The age-herald., 1901-11-03
Some Stories of Foreign sS I < I I Travel by Paul Pry

beside another altar Is the tomb of King Victor Emmanuel II who accomplished so much for united Italy and whose burial place Is always covered with numerous wreaths. Near 1t is that of King Hum bert who was assassinated last summer.
 In the fine old Renaissance church at Innsbruch in the Austrian Tyrol is the great tomb of Emperor Maximilian the First of Germany. He planned the tomb himself and one efacetious visitor exclaimed that he must have been in hls own eyes a very love. for tho work is that of gen. erations and is considered the srandest of German Renaissance tombs. In ad- dition to the magnificent sareophagus covered with twenty-four reliefs in mar ble which Thorwaldsen pronounced the finest of their kind. there are twenty eight splendid bronze statues of his heroic ancestors surrounding 1t. All are in com plete armor or court-dress, minute in de- tail and exquisite in execution.
 But an imperial vault of surpassing in- terest to the visitor are the tombs in the crypt of the church of the Capuchins in Vienna Of chiefest interest are the magnificent tombs of Marie Theresa of Austria and her husband. It was plan lieu dflQ DULL Dy ACI OCloIC ACA NCotA, and approaches to a degree the ability and greatness of this remarkable woman. At her feet in the most modest and un- pretentious tomb lies her son, Joseph II. of Austria, a fitting position in compari- son to his illustrious mother. Nearby is the tomb of Marie Louise of Austria, the second wife of the great Napoleon; and by her side in modest bronze casket that of her son, "L'Aiglon." As we stood by the side of the tomb of the Due de Reichstadt, we could not help but feel that he ought to have been placed be- side his immortal father, who, during his life, loved him so dearly. Here. too, lies the Sarcophlagus of Maximilian who ruled in Mexico in the early sixties, and whose f1tful glory had such tragic end ing. But however full of interest and awe the presence of the people of the past have for one those of our own time draws one with greater feeling. The day before our visit completed the third year since the assassination of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria in Geneva. She was a beautiful young woman and greatly be- loved by the people, and at this time her tomb was completely covered with the most gorgeous floral offerings until the air of the entire crypt was heavy with their perfume.
 The royal MhuSoleum at Cnarlotten- berg. near Berlin. approaches nearer the beauty and grandeur of Napoleons tomb than any other in Europe. The tombs in Vienna. are in the crypt under the church and are all of bronze and metal Those at Charlottenberg are in building designed for them of white marble and the tombs are also of Carara marble, with the most exquisitely executed effigy lying full length on top and as natural as if they were only sleeping.
 The beautiful Queen Louise of Prussia lies here; the one who pleaded so elo- quently but vainly to Napoleon for her country and her people. One of the world-famous pictures is her portrait 'Koenigen Louise,'' by Richter, which hangs In the art gallery at Cologne No doubt it is a familiar picture, and so l leave the memory of it with you to dispel the gloomier topic.
 PAUL PRY.