the dignity of the courts. Elected to the Illinois leg islature when but twenty-six years old, Comerford was expelled from that body because of his attacks on cor rupt members, but he was sent back by his constituency. Physical disabil ities kept him out of the army when war was declared, but he was active In other ways In his country's service. He was elected to the bench In 1020, and presided In several notable cases. Mr. Dever, who lived most of his life In Chicago, was classed as a truly great citizen. He was a leader of Democrats for many years and his record both as judge and as mayor was excellent. Frederick F. Proctor, builder of New York's first vaudeville theate_r and originator of the vaudeville chain, passed away In Larchmont, N. Y. He rose from errand boy ahd circus per former to the high position In the the atrical world which he relinquished last May when he sold his chain of more than twenty theaters to another corporation. MRS. CALVIN COOLIDGE was glv en the honor of christening the new light cruiser Northampton Thurs day, when It was launched at Qulncy, Mass. The name of the 10,000-ton vessel was selected to honor the for. mtr President, whose home Is In Northampton. Mass. He was unable to be present, however. Secretary Adams represented the Navy depart ment, and Mrs. Coolldge was accom panied by a large delegation ol Northampton citizens. fgk 1129. Westers Newspaper Union.) tionai orpniwiiura maue a|i ui cam ollc children. It would here cbaptera In practically erery country of the world end would be called 'The Piooi Union of the Protected Children ol Saint Thereae of the Infant Jeaua." The aeat of thla organization la tc he at l.laleux. A primary requirement for memberahlp will be a atrlct obaerr ance of the rulea of Chrlatlan mod eaty. Both aezea will be able to join, but the union will be particularly foi girla. They will be pledged aolemnlj to follow, decency la dree*. I BESS, I \ THE DRESSY 1 I TYPIST J (A by D. J. WlUk ) FIUR-THIRTY o'clock on a smoth ering summer afternoon In a downtown office five floors op. so darkened by tlie tall building across the narrow alley that electric lighta must burn all day lung. Most office working girls know that dead alive feeling when they are tired out and It seems too late to begin some new task, yet there Is a whole half hour before release. Rut fifteen minutes later?how dif ferent) A sudden wake-up, closing of desks, busy mirrors and powder pulTs snd squirming about to look for new runs In their chiffon stockings. Cheer ful exchanges of "What you goln' to do tonight?" Voices In the adjoining room and the pleasnnt fragrance of a cigar pro claimed the return of Mr. Fred Argyle, the debonair son of the wholesale jeweler at the heud of this firm. Bess, the dressy typist, hummed the latest dance hit as she quickly sorted and clipped together her many papers. The clerk, Lillian, eyed her critically from the top of tlie sleek brown bob to the shapely pumps, then announced, "I see Bess has another heavy date with our Freddy tonight. All dolled up. You're a fast worker. Kid." With sly under tones. uuess again," tossed Bess, slipping the cover over her typewriter which, each evening, she removed to a small desk by the window, leaving her table clear foi other work nest morning. Now she lifted the heavy machine and, with a deft swinging motion, made ;he exchange. "Look here, my young lady I" Fred Argyle had stepped In and his tones were cross. "Some fine day that thing will slip from yonr fingers and go right out that open window. Kindly practice your Juggler's art somewhere else!" "How should I know It's a window? It lets In neither air nor light!" Bess knew the other girls were snickering Into their discreet "van ities," but she soon bade them good night as though oothlng had occurred. She walked the two miles home to nvold the Jammed cars and to enjoy any possible breeze on the nay through the park. But the more she recalled thai episode the hotter she grew. "Juggler's art!" And she had not even been aware how she did han dle the vpewrlter; anyway that cume most easily. She had observed that Fred had never yet offered to lift 1t for her. He wa?too lazy to even reach across his own desk for the extension phone?some one must always run an.! shove It over to him! At Ids present rate, by the time he reached thirty his physical profile would resemble that sunfish she had seen at Field museum. A week and more passed with no further mention of the matter. She felt that Lillian was trying to hide a little triumph?or trying to display It. Young Argyle was off on one of Ids frecent trips for the company. Bess refused fo acknowledge