The Washington herald., 1908-01-05
More Than Feeding the Bears
Going on III Berne.
ROYALTIES SEEN IN THE TOWN
Musicians CroNd to Hear Maestro
EnrieO BOsSi, Director of Be-
Iogna Conservatory, Give Organ
Concert of Bach and Own Com
positions in the Cathedral
By ETHEL THEREsA HUGH-CAMP.

say:
20, yes. I've been to Berne- and have
seen the hears"
Speak of It to some one who has not
been here and he will smile knowingly
and say: 20. no, I've not been there,
but l intend to go-want TO see the bears,
you know"
Always the knowing smile and the ref
erence to the bears. who are nice enough
in their way. especially in the winter
when their coats are fluffy and glossy
and their digestions not spoiled by the
carrots and sugar of the tourists.
These remarks comb a real >BeTnese
the wrong way. for there are so many
more things in Berne besides the bears
Celebrities There.
If all roads lead to Rome it is certain
that they all cross at Berne, and the
quantity of celebrities We see here-who
come not simply 10 see the bears, but to
enjoy the real charm of Berne-is re-
markable
Any Baedecker can tell about the Clock
Tower, the Parliament House, the ca
thedral. and the unsurpassed view of the
Bernese Oberland that one gets from
It's terrace. My task win be to tell of
some of the famous folks that come to
enjoy 1t all
There are so many of them that in
some of our newspapers there is a coll
umn entitled "Our Guests" giving the
doings Of royalty in Switzerland just as
regularly as in certain Parisiah news
papers. \ column headed Those Crush
ed" gives the names of the victims of
automobile accidents during the day.
BY royalty I mean real royalty and
celebrated people. l don't think the
merely rich are ever mentioned
Thus it is that Queen Emma. OF HOl
land. taking her rheumatism cure at Bex,
comes up to spend the day at Berne,
seeing the sights. wandering through the
arcaded streets. making purchases at the
excellent shops there, and perhaps even
feeding the bears @ though / can't
swear to this.
Thus also. "a slim little yellow gentle
man in a blindingly sleek silk hat ac-
companied by three others of the same
sort, Is sometimes seen riding around
in a carriage saluting the public and
smiling affably. This is Yu-la-long-korn,
the King Of Siam.
Peaches ana Nream Vuths
This summer a young German fellow,
with a peaches-and-cream complexion,
accompanied by gentleman. evidently
his tutor, was remarked in full mountain
regalia, going up through the arcades 10
the station where he took the train to
Zernatt It was one of the Emperor s
sons. the third one, believe. an enthu-
siastic climber, He intended to make
the Weisshorn, just TO timber him up,
and then start in on the various HorneT
in the neighbOrhOOd. I did feel sorry for
that coTnpieXiOn
As for the other kind of royalty. that
of the intelligence. 1 mean. it is hard to
say with whom one ought 10 begin. OF
course, since Mr.. PadereWski lives so
near he sometimes comes to play but
it is a dangerous thing for him 10 do, as
the Polish and Russian students almost
tear down the house in their enthusiasm
over him. Mrs PadeTewsH is also very
much admired, as she captures prizes
for her poultry in all the poultry shows
round about here.
When La Teresina Tua" comes to
Berne it is to visit her friends, for since
she has become Countess Della Valetta
she has given up her touring. I believe
she ranks with Kubelik, and I know she
IS a genius. for she can be so nice and
human, and can make US all laugh SO
with her quaint vita thing impossible
TO a ''near-genius."
Omaha Girls Success.
Miss Mary Munchhof, too. often comes
70 Berne 10 stay with friends while rest
ing from q concert tour. This Omaha
girl has built up for herself such a splen-
did reputation with her delicious So
pranO voice and winning personality that
she is engaged for concerts all ovel
Germany. Switzerland. England, anC
Scotland, and this summer past, wheT
she was in America, she made a furol
in the West. Naturally enough, she i!
feted wherever she goes, but she has re
mained the simple, lovable girl she al
ways vas. She lives in Berlin with the
family of Sculptor Uphus (the lates
darling Of the Emperor-the creator o.
the MOltke statue in the Siegesailee) anC
often entertains us with the doings o.
the youngest royal children, Prinz johann
and the little prinzessin, an irrepressiblt
pair
Mr. Jean Aubry. very serious younl
Frenchman, descended on Berne latel!
with lecture on ''VerIaine, and Con
temporary French Music" It is safe t
assume that he did not feed the bears
He had another mission. In this lectur
he was helped by a delightful younl
singer named Mile. Helene Luquiens, o
Lausanne. who sang poems of Verlain
set TO music by the young French com
posers OF to-day. They have gone {
England now with the lecture, and h
writes me a long letter about the 'propa
ganda," about his hopes and plans. VIII
should all this make one feel student
very old and indulgent as to a Yer
young thing?
Why should all this youth and energ
and ambition and fire which certainl
sends mankind along the path of prog
ress. If only few inches, make one sig
and murmur words of pity? I believe
is the atmosphere Of Berne, old oil
Berne-it Is the feeling Of kinship wit
the past rather than with the present
a feeling that grips one here, now an
then, in spite of resolutions to the cor
traTy, and that makes the denizens c
Berne look with something like CON
passion on the tormentN of youth an
ambition.
Organ Concert in Cathedral.
IN spite of all OF which, however. Bern
has had her emotions stirred very deepl
this past week by the organ concert i
the cathedral. of Maestro Enrico Boss
director OF the Conservatory in Be
logna. I think we never really hear
Bach played before, and as for his ow
compositions they took us quite off OF
feet. His Scherzo-imagine a Scherz
for the organ-was daring and perfectl
charming, while his symphonic StuC
les" were imposing. he gave me som
of his songs a cycle OF eight calle
Can't Lirici, published b. Carisc
and janichen. Leipzig and Milan, wri
ten for meZzo, and very beautiful. PEE