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fayorite promenade is the Hohweg, an avenue of old walnuts and planes extend- ing from the village of Aarmuhle to the upper bridge. But the vantage point for the traveller is the Jungfrau; the first ascent being the Kleine Seheidegg. The path lies through splendid woods in a narrow valley and beside a stream 80 turbid it reminds one of q constant whlri- pool. At Lauterbrunnen the steep pine covered mountains stand sentinel. Against this dark green background dashes the waters and spray of the Lauterbrunnen falls This Is only fair promise of what lies beyond.
 As the engine makes the ascent, on one side are seen the meadows carpeted with mountain flowers, gay with the tinkling bells of grazing cattle and the sounds of the mountain horns. On the other side are the glacier mountains, with their heads raised haughtily into the clouds. From this plateau one sees whole chaplet of snow covered mountains, in cuding the Schithorn, the Wetterhorn, the Bergl stock, the upper Grindelwald glacier, the Finsteraarhorn, the Eiger- Monch and Jungfrau. An electric car takes the traveller up to the Eiger glacier.
 One more ascent through a tunnel built under the glacier leads to the foot of the Jungfrau, smiling down on those who would mount to her summit. The trip home Is made through Grundwald,
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and the general topography of the field is as it was on the day of the battle, and thus the progress of the struggle can be easily traced.
 The battle-ground Association was formed and incorporated by the late Judge David Schenck, of Greensboro, the the nucleus of the present holdings, something more than 100 acres. Two years later, by soliciting contributions from public spirited private citizens. suf- fcient funds were realized with which to purchase additional parcels, until. little by little, the park grew into its present pro- portions. Congress, meanwhile had been appealed to and finally consented to ap- propriate a sum sufficient to erect the two handsome granite memorial arches across the road over which the content ing armies marched and fought. These arches are memorials to General Francis Nash and General William Davidson, re spectively, both of whom gave their lives fiji the cause of Independence. In reality Congress was but fulfilling the pledge of the Continental Congress which made the original appropriation to this end. but was hindered in its purpose because Of depleted treasury.
 Twenty-seven monuments have been erected on this field. Nearly all these are the result of private means and sub scriptions. One of these is to the mem- ory of a woman and strange to say, the only woman of Revolutionary fame thus honored. Another is to perpetuate the memory of boy and t C Ihe oply moau-
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mental memorial to boy hero of the war of Independence. Mrs. Kerenhappuch Fur ner. of Maryland, was thus remembered. Her son had been badly wounded in the battle here fought and mounting horse at her home north of the Potomac she rode steadily southward until she reached his side, finding him in the throes of fever that almost consumed him. Boring holes in the bottom of q tub. she suspended 1t above the cot on which he tossed and raved This she filled with water, car ried from a spring far distant and al- lowed 1t to drip upon his fever parched body until the internal fires had been quenched and his recovery assured. The Turner Monument is one of the hand somest as wei, as one of the most unique here to be found. A pedestal of granite supports a bronze statue of woman, represented as wearing an apron over her gown and a cap. In one hand she bears cup and saucer and in the other is carried a spoon
 Beside her monument and beneath an "A" shaped tent rests the body of Capt. James A. Morehead, her grandson, North Carolinian who was shot down in battle. Two of Mrs. Turner's grandsons later became Governors of two Southern States, one of North Carolina and the other of Kentucky. Still another went to the United States Senate, while d. rect descendent is In charge of the battle ground today as president of the Asso- citation.
 Not far away is the monument which covers the body ot "Gillies' the boy
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of lake. rocks, frwoods, tunnels and mountains towering in the distance.
 This is only one of the many wonderful trips the enthusiastic traveller wants to make from Lucarne He drives to Trib- sehen, where Wagner lived so long and wrote his Tristan and Isolde. From there he gets a magnificent view of the lake ard Pilatus near by, daring and defiant. But trip to Lueerne without seeing the Hohle Gasse the chapel erected to Tells memory would be incomplete. A charming walk skirts along the foot of the Rigi and the lake offering a magnificent pam orama of Pilatus, Stanserhorn and the Bernese Alps. A beautiful alley of trees leads to the simple, historic chapel. An other interesting trip is to the small town of Stans, which lies at the foot of the Stanserhorn, and famous because the great Swiss hero Winkelried lived there.
 Before saying goodbye to Lucerne the stranger must ascend the Rigi, he may go from yitznau or Arth Goldau. As the train mounts the panorama broadens. The lake recedes and the beautiful green moun- tain comes into view. On the broad side herds of cattle are grazing and tourists making the ascent make merry with song and laughter. From the summit he has a beautiful panorama of the zugersee and vierwaldstattersee. or in the other direc- ton gleams the Rigi Scheidegg, the Glar- nish Alps, ti.e Todi and Burgenstock, the Bernese Alps, the Urner and Untersald- ner Alps.
