Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1899-07-27


who won disting;icE in pairuaS fairs
would sill have his u@a,.;@a.,!
/ Twice a year LeipS,e repeats the Gus,
/ tom Of centuries. anl holds Its fairs
ana thus fans semi-anuUaNy the flame
Of business prosperity, i0>eaj al holu.
ing a big "eN8ositiGn' IT wider inter-
walls The external picture al the
fair is not quite rs Tenjers has painted
il; but there is an interesting union
OF old and new features In booths ana
tents. side shows and bazars, The
( pottery IS The same, or most Of il, as
that which has been displayed ON the
ground from time immemoyial, ans
! might JUS, rs we'll have been made
in the remote past; but there are
I plenty OF modern consumers, And
there are modern innovations. rhe
merry go-round is lighted up with
many-Nalored electric lamps There
is vitascope, the American swing.
the fat woman, two-headed pig, aud
various other enormities. The wine
still continues to flow in Auerhach's
cellar, and Goethe has helped not a lit
tie to advertise the ancient Weinstuhe.
1t is characteristic of Leipsic when II
goes to the theater, or when ii goes to
church, to go early. went 20 the
rhCmas church Sunday morning. II
began at 9 O'Clock; and at that time
1000 people were there, as many OF
them men as women. l heard the ex-
Quisite music of the boy choir which
has maintained its reputation since
the days of Bach, listened to an ortho-
doN sermon, and Joined. too, in singing
some Of the grand old German chorals.
At half-past 10 the services were over
What would our American Protestants
think of beginning service 50 early?
On the other hand, what would the
reverent shopkeepers of Boston think
of opening all their stores a. O'Clock
on Sunday. This does not happen
usually; but the fair which with us
at Loipsic on Sunday night
closes at Leipsic on Sunday night
and it must be brought to brilliant
/ climax. More important was the
great meeting and banquet of the book
dealers the day before, The amount
Of money which changed hands al
the clearance sales was very large. My
countenance was refreshed by 8
glimpse, all too brief, of Prof. Gregory
who has lived in Leipsic more than 8
quarter of a century, and Prof. Lipsius
and few Others who come within the
pale of friendship. And, then, there
was the visit to grave in the GENE
terry bearing an Armenian cross while
the blossoms We're just bursting on the
birch-tree that waved over it in the
May breeze.
Nuremberg has not been content tc
| live upon its traditions. If you fine
there the house of Hans Sachs ant
That of Albrech Durer and Other
quaint picturesque houses hanging
over the river with it's narrow streets
and venerable churches, you find also
a new city, full of mild decay thai
you might expect. Even the oldes
houses seem to be in a good state o
preservation, and people are living II
them and doing business just as peo
pie have been doing for 400 years.
In Munich the traveller meets with 6
surprise. He finds the postage.
stamp which he purchased in Berlin
Leipsic or Dresden, and which are
there stamps of the empire, are ne
good when he gets to Bavaria. II he
wants to send letters to the United
States, or even to North Germany, ht
must buy stamps which Bavaria has
made herself. 1t is just as If New
York or Massachusetts had declined tt
use United States stamps, and pre-
| forred to make their own. 1t strikes
an American very curiously; but he is
informed that, when Bavaria became =
part of the German empire, condl-
ton of her entering into the union was
| that she should maintain her own mint
and her postal system. II one wants
| to find Ruben in all the versatility ant
genius of his art let him go not only
to Antwerp, but to Munich. In the ole
| Pinakothek there is fine opportunity
to study, not only the characteristics
of different schools of art, but some oil
| The best embodiments in art, or
Christian mythology. But the picture
! most carry in my mind just now Is
Van Dycks beautiful Madonna ut.
terly devoid OF all miraculous features
but simply representing Mary and
Joseph and their child while the car.
penter's tools hang on the wall. We
share the confidence and joy of JOSEPH
in his fatherhood. Van Dyck has
shown us here that without miracu.
lous drapery of any kind an idealiza.
ton of maternity and paternity in
which the dignity of fatherhood Is
respected may have for us a lasting
| charm.-Samuel ]. Barrows in the
Christian Register.
| SHE FOUGHT IN THE TRENCHES.