The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-11-03
"a Avenue Dapples, Lausanne, switzer

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| land,
October 8, 1908.
Editor Advertiser: Having complied
with all the usual legal formalities for
securing permission to live in this beau,
tiful city, we are fairly settled in our
own hired apartments at the above ad.
dress, and for the coming six months or
more may be considered as residents
Iof Lausanne. AS some of your readers
may also wish to settle for time in
Switzerland, for their benefit I will
state that TO do so it is imperative to
obtain. "Permis de Domicile." On
applying for it at the police station l
had to state the date and place of birth
of myself and of each member of my
family, the street number and the par.
ticular fat of the house in which 1
proposed to live, to deposit my pass.
port with the police authorities AMI to
pay the sum of three francs. ANY
change of address must be Immediately
reported to them. On finally leaving
this city my passport will be returned
to me.
OF the 10000 inhabitants of Lau.
the lake, 1874 were reported as living
in first and second-class hotels between
the 9th and 10Th of September of this
| same, including its port of Ouchy on
year. OF this number there were 900
Americans and 9S1 English as we'll as
, French, Swiss, Germans, Italians, Rus.
l slams and other nationalities. Besides
4 the hotels there are many large build
, ings subdivided into flats, each occu-
pied by separate family with its own
l domestic arrangements. In this build
: ing, for example, there are nine other
: flats besides our own, all but one of
which are at the present moment fully
occupied In general the hotels are
: crowded and it is difficult to find a fur.
g nished fiat unoccupied. Many new
hotels and other large buildings are in
process of construction. The streets are
being extended and new ones laid out
while the population increases by about
v $500 per annum. Lausanne is a city
q of large buildings. The people usually
live in fats, comparatively few having
houses to themselves.
" Everything is done by paternal city
e government to attract tourists anc
o make their stay pleasant and satisfac
tory. The police department keep g
careful record of every hotel and board
9 ing house in the city and from time
g to time visit them with trained special
It lists to inspect every detail of thei
a working to insure that nothing is wron!
with the house, the cooking utensils
e the food and the drink The chimney
d must be free from soot, the metal pot
l. and pans must be clean, the food mus
!. be wholesome and the wine must COM
up to the prescribed standard of ex
70 cellence. The milk and meat is in
g spected at the store where it is sold
r Often, am told, the inspector will hap
q pen around at midnight, to take tn,
dealer off his guard. The coal merchan
is careful to see that his sacks of Goa
10 are full weight, for well he knows tina
m at any time the police may stop hi
,e delivery cart on the street and weigl
- the sacks. Should an inspector be foun,
. to fail in his duty he is liable t., b
called to severe account. An exampl
e, may be given of case that, l am told
A. happened in this city about three year
U ago. An expert, sent to inspect tn
= stoves and heating arrangements in
~ certain house, reported everything t., b
y, ,-skI~AG.-a2--Sk>-Ak-A
r and left the runnerspeiler saving hi
e, arms to empty roadway. This was al
D. right and Iaukea kept the crowd unit
n the plumes of Merry Widow borne
ar began to bob over the soap-box an
81 the duleet voice of Mary Atcherley ros
H. high over the street car gongs. The
laukea had to divide his crowd an
s. essay the task of outtalking one of tn
to best single-handed takers among Homo
IN zulu S talking sex. For time the Cole
to mel tried to be gentle in tone and no
Sc obtrude his opinions too forcibly on
lady, but the gentler his tone becam
IS the clearer hers rose until, in shee
eel self defense, Iaukea had to eommenc
mt to shont back.
p The police department had to qui
m first, realizing that the last word wa
m mot to 1T.