Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-01-11
MIS- ELIAN EOUS'.
lg From Blackwoood's s Magazine
The JEW.
4 TAc3 KdM THE RUSSIAN.

was sssVienRs few years ago. After
trying several tables.dhote, | established
myself ata hotel in the Judenstrasse, fre-
quented by select society. Mr.. Muller,
master Of this establishment, did its honors
with thorough Germsn gravity. Perfec,
order, extreme and conscientious cleanliness,
reigned throughout, the house. One might
pass through the servants room, and even
ihrought The kitchens, without meeting with
anv.hing by which the sight was in the least
offended. The cellar was IS well srranged
sss bookcase, and the regulations Of ,h'
house, as regarded both The service and The
hours Of meals, were as punc,ually observed
as they could have been in a seminary. il
. guest came in late, though j. were but ten
minutes. he wss served apart, in sn sdjoin-
ing room, that The comfor, OF all nigh. moi
be sacrificed to The convenience Of one.
IN the conversation at this tabled hote
there prevailed tone Of good society which
excluded neither eSte nor plessan,ry; but d
csus,ic or indelIes,e expression would have
jared on The ear like false note in well
executed concert. The counlenance of Mrs.
Muller. in which dignity was blended with
benevoIence, was The bromeier by which the
young men regulated themselves when The
influence Of Rhine wine or S,e,in beer might
lead them lille too far. Then Mrs. MnI-
Ter assumed sn cir of reserve; by few words
she sdroi,ly broke off the conversation, and
turned it into another channel end she
glanced grsvely al her daughter, who, with
ou. sffecIslion or pouting, KEEP, her eyes 6x-
cd on her plate until the end of The meal!
Ellen Muller was lbe type of those beau
siful German faces which the French csll
cold, because they know no, how to read
them che was happy mixture of the Sax
on and Hsnoverisn characters. A pure and
open brow, eyes Of inexpressible soflness,
lips hsbiuslly closed with maidenly reserve,
. transparent complexion, whose charming
bushes each momen, protested against The
iDnobili.y Of her bearing, auburn hair
whose rich and silken curls admirably har-
monised with the serenity Of her features, Q
graceful snd flexible form jus, expanding
into womanhood ;-such was Ellen Muller.
A councillor Of the Court, Hofa.h Baron
von a 9th, who had resigned his functions
in consequence Of an injustice ,ha, had been
done him, several students, whose parents
had recommended them 10 The vigilance oi
Mr.. Muller, and few merchants, comp
the majority Of the bsbi,ual guests. The
party was frequently increased by travellers,
literary men, and artists. After dinner, phi
losopby, politics, or Literature, were the usu-
al topics Of conversation, in which Mr.. Mul-
ler,a man of extensive requirements and
great good sense, took part, with choice
Of expressions and an eley alton Of views ihal
would hsve as,onished me in man Of his
station 10 any country bo. Germany.
Sometimes Ellen would si, down to the
pisno, and sing some Of those simple and
beautiful melodies in which the tenderness
the gravity, and the pie,y Of The German
national character seem TO mingle. Then