New-York tribune., 1901-11-19
THE PASSING THRONG.

"Territet at the far end Of Lake Geneva" said
Chandler Hopkins Of Chicago. at the Hotel Man
haitian yesterday. rs a most
TERRITET trancing spot. In summer 1t IS de-
IN serted but in winter il is filled 70
WINTER the brirn with life and gayety- 1t
affords direct contrast in this to
Geneva at the other end of the lake. for in sum
mer Geneva is delightful and is much visited
Terrftet during this season is hot dull dreary and
deserted. On the other hand. when Jack Frost
makes his appearance Geneva is fog ridden. damp
and dismal while Territet is sunny ,IiI and deghtS ~
cold season throughout on that beautiful olue lake
the daytime. If however. winter sports are pined
for. they. TOO. lie at hand Far up on the noun
tain side is Glion reached in short time by cable
tramway from Territet At Glion skating, coasting
and other winter games can De had; II Is Is 5here
and summer in the course Of single DAY Iennhs tennis
Territet, and skating induged in in winter furs
at Gon in the afte59oon It used I to & pc t-eme taa TO
dous contrasts of climate were found to ne pro-
no none 1t 6nt te most haTy or perhaps the
most foolish, make the attempt 70 taste oi inc
II put in some weeks there last year at the Grand
Hotel ct Hotel des Alpes. as It is somewhat ponP-
ousIv styled" continued Mr.. Hop
AN AMERI- kins "and seldom have l had a
CANS more interesting time. The place.
RETORT. being the nearest winter health re-
sort to England packed TO the
brirn with soldiers invaIided home from the Boer
war. Ihey mad come IN ieSlOnS 10 liS SioACo VI
Lake Geneva to recuPerate. and. as was natural
there was a strenuous military tinge TO the con-
versatfon. There were large numbers of the CO.
loniaI among them especially OF those from
Australia. Any of them willing tc give you an
opinion of England's generals for the asking. ana
these opinions bly, the reverse OF COM
plimentary. The Australians were all young. anu
wonderfully like their American cousins OF tne
same age. Well set up to body, self-reiant ana
witty the courage and brains face and overcome
difficulty had small patience for the ignorance
and stupidity Of the average English officer Tommy
Atkins they liked and praised. but those who COM
manded him they disliked and condemned There
We're lots Of Americans and Germans there, too'
and some lively internati tiona discussions used oc-
casionaIly 70 ensue in the smoking room one was
particularly amusing it occurred between a Ger
man and American. The former be!ieved IN ois-
cipline and trained troops as he believed In the tne
hereafter The American believed in training, TOO;
but held that lot depended on the ma5erlai iI
trained. Given quoth he. that brains are LACKING
no amount of physical training viii make up l0r
them. Take the American troops comparatively
unframed. and see how well they fight: It's pc
cause Of their brains Nonsense, rejoined the
aroused German Unframed troops can never
stand against well drilled ones. Take your country
for example with practically drilled army nat
would YOU dor He paused impressively and tnen
said What would you do if Germany Landed an
army Of two hundred and fifty thousand perfectly
drilled and perfectly equipped men on your shores?
Bury them was the quiet but complete reJoinder-