The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-17
OGDEN BOY In
MISSION
FIELD
WRITES AN ENTERTAINING LET
TER FROM SWITZERLAND.
Louis H. Peery Meets the RoIapps and
He and Others Are Guests OF
the Family.

Louis H. Peery. who has been in
Germany for about year and hail.
writes q friend as follows:
lausanne, Switzerland, June 7th,
1909.
II am now down in the French part
of Switzerland on the lake OF Genevie
or Lake Loman as it Is sometimes
called. / think Switzerland about the
prettiest country / ever saw and 1T is
surely the worlds playground You SEQ
Americans and Englishmen every
! where, and the season is just begin
ming. The country Is full Of hotels
The main towns. Zurich. Lucerne. In
nen, are about half hotels. 1t seems
that the whole country is kept UP by
foreigners.
The rich Americans spoil 1t for the
rest, as they come over here and spend
their thousands and the people natur-
ally think every American is mil
lionaire and charge accordingly,
THE English flock over by the hun
dreds to climb the mountains. The
mountains here don't make the i'm
preston on me that they do on people
who are not used to them. If l Iemem-
Der rightly some Of our peaks beat
these to death, and as for beauty,
think our Ogden canyon cannot be
eXcelled by any l have seen here,
which are not as accessible as our
own.
"The lakes mere make everything
so green and beautiful and the lakes
are beyond description. The Vierco.
aldstatter See by Luzerne is deep
blue color and so clear that one can
see the bottom. The lake Of Brienz
by Interlaken is a light green color
and Lake Loman is a dark green. This
Is the vineyard country and wine is
as cheap as water.
81 had fine trip in southern Ger
many with President Thomas Mckay.
We neld meetings every night and
had some great times Also had
fine visit with the Rolapps, they gave
us all a big dinner in Zurich. The
judge is a fine man and Mrs. Rolapp
is an extra fine woman Mrs Rolapp
may possibly stay In Germany this
nluLCIg slIoO hdpcI NldDS1 lids CcI-
tainly grown to be very beautiful
girl and l was proud to Introduce her
as one of our ogden girls. A girl from
home certainly does look good over
here | think there is a certain dis
tinction and air about them that one
can see IN no country but America.
Il go about Saturday to Milan and
then to Rome and Naples, about ten
days in Italy and then l go back to
work. / like the work and 1t is much
easier for me than at first, and / am
told that my German is extra good.
The preparation l received In our Og-
den was OF untold help to me and
would certainly advise anyone coming
over mere to study German as much
as possible before leaving; our teach
er of German at the high school was
particularly good and | certainly ap-
preclate it now.
Il hear Ogden is growing very fast
and shows material improvement all
the time. Our Ogden visitors whom
have met over here all speak of Og-
dens improvement with pride. and |
Will be glad to get back with you all
again.
My address for the present Is Zur-
icn, Switzerland. Hoschgasse 6S In
case l am not there, the letters will be
forwarded. Some of our friends for
get to write us when we leave homo
but / assure you we appreciate hear
ing from you all. Tell the boys to drop
me line once in a while
With kindest regards and best
wishes. | am most sincerely,
(Signed) LOUIS II. PERRY"