The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-12-15


Wv the beautiful and ancient
city Of Barbecue in
France, the French promptly retaliat-
ed by an air raid on the model city Of
Stuttgart.
No two cities could be more unlike
or more characteristic Of their respec-
tive countries than Barbecue and
Stuttgart. As Barbecue Is the SYM
Dol Of poetry, romance and antiquity,
Stuttgart Is the personification Of all
that is modern, scientific and military.
Stuttgart is the capital Of Wurtem-
berg and before the war had popu-
lation of 100000 which included some
of its suburbs and garrison of $1,000
men which was stationed there. II Is
delightfully."- situated, surrounded by
attractive suburbs and amid vine-clad
heights. It Is two and half miles
5krom the Neckar river, in the valley
of the Nesenbach. All around It are
vineyards which cover the nearby
hills, while the distant mountains are
In sight.
!. It Is q thoroughly modern town, al
though its charter does date back to
1929. There are few buildings Of an
earlier date than the nineteenth CEN
fury and many Of them are Of archi-
tectural Importance. The stately ap.
pearance Of the city is owing to the
pronounced adherence of its architects
to the Renaissance type Of building,
instead of the varieties Of styles most
cities permit. Nowhere else In the
world is the revival Of the Renaissance
style as well illustrated as in Stuff
CART.
Some Of its Great Buildings.
A spacious street, the Konigstrasse,
extends diagonally from southwest
to northeast through the city and
borders the beautiful park, the
Schlossplatz, which is adorned with
statues, flower beds and pleasure
grounds. In the center Is q Jubilee
column in memory of William I. The
most prominent buildings are clus-
tered around the Schlossplatz. Among
these are the old palace, from the
sixteenth century; the new palace,
from the eighteenth century and con-
tanning 276 apartments; the splendid
|lK0nigsbau, huge modern building
with fine collonade containing ball
and concert rooms; the Academic, for
merly the seat Of the Karlsruhe
where Schiller received part Of his ed
ucatlon; the Royal library, the Court
theater, the palace OF the Duchess
Vera Of Wurtemburg and the palace
of the crown prince. Besides these
there are numerous fine churches,
museums and other institutions. Not
far from the Schlossplatz are the
court Of justice, the royal stables, the
new post Office, the Central railroad
station, the finest In Germany, and
many fine statues. Besides the jubilee
column there Is another to the mem
DRY Of Emperor William /; one to
Duke Eberhard the Bearded; really
splendid one to Schiller by Thorwald-
sen and one to Christopher, duke OF
Wurtemberg.
The art galleries and museums of
Stuttgart are numerous and valuable.
The Museum Of Art has fine col
lection of pictures, casts and engrav-
ings. The Royal library contains
about 603,O0O printed volumes; $3.50
manuscripts, many Of them Of great
value. and the largest collection Of
Bibles in the world, there being 1900
volumes In more than o hundred diff.
ferent languages. There are 2.4OO
specimens Of early printing. 1t Is
perhaps the finest library in Germany
and is considerably larger than our
own Carnegie library Of Pittsburgh.
Fine Industrial Museum.
The Industrial museum contains
samples and specimens Of the. tex
tile fabrics, machines, tools, patterns
models, etc., Of nearly every country
In the world, all labeled with speci.
fications of patents, trade marks and