1910: FRANK’S WEDDING In January, I went on a visit to see Fleming. I met Dr. Phelps at the Skelmorlie Hydropathic Hotel. I saw a performance by the Udel Quartet. The Udel Quartett, a popular Austrian a capella group founded by Karl Udel (1844-1927). On March 20, I went with Frank by train to Dollern, then by wagon with Jacob Petersen to Steinkirchen. In the evening, we made our return trip through Luhe. In May, we were visited by Brooks, Howe, Walmsley, and Coelho. On May 20, I went to Southampton on the Cincinnati with Schmacht, Director Schultz- Pelzer, and Fräulein Claussen. On May 27, I spent the evening with David, Adolf, Olga, and Paul in Haverstock Hill. On May 28, at the "Turbiro" I had lunch with Adolf, Paul, Schmitt, and Mr. Hughes. In the evening, we visited Hampstead Heath with David’s son Dr. Oscar Hildesheim and his wife Louie [Louisa “Louie” Holdsworth Pilsley Sampson]. In the morning of May 29, I went with David to Brondesbury. In the afternoon I was with Paul. We dined at Simonis’s in Lordship Lane, where we met Frau Jäger. In the morning of May 30 I went to Nottingham. I had lunch with Paul Meyer [of Simon May & Co.], Cäcilie, Alice, the Hambers1, and Lieschen. In the evening I went to Manchester. On May 31, I stayed at the Manchester Grand Hotel and visited with Brooks, Walmsley, Barton, Stringer, Macpherson, etc. until June 3. Then we traveled through Wales to Holyhead-Kingstown to Bray at Dublin. On June 4, at Phoenix Park in Dublin, we saw a polo match. In the afternoon of June 5, I traveled from Bray-Dublin to Belfast. In Belfast on June 6, I met with Mr. McCracken of J.N. Richardson, Sons & Owden, Ltd. In the evening, I went to Glasgow on the Redbreast. On June 7, I arrived in Glasgow and stayed at the North British Station Hotel. I had Dinner at Schoelles’s in Helensburgh with Rommele, Rottenburg, Hurl, and Frederick Moir. On June 8, I had dinner at Edward McBean’s, 23 Kensington Gate. On June 9, I had dinner at Fred Moir’s with Frau Leip, Frau Emma Kiep, and Frau Schmidt. In the morning of June 10, I went on the Columba via Gourock to Ardishaig. I saw a cattle show in Lochgilphead and had dinner with Fleming and the judges. On June 11, I went via Crinan Canal and Kilmartin to Kilchoan. I was with Fleming, his daughter Frances, Mrs. Herbertson and Margaret Herbertson. On June 14, I went via Loch Melfort by coach to Oban, then to Colander, where I stayed at the Dreadnought Hotel. On June 15, I went to Glasgow. Fred Moir picked me up for lunch, then we went by motor to Bearsden. We visited the twins Gordon and William Fleming, then Mrs. Ethel Wylie at Bute Garden. At 4 p.m., I went to Leith. At 8 o’clock, I took the Vienna with Captain Brown to Hamburg. On the morning of the 17th at 10 o’clock, I was in Hamburg. We had a visit from Adolf Hildesheim in August, and from Fleming and his son October 2-4. Macpherson came on October 19, and Henry Hay on October 20. I went with Hay on October 22 to the Hotel de Russie in Berlin. On the 25th, I went to Hannover and stayed at the Hotel Kastens. On the evening of the 26th, I went back to Hamburg. On the morning of November 10, I went with Martha and Therese through Warnemünde- Gjedser to the Hotel Dagmar in Copenhagen. 1 Heinrich Hamburger and his wife Caroline Hamel changed their surname to Hamber between 1901 and 1910. Frank and Helga. Frank: Photo by G.C. Beresford, London. On November 11th at 3 o’clock, the wedding of Frank and Helga Kongsted Petersen took place in the church at Ordrup. At about 6 o’clock, we had the wedding dinner in the Strand Hotel at Klampenborg. The guests included the Kongsteds, Andresen, Ryøm, Jensen, and Hehs. We stayed at Jensen’s Palads Hotel, Copenhagen. On the 12th, we went back through Gjedser. 1911: BIRTH OF HERBERT; DEATH OF IDA ROTHSCHILD LIPMAN; AN EARLY FILM On February 8, I had a visit from Fleming. On February 15, I had a visit from McCracken. On July 16-17, I had a visit from Fleming. Ordrup Church. Photo "Ordrup02" by Claus B. Storgaard - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.5 On July 17, I went to Suderode and via Wikimedia Commons - https:// commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ordrup02.jpg# visited Therese. On July 18, I went with Therese to see the Kieps at Ballenstedt. On July 19, Therese and I went to the Bergtheater at Thale and saw a performance of Wintermärchen. On July 19-21, we were with Johannes Kiep at Ballenstedt. On July 21-22, I went to Bad Nenndorf and visited Dr. Wiengreen and his wife. On Sunday, August 20, the birth of our son Frank’s