New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-08-18

bravely as they babe good bye to the
men they loved and feared they mioht
never see again.
The soldiers were all in civilian attire
and but for the sad farewells would
not have been recognized as soldiers
at all. 1t was noticeable, Mr.. Beecher
said, that the recruits seemed to be of
the best blood and brains of the country
and every one went gladly and proudly
TO take his part in the struggle of the
nations. Canada is one vast house Of
mourning for thousands of her men
have fallen in the battle, the percentage
OF mortality among the Canadian troops
being terribly high. The Review party
was told that Calgary, a city Of less
than 100000, has 5000 men at the front
with 6,OOO-more in training and that in
Winnipeg nearly every family is wearing
black for those who have fallen. Every-
where the streets swarmed with the bows
in khaki, business is at a standstilI
and were it not for the tourists this
year there would be nothing to do or
to be done in Canada. The Orpheum
circuit has closed all its theatres in Canada
because of lack of business and times
are desperately hard in the Dominion.
MI Beecher talks very entertaining
~ OF the various evidences of the war
to be seen on every hand there and one
gains clearer conception of what
the awful struggle means and how
happy we are that we live on this side
of the line.
Splendid luck all the way covered from
four to five thousand miles in six weeks.
and not single mishap all that time.
said Mr.. 3. Metzinger to the staff SCOOP
artist apropos of the trip to the East
which he and his party completed Sun
day morning. Couldn't have done it
with anything except the good old
Studebaker Six.
1t falls to the lot of few to enjoy such
an interesting and profitable summer
vacation as the one which Mr.. Metzinger
had planned for himself this year. He
went out Of the commonplace beaten
path OF the tourist, escaping thereby the
willy parasites whose JOY it is to live on
the weaknesses of the inexperienced
traveller
Mr.. Metzinger reports the roads in
excellent condition. Out of the four or
five thousand miles of roads covered
less than hundred were really bad.
The worst were encountered in the Blue
Ridge Mountains, but this streak of
hard luck was seasoned with some of the
most wonderfully beautiful scenery of
the trip. The roads in the East pixies,
rather, as they are called there-are made
OF crushed stone over a foundation of
heavy rock. They can be traversed
in every kind of weather, but they are
also guaranteed to chew up the best kind
OF tires in week. The Ridge roads,
from Cumberland to Wheeling, had
been washed clear of the top dressing,
so that Mr.. Metzinger left most of his
tires on the sharp rocks in that one
hundred miles of pike The trip from
Chicago to New. York, distance of 1900
miles, was made without single pune
ture or blow out.
Six weeks ago, last Monday, the party
consisting of Mrs. and Mr.. E. Metzinger
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann Szamlnet
of Mankato, started out on the trip by
way of Mankato. Arno Weddendorf
held the wheel in his efficient hands, as
he accompanied the party acting as
tutor and trainer for the Studebaker !
The party was escorted by DR.. Hintz
from Waterville to Faribault and by /
other friends from Faribault to Owa-
tonna. Thence the party took the 5
beaten trail through Cedar Rapids to- :
Chicago. The roads were everywhere I
easy to follow because of the multitude
of signs used. From Chicago the route led &
through Toledo Cleveland and Erie, where
a side trip to Buffalo was made in order !
to give the famous Niagara the "once Z
over. From Buffalo back to the main
trail, the way led through the historic 4
Catskills and Alleghenies
After taking in all sights of New York,
including that famous statue so dear to
stranded tourists at the outbreak of the
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