to herself that she had developed a slight uneasiness and so handled the machine with more care ?strictly on the sly and taking great pains that no one should notice It. Then on Saturday, near quitting time, the stenographer stepped In from the outer office with a letter she In tended to type herself, but, Instead ol I her usual last-minute haste she de liberately placed her ear against the ' edge of the closed door and raised a hand for silence. Wondering, the other girls watched nntll she tiptoed to them, whisper ing, "Fred Is back, but something'! wrong: They're searching frantically through the safe." Then she stol< hack to hear more. Lillian followed Bess made a move to Join them? heard steps?and hastily picked np her already covered typewriter In stead. Fred opened the door so suddenlj he nearly upset the two girls there but he seemed too agitated to observt them. "Did any of you see?" he be gan. A scream from Bess, a gratlni sound, her body perilously out th< window?Fred there, his arm clutchlnj her back. Then his angry "Didn't : warn you that would happen!" Well, It had. The culprit crumplet dowD on a chair, too dazed to uttei a word, unconscious of the cbatterlnj all about ber, of the girls' eanies i efforts to excuse and comfort her Then vaguely aware of a short, test; argument between Argyle senior an< Junior about police efficiency. Nex Fred at the telephone with orders t< hare something radio broadcast Imme i dlately?great stress on the big casl reward offered to aid In the return o something. Rising from the phone I "Tou'll find, dad, that cash offer wll bring quicker results than any polio i detectives could." What did all that matter to her But the typewriter, a new one the; had bought recently at her own re ? quest; they had permitted her ti ? choose It; Its price would come ou ' of ber salary, of course, even If the; did out Are her. Hut remorse and chagrin cut her far worse than did thot prospect. Meanwhile I.llllan, at the window, had reported that no one was hurt. "Gee, but the crowd I Clocks the nlley at both ends I There's a rusty little Ford, though, that sure got Its nose broken?typewriter landed square on Its engine. I'eople trying to pick up the scnttered keys. A cop's having a hot spiel with the man In the Ussy." Then presently, "For the love o'cry Ing nut loud I What's that cop arrest ing the man for! Ain't he had trouble enough with his car all busted!" Anil Lillian Jammed on her tint and ran out to get particulars at closer range. Slowly Bess roused herself to go also. She had to wait foi the elevator and when It eame up out stepped an officer leading n defiantly cursing young man whom he ushered directly Into the Jewelry office, closing the door In Bess' face as she would have followed him. Instinctively she remained there and, amid a buzz of voices, presently heard the officer saying, "Yes, I had heard your broadcast not two minutes before. Now, tills bird didn't seem near as mad about the accident ns he was anxious to get awny?that made me suspicious. So I searched him and ?here're your gems." Not wanting them to find her hang Ins around, Bess hurried off. Her head was aching now and she longed to get away, anywhere; so, on an extrava gant Impulse, she hailed a taxi. "Where to, miss?" "Oh, Greenvale cemetery. Peaceful there and no crowds." After dismissing the cab Bess strolled a long time amid the quiet beauty, where both her parents lay. Gradually It dawned on her that her careless accident had been the direct cause of the recovery of the Arm's stolen Jewelry, and she even began to see the ridiculous angle of the affair. Bess really dreaded to give up her position there, so prudence and pride seesawed a long time before she de cided what course to pursue. Then she hurried back to town and to the savings bank, where her very modest account reposed, and withdrew an amount covering the cost of the type writer. Tills Rhe inclosed with an ex tremely dignified letter stating her re gret and her resignation; registered It and went home, knowing It would reach Mr. Argyle early Monday morn ing. Pride had conquered. Already, the late afternoon papers were featuring the "Amazing Jewelry Theft and Recovery I" Reside the por trait of the thief was her own. smil ing at her mockingly. Bess went home In a sort of miserable trance and took her headache early to bed. She moped down to breakfast Sun day morning, not feeling much bet ter. There by her plate was an ex quisite bouquet of roses?also a spe cial delivery letter. With her expect ant family watching, she eagerly tore this open, disclosing the firm's check for the sum they had offered In their broadcast. Also a happy-looking scrowl: "Dear Bess, you've got to for give my ugly grouch. We always knew you could handle a typewriter! Please do stay In tonight. 