The Cordova daily times., 1920-03-02

assume her old place as the
 favorite playground of the old world. The little Helyetian republic of proverbial beauty and far more beautiful still in the eyes of many for as an angel of mercy has she shown her real worth in the worlds tragedy-is fairly brimming over with attractions sought by lovers of the medieval and quaint and curious, and will now more than ever become a haven of bliSsful rest and healthful en- joWent, writes Marie Widmer in the New York Herald.
 During the last five winters, in spite of the war, the numerous winter sport resorts tucked away in all those lovely spots over 5000 feet above sea level, managed to have a season" on a lim- ited scale, and now that conditions are once more becoming normal it is ex- pected that the winter 1919-1920 will see great many visitors flock to that snowclad Alpine land, which, although In the midst of that 6erce turmoil, has remained intact
 Switzerland in her winter garb To the newcomer it means vision of paradise-to the habitue a coming home to beloved haunt. Once mas ter study in artiatic color combina- tions, the country appears now as a glorious symphony in white Jack Frost has imprinted silencing kiss upon the babbling lips of every tiny brook and mountain stream and glis- tening sheets of ice cover also the limpid blue eyes of ponds and Alpine lakes. Ice and snow everywhere and above a glorious expanse of deep blue sky. The air itself seems to have gain ed some new miraculous qualities and faces which yesterday looked weary and tired have a cheerful and ener- getie expression today.
 Land of Winter Sports.
 For the natives the time of pleasant sociability has now come Visits be- tween friends and relatives are ire quently interchanged-by sleigh in the case of the older set, and by ski in the cas- of the younger generation. Even some of the passes are quite an- imated, as winter is the time of the great transport of merchandise over mountains, such as the Veltiner wines in the case of the Grisons. From the high lying pastures they slide down to the valley the hay which had been stored in the picturesque huts, and the woodcutters, in their turn, are busy in the high forest. The proud tree-trunks fall cracking before the axe and hatchet and the logs dart like arrows down snow-runs to the traffic beaten roads below
 Nowhere on earth have the possi- bilities of winter sport been more keenly realized than in Switzerland, and that is why we find in this small land such a great choice of resorts which possess scientifically laid out to- began and bobsIeigh runs. ice rinks, thrilling ski-jump. etc.
 Very soon we find everybody inter- ested and engaged in some form of winter sport. There is skating, of course but many games compete now with this oldest of sports on the ice, which has, however, been developed into an art which charms the OnloOker by the gracefuness of it's movements, now astonishes by the cool daring of its swift rushes
 As in summer over the lawn, so flies the tennis ball over the ice in the game of hockey. Curriers' are frantically sweeping their 'staneS" toward the coveted goal, and the unlimited diver sity of gymkhana stunts offers con- stant amusement for the players as we'll as for the Onlookers.
 The improved appliances for sport requirements have nearly busted the old-fashioned herdsmen's sleds, which are now only occasionally used by timid beginners. The up-to-date vehicle is the so-called skeleton, low, yard-long toboggan, on which the rider lies flat, steering the craft with hands and feet.
 Like an arrow it darts up to the iced walls of the curves and as the bewildered spectator fearfully antici- pates an accident, the toboggan shoots down into the furrow and around a beautifully shaped curve.