The daily sentinel., 1913-07-26
River Trip One of Most Charming Ex-
periences Imaginable = Inspect
Gern,any's Greatest Uniyer-
sity ut Hiedelburg-Wies-
baden Wonderful
Resort Germany
Marvellous
Country.

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through beautiful country and We
reach Cologne. Almost the entire
day was consumed in making the
trip. The trains run rapidly and are
very comfortable. The dining-car
service is excellent and the daylight
travel gives us the best of opportun-
ity to see the country.
Cologne is one of the greatest COM
mercial cities of Germany; also one
OF the wealthiest. Here is the IA
nous cathedral, considered the most
magnificent Gothic structure in the
world 1t is a little disappointing
when first viewed from the side; but,
reaching the front and looking up. its
nagnificence and magnitude gradu-
ally make an impression. Entering
the interior, one is filled with awe
and reverence. The great pillars,
arches, wonderful architecture and
beautifully colored windows are in
deed marvellous, on all sides of this
grand old church being n series of
the most wonderful pictures and
scenes portrayed in these famous Win
dows. The coloring cannot be de-
seribed; IL could scarcely be appre-
ciated, the reproduction of 1t being
lost art. The choir. which is part
of the cathedral, contains seven chap
els, numerous statues and wonder
fully carved stalls. The beauty and
magnificence here represents the
work of centuries. This cathedral.
begun in the 18th century, was not
completed until 500 years afterward.
The two towers which crown this su-
perb edifice reach to height of 5l5
feet. the highest towers in the world.
The whole exterior is of extraordin-
ary beauty and magnificence. 1t
would require many visits to appre-
ciate the magnitude of the edifice or
the beauty of the smallest detail.
Cologne is the city of cologne. Here
is manufactured that sweet perfume,
eau de cologne. Every shop has 1t
for sale. Cologne is an interesting.
pretty, busy and clean city. 1t has
beautiful homes, wide streets and
large shops. Many of these enticing
shops sell only that delightfully."- fra
grant and world famous cologne.
The next day large river steamer
waited for us on the famous River
Rhine. Unfortunately it was some
what foggy, and the wonderful view
of the city. with its great spires and
picturesque beauty. so wonderfully
described by great writers, was some-
what obscured. Yet we could see
those great towers piercing through
the clouds long after we passed. out
of sight of those wonderful bridges
which span the river and join both
parts of the city of Cologne
The River Rhine had always sug-
gested beauty, charm and wonder;
but our imagination had not been
equal to the great beauty, the won
derful charm and the marvellous
scenery as the steamer rapidly piled
its way toward Biebrich and Wies-
baden. This famous river, noted for
its romantic beauty, offers much va
riety of scenery as 1t winds it's way
around mountains, grand and mag
nificent, on the tops of which are
ancient castles and ruins, rich in le
gendary lore and replete in histori-
cal interest. We travel past the an
cient ruins where the election of the
German kings took place; past the
Braubach, the only fortress on the
Rhine which is now kept up, and
great and powerful-looking it is:
past the old chapels with their ivy
covered walls, and the Lurlei rock.
famous for the legend of the maiden
and her magic song-we recall one
or TWO verses OF II now.
And yonder sits the maiden,
The fairest of the fair.
With gold her garment glittering.
And she combs her golden hair.
With golden comb she combs 1t,
And wild song singeth she,
That melts the heart with a wondrous
And pnwerfiil nalodyD.
past the Mouse tower in the middle
of the Rhine, connected with which
is the legend of the bishop who
caused the peasants to be imprisoned
because they were begging for bread,
and, like mice in trap, burned them
to death. There are other great and
wonderful ruins of great and wonder
full castles on the edge of cliff or
set back in forest-great round
towers that seem to defy the world
with their strong walls and treacher-
Gus location.
We go past charming valleys and
immense vineyards The vineyards
fascinate the traveller. as he sees more
and more of them with their perfect
ly straight rows of vines trained on
poles and allowed to grow no higher
than or feet. The great vine
yards are on the sides of great noun
tains which rise abruptly from the
river. The earth has been carried
there and walls built up. forming
terraces on which to plant the vines.
1t Is beautiful; far above these vine
yards extend the forest covered noun
tains as high as the eye can see, and
often on the very top most piotur-
esque castle or ruin is seen. And be-
low is the great river winding in and
out.
We come to the place where Blu
cher in 1913 crossed the Rhine en-
New Years night. Here is a monu-
ment erected in his memory.
And still we sail up the river. The
sun came out early, and an ideal day
it proved to be. Late IN the day,
when the sun sank in the west like
a ball of fire and cast its fiery re
flantinp on tho water aud tho rpoOp