The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-10-09
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OGOeNITES TRAVELLING IN EUR
OPE ENJOY THE SCENERY.
Beautiful Rhine, With Its Wealth Of
Romance, Said to be More Attrsc-
tive Than the Hudson.

The following letter is from DR..
Forbes Of ogden who Is travelling with
Bert Hadley In Europe.
MainZ. Germany, Sept. 16. 1909 i
received some letters and papers here.
having had my mail forwarded from
Paris
! wrote from Anheim Sunday Just
before Hadley and left for Germany.
The two days since we spent IN a
delightful trip on one of the shower
boats. up the Rhine the FIRST day to
! Cologne or Colu as the Germans call
II, and today between Colu aud Mainz
This takes in what Is termed the "ro,
mantle Rhine and 1t Is we'll named,
Our boat floatcd along slowly and
| stopped al nearly every little village
on the way, but 1t was all too fast for
| us.
| Every curve OF the swift flowing
river brought into view new beauties
| of natural scenery Of mills or noun.
tains. With here and tn quaint vii
lagos, and everywhere finely terraced
vineyards and now and again old ruin
ed castles or mOnasteries full of the
! history and legends Of a thousand
years. standing grandly on towering
clifis of solid rock high above our
heads-silent but vivid reminders OF
the feudal age. OF chivalry and might
1t Is really remarkable how many old
castles there are. Some slowly crumbs
ling away. with lonely out towers and
fragments of walls here and there,
While others have been restored and
stand aloft In all their old-time
strength and beauty All day we have
bcen passing one after another. all
somewhat alike yet each one with an
individuality of Its own. Part OF the
time We spent picking out the various
villages and things passing by. part
of the time reading legends of the
old DAYS. which compare somewhat
with the story of "Old Rip" on the
Hudson and the remainder admiring
the beautiful scenery gliding by.
Some OF the places connected with
illustrIous names. or stirring times. or
hoary legends are; Sieben Gebizge. OF
seven mountains: the Dracbeu Fels,
or dragon rocks, Rolandsech. Auder-
mach and the Wachturne or watch
tower; Bornhofen, and It's monastery.
the castle of Rhinefels. the rock Lo-
relei. castle Pfaltz and a dozen or two
more, each with a history or romance
of its own. dating back to and before
the time of Charlemagnc and Knight
Roland
From Coblentz up to Mainz, and fur
ther. perhaps, is simply a series of
vineyards all up and around the noun
tain sides with stone terracing in
thousands of places.
! remember Mr. Bryan, in his lee
h1N l.
the Rhine in beauty. but | doubt 1t,
and besides IL lacks the old castles
and monasteries and quaint villages
and beautiful banks OF slopng stone
work and grass and trees which lend
charm not possessed. l think. by the
Hudson, or even the st Lawrence
among the Thousand Islands,
Just before dusk, from the stern Of
the Lohongrin. back in the panorama
of the Rhine We saw a beautiful sun
set with faint but beautiful radlating
beams of Hight and snowy cirTbus
clouds tinged with gold-like dust raised
by some great chariot race among the
Gods
IT was a fitting close to our two
DAYS journey on the Rhine-a sort OF
''bon voyage" to us on our way. And {
then, as darkness came down, the
lights of Mainz came into view and as
they passed us we floated under a
handsome bridge and swung sharply
into shore.
| am sorry you could not have been
along to enjoy the trip with us, but
there IS yet plenty of time and l think
you viii probably enjoy the other side
Of the world more. for hero the cities
are more or less alike. even in Hol-
land except in few isolated fishing
Germany seems. If anything. a lit
tie smarter perhaps, than either
France or Holland.