The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-02
ROMANTIC SWITZERLAND.
EXPERIENCES OF A VIRGINIA GIRL
IN EURO
After n Weary Season of Sightseeing
She Settles Down as Recluse ia 'e-
vey-Imprcssions Conveyed to Her Nina
bv the scene. v and the People.

She settles Down as hoOi"'" ="
vey-Imprcssions Conveyed to Her Mine
bv the scene. and the People.
lFor the Tlmesl
After crossing the waters of the bounding
deep, roughing it in great capitals ana
after weary weeks of sightseeing, boule'
ward strolling existence, at last our herml-
tage has been attained. We have, ere this,
surveyed the varying and tickle world from
the tons of 'busses and mountains. From
the houses we look down from the height OF
our spread.aagle eminence on those curious
barbarians called French, and more partlc'
ularly Parisians! Their manners are pecu'
liar. The men not only bow and smile very
sweetly to the ladies, espec tally II they are
Young and prettyOn this re ect they vague
Iy resemble our men, nom they pro
bably imitate). but the keep up the
same habit towards OF men. This IS
truly remarkable, and OF course
intensely bad form unless 1t be 10
YOUR college master, the man you owe
fifty cents TO. should he happen TO eaten
YOUR eve from the other side OF the street;
or TO your father-in-law-to be, oil course
afterwards you do as you please. Nh!'
have actually seen Frenchman, presuma
against another and a stranger, stop, apol-
ogize and take on his hat. Why could not
the man walk sereDely on. whlstling sOitly
and looking ahead OF him, as If nothing II "a
happened, while the other rubbed his elbow,
insterd of making such fuss! PAN IT
makes me tired, and besides, II isn't what l
want 10 write about.
Why am here In hOary old Helyetia In.
stead of walking down Broadway or
\ Y
that's not the point, aud as I'm not grumb-
i. ling oyermuch at the place, you may con-
clude that like IL. The fact is that l am
here; remain for some time In all llkeli-
hood. And now that am here l Will tell
YOU about some funny things they do IN TINS
queer country.
DOLCE FAR NIENTE.
A delicious star niente" feeling peryades
old Europe, though its business offices
seem TO be in Italy The "faf niente' pro-
nonnced in good SaXOn-English would be
s'dOn't-try-tO-make-me-d thug but an
Italian foreigner told me the other day that
such was not the real meaning OF the
phrase; that in his lingo IT had more
dreamy poetical "tickle-me-with-a-ieat
sort OF meaning. However, | don't take
much stock i'm what he SAYS, for he tried 10
make me believe that the Coliseum in
Rome was two or three thousand years Old,
i forget which. but told him | had not
lived one and twenty summers IN
the land Of the free TO be taken
in with tEet sort Of stun, SO
he saw that ii was no use, and gave II up.
But he was an awfully ignorant, incredu.
lous sort of chap, for when told him
that there was a place in Chicago where
you put live pig in one end of "A machine
and Is shot out in sausages at the other end
fiye minutes after, and three weeks alter
that IL was sold in Rome for bologna saus-
age, he shrugged his shoulders, spread out
his hands, aud smiled. | asked him If he
didn't believe it, he said: "By Bacchus.
do not" Baccy or no baccy, it was true
just the samel
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY.
The scenery here is fine, or at least il
would be, could you see it, But You can't
from here, not like in some parts at home
that Is, where you can get on your root and
see RICH. over the country till the sky
comes down and blOts out the rest because
there are no hills In the way. That's what
call something like view. Here there
are some laundering big mountains right
bang opposite on the other side Of the
lake, which isn't three miles across.
They have some fine groves OF
pine trees that rise from the foot
and 20 up to about 1000 feet high; at least,
% am told, and perhaps its true. Above
them you see pale green grass slopes, then
rocks-just now the top pay is covered with
snow, but when IT'S hot Ii mets. Further
on 10 the left, just beyond the end of the
lake, out Of what these Swiss call the Rhone
ALLEY. rises a whopper. The people here
all II the Dente du Midi, which is French
1.-THE tooth of the South" There are
ven Of them shooting right up in the air,
vi the highest is about twelve thousand
high. They are great, big, white, glis-
,g fellows. They say that the snow on
rN,ountain is eternal, because IL never
P> Once for all, Mr.. Editor, | don't
responsibility in this statement.
Ill been up 10 the top 10 see, and can
you what have heard about ii.
~ powerful lot OF good ground and
WASTED. Ii they'd only level these
Asins and roll them out they'd get
-. A,x rec or four times as big. and
y 40, S-----rops, for OF course you can't
es,er~ cy@,;,hing on a wall; besides, the
e,>x Sl,,would do instead Of ever SO
WV ./refrigerators in summer, and you'd
Eet much more air, and better view. OPP
posite and beyond the teeth there are lots
more big mountains, and won't deny that
they look pretty at night when the sun goes
down over the lake, and The snow tops shine
ADD glisten, and are pink and red aud yell
low, long after the valley and water are all
in the shade.
LAKE or GENEVA.
The lake Is called, you know. "Lake of
Geneva" from the town, but they also call
Il ssLeman.v Whey they call II Leman,
end why ono name isn't enough for any
= mystery 10 me. IL is shaped like
% that when you turn the
Town towards Geneva at the
~ suddenly get brand new
O(ntains and ixings TO order.
grumbling kind might ask
I arrange things so as TO see
once, instead Of lodging
Ger 10 see the other side,
ired Of one set Cf mountains.
Of little steamers on the lake.
-,0ats with enormous sails;
barges. The barges are used
sing-stOnes aud other articles
.ry from this end 10 Geneva
vEyEY.
right down by the side OF
~lrens, and Montreux, and
TT Lausanne, but you can
liens OF little baby railway
,ulaire." Ii runs up and
everybouhe lake side to the town.
would like 20 know what
ages are Ike. Veyey is a
quite so big as Richmond. IL
.,.onssnd eight hundred aud
Ntants. counting the babies. IL
~ town, and not very animated,
at sc many people about There 1
z fnnny little shops, each contain.
oi1 woznon asleep, and few things
th1oo things don't ever seem 10 be
~ ~ same articles are always In the ;