Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-26
TEXAS GIRL ABROAD
A Happy Change Of Mind Con-
corning Geneva, Switzerland.
A Pretty Place, Not Especially Charac-
teristic, but Delightful-Advan-
tageS in Decorations.
Comment Upon the orderliness of the People.
Wine Drinking INDUCED In, but Not
One Case OF Drunkenness seen.
Special correspondence of the Gazette.

Special correspondence Of the Gazette
GENEVA Aug. IA few days ago we thought
Geneva very stupid place; nothing much to
see. Mount Blanch hidden by hot haze
everybody complaining of the heat Then one
morning the whole town burst out into a blaze OF
red and white, and blue, and yellow, and green,
and in day and half 10000 people arrived.
We had heard something of musical ICON
cour A" but had thought little of it till this fury
OF flags appeared. Then came some bright,
cool weather like a greeting from the Alps TO the
fete Mount Blanc appeared on the horizon as
if he had just arrived for the occasion, and we
began to invest il concert tickets, and to feel
the atmosphere of
ExPEcTANr EXCITEMENT.
Geneva is { pretty place anyway, not espe-
cisIly characteristic, but delightful just now
when it is all q tlutJer of flags. We thought we
had seen towns decorated before, but never had
We thought it possible for q town to be decor
ated this town Is. In respect TO flags Swift
zerland has a great advantage, for besides the
national white cross red field she has ali the
canton flags Eh oh make fine show on an
casion like this All nations represented in
this dag show, however; right here floating out
of our own window the stars and stripes,
section of the city has done its own decorating,
and there seems to be great rivalry. Long
swalloN-tailed pennors of red and white
floating everywhere from the top of slender red
and white striped poles put up for the occasion.
The half dozen bridges across the Rhone are
lined with double rows of these graceful stats
gay with them, every boat in the harbor has
ITS RIGGING FULL OF FLAGS.
These penIonS also line some of the principal
streets. where gariands are drapeo from pole to
pole four flags being fastened wherever they
are caught up. In other streets forests of fir
trees have been set up along the sidewalks, o
paving stone having been removed for each tree
and these covered with bright paper roses SO
taat they look like Christmas trees. But dear
me this is not ALL Just look above your head
to the innumerabIe flags flying from every pos
tbe point! Theirs are thirty three just on the
cont of our pension; and here are miles and
Sniles OF gariands, stretched from window to
window, al up and down and across the streets,
and row after row of little huttering pennons,
swung on wires from side to side, millions OF
Chinese lanterns bobbing around in the air,
balconies draped with colors, windows banked
with flowers paper blossoms helping out where
geranuIas have failed 20 come up to the occa-
sion). triumphal aTchei of evergreen, bunting
of
EVERY Possible SHAPE
and color flying from everywhere. Oh, can't
begin to tell the giddiness of it! And this is not
on two or three or half a dozen streets, but in
every corner of the city and out in the suburbs
Well. The decoration is prettiest OF all in
the cd town, where you get charming vistas of
waving draperies. through narrow, winding
streets. The Rue de In Fontaine evidently has
a reputation to sustain street that knows
how 20 dress up for fete, AUD the Rue de Is
Fontaine was not going to be beaten this time.
and we say, and everybody says. that it has not
crooked little street of the old town,
running up rather steep hill between six and
seven-stofy houses which open on the street in
wine and provision shops. Every inhabtant OF
that street has entered into the decorating BUSH
ness with whole heart; even the garrett dwell
lers have put out flags and filed their little win
dow stills with flowers, that looking up You
see the sky, only between
FLUTTEBING CLOUDS OF BRIGHT
colors, mixed with the green of many garlands.
Men were still putting up flags the morning we
walked through, though we could see scarcely
place where another bit of buntinT could swins