SILVER HORNS IN THE ALPS.
By motorists in the Alps/ where the abrupt twists ' and turns of tno ' roads make the warning _ noto of - necessity almost incessant, it:,is evidently; considered, the duty of men to-.attend', to-this important dotail, and J.-'.-'SR*!" 0 -- 18 blown upon -, a silver, horn ,by tlVo fair occupant of tho seat on'the driver's left r hand.'(says. an English writer).- '.' Time after time last sumrnor,.ih the neichbourhood of : Aix-lcs-Bains, Chamhery Anliecy, St.: Gcrvaix,' and ■ Chamo'unix,. I saw the - woman . m the car, .tootling upon her horn, .which, she held- upon- hbr knee readv to raiso -to her lips when occasion demanded ft } a u , ' , 11,0 silvery clarion makes a delightful and appropriate sound in the mountains,_and is. most'efficacious.' It reminded mo . of. Lord Lonsdale's huntsman's horn syrens winch -1 havo heard in the Ullswater district, whejv a procession ,of his mustardyellow cars _have come hurrying along tho narrow joad, ' with its abrupt twists and turns, that borders that beautiful lake.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 5
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162SILVER HORNS IN THE ALPS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 5
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