The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-08

| In Dresden, the royal palace suggests
| THE Gem Vault" which contains one
| of the most valuable existing collections
of jewels and curiosities, diamonds SO
large and numberless as to suggest paste
goldsmiths' work, ivories and enamels.
In Berlin we visited the palace of the
| Emperor William 1, and fingered long IN
| the kaisers study, preserved just as he
| left it. We looked out of The corner
| window, where he used to stand and
wal ch the passing of the guard The
table was covered with many little per-
sonal souvenirs, and the walls with pic
| lures and photographs of members of the
family and family connections. On the
floor above were the apartments of the
Empress Augusta. A piano with an ex-
article in the drawing room. The original
building of the present Royal Palace was
a castle erected by Elector Frederick II
in 400 Frederick 1, first King of Prus-
STA, enlarged and improved it, and the
present Emperor William II has once
more made it the residence of the reign
ing sovereign. A purple banner on the
north side indicates the emperor's pres
ence- Here we saw some beautiful wood
carving, and above it the gallery was
formerly of solid silver.
The old tapestries and furniture are
most interesting, and the beautiful
nalachite and porphyry, lapis lazuli and
marble, must be seen to be appreciated
Here are the elegant mirrors with solid
silver frames, magnificent chandeliers
of silver and cut-glass crystals. The
state dining room was hung with histor-
ical paintings, and one room was devot-
ed TO portraits of the various queens and
expresses. There are 700 apartments in
this palace. and so beautiful are the pol
ished, inlaid floors that all visitors are
required to put on soft felt slippers be-
fore they are allowed to walk on them.
A. fh.= eli OH Of
and made to fit the largest foot. we were
a grotesque company as we shuffled
through the various rooms. The summer
palace of the emperor, or New Palace
as it is called. is at Potsdam. 1t was
founded by Frederick the Great. after
the seven years war al an expense Of
$4,000 pounds. 1t is closed 10 visitors
from May to Christmas, so we had to
content ourselves with sitting in the car
riage and looking at the south wing, oc-
cupied by the royal family and ascertain
ing which of the 200 apartments was the
one where the Emperor Frederick died
our Fritz, as the people loved to cali
the present emperor's father. On the
way from the New Palace to the famous
Sans Souci is the Orangery, where. lust
prior to our visit, the Chinese prince was
entertained. He had been sent to express
the regrets of the Chinese government
for the murder of the German ambassa-
dor at the beginning of the Chinese war.
sans Soucf, building of one story was
erected by Frederick the Great. over the
rooms devoted to visitors at the end of
the palace was the word sans, without;
at the other end, where were the en-
peror apartments was the word souci.
care; which the great emperor thought
symboLcal of the condition of himself
and his guests
We saw the windmill on the grounds
adjoining. which all the wealth and pow
er of Frederick was unable to buy of the
owner. though now it is a part of the
royal domain. From the great fountain,
the water of which rises to the height OF
1870 feet broad flight of steps 66 feet in
height ascends to the palace. These steps
are intersected by six terraces. The
fronts of the terraces are many Of them
covered with glass. behind which we
could see luscious grapes and tropical
fruits growing. while beside the steps
were apple trees growing in ordinary siz-
"a pots with large apples on them; all
for the delectation OF the German En-
7sror. and i seemed 10 us that 81 must
20 delightful g. he reignire- sovereign
ard have every taste mintstered TO But
when we saw in the garden the graves