Sidelights On Cologne.
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MANY Islands residents visiting Europe pay a call at Cologne, Germany—home of the famous “Eau de Cologne”. The city has a fascinating historical background. In the very early days it was a Celtic fortress and some research workers have advanced the theory that the name Cologne was derived from the Celtic word “ceall”, meaning a place of re fuge. Later the Roman legions had a fortified camp (Colonia Agrippina) at the same place, on the banks of the Rhine. ‘‘Eau de Cologne” is inseparably linked with the historical city. The first known manufac turer of this wonder water called his product “Aqua admirabllis”, later translated into French as “Eau admirable de Cologne”, which again was abbreviated to the present designation. In cidentally, “4711” is not the 4711th recipe of that famous Eau de Cologne brand, but the former number of the old “4711” Headquarters in the Glockengasse or Bell Alley of the ancient Rhen ish metropolis.—•