Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1907-01-10

who stumbles among rocks and crevasses
20 gather food for the cows and initiate
for cheese. Like a channels, he makes bis
ascent from hin to crest, cuts the hay.
ties Il IN bundles. aud then hurls It
down from the summit. lIc belongs 20
the same class as the mountnlneers who
risk their lives scaling jagged rocks and
trayersing treacherous glaciers with tour
lists 70 earn a livelihood.
Others work at fax, which Is no light
task The nax Is left until the seeds are
grown. The pulling then begins; Il Is
laid TO dry. and Is collected IN bundles.
The seeds are removed by drawing the
fax through Iron combs. The women
along with the men work az hacking the
flax They not only weave their own
clothes but Increase the family store by
weaving the wool and warp IN their own
homes aud return It 10 the seller. The
greatest pride OF n peasant girl Is TO have
a wardrobe Of linen she has made herself;
and n peasant man Is exceedingly proud
of his wlfcs accomplishment. The wom-
On IN ST. Gail teach very small girls 20
do the handsome Swiss embroidery. so
much admired by tourists from an parts
Of Europe and America. Five or six Is
none TOO young FOR these children 20 be-
gin. The older ones work all winter sell.
ing their fne work 10 the wholesalers.
In summer time they go 60 the large
cities, and are hired 20 work before the
shops 70 attract strangers. In the east
ern cantons many OF the peasants work
IN the SILK factories part OF the year.
They are either employed handling the
l,.rta ln r,IfI.fn.. flt. .,trfa IN, fhaf.
small farms. Their leisure Is given to
wood-carylng or watchmaking-the en-
tire family is often engaged with this
work
Their chief recreation IS found IN the
Alpine clubs. Late IN the fall aud early
spring. after the tourists IRE gone or
before they come large parties start out
20 ascend the steepest mountains. Their
daring often results Ia death. Several
families. or groups Of young people, go
on together climbing, romping and send
Ing their folk airs up the mountain
heights.
The general outlook OF the country Is
prosperous. The wen-to-do bring this
about by being successful hotel keepers
and engineers. attracting thousands 20
their beautiful land. The pea ants, though
nlMlit HNtlcf uft usually nNINNt ntfNNoc
they are masters Of their small farms.
swiss Railroads.
America has always been interested IN
railroads, and Is recognized among all
aatlons as having the greatest lines Of
railroads and the ablest engineers. But
our country has a close rival IN tho
Swiss. who have made the finest rail-
ways, the great number or mountain
roads and essayed many Of the most diff
hcut feats IN engineering The Alps are
a blessing 20 Switzerland, and for many
reasons They have protected the Swiss
from Invasion, made different peoples
heterogeneous and forced scientists and
engineers TO conquer and chain the most
defiant mountains AS a recognized an.
thority on Swiss engineering says: "The
neverending struggle with nature has de-
veloped IN the Swiss a special instinct
FOR selfpreservation and its outcome
engineering" Nowhere Is this so well
Illustrated or on so magnificent a scale
as 10 the roads they have built over the
mountain passes. Some OF these were
made, or, at least. begun. by the Romans
more than 200 years ago. The remains
OF their work are seen across the ST.
Gotthard; they hullt this road SO travcl-
ers could cross the mountain pass aud 40
from cold Switzerland into snnuy Italy.
Having dared the summit OF the Rigi,
and found that this mountain was inhab.
tied hy neither bad nor good gods. they
set men to work making road mp tho
mountain side. when Napoleon became
Emperor OF France he had many roads
built TO bring France aud Switzerland
closer together, and 10 make access of
the different cantons easier.
But many Of the finest engineering
roads built across the mountains are
Swiss enterprises. Long before the Al
bula Railroad was built the Engadine. a
splendid post road. had besz eat through
the mountain chains TO tsks the fashion
J able world by coach to St MoritE, An.