The Elbert County tribune., 1919-08-01
OVERSEAS NEWS.

France. to Mr.. and Mrs. Delphi Fl.
Georgia.
Trier, Germany. June 2s, 10.
Dear Folks:
This Is just fine evening 10
compose letters. Raining, not hard
but just a gentle rain.
Been travelling again. This time
to Strasburg. Alsace. Left here last
Saturday night after finishing work.
Arrived in Saarbourg. OF which town
/ have previously told you. about 9
p. m. My partner. young lieuten-
ant, another lieutenant, U. s. en-
bassidorial representative from Paris
and myself spent the evening or rath-
er the rest Of the night there. O3s
OF the Iieutenants is a rather well
known architect and the diplomat a
very keen .ell)sJ, 50 mad really good
evening. y qIIet bottle Of W he or
so at the care Trocadore
Left Saarbourg at 6:20 a. m, arriv
ing at Strasburg at $3.50 a. IN.
have seen a good many French cities
and a number of German cities, but
none of them can equal Strasburg.
Fine streets. and fine parks. One
of them, the Orangie. is very beauti-
full And the stores would do Gre
DIT to New York City. There 10 one
in Rue de Novembre that surpasses
b Altman's. There are also many
fine public buildings, museums, libr-
ary, City Hall, etc. These buildings
parks, stores, etc are all in the new
part of the city. That part con-
structed by the Germans since 1870.
The old part of the city has not
changed for the last four hundred
years. The very same building,
are yet standing There is the fam
GUS painting, Rue de Petet France
that has Its setting IN the Rue
named.
The city now has a population of
225. 900 and lies in broad valley,
at point six kiiometcrs from the
Rhine. Te Alslcian valley is very
beautiful and from the cathedral
tower one can sac the Rhino wind
It's way from the Swiss border and
beyond the Rhine, the Schwarzwald
or Black Forest A little to the
south are the mountains of Triburg
and on the west the Vosges noun
tains of France. In the valley dou
BILE row of poplars outline the Rhine
Rhone canal
Journeyed by auto TO the Rhine.
1t is now running bank full and the
water is of yellow color due to the
melting SHOWS in tn Alps. 1t is
spanned here by very fine bridge.
Have crossed the Rhine and gone
considerable distance beyond at both
Coblenz and Cologne but my passes
were not sufficient to allow me to-
cross over here. The church of
Notre Dame, or as it is usually named
The Cathedral of Strasburg, is
wonderful beyond compare. The Ca
thedral OF Cologne is not beautiful
1t was commenced in the middle
ages The older parts are from the
Byzantine period Of architecture.
then on down through the various per-
iods to the gothic age with its excess
of ornaments. The tower reaches
a heigth of 142 meters of 461 feet |
The steps from top to bottom are
just 500. In the tower just under
meath the bells are hundreds of per-
fectly inscribed names of the royalty
of the 18th century. The oldest
name which l was able to find was
that of some count and dated 1431.
Several of 1439 and 1857. In the
main gallery ares ONE fine rugs of
the period of Louis the XIV And
near one of the alters is fine bit of
old lace. Really the finest l have
seen in Germany
Left Strasburg at $40 p. m, ar
irving back in Sarrbrueken about 9
and getting midnight train from
there. arriving here at 2:3O a. m.
Well. tomorrow you will all be
celebrating the Fourth The Ger
mans do not seem disposed to observe
this day and as we have much work
to do, will perhaps do some of it to-
morrow. However, we will in the
afternoon go through wine cellar
a little ways from town that con
tains some very old wine.
Last Thursday morning caught
the s:2S train for Coblenz and the
11:09 train to Cologne. Had din
ner again at the British Empire
Club, purchased few items | wan
ted and came back to Trier direct on
the train, laving there at 1920. The
Cologne-Paris Express is a very good