The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-15
INTERESTING
LETTER FROM
old WORLD
WRITTEN By MYRTfs PAINE
TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
MEMBER OF THE CLASS OF 1912
TELLS MANY THINGS ABOUT
HER TRAVELS AND HER STUD
les ABROAD.

q member or the 1912 class OF the
Daytona high school, but is abroad
this year with her mother and sister,
and Is now In school In Dresden, has
written the students OF the high
school some interesting things about
her travels and studies abroad. The
letter was intended for publication In
the issue OF the High School Sentinel
but reached Daybona too late for use
in the Sentinel, and Is here pub
hshed for the readers of the Daily
News:
Dresden-Alsttadt, Germany, Den /,
Januar, 1912.
Dear Readers of the Sentmel:-It
was very kind of you to ask me to
write letter for the Sentinel, and
certainly appreciate it
We sailed from Quebec, Canada,
the Goth of October on the Royal
Mail steamer Empress OF Ireland,
and landed in Liverpool, England, the
9th. This was a remarkably short
voyage. We were only out on the
open sea between four and five days
and lost fifty minutes every day. We
passed three large steamers and saw
am iceberg as we Were leaving the
Gulf of St. Lawrence, and out in mid
ocean We saw a large whale and a
school of dolphins. From Liverpool
We went directly to London, and
made short stay there and saw
quite few of the sights. We went
from London to FoAkestone in a
carriage" as the English say for
a train coach. Crossed the North
Sea to Flushing, at the Hook of Hol-
hand in five hours. We travelled from
Flushing to Dresden in a wagon,
as the Germans call train coach, in
about sixteen hours. This was a very
interesting journey through Holland
and Germany. We saw the qua nj
windmillS, the wooden shoes and
Dutch costums OF the peasants. Al
the German frontier the time changes
again about an hour, and here al
Getch our baggage had to pass the
customs before entering Germany
Between the frontier and Dresden We
travelled through the largest manu-
featuring cities I'M Germany. We ven
through Leipzig, which is the ful
market of the world, and then on K
Dresden.
Dresden is a beautiful old city or
the river EXbe and is the capital Of
Saxony, and the kings residence. L
has population of over $4,000 in
habitants. AS early as 1916 Dresden
was we'll known city. 1t Is thu
first city in Germany for chocolate
and sweet meats, straw plating, ar
tificial flower and feather manufac
ture, and is, next to Hamburg, TIL
chief commercial city in Germany
We pass the ''Konigs SchSoss" ever!
day ON our way down town and yer!
frequently meet the king. His car
rage and automobiles are easily dis
tinguished by the livery of his ser
wants. His footmam wears cock
ade of green feathers and the king
favorite dog, a large handsome co
lie, usually rides in the front seat
His autos have very odd siren horl
which is easily heard above all oh
ers ON the street The king is
great soldier and very fond of hi
army and much beloved by his peopl
He is a very modest man and is ofte
seen on the street riding his horse
unattended, in all parts of the city
This is the headquarters of the 12t
German Saxon army corps, SO @
course many soldiers are statbona
here and there are military schools
barracks and parade grounds O
the kings birthday there is grea
celebrating. All kinds of parades
music, military display and the ka.se
very often comes down from Berli
to spend the day. In the large oper
house the royal box is always watche
with great interest, especially by tn
Americans. Some of the royal fam
lily usually attend the opera. Tn
other night l saw two of tn
princesses in the royal box. Tn
operas here are very fine and {
course an in German. l go often an
enjoy it very much. The ant CALLER
has one of the finest collections c
pictures in the world. The ''SistEn
Modonne" and many other famou
paintings are here. 1t is very nj
teresting to watch the art student
copying the old master pieces an
some Of the copies are very goot
There are many beautiful ope
squares through the city and all c
them have fine pieces of statuary
When we arrived here the German
were celebrating the Reformation
and for a week fresh flowers an
wreaths were kept on the statue {
Martin Luther in one of the larges
open squares. About two hours lou
nav from here is FireDach Nsher