1 want te J tell you so. FRED." Landslide on m Town Any one who has ever visited Que bee cannot help recalling that n <11(1 separates the upper and lower towns ! Houses of the lower town extend tif to the cliff base, while on the cllfl ? crest rest the fortifications. In 180( n mass of rock slipped from the cllfl , face beneath the citadel and crashed | over the houses beneath It The re suit was very disastrous, for at thai I time the greater and most Importont port of the town was situated undei t the frowning clilT. Many personi r were killed. Started Baldbaaded A customer In the barker rhnl , thought to nip In the hud any gain . talk on dandruff cure, new hair tonh or ahampoo when the barber starlet , In with the remark: "Your hair la getting thin, lan't ItT | "No; the fact la, I're more hnt now than t had twenty-live years ago.' j "Why you don't look to be a da; , orer twenty-live now," was the replj | "Well, the truth la, I waa twenty | five years old laat week." ] Great Elizabethan Comedy r The rlvaclous comedy, "The Morr , Wires of Wlndaor." was written b t Shakespeare In 1M10. Tradition has I that the play was composed by com , mand of Queen Elizabeth, who wlahe ) to see ber farorlte character, Fnlstafl t In the altnatlon of a lover. It ha , been one of the moat popnlar of th . Shakespearean comedies from the day ^ of Elizabeth to the present time. ' "JuL" Paper 1 The ?bareitu of standards says thi t (here !? no definite percentage of Jul fiber required In paper classified i ? Jnte paper. Any strong wrapping pi r per made of old rope, hurlap or Jul f waste may be classified as a Jute pi n per. Snch papers ore nsed for henv t wrapping and for lime and ceniet F ban Vacation Trios Blzarr* Float In tha Carnival at Nieo. <Prepared by the National ueograpnie Society. Washington. D. C.) WHEN millions of Americans leave for three days, three weeks, or three months at the heach or the lakes, on the farm or In the mountains, they ure hitting an age-old trail. Laps, of Lapland, and the Uakhtlart, of West Persia, take the vacation trail to a cool summer climate, and It Is called a migration because they have to go. The Athenian gentleman went to Olympin and called his recreation Interval the Olympic games. In China and India poptilnr thought satisfies the vacation impulse by religious pilgrim ages. Some people, not yet entirely accustomed to pleasure for pleasure's sake, go to health springs, '?bads,'* or spas, but It Is a vacation, nevertheless, and a salutary one. Olympic games of ancient Greece were probably the first vacation ex cursions. Before their organisation, 800 years before the birth of Christ, trnveling was risky. The mountains might Invite In summer, but If s man loved life, he stayed In his own little kingdom, though he cooked and boiled and baked In the sun. In Greece, for one month following the first full moon after June 21, every four years, a general peace proclamation went out through the states of Greece, per mitting contestants and hordes of ex cursionists to go safely to the beautl fill vale of'O^inpla. Rome marked Its conquests not with lend plates or flagpoles, but bath houses. Many of the Innumerable health springs of Europe, gathering places for mult it udes for the cure of disease and the enjoyment of rest or sport, boast of Roman origin at the hands of th* "amphibian legionnaires." The site of Bath In England attracted one of the largest Roman settlements by Its famous springs. "Bad" In Ger man means "bath.** and towns with "had" before or after the names are almost as frequent as "Main Streets" in America. This word "spa." for health spring resort, has Its origin In ' the Belgian town Spa, once the most famous In Europe. Resort* of Royalty. Tlio prince of Wale* goes in for out door life on a Canadian ranch; the king of Spain summers at San Sebas tian, the Spanish counterpart to Rlar rll*; whereas Peter the Great of Rus sia, and monarch* of Austria and Sweden, 'honked In and drank chemi cally-scented water In Spa. King George, of England, goes to the sea shore or to the Scottish moors for a vacation, hut hi* ancestral namesakes r went to the pnmphouse of Bath, t Injhe hills west of Pelplng (Peking) c nreThe ruins of one of the most bean 1 tlful summer resorts the world has seen, the summer palace of Mnnchu ?? emperor*. The Jade fountain, a flne T large spring, has been the site of sum " mer palaces for Chinese sovereigns y since the Tenth century. But the most bountiful was that hnllt by M>e poet emperor