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AN ART-STUDENT IN MUNICH.
effect of this square is, however, poetical and striking, and
when the Triumphal Arch at the end of it is completed,
will be something quite unique. The gateway is to be sur-
mounted by a figure of Bavaria, drawn by lions, in a
triumphal car : on the front and sides of the gate are very
beautiful basso-relievos and statues of white marble.
The road beyond the Triumphal Arch is fined by poplars,
and the entrance to Munich by this road is very impressive.
For about half a mile on one side the road are scattered
villas and cafes. The Queen has a lovely little villa there,
simple and elegant, and built in the style of domestic archi-
tecture peculiar to Munich, and which strikes me as being
beautiful and appropriate.
One evening we had tickets sent us for a concert; they
came late, and we had but little time for preparation. We
dressed in a desperate hurry, putting off at the same time
our working-dresses and our character of art-students ; and
attired as proper young ladies, with our tickets in our
hands and our two keys (the latch-key of the house and the
key of the passage leading to our rooms) in our pockets, set
off across the Kesidenz Platz and the Odean Platz. It was
a rehearsal concert of the students of the Conservatorium,
and the large hall was crowded to overflowing already.
The performers were all young, and many of them very
young. There was one little violinist, not more than twelve
certainly, who played splendidly, with beautiful earnestness
and composure, as well as with much feeling. The applause
was immense, and you felt how proud his mother and his
friends must be j but he was like a little unmoved statue,
his white face shaded by its dark brown hair. It was all a
matter of course to him.
The friends and relatives of the pupils were a marked
feature of the scene • many of them quite poor people.
And such numbers of little lads ! We had a host of them
AN ART-STUDENT IN MUNICH.
effect of this square is, however, poetical and striking, and
when the Triumphal Arch at the end of it is completed,
will be something quite unique. The gateway is to be sur-
mounted by a figure of Bavaria, drawn by lions, in a
triumphal car : on the front and sides of the gate are very
beautiful basso-relievos and statues of white marble.
The road beyond the Triumphal Arch is fined by poplars,
and the entrance to Munich by this road is very impressive.
For about half a mile on one side the road are scattered
villas and cafes. The Queen has a lovely little villa there,
simple and elegant, and built in the style of domestic archi-
tecture peculiar to Munich, and which strikes me as being
beautiful and appropriate.
One evening we had tickets sent us for a concert; they
came late, and we had but little time for preparation. We
dressed in a desperate hurry, putting off at the same time
our working-dresses and our character of art-students ; and
attired as proper young ladies, with our tickets in our
hands and our two keys (the latch-key of the house and the
key of the passage leading to our rooms) in our pockets, set
off across the Kesidenz Platz and the Odean Platz. It was
a rehearsal concert of the students of the Conservatorium,
and the large hall was crowded to overflowing already.
The performers were all young, and many of them very
young. There was one little violinist, not more than twelve
certainly, who played splendidly, with beautiful earnestness
and composure, as well as with much feeling. The applause
was immense, and you felt how proud his mother and his
friends must be j but he was like a little unmoved statue,
his white face shaded by its dark brown hair. It was all a
matter of course to him.
The friends and relatives of the pupils were a marked
feature of the scene • many of them quite poor people.
And such numbers of little lads ! We had a host of them