The Yazoo sentinel. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1916, 1891-04-02

Scenes Along the Most Famous Street
IN Berlin.

The most famous street in Berlin. Ger
mrny, Is the Inter den Linden. While
IL Is distinctly inferior 70 the Partisan
boulevards, the Inter den Linden is still
a handsome and notable thoroughfare.
The Berliners. whose municipal patriot
ism is always at the highest pitch, fondly
claim that the big, shaded promenade
that stretches from the imposing Brand
enburg Gate to the Opera Platz is the
finest street in Europe. This, perhaps
is only enthusiasm, bur If you are ever in
Berlin il will be just as we'll for you not
to say so. Most Of the lime, maple and
chestnut trees that shade the Inter den
Linden have a stunted look, as though
the soil and the climate disagreed with
their constitutions. The street itself Is
1856 feet wide. 1t is q mile long aud as
straight rs a Prussian guardsman. There
is broad central walk, with plenty Of
seats.
On either side are the carriage drives,
generally thronged with all sorts Of We
hicles, from fine carriages to the country
farmers wagon. Above the sidewalks
that border the street there tower two
more or less imposing rows Of mansions.
palaces, big hotels aud stores that cannot
begin to compare with those Of Broad
way. The architecture of the buildings
that line the 'linden street. is pretty
we'll mixed. The inferior buildings are
getting weeded out, though; and, in
course of time, the pet street of the en-
ergetic young capital of Germany will
pre- -ent much more satisfactory archi-
tectural aspect.
The imperial palace, which stands at
one corner of the Opera Platz, is big,
but not particularly imposing. In pleas
ant weather the scenes on the Inter den
Linden are always lively. Berlin is an
intensely military city, and the prone
made is gay with uniforms of all the
branches OF the marvelousy perfect Ger
man army. Grim old officers whose
chests are brilliant with decorations,
proud young lieutenants whose sabers
are always Gathering, bulky, numbering
"white cuirassiers' and TRIM erect in
fantry and artillery men quite discount
civilians on the street.
OF course, the German nursemaid is
out in full force. Equally, of course,
where she is, the German guardsman is
also. Many and tender are the tirtations
of these two 'under the lindens." The
Inter den Linden is sort of German
cda triamphaliS. Through it the armies
of the fatherland enter Berlin on their
victorious return from war. A scene
that will live long in the memory of
those who witnessed it was the triumphant
recently into Berlin of the victorious Ger
mans after the close Of the Franco-Prus.
sian war of 1S70-71. Up the throngcd,
street came the blue masses
of heImcted infantry with steady, dis
ciplined tread. There rode the dash
ing uhlans, with their pennoned lances,
and there the statuesque cuirassiers in
their cleaning steel coats. There was
the stout old Kaiser, crowned at Yer
sailes, gray aud stern, yet wonderfully
happy, as we'll he might be. With
him were Bismarck and Won Moltke, his
two mighty men, whose tonic of blood
and iron had strengthened Germany tilr
her trained soldiers felt themselves cap
able of whipping all Europe. 1t was a
great spcetacle--that triumphal entry OF
the Kaiser, who has since gone to his
rest, and it made the Inter den Linden
seem more than ever, to the Berliners,
the great national street of the father
land.-[New York Mail and Express.