The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-10-24
MISS SCHULTZ
TO HER FRIENDS.
Writes Interestingly of her TRAY
els in Germany.
HE HAS ATTENDED MANY FETES.
A Description of the Beautiful. Blue
Danube.
VIEW FROM THE MOUNTAIN
She is Enraptured with Munich One of the
Great Art Centers of Europe
Other Gossip.


Miss Helene Schultz writes to her
! Manitowoc friends from Munich, and
she uses The Pilot Us a medium of her
communication Here is her letter,
After weeks stay at Elberfeld l
went TO Koeln large city on the Rhine
The attraction there is the cathed-
raj, an immense stone building which
was started in the year 1248 and contin-
ued until 1908. Then nothing more was
done to it until the year 1912; its contin-
uation then lasted until 1850 when it
was complete. The length of it is 43S
feet; the height 146 feet, aad the two
towers being $50 feet high. l Went up
in the tower, a winding stairway of 400
steps to view the city and vicinity and
to get a better view of the size and won
lerful stone carvings of the church l
saw five bells the largest of which
weighs $4,000 pounds and is only rung
six times a year on certain feast days
and on the kings birthday. 1t takes 81
men to ring it.
In Koehn is a large geological garden
/ which contains an assortment Of all
/ kinds of animals There are here, as in
most other cities, PARIS and museums
Of art.
! Boun, an old city, very attractive for
its odd buildings and beautiful new viii
las and residences along the river The
bridge crossing the Rhine was complet-
ed few years ago and it is interesting
TO look down and see the boats passing
underneath you.
'Konigo Winter is summer resort.
took a walk mp smal mountain on
the top of which is the remains of an
old castle from which lovely view of
the Rhine is seen and the town along
on each side. 1t is a fine place to spend
Il clear day and hundreds Of people gath.
er to enjoy their afternoon coffee and
other refreshments with great comfort
under the shady trees. The next day
intended to make trip on the other
mountain to take in the concert but the
weather proved unfavorable and it look
ed like rain, SO | took the train through
to Nieder Wallup, near Mainz to which
place | had been invited by an old
friend of my deceased parents, who liy-
ed in America for % years and has now
u most beautiful home on the Rhine,
surrounded by garden Of flowers and
fruit trees | was just in time for the
plums, pears, peaches and grapes. We
took u walk through the garden along
the Rhine and saw the boats and ships
pass by to Wiesbaden, Il city which is
noted as bathing resort and the fine
opera house which is supposed to be the
incest iii Germany. The play was Der
Fhegender Hollender' The storm at
sea, the laundering and lightning, and
| the ship sinking seemed so real that |
thought of the dangerous voyage / have
/ TO make before reaching my native
country. In Mainz they had the flower
ana fruit exposition which we attended
one day, The most beautiful decora-
tions of flowers ever saw.
Another day to Ruedesheim which
place is noted for the great Niederwald
monument put up on the hill by the riv-
] er side and the wine which grows in the
vicinity is considered the best, and no
one fails to drink it who travels along
the Rhine
As the mir remained foggy did not
make my intended trip through the
mountains as it got to be too late in the
season. On the way mp from Konigs
/ Winter on both sides of the river are
the vineyards They look very beauti-
full along the high hills. After two
weeks stay at Nieder Walluf | took in
the sights at Frankfurth II large city on
the Main There | met two travelling
companions from the steamer who were
to return to America in a few days.
There are some real old buildings here
and the streets Of olden times are so
narrow that the bulldogs at the top al
most meet as each story projects over
the other
From there an hours trip on the
limited TO Munich, crossing the beautiful
blue Danube river. This city of one half
million people is situated on the Gar,
a branch of the Danube and lies 1900 TT.
above the sea. Through the summer
about 800 passenger trains come in and
go out daily and on Sundays and holi-
days hundred more Munich is one