The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-11-14
STREET SCENES IN GERMANY.


| A correspondent Of the Cincinnati CONNER
ciaI thus describes some things he sees u. u the
Berlin Park promenade or public garden OF
pleasant evening
Here YOU will see six fo6ter' from the guard
walking hand in hand with maidenWho GENES
up about to his sword belt. These big ones
always select little girls lie is not aiieetioh-
ate. Either he knows it would be an lmpossi-
bilitv to walk with ms arms around her Waisb'
and is holding off until he finds SEAL OF nc
feels that to-day he is more OF soldier than or
diaary, and never having heard ina! en nc
brayest are the tenderest," he is determined TO
he rather a soldier than lover. Next comes
lancer He is about the size Ofthe last maln-
en-. and. being too small to make much OF a sol
der he is doing his best to- play the softer role.
His fraulein suits him, both in size and tenn
permanent. Their arms are around each otnef
waists. and their sides are pressed so close To-
cether that, but for the sword straps, they
would seem almost one. The sword hangs
loose. and as it strikes on the ground or against
his spurs, keeps up sort OF march. ADout
every twenty steps he gives her kiss, which
She returns with interest; and 80 they pass on.
Nobody notices them, unless it be an unsophs-
ticatei correspondent. Elderly gentlemen with
families of growing girls may not approve; but
then it is only soldier and poor maiden
Their life is hard They must have their pleas
lure. so paterfamaas thinks, if he thinks ut all
But most probably he does not even see them
or if he does, gives them glance, and In un-
ruffled Genueihlichkeit, passes on. For TINS
word Gemuethlichkeit, we have no Engllsh
equivalent, there being in English-speaklng
countries no necessity for expressing the IDEA
| it conveys. 1t is, however, translated alter u
fashion. The dictionary gives 1t kindly as
position - writer on German literature,
g comfortableness in regard tOpersons," ana Ill
an old German form it is " contentment; pu'
none of these meet the idea. 1t belongs 10
class of words which, being untranslataDie
must be learned from feeling. To learn IL III
this manner, one need only be told thal IL IS TIC
disposition which enables one to walk down
the Linden at night, between rows OF penches
which are crowded with young people OF both
sexes, distributed in a most aftectionate man
ner. without passing any uncomphmentary re-
Elections. or even noticing that there is anything
out of the ordinary course Of things For ex-
ample. here sits a soldier with his doxie on his
lap. They are both evidently very tired prob
ably he has drilled too much, and she has done
too much kitchen work. for they have selected
seat far from any gas light, and gone to sleep
Her head is pillowed on his shoulder, while his
droops over and rests on her chignon. Their
position is one of extreme ease and comfort,
and their dreams are evidently happy. They
NAV have been here since shutdown. and will
probably stay till midnight. Nobody notices
them. People are passing constantly within
ten feet of them, but, unless it be in seeing il
the seat is occupied, no one even looks at them
They are accustomed to this kind of thing II
| is as common here for the lower classes to walk
in the evening, with their arms around each
other, as it is in America TO walk arm in arm
and the exception is to see couple on one OF
the seats of the Thier garden, without seeing
some afiectionate interchange.