Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-09-19

Then I braced myself up and said
''See here! [ want mine zwei eggs, you
know, hard, hard! You understand? p
The nobleman looked at me with con-
tempt. The eggs come about one-tentE
Of degree harder than the previous
morning. Iresolved to gain my point
[ saw how necessary it was to put more
force, vigor, spirit and savagery into
my culinary Instructions to the noble
man. This despotism should not pre-
vail against me. When the free, easy
and enlightened American among the
.efete and crumbling monarchies Of Eu-
rope shrieks for hard-boiled eggs, they
must be produced, though the House
of Hapsburg should reel, stumble and
totter. ........... ... .......
said on the third morning, "Haben
Sic Elm hot Feuer in your kitchen ?"-
ia. 'And hot 3Wasser?" ia. 'sAnd
will you put this hot Feuer Under the
said hot Wasser, and in that not Was
ser put the eggs and keep them there
zehn Minuten, zwanzig Minuten, or a
day or a week-any length of time, so
that they are only boiled hard, just like
stones, brickbats, rocks, boulders or
the gray granite crest of Yosemite p
[ want mine eggs hard" Then I
ground my teeth and looked wicked
and savage, and squirmed viciously in
my chair. There was some improve
ment in the eggs that morning, but
o1- ,,,o,,o- 1,oE horS boilo1
The Viennese spend most of their
time in the open air, drinking beer and
coffee, reading light newspapers, eating
and smoking. In the English and A.
merican sense they have neither poll
tics nor religion. The government
and the church provide these articles,
leaving the people little to do save en-
| joy themselves, float lazily down life's
stream, and die when their souls be-
come too spiritualized to remain long
er in their bodies.
am fast becoming German. [ have
my coffee at nine: it requires two hours
to drink it. Then I dream a little,
smoke cigar and drink glass of beer.
At twelve comes dinner. This I eat at
cafe table on the sidewalk, with more
beer. At two | take, a nap. At five l
awake, drink another glass of beer, and
dream. From thaE-fme until nine is
occupied in getting hungry for supper.
This occupies two hours. Then more
beer and tobacco. Some time in the
night retire: Sometimes I am aware
Of the operation of disrobing, some
times not. This is Viennese life. One
| day merges into another in vague,
misty sort Of a way. Time is not check
ed off into short, sharp divisions as in
busy, bustling America. From the
windows opposite mine, on the other
side of the street, protrude Germans
with long pipes. They sit there hour
after hour, those pipes hanging down
foot below the Window-sill. aOcca-
sionally they emit a puff of smoke
This is the only sign of life about them.
The windoW-sills are furnished with
cushions to lean on when you gaze forth.
The one in mine is continually drop
ping down into the street below, and a
man in ss-mounted cap, who calls
himself ''Dienstmann," does good
business in picking it up and bringing
it upstairs at ten kreutzers a trip. The
kreutzer is copper coin equivalent to
an English farthing. Every day here
seems a sort Of holiday, and in this
respect Sunday stands pre-eminent.
The ladies, as a rule, are fne-look-
ing, shapely, well-dressed and particu-
lar as to the fit of their CATERS and
hosea most refreshing sight to one
for year accustomed to the general
dowdiness which in this respect pre-
walls in England. Most Of the English
girls seem to have no idea that their
feet should be dressed. The Viennese
lady is very tasteful. She is neither
slipshod nor gaudy. | meyer beheld
more dainty toilettes. Everything a.
bout them, as sailor would say, is cut
''by the lifts and braces"
Viennaabounds in great bath-houses.
[ have tested one. | wandered about
the establishment asking every one
met for warm bath. Some pointed
in one direction, some in another, and
after laundering back and forth for a.
while, [ found myself before woman
For fifty kreutzers she gave me tick
ct. Then she called for Marie, a black
eyed, bright German girl, came. She
went to shelf and burdened herself
with quantity of linen. Then she
signed for Inc to follow. | did so in
an expectant, wondering and rather
anxious frame of mind. Marie show
ed me into neatly-furnished bath
room. She spread a linen sheet in the
tub, and turned on the water. wait
ed for the tub to fill and Marie to de-
part. Marie seemed in no hurry. ]
pondered over the possibilities involv-
ed in a German "Warm- bad" Per-
haps Marie will attempt to scrub me!
Never! At last she goes. remove my
collar. Suddenly Marie returns, it is
to bring another towel. There is nc
lock on the door-nothing with which
to defend ones self. bathe in peace,
however. On emerging | examine the
pile of linen Marie has left. There is
d small towel, and two large aprons
without strings, long enough to reach
from the shoulders to the knees. stu.
dy over their possible use. | conclude
they are to dry the anatomy with. On
subsequent inquiry I ascertained that
they were to be worn while | rang the
!, bell and Marie came in to substitute