namesake, Herbert James. On September 11-13, we had a visit from David and Adolf. On September 17, Paul Rottenburg and his son Francis visited us. On September 21, there was the marriage of Frances Fleming to Ronald Richmond Herbertson. On Sunday, August 13, Ida Lipman died. October 6. I went to the Continental Hotel in Frankʼs namesake. Herbert James Hildesheim. Hannover and to the Hotel Royal in Cassel. Early on October 7, I went to Wilhelmshöhe, then to Coblentz, where at 4:30 I met with Brown Fleming at the Hotel zum Riesen. On Sunday, October 8, we traveled by train to Cochem, and the Union Hotel. We went on an excursion in the mountains. On October 9, we went to Bullay-Alf, took a splendid trip to Bad Bertrich, then took the “Little Train” through Eskirch, Trarbach, Cröv, Uerzig, Rachtig, Zeltingen, etc., arriving the same day at the Hotel 3 Könige in Berncastel- Kues. On October 10, we went through Wengersohr to Trier and the Hotel Porta Nigra. We went on a trip around the city. That evening in the cinema we saw “Trier Celebration Parade for the 100th Trierer Lichtspielhaus. At this theater, operated by pioneer birthday of Empress Augusta.” Trier filmmaker Peter Marzen, John saw Marzenʼs film of a parade celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Augusta, the first German empress and grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Ebenezer Brown Fleming. Johnʼs close friend, Ebenezer Brown Fleming (1858-1912), died a few months after touring Germany with John. A Scottish trader, Fleming began shipping Dutch- produced batik-style “wax print” textiles to West Africa in 1893. They were marketed through Flemingʼs contacts among Scottish missionaries, giving Fleming a monopoly on the trade. The prints became enormously popular and are closely identified today with West African design and fashion. Pictured: Wax print “Le Sac de Michelle Obama” by Vlisco. The Quedlinburg Treasure Chamber. The German emperor Otto the Great established Quedlinburg Abbey in 936. Over the following centuries his family donated valuable art and treasure to the abbey's church, which after the Reformation became the Lutheran church of St. Servatius. When John viewed the church's treasure chamber in 1912, many of the artifacts stored there were over 1,000 years old and some of the most ancient and valuable art pieces and patriotic symbols in Germany. During World War II, most of the treasure was hidden in a mineshaft near Quedlinburg, where it was discovered by a U.S. Army unit In 1945. Joe Tom Meador, a lieutenant from Whitewright, Texas, was ordered to guard the hoard. After the return of the treasure to Germany following the war, ten items were discovered missing, but the theft remained unsolved. Following Meador's death in 1980, his family attempted to sell the stolen items, and in 1987 Meador's crime was exposed. The German government sued the family for return of the artifacts, and reached a settlement under which they were repatriated in 1992. Among them was a gold and ivory liturgical comb (pictured). On October 11, we went to Luxemburg and the Grand Hotel Brasseur. We took a trip around the city. The same day, we went to Cologne, and the Hotel Terminus. On October 12, Fleming went to Bremen and I went back to Hamburg. In November, Johannes Kiep was in Hamburg. On December 21, my granddaughter Elisabeth Dagmar Hugo became engaged with Dr. Juris Erwin Garvens. 1912: DEATH OF FLEMING; TOUR OF SAXONY On Sunday, January 6, I was with Seegen in Kiel. We went to Diedrichsdorf and Friedrichsort there. On January 31, I had a visit from Fleming. On April 15-16. Fleming died. In June, William Elphinstone Fleming was in Hamburg. From June 19-26, I visited the Kiep House at Ballenstedt in the Harz. I went on several excursions: First, via Gernrode to Alexisbad, Mägdesprung, the Sternhaus gasthaus, and Alexanderweg; Second, to the Gegenstein rock formations and Castle Roseburg “Sehring”;2 Then, over the Lumpenstieg road to Klopstockhöhe, Falken, Falkenstein, and Meisdorf; Next, through Meiseberg, Selkemühle, and the Anhalt Castle castle ruins; and finally, in Quedlinburg, we saw the City Hall Museum, the castle church, the crypt, the treasure chamber, the poet Klopstock’s house, and Saatenfelder. On July 13, I went with Therese on the Kaiserin Augusta Victoria to Southampton. In London July 14-16, we went to Hampton Court and Richmond. On July 17, I went to Nottingham for a flower show and Therese went to Burton Joyce. I spent the evening of July 18 with Macpherson at his home Herne Hill in Manchester.