The Tomahawk., 1917-12-20

" " the Deaut1Tul anu 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 personitication of all
that is modern, scientific and military.
Stuttgart is the capital of Wurtem-
berg and before the war had popu-
lation of $4,000, which included some
of it's suburbs and garrison of $4,000
men which was stationed there. It is
delightfully."- situated, surrounded by
attractive suburbs and amid vine-clad
heights. It is two and half miles
from the Neclxar river, in the valley
of the Nesenbach. All around 1t are
vineyards which cover the nearby
hills, while the distant mountains are
in sight.
1t is a thoroughly modern town, al
though it's 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 archf-
tectural Importance. The stately ap-
2pearance 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 Stutt-
CART.
Some of Its Great Buildings.
A spacious street, the Konigstrasse,
extends diagona!ly from southwest
to northeast through the city and
borders the beautiful park, the
sSchlossplatz, 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 PIG apartments; the splendid
Konigsbau, huge modern building
with a fine co1lonade containing ball
and concert rooms; the Academic, for
merly the seat Of the Karlsruhe
where Schiller received part of his ed
ucation; 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
ory of Emperor William l; 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 a fine col
lection Of pictures, casts and engrav-
ings. The Royal library contains
about 100000 printed volumes; $3.50
manuscripts, many Of them Of great
ralre, and the largest collection Of
Bibles in the world, there being 1900
volumes in more than hundred diff
ferent languages There are 2,4OO
specimens of early printing. 1t is
perhars 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-
acations of patents, trade marks and