Around the clock in Europe; a travel-sequence . BERLIN 6 TO 7 While the sun is still sinking behind the Potsdam hillsthat victorious old Fighting Fritz loved so well, and thehero himself, astride his bronze charger, in cloak andcocked hat in the statue group on the Linden, seems rid-ing slowly home to his neighboring palace with the length-ening shadows, the vast industrial army of the Germancapital issues in myriad units from its individual bar-racks and debouches on the spacious squares and broadavenues in quest of the evenings diversions. It is thelull hour. The long, hard days wo
Around the clock in Europe; a travel-sequence . BERLIN 6 TO 7 While the sun is still sinking behind the Potsdam hillsthat victorious old Fighting Fritz loved so well, and thehero himself, astride his bronze charger, in cloak andcocked hat in the statue group on the Linden, seems rid-ing slowly home to his neighboring palace with the length-ening shadows, the vast industrial army of the Germancapital issues in myriad units from its individual bar-racks and debouches on the spacious squares and broadavenues in quest of the evenings diversions. It is thelull hour. The long, hard days work over, the amuse-ments of the night are shortly to begin. In this pleasantinterval the bustling, aggressive city seems pervadedwith a spirit of relaxation, and no more opportunemoment presents for catching the Berliner off his guardand really seeing him as his intimates know him. This man, it should be borne in mind, is a type untohimself. The light-hearted Rhinelander, the solemnBavarian, and the plodding, self-reliant Saxon are onlyhalf-br
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