Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-24

justly proud of the new building which
shelters the imperial courts. Teniers.
who won distinction in painting fairs,
would still have his opportunity.
Twice year Leipsic repeats the GUS
tenn of centuries, and holds it's fairs,
and thus fans semi-annually the flame
of business prosperity, instead Of hold
ing a big exposition" at wider inter
walls. The external picture of the
fair is not quite as Teniers has painted
it; but there is an interesting union
of old and new features In booths and
tents, side shows and bazars. The
pottery is the same, or most of it, as
that which has been displayed on the
ground from time immemorial, and
might just as we'll have been made
in the remote past; but there are
plenty of modern consumers. And
there are modern innovations. The
merry go-round is lighted up with
many-oolored electric lamps. There
is vitascope, 'the American swing"
the fat woman, two-headed pig, and
various other enormities. The wine
still continues to flow in Auerbach's
cellar, and Goethe has helped not a lit
tie to advertise the ancient Weinstube
1t is characteristic of Leipsic when it
goes to the theater, or when it goes to
church, to go early. I went to the
Thomas church Sunday morning. It
began at 8 o'clock; and at that time
1000 people were there, as many Of
them men as women. I heard the ex-
| ,Se1s4 10 - h. III
has maintained it's reputation since
the days of Bach, listened to an ortho-
dox 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 Professionals
think of beginning service so early?
On the other hand, what would the
reyerent shopkeepers of Boston think
of opening all their stores at o'clock
on Sunday. This does not happen
usually; but the fair, which with us
at Leipsic 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 at
the clearance sales was very large. My
| countenance was refreshed by
glimpse, all too brief, of Prof Gregory,
who has lived in Leipsic more than a
quarter of century, and Prof. Lipsius,
and a few others who come within the
pale of friendship And, then, there
was the visit to grave in the ceme-
terry bearing an Armenian cross while
the blossoms were just bursting on the
birch-tree that waved over it in the
May breeze.
Nuremberg has not been content to
live upon it's traditions. If you find
there the house of Hans Sachs and
that of Albrech Durer and other
quaint, picturesque houses hanging
over the river, with it's narrow streets
and venerable churches, you find also
new city, full of mild decay that
you might expect. Even the oldest
houses seem to be in a good state of
preservation, and people are living in
them and doing business just as peo-
pie have been doing for 400 years.
In Munich the traveller meets with a
surprise. He finds the postage
stamp which he purchased in Berlin,
Leipsfc or Dresden, and which are
there stamps of the empire, are no
good when he gets to Bavaria. If he
wants to send letters to the United
States, or even to North Germany, he
must buy stamps which Bavaria has
made herself It is just as if New
York or Massachusetts had declined to
use United States stamps, and pre-
| ferred to make their own. It strikes
an American very curiously; but he is
| informed that, when Bavaria became
part of the German empire, condi-
ton of her entering into the union was
that she should maintain her own mint
and her postal system. If one wants
to find Ruben in all the versatility and
genius Of his art let him go not only
| to Antwerp, but to Munich. In the old
Pinakothek there is fine opportunity
to study, not only the characteristics
of different schools of art, but some of
the best embodiments in art, on
Christian mythology. But the picture
I most carry in my mind just now is
Van Dyck's 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 J. BarroWs in the
| Christian Register.