New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-08
THAT SAW At BADEN-BiDEN. n
Correspondence of The n. Y. Tribune.

BADEN Baden, Thursday, July 30, 1914
From BaiersbrODn to Frendenstadt is what is
called here o siGrke staade, strong hour, which is
equal to FIVE little quarters Of an hour stunfe,
as measure of length, is legally two and eight
tepths miles, distance that one may walk in
hour, but in popular talk it is quite indefinite, va
rying with the walking faculty of your nOrmants.
Mine in the present case We're villager aud his
vile and daughter all good roadsters. The man
carried a scythe, an instrument about two feet
long and nearly straight from the heel, which was
four inches broad to the point. The snath was
also straight. A Yankee scythe, in the hands of
an American mower, cuts a smoother swath,
third broader and gets on much faster. Each of
the women hada rake, wooden pitch-fork, and
linen cloth, some four feet square, with ropes
sewed to the corners of It. Toward nightfall, at
this season of year in any village of the hill coun
try you may see women bringing home large bun
dies of hay, tied up in these cloths. They inva-
riably carry them on their heads. The beasts of
burden too. are Oftenest Of the gentle sex, and
also draw by the head Thus at Geraldsau, yester-
day, met or passed number ofeOw teams. The
yoke is laid on just behind the horns and bound
by strap which passes over a leathern pad d-
rectly above the eyes 80 that the animals push in
stead of pulling, as with us. More rarely they are
harnessed, hOrse.fasbiOn, with a haimes collar
ard trace-rOpes. Only One-half the hO0f is shOd,
with thin Plate of iron. Swinging behind one of
hammock, and half filled with sweet hay. in which
lay a sun burned infant fast asleep. ia, fretieh
s ist ne CUTE riegele, said the mother in reply
to my smile.
There is nothing in the appearance of Frenden-
stadt CITY Of Joys or Gladness) to justify its
name. But the iDquisitye traveller, you should
observe, turns TO that "orginal source Of infor-
nation, Baedeker's guide, and reads a satsfacto
~ explanation. II was founded two hundred and
ftv hv prnte rs Naa
secutions of the Austrian Government, who were
reioiced and made glad to find rest anywhere.
They built church. wherein their descendants
still worship God with Protestant rites 1t is the
oldest church in ChristendOm, composed of two
equal sized wings and no body. The space within
corresponds with the external walls. Two psral-
kilograms or aises meet at right angles; the seats
in one are exclusively occupied by males, in the
other by female worshipers. Man and wife part
company under the porch that runs around two
sides of the building, and enter their respective
aises at separate doors. In the angle formed by
the meeting of the two longest walls of the church
is the pulpit, from which the preacher commands
q view over both divisions of his audience, who
are utterly cut off from the exercise Of a similar
privilege in regard to each other by the opposite
salient angle. Ny stay in Frendenstadt was so
brief that Lad no opportunity of learning whether
this local separation Of the sexes had the effect of
directing their respective attentions more undi-
videdy sermonward than in our promiscuous con-
eregatiOns, where we know it sometimes happens
that the thoughts of a lively Christian teH frisk
about a tasteful toilette a sweet face. needless
Of the warning rdHitas rdnitGtRr OF the preacher.
Indeed. comparing the few specimens OF trenden-
stsdterinnen that | saw with the pleasant images
called up BY contrast in my memory, it seemed to
me that such ecclesiastical angular precautions
were much less called for here than in America.
Along the face Of the gallery is series of bas.
reliefs quantity presenting. in gross materiality,
the types aud shadows of Biblical rhetoric. An
other fact about Frendenstadt is, that it is the
most modem town in Wirtemberg; and that
sounds oddly 20 stranger from q part of the
word where il is outgrown by many q right
smart town, with a favorable exposure that
counts hardly more years than it does centuries.
So here in Baden, the New Castle, as they call it,
was built more than four centuries ago.
Three hours good walking brought me to Rip
poldsau, small hamlet that lies deep down in the
Schappaehthal, at the eastern base Of the Kniebs.
II is nearly the central point Of the Black Forest
Four other springs of less repute lie grouped
about the western base of the same mountain.
The mineral waters of Rippoldsau are yearly Wis
ited BY more than thousand guests, mostly from
South Germany and Alsatia. The ARRANGEMENTS
for their comfort and entertainment are q copy in
little Of those Of the world-renowned Baths and
Spss-minus the gaming table. There is little
drinking ball and little bazaar where one of the
stalls is attended by little Tyrolese woman and
small band of musicians, and little shaded
promenade, along which half empowered in or.
nsnental foliage, are placed at convenient dis.
tsnces the useful little buildings apropos of the
apereht virtues of the waters. The hotel is yery
large, and is connected by a gallery with the
TIinksaal, bazaar and ballroom on the other side
of the street. II is an artificial curiosity. and its
host ard proprietor lone Of the most remarkable
a. men Of the age" perhaps sui geaeris Por OBJ