The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-02

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klnoiy voice said IT am very glad to see
YOU, though speak hut little English. "
we asked, In wonder where could be
iounu SUBJECT who possessed the features
tnat mace SO perfect Child Christi II
napo az 49, di s was the answer; years
ago nau many lads come to my studio
. puo ~ mas Useless, and he shrugged MS
$500 and as he hesitated for word
one OF us suggested Stupid - ayes" he
said laughing that is f. sto.o-nid. so
now l never try with models Int find nv
| faces always here" and he touched his
breast. study every human face, and
looked intently at each of us in tnrn- To
break a pause which threatened To become
embarrassing, said, 'have Won never
thought of coming to America Herr Hoff-
man? Your work is much apnreciated
there. F" 'Nein, nein," came Quickly in
response, your buildings are too high.
and it is always hurry-hurry p
half an hour passed in pleasant talk, and
to our amazoment as we said good-bye.
he thanked us for our visit.
No stranger goes to Dresden
but is tempted to spend
hours in Der grosser Garten, wandering
down the shady paths. feeling as if in far
off woods. miles from any dwelling. One
|
man holiday a 'Blumen Fest Thous-
ands Of men and women were there,
dressed in their best, taking their pleasure
as they do their beer, deliberately and
sedateIy. Bicycles decorated with flowers,
their riders costumed in hues to match.
were in competition for the race. On the
lake boats were adorned with flowers, and
bowers Of roses erected, under which sat
plump German Madschens. Lotteries
faced one at every few steps, and although
on principle, one objects, everything was
done quietly and in order. Even the
children played noiselessly without the
clamor which the average American child
considers necessary to good time.
| A trying feature of sight seeing, is the
constant change of abode involved. One
| just begins to feel at home, to be familiar
with the streets and houses, to make
agreeable acquaintance, when that re-
| lentless memorable tyrant-Time, tells us
we must move. "No parks will seem SO
green, no people SO friendly, no place SO
desirable as Dresden" | said sadly the
morning we left for Berlin, and E.
mournfully agreed; while in the aftee-
noon we both blushed for our hckleness,
in that we found the great capital still
more fascinating. In every place we have
been able to find our way with but little
difficulty, directions being given us most
kindly and explicitly invariably conclud-
| lug Wltu you CdA pOsslUIt LILIES
Before we knew ourselves as intimately
as we now do, this gave us great encour
agement, but in an early stage of our
career in DEUTSCHLAND, we decided that
| Germans did not realize the talent we
possessed for going wrong, for we quite
frequently managed to miss it, at the
outset Consequently, the good natured
careful explanations as to the electrics
we were to take for Charlottenburg, we
chased one for half mile only to be told
| that our way lay in the opposite direc-
ton. Imagine riding miles on street
cars, through seemingly endless parks,
| seeing on each side inviting footpaths
winding in and out among the trees. We
did our duty by the Schloss, but later,
whispered to each other-so family that
the walls were none the wiser-'what a
bore to look at endless old paintings of
Margraves and Margravines, whose names
if ever known, are now forgotten" It
was relief to leave the Castle and walk
down the broad pathway, lined with trees
and marble busts, to the mausoleum, the
entrance to which is most impressive.
Here lies the old Kaiser Wilhelm and En-
press Augusta, and beside them the EN-
perOr's Father and Mother, the latter the
| famous Queen Louise the 1oveliest of ali
German women. The Angel of the tomb
"a heroic figure in white marble-stands
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door, while through deep azure glass a
dim religious light is shed, which causes
| idle talk to cease, and makes ones foot
steps lightly fall about that hallowed
spot. After our visit to Potsdam as we
gathered around the festive GARD at even.
ing tea, and compared notes, we found
that the other guests had previously Wis
tied Sans Souci-where the great Frederic
and Voltaire had lived for time on such
familiar terms-and had, as we'll as we,
seen the fountains send up streams of
water 140 feet into the air. We all had
walked through Babelsburg where the
| old Kaiser went for rest, seen his favor
lite chair, and touched the cane he cut
| himself and carried for fifteen years; but
when we described the great sight of our
day, it was admitted the best of all had
| fallen to our lot. While returning from
| the Castle, our driver told us the EN-
peror was expected on the road OF any
moment. as he was going informally on
his yacht with a few members of the
obliged to leave the carriage, which was
quickly drawn to the background, and
with twenty others we ranged ourselves
| in line and waited, yes we waited first
on one foot, then on the other-for
hours we waited-at intervals few Off
cials drove past, then came two ca riages
with the six royal children, bright and
! dUOloCUltC loOAIuS, 1lUCI ttlOUucE
ed wait came the Emperor, driving him
self, and beside him sat the Empress,
Cooking much better since she had grown
| thinner" said q woman near us. The
Emperor was in uniform his breast
covered with medals; the face was much
less strong than we had expected in so
great an autocrat. We cheered Justify as
he passed, and right and left he bowed
| repeatedly. We stopped a moment on
our homeward way, to see the tomb of
| the late Emperor Frederic-and near the
| marble form was placed wreath of pinks
| half red, half white, nearly four feet
| in diameter, and on the broad red ribbon
we read, "a tribute from the King of
SIAM" When we reached the station,
which was profusely decorated with
| flowers and bunting, we found that we
were just in time to see his Majesty of
Siam, who was alighting from his rail
way carriage, followed by the heir appar-
emf, and the youngest son who has been
studying in Germany for the past year.
Keeling that fate had kindly placed all
| things royal in our path, with many
thanks we said good bye to P otsdam.
The advantages of great cities are al
ways appreciated, but the quietness and
restfulness of Gottingen is most thor
oughly enjoyed when one has been for
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