In 1061. Jesuit priests described to him the benntles of Ver. sallies palace and he wove some of the designs Into his own plans. A Jesuit supervised the development of the palace enclosure. Here the emperor I took his ease on a royal harge floating ! on a sapphire take In the midst of ^ which rose an artlflclal mountain glrd f ed with marble bastions, j Climbing Fujiyama Is the cherished c Japanese Idea of a vacation. Althongh ^ the numerous hot springs of the na tion attract thousands annually, Mount Fuji Is their meccn. Every true Jap anese expects to climb It ot.ce In his ' lifetime. It Is ancred to both Shinto " and Buddhist believers; to the former e it Is the beautiful goddess "causing '* flowers to bloom brightly." to the lot ter It I* the folded bud of the sacred ' Ictus. 1 Lucky are the Mohammedan pll * grtms bound for Mecca when their " shifting calendar brings the holiest time for this Journey Into the spring, 1 or tlmt It the most delightful season n the desert. Playgrounds by the Sea. Each nation has Its Atlantic City, 'eruvlans go down to Barranca on the 'aclflc the French In Algeria go to Demcen In the bills back from the Mediterranean. Athens listens to French operettas In Phaleron on the >ay, where galleys of ancient Athens irere sheltered. Egyptians desert the nuddy Nile for Itamleh, a few miles From Alexandria and on the edge ot he delta's fan. The Lido, an island jenr Venire. Is the famous ocean re tort of Italy; and the east shore of [he Baltic Is one vast bathing beach luring the brief summer which that region enjoys. One of the best known of the world's playgrounds Is the Blvlera?that sun drenched shore of the Mediterranean, where France and Italy meet. Nice, chief town of the Itlvlera. Is often cav'led at as too boisterous, too crowd ed. but It continues despite all that to be the capital of Europe's winter playground, Canftes draws to Its villas and hotels those of quieter tastes. Mcntone lures Its Invalids, while all the other scores of resorts along this sun hnthed Mediterranean coast draw to themselves aproprlate groups of those In search of pleasure, rest, or health. Bat Nice Is It.' meeting place for all as well as the place of tem porary residence for thousands who find this bustling city and well equipped resort, rolled Into one, ex actly to their liking. Nice's gaiety rises In crescendo to the carnival which takes place Just before the beginning of l-ent each spring. This more or less historic cel ebration, a type for numerons festi vals around the world, began as a modest Testa many years ago. It he came an organized celehrntlon In 1371. and has drawn Increasing crowds since. It must be admitted, too, that It has grown In rowdyism. There are quiet-loving souls who leave Nice for the carnival Jest as there are those who flock there for It The celebra tion centers about the battle of flow ers In the Promenade des Anglais. There are parades that feature the ludicrous as well as the beautiful, and the Inevitable domlnos. masques, street songs, street dances, horns and con fetti Many English In Nice. There l? a considerable English col ony at Nice. It dates back many years as one might snrmlse when he learns that the Promenade des An glais has borne Its name since 1S21. Some of the earliest of the seekers of winter sunshine from the British Isles were In the modest Riviera town that year when an unnsnal cold snap rained the orange crop. They clubbed to gether and gave the unemployed na tives work by holldlng a road along the seashore?the Promenade des An glais. A wag has said that this road way was built by the unemployed and has been used by the unemployed ever since. The chief boulevard and shop ping street In Nice Is the Avenne de la Vlctolre. With Its smart shops and smartly-dressed shoppers. It Is a typ ical Tarlsinn boulevard In miniature form. New Nice, with Its wide streets and bright buildings, has grown over a large ares, almost obscuring quaint Old Nice. One finds the old town In a seemingly compressed quarter across a little torrent from the newer city, between the stream and a buff-like promontory, Castle Hill, which was the acropolis of the earliest settlement. On one side of the stream are narrow, crooked streets, houses centuries old and here and there ruined palaces. It Is a medieval-looking place, but Is In habited by thoroughly modern me chanics, tram drivers and other less opulent Inhabitants of the city. On the other side of the stream lies the new city with Its avenues and prom enades, theaters and casinos, sweep Ing up hill Inland to a zone of hotels^ palaces and villas.
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