Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1915-03-24

ers made giddy. Pickering reflections
in the water. We we're quite happy
here. Around the promenade and
back from the lake we're many lovely
gardens. All the landscape garden.
ars In Bresiau had been allotted a
piece OF ground, and each man tried
to make bis space the most beautiful.
There were oIdfashioned gardens
with every lovely oldfashioned flower
that grows There were conventional
gardens with walks and flower plots
laid out according to a plan. and there
were fruit gardens with all kinds of
fruit ripening at once.
In back of all these gardens was
the rose garden. II was late in Octo-
Der and yet never have | seen such
roses acres and acres of blooming
flowers, white. yellow pink and deep
red. There we're also thousands of
buds that had not yet opened
The Japanese garden on the other
side Of the lake was charming. the
flowers here being rises and wisteria.
To get to the little japanese tea house
you crossed a tiny wicker bridge and
walked down a little narrow path over
hung with vines The tea house itself
was lovely. with its lanterns and beau.
tiful hangings German girls dressed
as Japanese girls served the tea.
In another part OF the ground was
an imitation cs a thirteenth century
chapel and cemetery. The stones
locked very real with queer old in.
seriptions engraved upon them We
were caught In a thunder shower and
had 70 so in the chapel for shelter,
and we had plenty Of time TO examine
the primitive carvings and paintings
that decorated the Interior Some OF
the pictures r,valed cubic art
The main exhibition building CON
tanned relics OF the PrussIan
war One room was devoted entirely
to Napoleon, whom the Germans adj
mire very much There were many
cartoons Of Napoleon which had ap-
peared in the German papers during
the war, aud in most Of them he was
nieknamed honey"
Like a Luna Park.
Part OF the park was devoted mere
ly TO amusements. and it looked like
real American Luna park. There
We're many side shows. the same rs in
America. but Oberbayern was the best
of all 1t was a great safe fixed up
to represent the hills of Bavaria, with
the castles OF Ludwig II painted upon
the walls. You walked up inclines
that looked like mountain passes, and
here and there were little Hat places
where tables were put for the guests,
On one side high up In the air was a
platform where real Highland Bavari-
ans danced the famous Shuhpiatter
dance, representing the male and hen
pheasants OF the Bayarian Highlands.
Girls in Tyrolean costumes served
beer. sandwiches and radishes, cut in
a curl, Everybody talked to every
body else. and the Mattresses would
first take drink Of their patrons
beer, a real Bavarian custom
The moving picture shows in Breslau
ace very good. only rather expensive.
saod seat costing 50 cents was
told tha, a few weeks before we came
to Breslau they showed pictures OF
Pittsburgh during the high water
flood
The cafes in Rreslau are good. but
they seemed 20 be mostly frequented
by middle-aged couples. who seemed
to take life seriously
have seen many fine art exhibit
tons In Germany but one Of the
finest was In nreslau II was the
work of that wonderful and fine old
man, Hans Thoma In spite of
Thomas great age he belongs 10 the
modern Of moderns. His drawings
have charm and imagination. lie is
al idealist and not a realist. an
artist OF the highest. fullest sense.