The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-24
Back from 8aHreuth and
Hmsterdam in Zine for
the S0rcnaticN. s. 81 81

gard to his discoveries.
To me next In interest after matters
pertaining to the Mei57tersingers. comes
trious son Of old Nurnberg who painted
SO marvelously quite 400 years ago. II
Is most wonderful to see how the rich
tones Of his coloHng have held.
+ ~
Amsterdam, August From pic
turesque old Nurem berg went to Frank
fort. OF course, visited there and
studied with deep interest the several
single statues and groups of the Guten-
berg denkmal commemorating tho dis
covery and beginning Of the practice OF
printing.
Naturally the chief attraction in Frank
Tort for me was the home OF Goethe.
! spent several hours there, but l will
only relate one little incident Of my ex-
perience,
In the museum one case contains the
letters and last wills and testaments of
the great German poets grandfathers.
Now l knew that one OF Goethe's grand
fathers was a burgomeister; but the
buggOmclster's father had been a black
smith, and when l realized that accord
ING TO the papers In the case Goethe's
grandtather. on the other side was
tailor exclaimed impulsively, "Lebt das
NoiN" lLong 1--we the peopleD The
guide locked back at me with beam
ing smile came over, and as I suppose
he had noticed that my hearing is i'm
perfect, he stayed right by me all the
rest of the time and explained every
thing to me very carefully. OF course,
on leaving I offered him an additional
lee, which he persistenuy refused to ac-
eept, saying that 1t had given him great
pleasure to show me some special at
jtntiOn because of the feeling / had ex-
pressed showing my love for and inter-
est In the common people.
l mention this little matter because Il
E HpgV -
Zee which l have encountered in Ger
many l feel that / ought to emphasize
such tdcts because one constantly hears
and reads Of the annoyance and tax OF
Tie eternal up- taking over here.
j took the steamer at Mayennce and
came up the Rhine to Cologne. ! pur-
pose'y saved this part OF my trip to be
knew II would be the best.
You know how the Danube delighted
me, but you don't know how l enioyed
I me Lloe between Prague and Dresden,
because had no time to write about IL
d For lack Of leisure and failure Of
strength l have all along been Obliged
. 10 leaVe out many Of the most attractive
features Of my trip
,toF the Hhlne country / have a com
I plete and comprehensive German guide
/ book and have so enjoyed in cornec-
/ ton with almost every view its generous
/ quotations from Goethe, Heine, Schiller
and even the minor German poets and
| writer's of romance
AS our boat slipped by the verda Mt
stretGnes OF the Niederwald my memory
| was nusy with reawakening Impressions
/ OF hui"er sweet and fancLful "Pilgrims
| OF the Rhine" and on my first view
81 81 me imposing pile of Drachenfels
mashed forth those lines from Byron:
The castled crag of Drachenfels
Rhine "N's
Whose breast of waters broadly swells
befween the banks which bear the
;, Recalling old poems reminds me to tell
10y nT" one OF my travelling companions
co 60 20 eeI a rise out of me at Brig
NOV, Now you want to stop at Bonn, be-
S@use BeethoVen was born there. but do
you gou D, remember who was born at Bin
Sur Sure" I said, That soldier of the
legion who lay dying in Algiers.
we arrived at Cologne in the altar
tt the n ana ! stopped there, until noon Of
WGnoertul cathedral, with ali those mar
veiousIy rich and artistic treasures, the
! oIGnGs OF the three kings, Kaspar Mel
! t he ara baIthasar. TO say nothing of
tii9Inorlals OF the martyrdom Of 81 Jrr
SSula ana her 100O virgins; / aeree With
Soi, allen in his suggestion that one
st Stop AT G STIope 70 study history should
! .
e!sre enter Italy through the north.
from Cologne l came straight r. -,
sterdam. iaIsht 10 Am
Brussels August 4.-The Dutch are NV
Vne disappointment in Europe. 1 dis
ahot'y dislike the people and the places
~ course 1 enjoyed the pictures gal
iorles OF the Ryks museum in Amster-
paul ana especially the collections at The
hague l wanted a week at Least -
study Rembrandts celebrated Hschnnl 20
| anatomy which is now al The Uas,, "a
accompanied by two other marf, -
ishdles l walked through the nrinc,Jsi
| STnoppins streets of Amsterdar a. ni,rb,
tnS dazzling display of gems 1nsrt7c,,
! isaIy diamonds and rubies) and ne No.
aertul art of the Dutch goldsmiths ~
enough TO set a woman wild ~ hee
Wy, wonder why they mark IN go
Malks In the streets Of Dutch c,,iss,
! .SYYYoouy pays any attention 10 thar, TX
~ Vuarters the crowds lust pour down.
" ousn the middle OF the street
- Wish l could tell of seyeraI funnv
| sApeIlences l had in Holland. hi, 7 az
So,hs SO tast now that l can NOT avSr
places l 20 to- 'epoF' haii the
nI,I1tnssels Is called a smaller but mar.
scr,,,aaihlt fars. And I find that the da-
/ skI.ptloh hts. Certainly some ~ ~
ca ops outshlne any saw in the French
1894 And the sights and ''so,,nds ~
| shasHy py night In Belgium's csnbtnyi
1 'So" ina S1eniah love Of fun and froio