Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-11-21
VIM. LAIST TALKS
ABOUT OCEAN TRIP
HAD A FINE TIME AND SAW
MANY INTERESTING SIGHTS
AND CITIES.
Visited With Relatives Of Different
Bismarck Residents and Brought
Back Souvenirs Of Trip.

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Laist have re
turned from their trip from Europe
where Mr.. Laist visited his mother,
whom he had not seen for twenty-siy
years.
They left Bismarck on September
8, stopped at New York for few
days and sailed on the 18th on the
steamer Adriatic. On September %
they arrived at Cherbourg, France and
from there went to Paris. Their stay
in Paris was short but they saw the
principal features of interest and
then went to Mannheim, a great com
mercial city, where they visited with
Mr.. Hirsch and family, relatives OF
Prof. Hirsch of the Gem theatre, who
showed them an the sights of Man
helm.
Their destination was Schuretzin
gen, lovely place little larger thar
Bismarck, and only a short distance
from Mannheim.
Mr.. LASTS sister and mother live
there and he found his mother very
feeble. There was a family reunion
which certainly seemed good after
so many years of separation.
Schuretzingen is the city where the
old castle is located and it Is one Of
the main points of interest. The
building was started in the eighth
century by Carl the Great. and com
pleted in 1777 by Carl Theodore The
surrounding parks are UNUSUAL!
beautiful.
They visited old Heidelberg several
times. Heidelberg castle is built way
up on the mountain side and is SUI
rounded by dense forests below. Il
Is really composed of number OF
castles built during a period Of 300
years. The ruined sections are rich
ly covered with ivy.
This old stronghold is called the
ALEXANDRIA of Germany. One OF its
cellars contains the largest wine cash
in the world, twenty-four feet high
and having a capacity Of over ono
quarter of a million bottles of wine.
They visited Landenburg, one OF
the Oldest cities in the state of Bed
enand where they were royalty en-
tertained by Frank Kuntz' brothe,
and sister. They saw all the places
of note. At S2eyer on the Rhine they
crossed the river on a ship bridge
made Of boats floating on the river
and over which the trains pass. The
church at Speyer is a very old an6
beautiful building and members Of tho
royal family and also bishops are
buried under its altar.
They, also saw the Great Pilgri
mage church at Waldrun which was
built in 1926. In Bremen they visited
the famous Rathskeller and the great
Dom and the Blei-skillar which con
tains a collection of mummies.
On October rs they sailed from Bre
men on the steamer Kronprinzessep
Cecelie of the Norddutchen Lloyd line
one Of the finest an dfastest steamers
on the ocean
They were fortunate in hearing
Caruso sing at one of the daily con
certs on board the boat The Laist
children are in possession Of a mum
Der of interesting details among which
Is a description Of whales seen
s1outng near the ship.
On November they landed al
lioboken. 1t happened to be election
day in New York and in the evening
they went out to hear the returns
The enormous crowd and the deafen.
ing noise made with COW bells. tin
horns. etc, demonstrated the import
ance of the event to New Workers.
On Nov. 8 they arrived home in Bis
r1arck. glad to be back to good old
North Dakota.