Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-23
aving the time of his life.

6r WOrkmen, neat ana We'll set up IN
appearance and able to carry clean
illness to a point not to be found in
other countries. For instance, you
never see weeds or rubbish heaps in
the Swiss towns or villages The
streets often have running water on
each side and look as though they had
been scrubbed with washing powder.
Flowers abound everywhere. Inter
laken is an interesting burg with
many parks and gardens, smart shops
broad streets and always and every
where the appearance of a "SpotleSs
town" The city lies on fiat plain
between two mountain ranges, quite
steep on either side. At night huge
electric lights burn at some of the
chalets far up on the black slopes,
giving the appearance of bright stars.
You get real thrill out of that and
other interesting sights in the quaint
ly beautiful city. In the morning when
I awoke | went to the hotel window
for a good view out over the roofs of
Interlaken Nearby was a quaint old
church with clock tower, its steeple
dominating the skyline. And beyond
the wall of mountains. With the
morning sun shining on the windows
the beautiful Italian melody where
the verse tells of ''the sun shining
on the window sashes." Some of the
villagers abroad listened in surprise
and then smiled in sympathy. Music
is the universal language.
Hotel rates at Interlaken are not
bad at ALL At the Victoria, a superb
hotel situated amid blooming gardens
and with excellent meals and ap-
pointments, my bill for the two days
was 4S Swiss francs, or about $3.50.
This included meals. Tips are extra
and always looked for but they are
not too severe.
From Interlaken | regretfully took
the train, steam propelled affair, to
Lucerne. The Swiss trains are clean
and most every one goes second class.
| may say in passing that many trains
in Switzerland are electrified, the cleo
trical development being quite COM
plete. Yet Judging from the great
number of waterfalls the hydro~elec-
trio possibilities of Switzerland are
barely scratched Unlike our West,
rain falls almost daily in the Alps.
Waterfalls are to be seen dropping
hundreds of feet down the mountains
at almost every turn. And the abun-
dant rain is what makes the vegeta-
: ton so profuse and green looking
The electric trains make for clean
travel particularly in the high noun
5 tain tunnels. And electricity is used
: so generally for power of all sorts
7 in Switzerland that the air has none
} of the grimy quality so apparent IL
} manufacturing countries where GOA
is used for power.
: About that trip to Lucerne. Have
| you ever been in fairyland? Have you
ever dreamed of blue lakes, high
| mountains with forests leading down
, to the waters edge? And beyond the
= wooded ranges the snow peaks? Over
: all the f1eecy clouds floating? YoI
see all these things and more on thu
trip from Interlaken to Lucerne. The
: way leads over high mountains with
an occasional tunnel. Most of the
[ distance you travel over green slopes
t the wooded mountains on one hanC
l and the valley on the other. In the
: valley is the invariable captivating
river with neat farmsteads along the
banks Every house is a chalet, pic
= ture delighting the eye. High over
] head you catch a glimpse of mountain
!, chalets where those favored by the
5 fgods spend their summer. Or per
/ haps the mountain chalets are the
/ homes of farmers-blessed among
5 the agriculturalists of the earth-tC
r live in such beautiful surroundings
The upper mountain men are dairy
| keepers as their herds of cattle and
goats indicate.
| Eventually the train passes through
| the mountains and skirts Swiss lake
) leading to Lucerne. The depot, OF
! station, is like most continental af-
fairs of the kind-huge and strictly
unitarian, but clean. Outside broad
plaza and a bridge to cross over a fast
flowing stream (this phrase recurs-
but all Swiss rivers are rapid-the
, fall is so great) leading to the main
, part of Lucerne.
The last named city must one OF
the great beauty spots of Switzerland
! To the west and south are the fertile
:, farm lands of the Overland, rolling
wooded country To the north and
east the lower Alps with snow peaks
! beyond. The city lies at the foot OF
a mountain lake, miles in extent 1t
is as blue as indigo. All around the
city are quaint but we'll built build.
: ings. Streets are as clean as a good
} housewives floor.
: The waterfront is devoted to hotels
and shops facing broad plaza, a
; mile or so long. There are many of
: fees of foreign concerns, banks and
: the like. All buildings are stone-no
wood or brick. Roofs are tile of red
! or green.
1t was a fine day when l reached
Iucerne Perhaps that is what can
tivated me-we always see things
through rose glasses on clear, sun
! shiny days. And the mountain air
: helps too.
: | took in the museum, an interest
| ing place which contains the Thor
waldsen lion of Lucerne. This mag
nificent monumeunt was carved in the
solid rock a hundred years ago by
the eminent Scandinavian sculptor
1t commentaries the devotion of the
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