 But the lake of Geneva does not blush for the Vierwaldstattersee She boasts of Mont Blanc, the fairest of the mountains and shore unsurpassed in beauty. Along the banks of the lake are wonderful vine- yards, splendid hotels and handsome vil- las. Near Montreux and Territet the mountais are very, grand and steep and so high that on a misty day their sum- mfts are lost in clouds. At the head of the lake is the historical and romantic looking castle of Chiffon.
 There are other delightful excursions to be made from Geneva. The tourists has, ten to Chamonix to walk across the won- derful glacier and to feast his eyes on Mont Blanc. Next day he hastens to the lovely valley of zerrnatt and up to the Gornergrat, the dome of the Swiss Alps. Snow covered mountains greet him on every side, these include Monte Rosa,
 the Twins Castor and Pollux, the Brett horn,- the Matterhorn, La Dent Blanche, the Lyskamm and the Bernese Alps. The sight of all these Alpine giants fill him with awe and admiration.
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cascades. In places the mountains are separated by deep, gaping ravines, spanned by splendid iron bridges. Higher and higher mounts the train until 1t reaches the village of St. Moritz. This smiling village Is surrounded by tall range of mountains. It Is further at tractive because of the small blue lake. the splendid walks through pine woods, the Kursaal with its tennis courts and the many spacious hotels. Not even at Ostend and at Aix-les- Rains are seen so much gayety and fashion as in this Swiss town situated so many thousand feet above sea-level.
 A beautiful jaunt is three hours walk to Pontresina. The path Is bordered by deep forests on one side and the val ley on the other. This village is surround ed by mountains and has glacier at the farther end Below Is moraine wa tered by gentle stream, above are the great ice-heds.
 Interlaken Is a fair rival to St. Moritz. 1t also lies In green valley and boasts of the Jungfrau as It's richest treasure. It commands beautiful view of the Lauterbrunnen valley and the snow white Jungfrau. This modest valley is crowd- ed with spacious hotels and adorned with beautiful gardens. At four o'clock the large yerandas and gardens are thronged with men and women slipping their tea and listening to the music played by some Italian or French orchestra. The
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seen shimmering at ones feet
 Lucerne lies at one end of the lake, and it is one of the most beautiful and popular of the Swiss resorts. It holds It's reputation honestly for 1t has many things to attract the tourist. The entire front of the town Is bordered by the shimmering waters of the lake and de- lightful promenade set out with heavy chestnut trees Along the Quai is the Kursaal which attracts great crowds Of fashionable women who come and sip afternoon tea and listen to the music. The fashionable world also gather on the verandas of the splendid hotels built all along the Quai. On the other side are a great many handsome shops.
 In addition to what the people have done for the tourists there Is the broad exoanse of water and the many noun tains, so different and still so splendid. On the other side of the lake rises the de- liant over-towering Pilatus. In pleasant relief is the low. broad Burgenstock which is spread out so boldly as though it wish ed to hide the steep Stanserhorn behind. From the opposite side is seen the Rigl so large and broad it almost reaches the
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StaDserhorn at one point. There are many ways to enjoy Lucerne and Its environs.
 The tourist has splendid roads so he may automobile the length of the lake, sail on the lake, or go by train as he likes. The easiest and most delightful of these meth ods is an excursion on the lake. The steamer does not go far when 1t enters the Krcuztrichter into which opens the four lakearms of Lucerne, Kussnacht,
 Alpnach and Weggis. Then the waters ex- pand and the boat enters into broad ex- panse of water. The first landing Is at Gersau above which rises the Rigi Schei- degg. Then comes the lovely Mythen- stein bearing an inscription to the Ger man poet Schiller who celebrated in songs the Swiss hero William Tell. charming nook Is Tells Platte with its small inter esting chapel. sacred because it Is the spot where Tell escaped when Gessler was taking him to prison. short ascent and walk along the border of the lake brings one to the Axentrasse, a wonder full roadway made through the mountains.
 It extends from Brunnen to Fluelen and the nine miles offer a splendid panorama
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Brand Whitlock. the novelist and sue cessor to Golden Rule" Jones as Mayor of Toledo. is practical ideallst of type that cannot be too plentiful either as the executive or the plain citizen. In the course of a short talk with the Mayor of Toledo quite recently, the eternal but glorious subject of civic betterment was brought up. whereat Brand Whitiock quot ed from Walt Whitman:
 .I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each others necks."
 Tn every American city, went on May or Whitlock. .'there are the two cities whereof Walt Whitman speaks-the mar bled palaces on the boulevard and the squalid tenements of the slums. There is q vital connection between the two ex- tremes of homelife and environment just as there Is between capital and labor. The chasm can only be brldged by sympathy and love. which will take tangible form in breathing spots, sanitation. etc"
 As stated, Brand Whitlock is q prac- tical idealist,-a man who is making his dreams come true. Just few months ago, Toledo was in the throes of strike, with 1200 machinists idle and furious. Parades stirred the city to its core and the usual abusa of strike p,ckstin9 and
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smiling valley surrounded by grass GOV cred mountains, cooled by rushing streams. Not far from the train is white, shimmering glacier.
 Interlaken has a beautiful lake as well as fair mountains and the traveller going from Interlaken to Lucerne does well to make the trip by water. The lake of Brienz is wonderful deep blue, the wa ters are surrounded by steep, jagged mountains, so steep that when the lake is misty their heads are yelled in clouds. At Giessbach the falls break over the side of the steep mountains in wild tor rents.
 The ride over the Brunig Pass is a lovely one; the train makes gradual ascent of 1900 feet Below are the fertile valleys covered with fields of wheat and hay. On the side of the mountains are rich vineyards; the tall mountains in the background make rich display of their deep pine forests. The charm of the sur rounding Is increased by many mountain torrents which come battling down over the mountains sides When the top Is reached the beautiful lake of Lucerne is
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included in the Continental Army. and practically saved the day at Guilford for the colonists. Colonel Webster, after de- feating the first two lines of militia, marched with confidence against the regu- lars but was repulsed with great slaugh- ter by the Second Maryland Regiment. under command of Colonel Gunby, and after he was wounded under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Eager How ard. It will be recalled that the present site of the Washington Monument in Balti- more. the first monument to be erected to the memory of the father of our country, was presented to the city of Baltimore by John Eager Howard. whose descendants, in great numbers. live in the Monumental City today.
 Another monument erected by subscrip- tions of the people of the neighborhood is the marble shaft over the grave of Lieutenant Colonel James Stuart. of the Second Queens Guards. This valiant Britisher fell In the skirmish following
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the turning of the artillery on the Con- tinentals by Lord Corvallis He was buried on the field, and his body was found many years later and Identified by his uniform, trappings and personal eff fects buried with him. Major Morehead asserts that he does not think 1t is gen erally known in England that a monu- ment has been erected in this country by American people to the memory of British officer. The monument in New York to Major Andre, so far as Major Morehead knows, is the only other me morial to an Englishman In this country.
 Many relics of the battle here fought are to be found in the little museum at the entrance of the battle-ground proper. Also scores of relics of other Revolutionary fights, and those of the colonial period are here to be found. In front of the museum is a field piece, which spoke for Liberty in Singleton's Maryland and vir- ginia Artillery on the fateful March lo' 17S1.
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tie he went forth to meet him and pick up the gauntlet flung down by the doughty American commander.
 The American forces at this time con sisted of 5,66S men, divided as loiiows:
 North Carolina Militia. ............ l,ooo North Carolina Volunteers. ......... tV Virginia Militia and Vounteers..-. 22o3 Regulars of the Continental Army. l.1io
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 The British forces were not so strong fin poInt of numbers, but each and every man was disciplined and trained for war seasoned by battles on the continent as well as in America, equipped with the best arms made in that era and led py brave and skilful officers, each m ished tactician and well trained soldier. The battle ragged with varying fortune No Spartan ever fought with more valor than did this little band of patriots, ana whereas Greene temporarily lost the field, yet he gained signal victory, inasmuch as Cornwallis, after inspecting his forces found ranks so depleted and the survivors so sore distressed that he hastened on to Wilmington with Greene hot on his trail There took ship and with his sur vivors embarked for Yorktown, where on October 10th he met his Waterloo.
 With such a victory as Greene's won within lew miles or the groWinB anu prosperous city of Greensboro 1t Is little wonder that her foremost citizens evince such keen interest In the field. Not only are arches, monuments and shafts there to be found but the old road across which General Greene deployed his two lines of militia and one of regulars, still remains Up this road Cornwallis marched at the head of the Queens Guard Scotch Fusileers and the bloodthirsty and mercenary Hessans. A string of granite boulders marks the line of the old rail fence behind which the North Carolina militia awaited the ap- proach or the enemy; Eacn ana every
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"entertainment committees" accentuAted the troubles. Business men in turn be came wrathy and cried, Bring in the militiar' Bankers threatened to with draw credit and merchants tried to mus gle the press by withdrawing their ads from papers that printed strike news.
 Through the whole frenzy, Mayor whit lock kept patiently talking arbitration ana mutual concessions. He only nared up when he threatened to arrest the nrst Pinkerton man who was imported into the town-while the police force was aoie to maintain law and order.
