The daily sentinel., 1910-08-20

festoons of green across the streets
and crowds of people in the platZ or
open square We were told that a
schutzenfest was being held.
After lunch, which we had in an
old garden back of a restauration (as
a restaurant is called), of sauerkraut.
roasted sausage and delicious coffee.
we went to the porcelain factory, and
saw the very interesting process OF
making beautiful works of art and
dishes from clay-the mixing. mold
ing, firing and painting. The fac
tory is a large one and employs sew
eral hundred men and women. The
superintendent said that there was
enough clay to last 200 years and
only few miles from Meissen.
At the Royal park, Grossegarten,
| Dresden, which is in the midst of a
natural forest. is an old castle which
| is used for a museum of ancient cos
| tunes. The grounds surrounding it
are laid out in flower beds. shrub
| berry and two lakes. There are drives
and walks and the remains of an old
amphitheater where a few pieces of
old statuary and pedestals still are
standing.
The City of Nuremberg.
Nuremberg is the second largest
town in the kingdom of Bavaria and
has 10000 people. 1t is built on
| both banks of the Pegnitz river
spanned by six stone bridges 1t is
| a most picturesque old place The
| houses have high steep red-tiled
roofs, with windows jutting out, each
one with tiny balcony, gay with
blooming flowers and vines The
| houses are built close together and
on the banks of the river we saw
several very old ones leaning to one
side on their neighbors, as though
| they were tired, while others were
bending forward as If about to top
pie over into the water. The streets
are narrow, and twice in one day
policeman asked me to cross the
street and walk with the crowd All
| going down the street on one side
must keep on that side; coming up
the street it was the same-all must
| go in the same direction.
| There are sixteen city gates, each
with heavl round stone tower-one
called the Debtors bridge, because of
the Debtors tower at one end. The
covered ways. the turrets, the an
cient meats, grass grown, and the old
| town walls, covered with ivy, make
it most picturesque.
| In tbs market place the stalls are
covered by large white umbrellas. 1t
| is busy and interesting place, and
| toward noon crowds of people come
| TO see the mechanical clock. high
over st. Miohaeis S chapel, made by
George Huess in 1903. Kaiser Kar4
~ is seen sitting. with two hera Ids
at his side. and daily at IL O'CLOCK
noon, seven figures, representing the
electors, come out and pass in pro
cession before HIM each making an
oheissance. This is repeated three
| times.
The Fountain Beautiful.
In the market place is the schonen
brunnen (fountain beautifully, 60
feet high On the lower part stand
sixteen figures, representing the sew
en- electors of Germany, while Heath
endom, Judaism and Christianity are
shown by three heroes. Moses and
the seven prophets are represented by
statuettes on the higher part, and the
whole is richly gilded. 1t is sur
| rounded by a beautifully wrought
iron railing
One very old fountain, Just behind
the frau-kircha an derected in 1892.
is called the gansemaunchen goose
mani. \ peasant stands with n goose
under each arm, the water running
from their beaks.
Nuremberg was the home OF Ger
many's greatest painter-Albrecht (
| Durer- His house is owned and pre-
served by a society of artists Peter
Henlen, who made the earliest watch
es tcalled Nuremberg eggs" on ac-
count of their shape), and Lobsinger.
! cd n oil in, H., 4,
century, also lived here.
Big Porcelain Stoves.
We visited several churches and
museums. One of the interesting en-
hibits was the immense German por-
celain stoves. 10. 12 and u feet high
Some stood on brass feet. Others had
porcelain made to represent bear
paws. eagle claws, and were of tile.
Some were gold and white, blue and
white, green and shades of brown,
| with statuary or bust TO ornament
the tops. Many had verses in Ger
man on the front. In the German
National museum is the figure of the
virgin Mary mourning. one of the
most beautiful wood carvings Of Ger
many called the Nuremberg Madon-
ma.
On the top of hill is the Burg
ItCastlel. One tower, called the Five
/ CorneFed tower. is the oldest building
in Nuremberg, having been built in
the llth century. We paid a small
fee to enter where there is a large
collection OF antiquities and the most
dreadful instruments Of torture used
In olden times. We saw the iron
dungeon, where the rohber-knight
/ Eppeiein Won Gailingen was confined
for one wear, and. as he was about to
be executed, escaped.
We arrived in Munich a few DAYS
before our date for oberammergau.
which is three hours ride from Mu-
mich through a gradually rising and
hiily country, past Starnberg. where
the mad king of Bavaria committed
suicide by drowning. The sun was
sottinC Mhen we snN n littIn ,-afln rrn