Fhoto by Emil P. Albrecht 

 A QUAINT OLD FOUNTAIN IN BRAUNSCHWEIG: GERMANY 



Till Eulenspiegel, a famous German jester who lived in the f°^^J^f J^^^^^i^'t^h^jl 

 whose jokes are now famous in every language, lived here ^^.^Joy^ He is reputed o ha.e 

 worked in the bakeshop at No. ii, Backerklmt. While workmg tl^^ere he m^^^^ st il occu- 

 and monkeys out of gingerbread and gave them to thechildren ^^^^ building is st 11 oco^ 

 pied as a bakery, and does a thriving business in ^gingerbread ";^°"1;;^Z,' .,^"1 ^^'l^.^hop 

 humor and his love of children are commemorated by the f°^f ^^" .°PP?'^^,^. ^^^'iX^^^ 

 Note the owls and monkeys sitting around the fountain as if ^^ drink in his widom and 

 his fun. Nowhere in Germany is finer carving to be found than on the old houses in liraun 

 schweig (Brunswick). 



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