Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . other silver ornaments,were furnished by the count-ess. Margaret wore the stillmore lavish ornaments of apeasant of adjunct of the costumethey did not adopt, — themaple-wood sandals whichslip with every step, andmake a noisy clapping onthe stone pavements. With-out these it was impossibleto realize their wish to passas peasant girls among thepeasants. There were dis-crepancies, too, in their headgear. And as they stoodtogether later, before theporch of the church at Alt-dorf (see Frontispiece), theymade a pretty picture for theJudge to photog
Three Vassar girls in Switzerland . other silver ornaments,were furnished by the count-ess. Margaret wore the stillmore lavish ornaments of apeasant of adjunct of the costumethey did not adopt, — themaple-wood sandals whichslip with every step, andmake a noisy clapping onthe stone pavements. With-out these it was impossibleto realize their wish to passas peasant girls among thepeasants. There were dis-crepancies, too, in their headgear. And as they stoodtogether later, before theporch of the church at Alt-dorf (see Frontispiece), theymade a pretty picture for theJudge to photograph; butevery true peasant knew that they were masquerading. They stopped at the Griitli, which tradition says was the trysting-place of the three patriots of Schwyz who founded the Swiss Confed-eracy ; and then glided on past the Mythenstein, a rock rising fromthe waters of the lake, on which a grateful people have chiselled aninscription in honor of Schiller, who made the name of their hero,William Tell, famous in A. SWISS MAIDEN. ii4 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IN SWITZERLAND. The boat paused for a few moments at the Tellenplatte, wherestands the famous chapel to Tell, on the spot where he is supposed tohave sprung on shore and escaped; but the shrine of the pilgrimagewas the church at Altdorf. All the boats came to anchor at Fluelen;a procession was formed, which proceeded on foot to Altdorf, while those who did not care togjjjjj iiBEi. take part in the procession bestowed themselves in thecarriages, omnibuses, and ve-hicles of every descriptionwhich were in waiting. Allthe village of Altdorf cameout to meet them, singingpatriotic songs and bearinggarlands. Mottoes were dis-played on the fronts of thehouses. Wreaths and gar-lands of evergreen and offlowers were interspersedwith bunting and flutteringribbons. The Schutz Verein,in a sort of Robin Hood^ pK^ costume, carrying cross-bows, ippiiw***5^ came from the gymnasium. tells chapel, lake of lucerne. The Capuchins, i
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