The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-31

his spirit still undauned the marble Frederick sits
his flesh and blood original did, his hand resting
the head of hound and his eyes turned eagerly
to the beautiful view of the park 1t almost seems to
breathe and is the touch about the whole place
which best brings Frederick the man into the sur
roundngs giving touch of reality to the place and its
associations 1t is recent work by Magnussen ana
placed there late 1892
The library tiny octagonal in shape, six
Of the sides being lined with bookcases the other two
occupied by windows The guide has way of "shoo-
ing the people in then stepping in impressively and
closing the door behind him. when presto! there they
being set with bookcase and the decorations fitting
closely into those all around it, -.....
From here traled out thru long, narrow gall
ery filled with priceless pictures and out again into
the sunshine And then why then, there were many
things to many directions to co. that at first
just stood still and stared and stared In every direc-
on at angle, there something worth looking
at, something that beckoned for view. The
main park lies in front OF Sans souc1 and finally we
turned steps in that direction A number of people
looking with interest the ground at the east
end of the terrace, and thther I wended my way
slabs there, whose surfaces
W the half oberated words, Alcmene Diane, Thsbe
Amouree, Phils and Biche some two and three times
threw a startled glance behind me-yes, there
the statue of Flora, and these the of
the cherished four-footed companions of the king
and this the spot where he wished to be buried Here
he said, II shall be free from care"
The Dogs That Drank the Chocolate.
does 1o ane of Just Wh fa the
of their own. One day, While Frederick was sitting
under tree the terrace with his dogs beside him,
servant brought him bowl Of chocolate The king
set it aside moment to cool, and then, noticing that
spider had swung itself the bowl, it
to the dogs Hardly had they Tapped the last drop
before they went into commissions and died before the
very eyes of their startled master. When the cook
learned of the of the king he promptly
mtted suicide And if do not believe this story,
they will show you the spider web by Frederick
into the decorations of Sans Souc in comnemoraton
of the event.
This is set thick with rosebushes and there
two fountains whose waters up in
inverted bell. The air heavy with the perfume
Of blossoms and the brilancy of the sunlight
the only really bright sunlight had during the six
weeks in Europe, the greeny greenness of the
foliage, the Wilderness the
plah pash and SPARKLE sparkle of the fountains the
spots of color of the flowers the of wooded
knobs and castelated heights all exquisite,
like enchantment that felt if a spell
fashioned fairy story had been thrown around
Two Glorious Views. -.
There two glorious views at Souci-one
fountain plays, where marble statues CLEAN among
trees where there myriads of flower beds, gay with
phlox asters begonas and the scarlet of saliva
by the lustrOus leaves of foliage plants with
there stretch of beautifully graveed walk outlined
by of clipped box pyramids of and where
when the tires of these beauties at hand it
look on and on and still farther smiling hill and
dale. The other is from the great fountain shown in
the picture, the six terraces to the palace it's
low front, and low rounded top
Of the rise, looking like quaint small
ID a land yet undiscovered.
Once at the bottom of the hill I fingered over
everything as long possible, for this
ming of the end of the visit to huge
basin of the fountain is alive with frisking gold
so tame that they will eat