The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-23
PROF. SMITHS TRIP ENDS
INTERESTING SERIES OF LETTERS
CLOSED WITH A DESCRIPTION
OF TWO COUNTRIES
SWITZERLAND AND ENGLAND
Made a Trip to StratfOrd-On-AvOn
the Shakespeare Country-Then
JOurneyed to KeniIwOrth-
Back on Native Soil
Special Correspondence of the Globe.

Special Correspondence of the Globe.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 2O-Switzerland I'M
doubtedly offers more inducements to the
idle tourist than any other country in
Europe. Everywhere the large number
OF excellent hotels speaks of the magni-
tude of the tourist business When we
landed at Interlaken, the great number
Of hotel porters standing in line ON the
wharf, all in uniform, was mistaken for
body of soldiers by several of our
party.
1t Is small matter of wonder that Swift
zerland is so acceptable to those seeking
recreation. Any kind of climate may be
found there. AT Simplon some one asked
at dinner for some ice, and was given in
stead q quantity of snow with which
several of the guests played SNOWFALL
The cherries, ice-crowned, snow mantled
mountain peaks look down upon warm
sunny plains, and every convenience that
clV1l1za ton can offer joins with natural
advantages to make it a most desirable
place for recreation.
In crossing the Alps one is apt to think
OF Switzerland only as a land of noun
ta1ns, Of glaciers and foamtng torrents
1t IS not alone the towering peak but
the mighty canyon, the tremendous gorge
1hat excite the wonder and aGmira ton
OF the traveller. But the region of chief
interest, after ALL is the cultivated one
ana journey from Lausanne to Inter
taken gives an opportunity for the study
CT the wonderful thrift of the farmers.
Inc landscapes are free from all evidence
Oh neglect or Indifference; fields are as
clean and attractive as a smooth shaver
lawn, and the farm premises are kept in
excellent condition with infinite care
Gardens, orchards and green fields, all
alike speak eloquently of the great pride
that their owners exercise in caring for
them. It is 10 wonder that III the midst
OF the turmoil and treachery that mark
the history of other countries in Europe
this sturdy little republic pu1sues the
even tenor of it's way" unhampered by
any entangling alliances, and enjoys the
blessings that always result from Il strict
attention to ones own business
THE BEAUTIFUL LAKE GENEVA.
We remained in Geneva for five DAYS.
finding continual pleasure In going about
It's old-fashioned streets and looking at
its quaint houses. By far however. the
beautiful lake attracts more attention and
eXc1teS more pleasure than all other OBJ,
jects combined. The waters are as blue
as the bluest heavens, and a visitor will
often stand for an hour upon one of the
bridges crossing it, watching tie waters
hurrY1ng under the arches, and looking
far out over its surface at the many yes
sells, with their tail, pointed sails. going
from place to place along its shore
we left the city reluctantly ear,y one
morning for Southern France, end aA-too
rapidly hurried on TO Paris, making stops
at Macon, DIXON and Fontainbleau The
most indifferent traveller, giving but lit
tie attention to things about him, cannot
fail to note the wide difference between
the people of the provinces and of Paris.
Iouraine is often called '+the garden of
france, but all the portion we passed
through seemed like a garden
The Splendid highways, bordered by long
lines of Lcmbardy poplar trees, the thrifty
vineyards THAT climbed over every hill
side and spread about over the plains,
the well harvested grain fields, the album
dant growth Of vegetables; above all, the
contented, cheerful manner and spirit OF
the people, bespoke a condition of peace
and prosperity, a condition very unlike
the one which hasty visit to Paris often
lmpresses one as the situation in France
Inc people were sincere and hearty in
their manifestations of good will, and.
whatever may be said to the contrary, we
saw nothing in the provinces to cause
US to believe that the French as a peo-
PIE are either selfish, revengeful or IN
ellis bic
We reached Paris Aug. LIST and remain.
ed there until Aug 18th. We gave our
attention, with the exception CT two DAYS,
exclusively to the Exposition, going upon
the grounds early in the morning and
remaining until evening. We had heard
and read many adverse reports and were
therefore pleasantly surprised to find the
exhibit far better than we had been led
TO hope that is was The one question
always asked is, We'll is it better than
the Worlds Fair at Chicago?" A candid
answer Is that in some respects If s
superior, and in others decidedly inferior.
but upon the whole it compares
most fayorably. There mas much less OF
the grotesaue and Of the unique than
American visitors expected to find the
whole arrangement and the entire COL
lection being sensible, solid and truly
representative of what is best in France
and in the other countries of the world
A VIEW OF THE EXPOSITION.
Those who went for the purpose of
studying the progress of science, manu-
features, fine arts, invention and in
dustrial trfumphs of the human mind,
were abundantly repaid; those who went
there 'Tor lark" whatever that may
mean, were probably disappointed We
talked with many who declared the Fair
was incomplete and unsatisfactory, but
: inquiry TeN6d16d the IaCL Cnat none of
these spent more than two days and
many of them but one day, upon the
grounds. OF course they were in no
position to form or to express an opinion
of any value. AS for ourselves, we shall
not forget the artistic and charming view
that daily we enjoyed from the Alexander
III bridge, as We looked up and do WI
the Seine. or along the Esplanade das
fnvalfdes, or the Street of Nations and
also the bewildering effect that a view
from the balcony of the 1rocadero
through the whole length of the Champ
de Mars afforded.
| The French people are decidedly artis-
! tic and perhaps the best expression OF
art that they have given the world Is
| found In the architecture, the grouping.
the collecting and arranging of this
! Worlds Fair. It's beauty grows upon the
visitor from day to day, and its impress
! sion must remain with him as a pleasant
memory for many years. Our mind is
/ filed with the wonders, natural and arti-
/ fetal, that we saw on our journey, but
/ the streets Of this fair, white Partisan
! city, with its hurrying crowds day and
night. with its novel and beautiful eff
! fects, stand out strongly and clearly. And
like a dream of the night comes the re-
collection of the Venetian fete, when