The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-08-21

Live as Their Fathers LiVed-ENue-
r1enees In Hotels and Barber shops
European Towns Maintained ~
American Tourists.
Geneva, Switzerland, Aug. ST have been
IN Geneva one day, was never here before.
and feel admirably equipped for an ex-
tended description Of the city profound dis
seFtatioRS on its customs. its outer and in
ner life. Shot through Europe Ia q pneu-
matte tube, every tourist imagines that he
has received a call TO write a book Ia which
everything relating to country ana people
Is made quite clear Kodak work in liter
allure is everywhere prevalent. Why not?
To write about that Of which you know
nothing or next. to nothing is absorbingly
interestng-tO the writer. Ones imagina-
/ ton Is quite untrsmmeled by the some
l what imperious and uncomfortable demands
! Of truth when known, so better to dip your
/ pen into a dream and write.
Seriously speaking, the Imagination IS
powerfully stirred by this cid town. Sitting
/ by the window Of my hotel, the Grand Hoo
/ tel De La PAX (the high-sounding prefix
/ Grand by the way, seems to be in high
/ favor among European hotels) my eyes
rest upon the blue waters Of Lake Geneva,
the river RhOne rushing swiftly TO mingls
its clear waters with the muddy Acre; the
cloud-girt Alpine peaks in the distance;
Mont Blanc, stern. snOW-clad, king over
all, I can toss a stone upon ROsseau ISL
/ and, with its monument to the gifted and
/ unhappy FTencbman whose name il bears;
not far OF is FuFney. the home Of that
hooking spirit, strange compound Of gem
ffH1 md IDOL ala
| the scene Of CalviH's lab0rs. echOiug yet
+ with the grave notes Of this superb dialeo-
| ticisn and theOlogian-set in strange yari-
1 ance with the holiday music to which the
I gay Geneva Of the present loves to move.
! BeAutifuIness of the Commonplace,
! Now let me make a humiliating confess
/ sion. Neither the memories that Irvine
/ about the names Of the great sceptics, nor
/ the great preacher, nor even these stern
/ visagedi dark-brOwed mountains, interest
/ me so much as the shop windows, with their
! gay array OF toys, watches, daintiest paint,
J ings on porcelain, and the most artistic,
/ inimitable wood carvings, These have
/ human and present interest, and I would
/ turn aside from page OF history any day
10 read a newspaper, telling me Of the now,
from the study Of mountain ~ the study
of man.
/ was standing not long ago before one
Of the masterpieces in great art gallery
/ and admiTing it, too. Up came a little
child and / found far Mere beautiful its
sweet pure face, than the marble beauty
| which men cross seas 10 see. Were the
| fingers of the statue perfect? They were
not so perfect as the little fingers that
! touched the marble. Were the lips of the
classic figure tempting2 So were the lips
{ of the little child and the child's lips were
I warm. Would that We all might more
] and more see the beautiful Ia the common
place and in the everyday
But ] am straying from Geneva, Am i
not consistent In this! DO not dreams al
/ ways wander? But, think hear harsh
| Very we'll To begin, the first thing thaG
/ you catch with your kodak is q lelsure1~
ness to which all Westerners are strangers.
| is IL the mountain calm the placid lake
that weave themselves about these people,
giving TO them their life2 is &c because
that here labOrs rewards are not so great
as with us, and toll incentives are thefe-
fore, not so strongE Is IT a racial chat-
acteristic2 Is it a philosoPhie poseF is 1t
You may answer these questions, I can
not But the fact is not to ne cOntrcvertod,
business life is not here so strenuous Ane
better shops do not Open until or ~
1 o'clock I'm the morning and close at , or b
1 I'm the afternoon. The Saturday hair hol-
] Is
/ cities on the continent And during, ousl-
| ness hours the rush and hustle ana nef-
| VOus tension with which we are alasi TOO
familiar seem absent here.
