The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-12-27

high degree, but they are, curlcusiy enough,
not In any wise expressed in the Swiss per-
sonal bearing. In the matter of physical
endurance 1t is implied more than active phys
ical strength is expressed in the gait and bear
ing of the people Hard work, begun early IN
life and unbrekeniy carried on, is not condu-
Give to case or grace Of carriage, and the most
admirable part of the industrious Swiss labor
ing population IS far inferior in physique to the
lazy Nicois fisherman and the inveterate
dawdiers among the Romans. The fine
MORAL QUALITIES
of the Swiss also, their energy, persistence, and
moderation, are omitted from the physical e1
preston. aud in a community remarkable for
wise self-care on the part OF the individual and
liberal and thoughtful seffgoyernment on
the part of the public the prevailing expires
sion of face is a rather inexpensive calm,
while the whole usual bearing is awkward
and inefficient The sense Of duty, which is
decidedly national characteristic, manifests
itself of course only indirectly, bat it perIne-
ates the whole life OF northern Switzerland,
and viii explain what follows: l. E., the state
meDt Of the lberslity and industry OF the
whole people.
THE RELIGIOUS LIBERALISM
Of the Swiss people has found expression
throughout more than century in the toiersa-
tion FIRST of Noltaire then Of religious refugees
OF al sorts; and the punishment Of the Jesuits,
the suppression OF the Salvation Army, and tie
express statement OF the constitution that per-
sons may be expelled whose presence are
deemed injurious to the confederacy, are ex-
planned as being wholly political or police reg
ulati0ns, the IesuitS being ay0wediy political
body, whose single object is directly counter to
the whole Swiss policy, while the Salvation
Army is regarded IN Switzerland just as it is
in New York-a public nuisance. The lib
crafty OF the Swiss in other respects cannot be
educational purposes, and throw their institu-
tions open TO all the world without regard to
race or sex. far exeelling the boosted liberalism
OF America both in the scope and quality Of the
Instruction offered and In the generous well
Come given to al students. The expenditures
u separate towns upon public Improvements
for commercial purposes quays bridges street.
paving, the telephone. &c. are q source OF con-
slant surprise 10 the traveller who sees, on one
hand, evidences OF the utmost thEif5 and SIM
plicity IN private life, and. on the other read
iness to make disproporiionateiy heavy public
expenditure Tor the public good. And these
expenditures are made as effective as they are
generous, which fact, indeed, probably explains
the generosity.
SWISS INDUSTRY,
Ike the Swiss climate, varies; in southern
] Switzerland. ia the so-called Italian cantons,
it Is relatively slight for here are found the
lNGt.ss u lzl-s tN24A1- CA4NsttS5 anu
| goitrous Inonstro5ities who formed . part of
! the Preo0leeived idea. These abnormal, non
! industrious developments, however, belong
only 10 special districts aud are far from being
characteristic OF the whole country. In north
err Switzerland, or the contrary, the whole
number Of Inhabitants, inciading cows and
dogs, work after calm, PERSISTENT fashion for
such snail pay as to our American ideas seems
pitifal, indeed; but il the life of northern
| Switzerland is lifeof dTadgery, there is much
TO be sad IN cxtenuaiiOa of its harSiships Ex-
cept in the silk aGd cotton industries, there Is
lIsie cf that hlgh organization which leads to
overprcaaetiol and panic; TO the anlassing Of
vast fortunes in few hands. and the heraing
/ together OF men, women, and little children
in the confusion, whirr. and rush of great fac
tories. In Switzerland the eob5ler still makes
shoes by hand in his own quiet shop. and has
! time and silence for thinking MS own thoughts
az he hammers and seFapes, with no distraction
all day long save the coming of a few customers
j and the long interval for his midday dinner.
! If some peasant woman draws her little cart
/ loaded with cs5bages or apples over fine hard
roads 20 the fruit market, the great dog who
/ pulls IN harness, sharing the load is her own
| Well-eared-for servant and friend. She pays no
rent FOR her open-air selling-pace, and her
! slender profit goes into her own pocket undi-
unfinished by subtraction for railroad or middle
| man. Her life is simple and wholesome, with
little excitement and worry, and measurable
| degree Of certainty as 10 the growth of her
| small store of savings In northern Switzer-
| land, though there Is poverty, there Is none OF
| that hideous psuperisln which forms, alas an
integral portion of cur Anglo-Saxon inherit
ance There Is no InaSs of ragged. griny popa-
lation making one quarter OF Swiss town a
penthouse and a menace fer the rest. Every
| where. among eEich and poor alike, there Is
cleanliness. order, self-Tespect. In the poorest
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dren can be found. As among the French peo-
pie, 50 among the Swiss, order is thought the
frst iaw-nct OF Heaven alone, but OF earth
also, and especially Of chiid-life. Very early
THE SWISS CHILDREN
begin 20 DO their share Of the family work, and
il is short walk indeed which can be taken
without meeting some boy or girl of four to
seven years Of age carrying the family LOAF
IN a basket or the family kiudIings in &
tall wicker strapped 10 the shoulder, and reach
ing far above tile little head 1t is not enon gll
garments neat and whole. They are kept snug
and warlD, and all bear unniistakable evidence
OF loving houae care.
The Swiss life falls however, short, in
sone respects Of our ideas Of It. The excel
lence of AnleIican TBachine-Eiade watches for
instance, has somewhat crushed one Swiss in
Gnst-y. Swiss carving is not so plentiful o. 50
cheap IS some of Us vsiDiv imagine. The
peasant costume is gone, and the dress Of the
women is now excessively ugly. being the con
voat.onai dress Of civilized women, but taste
less ia form and color, and coarse IN nleterial
The picturesque clements of Switzerland lie in
Tie natural scencry-,hc mountains, lakes
Valleys, and forests, tie aneient towns, aad
tiny lEalets: IL s01ae Of the forms Of outdoor
work, and IL tie dressing Of the men and the
children. u the people themselves there is ne
beauty, and. apparently, 10 desire therefor
which Is not amply satisfied By the loneliness
= nature There IS no Swiss srt no swis:
l.ssr4gEre no Swiss music, Ela the Protestant
religion here means CaiTinis1l il It's b0ldes1
form. F. K.
sfusieg f,e Falsot- Ron h = CTbu,cs.