Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-22
Wanderings Of Salt Lakers
In European Countries.

erybody IN Hungary and Pennsylvania
VIII have become Magyeri2ed. The
Germans have, however, In opposition,
established private schools In which
German Is spoken, but the movement is
too week 10 live long II is thought.
With this continual strife conditions
cannot be very pleasant I'm Brasso.
The SaXons still preserve their old
evangelical religion which penetrated
TO them in the days of the reforma-
ton. In fact. one of the most inter-
estlng places in the town is the Suth-
ern formerly Catholic) church. We
visited II and were shown through by
tho old Saxon warder and his daugh-
ter
The church from its blackened walls,
has been given the name Schwartz
klrohe' 1t was erected between the
years 1885 and i425 and contains, OF
course, altar pieces and Sacramento
services and all the other regulation
belongings Of a church which are
costly, unique and interesting But
fine as they are they are not what
held my interest most What did In
terest me was not what the church
contained, but the edifice itself--its
old stones held together by the
crumbling mottar-those dumb de-
liers of time who testify To the living
OF an age that IN dead With them
too. the old bearded Saxon and his
round faced. llaxen- haired daughter
had a relationship. The old man.
whose forefathcrs had lahored IN the
erection OF the church, looked scarce
~ a day removed from them, and his
daughter could have stepped from the
middle ages as type OF the mediae-
t(.FHfnhon a.
one another their quaint ways OF pro-
nouncing German words now familiar
and their use OF others now unused In
the language supplied the one thing
lacking to transport the onlooker back
and away from all things pertaining
to the present
Under the spell Of the moment l
almost expected to see Walter Won
Stalking, Tranconlan knight, step put
from some nook and enact a scene
Ike that that was his in a similar old
church In Nuremberg.
Or other features Of general inter-
est the town possesses but few, There
are still the remains of fortified
wall to be seen here and there. with
battlement and moat. and on one hill
the ruin of a once stately castle pro-
trudes Its Wondering tower above the
stately pines.
One or two streets In an older quar-
ter OF the town retain an eighteenth
century appearance. but the medlae-
val character one might expect has
disappeared entirely with the above
noted few exception.
Aside from the beauty of the noun.
famous surroundings there is little TO
hold ones interest for longer than a
day or 80. NV stay was prolonged
awaiting the decision OF friend to
accompany me as far as Bucharest.
This matter once settled both he and
! took an afternoon train for the
Roumanian capital.
Predial Is the frontier station be-
tween Hungary and Roumania and II
was there our passports were most
thoroughly examined and stamped up
In most interesting manner AT
Predial, to our infinite delight. we
became 10 days younger and instead
OF being In February we had jumped
back to the middle of January. II
that sort of thing could only be kept
up indefinitely what an attractive
place Predlal would be for old maids
and other seekers for renewed youth.
From Predial to Bucharest is a mat
ter OF four or Ave hours and darkness
being nearly upon we were forced to
seek other amusement than that af-
forded by viewing somewhat noun
famous landscapes through which wo
were passing. A desire for sleep most
OPPORTUNITY asserted itself and we
found our amusement In the realm OF
slumber where We remained Till the
train rolled into the station OF Buch-
Arrest. SPENCER CLAWSON. JR.
Make Your Xmas Selection Here
And you will know you have the hest.
Mehesy the Furrier. Knutsford.