European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                 a Jung fabulous Shore front Boulevard Ati Cannes presents a sh1mmkrjng facade of j6legant, tie i tie Riviera puts a High Price tag on its chief Tomn Mclily a. Luxurious Well advertised climate carelessness toward matters of businesses pretty typical of the Riviera Frame of  tourist Trade is the Region s Only major form of commercial Enterprise and As. An Industry tourism puts a kind of reverse English on the capitalist Ideal. The Riviera towns are1 locked in a perpetual Competition in which each. Tries to outdo the others in sheer non productiveness Commerce being out of tune with the atmosphere of Leisure. " the town of Grasse comes about As close to being productive As the Riviera code will permit it has an International reputation As one of the most  Sites of the French perfume Industry. Even on to made luxe level however Industry is slightly offensive to some of the More sensitive inhabitants who try to pass it off As a Mere by product of the area s huge Flower gardens Flowers being an item of even less Hiti Lity than perfume. Var has a reputation for. Its pottery works out certain of the natives prefer to regard this work As an Art in which making Money is just an ,-which Bills itself As the sunny capital of the azure Empire is the sixth largest City in. Prance. Yet except for its arcaded shops the 205 hotels that stud the streets and boulevardsare1 its Only obvious business plants. When one of the municipal officials was asked not Long ago what the City s