Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1912-07-19
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INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
DRESDEN ART GALLERIES
A LETTER FROM LEIPSIG
Portion of Interesting Letter From
Rose Kaufman, Now in Ger
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inc letter, furnished the News-Bud-
get through the courtesy of ].
Kaufman. and written by his daugh-
ter. Rose, now completing her edu-
cation in Germany, of much inter
est. We publish only the portions that
are of general interest to the public.
Leipsig, Germany
Il returned last night from Dres-
den and am feeling fine. l am so
much stronger, now, after my vaca-
ton, and am going to work very hard
now.
81 went through the art galleries at
Dresden and they were wonderful
places. the most wonderful | ever
saw. You know the greatest pic
ture in the world-the Madonna
is there. and | shall never forget how
wonderful it is | stood there, rooted
to the spot-the people seemed to
come out of the picture and look
at me and talk to me, each one tell
inc me their own story 1t is a very
large picture and stands in room
all by itself. Then | saw all the Won
derful Rembrandt paintings and all
the famous ones | have read about
time and again. 1t seems almost in
conceivable that these creations are
made by human hands. Actually
they are not pictures when you. look
at them-they are people, real live
people. who come out and talk to
you. The Dresden gallery is one OF
the greatest in the world, much more
so than Leipsig.
There are guards standing every
where One could stand for hours
looking at and studying these pic
lures
1--WE were in the royal palace, too.
while in Dresden You see, Dresden
is the capital or royal city, of Sax
ony and the king lives here. l wasn't
at all disappointed in it and it al
most fulfilled my expectations of
kings castle. It's a monstrous big
thing, extending ever so far and is
built of stone There are soldiers
guarding it all over and there are
heaps and heaps of entrances. When
we went in, we went up two flights
of stairs of white marble. A guard
met us at the door and after paying
so pfg., he took us through the rooms
tending the whole length of the pal
ace and a mOnstrOuS length that is.
Then, every little way, there were
gilded mirrors extending to the floor
and between these were huge pic
lures. There We're chairs all along
Then we went into the rooms.
There are so many of them that it
just dazzles one. One was called the
rose ROOM The paper, rugs and
shade of bright rose. The floors were
beautiful rosewood; most of the rugs
being kept off when the palace is
not in use, which it isn't at pres
ent, for the royal family are at their
summer residence. There are beautl-
full gold and silver tables and cabi-
nets standing around everywhere
And the handeliers-imagine one OF
them containing hundreds of lights
Another room is called the blue
room," and everything is about the col
or of Copnehagen blue, or, a trifle
darker Then there is another room
which is a combination; lemon color
paper and furniture, with rose col
or carpet. The dining room of state
where all the important functions
are held is very large room, witt
about dozen chandeliers along the
center, besides about twice that mum
Der on the walls around the room
The light must be almost binding
when all are turned on. Extending al
around the room is an orchestra bal
cony. The ball room is fearful!
large and as imposing and grand al
one would imagine.
There is an old and new par
to the palace, and the old part ha
so many g interesting things. On
kind of tapestry on the wall i
made of tiny bits of silver.
''And then there was one room
was one little porcelain jar in thi
room the cost of which was hal
million marks The value of the er
tire collection was millions of marks