 The Mayor talked arbitration ID the face of conditions until capital and labor both sneered at him for his poetic fancies and called him visionary; but his faith in humanity proved better than bayonets. Like a flash his arbitration plan went through and industrial peace was only matter of minutes afterwards.
 Considerably more than half the people of the world live in the countries which border on the Pacific Ocean. The latest available statistics furnished by the United States Department of Commerce and Labor give these countries, exclusive of the United etates. an area of Ii. 7.09a,0o0 square m3|es and population of s04s- 366s0oQ
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rN WITZERLAND may well be called & the diadem of the world; no other country has so great a variety and grandeur of scenery In this small Repub- lie are seen jagged peaks, snow-coyered mountains, defiant glaciers, fertile hills, rushing waterfalls, placid lakes and fertile valleys Nowhere do the forces Of nature blend more harmoniously. The tourist starts for trip on the Vierwaldstatter- see to enjoy the shimmering waters of the four-armed lake when he Is enchant- ed by a chaplet of mountains encirclng the waters. He wanders about the Ter tile valley of Schaffhausen and is sur prised by the rushing waters of the Rhine-fale, he goes up to the mountains to St. Moritz and finds placid lake several thousand feet above sea-leyel.
 Proud though the Swiss people are of all this grandeur 1t is their mountains they love most, for these sublime, de- liant ranges have stood watch more ioy- ally against foreign invasion during the centuries than the best disciplined army could have done. The greatest of the poets, including Haller, Rousseau, Goethe and Schiller have immortalized the Swiss people, their scenery and legends In un- dying words.
 There are many ways of becoming ac- quainted with Swiss scenery, the trav- eler may begin at the Rhinefalls, come up from the south with the St. Gotthard or go over the Bernese Oberland, but wherever he starts he Is enchanted by the wonders of nature which surround him.
 Perhaps the most fashionable if not the most popular part of Switzerland Is the Engadine. Long before the En- gadiner Railroad was built thousands of tourists boasted of making an annual visit to St. Moritz and Pontresina. The building of the railroad has only in- creased the popularity of this beautiful country, and in midsummer the many hotels are unable to accommodate the tourists who come here from all parts of the world.
 This journey is to be made from the town of Coire. The train starts in valley, but everywhere are seen steep mountains and foamy cascades breaking with a swift leap over high ledges. Soon the train begins to ascend the mountains; in places the incline is so steep 1t seems impossible for the train to make the ascent Some of these mountains are bare and jagged, others are clothed with pine forests and are watered by falls and
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"A ESTLED in one of the most p1ctur- N esoue spots of Guilford county, Nk North Carolina, is to be found the oulv battlefield of the Revolutionary War that has been marked and preserved. This beautiful and historic field Is the one on which the Battle or Guiitoro CoaIe house was fought, one of the most I'm nortant in that struggle resulting in the freedom of this nation and the independ- ence of its people
 The preservation of this hallowed field is due to the individual efforts of little band of patriotic North Carolinians, ac- tuated by desire to perpetuate the yalor of their forebears. As result. after tremendous sacrifice of time and purse, the field Is dotted here and there with noble arches of granite and heroic monu- ments erected on the spots where those to whose memories the shafts are dedi- cated, bled and fell for liberty's glorious cause.
 For some unaccountable reason the Fed eral Government has always been reluc- tant in perpetuating the fields on which the great battles were fought which ulti- mately resrlted in the Colonies throwing off the English yoke and giving to this nation its station among the great powers of the world. Superb National Parks have been established at Gettysburg, Vicks- burg, Shiloh and Chickamauga in com mpmOratlOn or tQe Datlles Ol tue SiNh War. The camp ground at Valley Forge, near which which is located Senator Phi lander Case Knox's beautiful estate, which derives its name from that of General Washingtons winter quarters, Is preserved and maintained by the State of Pennsyl- vania. A monument has been erected at Bunker Hill and still another at York town while shafts and tablets have been scattered around at various places throughout the country, but Guilford's field alone stands intact as 1t was on that fateful Thursday, March 15, 17S1, when General Greene, after a technical defeat rallied his forces and put Cornwailis 10 flight and relentlessly pursued him to WIZ mington and then on to Virginia where ne gave his sword to Washington.
 The history of Guilford Field Is ever Interesting, and q visit thereto under the guidance of Major Morehead is not one whit less inspiring than trip over Gettysburg's blood soaked sod with one of the many old veterans there stationed to graphically point out and describe the scenes of carnage there enacted. On March 15, 17S1, Lord Corvallis, fresh from the conquests of South Carolina and Georgia, advanced to Gullford Court House. About ten miles distant he met General Nathaniel Greene, commanding the American forces. Recognizing in the latter's maneuvering challenge to bat