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partly   veiled   with   black   lace�察  �which   sets   off   her   delicate�察  �faded   face   to 

perfection�察�but without flattery or fraud。 

     We find the same view taken of age by the masters of the Renaissance�察�

who appreciated its charm and loved to reproduce its grace。 

     Queen      Elizabeth    stands    out   in  history   as   a  woman      who    struggled 

ungracefully   against   growing   old。   Her   wigs   and   hoops   and   farthingales 

served   only   to   make   her   ridiculous�察  �and   the   fact   that   she   wished   to   be 

painted   without   shadows   in   order   to   appear   ;young�察─  �is   recorded   as   an 

aberration of a great mind。 

     Are    there   no   painters    to´day    who    will   whisper     to  our   wives    and 

mothers the secret of looking really lovely�察�and persuade them to abandon 

their foolish efforts at rejuvenation�拭�

     Let   us   see   some   real   old   ladies   once   more�察  �as   they   look   at   us   from 



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miniature and portrait。  Few of us�察�I imagine�察 �but cherish the memory  of 

some such being in the old home�察�a soft´ voiced grandmother�察�with silvery 

hair   brushed   under   a   discreet   and   flattering   cap�察  �with   soft�察  �dark   raiment 

and   tulle´wrapped   throat。   There   are   still�察  �it   is   to   be   hoped�察  �many   such 

lovable women in our land�察�but at times I look about me in dismay�察�and 

wonder who is to take their places when they are gone。 Are there to be no 

more ;old ladies;�拭�Will   the next generation have to look back when the 

word ;grandmother; is mentioned�察�to a stylish vision in Parisian apparel�察�

decollete and decked in jewels�察�or arrayed in cocky little bonnets�察�perched 

on tousled curls�察�knowing jackets�察�and golfing skirts�拭�

     The present horror of anything elderly comes�察�probably�察�from the fact 

that   the   preceding   generation   went   to   the   other   extreme�察  �young   women 

retiring at forty into becapped old age。 Knowing how easily our excitable 

race runs to exaggeration�察�one trembles to think what surprises the future 

may   hold�察  �or   what   will   be   the   next   decree   of   Dame   Fashion。   Having 

eliminated the ;old lady; from off the face of the earth�察�how fast shall we 

continue      down    the   fatal   slope   toward     the  ridiculous�拭    �Shall   we    be 

compelled by a current stronger than our wills to array ourselves each year 

��the bare thought makes one shudder�� in more and more youthful apparel�察�

until   corpulent     senators    take   to  running    about    in  ;sailor   suits�察─ �and 

octogenarian business men go ;down town; in ;pinafores�察─�while belles of 

sixty or seventy summers appear in Kate Greenaway costumes�察�and dine 

out in short´sleeved bibs�察�which will allow coy glimpses of their cunning 

old ankles to appear over their socks�拭�



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        CHAPTER 23 ´ Around a Spring 



       THE greatest piece of good luck that can befall a Continental village 

is   the   discovery�察  �within   its   limits�察  �of   a   spring   supplying   some   kind   of 

malodorous water。  From that   moment   the entire  community�察 �abandoning 

all   other    plans�察  �give   themselves      over   to   hatching    their   golden     egg�察�

experience   having   taught   them   that   no       other   source   of   prosperity   can 

compare   with   a   SOURCE   THERMALE。   If   the   water   of   the   newfound 

spring�察 �besides   having   an   unpleasant   smell�察  �is   also   hot�察  �then   Providence 

has indeed blessed the township。 

     The   first   step   is   to   have   the   fluid   analyzed   by   a   celebrity�察  �and   its 

medicinal   qualities   duly   set   forth   in   a   certificate。   The   second   is   to   get 

official recognition from the government and the authorization to erect a 

bath   house。   Once   these   preliminaries   accomplished�察  �the   way   lies   plain 

before   the   fortunate   village�察  �every   citizen�察  �from   the   mayor   down   to   the 

humblest   laborer�察  �devotes   himself   to   solving   the   all´important   problem 

