Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-07-02
ESTABLISHED 1865
RAMBLES IN EUROPE
YOrkvllIe Han Discusses Trip To
other Side.
FORMER CONDITIONS IN PRESEKTLIGH1
Some Interesting Personal Remin's'
cences that Make Instructive and
interesting Reading for the Public
At Large.
By Prof. r. ]. Herndon)

(By Prof. II. ]. Herndon)
ICoptinucd from Fridays IssueD
In something like four hours W.
reached Munich. the capitol OF ia
yaria, and one of the finest German
cities. The Germans call II Miinchcr
and | could hardly make the yOunt
ticket agent understand my wore
Munich, which we pronounce as d
su.lIed Munick. This city is on th'
Iscr river, medium sized stream
and il is very rich in monuments
which adorn squares. gardens an'
promcnades. Great improvements II
the city are due to King Ludwig l
and Il Is further celebrated Tor hs
bne galleries and as being the home
OF the Bavarian national museum
Bavaria Is a large and very rich Ger
man state and We read almost dail!
of these Bavarian soldiers under
Crown Prince Rupprccht utupcrt)
standing shoulder to shoulder witrtht
German crown prince and giving our
allies so much trouble.
Munich IN a big city. too: nearly
half a million. II was taken IN l6o-
by Gustavus Adolphus. the Swedish
king. during the 80 years war. or re-
lieious war: also by the French under
Morcau in $500 and by Napoleon In
1906. Just out from Munich n short
way, is the battlefield of Hohcnlinden
and | wonder where that advanced
schoolhoy Is who has not spoken that
beautiful lyric by Thomas Campbell
ION Linden when the sun was low
All bloodless lay the untroddcn snow
And dark as winter was the flow
or Iscr. rolling rapidly"
The Austrians under Archduke
John were numerically licked here by
the French under Morcau and Thos.
Campbell. the Scottish poet. saw tn"
battle. as n young man. from the
walls of Il convent, and saw the tri-
umphant French cavalry enter the
nearest town. wiping their bloody
swords on the names of their horses.
From Munich | went 76 miles south
to Obcr- -Ammergau to witness the
Passion Play on July ~, 1910. was
skeptical on the merits Of the play, as
| had heard a number OF people de-
nounce 1t. though they had never
seen 1t, and | was hardly prepared
for the complete surprise in store for
me. 1t has been a constant solace to
me ever since the day l saw 700 vii
laeers-one- half the population-pre-
sent the Passion Play. for eight
ant 7nnuSrs. S!a RsGlr,-7,..--4-2-
In a city in South Carolina In 1sl2
I met a minister Of the gospel;
Rev. Dr.-who had seen the play fiv'
days after | saw 1t. was anxious
in a way, to know his opinion OF
aftcr we had talked awhile. said
doctor, why Is II that so many pco
pie denouncc the Passion Play? Ri
locked at me quickly and said. "be
cause they have never seen it, Ill!
ready reply conformcd to my idea
I have since carried better impres
sions than I ever knew before.
might 20 on and give reasons an'
matters az | saw them. and as 5000
other people saw and heard them tina
dny. with u description of the village
the inhabitants and tho beautiful AL
pine surroundings. hut II would more
than fiji this front page. Three years
ago had an idea that, II living.
might 20 In 1920 to see It, ! had
friend In New York to write Antor
Lang, whom | had personally met II
Ober-Ammergau and who had twice
taken the part of Christus. and ash
him II the play would be held II
1920. Lang replied personally to m'
I'm German. | have his letter. | SEN
German | could not read II. SEN
the letter to the teacher OF German IT
Converse college who wrote me tho
English Interpretation. Lang SAID
that It was doubtful rs many Of tho
minor participants together with the
man who played the part OF Lazaru:
had been killed In battle.
There Is only one railroad line tt
Ober-Ammergau. that from Munich
so | returned to Munich to 20 further
north In Germany. making my way
through Suabia and the important
cities OF Augsburg. lngaldstadt. Ans
back and Wurzburg to Frankfort on
the Main. This city Of 100000 people
In important in manufacturing car
pets, table covers. oilcloth. cottor
and silk goods and firearms. II wa:
founded 10y Charlemagnc in the fiftf
century and It was here that, the IA.
nous Rothchilds family OF hankrrs
began their career. Stepping from my
train I approached uniformed sta.
tion employe and said. Hotel Union
He looked ut me and muttercd some.
thing. I wrote the words and he
said, "Ach! Hotel Oo- ne ahn." and he
soon had me In the hands of car
rage driver who took me TO my no.
tel.
The next morning took an early
train for Mayence ond the Rhine. this
train for Mayence on the Rhine. this
Cologne for Amsterdam. Holland
The boat ride was practically what
had in 1856 except In reverse direc-
ton. AS far as could remember,
saw no changes on the Rhine and
spending only half day and one
night in Cologne. started for Hol-
land-the quaint Dutch country. All
central Europe uses the same time
which Is four hours ahead Of us
When our train reached Neimenjen
Holland. the quaint little Dutch con-
ductor had "A time" trying to make
us understand that the time changed
there one hour later and We ther
recognized our delay Of about one
hour when several Of the young mer
passengers would sing out yah!
YAH" when the conductor passed. We
reached Amsterdam sometime before
night after many peculiar sights and
views in Holland. but the interesting
part was yet ahead.
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