ms caanwnmowls GUARDIAN " JULY 1,1926

EuRoPE AS wE sAW IT

by Mr. W. Chester 8. McLdre, M.L.A., and Lt-Ool. D. A. Maolflnnon, 0.8.0.

PAGE SIX

I drinking refreah-iattstralians and men from all parta ments and smiling. Wine drink-lo! the not Empire. Etch gravel: in; is very oommga in France. bat well oamd for. the cemeteries are the wine is not irong in alcohol beautifully laid oat. the graaabeiag I and these light wlnes are the oat-green and nicely cut. headstones ' ural beverage of the people in some uniform and each bearing

a very large one with bath and they were also improving its furnishings would do credit to winter tourist trafllc. , one of the better hotels in Aznoli- Prom Cans we went by a little» ca. in the morning when wewokc railroad to the summit uf the‘ up. our eyes met the finest view we mountain This railroad is of Swiss] v all ll- had up to then seen. We werel-onstruclion and Swiss engineer-l sections when the water ta had-gicriotlon chosen by the aext oflia looking out through s beautiful ing. ft goes up almost pcrpcudlcu-g Th? ‘in? mil"!!! l! l" elfifllllul"! "l! "Blind Wllllfi- 0" 159 -garden and ahruhbery with flowers larly in spots and is so con-struct- one and employs the services of! atone ls also the name. rezlmental lln bloom. through to the bluelimmed that it locks itself as it pushes "Y! l"!!! ll ‘ °l 99°93’ llllllllllbfi? llld 01¢ Illlll- w Illllill M led waters of Lake uemazl and 1n forward. thereby preventing an ac- the caring of the vines and the trc-Ibclonged. Records an kept ateafl 1mg immedhte kckgronnd were cldent should the engine suddenly parallel: of the riutasel- monster! 1n alnhahetloal order n! the Giant Alps. with snow-cappetfstop. Our little train was crowd- The second day of our visit to the names of those buried than summits. looking for all the world ed with passengers. and we receiv-l Parts was spent in seeing Var-land an oflloe is maintained a: Al- like a painted background of a ed quite a few thrills as we look- sallles which was built by Ipuisgbert where fuller information an tgmgg_ we 3mg hem; and N“ 9d down 0n our your“; v0 the top, -\'ll'-- in 1653- ll l! "ill? mlélllfl-lbe secured. This work shows the {mum 31,0111 ssriss scenery but we Finally at a height of 6.500 feet. (out and it would tale I larsrlthoroushness with which the Brit-linen realised that it was rcallv sup-‘we reached the little station and‘ arnoun: 0i space w adequately ill-r ish People nave looked artcr lacing The "all." during on} my then after a climb of one mile. vie’ scribe its beauties. Al we lookedfsllcn. and Canadian parents who.“ sylmerhnq ygg 593mm" up were at the mountain peak. where mronnd we could almost picture t0 have lost sons in Francs will bfllwe 1nd m excellent Qppgflunfly a small platform with railing gave "llfiel"?! l"? U"! 941ml"! l’! Fill!“ l0 35°" Ill"- lln" 1397M! observing the Swiss and from- us a safe view. This was one of 1652, when Louis XIV. then a trill sleep throush the area. llldlfimg an idea of the character nflhe the grandest sights in Switzerland. handsome young man. first , " names immortalized in stone.thslr pmpla The’. u, l mo“ “ma.” m, m.“ mile, we mum took the glvtllid! fll-‘ld Ill-l" l° llll a4'|m€ll0fl¢l lllllflffilllwll- yous nation. composed of French. down and over the mountains‘ miriu: friends hr slrlus I mud Business in Paris took no a dancer-man and Italian Swiss, all seem- viewing the beautiful scenery Mild ball and fete. The costumes wereiof our time. but we decided to asellnsl; “ma; along very nicely to- the little villages clustered in the "W" mlfilmwm "l! 14ml” lmdllflllllllllmllll- we “m”! "aflgether. valleys; the houses with their red Part1 of the srudfllll filled ‘llllifcourle- The New ‘m M! "l" Switzerland has a roofs looking at that distance like "u" “e” o! “"7 “l” “m ""61"?" ‘h’ wdlulm “ch u m‘ Grflldlmilltary service dolls’ houses. The picture is one V 1d d I ty. the trait being brought llblliPrix which is the big racing attrocqmn mun w,“ a porno“ of m! “n; '9 ‘rm m,‘ ‘gun’. forget“; “ fr a? 2° 50 llll! 014131 "ll ll l“ P0Pl9¢ll°ll tion of France. In dill" "lmll- lfltitne in drill. The cost tattle state When we descended we bad tea at _ “ma” its ll ll" “m” m1"- Thl‘ ‘u ‘°°°m'lVB-B 1"" l" "all"?! lllllfllwllljls very small, and the benefit to a little hotel near the station where , m?! “l ° lllished b11119!" o! having been Ming. yet fully 100.000 people wweluta individuals great. as the mili- the service was splendid, the best “d "'5 l" mlullxmll- dgrown under varied wlldlllolllflflin attendance. We wanted d," [fglnlng gives the youth steal-ll. of linen and silver being on the .4“: my.“ on’ a.“ lemwnlure “d remw“ w "Wularlr u‘ 5'" 5 n“ °ll “are” “lness. discipline and good carriage. tables. and the finest English ten “w” “Em” ‘°"‘f“ssl1lea Just More the bis snread-ullvcr fox furs. and to indse of lulErery hamlet has its rifle club. rifle and biscuits served. ' _ n“finl_""',_°!_ lfezlflce A wonderful fotllllalll P3784 0" l-llqpopularity, aa we were told that ‘booths “m; [be 57g“ “on and lBefore closing with Switzerland “ma drhin‘ mm £l1l""ll°l" lmlllld‘ "ll me 3"“ thll P1418 Infill"! ‘"5 "m1"! llYithe crack rlila shot greatly admlr- we want to mention something M! 5%? '61’! l" natural lake which Louis had con- the modistes of Paris and by {hart The 3'1" mke the“. on

