Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-24
FRANK HAROLD
SEESGERM MANY
,r;c,,s Boy Writes OF People
ep And Conditions As He Saw
Them
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81 Continued from Hake
~, Italv. However, there are
T.oot many fine, magnificent things
/, he seen in Germany.
porlin is a great modern up-to-date
~ with beautiful streets, well laid
~ and systematic. 1t is simply COW
he'd with tremendous. stupendous
Mic structures, fascinating and
. autifuI with the symmetry of their
ostness. The Reichstag building
soces out on large tile court, in the
fiddle of which is a huge statue of
Bismarck. and which reaches out to
statue of Victory some 200 feet
Lob. and stretching out still further
Il the background of the surrounding
#Duevards and woods of the Tier
arden. The history of the city is
aodern and the general architecture
81 new and more Or less an imitation
Il the best of all countries.
The kaiser's Palace.
Potsdam, the home of the kaisers
I'd a suburb of Berlin, is very inn
sbsing. The landscape gardening
i Id surrounding parks give a back
Il ound to the two huge palaces that
1 few rivals. The palace of the
te kaiser is not particularly attrac-
#fe. Just a tremendous mass of beau
I'M stone and marble, elaborate and
Furious, built for show rather than
81 a residence. There is something
,sther sad about the atmosphere of
81 huge estate, the bottom dropped
a& of it all in such hurry.
I'VE saw where the present kaiserin
liz buried.
Dresden. i'm the middle of South
81 Germany, is more attractive
"a than Berlin. 1t is the favorite
Ia for the Oxford American in
I;1rmany. The river and the mu-
am are the chief attractions. The
aNstine Madonna" is in Dresden and
/ mink it is the high water mark of
and paint. The museum ranks
.snrth in the world, following the
Inlyre. in Paris, and the Uffizi and
Eth in Florence.
,eipsig is great deal like Berlin.
lis busy, up-to-date commercial
Ill It's chief sight seeing features
bd;ng the, scene were Faust" was
|sia the residence of the poets Goe-
lid and Schiller, largest and finest
8iIway station in Europe land it is
/ beauty1 and the finest University
Il Germany. We told them we were
I1om Oxford and they were quite
Eae to us and showed us all over
W place.
Ill the European cities are built
much on the same order. The
AZ dcnce portions resemble very
Ml}Ieh the business section. There is
x0 such thing as a. yard and all the
sEfb bets are lined with buildings from
fIze to seven stories high, rising as
shHer walls straight from the side
Na * with no architectural features
1Sh rly all entrances are by lodge
les. Large roomy homes sitting
01e * in a green yard are unheard of
4As homes lack the inviting look OF
s8fse at home.
Beer, Beer, Beer.
IS quite noticeable fact that
}ffy city gives the main square OF
town to the opera house. 1t is
#ays structure that adds beauty
A sedateness to the city and is the
of the public life of every city
second might've were in Berlin we
III to real German theater. They
M all a great deal alike. But We
enjoy ourselves this first night
walked in to find huge Ions
one story only and with no bal
z1p es' Instead of having the stag,
pne end of the hall, it was on tn,
OF the hall with seats surround
||l 1t on three sides. On every sea
e was a place for the perpetual
mug and the walters rushed
az and forth all during the per
nance keeping the mugs and thu
mans full. Facing the stage ant
W nd the seats there was raised
.' orm with tables where those WIT
not satisfied with beer alon,
ght their fill of drink and food
pc human sponges consumes
ign beer that night to float
ieship. Yes, we saw the bull
yea, block headed Germans drinl
lnelr beer with their hefty frau
young Berliner knights with thei
and buxom frauleins playin.
interesting international game O
hg hands under the dark corne
ONE beer table, and again
mention beer, beer before acts
between acts, beer after act
peer after, between and befor
whole show. The show consiste,
~ OF acrobats-it was a vaude
pef1ormance-and I've never i
'le seen their equals. Barnun
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