The Arvada enterprise., 1910-11-04

many hundred years old. These
ruins afford the most picturesque
and one of the most satisfying
views yet seen, the heavy stone
walls, tumbled down here and
there, are almost covered with
ivy whose rich, dark green leaves
mingling with the flaming red of
the woodbine leave a picture of
surprising romantic beauty To
make a charming picture more
pleasing to the eye let US add q
background of stalwart oaks,
graceful willow and broad spread
Ing chestnuts whose leaves are
tinged with autumn's gorgeous
tints in red yellow and brown.
The ruins themselves are very
interesting for inspection, the
walls in some parts are twenty
feet thick, and the kitchen and
the bakery with their huge open
chimneys, are very odd. | was
shown a large wine cask of wood
with a capacity of ten thousand
gallons. l thought this is the
large one of which had read but
imagine my surprise when my
guide said, This is the small
cask, now viii show you the
larger. The Grand duke who
had this built must have been q
devotee at the shrine of Bacchus.
This immense wooden barrel will
hold 40, gallons; there are
steps that lead from one side to
the top, to the back and down
the other side. In front of the
cask is a gaily painted man rep
resenting the poor court fool
who had to drink seventeen
glasses of wine per day. Isup-
pose there are those who would
enjoy his lot.
One section of the castle has
been restored to give one an
idea of it's former splendor. The
carved wood of the doors and
their cases is very fine. On one
story the floors are beautifully
inlaid polished marble in fantas-
tic design.
At the pension | met a very
interesting Austrian woman, a
woman of superior intelligence;
we were speaking of the beauti-
full cities of Europe. She main
tains that Stockholm carries off
the palm, she said she had met a
person who had seen most of
Europe's fine cities and in an
swer to the question said that
Berlin is the most beautiful.
The lady said she almost fell
over when she heard the answer,
she said, why do you think
Berlin the most beautiful"
Because it is so clean" and as
William Travers Jones said in
The Ladies' Home Journal: Ber-
lin is the original 'spotless town. 7"
They not only wash the pave
ments but they wipe them too,
instinctively scrape my feet on
the curbstone before stepping on
them. If a man drops q news
paper on Berlin street he is ar
rested, fined, imprisoned, lee
tured, reduced in rank, disfran.
chised, beaten with a club, boy.
cotted, mobbed and deported tc
America where he belongs. My
Austrian friend said, Berlin is
one of the ugliest cities we have,
it hasn't one beautiful building
and it has only one work of art
and that is the equestrian statue
of Fredrick the Great" /, OF
course do not agree with her al
all and l think she is biased ir
her opinion, as the Austrians de-
not like the Germans.
l came from Heidelberg te
Mainz seeing and crossing fol
the first time the river Rhine sc
dear to the hearts of all Ger.
mans. Even here SO far from
its mouth it is a noble river.
Mainz is a nice city splendidly
located on the left bank of the
Rhine. There is fine prone
made extending for miles along
the river. have spent much o1
my time here.
Today, Thursday, l visited the
old cathedral, it is so large anc
bare that one is chilled on enter.
ling. The floor is bare ugly sand
stone relieved here and there BY
ugly stucco; the ceiling is quite
fine and artisticly decorated.
This afternoon spent at Weis
baden, noted for its springs Of
medicinal value. l had not ex
pected to see so large a place
The town itself l do not care
much for, but its environs are
very fine, the hills are heavily
wooded and dotted here anc
there with artistic villas.
climbed a hill above the towr