The Newtown bee., 1892-04-01

steamer. Every one speaks 1t. Even in the stores, if you attempt to speak Ger man, the clerks will answer in English. This city reminds me much of Antwerp. It has such narrow streets, odd shops and much older aspect than Berlin.
 In the afternoon, walked up Schloss Strasse and Bismark Place, past the royal palaces of Saxony, up long flight of steps ornamented with gilded statues of Morn, Noon, Eve and Night by Schill- ing and out to the Bruhl Terrace. As stood there looking down, the swiftly flowing river Elbe was carrying large cakes of thin ice rapidly down stream.
 Just at my left, the Augustus Brucke (bridge) of 16 spans, constructed in the 18th and 18th centuries, stood with it's ice covered base looming out of the dark water. Many lights glimmered along it's sides and crowds of busy pedestrians hurried along. Of to the right, distinct ly seen it's whole length, because of a curve in the river, the Alberts Brucke looked very pretty, with all it's lights re- fiected in the water. Still further to the left, below the Augustus, stands 12- span bridge used for trains and common traffic and more brilliantly lighted than the others. The terrace is so high above the whole city that the view is grand in- deed. As stood looking down into the river, thought of you all at home and wished you might get glimpse of the beautiful view.
 Tuesday morning, we started up to the Zwingee, entered the art gallery and went at once to the Sistine Madonna Oh, it is useless for me to attempt to de- scribe it.
 The wonderful eyes of Mary, looking with a startled, awed gaze into the fu- ture, seeming to hold the child tighter to her bosom, as she realizes his mission and, to me, there is a feeling expressed as if she wished to protect him from the fate before him. There is so much gen. tleness and love about the whole expres- sion. That is certainly heavenly pie , ture. It is eight feet high by six wide and is in large frame more like an al tar than anything else, as it rests on q , wide standard.
 There is only one other work in the - room, q bust of Raphael, in marble 5 There are plenty of seats for the enrap- tured spectators. Certainly, no one , could look at that superb work without a feeling of awe and admiration.
 l did not describe the ZWingee. It is s an immense structure commenced in I'll by Augustus II and left unfinished fol more than century. It consists of sev en pavilions connected by gallery o1 Y one story, enclosing an extensive court f yard, into which four immense gate
 ways lead. It was to have been stil
 more elegant, had the plans of the archi . tect been carried out, but the presen
 structure quite satisfies me and, as e stepped from the car, was struck witt |, the foreign appearance of the large
 square in front of the Zwingee." At th'
 right, stands the large Court Theatre, {
 magnificent structure and, at the left
 the Hof (court) church, the statues 0 :, 64 saints adorning it. Behind me, th' r queerest story and a half buildings, call
 ed the Italian village and, facing me o the magnificent .Zwingee, or rather par
 all from there.
 Wednesday morning, We went to tht K palace to see the porcelains. On ou n way there, we passed under the George1
 Thor, which is the general way for pc
 destrians, going to Augustus bridge.
 was disappointed in this, for l had eX n pected to see something like the Bran
 denburg Thor in Berlin. This was bull
 in 1534 and consists of arches l5 or 2( > feet high and, above them, is built lik'
 any house. In the facade toward th' n court church rises a tower 33l feet high
 The church is fine, containing man,
 fine paintings and frescOes. Beneath
 the sacristry are the royal burial vaults
 The royal family of SaxOny only arr
 Catholics; the rest of the court attent
 the Lutheran church. We, on NeV J. Years day, visited this church. Higl 0 mass was being celebrated and ther
 was some fine music. The royal bo, n was occupied by gent in uniform and
 lady in black, but I did not recogniz
 them. The brother of the king, Prime George, was lying at the point of deatl
 (since dead).
 s. We'll, to continue, we entered tn ,+ court of the museum, a very prett
 place, where stood several of the roya
 carriages Here is small pond wher y the carriages are washed. It has stone
 sides and bottom and an inclined plan
 down into it. At the left, stands b
 pump with two spouts, by which tn .a pond is filled. They do have some wa +e of letting off the water, for wonde
 and it does not have to be carried out i
 a pail.
 y On climbing two and a half pairs o
 stairs (for the lower floors of the muse i'd um are used for royal stables), we foun re large collection of the old porcelai D. from China. That of the 14th century S. the earliest; there are some beautiful Id specimens of the 17th and 18th. Ther al were also fine Japanese works, but tn to Chinese had the most exquisite and del d. cate coloring and design.
 r. Among very many other beautifr ul things, we saw some fine Dresden ware O. large case containing bouquet c h flowers, 8 marvellous thing, every pal r. so perfect and all of porcelain. It wa of at the Paris exposition, so you kno' le that it must be fine.
 v- The guide told me that the first idle CT of painting china was to cover small in a perfectons in the porcelain and he show as ed me samplee of the first unpainte De plates, then traced it up to the presen
 The specimens of Petersburg china wer
 beautiful; pair of lamps, also pa
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