The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-13
From our Special Correspondent,
SUNDAYS ABROAD.
ESDEN.

cheerful, social SaXons suffer nothin!
in comparison with the cold, distan
and eXacting Prussians. In childhood
we took great pleasure in playing "puz
zle," in finding how we could go from
"here to there" without crossing ;
line, and we experienced similar de
light in wandering about Dresden
How to get from "here to there" with
out going through a solid block of build
ings, was often delightful source o
mystiiicaton that led us through al
sorts of labyrinths, amongthe queerest
dearest old houses, thrusting them
selves out into the streets at all imag'
Unable angles, and with such an air OF
innocence as if they had not the re.
motest idea of f~encroaching on any
one's rights, though they left only
eighteen iuches space for sidewalkr.
But that makes no difference. The
middle of the street is perfectly clean,
and the inhabitants of Dresden find no
fault with the peouiiarities of the old
houses, but like good children yield
honor to age, give up their sidewalks,
and 90 in the middle of the street,
Leaving our hotel early on Sabbath
morning, we found the streets filled
with people in holiday attire, many OF
them indicating their destination by
the prayer book in their hands. The
shops were closed, and near some Of
the churches chains were stretched
across the street to prevent teams pas
sing. But few cabs were seen, and
during the whole day and evening it
was evident that here business takes a
holiday on the Sabbath.
Crossing the new market, we enter
ed the "trauen kirche''-lady church.
which we understood to be protestant
We saw no one near the door, and We're
at loss where to go; hut seeing a sign
that directed us to go aloit, we began
to ascend. Upward we climbed, up Il
winding stone stairway, through dark
passages lighted with gas, for the
small windows in the thick walls all
mitted but few beams of daylight still
up and up, till we began to wonder
where we should find II stopping place;
but at last found ourselves in u wide
passage way extending around the
church, which is nearly circular form.
Opening the only door that we saw,
we entered q small balcony that would
hold aAonE 19Hr people standlhg, !aHa
from this little perch looked down into
the church. Far below US we saw the
minister preaching TO an attentive con-
gregation, who We're seated IN the body
of the church.
Around the sides were lhree sai-
leries, one directly over tne otheT, lhe
lower one partltloned OH INTO BOXES
like theatre, and away at the top 3
few such lltt!a paiGon!ea u, ~ tnft ih
which we We're stanulng. ihe mlhls-
ter being SO far away, ana the sermon
being IN q strange language, VIZ sopi,
concluded tnAt oHf qeYotlpn wnuhl
have to CONSIST III Ylslllng huilioet W
churcheH, al'u INV III p'.teno ila'si
to words that we did not understand,
In some of the other churches we saw
the same style of private boxes, winch
we imagined must be Tor tne scGSoih-
modaslou Of tue aristoet,facy' IN the
court church we heard some googl
music: Ihe eupeio oi tilis phHfcH II
elliptic IN fprm.
The great Dresden art gallery, second
to none save the collections in the
Ulllzi and Pitt palace in Florence, re-
ceived our attention in the afternoon.
1t was certainly with feelings of rever-
ence that we walked among these pro
dGctioils OF master spirits, these eVl-
dences of the creative skill Of the hu-
map MIND. No one looking uFnop ont
of these exquisite palntings would ever
say that it was a thing OF chance, OF
only growth, development; and yet
how many there are in this land, who,
giving to human skill ell praisp, viii
look pppp the Wpnarous human frant
and withhold from its Greater the
honor due, or who will say that the
whole glorious universe Is only a de-
velopment, and that no superior intel.
ligence govern it and makes universal
laws.
Many beautiful and world renowned
treasures are found in this gallery, ant
as usual among the "dld masters, y
landscapes are few in number and
Madonlias preeminent. Madonnas by
Corregio, 10y Murillo, by Raphael, and
one originally venus and cupid, Will
comical effect, transformed into Il
Madonna and infant saviour. Here
also, is Holbein's Meyer 'sche Madon'
na, so-called, because painted by ordel
| of Burgomeister Meyer; AND in Whicl
he and his family are represented aS
being presented TO the Virgin, who il
attired in the gorgeous magniiicenct
of queen, and has the bearing Of
sovereign receiving the homage Of he
| Subjects. But the gem of tho Who'll,
collection is The great master piece o
Raphael, the Sistine Madonna, painted
in the beginning of the sixteenth cen
tury for the church of San sinto, In tn,
town of Placenza, Italy, and after
wards sold to Polish king for al
enormous sum of money. The Madon
ma is here portrayed, not gs g nueen
hat as the virgin mother, simple II
attire, her hair falling carelessly owe
her shoulders, her face so calm AM
holy, so expressive of her realization
of her high positipn as ihe mother Q
Christ, but not arrogating to hersel
any praise or honor. All homage pai
TO her is, is not to her, but to the lovel.
child she carries in her arms,
Sitting in the little room devoted t
this wondrous creation, where no mino
work can distract the eye, one passe
hours uneOnsclously, In silent wonde