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MONE OF REIiLIN.

MORE OF BERLIN.
Another raey and relishable dish, from the pes Of
J. T. B.. and still another al hand, TO be served up
on our next weeks tablo. Smack your lips over this
one for the present. The next forthcoming letor is
seasoned with tue bcst Of Leipsic, spice:
HOTEL p,ANGLETERRE,
BERLIN, March 81, 1855.
In nay last, threatened that its successor should
he rambling and gossiping, here goes it Lot tho
lados Take the first place. and lomothing in the hrst
place to interest tho ladies.
Hero, as in Hamburger, hoops are not to bs found,
neither fOrtifyng the female fgure nor hanging at
shop doora. If they cvor wore fashionable in those
parts, the fact hna now become traditional Quite tho
opposite style il cultivated, length and lanknosa bo-
ing apparently quito recherche In Berlin two thirds
Of tho women pu'fsct gantosses as to height and
louk if they might be doscended ina straight limo
from tho tall grensdiers Of Frederick the Great and
his father. The denrth Of beauty among them is
appalling Many, to be suro are undoubtedly ane
looking, but beauty Of feature dolcacy Of limb,
doos not exist; no small hands, no pretty feet An
American, and especially southsrnsr, must stay at
home at least keep out of Germany, il he finds fe
male beauty essential to his comfort.
But 10 return to tho modes among the fair oRes of
Berlin. They wear wasts just as long as tits posi-
bio to got them, with endOss peaks before and behind
worry becoming this, to sdios Of considerable embop-
point but not at all The thing for tho descendants OF
tho grOnadiera. Two and three skirts, and two and
threo Houuces prevail az among us-outward cover
iugs not materially different. Bonnsts getting to
bc visible from the front, indeed, somc are positively
long, and the caprice in wells is highly striking Eve
ry body created in the likeness of mother Eve, wOaru
reil, be aho dame Of four score, or an infant in
arms the baby in its wicker carriage, the little girl
Of Eve years, tho miss Of fourteen, tho maidon OF
eighteen or twenty, aud 60 on down to old age
These wells, beside the standard ones of black and
white lace arc made of various thin materials in all
eolors pink, blue, lilac, and yellow and green
many are cut rounoish and trimmed along tho edges
with light, heOcy fringe Of great width, and also OF
divers colOrs.
Very handsome toetee arc worry seldom seen upon the
street, but at the Opera and often at tho Tablo dots
the ladies' drog GIqusitely and with much grandeur,
tho long waists and absence Of hoops to the contrary
Notwithstanding Opera costume full evening drefs,
that is loads Of feathers and flowers upon the head,
louds of laco and jowelry upon tho bare arms and
neck, with aouncss and furbslows to match One secs
hore such lace us s not to DO found in Amoriea. Tho
familiar exclamation among ladies is Zach Herr
Jesu !" which is less than 0, Lord Jesus.
Jump from women to wins. You know VIC are ac-
customed to associate Glove, vino and women" How
aad fell that my experience does not allow me to eI-
pstiste upon the first of these cardinal delights!
Germany is Eden in respect to ts wines, and in re-
spec moreover to its innocence Of Brandy, Whskoy,
Rum and Gin. Brandy can be had at moments
warning, but the people guitles' Of it. Bordeaux
and Rhine Winos, with Lager, Brown and BaVarIan
Rpcr, form tho COMMON and Indispensable beverages
Bordeaux and Rhine Wines, such as st. Julien,
Chateau Margoaux, Leoville Mareobrunner, Hoch-
hcimcr &C., are to be had for just half what wo pay
for them in America. Ono Of the most popular Rhine
Wines is called Lisbirauonmelch," which being
translated, is milk Of dear woman" Beer is drunk
to excess by all clnssss the beet is the Bavarisn,
which is elsar, sparkling snd fosming. stranger
altogether palatable.
It is out Of my psysr said before to sIpatiate
much upon loyo, but can Mt least upon kissing,
which Is next to 1t. Alas, not this Of which am go
ing to speak, Inllude to the German euftom Of
mon kissing oach other. Yos, us true and At every
railway depot docs bseomo an eye witness Of this
arocity. 10 SEQ two hearty, handsome, frank young
fellows kiss each other, Is perhaps tolerable but pie
turo to yourself two eopucn and hsirlcsa octogona-
rians, or couple Of loan, brown and bony giants or
brace of diminutyc and hook nosed Israotca, fall
ing into each others arms, and pressing lip to lip and
cheek 10 check Buh 'tis more than human nature or
at least Anglo Saxon human nature can stand
ramblo on. Sfn tho land of sour krout hot bread
Is scarcely known perhaps not at ALL save to the ba-
kers. The only two kinds customary are light whoaten
rolls (of vast mert and rye brown broad. Batter
cakes, buekwhest csk.a, Chose at Mr. Wrights din
ner excepted y waters Ge., arc totally uuhcard Of
most excellent and healthful custom! And another
Of the sort s that hero mono stare at Others and
at stranger especially; bsi when and whore it may,
single glance ia all you will got, though you hsvo
horns on your head, md it may DO tail
German hotels of tho first class are inferior I think
to tho great hotels In American Cities and infinitely
ieuror the body of your bill may bO less, but stand
cloar whom tho extras begin to nppear-thc latter arc
moro numerous than loeuss. Tho walters ut such cs
tablishmcns rOsy very expert and accomplished,
but sorvllo ind meroenary to degrso most painfui
though they arc arraycd in black brosdcloth, white
cravat pumps, &C., yet would they shed blood for
few cents. 'Tis exactly so however, with their bet
tors ! An American knows much better how to ap
precatc his own Gland Of liberty" after travelling
in Europe. The maid servants remarkably ath-
etic more so even than tho Emerald fomnles at the
North in country, and DO all tho hard work the
color in their cheeks and in thcr bare approach
es the hue Of the boet-root or mashed mulberries.
All people here except the very high nobility, are
comparatively poor; very straitened and narrow
support in Amorica would, in Prue.ia, be quite for.
tuuo ~ for titles, thoy uro well nigh as common
family nn,nas; Counts; Darons and Military gentle
mon, vesitats in any aud every common lodging house.
Our present representative in Berlin, Mr.. Wright Of
Indapn has not, from what can hoar, made worry
plum man, plain In manners and education. Ills cole
brated dinner to Baron humboldt and other nobiities
Of the city, at which hc had buckwhest cnkes hominy
and other d.hss peculiar to America, and no nine,
(or less rathor than the Prussan Court cir
-s could stomach. He holds receptions every satur-
day evening, and those nro also on the temperance
principle His Secretary Of Legation il polits, hos
pitablo and altogether hnc fellow.
4 stranger in Berlin has no difficulty in getting
full vew and often il hs wishes Of the royal family as
they frequent most Of tho amusemens besides riding
and walking considerably in public. In all tho respce
,uhIo ondo s1nh bui ldn in n uorpaous