The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-07

skaters yondcr, and those who can not
or do not wish 10 skate, make plctur-
esque addition 10 the scene, ~ pushed
hy sonc athlete they too glide onward
IN their graceful swHn-shnped chulrs
Along tho river hank all seems more
quiet Ascending the hrond Hight Of
stone steps, with marble HlHtucs ndorn-
Ing the railing We reach the prone
male called the "lreppou terrAssc, ana
lolior on under the lculloAs trees, past
groups OF people sitting on stone
benches In the sunlight until We ar
rive ut the Bclvldprc, the fashionable
plncc OF resort for tlo NriNocrnts Of the
city. 4 classical concert II nIYrrllscu
ia take place here Sunday ~ y. W..
! The pdnltnucr fee is twelve cents.
The hour is near, and we enter The
concert room Is u large hall, llllcd with
tables, surrounded hy groups of we'll
dressed evidently refined and cultlvl-
ted people, drinking beer or coffee, and
n few of the gentlemen smoking.
Dresden bears the deserved repula.
tl0n Of excellent musical culture aud
we hid the pleasure Of listening for
two hours 10 a concert of the highest
order Of music, approaching IN excel
lencc of performance the renowned
! "rhOmas' concert in New York. To
our minds there iS something incOn-
gruuus in the drinking of beer and lis
| tculug ut the same time toNHymphOny
Of Beethoven; but we must take iut0
confederation that In Our luud respect
! able ladies and gentlemen Ito not visit
beer saloons, while here there Is no
stigma attached to the drlnkingof beer
by either ladies or gentlemen, the only
distinction between respectable aud
not respectable being In the price they
pay for their beer aud the appearance
Of the room IN which they drink II.
In attending concert IN beer hall,
IL Is expected that one will drink beer
but we have found that, II one has u
prejudice against that beverage, they
can substitute ten, coffee or even milk.
| Most Americans fall In the customs Of
the country, drink wine and beer, and
try TO make themselves believe they
would be sick If they did not but we
hnve had the honor of making the ac-
qunintunce of three young men who
have been in Europe several years, and
who, during that time, have not tasted
Wine or beer, Brave young men 1t
takes real moral courage thus to with
stand the influence and example, toe de-
cline urgent invitations to drank with
friends, to resist temptations and to
endure unyieldingly the scoils and
leers Of those who would laugh ut them
for the devotion TO what would be
termed fanaticsm, foolish notion.
On returning to our hotel, the polite
and genial host met us with the pro-
grnmmc OF I'M entertainment, TO bt
given at the Victoria saloon. "Not
exactly an arlstocratic place." he said
"but the gentleman could so and would
doubtless be highly entertained" The
programme bore the name of an Eng.
fish danseusc and of I'M American
called the India rubber man or "dei
ilinke Americaner. (the lively Amer
ican), besides II host of German singers
dancers and acrohats. Declining tC
descend from Raphael and Beethoven
to "der ilinkc Amclicmer,n we closet
our Dresden Sunday quietly in on
room, hearing occasional echoes Of til,
songs, speeches and laughter Of til,
''Song NerenN on musical society, wht
were assembled in the dining room
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