with l

LT. COL. D. A. MacKINNON. D-S-O-

‘MR. W. CriESTER S. McLbFfE. M.L.A.

comfortable houses grouped togeth- Louvre in Paris, and we were now e,- m [he vjnagg‘ the laudlm-dxrlooliing at another school of m home being a: some distance from equally as fascinating. From Dres- lhe others and being more maguifmden t0 Berlin was only a few hours. cent. This idea of Cflmlllllllll)"Flll3ll."- “'9 farming has something to com- Adlnll, the fluent hostelry in Berlin, ru-and it as the communities have Tllls be-‘lllllllll llolel. which the their own town ball. church, etc.. owners claim t0 be the finest in and we have heard that they en- Europe- l5 situated on the Celfillral- jgyed lt. ‘ed Enter den Linden. the most

The extent of the farming andJamous street in Berlin. and one of the splendid crops gave ua the im- the moat famous in the whols pression that Germany could feedéworld. lt is a good hotel. but no herself and a great part of Europe better than others we visited. and as u-ell. This we found out to be we think that it is not superior it

,______i_ compulsory

w‘? l"~"- '41 _ and every young

strikes us an

d t ._) W our more about the people-just to in- '. . in‘: ‘him: Mrlmwd "35 5n“ I'll-ll lllllll fur designers to allvw 01 m9" 53" rifles and ammunition. also their BUMP-the" llldlliitrl‘. Everyone Mr ‘me z "3 "elboats, beautifully illuminated at crgntlop]. We were not disappoint-

arrived at the hotel 1

the small aulountof

Englishman, '. England was

. same land sj-"stem as‘

u- u! William the Conquer;

' is being! landlords.

not

T

when we

s reminding us very

I‘:

the land

. “aid m‘ ‘ll.’ own lt-zlanti.

‘=“'-'°'~"" to the gallnnta to help themselves ‘t C/JUD'

Conditions in France.

still l,

lrlt- was said to bs t.

night. fn order to cater to the in- ner man there were immense cav-t ems constructed of almond pastel and other daintles. Louis and hisv royal party regaled themselves flrsti from the fruit and other viauds and then the Kin; gave the signal-

The rush

and their lady friends. and the

1

led. as that tvlternoon we sawmorel

silver foxes worn than we had ever leen in all our lives together. We counted at least 200 ladies wearilll silver fox, moat of them singles but a few made up in doubles. Gowns, worn were also very beautiful and we saw the reason why Pill! l! claimed to be the centre of the

h‘ “ world. We did not

-King looked on" with the greatest amusement at the demolition of tlllP. good things. That evening there!

know anything about the horses racing. but just for fun. we started picking winners and managed l0

was led down King in person and his handsome “d 16.310“; bqcauge of Following them were threowmita between races, usually one- l ladies. each of whom Wflflltlalf hour between each race.

