The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-05-25
a WICHITA LADY IN ITALY.
\ Descriptive Letter Which VIII Interest Her
MANY Friends at Home.

| We make liberal extracts from per
| sonal letter written by Mrs. Walden from
Milan to Mrs NJ NJ NJ, which we feel
| assured will be read with more than ordi-
nary interest by her admirers and friends
in this city, being, as it is, finely deserip-
! tive and containing pleasant personal ex-
periences:
MILAN, Italy, April 80, 1890
Dear Mrs Murdoch.
/ l presume you know the weakness of
| human nature to permit all sorts OF hind
RANGES to postpone letter writing, by which
we abuse our friends. yet at times it can
not be avoided trust you will believe it
SO in this case.
Mamma and myself were with the I'M
| fortunate to have the influenza, and in a
most severe form; added TO that mamma
also suffered a great deal with rheuma-
tism. However, | am glad TO say we
are both much better at present.
and hope 10 be fully restored in
this sunny cline. You will see from
the above that we are no longer
in Germany and may be surprised for we
had expected to remain there for much
longer time, but the climate proved so OBJ
Jectonable it was impossible to do So
Munich is lovely in summer, but the
autumn and winter are dreadful, 1t being
so close, in fact almost surrounded by
mountains, they have very dense fOgs for
days at a time. Some days we could not
see across the street until noon. 1t would
probably remain clear for two hours, when
the fog made its appearance again and by
night it was really dangerOusto walk upon
the street, which of course made it very
unhealthy. Mamma was miserable and
should only suffer more from rheumatism
in such a climate Then it was dreadful
TnTD n
going to Italy, and we are delighted with
the change-and after all you know, this
is the land of song,' which | am inter
ested in, and in Italy, Milan is the place of
all others for the voice | study with the
celebrated master, Lamperti, and am very
much pleased with his method.
We selected the famous Bremen route,
which took US through the mountains of
Bavaria, Austria then over the Lyral
Alps. We were little uneasy at the start,
fearing we had made mistake to go over
the Bremen in March, but we were well
supplied with robes ana the cars were well
heated, so we really were very comfortable
and could scarcely realize the intense cold
without. We left Munich at 10 o'clock a.
M. in twenty minutes were already
winding our way up the mountains.
At ll;30 O'Clock we reached Rosenheim,
where Is the great castle Brannenburg,
also the wonderful rock, Wendelstein--
lS49 meter yards high, on the very top of
same is chapel, which is visited by many
in the summer season. The Bavarian and
Aurtraian mountains are very rich III
scenery, and we were indeed treated to
rare sights. The Alps of the Tyrol were
magnificent spectacle We passed through
the gorgeous Ziller Thai, the village is at
the foot of one of the highest Alps, on the
other side i the glen, which in its winter
robes had the appearance of crystal pal
hn f1Yr ~g.h I 2 h.. Oh i ~
mountain side clad in a coat Of ice, the
frozen water falls and the majestic gleciers
beyond was a grandeur TO behOld-a sight
j shall ever feast upon in thought.
We also viewed a number of grand
castles still in good preservation
and many old ruins. There are numerous
tunnels through the mountains. the long
est being through Mount Isel and Mount
Baltzador. The latter Is Of enormous.
height-we were twenty minutes going
through the tunnel of the same. being on
constant rise. We reached the Bremen
(the highest point at I p. IN. The view
was magnificent. Our descent was equally
interesting, and the sunset casting its
golden rays upon the SnOw-Capped noun
tains in their crystalized spfendor, the
peaks seemingly touching the clear, blue
sky Of heaven, was a sight ! could not do
justice in trying to describe We crossed
many bridges and beautiful streams which
were partly open; we passed several grand
old forts built by the Romans. The fort
at TrentO erected by the Austrians in a.
is grand structure. The train stopped
there some time so we had a good
view Of it. BY 10 p. m. we reached the
frontier Of Italy, and at O'Clock the next
morning we arrived at the ancient Italian
city, MilanO. Thus ended a trip of glOr-
ious sight seeing.
We were little disappointed to find It
so cod here upon our arrival, but a. this
is northern Italy. it is not 50 warm as we
would find Rome or Naples However, at
present it is most delightful, the gardens
having already put on their mantle OF
summer. | enclose YOU a twig OF the
acqUa cedTine tree and leaves from the
"Giardiae di Neuezia' the garden Of Ven
icel. SO called on account OF the natural
lakes. But | must come 10 a close. I fear
I have already imposed on you by this
lengthy epistile, and / have stiH a few
other remarks TO make
Must admit / was greatly surprised 10
learn OF the EAGLE repeating parts Of my
letter, shall reserve a crow 70 pick with the
promptOr Of the naughty bird on my re-
turn-at the present time II behooves ne
not 10 quarrel with Signor EAGLE As he is
very kind 70 make Us a visit every week
entertaining Us with news from home and
surroundings, and we fully appreciate his
long fight.
/ freely admit that ! get most dread
fully hOmesick ar times. but now that
have undertaken 70 excel IN a measure or
to mrSteV the art OF song. and all my
friends know IL. my pride Will not permit
me to return Uatll | have accomplished
my purpose. Yours Very Sincerely.
MALyIENA A. e. valdez.