The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 16, 1947, Page 10

. x ‘ ary -disé&' it ‘offers transportation of every kind to take you close to. every. view ~worth: seeing. You very comfortable buses, you can ride from peak to peak on aeri- al. eable cars, and you can move rom’ one place to another by train, or steamer, = _ The precision is evident in the way the entire country is “kept up.” Most of the farms are small, and the larger portion of the harvesting is dome by hand scy- the: Every available inch of till- able land is used, and not infre- quemtly you see whole families cutting: the hay on steep hillsides whith in America we would congider uneconomic or impossi- ble: te. mow. They live in a aura of .extreme -beauty, with tall motnt in ‘the background, their own chalets. and farm buildings nestled among the smaller hills. And once the hay- ing. is done, from a passing trairi the fields look as green. and carefully mowed as a golf course - in the States. You see few farm buildings which look run down. In the citl- es. the ancient monuments, _in- stead of being allowed to fall in- ta decay they often are in other Euro countries, are kept in a perfect state of repair, “maintenance being done in @ same way, and by the same thods: as the original. The ci- ; are cleam and neat, and pre is a fragrance of cleanli- n@ss in the air. Automobile traf- figé—and this includes every wn European and American car, in fact some of our newest makes—moves with reasonable speed and at a;much slower pace than in the other cities I have visited. There is here—and it seems a bit unusual after Italy— some real regard for the pedes- trian. You have the feeling that | this is a disciplined people, but a free people, who have found a satisfactory answer to the ques- tien of ‘government. “An ancient country—they cele- 4 _|To Work 3 As Cadaver’ — Sale Races | eee Portugal, Spain and Italy, it hese 7 a for it is the one University cf Califor. — and the’ United States, a very ,cursery, friendly inspection. To attract tourists, the govern- ment permits an American to : cash up to $200 per week in trav- . er’s cheeks, at a_ special tour- This Is Sure Cure ist rate of 4.25 Swiss francs to} ~ : the. dollar. This would appear to| A woman lay very ill. Having work out advantageously to the|prought up a clever orpham girl,’ traveler who is remaining in 'the sick woman called ' the or- Switzerland only for a few days, |phan to her and said: because whens you depart, you| “I shall soom leave my little can change your Swiss francs|children motherless. They. know LAUGH AWHILE! — back into dollars at the rate of;you and love you and after Fv 375 to the dollar. This proce- am gone I want you and my dure affords a.profit of about : husband to harry. $2.50 on. every $20 you cash. But the paradox is. that prices. are so high that your, money goes very fast indeed. Costs here | are very nearly the same as in the States, with the result that a visit to Lucerne or Geneva is about as expensive as a compar- able visit to New ¥ork. ' Living costs here, in fact, are about equal with those in Am- erica, The average workman re- eeives 50@ Swiss francs per month, plus a°100 frane cost-of- living bonus. The total amounts to about $150 per month. The cost of clothing and food here— and the only “short item” is su- gar+is very close to ours and people here complain about the differnce in wages and cost of living as in the States. But there is no fear of commu- The young woman, bursting into tears, said, “We were: just talking about that.” Your Horoscope THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, -1947—Here is indicated an all- round mentality, with a strong leaning toward scientific pur- suits; comprehensive and well- balanced, careful in, research agd aceurate in tabulating. Today’s native should: make a mark on the roll of fame and bring him- , self a pecuniaty reward that will take him through life com-. fortably. — TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES | (Know America) 1758—Noah Webster, { Conn- nism, because there is no good | soil in which it can take root.| necticut teacher, author of fa- The average Swiss is a solid type | mous dictionary and of spelling of citizen, who understands his | and grammar books current gen- obligation to his government as erations, born Hartford, Conn. an obligation to himself, his fam- ily, his village, bis canton and his way ef life. He is, imyessence, a capitalist, for the changes are he owns his own farm, or his own home, and he knows that he has freedom and a standard of liv- ing few other European peoples now enjoy. Fhe European ideal of self- sufficiency has come to full flow- er here in Switzerland, neutral {through many wars which might | have ruined her economy if it ihad not been for the determina- ‘tion of her people. Lacking coal for fuel and power, Switzerland has made admirable use fo her hydro-electric power, and at the present time almost all her rail transport is powered by electri- city, as are most of her few in- brate their “Independence Day”! qustries. The nation, during | with a genuine festival on Au- | World War 11, lived in constant gust Ist, complete with fireworks ‘qread that the rail tunnel to It- | and fiestas ae there is similarity |41y—one of the great engineering | ta. America, in that Switzerland t;iumphs of our time—might be | is: made.up of many different ‘bombed. Shc also feared inva- | eoples, some of whom are na-'sion, And the reminders of war | tive to the country, and others’ oy seein Switzerland are all) who have come here for refuge. {ofa defensive nature; tank traps | A® interesting feature. of their + and posts set in‘huge rows in the | gov nt ‘is -the four officiel fields: to ward off parachute | 7 German, which is!trgops, bombproof shelters.) for. pa nf; French, principally lammunition in’ deep moubtain | 1 the West near France; Italian 'cayes, hollowed out in the rock. | in the area adjacent to Italy, and Tt is refreshing to see a land with | Romansche, which is a kind of '}9 pombed out buildings, no shell | Germanic tongue, and the only ‘craters, no crumbling trenches. | native Swiss language. All four} It is an interesting fact that | are spoken in the Parliament, military conscription here is—| which has a house comparable to and has been for years— an ac- | owr senate, and another similar | cepted fact .Most of the able- | ta, the House of Representatives. '},gieq men are held in a reserve | Died May 28, 1843. | 777-—Lerenzo Dow, | early Methodist evangelist,. pio- | neer of camp meetings, bora ‘at Coventry, Conn. Died Feb. Ss 1834. ‘ 1806—William P. Fessenden, noted Marine governor, secretary | of the treasury. Reconstruction ‘leader, born Boscawen, N. H. Died Sept. 8, 1869. | 1838—Horace W. Scudder, no- ited Boston editor and author, | pioneer in good reading for juve- ‘niles, born in Boston. Died Jan. '11, 1902. 1847—(100. years ago) Samuel 'P. Jones, popular Georgia na- ‘tional evangelist, famed preach- ‘er and among the great public speakers of his day, born in iChambers Co., Ala. Died Oct. 95, 1906. | ———_— More than 7,500 varieties of American apples are recorded but only about 50 varieties are of commercial importance. ey cami are comparable in plot to Ameri- can stage revues, such as the stage productions at state and county fairs but while they are admirably conceived and rather well. staged, there is something lacking in the way the show is performed. a. In an American stage perfor- mance, the dancing is beautiful synchronized so that all the dan- cers move together in perfect rhythm. There is an attempt al- so at spontaneity, with smiles on the faces of the performers. It is eceentric ~~ Iaterpreters are assigned speci- al places in these assemblies, to no quarrel or discussicn about it | translate as reauired, The Parliament House in Ber- ne is a handsome domed build- ing, and typically Swiss in that much of its decoration has been dene in elaborately carved wood, most of it oak. The people of the East _and West differ, for.im the eastern se¢tions of the country, you do not find the same atmosphere’ of friendly cordiality that exists in say Geneva. The people aré a bit more stiff in Lucerne, and ' tlhe service in the hotels and’ rest- aurants is not as courteous or as efficient. In Geneva, the French imfluence provides the best in French cooking; aml the best in. hotel and restaurdnt service. Although most foodstuffs are still rationed, there is plenty of , all of it welt prepared, As. f = enter the country, the immi- gration authorities “supply you with ration coupons when your visa is checked. You can get more. when you, run out. As a matter of-fact, clearing customs and im- migration in Switzerland—for an i at least—is very ‘status to the age of 60. There is —it’s just one of those things a good citizen must be willing to ‘do, to preserve his own free- ‘dom. : } There are large numbers of people here from other nations, "on business or as tourists. The French and British are in the greatest numbers, and it is hard to reconcile Britain’s dire need for foréign exchange, with the large number of her people who are spending it over here in tourist travel. Not that the Bri- tish don’t deserve vacations—es- pecially after all that they went through in this war. But it seems strange that if foreign ex- change is short in Britain, the ! British should be expending it abroad, on the luxury of tourist travel. Among the so-called tourist at- tractions here, as elsewhere on the Continent, are the “specta- cles,” concerts and theatrical re- vues, of which each country has its own specialty. The concerts in Switzerland are magnicicently provided by some of the world’s best musicians. Their -‘spectacles’ a bit disapointing here to attend a stage show, heralded in huge posters as the greatest show ever \presented in Switzerland-—only ‘to find that while the staging ‘and costumes are magnificient, ‘the dance routines are mediocre ‘and poorly performed, by our \onw standards, although the mu- Sic is remarkably good. | After watching several Euro- |pean shows, one accepts them--- ‘until you visit a “cinema.” Inva- riably, some part of the movic ‘includes an American film, pos- 'sibly a review of American dance jbands such as one I saw in Ge- ‘neva in a continuous newsreel * ,theatre. Then the comparison is unmistakable. One héas|the feeling jthat an American producer, with ‘American experience could come ‘over here, engage European tai- ent, train them acording to Am- jerican standards and stage a lshow which would bow] over any 'Continental audience.- The fact \that the American style is desir- j able is indocated ‘in the strong | Popularity -of American films. At jleast half of those on display in Genevea are imports from the eee States the balance being j