Evening star., 1914-07-12
BOUT a year ago the billboards all
over Switzerland broke out into
\ a violet eruption Of green horses.
" Wherever you looked you saw

a peasant carrying the flag OF the ma
+ional Swiss exposition The horses were
of heroic size and between the legs OF
the green beasts. which were supposed
IN he ambling along on the heights, you
caught a glimpse of the towers and tiled
roofs of Berne.
On the far horizon you saw the jagged
silhouette of the giant snow mountains
and from the text under the horses hoofs
you gathered that there was TO De ma
tional Swiss exposition in Berne. begin
ming May Is and ending October ID. lsi4'
Then YOU realized that you were gazing
on the poster that was destined to ao-
vertise this fact to all the world
Within a week of his appearance the
green horse became national issue. ~
storm of denunciation broke on MS YER
dant head, he was discussed from the
standpoint of art. utility. common sense
nonsense-from every point OF view pos
sible. He was called an alteration OF
an artists brain. figure tending TO
throw ridicule on a most serious endeaV-
or, a sport of nature. for Percherons are
we'll known to be gray. not green anu
finally he was caricatured on picture post
cards that found their way to the utter
most parts Of the earth.
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The fact of the matter is the green
horse admirably fulfilled his purpose,
which was to draw attention to himself
and consequently to the exposition Ihere
isn't a man, woman or child III S"ilAei
land who hasn't had an opinion ana eA-
pressed it, on the green horse, ana cohse-
ouent1y every one Of those men, women
and children have determined to come 10
Berne and see for themselves II the ca
lamity they have predicted Tor an exposl-
tion that was thus miserably advertised
has overtaken 1t.
The crowds of peasants and wealthy
business people there the funny dialects
that are heard, all make up picture or
life that has changed Berne compieteiy
in the last few weeks, and the new posi-
bilities in the shape of brilliant and fasci-
mating restaurants in the fair grounds
have already had a deleter1ous enect on
many an otherwise d;Nt seriously ~ INCLINED sarns
beginning with the 18th of October and
lasting all winter, a most thorough
Katzenjammer, for already certain little
habits are forming in usually punctilious
families Of unheard of departures from
For instance, mother runs out to the
exposition for tea in the lovely blue and
white .'mercufe'' tearoonl, listening Tor
an hour to the luscious music that drips
and slithers down from the Hungarian
violinists stationed in the gallery, in
stead of staying at home to see that the
children do their lessons. She then
meets father. by appointment. in the
"osteria,'' delightful reproduction OF a
wineroom the Swiss-1talian lakes.
and here they discuss a very small bot
tie of Chianti until dinnertime.
This meal they will take either IN the
''hospes." the exhibition Of the hotel
keepers league, which includes every.
thing possible for modern hotel comfort
and. in addition. a retrospective exhisit
of hotel rooms from the sixteenth cen
tury on-or else they will go to the
''studerstein." the model restaurant
cafe. an enormous place with hundreds
of tables and an open-air terrace with
accommodations for many more. or. II
they feel the need of less crowd and
more coziness. these giddy, middle-aged
Bernese will toddle up to the nsch
stube." just about the quaintest. cutest:
low-ceiled inn you can imagine, and
there partake of whale Of trout that
has been stuh1ng himself for five years
for their especial benefit.
But about o'clock mother. as rule.
begins to feel uneasy and joins stream