Hlruiltiolr- in France’ Ills: lriva-d owing Ii {all the franc._bgaut"u dat_\'.- . t toi-‘ariirdewned - will at 1T8 to thefiq-ay l

n all announce-

-.=.l;.-

queen.

, 0

_,wals also a grand ball and the partymlck four out of the nine races. the steps by thenrbc afternoon to us was very slow

ne after the other.

he affections of the Kinsqghe horses and jockeys were turn- ver)"

the long

All lolthe racing is running racing, and

artillery small guns, the other ones having been made for them by Ger- many and France. Switzerland. on account of its conformation. would be an extremely difficult country to conquer. The mountain passes can be guarded effectively by rifle-l men and machine gunners. and right here we may mention that the Swiss have now the finest ma- chine gun in the world. it only weighs 12 pounds, and is a most effective weapon. In some of the mountain passes are large disap- pearing guns so placed as to cover the approaches to their vulnerable points.

Speaking of the hotel industry. we found that it was not in a very healthy condition. Before the war it paid excellently" and companies

knows about Swiss watch-making. but we did not know that in cer- tain sections the farmers are also watch-makers. For instance. the farmer will work in his fields in favorable times and during the hours of the day and then in the‘ evenings, rainy days. and days there is nothing to- do on land. he will operate his lathe and becomi- a mechanic, turning out-thc parts for watches, his family assisting ill the work. This has been going on for generations and in the particu- lar localities that practice it. the people have, by training and hurt-- dity, attained n hiirh degree of mechanical perfection.

We might mention that the Swiss are wonderful engineers. and tho roads. bridges, tullrlcls, cttn. con-

ed. absence in that particular part of;

thcro stunt s tllclll

erroneous. through the agricultura Germany.

i

We had sinlplt- passed good as some high class Ameri- part Later on we were tulrilthe people were very nice to ua.ln-

of can and English hotels. However.

that Germany only produces aboutdeed, and gave us every attention.

4|) per cent. of her londstuffs antl|Tllc imust of the that the balance has to he impurl-‘fhnl there are two employees Onc thing we nntit-etl was the every guest.

management is

That evening we took a tour oi

the country o,’ cattle. and we were Berlin. and were greatly struck b)"

told flat the farmers. instead of al-yifS beauty and cleanliness.

.\' ext

lot-vim: tilt-m In run 0n pasture, dry to Londull, we believe it is the illi-

ft-d till-m.

We also unlit-ct] veryjost r-lly in Europe. The next day

fcw hnrsi-s. the lvrlrk lacing dour-lut- illtt-rvicwed leading fur dealers

rgi-ly by (P.\'("i'l.

Tilt-so oxt-ll nrr- and looked over quite a number of mas d ful‘ Incl-f purposes- and also siivcr fox pelts offered for sale.

lltfilzcd m do the work on farms. Tile following day we took a trlp

lm lolllI-S. \ ill

M ~'l'(~

but

\\'o wondered llnw the {armors disym Potsdam. famous for its palacol llltlztllsltctl lht-ir nwn pzitcllnfinlltl. and {or the fact that

it was the

sznlll ln-rtlo of Frederick the Great, who

pzlilltcd !lllfllll"l‘.~‘t pnilllvil mll fr: HS

on Zlléitli.‘ Germany great and powerful. n»: Pillslliln] was a garrison town ol

for

‘mum fllld l" ll lBYBB mfilllllll- llle ‘lelll-lu‘ ed out belllllllllll’ "l"! lh° were being formed continuously Kllllclell there arc. many of them. (Hyifllllg films inl‘ lit-ills. All llll‘ nliliulry Gcrlllnltv. built up in Fred-

. anti it rust.- ‘u Iii; t0 the mo“

l"! lea of France and of Europe; the famous being Madame de

best of order and decorum exhibit- ed. Betting machines by the hun-

and new hotels put in operation to cater to the tourist traffic ‘which

marvellous. They havc made great use of electricity and have liar-

productive.

firm lilflfl tvt- llmlvl-ll. prnlmllly’

\\'.l

>

vi-rjv‘ t-riviCS time.

