The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-31
IMMEDIATELY above the pictur-

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esque town of Lucerne there is a
towering eminence clothed with
pines, to the summit of which the ex-
ploring and aspiring ourist can ascend
by one Of those ingeniously contrived
"funicular'' railways, now so common
in all the mountainous districts of
Switzerland.
The little passenger-car is worked by
the Observation-Disclosures system, and
joys slowly up a precipitous incline.
which, surveyed from the bottom, APP
pears to slant at about an angle of
seventy degrees. But it is not so peril
Gus as 1t seems. The journey IS easy
n safe enough; and those who
are bothered with nervous SEN
ing their eyes firmly while trav-
cling up in the strange conveyance,
which, when observed from a sufficient
distance, certainly somewhat resembles
a squat kind of blue-bottle clinging to
a wall, will nave their full consolation
and reward on arriving at the top.
For there one of the most glorious
landscapes in the world is spread be-
fore the en%raptured sight; the lovely
Lake of the -Four Cantons glitters be-
low in all it's width of vastly blue, sur
rounded by kingly mountains, the
peaks of which, even in the height of
summer. still keep ON their sparkling
dladems Of virginia. snow; on either
hand a forest of tall pine trees stretches
away for miles-a forest where one
may wander in solitude for hours,
walking on a thick carpet of the softest
moss. strewn with the brown n fra
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ones own footsteps, and seeing nothing
but the arching c~athedral-like splendor
of solemn green bloom, flecked through
here and there by the blue of the sky
and the bright rays of the sun.
At the entrance of this forest stands
one of the prettiest of rustic hotels,
known as the Pension Gutsch, a house
built in the true Swiss style, with pic
turesque gabled roofs and wide wooden
~verandas. it's charming s~eclusion and
simplicity offering a delightful contrast
to the garish glories of the Schweizer-
hof and the other monstrous American
lied hotels of Lucerne, where the main
object of every one concerned, from the
PORTER down to the smallest paying
guest, appears to be to forget as COM
pletely as possible the fact that Swift
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live solely for the enjoyment of the
table d'hote, dress, Irritation and lawn
tennis.
It is a singular fact, but true, that al
the big hotels in Lucerne have theii
table d'hote dinner served precisely al
the sunset hour-the very time when
grand old Mount Pilatus is gathering
around his frowning brows strange and
mystic draperies of crimson and gold
and greenwich the lake looks like
melted jewels, and all the lovely hues
of heaven are merging by delicious
gradations into the cool, pearly gray of
such pure twilight as is never seen a W
in countries where the air is rariied
by the presence of perpetual snow,
For this very reason persons of a fanci-
full and romantic turn of mind, who
prefer scenery to soup, frequently do
battle with their nerves to the extent of
being lifted-like little frightened chill
dren in a basket-up the p%recipitous
Gutsch, where, at the unpretentious,
spotlessly clean and fragrant hotel
bearing that name, they can do pretty
much as they like, and a the SUI
preme comfort of quiet rooms and re-
freshing sleep-luxuries completely de-
MED them at all the large hotels in the
town.
Moreover, by making a special ar
rangement and paying a little extra
they can have their meals served at
their own stated hours, all of which
sensible management and ~forethought
on the part of the proprietor has the