The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-07

were Brussels. Antwerp, The Hague,
Cologne, Heidelberg, the Rhein and Swift
zerland. Speaking of Switzerland. Miss
Miller said:
Il was much impressed with the drives
among the mountain passes. These are
formed of powdered rock and are as smooth
and firm as the most beautiful macadamized
road near WASHINGTON. The peasants keen
the roads in order, and you see piles of
granite along the roadside ready to fill up
the smallest holes. We had a delightful
coaching tour, staging it along from point
to point and stopping when ami where we
pleased. We helped the Swiss celebrate the
anniversary of their independence at Vevey,
and found the whole place brilliantly illu-
minated by signal lights burning on the
mountains. These lights were of red, blue
and yellow, and as they cast their myriad
rays over the lake, which was filled with
gaily decorated barges, the effect was that
of gorgeous carnival. We arrived in Lon
don on the 4th of July, but we found no
celebration OF our national independence
there, and we got some fireworks and had a
little celebration of our own.
Nv hlle we were in Switzerland" contin-
ued Miss Miller, I'VE took the new railroad
from Visp up TO Zermatt. We found our
selves 500 feet up in the air, and there
seemed TO be 10 visible support beneath US.
he ascent is very steep. The road is mar
row, and you get no glimpSes of solid
ground inside OF yonr compartment. You
feel as though you dared not look out over
the pTecipices, but when you get to the top
you have one of the finest views in Europe.
The magniicence of the scene is beyond
conception. | looked with wonder on the
Lion of Lucerne. 1t is cut high upon the
steep lace IF the cliff.
From Lucerne we went to Paris There
everything is different The bnuevards
are crowded from morning till night with
the gayest people from every cline.
stylish turnouts fill the roadway and ee-
ganty dressed ladies from all parts of the
world added to this make up scene OF life
which you VIII see nowhere else. We Wis
led the wonderful picture gallery in AM
sterdam and saw there some of Rembrandt's
most wonderful paintings with gems Of art
that line the walls on every side"
Mr.. Menocal OF the Navy made a trip
during the last summer TO Holland in order
to study the workings OF the Holland Canals
and Mrs. Menocal accompanied him. In
talking of her trip she said:
Inc first thing that struck me in Holland
was the extreme tiatneSs of the country
You may travel there for days and weeks
without seeing cliff or even hill OF any
Kind The sirangeness, however, wears
of after while and you enjoy peaceful
repose Of the Dutch cities. We found a
charming cleanliness and order every where,
There was no hurry, even In the most
popuous cities, and the streets were woll-
derfully clean. Every householder is ex-
pected TO keep the grounds around his
own dwelling in appe-pie order, and the
streets are daily washed till they look like
the floor Of a New England kitchen The
peasants still wear the picturesque old head
dress of white linen, and the more wealthy
ladies have similar one made of the finest
and newest lace. The Paris bonnet is. how
ever, coming in among the rich, and the
picturesqueness of Holland may in this re-
spect become a thing of the past. We saw
some farmers wives even disfgured by the
modern bonnet, and we by far preferred
gold pins sticking out at the fore
head.
AT the Hague" continued Mrs. Memo
cal, I'VE visited the palace in the woods
This beautiful structure contains the orange
room, the walls and ceilings of which are
entirely covered by frescoes painted by Ru-
bens and nine of his best scholars. One of