Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-07
TEXAS GIRL ABROAD
rrpiburg One OF the Most Pleas
ant Towns in all Germany.
r,dast. Quiet and Neat, With Pictur-
esqne Old Houses and Hand
some New Residences.
gspry combination of riety and Pleasure,
orG Plgca Whore People Drink
Beer and Pray

r.--s.arrlenoe OF the Gazette
R.pIS BADEN, Sept. ZS.-We did not
,-,v .ss, why We stopped at Freiburs
=, che Black Forest, except that other
-s,r.. had done so, for it vas not until
,..-- W. had arrived and bought a
....z.ker Tor the Rhine region that we
r.s,aei that FreiLurg was lone of the
-,.a.arip-t towns in GERMANY" tvie-
will heidelberg and Baden in the
t-au,y Of it, environs, - and its ca;hed-
,,i noas Of the finest Gothic buildings
o.. gsrr,rnv, - which is good deal Tor
.is concise and cautious Baedecker TO
,gv !, Is q pretty little city, modest
,r4 qu.rt and nent, with few pic
.,r..gge old houses, and streets of hand
,s-.e lev residences, many OF which are
I-f..g retired officers. We see peasant
yar.ru .rCm the Forest on the streets,
rt huge t.ack bows, or cunning little
r.lc,r ,nUs on :heir heads; bodices and
abort SKIRTS.
The scenery around Freiburg is made
s,,ract-rp bv the Black Forest which
,ornr- dose up around three sides, cur
,,rIug the round hills with its dark
-t4. We made an excursion into it
,np dnv; but, you see, we had just come
fr.rs sw .tzerIaud, and though we ad-
urad, ne
ADMIRED WITH COSDEsCESsiON.
One san. av afternoon We walked
tTputv minutes out of the town TO a hill
called Lurctioberg in order 10 see the
pp.prp drink beer and pray. Not even
in Ea,lrs do they have such Q NEE little
rmAnniiou Of pleasure and piety as
M, At the bottom of the hill begin
The rt.ous, the shrines of "the way of
tn gra-s. - At each one the peasants
s.ap to p.ny; then az the top are the
rtgreI and IRE beerhouse side by side.
Tables were set out under the trees, and
one, iui OF beer glnsses, right under the
arm II the Crucif which formed the
last prayer station.
liz. 20 remember the beautiful cath
:lrn! IA We spw it on market-day, when
around rs base and thick over the whole
,leu square were stands piled high with
fruits aud vegetables, among which
Hood the country women with bright
5uaIuuua- tied over their heads. There
s.omptulng medieval about AZ open-air
IlrAIl WllGN SUNS wen Will hi blAs
a.a-drJ The Freiburg cathedral il
-gt entirely of red sandstone. which
gives 1t
A WARM, ROSY GLOW
within and without, and makes IL seem
ta- more vital thing than u building of
p5i, gray stone. Romanesque builders
began Tie cathedral, but they had not
gone very lar with it when the Gothic in
:. ration came sweeping over the Couh-
y from France, and carried up the
aaj-Gu.,Aed building into pointed
gr.u-s uud u tower that was an estacy OF
Inspiration. ! wonder why IL is that We
14ar so much more about the old painters
than lt. ola architects? Every OLD Ma
ioana-Iauhpr is hunted up aud Ideuti-
7pI- But The man " no conceived u per
iurI 0ri original form like the tower OF
tta E-rturg cathedral we hear nothing
about This cathedral rises from
l.gvy, square basement with tretted
grHGr'as on The corners, into lofty,
gr.GEoauI Leli-tOwer, through the high,
r.nHuS-l be arches OF which the sky
shines. then no into ian airy pyramid
q perforated masonry - making i'll eli
iLtchJ of
ttN.t HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FEET.
.lu tie cathedral is one soft hlsZe
~ -1la.a gluss from IS double row of
q. 81 nltuws, one tier above, behind
he Gguly pillars of the cierestory in
tie nave. aud the other in the aiSles
VII l. urr half as high as tine nave.
NA.t! is most unusual and most beauti-
IL. rs Hunthrr narrow gallery, like the
cs-.slu-y, which runs around ths aisles
in -7ont Of The lower windows, and
Nt..-. The leCe-like carving of the
sure q "a lll-,sude the rich light shines.
.a,HE it 81; together thar cathedral eN-
i7Fss-, about AS much perfection OF rs
AIN as aus Nui}ling we have seen.
uH car way from FreiUurE to Baden
ta-.u OF coarse we stopped few hours
81 >l,a.-.urr. Such roots, We thought
W. t.t seen some queer roofs before,
hut nryyra whole city full of such queer
H,5s. S,rassburE is top-heaYy with
Lrin. sea W. hive lost the idea of
r'.. 80 ogr modern buildings; We have
.oy logs. These Strassburg houses
ROOFS As ARE ROOFS
'H-a enough; aspiring roofs that go ca
p-|- 8n 10 the tninuest of angles.
Esau- .um i'll their long slopes for
'-r". a.3 So metirnes four OF five stories
OF .u-r.ar windows. Think of living III
"a t"v trlGuLles which one of those top
Na.nas 0prus iutoi We first saw the
'-.ae.ra, through such y vista OF many
p '. roofs, its great square iaCsde
''2'1"- Up high above them all, not 10
A=i.t.'H the lower that springs up in leap
Oh .-aT If delicate masouTy, some 465
f-.' these old German architects Ger