The daily sentinel., 1913-08-04
GIRLS IN CHURCH
WHERE CAL Vim PREACHED
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There is the Music hall where great
concerts are held, museums, an old
town hall "a cement and stone build
ing where gradual incline takes you
to the upper stories-we appreciate
the absence of steps,. In the cham
Der of deputies we are informed that
in this room the Red Cross Society in
1906 formed the international asso-
citation, every country being repre-
sented at that important meeting,
and the pictures of the two Ameri-
cans who attended are shown us. In
another room is the Plough of Peace,
made from the officers swords after
the war of 1912 and presented at the
anniversary of the Universal Peace
union.
Geneva is a most progressive city
with Its schools and great university.
Its conservatory of music has an in
ternational reputation. OF course,
the city is known as the great watch
making center. There are no beg
gars here; everybody industrious and
anxious to make a living. In many
parts of Switzerland there is no par
ticular industry, the towns depending
entirely upon the tourists for their
livelihood, and there we find the ma
tiyes making exquisite lace and en-
broidery and carving the most beau
tiful designs out of wood and ivory.
The shops are attractive. the prices
reasonable and the people catering to
your pleasure.
Sunday is holiday in Geneva. Peo-
pie crowd the parks, cafes, steamboats,
and kursaal. The streets are thronged.
MUSIC sounds from parks and open
windows. The people are happy and
carefree.
And again this beautiful lake, clear
and smooth. The water Is wonder
fully transparent and every object
near by is reflected in 1t. A great
fountain plays from the side and its
spray is forced upward over 200 feet
by the power of the Rhone current. |
sail boats, with their great white |
sails, float like great winged birds |
across the lake. Acres and acres of |
vineyards are near its shores, beauti-
ful trees and elegant villas. A drive |
outside the city took us across the |
border line into France.
The Swiss have no language of /
their own; but we hear more French
and German than any other Ian
suages. The houses have picturesque
overhanging roofs, old chimneys and
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rets. Some of these ancient houses
have signs and notices over their
high, pointed. arched entrances. We
see many little cottages or chalets
with broad, low roofs and wide porch
es along the sides or front of the
upper story Built of unpainted wood.
they rest upon stone basement that
IS from to 10 feet high. Both cat
tie and families are housed under the
same roof, even in the best houses
Many have stairways outside: some
have tile roofs and others have shin
giles that are held on by stones
In the fields, women, men and lit |
tie children are working with hoe or
sickle or carrying huge bundles of |
hay on their backs. Here and there |
are the mountain goats; the cows |
again performing double duty as
they draw the wagons along the
splendid roads; the milk cart drawn
by boy and a dog. Many dogs are
found here, for this is the home of
the great st. Bernard.
We see the children going with |
their teachers on outdoor excursions. |
With Alpine stocks Ga long stick or
cane with a pointed metal end) they |
climb the mountains. They have n
bag strapped on their back and n |
round tin pail in which to carry spe-
cimens, and, with their lunch, they
happily trudge on in search of health |
and knowledge. One day we saw
about 100 boys. under the direction |
OF several teachers. start off on what
seemed to us camping as well as
climbing trip.
There are beautiful flowers grow
ing in pretty woods beside the clear, |
crystal-like streams-deep blue for
dark red poppies, wild
peonies, beautiful flowers of many
kinds and the most brilliant and fra
grant flowers we have yet seen. Here,
too, is the eidelweiss, Switzerland's
white velvety flower, which grows on
rocks or edges of precipices in the
very high altitude amid the snow.
We see none of it growing, but every
where great punches of it are offered
for sale.
At lnterlaken, Just before leaving,
we were pleasantly surprised to meet
Mr.. Wolf of Grand Junction and Mrs.
Fryhofer of Colorado Springs. who in
Quired particularly after Mrs. Carl w.
Plumb of Grand Junction. Both of
these people, as well as many more,
were on their way from Zurich, Swift
zerland, where they had attended the
International Sunday School conyen-
tion.
1t has been a very great pleasure
to meet friends and acquaintances
from Grand Junction, also to meet
friends and acquaintances of our
friends in Grand Junction.
Yours truly,
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