The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-08-20

Nklea-.r.-r@ss lWA.Ik
A two hours walk from the capital
IN Corfu. in q aoutherly direction,
through verY dlngy suburb called
San Rocco. and past the little village
of Gastun. brings the dustcoyered
tourist within sight Of one Of the most
glorious architectural creations n ex-
laence Thiekiy surrounded by ciumps
IA grayish-green oliyetrees and YER
aant orchards, the Achillelon, the
fairy castle Of that restless unfor-
glnate empress ahp vas to die under
murderers steel. emerges Ike a
white phantom II the past, The beau
y Of lts outward form-a clever imif
iation Of the pompeian style-ls only
matched BY lfs lavish and highly arti-
acial innner decoration, on which
Empress Elizabeth Is said 70 have
spent 1880 and by the magnif-
cent views Il commands The Achil-
ielon was recently inhabited By the
German emperor. bis consort. daugh-
ter, and a full stan Of courtiers; and
the affiliations thereby created with
conceptions of Prussian soberness, cor
fectness. common sense. and other nn-
romantic Brandenburgian attributes.
greatly take away from that castles
bswitching poetry A thousand pities.
The AchllleiOn. then, Is the forty.
ninth addition to the residences Of the
German emperor In ordinary German
parlance, every one Of these 40 struc-
lures, Or estates, Il called q Kaiser.
lichea schloss." an imperial castle;
bat the truth is that only a few Of
them (amongst them the wel-known
and muchdepicted residences In Ber-
TN and potsdamj are real castles IN an
architectural sense Of the word, and
still fewer IN a historic sense. For.
merry built a. strOnghods. perched
upon peaks. or sQuatted In the middle
n marshes, In order to make them Inn.
pFegnabie and 70 render all approach
difficult the castles gradually gave
way to ambitious modern residences.
The historical situation Ia respect
- castles and royal manOrs is not
analogous 10 Germany 10 that in other
countries. The royal seats IN Ger
many are not national For this rea.
g0n, the restoration of time.worn
castles does not 20 On according to a
large. liberal insight az to what IL OF
tae FIRST importance; It goes on un-
systematically, according 70 dynastic
feeling 81 what may coDduce to the
d9nasty'8 distinction A comparative |
u uhiHtersstlng castle. ike the Hob
konigsbgrg 70 quote one example out
" many-is therefore restored as the |
outcome " an imperial whini. at an
enormous expense. while seats Of over
sheiming historic importance. as for
instance Konlgs Wuaterhausen. are al.
loved te rot They are too "unpre
teatlous" One consequence Of this
GYstem, Or rather lack Of system, Is
that many Of these historically. or
othergise, interesting places are al |
most unknown outside of Germany. /
Only the most conscientious or Eng
ilsh tourists will acquire a more than
superficial knowledge Of those quiet
hooks. many 81 which were, 10 former
centuries. centers Of political or cuitur
a Importance
The German emperors residences
are mostly plain country seats or mere
shooting boxes, SO that the startling
fotal 40, loses much Of it's sensational
character when properly scrutlnIzed. |
Among his various Berlin and Potsdam
palaces the Royal Castle on the Spree
So one Of the largest cityresldence
buildings. Of compact mass, in the
whole of Germany
Quite remarkable for beautiful sur
r0nndngs Is Bruhl castle, near Cologne.
which has not been inhabited for over
100 years II Is handsome building.
erected in 1928, with very fine
marble staircase and excellent fresco
paintings by Carlionf Marshal Da-
voust resided in It several years. aud
It was afterwards assigned to the
fourth cohort Of the French Legion Of
ionor Napoleon l. dwelt there for
day ia September. 1909. For many
years It was abandoned to decay, then
restored in 1s4Z; but even after this
Che beautiful palace looked barren and
deserted Like Bruhl, many royal
residences are being ignored and neg
lected By their owners,
One of the favorite resorts OF EN-
peror William and his family seems
10 be hts domain OF Cadinen. near
ElhIng, situated ia a most charming
gorest landscape Il has becoms wide.