The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-13
KING AND COMPOSER
Louis the Second of Bavaria and
Richard Wagner.
MUNICH,THE ATHENS OF THE ISAR
Magnificent Art Treasures Gained Throuph
Royal Fayor-A Gallery of Living Beau
ties-Idiosyncrasies of Lugwig.
Especial Correspondence of SUNDAY HERALD. !

Especial Correspondence of SUNDAY HERALD
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Leaving beautiful Venice on an afternoon
we arrived in three hours in old Verona
We could not spare the time to visit thi
ancient city, but our train stopped half al
hour and we had a good view of the plac
from the cars. Verona is noted for its an
Gent buildings, among which is the grea
Amphltheatre with seats for 10000 people
where gladiator fights were held as early
as the second century. Verona is also tn,
scene of Shakespeare's Romeo anC
Juliet" and the tomb Is shown to visitor,
who leave their cards there. The modern city
forms one Of four points in the renowned
square OF Notifications cut through by the
Adigo river
From Verona we went to ALA. passing
Padua where the ancient university is Sit
uated, across the Italian Tyrolese frontier
changing cars for another unpleasant
search by the custom officers, and in hall
an hour more we were in Triente where
we spent the night. Triente is most
beautiful Alpine resort and as stepped out
upon the balcony to watch the exercise Of
a platoon of soldiers below the hotel on g
square surrounded by mighty mountains, ]
was almost overcome with the grandeur oil
the view.
We Americans only see in our country the
fruit vendors and organ grinders of Italy,
but Italian life among the upper classes is,
as in other nations Of Europe, quite another
thing. The language is sweeter than any
other and the women the most beautif I'll
outside Of America. We left Trent at 5 a.
N. for
| MUNICH, THE CAPITAL OF BAVARIA.
| We got off at Kuffstein to get some edel-
weis, the native flower Of the Alps. Fare
we'll to sunny Italy. We arrived in Munich
at I'm. AMI had time to dress and go to
the Court Opera house where we witnessed
NessleI's "Trompeter VOC Sackingen" by
one OF the best German stock companies
Especially tiue was the ballet.
Munich is still another city full of inter-
est and it Is often called the Isar-Athens.
or the Athens on the Isar river, on account
OF the numerous monuments, galleries. and
public institutions, many built in CLASSIC
style. Munich is CHIEFLY indebted to King
Ludwig |, for her beauty and wealth of art
collections. He was the founder of the old
and new Plnakotheks and the Giyptothek.
THE PfNAKoTHEK,
contain paintings of the old and the new
masters respectively, and the collections
are among the finest in Germany. Among
the modern paintings we specialIy admired
Kaul bach's Christ Healing the Sick" and
Piloty's "Walleustein found dead by the
Astrologist, Semi"
The Glyptothek has a rich collection of
sculptural works, among them some very
famous antique pieces of the Greeks, Ro-
mans, and Egyptians, the sleeping satyr
Diana, statue of Alexander the Great,
Mercury putting on sandals, etc, besides
many pieces of modern times.
1.-THE Ruhmeshalle'' (Hall of glory built
also by King Ludwig l, con tains the stat
ues OF great Bayarlans, artists, scientists
and generals. In front of this building
stands the statue of the Bavaria" which
is about sixty three feet high and was
modelled by the great Schwanthaler. An
imitation of the Greek original are he
Propylaes. q marble gate built by
Ludwig !, at a cost OF go, 900 forms to cele-
brate the recreation of the Greek kingdom
The day after the opening of the gate the
Kings son, Otto |, returned from Greece,
driven away by his subjects after reign
of thirty years.
The victory gate built after the model of
the arch Of triumph OF Constantine is also
We viewed the sleighs and carriages of
King Ludwig II,
THE CRAZY RULER OF BAVARIA.
A small admission fee is charged which
goes toward paying the debts accumulated
form the fantastic and extraysgant fancies
of Ludwig. He mad one carriage made for
his sister when she was married, which is
of gold with crystal lamps, white ostrich
piumes, etc.
The King only drove out at night through
the country oy electric lights and in fautas-
tic attire. The footmen stood on velvet
pedes tails, and shoes of the same Uaterial
were made for the feet of the driver The
seats in the vehicles were made OF blue
silk plush. EN- Oroidered in gold tinsel and
trimmed with golden lace. Tho lap robes
are Of Hermelin fur. His carriage was
generally preceded by eight white horses,
each bearing rider dressed Enthusiastically
and with light in his hand.
The royal palace is very interesting. 1t
contains one sleeping room with bed of
which
THE CURTAINS ALONE COST 500, 600 FLoRINs I
The kings appreciation of the beauty of
is shown in the two "SchoenheIten |
cabinete' Cabinet of beauties). Wherever
Ludwig saw a beautiful women, without |
regard to her rank or stat on. he had ner
come to the castle to be painted, and the |
painting was then hung in these rooms;
therefore the walls are covered with the |
pictures of beautiful women. l saw the
face of Helene SedImeyer, the daughter of
q shoemaker, beside that of the Countess |
Beust and other high born ladies.
There is another place where real dem |
0cratlc spirit prevails. especially on Sun !
lay afternoon, and that is the brewery |
where the well known Bavarian beer is |
made. There are many of these in the city |
and they are doing tremendous business |
Men and women of all classes crowd |
around the uncovered tables and drink the |
fluid from mugs containing one liter each. |
Sometimes the crowds number ten to |
,welve thousand in one brewery and are so |
tense that 1t Is impossible to have enough |
help TO wait upon them. In this case they |
TALL into line and
MARCH TO THE FLOWING HoesHEADs
where they fill their glasses, then hand |
twenty pfenning to the man standing by and |
return to their tables.
The quantity of beer drunk in Munich ia |
and amounts to about four
hundred liters year on the average for
Zach inhabitant, man, woman or child, and |
IS the infant is not supposed to drink It's
share we may imagine that the adults con-
sumo more. A liter is equal to about a
Iuart.
1t is worth trip to the Automatic mu-
Ieum to see besides other numerous things,
he stomach OF Bavarian peasant who
frank twenty -four liters of beer every day
or many years. Now, my readers must
lot form false impression of the German
people on account OF their beer drinking
,roclivities. The fluid is pure and whole
ome, and is commonly prescribed by physi-
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