South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1873-07-25

MORE ABOUT CAFE LIFE.
Not desiring to be shut up to the mouot-
ony Of hotel life, we have invariably, when.
ever 1t was possible, mixed with the peo-
pie, rs affordiug better opportunities for OBJ
tanning correct information in regard to pa-
tional peculisri'ies aud modes Of life. To-
day We dine, breakfast or sup 10 one res
taurant or cafe, and o-morrow in a similar
establishment 10 another section Of the city,
and they are so numerous that they can be
found at every turn. They are all excel
lent, and are invariably crowded with Gus
TONERS, including ladies, many of whom
drop in unattended, partake Of their meals
and depart. 1t would almost seem that
three-fourths of the population live entire
ly 10 these establishments, as there are ma
ny hundreds of them, whic are also visited
by the poorer classes. We took supper
last evening at the Riedbof, where there
could not have been less than twelve hun
bred ladies' and gentlemen partsking Of
their evening repast. At the table on the
side of US were four Turks, aud on the 9th
er side four officers Of the Austrian army,
and in front Of Us four elegantly dressed
ladies'. No sooner was a table vacated than
establishment, with hundreds of others, is
similarly crowded from 7 to 10 o'clock in
the morning, from II to 8 in the afternoon,
and from to IL o'clock in the evening,
but at all hours of the day there is a good at
tendance They were mostly eating 10 the
court yard, under the trees, an abund auce
of gas lights being interposed To eat out
OF doors IL the delight Of the Viennoise, and
those establishments that can furnish this
luxury DO the largest business in summer
La Paris the restaurants are mostly up
stairs, whilst in Vienna they take the ground
floor, and occupy the most valuable pro-
perty and locations in the city. The cook
ing aud quality of the food is also superior
to any that can be found in Paris, except
IN the fashionable and high priced restau-
rants. Everything is cooked to order, and
served up fresh and hot from The kitchen.
ln the cafes, where coffee, bread and eggs
alone are served, the coffee is made fresh
every half hour, and its quality is equal to
the best that can be found at some of our
old Maryland family tables. If all visitors
to Vienna would do only their sleeping in
the hotels, they would find it to be the most
delightful city in Europe for prolonged
sojOurn.
THE MODES OF GERMAN LIFE.
Having heard much of the modes of So
cial life Of the German in the Fatherland,
both in approval, and 10 condemnation, one
of the purposes Of this visit to Germany,
has been to give the readers of The An,eri-
can, the opportunity of forminga fair judg-
ment on what we hope they will deem un-
prejudiced and impartial testimony, If the
love Of music, and high appreciation of
its charms, is commendable, then no one
can find fault with these assemblages, which
are as quiet and orderly, and as free from
all manner Of excess, as one Of Theodore
Thomas concerts at Ford's Opera House.
Whilst listening to music they like to eat,
drink beer and smo ke in the open air, which
eating IL, to the great mass Of them, their
usual evening repssi. Many take coffee
instead of beer, whilst the ladies ere eating
cakes or ices /; but even the children drink
their beer 1t is part Of the food of every
household, and there is nobody Of any class
OF the community too high or too exclusive
TO join 10 these nightly gatherings, which
are to be found 10 all parts Of Vienna
They are places Of relaxation after the la
bors Of the day, and are 20 regarded and
enjoyed by the best people Of Vienna The
quiet and good order that prevails is re-
markabls, and any uuscemly noise or excess
would cause the prompt removal Of the
offender.
ABSENCE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS.
There is not 10 the whole city Of YiennA
aPlace to obtain strong Intoxicating liquors
in which any one Of The visitors TO Bar.
num's, LEVELS or Geekie's could be cosx-
ed 10 enter. II can only be found here, in
any varieties, in what we would call low
rum mills frequen,ed By back drivers, who
arc, in fact, the only class Of people 10 Ger.
many who have come down 10 the Ameri-
can level Of making beasts Of themselves
They are the only drunksrds in this i'm L.
meuse city, and, in fact, the only men Who
show 10 their cOuRienaDces auy evidence
that their beverage is other than cold wa
ter. We have some Germans a. home
whom We regarded az swollen up and bloa,.
ed With lager beer, but We are rather 10.
clined TO suspect them Of producing this re-
suit By mixing whisky with their beer. The
women here drink nearly as much beer az
The men, and more healthy aud finely de-
veloped specimens Of feminine bnmsnity
cannot be found anywhere than are 10 be
met 10 the restaurants OF 40 evening. with
their parents, hu,boodl, brothers or lovers.
pariaSing Of 'heir evening repasi, washed
down With one or two gObeis Of the nation.
al beverage, which most Of them were rear.
ed upon and weaoed with from the cradle.
An American gentleman who has several times
visited Vienna, and travelled extensively in In.
rope, remarked TO me to-day that be was satisfied
that there was 90 people living who understood