Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-17

for the children. 1t was more of a
pleasure to watch those little ones than
to listen to what the children thought
was an intensely exciting drama. First
a butcher came on to the stage and
made love to an old maid. Then they
had violent quarrel. the butcher
Threatening to carry away her COW.
The old maid tried to interfere, but
resistance was useless, and heartlessly
the butcher bObbed across the stage
leading the wooden COW after him, for
of course all the actors were made Of
wood. Then an American Indian ap-
peared, and at his funny makeup the
children shreked with laughter. He
tried to devOur the old maid, but just at
this point the butcher relented, came
to the rescue of his fair one, killed the
Indian and there was general recon-
Citation. 1t amused the children
tremendously although we could see
the men underneath, who were
manipulating the performance.
! Speaking of that Indian which so
amused the Germans, many foreign
ers have q vague idea about America.
They think that New England spec
| tally is wilderness with bears and
Indians at every turn. Grown up peo-
pie who should know better have that
opinion of our glorious U. S. "A. AS
it was useless to change their ideas
which were firmly fixed on this sub
Ject, | think that many Americans
took pleasure in embellishing the for
! elgner's notions. One time in a group
| on the Rhine vessel the conversation
turned to Maine, and as / saw that
wasn't believed about what l said
as to its being one of the most civil
liZed states of our Union. l gave up
in despair, and told them that no one
dared to leave the cities, as the bears
would eat them up, and every night
VIC barricaded our doors for fear that
the Indians would come down and
slaughter us And do You know that
those foreigners drank in every word
with gaping mouths, believing it i'm
plicitly. AS that more nearly resem-
bled the picture they had already
| formed of our state.
| A German Garden is a thing of beau
! ty and joy forever. After we had
finished watching the games, we sat
down at a table and listened to a
band, as we ate some cakes and drank
| some coffee Then we wandered
through the palm house and green
houses, and past an artificial pond
where two geese were fondly admiring
a hOmely gosling.
Somewhat apart from the busy city
| itself stands the church of St. Ursula
Ursula, who lived in the twelfth CEN
tury, was pious maiden. She wished
to make pilgrimage to Rome and
back before her marriage to German.
So she and eleven thousand of her
| chosen maidens set sail from Great
Britain. crossed over to Holland, then
assembled the Rhine as far as possible.
From Basic they made the, trip over
land, through Switzerland on foot, and
| from there to Rome.
| Her return was not so fortunate. At
Mayence she met German, and the two
| Travelled together to Cologne. There it
| was that the Goths fell upon the city
! Although German was valiant and the
eleven thousand maidens prayed for
victory, it was decreed that the bar
barians should gain the day.
| Ursula and her madens were given
| the choice either to wed eleven thou
| sand Cloths or to become martyrs
They chose the latter, and all were
put to death during one day. Then
the bones of these holy madens were
| collected with care and carried into
a church, but the most precious were
la cking for those of Ursula could not
be found. The legend goes that while
saint Cumbert was having mass, a
dove flew above his head Thinking
it to be heavenly messenger, he fol-
lowed it even to the foot of the pop
lar, and there the body of Saint Ursu-
la was found.
Everywhere in the church there are
stone chests containing bones, but the
ones of Ursula and her chosen COM
panions are in the Golden Chapel.
In that treasure room the bones form
designs on the wall Images are
placed all around the four sides rep
resenting the maidens, and in these
images are bones. They are inter-
woven in every available place in this
room. The sacristan showed us a ring
which enabled Saint Cuthbert to
identify Saint Ursula when she was
| found.
AS the archbishop Conrad wished it,
Cologne has become the queen of the
Rhine. watching both friend and foe
alike. as the ships mount and descend
the old historic river
MABEL FRANCES KNIGHT.
Dieter No. Z, The Rhine and it's Leg
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