The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-09-18
ZWEI LAGER.
How the People Of Munich Take
their Constitutional.

tiers. There is probably not a human
being, from the infant in the cradle TO
the old man or woman tottering TO the
grave, that does not drink at least one
Rtrs OF beer per iem,swhich Is equal to
four full glasses, independent OF the
froth, such as is cold in the beer sa-
looms OF Baltimore. Most women and
men drink two Etres, and some four,
five or six, and it must be understood
that each Ere, independent ofihe froth,
represents a full solid quart OF beer.
There are, besides the saloons and res
taurations forty-three ksIlers or brew.
cries in Munich, where the peopla as
semble as in mass-meeting, and drink
these huge Htres Of beer. At these
places there are no walters, verybody
being compelled 10 wash their Atrs and
wait upon themselves.
Let the reader imagine forty-three
schueizen.ests, similar 10 those we
sometimes have in Baltimore. all in
daily progress, and some idea can be
formed OF everyday life in Munich. At
these kellers all classes Of people, with
their wives, daughters and sons, young
men with their sweethearts, and child
rem in arms, are among the visitors. 1t
is part of the daily food of every one,
and is drank at the breweries and
gardens because it is always cold and
fresh there. At all OF these places @
barrel is emptied every few minutes
from sunrise to sunset, and stale beer is
consequently an impossibility. When
drank at home they send their servants
with their glasses to the kel'crS, and
have It always fresh and good.
Neither whisky, brandy, gin, nor any
other Intoxicating liquor is known in
Munich. Brandy can only be had at
the apothecary shops on physicians
prescription. If brandy or whisky was
called for at any of the restaurants,
there would be as much surprise as if
laudanum had been demanded . Beer is
part of the daily food, and is called for
and drank with as much Innocence OF
any idea of intoxication as if cup OF
tea or coffee was being partaken. Some
times q man who hes drunk too much
beer will fall asleep, but iutoxicstion is
entirely unknown, The working men
drink Gtre of beer at dinner time, and
another at supper, but seldom 60 beyond
this, except on Sunday, when they have
nothing else to do. Being accustomed
to it, the effect on them may produce
drowsiness, but never drunkenness.
We were called upon last evening by
Professor Ruthmud, Of Munich, who
desired US to accompany him to one OF
the kel'crs in the western section Of the
city, to see Munich life as it really is.
We reached there about eight o'clock,
and, although there were seats and ta-
bles for fully two thousand persons, it
was with difficulty we could tiod room
in any part Of the grounds 1t was IN
a section OF the city where the laboring
people reside almost exclusively. Moth
ing could be had here but beer, bread
cheese and radishes, and all that vast
mass OF people were sitting together,
with their wives and children, psrtak.
ing OF this simple food, 10 the great ma
iority OF whom it was their only sup
per.
Weremained until nearly ten o'clock
at which time the company had thin
ned down more than one-half, and
during the two hours we heard not a
loud word spoken, nor anything said al
one table so loud as to be heard at
another. Everybody had to wait upon
themselves, and wash their own mugs
and sometimes the throng at the win
dows OF the tap-room was five or Six
deep. The tables were closely packed
together, each being about sixteen feet
long, with plain wooden benches Of the
same length, and just room left between
them to pass in or cut All classes OF
people here intermix together, and we
observed at some oisthe tables people
who bore al the outer evidence OF be-
ing OF the very best class in Munich.
She was both shocked aud surprised
at one Of the ladies OF our party refus-
ing to drink beer, and laughed heartily
as she saw her drinking water from 8
brown beer mug, which was tine only
drinking vessel that we could find.
She said that she and her husband
made practice OF visiting this keller
every clear evening, and that it was
precisely as We found it, and equally
thronged The only question inquired
as to a place was as to the quality oil
lie beer. All were served alike and
treated alike, whether prince or peas,
ant, or laborer or mendicant, aud all
were expected to behave themselves
alike. There were no police officers in
attendance and none were required,
Both the lady aid her husband Che
proved to be clergyman and she the
sister OF the Chief Justice CT Bavaria
made many inquiries as to the beer
question in America, both 0: them per-
slsting in regarding beer as en- essential
and necessary article Of food. They
couteuded that it was also healthy,
much more so than coffee, and although
they admitted that some persons lu-
jured themselves by drinking too much
of it they persisted that they should be
classed among the gluttons, who were
still more numerous, and injured their
health by eating too much. To drink
beer to personal injury they regarded as
a long and arduous undertaking, re-
quiriug so much time and so much
beer that few ever succeeded in il.
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