Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-08-15
DOUCt1BOYS' THREE DAYS OFF IN
NEUWIED IS ONE RIOT OF JOY

island Urmitz Worth. on which the
Romans once camped during the period
When bronze was first used by these
ancients, appears. Next comes En-
gers, Il Rhine village of 1900 people,
the home of Il famous Prussian mill
tary school. Then Rendorf a manu-
featuring city of 5000 people, and soon
the giant fortress of Ehrepbreitstein
looms up around bend In the river.
The bally-hoo man explains that
once upon a time" the sheer rock
Gins, which rise abruptly from the
water, supported Roman fortress
AS ne remarks that the French cap
tured Ehrenbreitstein In 1899 some
doughboy remarks 'some job" Look
Ing across the river they see Coblenz
The boat passes up the river
through the CoblenZ pontoon bridge
to Oberlahnsteln. scene of thirteenth
century ruins, and glides below Stol-
zenfels castle at Capellen built In
1852. destroyed by the French In 1888,
rebuilt by King Frederick Wilhelm Nv,
and owned up to November II. 1911,
the very ancient and picturesque vii
Notifications 700 years old. Braubach,
town first mentioned just 1897 years
ago, and Maksburg castle. the most
imposing castle on the Rhine peaks,
are next
Past Bornhofen. village Of legend
and pilgrimage; Salzig, a small town
surrounded by forest of cherry trees
Ehrenthal. of lead mine fame; Well
mich, with its famous Gothic church
st. Goar, village of 1000 inhabitants
containing "a church built in 55S by
| Frankish kings, and eventually the
famous LOrelei is reached, that impos-
ing rock overhanging treacheronS
Rhine rapids, on which the beautiful
woman of legend used to sit enshroud-
ed in a veil of mist sometimes comb
| ing her golden hair. and, more often
enticing lovelOrn Rhine sailors onto
the rocks as they drew near to hear
the strains of her golden harp.
! Passing many other points of inter
est the doughboy is shown the little
church at Clemenscapelle marking the
burg beheaded 30 rohber knights in
1852. And there is usually doughboy
comment "SOme kaiser" Finally, he
passes the Mouse Tower built on an
island, and reaches Bingen-on-the
Rhine that famous Roman town said
to have been built by Drusus thirteen
years before Christ A trip beyond
Bingen to Rudesheim and the excursion
boat turns It's PROV homeward, racing
with the swift Rhine current back to
! Neuwied.
More Ice Cream and Cake.
There still remains time for Uncle
Sans theater and the movies before
supper time at Uncle Sans hotel
where Ice cream and cake wind up the
evening repast. Then back to the rec.
reation hall for the big dance lee
cream and cake comes again at 9:3C
p. m.
The third and last day there are al
the features of the first and second
and Il boat trip down the Rhine to
ward Cologne for those who care to go
Historical sightseeing is repeated, In
Guiding the beautiful city of Bonn
seat of Germany's most famous uni
versity and once home of Beethoven
Then back up the river to entertain
ment. ice cream and cake. athletics
sports, games and recreation, winding
up with the grand tug-of-war in Re
creation hall between picked teams
Then more ice cream and cake and tc
bed, ready for duty again back some
where In the Coblenz bridgehead.
Clean recreation has beaten The Ger
man open saloons in Neuwied. and iI
addition to that the ice cream, pie ant
cake factory, now producing 100 gal
Ions of cream and 300 cakes of variou.
kinds each day, soon will double Its
present output.
Aeppe Naratian