The Newtown bee., 1892-03-25
A Bridgeport Girl Abroad.
Berlin, December 6, 1891.

The weather naS been very warm, the past week. Yesterday, l took long walk in the Thier Garten, then made some calls.
 Thursday, I spent the morning in the museum; saw many pictures by Rubens, VanDyke, Rembrandt, VanEyck. Rubens' works are very fine; among those I was interested in, "The Resurrec- tion of Lazarus painted in 1918 and "St Cecelia," especially. St Cecelia is likeness of Hellena, whom Rubens mar ried in his 55th year, she being only 16. He used the likeness of his wife and her father and mother often. At Antwerp, in his ''Descent from the Cross," his wife makes the subject for Mary and the fath- CT for Joseph.
 Rubens and VanDyke resemble one an- other, both in strong muscular figures and in coloring. His Neptune is voluptu- ous, but gorgeous in coloring. This pie ture was bought from the Schonborn Gallerrie, Vienna. for 100000 marks.
 Underneath this hangs picture, about 12 by IS inches, that seems, close to, a miserable daub, but, at distance, is grand. It is valuable on account of tec- nique and was brought from Tunis in 1885. The activity and life expressed in it by few touches are marvellous.
 Friday afternoon, we went to the re- hearsal of concert of Mozart's work, to be given in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death. There was choir of about 250 voices, quintet, the Philharmonic orchestra. The organ was played by Herr Rodrecker and vio- lin solo by Joachim.
 Oh, 1 wish you could hear Joachim play. You would have great respect for fiddle, l assure you. 1 sat on the seventh row of seats from the stage and could see him very plainly. He is a nice looking man, but thin and looked so wofully tired. He is master musician. On the 18th, 1 expect to hear him play a concert no other man has been or is able to play.
 Really, I am enjoying myself so much l sometimes think, ''Am 1 alive or is it a dream?' I am so thankful for these op- portunities.
 This week Wednesday, Oscar Raii plays with a young American lady, one of his pupils. He told Miss B. that she would be the finest pianist in America when she got back. Thursday, we have tickets for concert by Lillian Sander son, Annette Esspoff, Charles Gregoro witch, Henry Fontain and Hans Brun ing. It will be very fine, I suppose.
 December B, 1891. It has been SC warm, 1 can scarcely realize that it is nearly Xmas, yet, on looking out of my
 window into the street below, I can set every vacant place in the street being filled with evergreens. At Belle Ali ance Platz, the square is filled with tree
 and booths made of old boards, tents etc., with all sorts of knicknacks fo sale. The decorations are very elabor
 ate. This Platz is place where a mum Der of streets meet and combine int
 one, passing between two pillared build ings, giving the name Thor or Gate t
 the locality.
 On Wednesday, l walked through tn
 Thier Garten to the Brandenburg Thor
 magnificent piece of masonry, at tn
 Inter Den Linden entrance. It has fiv
 passage ways, four smaller and on large central one. On each side are olt , buildings with massive pillars Aoo', above this, is Victory driving four mag
 nificent horses before chariot. It i
 very fine, massive and old, not merel, :, pretty.
 Near the Thor is the new Reichstag , The building is nowhere near complete
 for such a purpose, 1 consider it a smal : affair. It is not nearly as large as ou . State House, think and not nearly st
 pretty. On my way home, I took pati
 through grounds beautifully laid out
 crossed the river by a quaint bridge
 very near which is the statue of Queer Louise, ''the worshipped one'' and l dc not wonder she was idolized, if she wa! as beautiful and good as she looked That evening, I attended a Bulow con , cert, at which had heard that Brahm: l was to conduct his own music. He was there, but did not conduct. At the P close of his second piece, the audience called for him; Bulow led him out. The old fellow made the shortest kind of a bow and went back to his seat as uncon cerned as you please. Her Meyer had his quartet in the next room, last even : ing; they are all very fine players and we enjoyed it, as they only play the best of music.
 Wednesday evening, we went to hear , Raif and Ellen Dahl play; she is a young American. On Thursday even. ing, to the Philharmonic to hear Greg. orowitch,a "a fine violnist and Lillian San- derson, a Milwaukee girl.
 December 20. I will try to tell you of our visit to the Schloss, Monday. We, for Miss 5. went, started in at the Lust Garten entrance, crossed the court to a side door opening into another court there an officer directed us to little Of flee, where, for 90 Pf. we obtained "Ein- lass Karte,'' crossed the court to doub- le doorway opening into small hall- way, but quite pretty it was, with stairs on one side and an inclined plane on the other, instead of steps. We waited quite little while. Several others came in, among them one of the girls in my class. After leavicg our umbrellas with the royal porter. a little fellow about six feet 10, we ascended the in- cline into large room, where we all donned immense felt slippers. We could not lift our feet, or the things would drop off, so we floated about, gliding along on the oiled wood floor