Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-05-15 | Page 14 | Potsdam, the Royal Playground

Soy al Play ground KB NE writer Titer haa bu called Potsdam the th i Prussian Versailles and It Is certainly cerI O I the city of ot blood and iron comprising c as It does doe the stern stem autocratic qualities of at the Hohon Bobon To enjoy Potsdam the better one should acquaint himself with the history of Fred Frederick Frederick erick the Great Gr at before visiting the quaint neighbor of austere Berlin It Is better approached by that delightful series aeries of narrow takes lakes known as u the River Hare Havel By this one passes Peacock Pea Wand Island made famous by bT the tb rose garden planted there by Frederick William III I I Vol Y Voltaire taire on first beholding holding b Potsdam ex d Potsdam Is la a Sparta and Athens in one It was In 1416 that the planted themselves them at the Mark of ot Bran Brandenburg Brandenburg denburg They seem sem to haTe hare had small use nee fo Potsdam for they mortgaged It again and again to abbots knights and financiers of that day During the Thirty Years Tears War Potsdam m the BUt suf Buffered suffered greatly and save saTe for her neighbor Berlin PerUn that rose so quickly to prominence she would doubtless hare baTe dropped into oblivion It was then that Potsdam be became became became came the Royal Playground Play und It trap a the Great Elector Eleito who began n the town castle which I reached reach Its Ita completion under Frederick the th Great One writer has called Berlin the Hohen Kellems office and Potsdam their garden The castle at nt Potsdam owes Its greatness and beauty to Frederick Fr William I L and andr Ir r erick the Great Gr The former discovered ered its It utility while the latter developed its beauty Some curious relies relics r are to be 1 9 seen at atthe atthe atthe the town castle Over the death deathbed bed of the Spartan king tine bang hang two pictures which were painted by the monarchs own hands and during daring a siege of at the rout gout One ODe has but to look at these th se feeble ef eto efforts efforts forts torts toward art to realise that the paint pant painter er was ms in III an abnormal state of health and mind for tin they are both crude and I horrible Only one oce suffering from rom the i agonies of such a malady malA d y would Inflict two such atrocities on his hs descendants The Tho rooms which were occupied by Frederick the Great t in fn the castle have haTe been b en carefully kept in exactly the same BAme condition as when that great monarch lived Jived there and it Jt Is most interesting to view vl w his bed b chamber his council cham chamber chamber ber his library and dining hall hal looking lJ upon the very chairs chain and tables which I wore In bis Ma dally daily use In the matter atter n of his bis last resting place the wish of f Fred Frederick Frederick erick crick the Great was not observed He Be Helies Belies lies ilea In fa the th Garrison Ga lson Church in violation of ol his will The following pertaining to this matter Is quoted from a most inter interesting InterestIng esting book book Romantic R man Germany His 1118 win will sn left directions that he b be burled buried with his hie favorite dog on On the fee ter terrace r rice race ice before Sana Sans Souci but his successor cruelly burled buried him in ln the church beside his cruel father tather When Napoleon visited the place he bowed the knee and ex exclaimed exclaimed I claimed If It this thise one were alive I would not now be here herel Then he stole the Conquerors sword which h hung above the pare grave The German people have haTe never DeTer forgiven this outrage and by way of reparation have hung the church with mellow old standards captured from the French armies When the first emperor placed his trophies there he be exclaimed God Go was with us UJ His alone Is the the glory In the royal vault one evening In 1805 1800 Frederick William III and Alexander I of ot Russia sealed their friendship and laid the foundations of ot the Russo Alliance