Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-09-13

s,aclal Correspondence
susa Young Gates before saiiln'
~ rnrope-The two ladies who sa
r'D ,se small steamer putting out 0
" ~'osnbagen harbor, on a mid-July al
'1ooo we're bound for Switzerland
w. one from the United States yo'
~ - rretty well; and now therefore
hDV -o ,ntroduoe you to the other one
n very strong type Of the bes
WV .nhood of the small European re-
public .,.o.c,.,v comes fro,
% ,no Oldest Freneh-swlss families
o,s Il dark. with the quick alert mo-
~" a, a bird. her black eyes having
u ~. came bright, frank, fearless char
..,suc OF medium height, her fg'
ae.e, a. vim and round, her great actly.
uie y, sing preserved 10 her In middle
ny a ,Ss suppleness and comllness Of
~, ,'on,h Frank in speech, ana thought
W. and kind in act, she wastes No
Iu' a"' nor time in useless endeavors
WIZ ~, paul Chalk, the famous philo-
.hsr and student. who was the IA
~, sVp"S u nv friend, should need no intro
t sa,, y, 10 an American public He diec
W., sStr ono wear ago at the advanced age
oyW His fame as a geographer was
VI sS.wIde. while his noble and singu'
WI, wiz unrIght character won him the
ia.s and respect Of all Europe
o., ,l. we're the manners and courtly
a ln0 Of the old school; imbibed nc
t.rbt IN his early manhood when he
s s as tutor to royal pupils both In
Trqland and on the continent. Among
ts daughters jewels is brooch which
nae the wedding gift from q princess
10 the young tutor ia.
Tho daughter has inherited the indie
,sndence and strength OF her father,
H., her Gifts have been exercised In
rractcal lines rather than In intellec-
taI pursuits. The widow of q banker
sra childIess, Mrs. Chapp0nniere
spsnds her time In doing good wherever
sbe goes. The story Of her life, the
,bort but happy welded years, her
c0, and loneliness at the death OF her
husband; her removal TO Paris, where
;or wears she worked under the tutllege
n one Of the greatest and purest OF
women. Nine Dumas, as a deaconess
/, one Of the most famous French Dea-
oness homes situated IN Paris; her
snbseouent illness from overwork, and
retirement to her lovely summer nome
n Cellngy near Geneva on a hillside
oyerooking the lake Geneva her long
acquaintance with that remarkable
Engllsh-Amerlcan cosmopolitan, Dr.
clisby who brought to my friend and
many OF her friends not only her refined
spiritual ethics Of Swedenborg, but
also an inspiration and uplift into the
large field Of woman's special activities
for women; all this Is interesting
enough for a story by itself. But just
now, We are all hurrylng down through
NE Baltic sea to the coast Of Germany,
and time and steamers wait for very
few people.
Such trim little steamer, with pots
n brilliant flowers in the tiny saloon,
with bux0m waiting maid who
couldn't understand what strawberries
we're In German, English or French, So,
al last my dear Switzerland" went
below and took the fruit herself from
The dining table and brought It 10
he. who had been III already before
leaving Denmark.
our tiny double sleeping cabin had q
tiny window, and the next morning at
laybreak, and that was barely 4
O'clock, my friend called out to me
that we were nearing land
Yes, there we were, steaming straight
up to the mouth Of the slow. silent riy-
er leading TO Hamburg and the cool
tewy morning hours were plctur-
esQue delight floating by the green
shores, dotted with quaint homes and
small farms, with windmlls and VIII
ages varying the landscape continually.
While the pointed spires or occasional
roadside cross gave evidence OF the
Nlesiy rule which softened and made
DeaTabe TO some degree the hard life
o. toll. Better a false religion than no
religion at all; better false hope than
10 hope but final despair and annihil-
rlnn.
The trains speed fast through Ger
Nany and the express corridor trains
n very comfortable idneed II Is an
va saying In Europe that only fools
sha Americans travel first-class there
Nsond.class is good, third-class
: endurable for short journeys
nv In some countries there
even fourth class where
lsoFe stand up, and are packed In like
cattle. " INV
Nhen we began to get down towards
usmldde and south Of Germany the
NV NV lrom the car windows was de-
eesluul Indeed. We We're leaving the
A semi, barren lands TO the north.
sua We NILS began TO arise on either
s sas uiack with woods and heavy with
castlssted tradition. w
4, hN We were nearing Gottlnpen
W., gs quaint Old university town and The
s s''s grew more frequent the towns
wy ana more picturesque: and. oh. IL
49,, ~ Ws uear Old town which had shell
~, 49, uree or my children for two
y. ~ and where my first grandchild
nI. yVllb ana Where a large party of
s,s Ta se.s spent two weeks of the happiest
,r' y, most ,lO' delightful foreign experiences
',, vonehsafed to mortals.
c ,s'e don't you see the fields of
~al. brilliant with red poppies or
ling ing win the beautiful blue corn
S,v ~ s,S ana those quaint. picturesque.
rS ,t n,nN delightful farm houses,
n, No. s ene Oarn on one side and the dwell
en-. 'oou IONS on the other. all under the
49, 'oVl' with the pile of manure
49, ~. about The front door. DR.. John
a,,V declared the natives "ripened'
So, ~ vueeses and kraut under the ever
n, 1' 'front.' yard manure pile. How
mai :. VuserVed that DR.. John ate rs
rrs ~ p., lne rich green or yellow Shiny
,,s. a nt,cn is called cheese there. as
rnn su lean or Lu. and far more than
hs,sS'ss ~ nate or | essayed to do. SO,
sr.ri " Ihe German cheese and kraut. |
Am 1,s pok' DO you see THAT highest
IN, ' s now coming into view, on the
her. r ,,'" It is, you can see even
h my sHh tower and turrets. IL is.
ol3 my De- Heidenburg. that glorious
sr5 ~ 70 which DR.. John escorted us.
'''fe We wandered for hours over |