The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-06-15

.7yURICH, May %, 1S90.-It is only of
| ok late years, comparatively speaking,
! EzaS that Switzerland may be said to have
! become popularized for tourists; that is to
| say. rendered accessible to the great masses
| of pleasure-travelers. Not that It's attrac-
tions have not long been known; indeed,
the memory Of man runneth not to the con-
trary, when lovers of all that is picturesque
and beautiful in nature were not won't to
! dilate with enthusiasm upon the charms OF
| Helvetia. Even the pen of the Roman his
torian Tacitus does not disdain to touch on
| these fertile themes, on occasion, ana
writers ever since his time. both in prose
| and verse, are never weary of enlarglng on
| the yistas of snow-capped heights, and
| CRY stall lakes, and peaceful wales, which
! TOUR through Switzerland has unfolded to
| their admirng gaze.
Yet, spite of this, it cannot be denied that,
up to the early half Of the present century,
a Swiss tour was luxury INDUCED In only
! by comparatively few, and those either per-
| sons of great means, or simple pedestrians.
! The railroad and the steamboat. however,
| have changed all this. To reach and travel
| comfortably through and through Swiizer-
| land has now become so simple and SO conf
paratively inexpensive matter that all the
| world and his wife have learned to flock
! thither during the summer months and the
| once lonely mountain passes, sylvan lakes
and valley roads are now as familiar to
! thousands living FAR away, as are the paths
| leading across their native fields.
| In tins connection 1t may be proper TO
quote the words of Mr.. Eugene RamUert
| former President OF the Swiss Alpine CIuo,
| which serve as an introduction 10 the pre-
face of LA Suisse Picturesque ct Hygien-
! qur," published last year at Lausanne by
| MT. Iallichet, Director of the ''B bIiotheQue
| Unverselle."
! MIR. RAAIBERT WRITES.
Formerly travel WAS considered an effective
| means for instruction. In proportion as the
| world has become mote involved IN business,
| and DIS civilization becoming enlarged aud more
complicated burdens IL with greater cares, so
| aisU does the need OF vacation pei iods Increase.
| Formerly very rich English, Frsnch, russians
| and UtherS-lhOse whose entire Ives are made
| W. Of yacdtions-were almost The only ones who
PASSED Though our laud; To-Day IL Is visited Oy
people OF ali conditions OF lie iIom all countries
! ms Increasing need OF a lew weeNs iepose
| won la spite 0I themselves from The labor OF
each year forms one OF The Characteristic tfaits.
ole OI tile necessities, OI The present century.
Aud the barber lie world iabos Ine
| Now QUE land is In the trout rank OF those
; Designed by natuTe-aud III saying nature
! one may as well say floVldehce-to serve ufed
| humanity as a temporary refuge, and As place
OF est aud beuehcenI suJourn. we nave III lliS
regard mission To iulmi, the burden OF which
We Should find II difficult 10 throw OH. This
| mission has lis grandeur aud lis poetry well.
| Ate tne Alps less beautiful Tor the reason That
| their liie-giyiGg air reiTesLes the entire wUrdY
| All That We have 10 do Is 10 10 bfaveiy la aG-
vance oil destiny aud rise 10 The height OF The
| task incumbent UPON US. All labor Is 4 service
! Let Us not be ashamed TO I've, each Of US lu his
! OWn way, but let il be as honest people and not
a. eXpl0iJeurs; with Kindness, but without ser
Why, and as becomes free citizens OF me oldest
republic. Guides, pOrters inn- keepers-all these
! employ meuts may lave taelr dignity; they have
II ia proportion 10 The honesty with which they
| are accompanied, anu discharged.