Everywhere were eti

llut- m lll‘.'>lll‘fl(‘f35 of Frederick's work and we

“ l“ g back l° hfalnteuon, who will be remember- l-"ls Vanlc? ed as having urged Louis to revoke

l""'l"l" a": "Fine famous edict of Nantes which,

nessed their natural resources which are enormous due to thc iorrentiai fall of waters from the mountains. so that clct-trlt- energy is generated easily and very cheaply. Electrification is carried on tn a‘ great extent in manufacturing plants and the humhlest hnznr; of the humhleat peasant has clot-trit- light and electric ll'll\'(‘l' lf dcsir» ed. - “fine-making is a grout industry with the SWlSH and the growing of the grape furnishes i-mpltlynlont In a big proportion of the population. This work sounds easy but it is the most difficult nf all. Tho vino- yards are situated on the mountain‘ slopes and we had a vivw of the peasants at work on their little patches on our trip to lfontretlx. For hundreds and hundreds of feet up the mountains wc could nee them. They seemed tn be litellally ilanging on by their toes. Ear: little patch would be about 100

fact that lilo nr-rlnztzlls llzivo thtyuv-rc largest forlili; r \\'(>f‘l{.‘i in tilt.» world ytzllzlrl-fi ho built. which are the work ztntl Hs-rnlllti ~ tho FHIITW‘ of ln-tst HI his own tiosizllintt. We mndei of thr- fr-rtilizri-r that (‘lllliihi l‘l,f'.'il'k'llll trip through “Suns Souci". America. .011 which Frederick spent tcn mil- From (‘assi-l. whit-ll was nut 1| litlll dollars. lie built it with till \'Pf'_\' ilvvrwlillu lilWil. tln- l>ll|_\' Tm- ilztl-nliull of having it as arestlli‘ turt- Lita.’ “w 1'Tljll_\"ll lhclw- wry plum» where he would be free from mur-lt ‘tn-ill; fill Iilllli rum] tau-c. lll flit‘ i-ZATPS of the world, hence the which cltlrios wot» trilm all over lliifli" “Sans Souri" (without aor- flcrnlnlty- and snlni- from _ fully. rr-\\‘.<.l After he built it he found TllPFt‘ i-lsrs wt it; lhl- f‘ill'lflfl'~'ll" ll was impossible to get away ' zillti t-otllil from b" tn lill miles ]li'l‘ l. 'l'lli- lilllflti’

ilwlmnil.’ i dfedl W6"! “ll "and l° “u” "omecame principally from England and 831mm"! acllflll" °l “m” lllfgmlGermany. During the war there l": Th9" "e"! "l7 "lwas very little business doing and fvir/Lttlcxéngi‘ pllltytr-liséhlsugzléli: of the massacre of ally patrogiiaedceand thiznlhalféltimllrlstnce U...“ me German, have no; '*"Y"-l YW-HllKllll“ To ‘discribe‘Veranilleswould bolgfitrneize! fflzlallflailf the bet: How-thee“); in d3 Tim? ti? llfililvil Wig m “ mealgnngqfdtn immense taglk. ggobaibly llficlever, the grand total wasinodttlerlzlgnclhiznefleztfi o! {life aw“? 1%,,‘

“ lll-‘lliall "l-‘frgilaftltlsfltrlnlkglzllgfltf ltllgirlliorsuz IA: ‘ilte-lnlulflliuallllslttliflflwtlellzchllilteteolzhet!£031?)- [Pendous ego" is being made ‘his

__ mnow Lheireme] l ~ d- _ h wrs Y M d year to attract tourists, particular-

Y "so room an tery l3 Saxons. He would be cons ere ily American tourism, b“! as a “m, Celllllg. beautifully dewfiildd. "Dd a regular devil who would bet $5.00‘Lhey wager gays,- mndon and pal-is‘ on both sides along the walls are ._wnt is. the ordinary every-dayvo ‘be time‘ o, Swmerlantt i, is d I “d H m h man. 0f ouurre- thlwre klwhflslldifferent in m» winter time. The

