The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-02-06
NINE. ELFORD TALKS OF
TRIP TO SWITZERLAND

Nine. Catherine Elford, who chats de-
lishtfully of her recent European tour,
and especially of her Journey to switzer-
land. was asked a few days since of her
Impressions of Switzerland. 1T is a
wonderful country" she replied, $50
beautiful that ! fingered there almost
throughout my stay abroad. | spent only
six weeks in Paris, going from there to
Switzerland where | fingered among its
beautiful mountains and lakes for about
Ave months. | would rather, however,
write you what | think of Switzerland
than tell you, though L could talk for
ever"
This story that she tells of the long.
beautiful days makes one wish TO start at
once for that sunbrIght land
Geneva undoubtedly holds the first
rank among Swiss towns" gays Mrs.
Elferd.
The history of Geneva. the souvenirs
If the celebrated men who have -four
shed there. its importance in the domain
OF the artistic and intellectual, its pic
turesque environment and lovely excur-
sions-all these attractions make 1t worth
visit.
There is very interesting drive in
the immediate vicinity of the town; 1t Is
the Bots de 10 Bate. the Genevese Bots
de Boulogne whose lawns. shady alleys
beautiful little lake and thick groves make
| II most attractive.
There we can see the famous junction
Of the Rhone and Arve. The view ther
| reaches across the town of Geneva and
the lake to the Voirons, the Salleve and
Mont Blanc: while at our feet we see this
| blue and limpld waters of the Rhone
receive into their midst the gray waters
which the Arve brings down from tn,
! glaciers OF the Mont-Banc. The wa
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| time side by side without ningling. A
chronicle OF olden times relates how II
| the present wood there stood a fortified
1 castle built In the thirteenth century b!
the Sire Gerard de Ternier. The castle
was long Used as an outpost against
Geneva At present the Bots de la Bait,
belongs to the city CT Geneva.
A visit to the country seat of Baror
de Pothsehild is well worth while. A
superb chateau in the Italian Renaissance
style Is surrounded with a royal park. ani
| has It's own zoogical garden and pleasant
| farm.
The garden il full of fantastic grottoes
greenhouses, ponds, cascades, chalets anc
summer houses hidden In luxurant ver-
| dure Close TO the chateau of Baron dc
| Rothschild Is the Champagne de pImper-
strice.' where Josephine lived after her
| divorce. II would be difficult 10 find a
museum more admirably situated thar
the Ariana of Geneva.
The mansion, built in the Renaissance
style, holds many artistic treasures; or
| the ground floor il a large vestibule will
q group of angels sculptured by Luig
| Gugliclmi, and two wide corridors coy
| cred with Flemish tapestries, copied from
| the Rubens cartoons. with other fine
| GobeiIn tapestries. Time forbids me t.
| tell of the many interesting things to b.
| seen In this mesum, but the panarama
| from the terrace of the first floor is {
sight meyer to be forgotten. The view
| from the belvedere reaches across tn
| lakes blue waters as far as Lausanne
takes IN the whole basin LYNX between
| tile distant Mont Bai range and tn
nearer Jnra mountains
A delightful little town, called Ferney
| yojtaire. near Geneva, II interesting q
| the home Of yoItaire. He founded thi
Scws ~ ma Altar his departure fror
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