Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-09-12

orally, ana Tor the time are the most I'M
portant OF personages, You may reserve
to yourselves, perhaps, the privilege of
saying wAsrs you may wish to GO and
hoe you propose to get there, This is
the beginning and end OF your independ.
ence. They take you TO such hotels as
they prefer attend you in all excursions,
accompany you in all of your shopping,
pay all OF your bills, make all domestic,
on / do not misuse the term) arrange
ments, and possess you body and purse
entirely, receiving a commission upon
everything you buy or pay for. These |
persons soon "know how to keep
hotel" and be hotel proprietors. Again,
the head walters, trained from boyhood
up to this business, buy out their pro-
prietors, who were boys in the service
originally, and they too, have the
requisite knowledge. Hence the I'm.
limited sources TO know OF men and
things, OF aristocsscy and simplicity, OF
long purses, and the more economical
and shorter ones A breakfast here on
the continent generally consists of tea |
or coffee, bread and butter, and couple
OF eggs or an omelette. The g bill OF
fare" for breakfast, at "Parker's, Fifth
Avenue, or Continental" would almost
create the might mare" by its perusal,
TO q hotel keeper this side OF the Atlantic.
And as to dinner bill Of eatables, from
the same hotels, would hardly venture
the consequences Of its exposition. Let
me give you the "bill of dinner Ia
"table d'hote." Soups, fish, beef, Cooled
or baked); potatoes, beans, or peas
baked mutton, csuliAower, baked chicken
Gin the most natural state, except want
ing life, no dressing or sayory basting),
lettuce, stewed cherries or pears, pud-
ding, and the most delicate in quantity
and preparation, OF sugar condiments.
Each dish served as course, meats all
cut in slices, vegetables most exactly
apportioned to the number OF guests,
whether ten or ffty) and in all these
seven or eight courses the quantity of
foed will not equal one good sized roast
ing piece OF beef upon the csrver's table
with US, or in England. Here table
dhote dinner at one O'Clock costs one
form, twelve krewtzers, and at FIVE
o'clock one form and forty five krewt-
zers, 80 cents. at pm, and 70 cents. at
5p.m.); the Germans invariably dine at
1p.m., the strangers at pm. Wines
extra. can say in perfect candor l
never knew an American endangered by
apoplexy from an excess OF eating on the
| continent. have known them to feel
the necessity OF going from a table
| d'hote," to s. restaurant for something to
eat, rather than suffer the consequences
OF q too long abstinence from food, even
| after sitting for one and hall hours in
going through the above seven and eight
courses. I think it is considered IN
| judicious to walk after eating without
sufficient time having elapsed, as by
doing SO the peristaltic," Qthink that
is the scientific term action is too much
stimulated. This caution is unnecessary
here. Unless your walk is towards
another hotel or restaurant, there is not
much demand upon the digestive organs.
The construction of railways has rem
dered the occupation OF "couriers y
almost obsolete. And the familiarity
ON the continent with the English
language, and the study OF the modern
languages at home, has contributed very
much to the independence OF travel here
The Hague is the Florence and Desden
of Holland in its public and private
Paul Potter, young bull, cow and
sheep, with the herdsmsn, is here. 1t
has worldwide reputation, and is oil
course masterpiece Of art. The paint
ing was criticised as our party were
examining it, and some comments made
upon it. My own very limited ability
for criticism in painting was not suffi.
Gent for my acting as umpire. This
city is the residence Of the King and
Court, and the foreign diplomatic corps
The kings palace is not as elaborate ID
ornament and detail as that of many
other sovereigrs. The Queen has s
private palace in the wood, about two
miles from the city, and is very quiet
appropriate residence OF royalty, in thu
domestic sympathies and surrounding
Of this most estimable royal family. A
a former visit to this palace in 1865, VI
saw bright, intelligent boy Of some l;
years OF age, studying his lessons with ,
tutor. This. was Prince Alexander. A
the erection of 8 monument at Schev
eningen in 1865, commemorative OF th,
landing OF William of Orange, when b,
was recalled from England in 1915, ate
the defeat Of Napoleon, to resume tn,
crown OF Holland, the populsce wore al
orange colored ribbon in the button hol
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