Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-27
THE sPARIs OF rHE NORTH,
The Danish Cspttas-A Handsome
aud Lively City-A short sketch of
Hts Rist0Ty-What One Way See
and EBjey There-The Royal
Palaces. Museums. Etc. Etc.


Palaces. Museums, Etc. Etc.
Correspondence Of The Eceainy Stdr.l
CoPESHAGEF, DENMARK, November, 1885,
Copenhagen, the capital OF Denmark, Is well
worth visiting. It Is as handsome a city as can
be wished for and very Lively and hospitable Is
great merchanjile center and seaport It was
not so In years gone by. In the early days of
Christianity, when priests fought as well as
preached, a certain Bishop Axel settled on the
spot where now the Danish capital rearS her
spires and cupOlas. IL Is called, and with reason,
the Paris or the North" but la the days OF
Axel Only few hShermeH'S nuts surrounded
his palace. BY degrees appeared other ana
humber houses and as the labor OF mechanics
was needed, village sprang up when Ia tlme
was converted into refuge Tor crews OF vessels
which sought haTbor there, ana later for
spice merchants from the northern part OF Ger
many, who came during the winter months
and lived IN miserable hutS with two
rooms selling spices, such as pepper, cloves. etc.
Before these merchants came TO sell their wares
the place was Called .AXelsJad," Stdd meaning
stOwn;" but now. the bishop OF that name
being dead, Few interests coming up, aud the
'.tOwn" possessing good natural harbJr, G
pame was changed TO .'MerChants-harb)r."
fKI0bmand- havH) which I'm our days h ~ been
cut down to 'kl0ben-havn" cop eDnagen.) 1t
is now the capita: OF the kingdom. but il the
tenth century, when Denmark's king reigned
over all the provinces along The East-Sei. nov
forming the northern border o. Germany the
scandinavian PENINSULA, aud England. an ia
land town called s.RoeSkllde," after King
the most magnificent cathedrt!o in Europe.
where no TO our days all members OF the rhyai
family are bUTie1 During the war be-Wcra
Denmark and Sweien this church was WAlLe-
washed inside to cover the beautiful fre5cJrs
which evCryWh r. adorn the W Ills. for fear the
enemy would destroy them; but about fourteen
years ago the Thitewash was removed. and the
frescoes this day are as fresh as they were
when first executed.
THE SUMNER GARDENS AND OTHER PLACES OF
AMUSEMENT.
very clean, we'll paved city. and anybody can
have good time here. 1t offers attractions for
all dispositions and tastes. Ii has It's summer
gardens on a mtuOr scale, where citizens 90
with their families. and for a very small outlay
enjoy anice supper and concert. They ca n stay all
the evening IL they choose as all these plac are
kept open till about IL O'Clock. Then there are
the larger establishments. where a Small a1-
mittance fee is asked, and once inside the gates
you can stroll at your leisure among beautiful
trees and prettiiy arranged flowers, which, at
night, are lighted up with gas jet, suspended
above each flower bed, while all the walks have
arches crossing them OF many -colored gas
lamps, and every building is lighted in the
same manner. Then here Is the concert hail,
where, until his death, tive years ago
the wOriG-renowned "LuInbye" held SWAY
There are boats for the young man 10 take his
sweet heart for a cooling or the water, While
the music comes floating out 10 them, softened
by distance aud the murInur OF the mass. II Is
pretty sight 10 SEE these boats With their
many colored lamps glide by noiseleS3ly. There
Is also circus, In fact there are two. one per-
Torrance being given under tne open sky about
O'Clock, and Luc other in the closed circus at
9oclock. There are places for dancing, shoot
Ing, swinging, etc. and restaurants both cheap
and expensive; aitoeet II is as charming a
place to spend an evening In as can be imagined
and almost every evening they treat their
patrons TO handsome display OF fireworks at
about 10 O'Clock, and on fete days at IL O'Clock
AS soon as this Is over the large bells are rung
as signal TO every one to start for home ThiS
Is the way the average Dane enjoys himself aud
''T1yOn' Is frequented by the royal family as
well as the citizens This Is Copenhagen by
night and In summer time Ii Is city with no
end OF museums, thesters and churches. 1t mas
great many bathing resorts, easily accessible
where one meets people of ali nations.
THE PALACES AND MUSEUMS.
Besides museums. It has many beautiful and
mostly large palaces now occupied, some as
veritable museums where can be seen the CO.'S
tunes OF all the Christian kings, also their
table service Of fine Oddly-shaped porcelain.
lined with thin plates OF silver. They were
also fond OF mirrors. and nearly every palace
walls are OF glass, but the ceii2g. floor. and
even the seats. IL Is not very pleasant to see
ones self In all sorts OF impossible positions ali
az the same time. II you happen to smile. all
your faces In the different positions smile or
grin. some right side-up, some upside down
some slanting and some horizontal. One palace
contains about 600 rooms In the main building
with the stables, private theater and servants
rooms striDging out at the back In half-moon,
one Is an roy al art gallery, where you arr
waited on BY scarlet coats" the constant
UNIFORM or all connected with The royal house
hold In the capacity Of servant. The city also
possesses large university With library con-
nected as large as the Capitol.
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON AND THORwALDsES
In Copenhagen lived and died Hans Chris ,la1
Anderson. We'll known to all American children.
who love his fairy tales. such as 1.-THE Irgl
Duckling,' 1.-The TIN Soldier" the Snow
Queen and many others. Then the museum
or the celebrated sculptor, 'Thorwallsen. ;" VINO
died little over 100 years ago. but whose
memory is kept green by his countrymen, and
whose works are as highly esteemed to-day n
not higher. than they were while the genial OH
man still lived He died suddenly one evening
IN the theater just as the curtain rose He
occupied rooms In the museum. and his last,
unfinished. work still stands as he left II. Tx
was bust. Ali were tenderly care for by his
Old body servant. Mr.. Wilkinson, who, until his
death. occupied the rooms In the basement of
the museum, where his son succeeded him.