Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-08-16
Through the streets OF Venice In
GOnd0las-Water EyeryW here
The Lag00ns FILLED with Gay
Pleasure Sepkprs-An In.
Ierfsting Letter.

this evening from Innsbruck; it was
a twelve hours ride, very warm and
dusty. Ask how far a place is and
the reply is, o, it's ten minutes walk
ora ten or twelve hours ride; miles
do not exist here. My trip all the
way from New York to the present
time has been one of delight and
pleasure. The ocean voyage was
perfect. | was not sea-sick; the
ocean was as calm all the way as
could be. We came on the Kaiser
Wilhelm in place of the Lucania
and the service on the boat was so
nice. The first stop our boat made
was Southampton, but We de-
cided we would land in Germany.
[ felt afraid of the English Channel,
as | had heard even, if one was for
tunate enough to miss sea-sickness
on the ocean, the channel was sure
to catch you. But we glided into
the channel, then into the North
Sea without a ripple on either. So
our entire voyage vas simply per-
feet.
We landed at Bremerhaven and
went through our first Custom
House Give gone through several
since). We had played whist on the
steamer, and did not know stamped
cards were not allowed in Germany,
so when l packed to leave the
steamer | threw the cards in my
handbag on top of everything. AT
these Custom Houses all they do
is to open your travelling bags and
look in. Well, the dutchman be-
gan to jabber at me, and of course
| did not know what he said, and
the first thing | knew he began to
tear my cards. Well, you may know
it is the first and last thing up to
date I've had confiscated. We
stayed over night at Bremen and the
next day left for Berlin. | wont
attempt to write you of anything
have seen. Berlin is a beautiful
city. All Germany | have seen
is like a picture. The Germans are
so thrifty and clean. Berlin, Dres-
den, Munich, every place visited in
Germany, was clean. Every inch
of the ground is carefully cultivated
and nothing goes to waste. 1t is
like a carefully cultivated garden.
And such a %profusion of flowers.
About the same flowers we have in
our hot houses in winter live out
the year around, only in the winter
they are covered. 1t would take
me all night to write you all | saw
in Berlin. We were there q week
went through the old Kaiser Viii
helms palace. The present Emperors
palace to me seems the grandest
beer garden in the world. Saw
magnificent monuments, pictures,
the Reichstag, the Rathause. Went
to Potsdam and went through the
present Emperor's summer palace
there saw the beautiful Sans Souci
grounds and palace; went through
the same thing at Dresden only we
couldn't go any more palaces.
There are so many kingdoms in
Germany that the palaces we're toe
much for us. We went to a porce.
lain factory in Dresden, and o!
my the beautiful Dresden china.
BY the way, Dresden china is about
as cheap in America as in Dresden.
In the Dresden art-gallery is Raph.
ael's Madonna and child; it is per
fectly wonderful. The Holy Nigh
by Correggio is also there this is also
a master piece and beautiful. We
have only been through the
German galleries, but l have
seen such large number o
Madonnas and Crucifixions and th,
Holy Nights, etc, of every school
kind and description. We only pay
special attention now to the Rubens
Faa Dykes, Correggios, Raphaels
Eembrandts etc. It's like theWorld',
Fair. 1t would take Il year to SEE
the German galleries. The Worlds
Fair was a wonderful thing. [ ap
preciate it more every day. | hav,
seen So many buildings that were
| may say, reproduced at Chicago
From Sans Souci, the Peristyle wa!
certainly copied-the wonderful
beautiful old churches through Ger
many, many of them of the Is
IA, 10, 10th century, with their fine
old affairs, stained glass, rare old
paintings, fine mosaics, etc. Nun
ich is a fine old place, with her pal
aces, monuments, galleries, etc. As
I write | think of so many things
that | believe [ had better not try
TO write, but wait until | see you
and | am afraid | will Their
talk you to death. The trip from
Munich 10 Innsbruck was as every.
thing else has been-lovely. Ins.
bruck is in Hungary, and is situat'
ed among the TyroIese Mountains.
Colorado Springs and Manitou ART
nearer like it than any place l know
of, and yet Innsbruck surpasses it
These Tyrolese Mountains are grand
er than the Rockies, on account o
them being covered with vegetation