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mer home, which I left twenty yea,


tives. = Our visit.was a most.spleasant
one, ..and the ...ten..days .which--I...could
spare passed only toe. rapidly. --Schnait-
tach is small town.near. Nuremberg.
1t originated in..the.. 14th....--century.
Since.its.. close. railroad connection a
lfew--years ago...many-.- improvements
have. taken. place--.an ds..it..is. becoming
known as asplace- of. interest for trav-
elers. IT. has, a...pretty..s surrounding
landscape, a number..of.. fine. forests
with-good...walks ..and. -. beautiful
mount.calvary with.---a shaded.-way of
the cross quarter..of a mile long ..and
large chapel built.in 1725 But the
main attraction is the ruins of Fort
Rothenberg in its immediate vicinity
and situated on the summit of an ele-
walton $50 feet high; also the remark
able ruins of Burg Hohenstein, cap
ping a.smountain peak, a few miles
distant Both places originated in
the 18th century. The fort, originally
burg, was enlarged to such in the
10th century, captured and destroyed
in 1903, rebuilt on larger scale in
1929, and abandoned by the govern
ment in 1888. The ruins are still we'll
preserved and afford magnificent
view of the surrounding country for
many miles about. Many villages and
towns, the cities of Erlangen, Furth
and Nuremberg, can be seen.
Leaving Schnaittach-- Sept. 3Oth for
Vienna, we stopped several days at
lNuremburg and Munich. Nuremberg
is well known ancient city and the
second largest of Bavaria. tits an i'm
portant industrial and shopping CEN
ter, with over $50, 600 inhabitants.
Some of its exports have a world wide
reputation. A bit of "Old Nurem-
burg was represented in the midway
of the Pan-American exposition at
Buffalo. The most remarkable sights
of Nuremberg are the we'll preserved
ruins of the ancient Hohenzollern
burg, and the old city Notifications,
wall and ditch, situated in and sur
rounding the heart of the present city.
A peculiar and unique feature Of
Nuremberg is the. charming variety of
architecture of the buildings.
Munich, the capital and largest city
of Bavaria has over 800, 600 inhabit-
ants. 1t is one of the prettiest cities
of Germany and takes first rank as an
art center, also as q lager beer CEN
ter. But that does not imply that
there is any known relation between
the art of sculpture and painting and
the art of brewing. At least such lis
not verified by our Milwaukee, New
Ulm, etc. Munich beer is known the
! world over The city is laid out on "a
grand scale, and the wide streets, the
fine boulevards and parks, the grand
buildings and its many attractions
make a most favorable impression.
| While there we also visited the Octo-
berfest, sort of harvest carnival on
large scale, which lasts two weeks
and to which people flock from all
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Now something about Vienna, ne
capital and principal city of Austria
and one of the largest centers of
Europe. 1t has over..1119 millions of in
habitants. 1t is built very compactly,
especially in the older portion which
was formerly surrounded. by circle of
Notifications, the tract now being oc-
cupied by the Ringstreet, a beautiful
boulevard lined with modern buildings
and many of the principal public
buildings. The older city contains
some extremely narrow streets, some
of them about the width of our alleys
but lined with and story build
ings. 1t is self-evident that thessupply
of fresh air, light and sunshine to such
quarters is a very limited one. Most
European cities have no alleys. None
of the streets in these districts are
more than few blocks long; but here
are located the best stores of the city
In the newer quarters the streets are
wider and longer, but Vienna has,very
few wide, long streets. This is the
case with all these old fortified cities,
nearly all of which are laid out on
the circular plan. If the streets would
only pass through the whole or even
half the circle. They are we'll kept.
Sprinkling is done in most primitive
manner with the hand sprinkler and
if a wagon is employed man walks
back of lit and pulls the sprinkler
from side to side-a very m using
sight to an American. The sidewalks,
like the streets, with few exceptions,
are paved with small granite blocks.
This makes very durable but very tire
some walks. All new buildings in the
older districts have to be set back
certain limit from the street curbihg,
so as in time to get wider streets and
sidewalks Until all old buildings
are thus eliminated, the streets will
not present an even front. The old
buildings are very poorly arranged.
presenting very deficient hygenic and
sanitary conditions, the newer ones on
the other hand are palaces in appear
ance, generally four to six stories high
and 100 to 300 1eet front Their ar
rangement is great Improvement
over the old, but cannot compare with
our buildings of their size. Very few
of them have elevators or general
heating plant-which is such a COM
fort and saves time and money. All
private dwellings. most of which are