The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1891-05-21
Letters from a Belfast Lady in Berlin.


A VISIT TO THE SUBURBS. The PALACE OF
CHARLOTTENBURG. THE ARSENAL. DEATH
OF GERMAN STATESMAN.
| From Private Letters to Friends at Home.l
BERLIN, March -, 1891. on one Of the few
| pleasant days that we nave had so far this
| month | went out to Charlottenburg, one of
| the suburbs of Berlin. 1t is dull place, with
! little to make it attractive that | could see,
| though if one Kept q carriage daily drive
| through the lhiergarten the great park to
Berlin would be pleasant. This park, how
ever, cannot be compared for natural beauty
With either Central Park or Fairmount. The
palace at CharIottenburg was founded by 50,
phja Charlotte, the wife of the first king Of
Prussia. 1t has been enlarged at different
times till it is now, according to the guides $50
yards long. There is a central dome-the
chape-and two long iow wings. The rooms
are so arranged that you look through a long
vista Of them opening one out Of another /
noticed that these doors were Of dark wood
| beautifully carved, but did not zee anv doors
to open into rooms which | thought must lie
back Of these till the guide opened what had
seemed to be mirror set into the wall; as
there were Il great many of these mirrors !
suppose others served the same purpose
\ German lady who was with me looked
curiou>ly at the fire. e-places, which had not
struck me As peculiar, and asked ,the guide
what sort OF chmleys those were. She was
told that they were American stoves which
were put in when tie late Emperor Frederick
was stay ing here during his last illness. They
were Open tre-places that had been let into the
chimneyS and faced with tiles. In these places
We're set iron crates with andirons, something
Ike a Franklin stove, aud the guide explained
that tie wood was laid on these irons and kent
NJ
must have detailed q regiment Of soldiers to
tend them, for German servants could never
have done 1t. They are accustomed to make
tires in the morning in the great porcelain
monuments Witch serve for stoves, and to
lock them up behind triple doors Of iron and
brass ami not look at them again till the next
morning Perhaps this is one reason that they
burn up NJ bu1dinG- IN Berlin. have not
heard Of lire TINS "nter, There is a fire de
rartmeut, bat position a, fireman must he "a
sinccure for the lover Of idltness.
The walk of the palace are hung with the
usual array uf Frederich- and W iiIianls, Char
i0tte~ and Lgu>a~. Two or three rooms had
some beautiful tapestry hangin-$ and the walls
of one We're covered with china OF various
kinds presents 10 one Of the queens who had
them arranged in this way.
From the palace we walked through grove
to the Mau~oteum erected 10y VIM ". for the
tomb OF ui> mother, the beautiful and beloved
Louise, who ile~ III the marble crypt with her
hu>haH /, and lin an urn NJ her feet j. the heart
of her son After the death Of the Emperor
William the crypt was enlarged and he aud his
wife are also hU.ici here. over the crypt
stands The Ittle tempie-a Tome with a porch
Of marble pillars, and here is the famous
monument Of z rcn Louise. beautiful pOr-
trait statue reclining on >arcophagus all OF
the talre~ Whit. marble. A similar monument
Of her husband stands AT her side, and two
Others ot the Emperor and Empress are to be
placed here. FOr this I am sorry. 1t seems 10
me it should have been Kent sacred to its oIiAi-