John Hildesheim Diary Part 3

1900: THE PARIS EXHIBITION; A WEEK IN ENGLAND On May 1, we moved to 25 Hochallee. In June, I went with Albert to Lauenberg. On July 1, Frank got a position at the Imperial Shipyard in Kiel RIN. He came at the end of June for a visit. On July 18, to Paris. I spent one night with Julius and Louise at 44 Rue Vital, Passy. We visited two days in the Paris Universal Exhibition. We saw the trottoir roulant [moving sidewalks], etc. I went with the Szoboszlays, Trottoir roulant. Moving sidewalks at the Paris Exhibition, Martin Lipman and his wife, A. 1900. Held, Bertha Held, and Cäcilie Hamel. On the 20th, I went with Cäcilie on the Alma to Southampton via Havre. On the 21st and 22nd, I stayed in Southampton at the Hamburgers' residence, "Home Lea." Hamburger is significantly better. On the 23rd, I was in London at the Great Northern Hotel. On the 24th, I went to Bradford, and, that evening, to Manchester and Stockport. On the 25-26th, I stayed at the Grand Hotel Manchester and saw [Evan Stuart] Macpherson. On the evening of the 26th, I was in London at the South Place Hotel. On July 27, I visited "The Cedars" with Gladys, etc., and her sister Aldyth. In the afternoon to Hermann’s home in Brondesbury. In the evening, I was at David’s home at 13 Redington Road with David, Susette, and their children: Olga, Evy, Gerty, and Paul; and Hermann and Cäcilie Hildesheim, and their children: Ned and Lily; and Lily’s husband, Dr. Franz Lindheimer. On July 28, I went early with Therese to Parkeston Quay, Harwich. We had luncheon in the Great Eastern Hotel, Harwich, then went by steamer to Felixstowe. Coincidentally we met A. Gallagher. I had dinner at the Great Eastern Hotel, and spent the evening on board the Peregrine. With Gallrein, I played the card game “Kopf”; with Lüdicke, “Skat.” On Monday the 30th, I arrived in Hamburg early in the morning (I saw McAdams). On August 4-5, Frank and James were in Hamburg for a visit. On August 9, Martha returned from Binz [on the Island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea] where she was for four weeks in July. Dagmar came back from Oeynhausen. In the fall, I went with Fleming on a Saturday to Lübeck, Eutin, Grevesmühlen, Holsteinische Schweiz, and Kiel. There we dined with Frank and James. On Sunday evening, back to Hamburg. Therese took a position in Plön with Mrs. Harms. 1901: PARIS, BRUSSELS, ENGLAND, GLASGOW On January 22, I went in the evening to Paris--I was there on Julius's affairs. January 23 was the death of Queen Victoria. On January 24, McPherson was at the Hotel Regina. On January 25, he went to Villefranche. On January 26, I was at the Hotel de L'Ecu de France with Julius and Monsieur L. Rénaud from Lyon. In the evening of January 27, I was back in Paris. On Sunday morning January 28, I was in Aubervilliers. I left on January 28 at 1:50 in the afternoon for Hamburg. On Monday morning, January 29, I was back in Hamburg, where Wollheim, Simonis, and Rothwell waited for me. I had laryngitis until about April 9. On August 12-13, I went via Holland and Antwerp to Brussels. I visited Muguets. In the evening, I left via Ostende. On August 14-15, I was in London at the Hotel Russell. I met with Mr. Walmsley, Hofmann from Vienna, and Henschel from Moscow. Then I visited with Cäcilie at Lenton, Nottingham. In the evening of the 15th, at the Grand Hotel Manchester, I met Fleming, Stahlbuhk and Eggers. On Tuesday, August 16, I went to The Glasgow International Exhibition. The Hall of Machinery, Tootal’s.1 On August 17, I went to Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901. Glasgow to see the Exhibition. I was at Fleming's in Lochanbrae August 20-22, then, on the 24th, I took the Coblenz from Leith back to Hamburg. On October 1, I sold Admiralitätstrasse 392 to I.W.C. Buhse. On November 12, I visited Frank in Kiel regarding my patent for a device for unloading rifle 1 Manchester textile manufacturer Tootal Broadhurst & Lee. 2 B.H. Meyerʼs shop and office. cartridges. I made an agreement with Benzian. In December, I made an agreement with Rosenbacher. I move my office to 50 Hohe Bleichen. 