The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-14

t..rfrg Il GOOD restaurant, = Jl-aIe- and =
( cgrcar. loom
/ was o.lr with private funds aat IS
owned hv a private COR any, but the 1-ty
! gives s4.DtA a year 10 - support
! The people feel that they get more than
| this ont OF 3 IL having cheap mus. and 4
! gpc'! amusement place -Or themselves anu
! The travelling public
! Their are beautiful casinos az Geneva and
! Luccrue. with reading. concert and bail
! rooms. restaurant. thester ami saTtaaS.
You can 20 into the gardens free and
listen - ine concert which is n..G daily at
/ p N.
i and that the department stores are
slowly but surely making their Way into
Europe.
paris has had them for many years. but
the other cities are just beginning 10 adopt
them. and ind several here III Switzcr-
lard.
There IS one in the heart Of the ctty
) which looks as though it might have been
lite; up out Of an American town ant
dropped down into the Alps.
It's walls are Of iron and glass and il IS
constructed n much the same way as our
stores.
It has, however, about Two clerks to our
on. and instead Of using the cash carrier
system or the cash boy it has little cash
d.-ks here and there Oh every tOor.
The purchaser has 10 pay al his hills at
these desks. the clerk who has made the
sale going with him ard carrying the goods
20 be there WRAPPED up
The clerks are not allowed to handle th=
moEer. ana the system Is altogether most
. clumsy and iHcanVenient 10 the purchaser,
Zurich does Z big business il silk.
1t completes with Lyons as 10 certain
goods, and it has Wholesale silk stores
which compare favorabIy with any l saw in
France.
SILKS MADE TO
| III LEA EF THE TlJ-PTST
The silks are made to suit the foreign de-
:nanti and also 10 catch the eye Of the
tourist.
l bought. among other things, an Amer
lean flag woven in Zurich d Il souvenir
and was offered no end OF Italian blankets
made bv the swiss Of refuse silk for the
tourist trade.
I say Italian blankets. for tne Swiss are
great imitators.
Like the Germans. they copy the goods
OF other countries. and I am told they &c
this even to the trade marks.
One instance I know Of was that Of tie
Mccormick reaper.
The Swiss saw these machines were sell
ing well with their farmers and one firm
initiated them and put a facsimile on the
market which II named the CormiCk."
of course. the American Mccormick COM
pany objected, and as the steal was so ap-
parent the Swiss were compelled to change
the name to the Heivetia. although they
did not alter :!le make of the machine.
This makes me think of a revolver l saw
in South America which was the exact
copy Of a waeIl-known American make.
It was manufactured by the Germans and
bore upon its side the legend. Smith &
Wesson cartridges must be used with this
revolver"
The Smith & Wesson'' were in large let
tiers and the remainder in small. so that
the South American who could only read
Spanish and could make out nothing but
those words thought he was buying a gen
nine American gun. whereas he got a cheap
and nasty German Imitation.
I came near being arrested to-day.
] was coming from the bank with my
mail and had just torn npen i letter from
the editor Of this newspaper and thrown
the envelope on the street.
\ policeman came up TO ne and eyed me
stetnly as he pointed TO it
I blushed red and at once picked it I'D.
for I had heard that it was against the law
OF throw waste paper on the street.
You can't even throw it into the river or
canals without being liable to arrest, and
the laws are rigid as to city cleanliness.
All the people are expected to keep the
streets clean in front of their houses, and
the police hep them.
The result is that Zurich looks like a
Dutch kitchen and the whole town is spick
and span.
The streets are we'll kept and are relafd
whenever they show signs Of going into
rUts.
Some of the Swiss roads are paved with
cobbles.
1 went over such a one this afternoon
which The 'ahoFers were repairing.
DOZEN MEN Al
WORK LAYING STONES.
TheIe were perhaps u dozen men at work