Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-10-23
CENTENARY OF RESORT
Marienbad, Famous World Over, Now
One Hundred Years Old
Kings Visit.

Marienbad is celebrating this year its
centenary just 100 years ago the A5-
bot Pfrognr of Tel. the great monastery
of these Bohemian uplands and the own
er of all these forests and moorlands
was induced by the monk Reitenherger.
his secretary, and by DIR. Nehr. his doe
tor to erect a small shed over the spring
of the hreuzbrunnen, with n house
capable of holding some ten beds and u
few baths.
Up to then the spring had been flow
ing free in the moor. and it was only
by sprlnging from stone to stone that Il
could he reached. The attention of DR.
Nehr had been called 10 its wonderful
properties. He saw the possibilities of
the pace, aud thus laid the fortunes of
the monastery. As some pious peasant
had hung rude picture of the Holy
virgin ON tree above the spring, the
abbot had the hamlet christeued Marien-
bad, the bath of the Virgin Mary.
Now the place Is famous the world
over, writes the correspondent of The.
Queen. and some 10000 persons seek
the cure here every year. the majority
In the hope that their too solid flesh may
melt away. Above all Marienbad Is
proud of the fact that King Edward has
been coming here for eight years
The King takes the cure very seriously
lie walks down from his hotel the Wei.
mar. To the kreuzbrunnen every morn
ing 1T o'clock, and alternately strolls
about or sits under the trees while sip
ping his two glasses.
In previous years the crowd was very
troublesome because of its consuming
eagernesS to observe his every movement.
But this year the spectacle seemed TO
pail after a few days and he moved
about as others did, He was always
accompanied by either Mai Gen Sir
10 ON hks
by both.
After his morning glasses the King.
If the weather is fine. takes a short walk
in the park and drives back Co his ho-
tel, where he breakfasts on the balcony
of his sitting room, The rest of the
morning Is devoted 10 state affairs; then
comes luncheon, a simple meal of boiled
| fish, white meat or chicken and one Of
those delicious compotes, without which
| any meal seems incomplete here, and n
glass of either beer or white wine.
Nearly every afternoon this year the
| King spent Mt the golf club motoring
up about half-past 2, for the links are
| high up on the moorland, where the air
| is splendid and the turf like velvet. He
watched the various competitions. for
| two Of which he gave the prizes himself
or else enjoyed a game of croquet on the
| lawn made expressly for him, Then he
| would ask two or three friends 20 take
coHte WIN hlnl' elthef IN front Of the
| pavilion or in the summer house by the
crOquet lawn, and later walk down
home. Caesar. his whitehaired terrier.
always accompanied his master.
The Kings dinner. or what most
would call a poor supper, is also a light
meal, consisting of chicken or game and
compete. with one or two glasses of
light Austrian wine King Edward
went several times to the pretty little
theater here. and often invited some
friend to seat in his box Early To
bed aud early to rise II the rule Mt Mari
enbad and no one observes ii more care
fully than the King himself.