Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-21
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DEAR B.. 2 -MemDbis
news and friendly inquiries are most
welcome now that | am so far from
you all and in a foreign land. Still |
begin to feel perfectly at home in
Nurnberg and so far | have never felt
strange or lonely once. Everybody
here is awfully good to me. They
seem to think because | do not yet
perfectly understand German l can
not even take care of myself. | am
as much cared for as a little child. 1t
is a good thing l am not really a child,
for | would soon be badly spoiled.
My father was the pride of his
family; and my mother was the favor
lite in both families, loved for her
grace and amiable qualities and ad-
mired by all who knew her for her
culture. Every day / hear new and
interesting things about them from
the different relations. And as they
all imagine, | resemble my mother,
they think nothing is too much or too
fac for her daughter, the American
niece" As the object of so much
affection and kindness, how can | help
but feel ~contented? Besides the home
folks and several friends write often.
Liverpool news reaches me in less
than three days-I get letters, maya
zines or papers from there almost every
week.
Since | wrote you from Cologne l
have seer and enjoyed much and also
learned no little. German comes
much easier than | had any idea it
would. Hearing nothing else, my ear
has become familiar to the new sound
and nay tongue rattles as fast as in
English, though, Of course, / often
murder the grammar. For this rea.
son | am taking private lessons IAN
hour every afternoon) under Professor
SchOnberg.
After leaving Cologne we went to
Frankfurt-on-the Main, a large. we'll
built, modernlooking city. We spent
a few days very pleasantly there in a
magnificent hotel, made several hand
scme purchases and then proceeded to
Nurnberg, where the entire family and
connection met us with a warm wei
cOtne but astonished to find me along.
We had a splendid time in Vienna.
ln many respects | was reminded of
New York city. 1t is a wealthy, hand
some place, but the streets are so
crowded and noisy. Mardi- Gras is
not celebrated in Europe as it was for
merly. But this year in Vienna a
masquerade ball wal given in the
Grand Opera House-an elegant build
ing-which we attended. The cele-
brated Strauss was leader of the music.
The emperor and crown prince Of
Austria seemed to enjoy the scenes a.
spectators from the royal box. All
sorts OF presentations, exquisite and
connie, were there magnificent toilets
velvet, satlns, laces and diamonds anC
all sorts Of costly decorations. The
city was full Of visitors from all part,
OF Europe. We saw many places o
interest-rOyal picture gallery in tn,
Belvedere, an old palace. Different
line churches, one containing the i'm
perial vault, where the tombs Of Mari,
Theresa and her sixteen children ar,
to be seen another containing Cano
vas celebrated monument TO Mari
Christina Of Sweden. The woathe
was fine and we enjoyed ourselves i'm
mensely. The last night we heard III
olera Fra Diayolo in the Vienna Oper
House.
Then w went along to Munich, tn
capital Of Bavaria, and the mos
charming city l have vet seer
The streets are hard and so clean.
is a place of learning and one feels a
air Of refinement pervading the be,
part Of the city. We visited the res
dence Of Ludwig ii, a magni6cer
palace; the famous picture gallerie
and the repository of SCULPTURE Z
glyptothek. At the Royal Theater "
heard Wagner celebrated opera l.,
hengrin. Such scenery and music
| was perfectly eutraueedl The kin
Of Bavaria Is SO partial to Wagner
compositions that nothing is spared I
iitrEuA y NelltGN stage duu OICneStl
10 Ludwig III. Therefore Munich
considered the best city in Europe
bear Wagners fine productions.
also visited the large university whe
my father was a student Tor son
years. In the grand Theatina ehur,
We heard the requiem during the hi
mass for Macmillan. father of Il
present king. who died a few yea
ago. This service is held annually {
the anniversary Of his death in til
church, where he is entombed.
The weather was miserable
Munich-rain, hail, snow and su.
shine in one day often. Still we we.
on the go constantly for more tn,
a week. | enjoyed my visit in Mum,
oh, 50 much. Ny mail was forward,