A BOYS' SKIING CONTEST AT CHÂTEAU D'OEX
Swiss mountain vales begin their observance of some of the odd customs which have been handed down to them by many generations of ancestors. Grandmother hastens to the cellar for the most perfect specimen of an onion. This she cuts into half, peels off twelve layers, one for each month of the year to come, and in due rotation she fills each one with salt. On the following morning the family is able to prepare an advance
A JOLLY TAILING-PARTY ENJOYING THE SEASON OF WHITE IN THE UPPER ENGADINE
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