~ . v .w c ' ' . "-' '=\“l"l'll‘-"v‘as uftriallfggd anftgfwarda 8:0 helplmgflirfi: ggllleceal: ‘Zhitlauazntisoindlh-(itelg that ca!“ parliicularly U ’ l""- '15 ll": defray the cost of wars of France.l1hol;55n¢5 o; ylggmr; who ‘y; will“ mm- Pons’ 5811105 “swatch a.‘ .- lmt a very n‘ was in this hall June l8 19195 alrlsta- of the betting machines-ls!‘ Wlflln‘ Hie fl e to ‘iflertolvl- “\- “'*" " “l” Mwlhat the famous"l‘reaty' of Yer: mPpris’ earl attracts enormouslmz. Gull? mar sport s a l? ' "”‘l "Y “"13"” ‘l'"-' loll"! sailles v-éts signed ' y lit because of tltelbest’ and s l’ us‘ tobogannlng’ b0 ' “to, i5 v91»; Th}. mm ‘mambo’: we ‘qsiledvllallcllllltgg: lofhvlgsiaorpsetly reaaummeuslcdging, Bfiow-allcieliugkaiitntigldg.

" l"! T""*""l"“l"1'lllldllldontainbleau Passing through the a .3 [here is ever opportunity to‘ n mgua t e w“ er e n; ea ' powr-r n! lb».- franc yore“ of‘ Fonwllllllelll l"! "elelenljo oneself lt ls the freeatcitWdelflr la-nddlgisp-t ‘If-base rlgulls “E

"‘”" "Y “Ml l” "arrtruck by the absence of anrsmaiilln tile world. and one can securB en lerellh mm c“ at r021

< Whll" "l"! lal"“"el'd'brant-iies or twigs on the trees.'any amusement one desires if thelmofnouzgfngeaudellfigy zosnfugllw,‘

Fl““fl inf; ' .'li fr 0-.‘ . i _ _ ' "

l» u

_ W: gleaned fro,“ the-and w bei 1d . X B l‘ Y h -h Jlhdm by teams in winter. They are

“ ‘ a5 . n5 5° °" "Bed m’ are‘ ill!"- l° Bl"? "l1 m" lw" c 95W e3 magnificent structures, steam heat-

tvood.’ gals toast lad talnia-fliéthptliezprc, we may say tat w; hired 013e,; with fumhmlngs o; the mo“ .5 l? ° "c9 "l" ""11 - "ll-lat 1.30. NW8 7-0 "Kl! "mlli- expensive design. The waiters are necessary to prevent the vines be-nre also pushing their output ofwlth dogs so Frederick's remain! ltalnbleau itself is most interesting-miles away, kept him waiting till an perfectly trained, always in ev- mg washed on by the 5mm; fresh. calm The qqum, yxanufafluflng repose m a lead Com“ m the chum - 5o . ets from the mountain tops. As 00.. formerly the great arnlatuctltat Pgtgflgm, This church lg well i i d h 1""? W" °lllY 9° lrllllcg- ‘l: $2~ dmacuiately clean and the service it ls, the peasant has every Sprinsivt-orlts. is tilrlliug out motor cars-worn“. o; a “Sm He", we mi y.‘ firs, (Jags drum wh P "H" ' 5 m" l; e L°ll"'°'0lw 6811 Bel- "lmlll 55°" llllllllw: from the manager to the moat in-‘to carry back the soil from tho as well as cash registers anti farm-p-alaer ‘cm-shipped when at Poti- hab 5mm u" in "w! 9P1; l1! 98 ofisn 9r B! willfllll-‘liu Paris for 16 cents. Meas or ‘glgfllflflllnl bell-boy, is courteous front of his plot. where it has been in; machinery. From what we sad-flan,‘ n w“ hum by Predarm, tli 7H,.“ 7n rweives “g t e fine" p‘ m n3 ca" blffeelllfcllflil l! ""9 1mm" "he" l” 3°-|and efficient. Switzerland can washed by the waters, and distri-

