Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-22
AT BERLIN.
Mrs. KOtzSChmar Writes Enter
taInIy from German Capital.
HANDLES About the City Among lis
Many ard Varied Beauties.
sousas Band Brings Applause Of Am ricans
with Star Spangied Banner.

winch the night had done its best 70
shorten. The German capital was I'm
Tcdllty the Mecca for which our Jour.
ny had been undertaken, and through
"il our varied Wanderings we had
ooked eagerly forward to the season
81 study which awaited US We Will
Walk through the 'Ticrgartrn' up tn.
Linden ana have ample time to See
me university before the lectures ha-
en- was tire program planned Sonia
weeks after our summers work was
f+lrly started of course YOU want
70 hear Schumidt' and Paulsen' " Iac-
lure was the aseertive question. -Of
course, certainly" quickly asscnt4d
W. whose exaggerated feryor dresy
f"rth most suspicious glanc. When
ones German vocabulary r,rnrjses
manly isolated W3raa. 1t II nU raF,.
Hatter To gauge enthusiasm TO the
( proper notch concerning literary ana
! phhcSophic lectures in Drutscb
! where enthusiasm did run riot was in
the "Tiergarten." In tn heart of thu
7 CITY. clectTics passing through * con
stantly, one Of It's unusual peculiaH-
7 TIES Is, that in spite az being the tn III
/ "ughiare Of the people in its dim
\ N!StaS, whose romantic walks ana
7 shaded hooks respond to every mood.
( one can feel apart from the worlds
I confusion IN the "Sirecs Alice"
I section Of the garden. the Kaiser has
/ done his best 20 familiarize his sub
Jects with his ancestors. on either
! s-de OF the car track in straight line
are placed beneath the trees hundreds
OF startlingly white life sizo statues III
ancient "Othos ana Alb-e, hts" These
/ only called forth cries ~ darisi1n from
the Publigans ana Sinners thpv ,yer7
meant 10 educate The noblest knigh.
IA am stands In Hamlet attitude. hand
drawn across his chin as though r--
! neciing c1utemplatively This was
riacarded Shall ] or shall I HUI have
a Shave,-Whilc broken uusas ana
other mutations snow .he gift was
re- only unaprrey.atel But disi4in-7.
. 'nudjsn punishment awaits the Of
tenders. and meanwhile more ancestors
are being placed in position. Dear To
the heart II every German is "t'ute-
den Linderi' ret ia Is n"t alone the
double roW w trees extending nearly
mile nar those brilliant shops bu. the
LreNriicahir association of the whole
The winged Victory. drawing tine res
tiE- sjc"Gs PA o.ouze. S.-uoua;irg the.
BrandenhurEcr rhlr. looks oyyr AHA
beyond the busy sire, ami sees The
plain stone building with it's classic
statues. which stands f1r learning.
culture. progress, the true glory If a
nation Three sides ct the square are
hlled hy the University. the fourth by
tho old kaiser's palace. not far off
looms the Arsenal also the Picture
Gallery while in tha center of thu
square stands the famous equestrian
statue NJ the great Frederick. Fresh
iaudal wrcaths with broad streamers
# yellow satin We're banked about
it, base, placed there ~ regiments
named in honor If the old warrior. ana
that We're starting in accordance To
Kaiser WiIhelm's order to exterminate
without quarter the Chinese nation.
Guarding the entrances to the halls III
learning. are marble sitting figures Of
the brothers Alexander and Wilhelm .
Humboldt, who gave without stint for
the furtherance Of knowledge. money.
time and influence. and to whom In
largest measure the University owes
its founding and prosperity. shrubs
and Towering plants make the grounds
attractive. and seats beneath the trees
offer quiet resting places with ones
books and papers. The big door
swung back; "dO look as ii YOU be-
longcd". was the imploring whisper.
as VS. rowing eye and furtivc glance
betrayed the novice. This appeal natu-
rally produced the same comfortable.
nonchalant expression always called
forth by the photographers now look
pleasant" For an instant escape was
not only possible. but imminent. hut
curiosity conquered as the door closed
Utterly plain and bare were halls ana
rooms; no pictured Goethes on the
walls. no Schiller busts in
corners. Students, numbering up I'd
the thousands. with less than a hum
dred Of the weaker sex. were grouped
about the different corridors Or noise
lessly walked up and down. waiting
the moment Of their lecture. The
rooms, not over large filled with desks
and seats made solely for service
We're crowded with men. Here we had
convincing proof that the German stu
dent infinitely prefers suffocation to
ventilation. One window inadvertent-
~ gapcd a crack three persons rose
instantly and crushed that breath of
air: fourth Theoretically sealed the
room by latchinS the door firmly
against any weak wandering draught.
and in the words Of the textbook
literally, We were confined wholly to
the subject" That is Professor Erich
Schmidt" whispered Il. az in quick,
decisive manner man entered, Of
most attractive personality.
Immediately began the shutting y;
more than four hundred feet. the ap
proved German fashion Of evincinE par
TALLY for a fayori;e professor. This po-
.uliar double shuttle is also performed to
how iisapproval. as when some ditIidrut
man stumblas tardily into his place. 1t Is
apt To work an affective cure. Il was
with extreme satisfaction w. grasped the
closing sentence ''LiSzt-SChu-
mann This may read meaGrc but
straws tell which way the wind blows
md those two words threw food OF
ave popularity Professor Paulscn is tha I
opposite Of his younger colleague. SLOW. .
deliberate in speech his face shows the I
,wn efforts ana great ability, ht hl,
lheTS, IL is an education to merely listen I
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