Morris tribune., 1905-11-11

To give you some idea of its ex
tent. let me say that we walked II
over third of mile, almost hall
mile, and were not half way to th'
lend, Tie cave desceuds to a deptb
of 1000 feet below the entranc>. A
rapid stream rushes thru the entire
length and all the curious rock
formations of untold centuries arr
seen. We were told that the cave
was onced used by the Druids.
From Interlaken we went by rail
and steamer to Lucerne. Lucerne
is the most beautiful Swiss city, |,
think There are none of the high.
est mountains near but from the
Rigi and Bilatus and the Stanser-
horn, one may get views of al.a '5c
the whole Alpine group. The lake
is gem. The color, that indescrib-
able green which is characteristic
of all the Swiss lakes, is seen at its
best. The city is we'll built, poss-
esses historic interest and is an ideal
place to spend a vacation, Here l
had my first and only Swiss golf.
The links were on the Sonnenberg,
1850 feet above sea level, The links
wese not in good condition but they
presented opportunities for exercise
unrivalled, for they were all cup
and down. We had a sort of triple
alliance combination game that day.
| played,with the professional coach.
an Englishmen and for a caddy we
had German-Swiss boy named
Jacob. In Switzerland the warning
is not ''fore" but .'achtung". We
"achtunged" one obtuse Swiss artist
for long time in vain and only
after ball had come perillously
near to his cranium--shall [ say not
entirely accidentally-did he take
his artistit self away.
One day we assembled Rigi by the
oldest cog-wheez road in Switzer-
land. The grace was rs per cent at
times aud we had 10 hold on to the
seats. The view from the top was
msrred by low hanging clouds, 80
that we did not get the far view of
the snow peaks but we had a re-
markable sight of the surrounding
countsy. A veritable garden spot
was before us and we counted no
less than six or seven lakes from one
point The greatest surprise we
had in Lucerne was in connection
with the hotel. The Schweizerhe t
is the largest in the city and on its
cards the information was given
that visitors were earnestly requested
not to fee the walters or any SER
wants of the hotel! Very good, but
when we found that nearly every
body did Tip, and that the walters
it and treated you as a
thief if you didn't, it wasn't so pleas
ant.
I almost forgot to speak of the
famous Lion of Lucerne." And it
is too worthy of notice and too FAM
GUS to be thus slighted. This Lion
was hewn out of the solid rock after
a model by Thorvaldsen, the Danish
sculptor. The work was done in
1921 as monument in memory of
the Swiss guards VINO fell while
guarding the Tuileries on Aug. 10th,
1892. The dying lion reclines in the
grotto, tranfxed by a broken lance
e quote from Baedeker) and his paw
shelters the Bourbon lily, This
place IS favorite shrine for all
patriotic Swiss.
We went to Ia rich for night but
IS it 1ained all the time, we did not
seen much of the city, Then on to
chaffhausen to see the falls Of the
Rhine. They are no doubt beauti-
al bet [ must confess disappolnt-
nent after all that l had heard Of
hem, We hurried on to Constance
md there to our surprise found our
elYes in Germany. At Csnsta ce
We stayed at the Insel Hotel. As
he name indicates it is situated on
n island and the building was once
monastery The monks certainly
new how to choose building sites
nd likewise how to build we'll, The
loisters are still there and the walls
re covered with old paintings and
rescoes. The dining room was
nee the chapel. Here John Hus-