New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-25

handsome Jewess. Marx has twice the reputsr |
ton abroad that he can get here.
Here comes quite small man, Jewish in every
feature but so loosely put together as to shake AL
over win every step. He has pleasant face, on
which age 10 rapidly making its impress ne SEEM
very busily engaged in thought-probsbly one oil
his mi. annual inspirations of musical idea IL on
the tapis-for that man 10 Meyerbeer.
There is another little man-also getting de-
eidedly old-has O sort Of sleepy look-the very
last ran you would pick Of all these people as dis
tipaui.bed and known the world over. Yet that Is
Eucke. the man who owns a comet
That noble-looking old gentleman. moving along
with such a dqnifed step, who has just raised has
hat from the broad, lofty brow to greet Eucke,
you know to be Carl Ritter, by his peculiar
mouth from which the teeth long since disappeared,
and from the broad shirt collar which spreads out
ON either eide innocent Of cravat-for the engrav-
ing of him ia the shop windows is excellent
suppose the aggregate of all the geographical
knowledge of mankind is in that grand old head;
and the subject of bis present cogitatons may with
equal probability be letter which came this
morning from the Great Salt Lake, the center OF
Africa the wilds of the Himlsgah or map Of the
next village presented to the Geographical Society
last night All is fsh that comes to his net, If 1t
be but geographical.
Such men are not met every day anywhere
here in the Thiergarten, not; and yet here in all
these alleys alive with nurses and children with
mechanics and their families; with soldiers oil
duty and servant girls on here you also meet with
the distinguished persons OF the Capital, whether
distinguished in science, art, literature, or for
wealth, birth and social position alone. You see
of sudden every soldier in sight start up and face
about with bis hand to his cap. II is because you
see some one comes cantering along the bride
path to whom they must pay this mark OF respect.
| 1t may be old Wrangel, some Insignificant look
| ing beardless boy who happened to be born
prince and wears already the epaulets of high
rank officer in the army.
But enough Of this-perbaps too much. would,
! if possible, convey some little idea of the bless
| ing such park as the Thiergarten is TO Berlin,
and of the universal use made of it by the people
in pursuit of recreation and health
! / cannot leave il without word upon the public
gardens and beerheuses which surround and look
out upon it. The word "beerhouse" has a bad
! sound TO our American ears, and with, am sorry
to say, too much reason These places, however,
here are of an entirely different character. The
! love of the Germans for sitting and taking their
coffee in the open air is prOverbisl. Few of the
denizens of the city can afford dwellings to which
a garden spot is attached and hence the growth of
the custom which supports the legion OF these So
called "beer locals" Follow Eucke, or Lepsius
and his wife, or any couple who has passed us in
our walk in the Thierearten; you will find that
they drop into one of these gardens, take posses
sion of a small table in the shade, the man lights
bis cigar, the wife lays aside her bonnet takes out
her knitting, and thus all being quietly arranged,
| neighbOr Schulze or Frau Doctor Miller being in
yited to share in the table, and so quite little
party being formed the waiter is called The
| ders given are for glass or two of light beer,
bread and butter perhaps cheese, or ham or hard
eggs, milk for the children, and sometimes, but
rarely tea The days business is over and couple
of hours are spent thus in chat with one another
or with friends and neighbess, and then our Pater
until fran and chi 90
There has been no swilling of beer" nothing to
repent of; the cost has been slightly if at all
greater than would have been incurred by making
up fire and getting tea at home. Yet the whole
family is better for it, especially the children, who
have had good romp," and added whole bunch
of roses to those already on their checks.
What one finds here one finds everywhere in
Europe Think of the magnificent provision for
health and recreation in London, Paris and Vienna
The small city of Breslau, 100000 nhabtants)
not satisfied with the public grounds made by lev
cling all the old Notifications, with those which
private enterprise had laid out in gardens, some
years ago. bought q large tract about mile from
the cty-a very pleasant walk along the Oder
leads to it-and secured it TO the use of its citi
zens the poorest as well as the rich, forever. And
is il possible that New-YOrk, with its constantly
increasing population of dwellers in garrets and
cellars will make no provision for the future sal
walton of the city from disease and pestience by
giving these dwellers in nOlsOme places spot for
breathing fresh air If there be one good reason
for cursing the memory of our fathers, it is that
they did not make such provision when they
might have done it as well as not Later genera
tons, ! hope, will not have similar ground for
cursipg u.s.