Show OU autv R TEACHERS IN EUROPE another letter from our girls girl S switzerland the land of mou mountain n tain and glazier described with clewing pen picture cologne aug 31 1003 1903 editor reaped deir de ir sir after a few s of on the continent in the mid mad ocil dav to hid find sights the art traveler gilr louks lauks bick back NN with ith ples pleasure ure and marks some dan das S N ith a 1 ild iid ii d letter some of th ih se days we spent in annit aerland i d som bom in gennadiy Ger inay after leaving the llie city ity of pains P iris with its ga gaa lift ue s nd ind by wn w in of geneva we were delighted with A ith its be luty ind and I 1 hav hac c d I 1 little mere sympathy for the th globe trotter who nho N ho raves over oer that country we visited the university the art Gill Galler cr 3 the arina anni museum mu cum the pal faiks ks we ne tool took a slit sill on nn that bluest blue t of blue I 1 likes ikc and last but not least we ae strolled down past the hop chop windows win dob one dai daa we spent at the old chateau of chillion immortal immo ital zed by lord avion in his prisoner of chillion it is built on a laige lock projecting out into lake geneva i and the dungeons and some of the rooms ire are formed out of the so sol d rock we were shown the room where the prisoner wiler existe 0 o man mini glooms years and the very hool hook which held him a 1 prisoner to the post ahe floor around was u worn orn down by its wear N eara footsteps there was no sound save sae the splash of tile the water vater against the rocks and tile the one bight was vas a small bereal ot of blue sky seen through a high narion windom Nin dov there were ere other rooms the banqueting hall living rooms kitchens ell courtyards etc but the mind ala always s a itself with aith one place a d us as I 1 look back now I 1 cin almost hear the dismal tread of the prisoner of chillion our net place of great interest was interlaken Inter laken lying peacefully at the foot of the mighty Jung frau here we ae found ourselves surrounded by bj the snow capped peaks of the alps our anticipations were ere surpassed surp ased when we c made our way in a mountain train up the broad side of the Jung frau and aw for the first time a glacier ind and an avalanche the tro tri lle alei does not attempt to cross this sea of ice and ano benov but burrows burros deep into the after a fi w minutes the guards eri Eig erwand aid getting out of the cars car we e find ourselves in a large gillery gallery in the rocks from the windows af which we ne looked out moon don the world of ico ice and snow and sun suit it was voas all very ery v condei ful arid and seemed like a fur f jira dream but one that many participated in leaving wo e called led down the lake of brenz to brenz station where we ne took the train for lucerne ghis as one of the most beautiful rides we ae have talen the road followed lone along a the liae of the lull hill going up up all the time below us was NN as a narrow fertile valley with a stream of 0 water lowing flowing down donn the center above us the mountains rose in all their rugged splendor very often we could see a little cottage nestling in among the trees and near by maud muller raking up the grass lucerne in itself is interesting as a pleasure resort here we a 0 met great numbers of our fashionable countrymen strolling inz lei leisurely burely along the promenade under the 1 walnut alnut I trees with many misgivings we re now entered german but to our delight and jo joy y we found that these af pf people ople really did eat gom something ething besides winnies and ail sour kraut is a fine me old town with its castle and churches and fountains in n the castle we were acre shown the different instruments of torture tort lire used in the pun punishing ishin of different crimes among the tr arost ohl important as the Jung frau or iron maiden another interesting feature was a deep viell bell dug by the prisoners of the castle castic two to passages lead from the well to the town ard were aed as a means of be ipe in ili former da dis s every germin won has its market place the old fat duceman sit and sell their tho ir wares these there squares are arc crowded in the morning wiehl with the people who come to do their marki marketing atmo for the day what would our housewives think of buying enough augir for one day or enough colough vege vece libles tor for one meal such is the case here we find the marked place a very novel sight bight each tradesman owning a small stand on wheel which as roon as his wars wares are sold he takes hakea away in most every german town we find a cathedral an opera house and an all art gallery containing one or more noted original pictures but at dresden we found the most noted of ill III here we ve sa saw the famous madona claimed by many to be the most beautiful picture painted there tire are numerous other pictures here which we abc seen in reproductions III all through europe in the ro roal al it dresden we were shown the camou eucen diamond the largest of its kind in the world this pl 1 is one of the centers in germany R for or art cind and music and it i is a 30 to see sec the bt best taste cd in the smallest anil and heie I 1 will leace aae jou ou in this enchanting pot to landtr at your leiblic through the gallerie gilk nei to stroll 1 at pleasure along the shady alks walks Il ks of I 1 the parks or listen with interest to the charmin charming of the grand opera Sin sincerely Since cerell reh DOROTHY WRIGHT HAZEL BAKER |