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AN INTERESTING JOURNEY.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindloff Return After
-Four Months Trip in Europe.


trip has been one full of enjoyment, and
in conversation with a BANNER repre-
ntative the following sketch was Sc
cured:
In company with Frank Mitchell,
brother of Mrs. Lindloff. they sailed
from New York, May 10th, on the
S. S. Augusta Victoria, of the Hamburg
American packet line. There were on
the steamship LOO passengers, of which
500 81 - in the cabins. With the eXcep-
tIu.., one day the ocean voyage was
veiy peasant, and on the oath they land
ed in Hamburg. A stop of two hours
was made at Southampton, England,
where mails and passengers were land
ed. They remained in Hamburg about
twenty four hours, when they proceeded
to Denmark. They stopped three days
at Holding on the main land, going from
there by rail and steamer to Roskide, a
place of about 5000 inhabitants and stu.
ated about sixteen miles from Copen.
hagen.
la this city is Lutheran church 900
years old and in which the deceased
me DJers OF the royal family have been
entombed for 400 years. The church has
three spires and is one of the most noted
in the country and is visited by many
tourists. Roskido is one of the chief
railroad centres in Denmark, and tie
first railroad bui}t in Denmark in 1913,
ran from that city to Copenhagen. They
remained here three days when they re-
turned to Hamburg, going to Frankfort
and then to Neisbaden. one of the most
famous watering places in Ger
many, and where Mr.. Lindloif
INDUCED in warm baths for
two weeks. The place is situated two
miles from the river Rhine, and the wa
term the baths, which is warm, comes
from natural springs. The resor5 is con-
nectcd with a railroad station on the
Rhine by u steam railroad.
From here they returned to Hamburg
and then to Keil and were present at the
latter city at the time of the opening of
the celebrated canal. Mr.. Lindloff says
that the American fleet was the centre of
attraction from all classes, and the gen
eral opinion was that IN all respects, es-
pecialy in the matter of electric illumi-
nations, this fleet made the finest APP
pcarance Of any that was there.
Leaving Keil they returned to Copen-
hagen, from which city excursions were
made to several places in Denmark.
From Copenhagen they went to Sweden,
the first stop being at Uclnisborg. where
they had to 90 through the customs
house investigation. From there to
Gote5org, where they procured break
fast, and unless the person is acquainted
with the ways and customs of the cOun-
try it would be difficult matter to take
4 meal in the half hour allowed. Tie
! price was fifty cents each. The different
kinds OF food are placed Oh different Ia
| bles coffee ON one, meats on another,
bread, etc, on another, etc, and each
person goes from one to the other, TAX
| ing from each what he or she may want.
! There are no walters and it is each one
for himself
From this place they went to Christi
ana by rail. Here the party remained
over hight. While here Mr.. LindlOff Wis
tied what is said to be the handsomest
Masonic temple in the world. His de-
| scriptiOn Of the different rooms devoted
TO the uses of the entered apprentice,
| fellow craft and master mason degrees is
| quite interesting and shows the differ
ence in the workings of the craft in that
country and this. In the chamber de-
voted TO the master masons are full
length portraits of prominent master
masons of the country and past masters
of the lodge in that city.
Tromhiene was the next place visited.
| This is the terminus of the railroad in
| Norway. The cars are not as comfort
able as they are in this country, being
arranged in the compartment style, more
like those in England. For the sleeping
cars only blanket and pillow are fur
nished the occupants.
Sunday morning they took a steamer
for North Cape, one OF the uppermost
places in Norway. They stopped at sew
eral places in the trip and finally brought
up at Hammerfast, the most northern
city in the world. 1t is place of about
| 800 inhabitants. has electric lights, sew
erage and water works There are in it
four churches; Baptist, Methodist,
Lutheran and Catholic. While here they
saw tue midnight sun, and, on the deck
of the steamer, Mr.. Lindloff wrote let
ters to NIessrs. n. NJ. Puifer and A. b.
Valentine at midnight by the light of the
sun which at that time appeared to be
about four degrees above the horizon.
1t is no unusual thing there to see child
rem on the street playing at two o'clock
at night.
ihe trip from TromhJene to Hammer
fast or North Cape is made in sight Of
land the entire distance. The route lies
between islands on which are no trees
or vegetation. Many of them are not
more than 200 feet apart, and the water