Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-31

bandit. and a bitter enemy OF Frederich
Of Saxony. and held for ransom.
Hector had been seen at Worms during
the sessions Of the diet He left the city
soon after Luther started.
Another version represented Luther a.
having fed to Switzerland I'm disguise TO
escape the penalty OF his heresy.
Fnedrfchsroda, the most fashionable
summer resort In this part OF the country,
Is on the direct road. five and half
miles from Waltershausen. which 10 its
railway station.
The ducal chateau OF Reinhardsbrunn.
surrounded by lovely meadows. was for
merly benedictine monastery. and was
converted into a residence for the Duke
OF Saxe-Weimar in 1897. In the rear or
the chateau is one OF the most magnificent
groves OF beech trees in the world. Some
Of them are said to be 900 years old.
About seven miles from the monument
Is the lovely town OF Ruhla. another
popular resort much frequented by the
solid burghers OF central Germany. Tho
two hotels are well kept, although they
are not ostentatious. The food IL album
dant and beer flows incessantly.
The seven or eight hundred inha bitants
OF Ruhla are engaged in the manufacture
OF wooden tobacco pipes, from the roots.
knots. gnarled branches and excrescenses
that grow on the trees in the forests
More than 100000 of these pipes are
turned out every year and are shipped to
all parts OF the world
A short distance from Ruhia 10 the
Crosse 1nselfberg. the highest peak or
the Thuringian mountains, which rises
more than three thousand feet above the
sea.
Castle of Williamsburg.
Not far from the village Of Schmal-
kalden is the castle Of Williamsburg.
which dates back to the fifteenth century
and is one Of the best preserved OF all
the ancient fortresses In that part OF
Germany. 1t is surrounded by a beau
tiful garden and meadows in which a
fine herd CT Holstein cattle were grazing
when We passed the place.
Over the entrance Is a German In
scription, which translated, reads as fol-
lows:
Whoever passes through this door
Should keep in mind foreyermore
That Jesus Christ our Lord was given
To be open door 10 heaven
Under the inscription is a coat OF arms
bearing a lion with his paw resting upon
shield. 1t bears the date 1888.
The architecture in this part of Ger
many resembles that Of Hildesheim and
Nuremburg. The front walls are Of tim
Der joints filled in with masonry and Gov
cred with whitewashed plaster. There Is
a coat of arms over almost every door,
which indicates that the burghers, who
erected these dwellings three, four and
five hundred years ago. claimed descent
from Saxon mobiles and understood the
art Of heraldry.
Window gardens decorate the front OF
every house. Ivy, Virginia creeper and
other climbing vines conceal the corners
and embellish the towers. There 10
pretty garden in every dooryard.
A tiny stream of water flows on both
sides OF nearly every street. Ducks.
geese and chickens are more numerous
than children and most of the teaming -
done by oxen. You seldom see a horse.
inscriptions are frequent upon the fronts
of the houses. particularly hotels ana
inns. At Oberhof. one OF the most charm
ing OF the summer resorts in the Thurtn-
CLAN forest, you can read the following
couplet in artistic letters between the
windows of the outside walls OF an inn:
hospitality;
If you pass by may God prosper your
Journey.
Over the entrance to a park much fire.
quented by workingmen Is this appso-
pirate inscription:
mo ono should enter here unless he
has done a days work and has thus earn
ed rest and refreshment."
Most of these resortc are pAtroniEed -
aftercures by people who have been At
Carlsbad. Marienbad and other spas. The
air Is so pure and full Of ozone. the 01r-
roundings are so attractive. the walks
are SO enticing that every one who comes
is stimulated to physical exertion ond
soon RECEIVERS the strength he has lest
drinking the waters.
Miners and Woodsmen.
But all the people you see are not loitsr-
ers. We met many grimy miners and
stalwart woodsmen as we climbed over
the hills and through the woods OF Thu
ringia.
There are several iron mines in the
neighborhood. and Schmalkalden has oov
eral furnaces where the ore Is smslted
and foundries where it Is worked up 1nto
articles of hardware.
The owner of the 'Sannerschehaus," In
which Martin Luther lodged during the
meetings of the Schmalkalden League. ts
owned by the proprietor OF the largest
mine. who takes great pride in showing
the room where the great reformer slept
and worked and the handsome drawing
room, with a richly frescoed ceiling. In
which he held consultations with other
members Of the league.
Walterhausen,' then an obscure village,
is now a prosperous manufacturing town.
where shiploads of toys are made every
year which are very largely exported to