The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-07-06
DRESDEN MARKET PLATz.
An Interesting Scene In a Famous and
Beautiful Old World City.

An Interesting Scene In Famous and
Beautiful Old World city.
Morning life in Dresden market square
Is one Of the sights OF that beautiful city.
Leaving the Hotel Bellevue, you cross
Theatre Platz, a lovely square, with inlaid
walks, which makes you think you are
stepping on rare old mosaic work, so beau
tiful is the coloring and design. Then
past the old cathedral down n narrow
street until the quaint old archway Is
reached Passing through this, you come
to the great china street of Dresden, shop
after shop filled with this frail and dainty
ware Dresden china, with its exquisite
paintings rare and expensive, you see dis
played as in no other city of Europe All
Indies love beautiful china, but even here
I'm the home of china workers 1t takes a
long purse to become the possCssor Of the
finest Leaving this street you come to
Market Platz, a large open square, where
In early morning the market frau comes
with her different articles for sale. At one
end of the square there Are small movable
stands or benches set closely together with
aislcs between the rows On these benches
are displayed the different stores Next
come the dogs and carts standing closely
together. There seemed to be hundreds Of
them The carts are good size about two
thirds as large as a single wagon, with
quite small wheels In the carts you find
butter eggs, saucrkraut, cabbage, potatoes
and herbs of all kinds--in fact many
things you never heard of as being good to
eat before are hero offered for sale Then
you come to the cheese market which is
at the farther end Of tie square Bere you
realize your sense Of smell is perfectly ca.
unhIp ,f mont .rtpipp a. Intfr Won fool
that some one, like Pandora, possibly, has
lifted the cover from the famous box
where all the odors Of the old world have
been stored for generations, and, like her
has failed to get the cover on again, but
for all that, the cheese looks nice and tastes
delicious
What busy scene this isl Mistress and
maid, tourist and student, jostle one an
other in their endCavoTs to fill their baskets
with the best We must not forget the
corner where the flowers are Here you
feel at home. 1t does not make any differ
ence whether you speak German, French
or English To them nationality does not
count; you understand them and they you
Your heart goes out to them as it does to
the flowers in the old fashioned garden at
home How the pansies smile and nod at
you with their almost human faces Sure.
| ly you have seen this one before, which
smilingly says Yes, we understand ali
| about your difficulties in trying to estab.
| lsh relative values between American dol
lars and German marks " Wonderful
wreaths of ivy, baskets Of roses, punches
of violets, emblems and designs of all
kinds, can be purchased here at SO small q
cost you wonder how they can afford to
| grow them for the price asked.
BY 10 o'clock the crowd has vanished,
carts are packed with the unsold goods, and
the usual air Of a general moving is prom
inent. Many of the carts are drawn by
| two large dogs harnessed to pole. Others
have but one, in which case the market
woman steps into the place of the missing
dog, takes hold of the pole, and with 1
strap arranged to fit over the shoulder as
sists in drawing home the cart. If yor
pass the square at / o'clock, you will finC
that the busy scene of early morning hai
vanished, and cleanliness and quiet reigI
supreme. Free Press.