Evening journal., 1908-04-08
What | Know About
Delaware Politics and
Other Things
sIxTY.NINrH ARTICLE.
By Washington Hastings

Besides Sans souc Potsdam contains many objects Of
historic interest as wel as Of modern beauty and mag
nhconce. but visit Of only day affords one mere
glance at most OF them and he must keep moving to get
that
German I got them from inscrlptons) one
Of the many palaces Of the Emperor scattered all over
what II but IL is old church cathedral Of
kind "Friedenskirche"-dit but took it to be
Frederick Church and so noted it-within which is a
asihnCent mausoieuhi circular IN lor IN tne cehtIS
Of which stands elaborate black MARBLE richly carved
catafalque, upon which rests white marble life-size
engy OF emperor Frederick H. father OF the present
Kaiser clad in robes Of State with sceptre lying across
his breast and casped with both his hands, with laurel
Dranch eareesy dropped across his knees lmneoatey
beside this stands another catafaque precisely similar in
all respects except that It is empty reserved for his
English widow when she quits the scenes and associa-
tions OF royalty, In which she is back number
hours and shed as many bitter tears as she would nave
done had she never been empress and goes to join
her royal husband in happier world.
die Orangerie'he orange garden 'Das Neue Palais'
The palace Der Muschesaal"-the music hall,
Die Communs-ancent legislative halls, "Charlotten-
die Romischen Bader" "Das Marmorpalas" Der
Pfingstberg' and many others; Of which Garrison
krche Garrison church very ancient place OF wor
ship where they used TO garrison soldiers in times
the most interesting of ALL because had read about
The other places were open all who wished to enter,
being all strictly guarded by soldiers but found the
old church locked up tight soon found the old sexton
however who lived by, and by persuasion and
appropriate consideration induced him to take in.
forget how many ceQturies old the sexton tried
to tell the place was, but II certainly looked them
all, however many they may have BEEN Dark sombre
and forbidding and almost chilly, although It was warm
day outside
Through iron door Immediately under the high old
fashioned pulpit the old led into a narrow pas
sage In entire darkness for the hickerng light Of
candle, down three flights Of steps vault OF
solid stone masonry, where side by side. with only a
space between. stood two plain rectangular,
heavily riveted boerron boxes about feet long
by two ana half feet wide without sign of ornament
decoration and only iron plates informing
visitor that within those boxes rested all that left
on earth Of Frederick william sometime King Of Pris-
he nd
admonshing the visitor aforesaid-inferentially of
courseto be very careful and crcspect in that knrl
especially in respect Of the he
her Of her hirth-rght and in that great
set Europe Rilame with which lasted seven years
and drenched the land with boodl
After full day at Potsdam returned to Berlin about
seven o'clock in the evening and left that night
o'clock for Cologne; where after comfortable nights
ride In a very good sleeping car-though equal
Pullman-I arrived about eight o'clock the
Il was the sabbath and spent the morning sitting
the porch OF the "Iioel Ernst watching the stream
Of worshppers going 10 and returning from the great
directly across the street. felt like Joining them but
upon Inquiry was informed that but worshppers
might have difficulty in palming myself off one Of
them I postponed my visit until the afternoon I did,
curosities saw ancient Roman tomb sepuchro
built so they said in the year 200 b. c. when was
Dom said TO be among the largest Cathedras in the
world Is beyond my of description. It certainly
put together Circular galleries, wind around the
immense dome, from the ground floor clear the top.
started to make the ascent but upon reaching about
twothrds the distance, threw up the contract and
after resting while started back down the stairs
When that, looking down, over the high hand-ra
the red-roced rrestswho live in the buding-on the
floor below looked than two feet high one car
form an idea of the mmensty OF the place From the
very top Of the dome they must have like little
tin soldiers.
The old PARTS OF Cologne down towards the riverfron
the streets are mostly narrow-mere alleys-drty III
smelling and foul the habitations largely the same and
good many Of the Inhabitants much better In the
new and modern sections the marked that
1t Is almost astonishing Large fine residences. row
ater row. on wide well-kept large
and beautiful public buildings churches hotels with
public parks and pleasure places, Cologne looking at Il
on one side Is as fine city you will see anywhere
and, looking at It the other slde-and sometimes
only few blocks distantit is about the meanest one
ever saw-eNcept the Whitechapel district Of London
which beats them ALL
After days IN Cologne seeing about all OF anv
consequence that there TO including their
nhcent park the great forthcations along the Rhine
and the soldiers barracks and the river itself which
by the way Is about muddy, sluggish and common.
place looking stream, TO have much said about IL
as ever saw, left at nine o'clock the evening for
Paris @ ~
(To be continued)