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Show H r. ! IN.' 'I F ! I' - !-- ! -!-- H Letter From Foster H Biel, Wiesengosse 5, Switzer- B land, Europe. Nov. 27. 1911. B Editor Record- B ' I have been in this country H just about long enough to become H a little homesick, so in thinking H of something to ease the pain I Hv - -am going to write you a note H and see if I ".an get a little news H from our home town Cedar. H , It is now just eighteen days H since I arrived in Biel, Switzer- H- - land, and although it seems a H month or more, I must say that H it has been well spent. My en- H tire trip has been one grand va- H. cation. H Everything has gone along as H .smoothly and agreeably as if it H were ordered afore hand. The J only disagreeable part of our HMH journey was the voyage across EflHH the mighty deep from Montreal fiBB to Liverpool, and I must say HlB that I could hardly call the boat HH ride one of much pleasure. Out BHHH of eight days we spent on the (ffiBH water I was seasick five of them. BHBHk I found on the boat, to my dis-NHHHHI dis-NHHHHI satisfaction, that things were HT very similar there to condtions H at home "everything going out B and nothing coming in." We m had a very stiff gale against us Him, on the entire voyage. We had Ki but one accident on our journey El 4i - i across the ocean, wheh happened M v- - MitcheirMrs;Ti PHrMBiMnTOther ships that I F r- Liverpool one and two, HflB jk days after we arrived, had their BHrTj masts and wireless instruments WSm it $ Stirely disabled. BBft w I I found the scenery through 9Hn 8 England and France to be very flB " I pretty as well as quaint, but of HHHH f' a tne grandeur I think that Bfflnjk'ji nerc m tne Schiveiz is a pattern NHHB foremost of theworld. I haven't HHLp seen much of the country here HHH S but what little I have seen makes BrvJ me think that this was the be- BBVi ginning of God's work on earth m and that he has kept some K-r ' ) mighty good workmen here sinec K'liii its creation. Every hill and p valley is completely decked with Hfr green grass or green shrubbery BMf I or both, with here and there a SHf clump of well kept forest trees. BB;f ' Unlike the Westerner, who finds HHH' the fertile valleys and plains to Bf be much more inviting for him Hjfi to build his habitation, the Hf Schiveizer invariably takes to HK' the mountains and there he H clears his grounds; builds ter- llHf races for his vineyards; erects B his mansions and lives like a B king among natures kings. I HflH must say as did the poet, that HBHH "it is a picture that no painter BHB nas n0 coloring to mock" etc. BHH Jt secms m this lan(1 tnat tne HHK man is many many years behind HHHb the times in many many ways. jflHr In the country one will And the IHH husband driving either a pair jBjH of fine horses or a yoke of large BHHHi oxen, hitched to & plow or a HHS wagon, and he finds life quite dHB real and enjoyable, while a little HBflBH farther up the road one will RmRB see the wife and a dog hitched to gSmSH a cart-load of produce, such as BHHB potatoes, cabbage, turnips and the HJHH like; off for the "market-platz" BjHjBB in the Stadt (city). The country HHHH man is not the only one who is a hhHk little behind the times. I And that in the city the men do not seem to know what style and beauty of clothing means. Their clothing is all out of date. The last and most striking aspect of their agedness is their intellectual intellect-ual and spiritual lines, or rather the lack of such. I find that not only here in this branch but all through the missions, the woman is the much more susceptible to I spiritual knowledge than is the ' man. Through his own ignorance ! he will neither accept the truth ' nor will he consent to its being i taught to any of his family; which is giving him a double debt to pay. While the woman is ready to investigate and ac-' ac-' cept the truth if she be brought in contact with it. The people here have very crude manners. It is a very common thing for one to go into a cafe, restaurant, theatre, depot waiting rooms and all such public places and find the people, both men and woman completely embodied with fumes from the pipe or cigarette;- and at the resturant if their beer is refused the landlord is extremely indignant. The women are very fashionable and seem to very much appreciate a doff of the hat with a pleasant smile or a "Bon jour Madame," but as to manners at home or in public places; well here is indeed something some-thing lacking. TdvnigexperieTcea itT Since my arrival here I have sung five songs for the Saints in meetings, spoken once in meeting and have given out from door to door about three hundred and fifty tracts. The language here is a little difficult for me but I am progresing fairly well. I wish you all the success possible pos-sible in your business as an editor of a paper and as a faithful faith-ful worker in the church and I hope that,God will continue his blessings unto you and the people of Cedar City; and I hope that we missionaries in a foreign land will be remembered by you all and that the work of God will continue at home as it is progressing pro-gressing abroad. Praying for a blessing upon you and your family, fami-ly, I wish to remain your Friend and Bro. Geo. W. Foster. Every family has need of a good, reliable liniment. For sprains, burns, soreness of tho muscles and rheumatic pains there is none better than Chamberlain's. Cham-berlain's. Sold by Palace Drug Store. |