New Britain herald., 1920-11-26
SWISS WINTERS
 MOST ENJOYABLE
Skiing, TObOgsaning and Skating
 Make Paradise of Republic
(By Marie widmer).

Now that Unclo Sam's flag is flying on several new 100 per cent American transatlantic liners whose up-to-dato equipment is in itself an inducement to cross tho ocean. travel to Europe has received a new impetus and thero Ia no longer that scarcity of suitable accommodation which prevented so many from going abroad last summer. Although we arc now, in what used to be considered the dull season for east bound traffic. nll the modern outgoing steamors arc exceptionally we'll pat roniEed. and a casual onlooker may lnvoluntnrily nsk himself "whero arc all those belated holidy makers going to7"
 Let mo point out first of all that they are not "beiatod." On tho con- trary, they nro just in time. first for n brief visit to London and Paris and then for the winter season In Switzer- land, which from end of November to beginning of March is q continuous period of healthful exercise and mcr- riment in sun-bathed. glorious sur roundlngs. and the comparatively short trip from England and Franco to switzerland is rendered easier still by the luxurious special trains which tho railways run during the high eason." tho Bornose oberiand Express and tho Engndino Express.
 The Swiss resort who announce themscves as ''winter stations' occu- ny attitudes varying from 3,o00-6,o00 feet above sea levol. which is in itself practically . guarantee for good sport conditions. Persons who are already familiar with tho everyday snow and lce sports will undoubtedly enjoy a general tour of tho leading wintor stations. as each and every one pos neHsos some individual charm of its own, which tho other lacks Novices. however. will do we'll to first settle in opo place and concentrate upon tho mastery of toboggan. ski and skates. No end Of fun can be gotten out of these initinl attempts on snow and fec and every effort becomes . pleasant pnstimo. Export tutors are available nlI over and the noviciato . generally of exceedingly short duration.
 Switzerland in wintcri We left Lon don when lt was enyelopcd in one of i It's provcrbal fows: we travelled ! through France and tho temperature was unpleasant and chiily-then VIC reached Switzerland and conditions , chanxed rapidly as we approached the ! highlands. Presently ..Te. boarded a ! trim little mountain railway and soon after it started its climb Into tho high | or regions, the gray clouds which had | nrst obscured the sun suddenly dis porsed. revealing e wonderland whose beauty surpassed all our expectations Snow and ice everywhere. pure and sparkling. and holding out an irresist- | ibie lure to come and play. The [ graceful slopes and mountains which i stand as aentinels to the giant peaks and glaciers a little further on bore large aspembiy of heavily laden , Christmas trees and the dear little Alpine villages were wrapped in thick blankets Of snow. Jack Frost had silenced tho. merry babbIing of the mountain streams: hugo icIcies marked the silvery trail of the water rnlis and tho lakes. whose 'exauisite coloring used to enchant in summer. ! were one solid mass of tee. Nature wa dormant, but tho advent of this | atato of eprfect reposc becomes in the Alps at tho same time the signal for n novel form of activity among men wntcr sport.
 Toboggans, bob sieighs and skis were piled high at every rniIroad station and young and old moved about with such alertness and chatted and laughed SO Eaily together that wo, too. began to eagerly anticipate the moment whom VIC could mingle with this happy crowd.
 While tho snow sports comprise to- bogganinw. bobsieighing and slxi-ing. the leo sports includue skating, curl ing and hockey. But both on snow and leo there arc cvcr SO many en- joyabie variations of these exercises: