| Show I A VISI 1 IHf PAl Of 1 fMrmOR Of afMANY1 tWrllten for tho NcwTli BerlIn November nth si jTWc vvero clown to Circus Hutch 1 few evenings tile Ho has onelof the finest Btaules In 1 the world I and 1 one of the boss remarked that he would hardly hard-ly like to choose a horso fromnmons the number we saw because j there were BO many nil canner Well I Is I nbout tho same with the Vitlits of Berlin with her two millionsof ti > ple Tou see so many beautifulthings an I there are so many more to been thai sue hardy know which sightto I view tlm It Is a fart neil 0 aesjartt to noto It that thousands of people cOil this noble old city nnd never one I think of viewing the kaisers f pal ice the most noted building In the place and ann of the mnat IhotrihlnlEurope lube castle Is l sltualeel neartho tenter of the town In tact ann fbtr main elreets Unler den Linden and heads from the northwest corncrjglls drk massive walls stained withthe marks of nges cannot fall lo catchthe free 17 ft of the passerby Located ontho bank I of the river Spree the Temperc r and retinue can npproach the palecs by land or ntr anti the ohervr i 1 notice that steps lead down > to thIn rivers I edge < AIn A-In erecting this mansion no regards have been paid to the points tI i the compass This to us may tJarP611 tItanic but it Is I the y1upp th country Poe could oak dozens of old men In Berlin to tell you which Is cast and none would be able to do so No notice Is I taken of direction Onside elthr On-side of the Schlosi tent ncar ecenaternrte mllslve Inbuilt gate In-built for the tnt oncean 4 1exlt of vehicles and soldiers They nre guarded bf members of tIer regular army corps aid such slalvvnrt arid majestic felloS Otto doe not evry dny Approaching the wall a Bld door tine sung open and I found myself In an nrched passage wn > This led Into the main court n beautiful place about 180 yards long nnd 025 In widthU eAt the nppenranco of bring a slightly longIquare j Rlundlng hre I viewed the mighty chltecltirei which hot ben made famous by the Irsoe of the rulers of Natalie poe the rulr of the whole civilized world nml ever thIs seine pavmnt have trod the nobility of th Old World f ernento rIce past Ladlng from this court and passing n trifle south cf 1It 21 ouentet I second las 1 Into onthr sage which opel tip r aerteoahru hot similar to the nell Enlrlng the seond pasdn kn eyed looking fellow In cIUzen clothe lIe had an excellent physique and seemed lo take me In nt a glance I was told h 1k he was the castle detective 1 detec-tive nnd his duly Is I to see that no suspicious sus-picious looking characters enter pleou will understand that the palace hj the description I given I Is formed of et laoive rcctnngulnr I figures whoie II perlmete consist of the main Lulhl Info and these nre connected by I Ing end drive way Quarts are I even where It seems and It Is n mal company who nre kept on duty netry day At 1 oclock precisely a new company marches In and the I nance Is made with full martini marie Perhaps Per-haps I Is I only nn opinion of mine but I do believe the Germans nre noted for the pride they take in keeplns one waiting 1 was no exception to the rule here but while resting ourselves In this I nraeentro tier hall we petrel the bautut palnUng cnre Cares nnd Iaborate acomtion ° SoCn this Sonnli braomeratrieemenatoaoeetn bet pace back and forth across theliloor I lee a deer ajar and tnoeide ace the royal servants sipping the best win In the land These tellow have n eels snap as the Amrlcan would say and they know I too I you delr a favor of ene quietly npproach him gin hire en tIle of a tew ptennlgs end he it I yours now ask and It hall be grant ed edHark larlt What was that beautiful silvery chime I must have been that quaint looking clock on the desk yes and that is I the signal for th pmier to put In his appearance strance that he dido Ii n few lnules but her he comes I hand him my Held and he leads the way passing up slightly vated plane which every few yarel turns at n right angle This 1 < u1 for the nobity to bo driven tram lie low to ttt eapprer room without having to alight from their vehicles It Is I mule ot light brick the tracks for the heels being made of red ones Vhen ler entertainments ore nicer I Is I cutomnry t coor this drlvway wIth irpets thereby changing It Into an ex tnh promenade nnehlng the doorwa of the first room known as the Swiss Hall It is nCtSRnry to put on Il palr0f felt pnntolel n regular boat ot n slipper ontO made ot the ame materIal a onr aran ok olhcrvvls It would be Imposslhle to wnlk < I oe ihn sheets througbout tIer old rn cIa nra ro hIghly ponod ii 0 nut fall to note thebeautiful talunr In I kererner and those candles In that highly uslrous than elcller notice the little taper pissing from one lo another until all have unit joined I you strike a match art I light one ndle the home ivlll Immediately eommenie Its journy on th little tnpr und hefor It Is through rn hone wilt he Lurlnl Why that name SerIes nom Kwltzerlind desired to show bier re frards end good feeling to Gerany and her emperor To better enaileher to do so she sent a batlallon of Bildlers to aid In guarding Iho roynl demaln anal for that reason the hall was so named Today I Is I used more m n buffet and refreshment rom Passing on we nre usheredInto Ihe lied Chambers so named beeauie everything Is so tastefully decorat d anal finished off with that color Hire TC line paintings of the nobility of Germany nussi nnd Rwoelen cima beginning to grow dim with age othi rs < Just from tho a lists raced A IaN made ot woo1 and r overt d will gold lotes book lo Ihe limo of tM nt Kiirfurst 400 score ago Cutbieg th enrweretcr the kings room which Is finlsheel In onk arllstlc yetauilnt nnd was In 1SUI thoroughly renovated I I Blve you the names of the paintIng paint-Ing herein you will know Immeliaely why It was sn named Trledrtth I tlCSS1713 Trledrlch Wllhelm hIll 17501 II Friedich W NJGV 1710 um 1rieirlnh Wtlhthie I It fl7061717h 2rledttelt Wilhelm Ill 11797ltlIldtioy 1rldrlrh curIe Wllhlm 1Y 8101SGI lotiser telhhrlm 1 llltlhtlfh onil Kniser Fecid l Wlhlm Clutch D tl une 15 MH lI byte you notie n cheery old faih flreplaee used when the vortn lemed whn laIr heating Is I Insufficient We la tn on Into The Oolel Brocndo room The furniture elntes back to the time eif rrederlck the Gent and Is I w4eflcr fully preserved two masslvo hlcor chandeliers angle from the 4liheg end In the for < end Is n rh5ld ot Kaiser Frledrlch III the great teal father of the prent Ialr Jtthe left side nnll over ci nurly theelsihho ot the wall is I tho world famedfaiel lag JCalsr Wihelm 1 on the toil Shell hY Grylot ana a net elate the bountIful Irimming of el ccl tl geld so closely Inlerwoven we police the Imitation cloth on parts of the cell Ingo natural I > flt unreal mile of cloy enl cement At last th eji renehM the mantle on which Is litre YIh lief of Schluter thn main SOLId It of the castle Time li I Nn lUg wo must o on nun now enter The Knights or Throne room I This Is I decidedly the mot Imposing neil Important room of the palace On ho Isth of January of every year are tide hero the grand courfcnstn itch th order of the lllaik ingle the highest In the Prussian state Is I conferred con-ferred on those supposed worthy to re reIn It The King himself Is I the great neuter Oct through this all his sons ire born knights I never had seen such a beautiful and ladsh display of olden buffet icrvlce as Is I crete ntcol at one end of he ron Thcso vessels 1 lute bark to bo f lurteenth nnel fifteenth centuries 1n the center nnel atlached to the reinIng rein-Ing Is I n massive sliver decoration circular cir-cular In shape which welshed up to the time of the seven J ears war SOOO loull 111 at thIs tme the metal was tauited into money Now jou see only tho model of the figure which has been re urd with silver rrom the ceilIng hang the historic old chandelier inlaId In-laid Cl lit Kohl under which Dr Mar tilt Iuthr mettle Ihot mmorhl sl tn II h before the DIet of Wom which cloed lh tho cedsu Unls 1 nm rnnlnc1 and conqur1 cetleoruad plain grounds or through the testimony o f the Holy Scriptures I cannot nnd l HI not recede because going contrary 10 my conoeln I nlhr sur nor ndtlsable Here I stand I cannot do itherttlse I God help mo Amen Jour ceo Ing on we reach The Black Eaglo oora Hero the time of day is I told bye clxk dating back to the time of Louis XIV and presented by Mnrlo Pompa dour to rroderlck the Great The lapetr is I the come no Is I found In the n1 Baglo rom wllh tbeentrp lon Shun the Tllaclt Kaslo Is I workeel In Imtend of the lied On tho wall Is I n lifelike pnlntlmj of rrederlck the Great wllh his generals after the battle by Lculhen The furniture nnd hangln crate all heavily goldeel The Cud < Plush room Is I nbout 200 eetr old anl wa clJd for the feel time In 1502 Irt oln our pnntoffels glide over the polished wool and we do not hall unlll we reach the Chapter room thn cell ing of which is I supported by twelve ntwlve plllirs Frcdeick tho Great a baptized here eel from 170fi to 1812 alt the man logs o Vroui rOYAlty were ni pot ioeete 1 hectic Arounrl the evohlo ore bun the oat ci arms of these who helong to the oHler 01 The lal 11ngl flutIng th life of the knleht his cent of arms will remain here but nseereOe both happens It H I then removed re-moved lo the Konlgsberg Schloss way ont near OstPrussen Now we lied ourselves walking been the length of lh < bIn tunre gallery look Ing at those grand old faces elating back from the lime lhat Germany consisted jf scores and scores of separate poll lied provinces I up to the present kaiser aol well might cog be pioud of beIng n descendant of such n nejblo till rna rn-a Is I here depicted Ono painting I mud mete mention of the Coronation of Wllhelm I Is a large affaIr con talnlng upwards of ono hundred and flfts facoi inch true to life The artist Ify workod at this continually for over fUe 0leon The hall Is I 200 fet long nnd Is I Joined by a smaller onerroen tug I at rl h angles the wall covered with paintings Is I so constructed that It can he rem ovedih Ii eneverneneet Ity rr qulrre tbrhy uarly douhlng She crating npncl The hall Is I ud on tate oeoslon for dlnnr Glancing into the queens room we pass by end enter the While Chamber en named because It Is I finished In white used for feasts antI balls Given at the opening of th Reichstag and Landstag In tho ce < ntcr of the floor the slsn of the order of the Black Eagle Is Inlaid wllh the letters P I representing rrederlck Rex or rreder lck the King This room Is I soon to be finished In beautiful gold Passing up the steps we leave our telt boot oonlte p it aevoepou the marble mar-ble floor of the cot chapel I Is I 110 feet fiom floor to celling and seals COO persons The wnlls are covered with ninetysix different paintings taken from the four Gospels and the room Is I lighted by means of candles placed In chandelleis over 2000 years olel The rams were token from the ruin of Pompeii The room Is I tiied only at tho time of marriages and blessing of children I cost over 1100000 marks I ll I Impossible I Impos-sible to think of visiting the COO rooms et the palace because to do so properly woold require < lay of time so In oreler to reach the court below we pass down a winding staircase until terra llrma Is I found Th CURU was nearly demolished Iurlnll th thirty years war and but n mal I section of the old part still re J COLLIH IIOBISON |
