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Show AGED MAN REBUKES YOUNG ENGLISHMEN Special Cable to The Tribune. GENEVA, Sept. 26. A remarkable scene has occurred at a Zermatt hotel, which In normal times Is full of English Alpinists, but In which today there are only Enellsh women and a few elderly men. Or,- evenfne after dinner three younir Englishmen, who had Just made a difficult diffi-cult ascent, were discussing the climb, when an elderly colonel rebuked them In rather strong language for being In Switzerland Swit-zerland at all. ' , ' Turning towards the visitors the colonel said: "Ladies, you should boycott boy-cott these slackers. They should not he climbing mountains, but climbing out of trenches, like my two sons." 'Tiie Officer was cheered and the three BnafUaronen, after standing out ngnlnsr an Icy silence for two days, left the hotel for London. |