ARISTOCRACY OF THE SUN.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7583, 23 December 1902, Page 2

ARISTOCRACY OF THE SUN.

LIGHT V. SHADE. There is on aristocracy of the sun. M. Lugeon, a professor in the University of Lausanne, has been making an investigation in the great valleys of Switzerland, and finds that "the edge of the day-long shadow that winds amid the high mountains is a most remarkable boundary. It is not only a boundary between sunlit slopes and hills in the shadow, but it is a lino that divides aristocrats in intelligence and prosperity from plebeians of ignorance and poverty. Professor Lugeon has made ai special study of the great valleys of the canton between Martigny and the- Rhone glacier, and finds that; where both sides are equally steep preference is given to the sunny side as a place of residence*, there being three persons there to one on the side in the shadow. This is not remai-kable, but it is remarkable that the dwellers in the sunlight are far superior to those who live in the shadow in intelligence^ education, and general prosperity. 'Sunlight has developed ambition and ener^,, and its effect is seen in the homes, fields, dress and conversation of these people of the sun, who look with contempt on the people of the shade, across the valley. ■