Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-05
&C. c. Young.)

One of the desires of my life has
cen attained in visiting Berlin, the
treat capital of the German empire.
nth its nearly three million inhaDi.
tants. Its parks are like the wild woods
of some great forest reserve, with
pines and beech and maple BIS
mark Place." newly opened square
in the west district of the city, is the
most imposing drive in the world
The Potsdam royal reserve. 16 miles
frou Berlin, is the summer palace of
the emperor and in its many square
miles of forest reserve are wild deer,
boars, fox, and other animals, all
fol tne hunting of the royal family.
We had entrance to every important
place in Berlin and Potsdam and there
was much to see and learn. We saw
everything IN the royal palaces both
in Berlin and Potsdam except the
strictly private rooms of the royal fam
lily. All the historic rooms of the Ger
man kings and eInperors were open
to visitors and the art. treasures and
history of hundreds of years were open
US for inspection.
Only enc man of the great German
kings I shall attempt to mention in
this article, that is Frederick the Great.
Any one who reads BalZac's history
of him will see what a strong, ner-
yous character he was, and in some
respects an oppressive and oyerbear-
ing monarch. He was great patron
of art and nearly all the pictures In
the old palace are by French painters
and all the books in his library are
IN that language; for two hundred
ears ago French was almost entirely
the court language of the German
kings. I visited the Lutheran churc1
where he worshipped and where now
the present emperor worships. Here
are the original hour-glasses which
Frederick the Great had made by
which the preacher should time his
sermon. It seems the old time German
..reas4er some times preached too
long for the nervous and impetuous
frederick and so the order was giver
tn make three hour-glasses to be nled
With sand and when he wanted a shor'
earmon only one was filled and wher
tbe sand was out, preaching also was
out. / fancy my deacons viii make one
of this kind for me on my return e
Douglas.
visited what is called the Painter
hall where the king walked on
.e4orp,v day and watched his artlst
- There we've some benches II
the ban used by the king for sitnni
down which were wide enough 10 "
do.rn ON. but one day he found paint
- aeIeep on a bench and he gave al
order that they should be made mar
- "a much So that no one coui'
lie dowu on them and they are so u
this day.
He was a great flute player, AM
os,,v Of the paintings iE the paiac'
- of frederick the Great daneini
w,tb sone court lady and at the sam
4fr.e playing his flute. Inc prisao
sonfe-erce room where he met his o.
s.sais ~ government IS so arrange'
mat when. closed mo- person eeai'
aaves-drop the plans and counseis =
.+ats Tie walls s-e thick the door
80 ,added. and in the middle OF IN
-r,rn q an automatic table WHO
-.ovas Al the touch Of button 70 "a
rttcbep below; and when filed VII
food came back to The .s'e1n Eedoy !,
meal. He was a man VINO "oiAeo
FUSED. ruled. and ate all al tne 80
4sme People went his way OF SOM
ofber and perhaps worse way
look at his face and his eagi'
,o.a shows where all this came iroln
sne coaf Of arms Of the German kins
was the black eagle ana fIes ,s,. ss ~
Great had nose Ike an easie 'AA