The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1910-08-19

ItAptIltuCts
Where Christmas Toys Are Made.
was glad to meet Dr. Gettys and
DR.. Roach again while in Berlin. They
plan to get home about the tenth of
September; and the Methodist preach
ers of Nebraska are very busy at this
time getting ready for their confer.
ence sessions, which | trust will be
my good fortune to enjoy in a few
weeks. But | must hasten with my
letter, and thus Fastening we left
Dresden and after an all-day ride we
reached Nuremberg, a very quaint old
city, but yet great manufacturing
center. Here 1t Is that many OF our
toys and Christmas presents are made,
and we learned that our good friend
Saint Nick or Santa Claus has left a
very large order for toys and dolls for
boys and girls In America.
Christmas is a great day in the lives
of most people, and to the poor boys
and girls 1t is the one happy day in
the year-if they get present.
In Nuremberg we visited the old
castle, torture chamber, st. Law
rences church, the Tugend Brunnen,
the fountain of Neptune, the house of
Hans Sachs the cobler-poet, the house
of Durer the great painter, and the
Bratwurstglockein the famous old sau-
sage house, where only sausages and
beer are served, and here we took
meal. This house is always crowded
and I should think that the proprietors
make a fortune every year.
From Nuremberg our journey Is
south to Munich, the capital OF Ba-
varia and a charming city. Some of
the Temple party are very lively peo-
pie and sometimes these say on reach
ing a strange city that they can find
their way themselves, and | say, "All
right" Then away they go; but oh,
their experiences! they always get
lost and have to hire a cabman to
bring them back to the hotel. Real
ly these experiences would fill book.
Somebody is always out of money and
must borrow from the others, for you
cant go far over here without money.
| On Wrong Side Of Street.
was amused in Nuremberg in
watching a party of American women
walking on the left side of the street
instead of the right. | looked about
for a policeman for | knw one would
soon come and make them cross on
the other side Of the street SO sure
enough saw him coming, 80 | stroll
ed along and watched, and the poor
women looked scared and frightened.
| Then | began to laugh and told them
| wanted to see them taken in by
policeman. After all have had great
satisfaction in helping to inform peo-
pie from America, who are over here
for the first time, and who don't know
where to buy railroad tickets or what
hotel to go to, what tips to pay and
| 100 other troubles; and sometimes |
have to put both men and women out
of a car that is reserved for us, and
in which they have gone by mistake
or otherwise. 1t was only yesterday
that put two big Americans out.
They didn't want to go, but l said
you must, for you are in the wrong
car" The position l have had this
summer is pleasant one, but by no
means an easy task, for | must deal
with officers and trainmen Of the rail-
roads, hotel keepers, custom house Of
ficers, agents of steamship companies,
bankers, newspaper editors, priests,
cabmen, royal post officers and the
representatives of kings and queens
as well as United States consuls and
ambassadors, and l can assure you
that of such a variety of people | must
deal with that some of my duties are
very disagreeable.
But we must hasten, again l have
a party at the famous play called the
Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau, a
city of 1000 people, not far from
Munich. 1t was my good fortunee to
attend the first play this year and that
was on May 16 The Amer river runs
through the city. While here l heard
that Miss Mccoy of Madison, Neb.,
was at the play the same day. was
sorry / did not see her as that would |
have been message from, home.
Passion Play Maks Money.
About 4,500 to 5000 people see the |
play every day that it is given, which |
means about $4,000 for each perform
ance, besides the thousands of dollars |
spent for cards, wood-carving, hotels |
and cabs; so that this is as good as
a gold mine for these peasants, and |
they are just human and love money |
like the most of us. Hotels and rooms |
are very high, and the accommoda-
tiOns are poor. This little town is in
narrow valley surrounded by the
Bavaria Alps, which are always COW
cred with snow. The landscape is
very beautiful, but about the only i'm
portant crop that is raised is hay and
we saw many of the women cutting,
pitching and hauling hay and only
few men at work
The Americans surely have a much
higher standard of life than these poor
creatures over here, who are old be-
fore they are 20 years of age. Bavaria
is not nearly so prosperous and fer