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...series of connected igloos covering 10,000 sq. ft., the hotel is but a few minutes' walk from the Manoir Montmorency, once home of Queen Victoria's father, and the mighty waterfalls that have drawn visitors for hundreds of years. There is nothing flimsy about the building, as it's composed of 4,750 tons of compressed snow and ice. Its domed ceilings are 16 ft. at their peak; its walls are 7-ft. thick. In the hotel, an ice chandelier shimmers over world-class ice sculptures of various subjects, including animals, an igloo and Inuit as they go about...
...Vadis, where dinner for two with wine can easily cost $50. But Co-Owner Bruno Caravaggi remains sanguine. "It can't last," he says. "There will always be people who seek our kind of service and attention." Attorney Victor Jacobs, who represents La Caravelle, La Cote Basque, Le Manoir and other luxury establishments, calculates that dollar volume has slipped 15% to 20% from last year's levels. This, taken together with rising costs for labor and provisions, leads Jacobs to a bleak conclusion: "I think it might be the end of the deluxe restaurant...
...even then it is not crowded on the sandy beaches, protected by rocky cliffs, off which there is excellent sailing, fishing, swimming and skindiving. Sarah Bernhardt had a house there, and there is still an occasional theatrical or intellectual visitor who is delighted to discover hotels such as Manoir de Goulphar with a view of the sea from every one of its rooms...
Separate Planes. With his wife Oona and his huge family, Chaplin lives in the village of Vevey in a 15-room villa called Manoir de Ban, staffed by 13 servants, including two nannies. From its 69 acres of grass and gardens, the Chaplins have a panoptic view of Lake Geneva and the Mont Blanc range. They seldom go out to mingle with the Swiss, whom Charlie calls "those natives." (Englishman that he is, he has never learned the local French.) But visitors of all sorts make pilgrimages to Manoir de Ban-from old Hollywood cronies to such distinguished guests...
Singing magnificently in her rich, bronzelike voice, she began with O del mio dolce ardor, by Gluck, went on to Quella fiamma che m'accende, by Benedetto Marcello, Ständchen and Zueignung, by Richard Strauss. Invitation au Voyage and Le Manoir de Rosamonde, by Henri du Pare, Boatmen's Dance, by Aaron Copland. Out in the Fields with God, by William Dawson...