Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-09-15
RETURN OF Mr.. AND hrs.
STOLE.

an extended AMI interesting trip IN
Europe. They left Waasau on the
27th of June for New York and sailed
from that place on the Imperater, ar
irving at South Hampton on the End
of July. From that place tley went
to London and spent four days visit
ing various places of interest. In
London and vicinity they found many
beautiful gardens. Almost every
vacant spot had fiorers planted on it.
They also Visited the Eaton univer-
sitv there. This building is 1900
years old, and in this university are
benches which are also 1900 years old.
Me-. and Mrs. Stolze enjoyed boat
trip of twenty miles through London
on the river Thames. Along this
beautiful river they saw many boat
houses and nicely arranged gardens.
They then departed from London for
Dover, England, and then crossed the
channel to Calais, France, and from
there to Paris, where they stayed for
four days, and saw the many fine gar
dens. The traffic in Paris is wonder
full. While Mr.. and Mrs. Stolze were
on their way to hotel at Paris The
carriage they were in wonld stop at
several places for few minutes at
time, as it was impossible to get
through on the streets. Mr.. Stole
tells US that six or seven teams and
automobiles abreast would be continu-
ALLY on the streets. They made
short trips to Versailles and other
points of interest. In Versailles they
saw the castle Napolean lived in and
also the hall where Emperor William,
the first of Germany, was crowned.
They also went into a church near
Versailles which is 1900 years old.
From Paris they went to Switzerland
to visit Lindau, Bavaria, and from
there to Zurich ana Luzerne. Mr..
and Mrs. Stole spent about week
enjoying the beautiful country of
Switzerland. Along the line between
France and Germany, they visited
castles captured by the French army
in 1S70-l871 These beautiful ruined
castles are left for tourists to view
In Heidelberg they saw castle thai
had been destroyed and part of it had
fallen in valley below, and has been |
left exactly the way it had fallen
They spent some time in Muelhausen,
(Alsace) Germany, where great bat
tie was fought two weeks after they |
left that place This is big manu-
featuring town and the manufacture |
of shoes and other leather ware are
the chief products. They also visited |
Colmar short time and then went |
on to Strassburg, where they went |
into big church called the Strassi-
burg Minister, where they saw very
large clock that strikes twenty-nine |
minutes after twelve, and no person |
has been able to fix this clock so that |
it would strike correctly. Every time |
it strikes an apostle comes out and
bows before Christ and goes in |
again. There is also large roos- |
ter on the clock that crows three |
times during the twelve strikes.
This clock is 400 years old. From
Strassburg Mr.. and Mrs. Stolze visit
ed Stuttgart and Heidelberg At the
latter place they visited the uniyer-
sity and other noted places. After
an interesting day at Heidelberg they
went to Mainz and from there took a
trip down the beautiful Rhine river
as far as Ruedesheim, place noted
for its white sour wine. From Rue
desheim they went to AssmanshsLu-
sen, where red wine is made. The
wine at these two places is very good
and can be bought for fifty cents a
quart. They then went to Coplenz,
also on the Rhine, and stayed there a
day and then vent as far as Coeln,
where two days were spent. Mr.. and
Mrs. Stole left the latter place for
Cassel where they stayed over night,
and then went on to Leipzig and
stayed two days. At this place the
printers were having convention,
and Mr.. Stole saw many different
kinds of machines used in the print
ing business, and also saw machinery
from the United States on exhibition. 4
From Leipzig they went-to Dresden,
where Mr.. Stolze was born and his
home for many years before coming
to this country. They arrived in
Dresden on the first of August, and
in the forenoon on that day at eleven
O'Clock war was declared. In this
place they saw the king of Saxon sew
eral times Mr.. and Mrs. Stole spent
two weeks in Dresden and uilen went
on to Berlin where war excitement
prevailed and lively scenes were.
witnessed there. After war broke
out any person speaking the English,
French or Russian language was
watched closely. The second week
Americans didno have much trouble
as most of them had small American
flags, and in this way the people knew
| who they were. 1.-The mobilizing in
| Germany was surprising and no one
could understand it that has not seen
it, said Mr.. Stole. Every soldier
| who went to the front had new uni
forms and new paraphernalia. The
commissary wagons were Few and the
| horses were all in new saddles and
other new equipments. In one in
stance Mr.. and Mrs. Stolze witnessed
the soldiers marching, having rose
or carnation in the muzZle of their
guns AMI singing as if they we're re-
turning from victorious battle in
stead of going TO war. Several times
In Berlin they saw the Emperor OF
Germany, and also saw three French
1 raun0nS which the Germans caDtur