Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-03

He lived here for eight years before NOV
ing to the larger house. The home Is
much the same as when he lived there.
On the first floor Is the dining-room fur
nished with wooden chairs and table, 1t
is here Schiller and he often ate to-
gether and discussed poetry by the hour
Their discussions were only to be inter-
rupted by a visit from Prince Carl Au-
gust. Above stairs are seen several sim.
Pile bedrooms and workrooms. The cup
boards served as places to keep the dishes
and books. The most elaborate furnish
ings are the white curtains which were
embroidered by Frau Won Stein, one Of
Goethes sweethearts These sre now
covered because so many of the tourists
insisted on cutting of pieces and taking
them away as souvenirs. The garden is
set out in terraces and is full of beauti-
full trees. There is large stone where
Goethe and Frau Stein sat together talk
ing by the hour. A bronze slab contains
the love verses she wrote to him while
sitting there one afternoon. Across the
road is a house where Frau Won Stein Is
supposed to have had an apartment
Close to the garden hedge runs the road
to Ober- -Welmar on the other side
meadow and a path lined with trees. A
bridge leads to the Gartenhaus where
Prince Karl August lived during the sum
mer and amused himself telegraphing to
Goethe.
Goethes summer-house was exceedingly
simple compared with the place he lived
in later. The entrance hall Is large and
imposing and decorated with several stat
ues brought from Greece broad flight
of steps lead to the many living-rooms-
The walls are hung with many rare por-
| traits including a splendid likeness OF
Schiller and the poet Wieland but the
most interesting are all of Goethe's many
hoe &c tnaI Iou GrhH
and Frau von Stein. Just as valuable are
the rare collections Of Yenetia glass, Ma
Jolica and terra Gotta Goethe gathered
when travelling In Italy and Greece. But
this rare collection includes personal gifts
given to the poet; including laurel
wreath of gold, rings, seals, snuff-boxes,
coins, rare plate and a piano. gift Of
Mendelsohn A fight of steps open into
a wing. Beyond are his workrooms filled
with splendid collections Of woods, miner
ais and geological specimens. showing
what wonderful knowledge of science he
had. There are also cabinets filed with
scales, bottles and test-tubes.
The most ostentatious room Is his work
room, only lighted by two small windows.
In the middle is large work 1able and
two chairs one was for him, the other
was used by his secretary. Under the
table Is the wastebasket into which he
threw his handkerchief when he got ex-
cited. The only other furnishing is
high writing desk on which rests creamy
glass bust of Napoleon. The bedroom
used by the poet Is even smaller. In his
old age the chief luxury in which ne In
dulged was to eat his breakfast In a
large armchair.
But the traveller is unwilling to say
goodbye to Welmar until he visits the
resting place of these great men. short
walk leads to cemetery. In plain tomb
are number of bronze caskets, two are
distinguished from the others because they
are covered with beautiful vreaths. On
one casket lies a wreath of gold inscribed
with the words: "Wolfgang Goethe; on
the other silver wreath bears the words
Friedrich Schiller" These two friends,
brother poets SO true to each other In
life now rest side by side. This friendship
is beautifully expressed In the large bronze
statue erected to their memory. The
young poet Schiller holds some parchment
in his hand and his eyes are seen gazing~ -
upward In inspiration. HIS other hand
touches the laurel wreath which Goethe
holds as be looka out on the world con-
hdent OF his genius.