],T,',, ‘,1; ,t,,»r,,._'q'..,g will” {lmald fmaml" llelllfl“ Mflllllllll Bl 111° "ell “lblllel” "ll lllgneach the world how to manage bute it over the remainder. Each

r /,l|l;1_ ' 5kj]|ed‘a:£é.’a.';.om? mgéeaélefigdr {Mlllijlllllelll- ""37 8:1 PM"; “lllz-‘lllrgzlhotela, so that onc‘s stay with them peasant has only a small portion of we are Sun" fm- [he 5mm. “mum ‘Hedeflck-fl lead com“ is near m m“... 1mm eightywoue Dame nl“ m“ mthzr a ‘ngaflilllv 0i lafw? lllldlttlae Tee: ° d passes with the least amount cfJand as we would know it. and onlylof money or a grout deal loss, thou)“,- gml a Hg)“ lg always burninf V» ‘WT data “hill: meimludlng ‘he Prenchyfloll” g? R":ll°tl,li4l "lllla l-tllglyio“ °l gl-"ylmfiole {flétflolllla second day of our visit yofllhearrlgollelrrlltfllltgixelirlllllgk lgellgsail’tli\mellllcalllimo?" (‘m is far slwlirlnr‘ alongside l" Over this mm“ “I

"“” "‘”"~'l""~' F” l" 90' tati h I . ' . c . ‘ l I w ‘a " "lmm" we )0 WW‘ 18H lite l-Jml r r of Auatrilmllut-

_ fillslnr-sil ilke that 51:82am n: m: évinlfg; $.32? £93.01?“ Yjfluzgzntlnegifgm perlgzey; we ‘are Cnnducledh ‘mogul me “mllcn are “l” l“ “°l'_ll~ llllllbllllllztnauy- yours llcfrlrv they (‘Zlll hupc am and 6952130“; ‘wore w lulu . ,_.._,,._., M‘, regulated lugtenaed ‘formulae! u the Palace , h h t . '0 M nuedcity» of Montretlx. w ere t ere was and wife starting out early in the w be amt- “, pfflduQp ("flfs m. qhpavirnrvcs w crush Napoleon. _,, m“, m”, H no undue Foul” 5E8 u I d m m -0ll l B" l? Q" ll f Ma magnificent Flower Show reccnt- morning and continuing till late at and as 800.1 at, the Unlted Stan-gm ' “flllf; m,” a wrunn numjn] '5“ n ° a; eluelllWllen Pall! biicllll" mill? Yell": ly, and which is famed for its night during the Spring and Bum-mt Germany there is a hcnvy duty, l?" We" W"?! CW" Ell 106813- ed with visitors. We regretfu Y ma, momhl we cannot concave on foreign mmm. mm This dim.‘

particularly interested inthe

of thi-

“llrrfrll:

and r tcrrrjll-llitlrl.‘ iallli l all m"

in the ' ;“7'l‘-‘"'ll‘l"lmmense mirrors which at one time

1's tf . M J “er” r -.lll ilt- lllliul-(l a cnnlzlln iletween the .

racing is qu t- in voauo in ih-r- wttrils Suns and Souqi. which dec- .- many in 1'1 rlzlill plrls. ,\ llt-rlnzllt tlhlft’ tile exterior over the en- , car won flll‘ rat-v, and lhvrt- wits mince. lnr. he said. the Adjutant’! l gloat PXl‘lif"1lf'ill iifliillill lhl- him-l purl, “lllrh was 0n the left. was . wilt-ll thr- lvilllll-l" zlrrivl-il. \\'ht~u h» Wlillfillf. zillti his part. which WM finally i‘l'2l\\'l!'(l nut of ltis IilrIl-lmv on lilo ricllt. was with sorrows. . 'car, he prmx-d m hs- n rcztl Prue'- \\'-l B? z in the chair where l-‘retF ‘- sian. i; fr"! fl int-hos flit-it. i-rick \\'2i.~' tvnut to play the flute and. Th0 ti!" Hf ill" fllllfllf‘ cal‘ is not [nuke-ii ml lhl- little plot in thegilf- ,vcr_v pent-rail ill Ucrnlltlly, duo to tit-ll where arc buried his favorite l1 the lack of llllllllry in tht- country dogs anti horse. and where he ask- lllat present. but the Anlt-rit-till lllllllu- ell to be buricii himself; but hi! X Z5 189i. Wllll MOM fllld COHCFEIB-facturcrs are lllfllilllg u big ciforl successor thought it was not fll walls Dlowcllllg l-llem- The"! amito sell cars thvre. The Gerlllatls that the Monarch should be buried

- lrl i-‘lzilnv, --li lll i-‘ialro U11".