Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-05-25
SAXON SWITZERLAND.

An Obseryant Traveller Tells of His
Tour Through the Most Picturesque
Part of Europe-On Mountain an
Architect Can Get Plans of Cathe-
drals and Other Imposing Struc-
tures-Seeues OF LONELINESS and
Grandeur.
DRESDEN, May, 1894.
Tothe Editor OF the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
Spring has long since come, turning the
brown of winter to bright gold; the wheat
sprouts are rapidly pushing their green
shoots above the gray stubble, giving
promise of abundant crops. The trees are
covered with blossoms and leaves. and oil
nature is arrayed In summer sttire. But
with all the promise of more flowers, and
still further store of good things to come,
a new crop of tourists has begun to swarm
over the face of Germany, to be followed
doubtless by immense quantities filling all
parts of Europe.
1 refer particularly to the Amsrican
tourista.
Very few came to Europe last year
owing to the attraction of the Chicago
fair, as we'll as to the serious difficulties
arising out of tine silver question.
Their atssnce was bswsilsd by the hotel
landlords and pension keepers, slso by the
many shop.kespers who fnd such 'good
customers" among tbs Americans. They
swarm and crowd every nook and corner
of Europe, from Naples to the North
Cape, from Moscow to Paris, and the cry
Is "still they come" From all quarters
Of the Grand R-puhltc" they crowd tc
Europe. From the shores of California
| and the south, from the hills and val
leys of New England, as well as from
the Middle states and prairies of the wes
they turn their faces towards Europe.
| 1t ia q most remarkable fact that four
hftha of these tourists are of the feminine
gender, and they are not frsil and unpro
tected females, but seem to take prett.
good care of themselves, and are far from
frail. for they endure no end of hard trave
and sight seeing, which taken hurriedly
very weakening to nerves and constitution
Very many highly educated, intelligent
polite travellers come from over the wesi
ern ocean, and then again there swarm
| host of sight seers, who are go "prou
IL guess of the American eagle" who ar
always obnoxiously obtruding the Amer
ican Institutions, who sac nothing of merl
In Europe, and who find everything a.
tually perfect in their own country.
Many of thsee travellers have pocket
we'll lined with money, bat they cannot fc
one moment forget they fact that they al
"Amerioansl" And they are pretty sul
to let every one know the fact.
Oshkosh, )" "Mic- Moc," "You Bet" an
many other American towns are represen
ed in Eur pc, and these representatives al
sure to be heard, with loud voices, eIclain
ing or declaiming upon this or that wor
of art, or about this or that route of trave
know of two ladies who travelled ov,
the beautiful Semmsring Pass, from Tries
to Vienna, and when asked which ron
they travelled we're actually ignorant thl
they had passed over that route. ont
journeyed over that magnificent pass, an
it is so indelibly stamped upon my min
: that looked sghsst at the ignorance {
those two women. Another asked OF
morning, Really, what city is thisf 81
had whirled SO rapidly across Europe tina
on sccount of arriving very late at niel
In Swiss city, che was ignorant Of Il
. name of the place. Another Zone of IL
7 male gender this time) arrived at night
q German city, and after opening his vii
. dow thrust out lighted candle and gazs
: up and down the street; that bright fello
! left early the following day, for, ss he to
l the astounded guests at table, he had dol
3 the city, for he had seen all he wished |
2 light of his candle.
Imagine lady % entering q talon whe
: throngs of admirers daily worship at d
I shrine of Raphsel's "Sistine Madonna" al
exclsiming, 81 guees there Is too mu,
: millinery about that picture to suit me
:, That was the expression Of Q woman fro
9 great America; she tcsssd her head and
parted; q sigh Of heart felt rslief follow
her departure assure you.
Doubtless the poor thing had becoI
q ''psrfectly saturated" with such commo
/ place things as paintings.
>; The American church at Dresden
D. ''St. Johns" church, and of course hal
beautiful Saint Johns eagle carved