[10] I have thought since that she may have meant that the Swiss do not lead the world in the art and literary industries. She may have connected those things with intelligence—you never can tell.
[11] When the call to arms came, August 1, 1914, Switzerland put 250,000 men on her frontier in twenty-four hours.
[12] Written at the Anchor Inn, Ouchy, Lausanne, in 1817.
[13] "La Diligence de Baucoire" in Lettre de Mon Moulin, Alphonse Daudet.
[14] It was oftener from sixteen to eighteen francs, but the time when we stopped at larger towns, like Le Puy, Lyons, and Valence, brought up the average. These are antewar prices. I am told there is about a 50-per-cent increase (on the dollar basis) to-day. The value of the French franc is no longer a fixed quantity.
[15] The reader must continue to bear in mind that this was in a golden age. The cost would probably be nearer 150 francs to-day (1921), or $12 American money. Even so, it would be cheaper than staying at home, in America.
[16] Tours during the World War became a great training camp, familiar to thousands of American soldiers.
[17] She lived six years longer, dying in 1920.