Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-09-01
SNOW-CAPPED ALPS.
Sights to be Seen on a Sunday Morn
ing in Vienna.

We left Munich earlier than we ex
pected, so as to avoid late hours and
have a little visit in this lovely place.
I've been wondering what kind OF
weather you are having, and whether
it were possible that you are suffering
from the heat; for, since we reached
Munich, we have been almost too cool.
Here We are surrounded by snow
peaked Alps and there is chilliness in
the air. Think of it! In the Alps!
We had a view of some of the lower
ones on our way to Munich Tuesday,
but to-day we have found out that new
er before have we seen mountains. 1t
has been raining for the last two days,
(our first really rainy days, SO we don't
complain and suppose the clouds have
shut out many of the more distant hills.
We left Munich at one o'clock this af-
ternOon and since then mountains have
been on both sides of US all the time.
1t was ON this side of Rosenheim that
saw my first snow-capped mountain.
The clouds were drifting along the side
of the mountain, and at first l could
not believe that | saw snow. The
many cloud effects were charming
! 1t was at innsbruck that my newborn
awe for mountains was strengthened.
As we came from the station | looked
up above some very high hotels, and
was surprised to see the white heads OF
mountains mingled with the clouds.
They surround the town, and on one
side look as though they leaned over
the houses, they are so near l have
always been afraid the Alps would dis
appoint me, that they would be smaller
than / expected; but it has not been so
no, indeed! They are greater than
| ever thought. The Ozarks are mere
mole hills. And I know new glories
await ne-the sunlight on the snow.
l feel how very inadequate words are.
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have on me. If only you could see
them with me!
Prague, Vienna, or Munich is a host
in itself. and haven t finished Dresden.
In a museum, we saw armor finer
than that in London. There We're
horses decked out IN nail, with riders
in different kinds OF armor; some chain
arrnor and others heavy steel. Then
there were interesting old things such
as a hat of Peter the Great, three
cornered black hat with hole in it;
Maria Theresa's slippers-silk, and
not at all common SenSc-heels, three |
inches high; ermine coronation robes, |
and beautifully embroidered old-fash- |
oned dresses.
In our parting visit to the gallery the
last thing we looked at was the "Sistine |
Madonna" 1t is the picture have seen,
he one that calls me back to it the
most. | don't know whether it will
lelp any to give the colors of the fig
lres. The curtains are green, the
'obe flying from the Madonna S head is
light brown: her main robe is light
,lue. and the under one that shows at
Ter feet is red. The robe of Pope
,extus is ycllow-lined with red.
'he background of angels heads is
lightly blue while just around the
1adonna it is ycllowisl. But it isn't the
oloring that one thinks of: the picture
GEMS TO have d life-a message. 1t is
n room by itself in a handsome gilt
rame. People instinctively are silent
efore it.
In Prague we drove from eight to
leven, and saw tho principal streets
nd buildings. We got outtat Wallen-
tein's palace and went over part of it.
We were taken into d room which was +,
sed as bath room. 1t was made in
he form of cave, and stalactites hung .
rom the ceiling. It was arranged SO |
hat water, hot and cold, was brought L
a pipes to the stone baths in the room. I
here we saw the stuffed horse which !
arried Wallenstein to the battle of !
very horse, the boy told $
s that only the head and feet were new.
n the same room were portraits of
Fallenstein, his wife, and his daughter {
heka. You know I've been reading J
bout them this year in my German |
ith Mrs. f. t
We stopped again upon a hill where t
lie imperial palace and large cathed- i
al are situated 1t is the cathedral OF s
t. Vitus and has fine tower three t
undred and twenty-five feet high. In /
lis church is large shrine to St. a
ohm Nepomuk all of solid silver.
our good-sized silver angels hold a y
ID velvet canopy over the ornamented i
lrine holding his bones. 1t was the S
ost silver that we had seen in one s
ace. | believe the guide said there s
ere thirty-seven hundred weight of a
lver in the thing. k
Prague is divided by the Moldan, Il
Id we went onto the famous Carlo n
rucke. bridge built in 1858. 1t Il
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