Show U V UH TRA I 1 LA HEN one steps from the small bou boit bo U at Inter interlaken laken W S switzerland Itz erland which hi his s brou brought him across lake thun and has managed to struggle past the long line of 0 lift or hotel the fl first thing that he notices lb is a monstrous sn snow oclad clad toi towering ering onla a liale distance ariy it la is one of the b beautiful sights eights of this most attract lie he swiss town ton shimmering brilliant I 1 white in the sunlight abis mighty pak aali in tue tile Jungt riu interlaken Inter laken Is proud of the and the moun tain seems to be a sort ot of protective protect e ingel gel of 0 trio little billage re reanne arine its lofty ores laigh above the other peaks in every eiery shop in every ever hotel in the railroad elation eera where one sees various aws of the Jung frau and no one eier eer goes to interlaken Inter laken without bu buying ing a number of pictures of the ta fa peak there ire man hotels that haie hae Jung frau in their names with some other combination of words the whole holo A place teems with nith the nim ame Jung frau fran and desen dese edh so for it is 1 one of the most beautiful mountains in EL all 11 europe A famous engineering feat almost equal in fame nith the moun tain itself Is the railroad which tolls up its steep and which tikes one from froin the warm and sunny town into the c old cold blasts of snow and ice a few houis for mana man bears ears all efforts to render this mriln moun tain maln more accessible proved ing until guyer zeller ZelIer of zurich the swiss ralli railway ai king solved the lera lem that bad puzzled so BO mana man engl after a delightful trip up the mountain tart 1 a regular steam train been bored through and pir fir bedoar L us lai a bluish sel of ice this one v 0 of the famous gli gliders ciers of the JUDS frau from Lige mand the tram trail turns sharply to the right still in tile the 1 wonderful tunnel which was anas through the mount tin for a distance of 0 about eight miles A iun of about a mile brocz brousal alit us to eismeir through another cold draught grotto we walked balk e d to another opening and ooin NN we e 1 I lw W the great glacier sprat sprawling ling the deep ravine here an out pirlous bull dingi oi 01 tl ll side ot of the minch a telescope he how he did it vas as a nl nissler ler ster tor for with nith the naked cc one sa saw v aj 1 a blink nall all of snow the g glacier I 1 acier N is a little indistinct from the as snow had begun to fall miles curtier fur tier r and we its arriol at the present tern terminus tinus ot of the rail road the A short alk through the he branching tunnel us to a little wooden building built on the side of the mountain we stepped outside onto a small porch A fierce blizzard was vas raging outside and we could see only a few feet in front of us this station is feet above the sea level and Is the tunnel station in the world an alpine guide brought us pickaxes pick lies axes used in mountain climbing and nver al of us him through steep steel snow covered lassige jintil we emerged on the side of the A steep path las a before us at one side bide ahe sheer wall of the mountie rose on the other side was spier the blizzard was blinding IN 0 felt 0 our ur way vay along in the wake vake of ahr thc guide slipping scrambling and aitch ing ourselves ourse ours hes elies with the sharp pointed 1 r ti t I 7 A I 1 41 q z 1 46 1 I 1 1 4 4 A I 1 I 1 1 I na 5 VIP na 41 V 1 1 0 W e 1 I 1 1 NO 1 X 01 i IN f at le n I 1 11 mi az v f 1 1 f 3 I 1 ila TUNNEL ON JUNOr JUNGr RAU RAILWAY and then on the cos cog wheel road we at little A stron g col coll I 1 wind ii ind was nina blowing steadily dily itoe across the tracks ml hat bat was vias off and went careening toward a deep ra vine A friendly trolley pole stopped it la III its hurried trip toward the hot torn tom of the can cannon ou we left the sta ton don of 0 the ra maillia rall illia tta and crossed a cold N windswept ind ept platform to the terminus of the Jung frau railway ralena everone ever one hurriedly struggled into overcoats coats fine snow stung our faces i ices we entered one ot of the carri carriage ag of 0 the electric ral railway liNay that makes the steep journe gumc to the top the wind howled ho NId and rattled the windows A guard quieri opened the door of 0 our corn apartment part ment and shoved in some blankets for us to wrap up in when we ue should get out at the stations higher up snow la a on each side aide ot of the trac a at places it rose like a wall almost as high as the train we traveled above gro ground und for or some distance until a came to here I 1 small station elation clings to the side of the moun t tain a in through a telescope near the tracks w could see sea distant valleys after a few minutes stop v we e were va ere all balled aboard the train bich ilan plunged into a long tunnel through tho the mountain scowl the electric en glue pulled us up through this dark cavern vern lighted occasionally ti hi small bulbs chilled by penetrating cold at hig erwand we via stopped aglan As we descended from the train we vie were vere chilled bi the penetrating cold we alk through a long gallery cut in the solid rock gr creim etril fh leh lights the icy sides rides I 1 at iho end of this gallery caller the rock haj hai aws aes but this seemed a futile ps time as we ie could fee bee nothing for the thick snow so we turned back we were cre gone about twenty minutes but when we reached the little station one of the men found thit three fingers on his right hand had been frozen and this on the first d dt di t of june the in ei evitable editable edi flable table post card stand la Is in the sta lion find and a post office for the accod mo dation of has been to in stalled we took abo tb train back to elsm or er and here in a great oll aik beamed dining hall carved out of tile the soli I 1 rock we ate an excellent luncheon we i win in tiered dered around the icy outside outs lila tor for a few minutes after luncheon but were glad to get inck back into t the h e corn fordable fort for ablo table heated of tile train from little scheidegg Schel degg the steam train goes bick back nis a of grind grandel e I 1 wald instein of I 1 auter brunnen past the famous glacier we went through deep ditches dug in the sno until vo ine reached the moun tain fain vegetation and biarmer air slow sion ly the train sinks through th the picas ant valleys through picturesque little mountain villages last i ast greit roaring mountain torrents winch swell sell into rivers until is reach ld again |