Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-06-07
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f. j. Rosenthal Writes Fromei
witt, Germany. Have Joir
Their Relatives There.
PARTY is HAVING
Visited in Berlin From May L to
18th, And Took in All
The Sights.
Gleiw,tz, 0. S. German.

to tell you about meeting our la :
tives. We landed at Cuxhavennd ,
took the railway from there TO m
burg, and certainly We did nosx-
pect anybody at the depot in I'M
burg as you no doubt remembernat
brother Max wrote US that he Nlld I
meet US at the depot in Berlin. ow I
imagine the surprise when Finland I
l stepped off the train and a ady
came up to me saying are you
Rosenthal?" At first ! could holy
say word, and, worse yet, dioot
know what to say as ] did not ok
for anybody at Hamburg. W. ,
answered the lady with just a IS,
then she said Il am your brotlr's
wife, but just wait moment md
I'll get my husband, and ire
enough here he came.
Hello, my brother Fred. Yell
you just can't imagine the joy. To
make sure that they would not Mss
US his wife stood at one end ofthe
train and he at the other W.T. a
large printed card in his hand witch
read Looking for Rosenthal brotlers
from America. Max happened to
be at the wrong end of the train and
his wife saw US, first, and it vas
funny how she took me for her ius-
bands brother. Finally they aiked
where is Emil', and of course he
stood right beside me with VIII
Kern, so you can imagine the feel
ing we had. Well, l just want to
tell you the joy was great, and never
will l forget it. ! can't express the
happiness and how i felt, as it GER
tainly was wonderful meeting-joy,
joy!
We decided to stay in Hamburg
over night as we were too tired to
go to Berlin. Will Kern stayed with
us but Mr.. West we left a. Cux-
haven. .isszltl,s--~~.-.siaal. Poor. fellow
he was a very sick man but IS get
ting along a little better now.
Well, the next morning we started
for Berlin and arrived there at
IP. NJ. Ny brother had already en-
gagged rooms for US at fine hote
where we had our supper and the
| retired. We stayed in Berlin fror
, May 18th to 18th and took in tn
sights. On Monday we telegraphe
/, to Will Kern's friend in Wien I
meet him, and, by the way, just &C
, a card from Will saying that ne al
;, rived in Wien o. X. and hat ne. me
3 his friend and was now taking !
the sights.
While we were in Berlin We q
course looked up sister Mary, VII
{ knew we were coming as Max ha
! told her. Brother Sam lives
Krosin and Max had previously mad
arrangements with him to meet hiI
on business in Berlin at sister Mary
. home. We came to Mary's HON
. and Max introduced US. As / sal
before, Mary knew we were comm
but Sam didn't, and say, he jus
! wouldn't believe it and he said no
:, could that be possible that two bro
theirs from America could come an
\ visit them. He was very nearl
! crazy to think that he knew ncthin
about US coming, but he finally &c
over it and the JOY and happiness wa
so much more. After long vls
with them we learned that uncI
Wills children were living in Berli
: too. Uncle viii was mothers brt
{ Their and | used to work for him
: his store, and of course at that tim
y the children were all small. The
Il names were: Max, Emma and Clari
D. Max is an architect and the CIR
. are both married and well to do. W
y thought they would eat US up, that
> Just how glad they were to see u
u Yes, it certainly was a JOY to me-
:. these children who once upon
u time played with and took care 0
y Were all happy bunch. We viii
: in Berlin again before we come hon
E and shall see them all again.
II We then left Berlin with broth
Max and his wife for their hon
: here in Gleiwitz, this was on NJ
le nth, arriving the same day. A
" the relatives were at the depot al
" you can imagine the JOY again. Tht
~ said to one another "the uncles real
come from America, it don't see
that it can be true"
II, We are staying with brother Nj
now and ! just wish TO tell you tn
we certainly have things pretty go
a, home but we have nothing %
e compared with them here. wi
ny YOU could be with us so you ecu
re see for yourself-they have eyer
thing just grand and wonderful.
will tell YOU all about il when