The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-03-13
STORY OF TRIP ABROAD
Dr.. Helen Huehss Sends an Entertain
ing Letter From Europe.
After the Zig Carnival at Vein She
Takes Rest.
Florence, Venice and Rome are Given
Beautiful Desc ipticrs.
Beautiful Vienna With lis Imperial
Palace and Scenery.
WRITTEN BY De HELEN HUGHEs FOR THE
FREE PRESS.

WRITTEN BY DE- HELEN RICHES FOR THE
FREE PRESS.
Vein, February "a, l9O3.-The close
OF the carnival here gives me a little
spare time, for no one thinks IF working
during the last few days of the season,
and l thought ! would imp. eve my op.
portunity, if you will permit, by speak
ing to my old friends through the col.
umns OF your paper. ] have seen many
strange wonders and many strange lands
since that ernoon in the early fall
when l ~ my last look at Mankato
and the ,s<ind faces of the friends who
came to cheer me ON my way. Some day
perhaps | can tell you all about my
stormy sea voyage and the delightful
days in Rome with my brother and cou-
sins from Montreal who were spending
the winter in southern Europe, beauti-
full Florence and stately Venice, the
"bride of the sea" who will perhaps soon
return to the arms of her hoary lover
leaving history the most romantic of
all cities. Raised from the seas by the
hands of a few fugItives who were not
allowed even dry land to rest on but
were driven into the swamps and fens
about the head of the Adriatic, gradual
ly assuming an unprecedented power and
magnifcence and at last declining and
mayhap disappearing from the world
But now that | am in Vienna | must talk
most of it. To those who have seen this
city it is needless to say it is perhaps
the most beautifully with. it's imperial
palace where old Franz Joseph lives
and holds the different peoples that form
the Austrian empire together by the
force of love. 1t is most astonishing
the affection that exists in Europe be-
tween rulers and people, word
against a sovereign is taken
as personal offense and I can re-
member yet the wrath 7 stirred in the
heart of an army officer by the innocent
and truthful assertion that the emperor
was not at all handsome.
Nature has done much for Vienna 1t
is situated on the banks of the lordly
Danube and within view OF the Alps.
Its public buildings are magnificent and
seem as if they were built for eternity
rather than for time. The Ring strasse,
broad, lined with trees. circles around
the old part of the town in which are
both the old and the new imperial palaces
and many of the principal places of bust
ness; also the "Volks Garten" which is
quite famous in its way One part of
the Ring is called the "Schotten" When
l learned enough of German to know that
"schotten" was Scotch" / made in
quiries and found that church and a
school We're founded there by Scotch
Benedictines" as early as the tenth cen
fury and until the reformation" was
conducted by the Monks from Scotland;
after that it passed into the hands of the
"schotten" is still preserved in schotten
Ring and schotten throne, and here |
scored one for celtic activity in the
spread of Christianity and education.
There are many magnificent churches
here; mostly in the gothic style but to be
frank if you want to enjoy the churches
of Europe you should leave Rome for
the last for having seen the churches
there all others will seem unsatisfactory
st. Stefans, the Cathedral church
dates from the thirteenth century. 1t
was remodeled in the seventeenth CEN
fury and the beautiful stained glass win
dows removed; but in the reign of the
present emperor they were restored and
are considered very beautiful. The church
itself is a tremendous height and size
and the decorations have profusion that
suggest to me the barbarics. At st.
Augustine, or the court chapel you may
hear every Sunday music OF the Catholic
service rendered in way that would
fulfill the dreams of Mozart" or "Gou-
nod" In "Maxmillian Plutz" is the
"Votive Kerche'' a gem of gothic archi-
lecture built in thanksgiving for the pre-
servation of the Emperor life from an as
sassin-the only attempt that has been
made against him during his long reign.
| But the place that has been. beSose my
vision so persistently since coming here
| that it is wonder that it did not crowd
all other pictures out of my mind is the
"Alleiemeine krankenhaus." 1t was
built by the son of Maria Theresa and
was INTENDED to be place where every
man woman and child could have proper
care when sick without any reference
tozwhether they could pay or not, There
many of the most brilliant doctors in the
profession have had their training.
intend to spend most of my time here
while abroad as I have the work | wish.
ed most to get and everything is very
pleasant for me.
I take my principal work in "Schan
tu's" clinic and am pleased to see ano
hear him because ] used to read his
written work with great enthusiasm
There are born in this department OF
the hospital yearly between ten and
twelve thousand children and very
large proportion of these children even
tually find their way to the kinder spita
which offers all kinds of work in chill
dren's diseases. have not yet seen thu
country around us, but the family will
whom l live have invited me to wall
with them in the "Wald" next Sunda!
and have thankfully accepted the invi
tation. They are a very delightful
family. Father, mother, three girls ant