Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-02

When we returned to our lodgings on
Moltke StraSSe on the second day of
our stay in Leipzig. We were abruptly
greeted by our frauS who Informed rs
that We must go to the police station.
Then seeing thar we We're very much
excited over that statement, Frau
kirschner brought forth Her Kuhn, Il
German who could speak Il little Eng
fish and an English colunSt from
Australia. who could utter Il few words
If German. These Two at last made
us understand that it WAS necessary
for all strangers To apply for Il permit
which entitled them to remain in the
city. So off we all started for the
PoliZ"i Reaching the station the
officer in charge gave his message To
Herr Seiferth who passed it on to Herr
Kuhn. who delivered it in turn to the
EngliShman who told us that We must
show our passports. We had none
and did not wish To procure any, as
Germany was the only place where We
would need thcm, but We would I'M
doubtedly have been obliged To have
applied for some had it not been for
the interchangeable efforts of HctI
Seifcrth. who started out one morning
armed with all our Introductory letters.
We never found out what he said L.
the Leipzig authorities. but he won
their consent To grant rs Il three mark
certificate which stated that we coui
remain at number - Mnlrke Strasse as
long rs we wished.
The next day Herr Kuhn met rs on
the stairway and said Frau kirschEcr
hat cincn GeburtStaG" He looked 50
serious we did not know whether to
console him or not but we vrntured on
n mild I'm sorry" when he became
frantic in his cndravor to explain tina {
Geburtstag meant birthday and thar
we ought to congratulate her. So he
gave us the necessary formula. Even
| with his help we had hard work I"
make Frau kirschncr understand what
we wished to say
| That evening there was much merry
| making. and from my friends room
We heard for the first time "Die
| Lorelci' sung by those fresh young
| voices and accompanied by Herr
! Kuhn's violin 1t is Die Lorclei that
| is considered by some to be the
national song of Germany.
One morning after one Of those fruit
| less trims to the POliZti we fled to the
! woods around Leipzig for consolation
| As Germany is Il country where much
| attention is paid to the science oi
| forestry. the German woods alc
| majestic and stately, though their I'M
| ceasing regularity becomes a little
| wearisone We missed the evergreeiis
i thai make our own woods so beautiful
4 and the tintS and CLOVIS of our gorgeous
i autumnal New England are never s"eI
| in Germany
II There i'm the woods as we'll as ~
|! LeiuZic we saw what We supposed 4
be bitches or canals. and we We're very
II much surprised to find that they Were
called rivers. Hcine in his HartZ REESE
II saws the German rivers are 50 large
II that a man has to run quite ways pc
II fore he * able to jump across them
l Even in the woods every thing Is
systematically arranged. The nurse
girl with the baby carriage must keel
to certain paths. the old men ant
children have special benches Where'
they NAV sit. and portion OF th'
woods is set apart as playground To-
thn children. We did not dare to 81
down until we came to Il seat that wa
not marked as being set apart 1or an!
| nod, tben we remained SOmetim
watching the peasants rake hay. Will
cat, boza Shimmcred over all, an,
tbe river at our feet imperfect
reflected the over-hanging trees an
the pale blue SKI.