Take the elevator lifts" as they are CALI
ed. for example They move slowly very
! slowly at times do not seem 20 be moving
/ at all We were coming I'D In the mt
| Yesterday, FIVE gentlemen by actual COUNT,
and me elevator boy. We started, slowed
I IN came 10 a dead stop. -Ihere are too
many OF YOU tn, gentlemen" So one man
considerably stepped OF. Up we Went
! again as the snail is supposed 10 go: Alttt
! several minutes We suggested to the boy
who was manipulating the lift that per
/ hans we might go faster III he would eel
/ out and walk up. To OUT sufpiise ue tooA
| our humorous suggestion IN Qeau earnest
smfIingly .assented and stepped out AFTER
/ a few minutes ride we reached the Iouttn
! floor. there was our boy ready 10 receive
US. Since that experience i have Deem
| walking.
FurODeEns Ignore Hust1inH Americans
1 recall now a ChicagOan at the Midland
| hotel fin London, waiting, waiting waiting
. for 'Iift' that wouldn't come, and then
expressing himself IN language more Wig
or6us than choice, and not IN Hebrew
either. What's the use2 Your Tuning ana
| your hurry" won't bulge these eposues
| of calm one inch. o, for Jew ounces OF
/ piacidity for my countrymen,
/ don't think that / shall smu6gle any
| diamonds through the custom house, Ihere
l is a very good reason why snau NOT Duy
diamonds-but ] would smuggla a little pit
/ of this continental Festfulness II ! couiu.
I know could bring no richer GIT 10 my
ME secret Of repose, these GeEeyans
have learned &c. Their monuments 20 thelr
dead seem hardly more undistqr3ed. i-iie
/ 10 these people rs a quiet Island laNeq py
/ murmuring waters lulling TO rest ana sleep
| They are not progressing as we are a4vu6
material lines. not "developiHg as we say'
not getting rich, nor, with lev exec ptii t,1s
l caring TO get rich, but they are poslllNeiy
| beautiful I'm their statuesque Fepose-
/ These people live as their Ialhtrs !Ntu.
/ Yesterday we saw a building mere On process
OF erection and instead on the aeIIlC. )
swinging with ease and grace me sIeaL
/ bIorirs I'M air we saw them being laporlOusiy
, / carried on q kind Of 'stretcner on lhe
/ shoulders Of the w0rkmen. shouiq nave
, ! pxDected that kind Of revelation IN hsyptI
but was surprised TO md IL mere
American Barber Chairs Not IN Favor
Innovations are everywhere discounted
Enter barber shop, and, by the way MARX
/ Twafn's experience in one on lhese shops
is not so exaggerated as you Would INA slle'
You are placed in sim, strdtBnt elali
'H0rriblei why don't you get an AueIl-
ran barber chsiT?" You are told that they
were introduced. but that the people ala nos
IKE them. Gracious! Not ike themf Nhsl
biockheads they are: s0tJly. --i-- 90.
You viii meet with another surprise voc
and NOT 10 YOUR liking. The tourist nlBnt-
marc is extras" How the extras pie upl
Recurring to the barber SHOP, i slelpel
/ INTO one the other day 90 have my nan
ttrinued. The charge was extremely rea,
, / sonqble for the trimming, but the extras.
So much for singing, 50 much lel
z 0ufnine bath, so much Tor a pIelata tlui.
I | ~ bev rl1u SO much for dressing the nail
, lin an I'VE extras ive separate bills, nFe
q | additions 10 my account.
Nc Charges fer Hanging Up Your Hat
b AT the hotel you fare no better. Room
e so much meals so much, attendance Z.
{ uucb fights SO much. AT a restaurant ths
Z other day we were charged for napkins
! one of our party was moved TO ask II there
4 we're any extra charge for hanging up our
G hats Thus far We have not been chaisee
I for that. g.,
3 These people are very kind. They loys
2 / rs am. They love US, we sometimes think
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