The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1872-10-18
OUR FOREIGN LETTER.
A,rip from Ls . ie O. swi,s.r,an,
vxvsf, swtfIrEL,Sp, sept i7th. 1874.
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vxv.r. swurat,SD sept iTth. is't
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left LEIPZIG early one morning for
Munich. Nothing Of interest occurec
until Stopped at u station in the coun
try If the Altcnburges. where the ma
uve-, especially the women are worth ex
aiming IN account oi their peculiarity oI
dres-. The tact does not bclong to me Il
de-cribe a ladies outfit but when they
w'tr no dress at all. guess | know it,.
Such the case with the Altenburg Ia
dles. AMI instead they wear tight stockings
that reach above their kness. and shorr
apron f,lls fro n their waist in fruut "a
meet the top uf the stockings, and where
our ladies have the "Grecan Bend" they
wear Il tight Goth. If several lurs,
which runs from the small Of the back tC
the bend Of the knees. this article Of
dre.s | do not think the milliner- have
Invented name for. 1t would puzzle one
Of our ma ol~ervnnt and crit cising Ia.
de- to i scribe them we'll, and though !
rem incl an hour 10 oh crye their co-.
tune | cnul ~, make i out Around
thsi, heal is wrapped u black cloth, which
re.enl,c- very mach the head gear Of our
negro wnmen. Thi. people living in a
f'w hour- rifle of LEIPZIG and Dire len
have preserved their costume and Ian.
gui,e through many centurie., and cling
D. 18th with portinacity wurthv of a
bciter ctuc. fheir rsnyuace isa diIlecl
of the irrm ~ hut 50 different that n
German a.m.rlf can carcrly understand
IT, | idmrc taeir women for two rca.
sons: one. b riu e tacir tvlc uf DIRE e.sing
III piIyrl thrii Ii Ic frns 10 better ad-
vIltiy the other, ..riu c they do not
bpw a. a, r. II the ciyiliae,i world To
the 'llecI III Fa-hion," anl hang on
her very lip. - catch the hte.t breath
They ,i;l as an expl lunation :nr th,ir
.,r, gree. of lrc.s. that IL wa, the Gu
pD II th-ir f,rrfithers and that il doc.
not impvle with their domestic labors.
rie next DIV, which WIS Sunday, |
Va in Munich, aud in going from the
"G and ii tel National" NY coach wa.
OBJ, gel tn wait hilf an hour On a Citho-
lie procession, with the Virgin Mary
raised aluft ~ their binner, 10 whom the
women in the procession raised their
prIyer. and coultel thei. heads In
ml,t every ,tree; in Munich you see the
Virgin Mary pl,ccd at some cnnvenieni
plIce tor worship. Around and in the
midllc Of a square counted rs many as
flly women down on their knees saving
their PRAYERS. Oae old fellow had Christ
and the Virgin before his wine cellar IN
keep watch and prevent il from spelling
or being stolen.
Bavaria is Catholic, and prie.tly rule
domineers over the people and supersti-
tiou, in many hideous forms, imposes It's
rites upnn them.
Munich i. bailt in the midst Of ster.
lie plain. abundant in heat, and on the
bln&s Of the lser, which Is on the most
noisey aud maddest rivers ever saw.
aud well has the poet described il as
User rolling rapidly" Munich is the
most elegant city in Southern Europe,
an is favorite resort for foreigners. es-
pecially Americans. who can now he
found by the hundreds in every Euro
pean city of any note. Dresden seems
IN be their cheif headquarters.
| am very sorry to say some Ameri-
cans abroad put on airs and spend money
that many Princes are unable To do.
have met with several who have courlers
IN 90 ahead aud select for them the finest
rooms in most expensive hotels and have
costly carriages at the d9pot awaiting
their arrival, and there they pay the
most exhorbitant bills with nonchalant
air as if they had brought the gold mines
of California with them. Some Amer.
cans abroad are peculiar animals and
wherever they 20 aud remain for short
time the prices on everything advances;
not that Americans eat, or need more
than ordinary people bat as an old iras,
chile Englishman said, they mrke fools
out Of themselves. But this conduct is
confined to class called with us "shod-
dyile'." Great many Europeans are
now impressed with the idea ON seeing
some Americans lavish their money as
water that all our people have nexhaust.
ible pockets and SO they charge accord.
ingly, making those who come here u
study aud improve sutler pecuniarly from
the folly of others One illustration that
| have from AN authentic source presents
the "shodjyites" character in its true
light An American went Into store