1902-1904: DEATH OF JULIUS On January 31, I visit Rothwell. On February 6, I visit Fleming, Stringer, Kenneth Lee [of Tootal Broadhurst & Lee], and Paul Rottenburg. I spend September 5-8 with James touring Schleswig-Holstein: Flensburg, Flensburg Föhrde, Sanderburg, Augustenburg, Düppeln, Glücksburg, Kappeln (where we met Frank and Jacobsen), Schlei, Schleswig, and Segeberg-Oldesloe. In October, I paid a visit to Hermann’s wife Cäcilie Hildesheim. In November, I met with Albert Szoboszlay, Adams, and Vardon. Rothwell got married. On November 4, I went to Berlin and back. I visited Mr. Huhn at the Ludwig Loewe & Co. gun factory and F.A. Deichen, the machine manufacturer. On November 12, Therese was sick with scarlet fever. By November 26, she was substantially better. By December 20, she was recovering. On November 30, I received a message about the death of my brother Julius in Paris, which occurred on November 27 or 28, 1902. In May, 1903, I was in Glasgow. I visited Lochanbrae and went on a tour with Fleming. I visited Schoelles in Helensburgh. I visited Cäcilie in Nottingham. In Manchester, I met at the Grand Hotel with Mr. and Mrs. Macpherson. I met in London with Mr. Hay. Therese visited the Segelbergs. In August, I met with Walmsley in the Berlin Kaiserhof. I heard of the Kreibig affair. Kenneth Lee was in Hamburg for three months. In April, 1904, I went to Manchester, Nottingham, and London. Rothwell died in Manchester on April 2. I had dinner with Mrs. Harold Lee. In the summer, we spent three days in Fallingbostel. In August, we had a visit from Walmsley's wife and daughter. They came from Norway. In September, I saw Vyvyan Marr.3 In October, Mrs. Macpherson died. On November 1, Aunt Ida was 80 years old. 1905: FOOT TOUR WITH JAMES; DEATH OF MALVINA HAMEL ROTHERA On May 5, I went on a foot tour with James [through Holstein]: Eutin, Ukleisee, Bennskoppe, Lütjenburg. We saw the house of Philipp Otto Runge,4 Triddelfritz,5 and Field Marshal Alfred Waldersee's grave. On May 6, we visited Panker, Waterneversdorf, the Baltic coast, Schönberg Beach, Stein, Laboe, and Kiel. 3 An accounting expert. 4 A painter and fairy-tale author (1777-1810). 5 Triddelfritz was a regional literary character created by Friedrich Reuter (1810-1874). In July, we visited the forest at Göhrde, which is overseen by a forester called the “vogt.” I visited the pond called the Körnung there with Pauline. In August, we learned of the death of Cäcilie’s daughter Malvina. In September, we had a visit from Adolf. 1906: HARZ TOUR WITH JAMES AND THERESE On March 10, I went to Leith on the Weimar. From March 15-18, I stayed at Fleming's, 19 Kensington Gate, Glasgow. On March 16, I attended the Anglers’ Dinner. On March 17, there was a performance at the German Club on Renfrew Street. I spent March 19-20 in Manchester. On March 20-21 I went to Bradford and Nottingham. On March 21-24, I went to London and visited Frank at the Wilton Hotel, 158 Warwick Street, near Victoria Station. On March 25, I went back to Hamburg via Hook of Holland. Flemingʼs house. Ebenezer Brown Flemingʼs townhouse foyer, 19 Kensington Gate, Glasgow. John stayed here in 1906. Photo Rettie & Co. Glasgow, 2014. At Easter, from April 12-16, I went on a Harz tour with James and Therese. On April 12, we went to Hildesheim and stayed at the Hotel Hotopp. On In the morning of April 13, we went sightseeing in Hildesheim. Then by train to Wernigerode through Goslar and Heudeber. At the Gothic Haus hotel, we had egg pancakes. We went on foot to Hasserode where we visited the Steinerne Renne Hotel, which is built above a waterfall. We climbed the Ottofelsen. We visited the town of Three Annen Hohne. Chales de Beaulieu was there. On April 14 we went on foot to Elend, then took the Trans-Harz train from Elend to Ilfeld. At Ilfeld we stayed at the Hotel zur Tanne, and had trout. We went by foot to Hohnstein and saw the ruins. Then we went through Hainfeld to Stolberg. We had anchovies on toast at the Hotel zum Kanzler and admired the topiary beech trees, which looked like this: We rode an omnibus to Rottleberode, where we tried the Auerberg schnapps. We took a train through Berga-Kelbra to North Hessen. We stayed at the Hotel zum Römischen Kaiser, and were amused by two teen-age daughters who were there. On April 15, we went by train to Walkenried and saw the ruined monastery with a painted wood statue of the Count von Hohnstein. We went by foot in a lovely little Stolberg. The main street is still lined with beech-tree topiary as in 1906. forest through Bad Sachsa to the Ravensberg, where there was a view of Brocken mountain. Chales de Beaulieu. Franz Martin Chales To dinner and "von dem da" local de Beaulieu wine, Harz cheese, and Nordhäuser (1847-1945), when liquor. We made the descent to encountered by John in 1906, had recently Lauterberg via Wiesenbeker Pond. I resigned from the had coffee at Mennecke’s gasthaus.

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