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spring�察�to have her say ;Hush� ─�with a frightened glance towards the door。 

     ;I   am�察  �but   I   do   not   want   the   servants   to   know�察  �or   the   horrid   things 

would leave me� ─�

     Poor�察�simple lady� �They knew it before you did�察�and had discussed the 

whole matter over their ;tea; while it was an almost unuttered thought in 

your mind。 If they have not already given you notice�察�it is because�察�on the 

whole your house suits them well enough for the present�察�while they look 

about。 Do not worry your simple soul�察�trying to keep anything from them。 

They  know   the   amount   of   your   last   dressmaker's   bill�察  �and   the   row   your 

husband made over it。 They know how much you would have liked young 



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;Croesus; for your daughter�察�and the little tricks you played to bring that 

marriage about。 They know why you are no longer asked to dine at Mrs。 

Swell's�察�which is more than you know yourself。 Mrs。 Swell explained the 

matter to a few friends over her lunch´table recently�察�and the butler told 

your maid that same evening�察�who was laughing at the story as she put on 

your slippers� �

     Before we blame them too much�察�however�察�let us remember that they 

have     it  in  their   power     to  make     great   trouble    if  they   choose。    And 

considering the little that is made in this way�察�we must conclude that�察�on 

the whole�察  �they  are   better than   we   give them  credit for   being�察  �and   fill   a 

trying situation   with   much   good   humor and kindliness。 The lady  who   is 

astonished      that   they   take   so   little  interest   in  her�察  �will   perhaps    feel 

differently if   she  reflects how little  trouble   she  has given   herself  to  find 

out   their   anxieties   and   griefs�察 �their   temptations   and   heart´burnings�察  �their 

material   situation�察  �whom   they   support   with   their   slowly   earned   wages�察�

what claims they have on them from outside。 If she will also reflect on the 

number   of   days   in   a   year   when   she   is   ;not   herself�察─  �when   headaches   or 

disappointments         ruffle   her   charming      temper�察   �she   may     come    to   the 

conclusion that it is too much to expect all the virtues for twenty dollars a 

month。 

     A little more human interest�察�my good friends�察�a little more indulgence�察�

and you will not risk finding yourself in the position of the lady who wrote 

me that last summer she had been obliged to keep open house for ;'Cook' 

tourists� ─�



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               CHAPTER 22 ´ An English 

                  Invasion of the Riviera 



       WHEN sixty  years ago Lord Brougham�察�EN ROUTE for Italy�察�was 

thrown from his travelling berline and his leg was broken�察�near the Italian 

hamlet of Cannes�察�the Riviera was as unknown to the polite world as the 

centre of China。 The GRAND TOUR which every young aristocrat made 

with his tutor�察�on coming of age�察�only included crossing from France into 

Italy by the Alps。 It was the occurrence of an unusually severe winter in 

Switzerland that turned Brougham aside into the longer and less travelled 

route   VIA  the   Corniche�察  �the   marvellous   Roman   road   at   that   time   fallen 

into oblivion�察�and little used even by the local peasantry。 

     During the tedious weeks while his leg was mending�察�Lord Brougham 

amused himself by exploring the surrounding country in his carriage�察�and 

was   quick   to   realize   the   advantages   of   the   climate�察  �and   appreciate   the 

marvellous   beauty   of   that   coast。   Before   the   broken   member   was   whole 

again�察  �he   had   bought   a   tract   of   land   and   begun   a   villa。   Small   seed�察  �to 

furnish   such   a   harvest�   �To   the   traveller   of   to´day   the   Riviera   offers   an 

almost unbroken chain of beautiful residences from Marseilles to Genoa。 

     A Briton willingly follows where a lord leads�察�and Cannes became the 

centre   of   English   fashion�察  �a   position   it   holds   to´day   in   spite   of   many 

attractive rivals�察�and the defection of Victoria who comes now to Cimiez�察�

back of Nice�察�being unwilling to visit Cannes since the sudden death there 

of the Duke of Albany。 A statue of Lord Brougham�察�the ;discoverer; of the 

littoral�察  �has   been   erected   in   the   sunny   little   square   at   Cannes�察  �and   the 

English have in many other ways�察�stamped the city for their own。 

     No other race carry their individuality with them as they do。 They can 

live years in a country and assimilate none of its customs�察�on the contrary�察�

imposing      habits   of   their  own。    It  is  just  this  that   makes    them    such 

wonderful   colonizers�察  �and   explains   why   you   will   find   little   groups   of 

English people drinking ale and playing golf in the shade of the Pyramids 

or near the frozen slopes of Foosiyama。 The real inwardness of it is that 

they   are   a   dull   race�察  �and�察  �like   dull   people   despise   all   that   they   do   not 



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understand。 To differ from them is to be in the wrong。 They cannot argue 

with you�察�they simply know�察�and that ends the matter。 

     I   had   a   discussion   recently   with   a   Briton   on   the   pronunciation   of   a 

word。 As there is no ;Institute�察─�as in France�察�to settle matters of this kind�察�

I   maintained       that   we    Americans      had    as   much     authority     for   our 

pronunciation   of   this   particular   word      as   the   English。   The   answer   was 

characteristic。 

     ;I know I am right�察─�said my Island friend�察 �because that is the way I 

pronounce it� ─�

     Walking      along    the  principal    streets   of  Cannes     to´day�察  �you    might 

imagine yourself ��except for the climate�� at Cowes or Brighton�察�so British 

are the shops and the crowd that passes them。 Every restaurant advertises 

;afternoon tea; and Bass's ale�察�and every other sign bears a London name。 

This little matter of tea is particularly characteristic of the way the English 

have imposed a taste of their own on a rebellious nation。 Nothing is further 

from the French taste than tea´drinking�察�and yet a Parisian lady will now 

invite you gravely to ;five o'clocker; with her�察�although I can remember 

when that beverage was abhorred by the French as a medicine�察�if you had 

asked a Frenchman to take a cup of tea�察�he would have answered�此�

     ;Why�拭�I am not ill� ─�

     Even     Paris    ��that   supreme     and    undisputed      arbiter   of   taste��   has 

submitted to English influence�察�tailor´made dresses and low´heeled shoes 

have     become     as  ;good    form;    in  France    as   in  London。     The   last  two 

Presidents of the French Republic have taken the oath of office dressed in 

frock´coats instead of the dress clothes to which French officials formerly 

clung as to the sacraments。 

     The municipalities of the little Southern cities were quick to seize their 

golden   opportunity�察  �and   everything   was   done   to   detain   the   rich   English 

wandering down towards Italy。 Millions were spent in transforming their 

cramped�察  �dirty�察  �little   towns。   Wide   boulevards   bordered         with   palm   and 

eucalyptus      spread    their   sunny    lines   in  all  directions�察   �being   baptized 

PROMENADE   DES ANGLAIS   or   BOULEVARD   VICTORIA�察  �in   artful 

flattery。 The   narrow   mountain   roads   were   widened�察  �casinos   and   theatres 

built and carnival FETES organized�察�the cities offering ;cups; for yacht´ 



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