1hese words, coming as they do from a
! representative man, give gratifying evil
dence Of the Swiss peoples appreciation OF
| the tact That thtlI De8uteUus mountain land
| has now become the summer pleasure
! ground for ali the people OF the earth, and
/ That they are prepared to e'lnce SUCH APP
! probation BY
MEETING THE STRANGER
! More than hall way in the desire to render
/ his sojouru IN, and iourneylngs through,
| Switzerland as comfortable ana pleasant as
| possible. And a word ere as to the great
| variety of peoples and countries repre-
| scented during season at any one OF the
! leading Swiss resorts. English and Ameri-
| cans and French, aud Germans, and Rus
slams, one sees OF course IN any number, and
represented everywhere. But i'll ADDITION
| To theSe there are visitors from corners
If the world more remnte. The sturdy col
0niSt from the Cape OF Good Hope jostles
| against his brother from the sheep farms of
| Australia; the tuTbaned 1urk, the Swarthy
| Egyptian, and the Indian prince may all, at
| one time or another, be seen as trequenterS
/ of the Quays and thoTOughfartS or Zurich,
! Lucerne or Geneva. Here is a group OF
| Cinnamon, or OF Japanese Intent on oDSerY-
| Ing the habits of summer Ioungers in the
! European world; while from nearer Eu-
rope, We have SpanlardS, HungarianS, and
/ SNedes admirlng all. enjoying all, and
preparing 10 carry to their distant homes
| vivid descriptions OF all the beauties OF this
| fairy Alpine land.
| In short, Switzerland in summer las come
| to be nothing IL not cosmopolitan. 1t Te-
mains Swiss, but Is the property OF the
WOrid-a fountain OF refreshing Inspiration
| at which the weary OF ali nations may come
! TO qIlench their thirst aud ga!n fresh
strength tor their coming labors. Nor, on
! the other hand, have the Swiss them
I selves proved Inseusible TO the responsible
| ity thus devOiylnE upon them. The Immense
! OUTLAWS of capital in atfording railway,
! steamboat and diligence communication 10
! the most remote and formerly inaccessible
points; the colossal sums Invested III afford
! ing good hotel accommodations (and where
! can better hotels be found than the Swiss
| ones y; the construction of mountain rail-
| ways-such as the Pllatus, the Rigi, the
| Utliberg and a score Of others, by which
| the tourist may ascend in comfort TO peaks
| commanding some of the erandest views
| upon which the eye of man ever rested; the
publication and gratuitOus distribution of a
| great number and variety VI guide books in
| different languages for the information of
strangers: the Identification and
| ADoRNMENT OF THE LARGER CITIES,
As, for instance, Zurich. with its new 7,O0O,-
| 000 franc quays; and the universal en-
| deayOr in all the most trequented localities,
| both great and small, to improve by artifi-
| cal means the work which nature has
| begun last, but not least, the establish
ment at Zurich and Geneva of General
| Inquiry offices, where, without charge,
tourists may obtain any and all informa-
| ton in regard to trains, boats, points of
| interest-in short, on every subject which
can possibly arise to facilitate their move
| IuentS or render their sOiOurn in SwtZer-
| land agreeable-all these facts furnish in
coutesiible proof that the Swiss people are
aroused 10 full sense of the Importance of
this annual summer hegira, and are pre-
| pared to do their full share in rendering a
cordial and hospitable welcome to the
| hundreds of thousands Of guests who
annually cross their borders.
| In the foregoing resume many subjects
! have been barely touched upon, each of
which might, however. be amplitied into an
interesting chapter. Take, for instance.
roads, and the capital and labor
which are being, and have already
been. expended in rendering the various
famous mountain peaks accessible 10 tour
| lists. 1t is safe TO say that before many
years shall have elapsed even the famous
Jungfrau the queen-peak of the Bernrse
Alps, the summit of which has as yet been
reached only by comparative handful of
adventurous Alpine climbers, will be, as
VeSuyius is, reached by a mountain rail-
way. atfOrding safe and comfortable access
! to the grand scenery it commands. The en-
! terprise shown by the recent successful
completion and operation of the road to
the summit of Pilatus has proved con-
tagious. The summit of Mount st. Saliva
tore, overlooking Lake Lug ano, is already
accessible by rail; so also, this season, Is
that of Monte Generoso, its royal neigh
| Dor, commanding a view OF Tessin, the
! lakes of Lugano Como and Maggiore, and
! good piece OF Lombardy; while, from diff
! ferent sections of Switzerland come reports
| of great projects of similar nature, the
| feasibility OF which has been clearly DEM
Onstrated by those already accomplished.
A feature of Zurich which attracts the