The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-01-28

themselves in the water aDA give
real touch of nature to the crowded
city.
In front Of this Alster basin are 10
Gated the leading hotels-and q fas-
cinating view 1t Is from the hotel win
dows.
There ID one big branch of trade in
Hamburg that personally took more
interest In than any other-the trade
In wild animals. Hamburg IL tho
greatest market. In the world for
beasts. birds and reptiles from the
most remote sections Of the world.
Thousand Of these animals are sold to
supply circuses and ZOOS the world
over. The principal dealer IL Hagen
beck. he keeps the hundreds ot AMI
mails he always has in stock at . great
"tierpark." where they move about
freely in environment ~ nearly - pos
sible like what they came from.
Hamburg has q sister city in, Al
tona, which IL in schleswig- Holstein
territory. formerly belonging to Dem
mark, but now in Prussia. It 10 hard
to md the boundary between the two
cities. which. though politically sep
arate. are practically one. Altoona has
an enormous number of attractive
amusement resorts and open-air cafes.
where there 10 splendid German cook
ing. good beer and good music The
shows are of infinite variety, from
Punch and Judy shows to regular cir
cuses. The big circuses in the United
States draw largely from Hamburg.
not only for wild animals. but for
bareback riders. trapeze performers.
people who put their heads in lions
mouths, etc.
wish had time to tell q lot more
interesting things about Hamburg, es-
pecially about its scientific institutions
and schools, its enormous children's
Fairgrounds. its popular dining rooms.
which are such great beneit to the
poorer classes. etc. Hamburg is espe-
cially famous for public lecture
courses in such subjects ~ interna-
tional, commercial and naval law, ma
val engineering. tropical hygiene,
colonial politics. ETC., subjects which
show how by specialized education for
Its people, Hamburg has attained such
q proud position commercially. and
why the remotest parts of the world
bring 1t business and wealth.
From Hamburg to Copenhagen you
60 by train all the way. This may
seem astonishing, since the capital Of
Denmark is on an island, many miles
from any land. This. however, is true,
owing to marvellous train ferryboat
service connecting Germany with the
Danish island of iceland.
The train leaves Hamburg and in
about four hours is At Warnemunde,
where 1. goes on big ferryboat. to-
gether with the train from Berlin and
q freight train or two. The passengers
can stay in their cars, or they can
walk about the ferry and watch Ger
many recede and Denmark come into
view.
The Danish coas; 10 pot visible, how
ever, for nearly an hour It 10 . voy-
age of about two hours across. In the
meantime you can have lunch for
about 76 cents. and 1t is ut for a king.
The ferryboat belongs to the govern
ment Of Denmark, and the cooking ID
Danish-somewhat different from the
German cooking, but just as good. The
Danish customs omcers go through
the train during the ferry boat voyage
and ask you. Have you anything,"
and. when you say, mo. only a few
personal things" they are satisfied
and pass all your luggage.
will never forget the pretty pas-
toral scenery of Denmark The coun.
try looked like a bright green velvet
carpet, in which attractive animal
patterns had been designed-especial-
ly fat cows and horses,
All these cows and CHECKERS are
most Industrious In their habits and
great money-makers. the cows produc.
ing some Of the finest butter In the
world, most Of which goes to Enx-
land, and the hens being busy layerr
Of eggs. mostly for the London mar
ket. As the train approaches Copen.
hagen, We go through some pretty
woods and see some old castles. n.
nally We are in the capital of dear
little Denmark" which will dsscribs
In q later letter.
HARRY BAKER