how to attract strangers to the place and keep and amuse them when they 

have been secured。 

     Multicolored pamphlets detailing the local attractions are mailed to the 

four corners of the earth�察�and brilliant chromos of the village�察�with groups 

of peasants in the foreground�察�wearing picturesque costumes�察�are posted in 

every available railway station and booking´office�察�regardless of the fact 

that no costumes have been known in the neighborhood for half a century�察�

except   those   provided   by   the   hotel   proprietors   for   their   housemaids。   A 

national dress�察�however�察�has a fine effect in the advertisement�察�and gives a 

local color to the scene。 What�察�for instance�察�would Athens be without that 

superb   individual   in   national   get´up   whom  one   is   sure  to   see  before  the 

hotel on alighting from the omnibus�拭�I am convinced that he has given as 

much pleasure as the Acropolis to most travellers�察�the knowledge that the 

hotel proprietors share the expenses of his keep and toilet cannot dispel the 

charm of those scarlet embroideries and glittering arms。 

     After preparing their trap�察�the wily inhabitants of a new watering´place 

have only to sit down and await events。 The first people to appear on the 

scene are�察�naturally�察�the English�察�some hidden natural law compelling that 



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race to wander forever in inexpensive by´ways and serve as pioneers for 

other nations。 No matter how new or inaccessible the spring�察�you are sure 

to   find   a   small   colony   of   Britons   installed   in   the   half´finished   hotels�察�

reading week´old editions of the TIMES�察�and grumbling over the increase 

in prices since the year before。 

     As   soon   as   the   first   stray   Britons   have   developed   into   an   ;English 

colony�察─  �the   municipality   consider   themselves   authorized   to   construct   a 

casino   and   open   avenues�察  �which   are   soon   bordered   by   young   trees   and 

younger       villas。  In   the   wake     of  the   English     come     invalids    of  other 

nationalities。 If a wandering ;crowned head; can be secured for a season�察�a 

great   step   is   gained�察  �as   that   will   attract   the   real   paying   public   and   the 

Americans�察�who as a general thing are the last to appear on the scene。 

     At   this   stage   of   its   evolution�察  �the   ;city   fathers;   build   a   theatre   in 

connection with their casino�察�and ��persuading the government to wink at 

their   evasion   of   the   gambling   laws��   add   games   of   chance   to   the   other 

temptations of the place。 

     There is no better example of the way a spring can be developed by 

clever   handling�察  �and   satisfactory   results   obtained   from   advertising   and 

judicious   expenditure�察  �than Aix´   les´Bains�察  �which   twenty   years   ago   was 

but   a   tiny   mountain   village�察  �and   to´day   ranks   among   the   wealthiest   and 

most brilliant EAUX in Europe。 In this case�察�it is true�察�they had tradition to 

fall back on�察�for Aquae Gratinae was already a favorite watering´place in 

the year 30 B。C。�察�when Caesar took the cure。 

     There is little doubt in my mind that when the Roman Emperor first 

arrived   he   found   a   colony   of   spinsters   and   retired   army   officers   ��from 

recently conquered Britain�� living around this spring in POPINAE ��which 

are    supposed      to   have    corresponded       to  our    modern     boarding´house���察�

wearing waterproof togas and common´sense cothurni�察�with double   cork 

soles。 

     The wife of another Caesar fled hither in 1814。 The little inn where she 

passed a summer in the company of her one´eyed lover ´ while the fate of 

her husband and son was being decided at Vienna and Waterloo ´ is still 

standing�察�and serves as the annex of a vast new hotel。 

     The way in which a watering´place is ;run; abroad�察�where tourists are 



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regarded       as   godsends�察     �to  be    cherished�察    �spoiled�察   �and    despoiled�察     �is 

amusingly   different   from   the   manner   of   our   village   populations   when 

summer visitors ��whom they look upon as natural enemies�� appear on the 

scene。   Abroad   the   entire   town�察  �together   with   the   surrounding   villages�察�

hamlets�察     �and   farmhouses�察     �rack    their   brains   and    devote    their   time   to
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