The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1914-09-24
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MISS BUSH OF THE HIGH SCH ) l
FACULTY, TELLS OF PAS 3
SUMMERS TRIP
VISITED MANY INTERESTING PLACES
Her Party Escaped From Paris on Last
Train Before the Government Took
over Roads

The Register is indebted to Miss
Lydian Bush of the high school faculty
for the following very interesting ac-
count of her visit to Europe the past
summer:
From July 2O-26 the party which
had joined was sightseeing in western
Germany from historic old Heidelberg
down the Rhine to Cologne, with it's
beautiful and majestic cathedral. And
a very few days later W. considered
ourselves extremely fortunate h a
this particular part of our trip on the
continent was a thing Of the past in
stead of the future.
Little did we think that the Germany
which we were seeing would in a
very brief time be at var with almost
the whole world. l shall always re-
member Germany as the country Of
beautiful flowers, and these some way
we do not associate with war. Every
where were gardens and window
boxes filled with the most beautiful
flowers | ever saw. This was true
not only of the homes, rich and poor,
but even of the shops. In the park at
Mayeuce. | remember the word will
kommen' was traced in flowers, but
there are many, l fear, who would
not be welcome there now.
Our boat trip down the Rhine to
Cologne was exceedingly interesting
despite the fact that the day was
rainy. By closely following my Rhine
Panorama | was able to single out
the particular objects of interest
round which so many legends cluster,
Bingen, the Mouse Tower, Lorlei Rock
besides the numerous picturesque old
castles Astounding on either bank. The
great thing at Cologne, of course, is
the magnificent cathedral with its
lofty spires looming sentinel like 5l5
feet high. One of these l climbed to
a height of 400 feet Gas far as the
winding stairway allowed), reaching a
vantage around from which the peo-
pie on the streets below appeared like
mere pygmies. AS a unique part OF
our visit to the cathedral, we happen
ed to encounter a wedding procession
going through the nave of the cathed-
raj, people of some note evidently,
Judging by the apparel of the party
and by the medals adjoining the brides
father.
From Cologne u route lay through
Holland and Belgium, u first stop
being at Amsterdam. The most in
teresting aspect of Holland, however,
was seen in our excursion to the vii
lage, where all seemed to be specially
on display for the benefit of tourists,
the men with their spacious trousers,
who's chief occupation seemed to be
watching their visitors, and the little
girls in their lace caps and wooden
shoes, anxious to sell us the ever pres
ent postcard and ready and evidently
expecting to pose for their picture at
any moment. Monday, the day of u
visit. seemed here also to be wash day,
for everywhere the grass and fences
were adorned with gaily colored raj
ment. AS far as was evident to us,
the women seemed to be doing all the
work.
The Hague, | think, is the most
beautiful city I have yer seen. It's
are lined with rows of tall
splendid trees; beautifully kept parks
and squares with lovely flowers and
%shrubbery greet you at every turn, and
last, but not least, the whole city pre-
sents an appearance of %scrupulous
cleanliness. OF course, we saw the
Peace Palace as well as the House in
the Woods, where the first Peace con-
ference was held. The room in which
the Peace conference convened has on
the entrance doors a picture painted
in the 10th century, representing
Minerva, the war goddess, and Her
,cules, god of strength, pushing back
the barriers for peace to enter-a
significant fact. One cannot but won
der whether, by the irony of fate,
even these buildings may not o o
feel the grim hand of a 1t is at
once a tragedy and a comedy.
From Brussels we visited the fam
Gus battlefield of Waterloo, climbing
the statue-crowned mound erected in
commemoration of the Dutch and Bel
gian dead who fell here. From this
point we had a splendid view Of the
6old while the leader of our marty. a