The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-20
European Correspondence Of the Bulletin.]
BERLIN. May 26, 1875.

European Correspondence Of the Bulletin.]
BERLIN, May 26, 1875.
Dear Bulletin-In my jast / mentioned a
conversation which overheard between two
Youthful newspaper correspondents, one OF
whom was from the Crescent City and the
other from that paradise of all reviews and
magazine writers, Scotland, and as l had
been SO highly entertained in listening to the
exploits OF these young geniuses, l concluded
to 90 back to the same restaurant again, with
the hope of meeting them and hearing some
more Of their egotistical chat, and perhaps
some of their adventures, for such fellows
can not fail to meet with some funny expert
ences in strange country, where they have
to look up their items among people whose
language they understand but imperfectly.
The first time I was SO unfortunate as to
miss them, but thsproprietor said they had
been there, and would possibly come again,
and sure enough, the next evening, l found
them discussing beef-steak each, prepara-
tory to beginning their wordy discussion. It
is one of the most amusing things Imaginable
to hear two people talking your own language,
which they fancy no one of the company but
themselves can understand, and some OF the
most comical events that have seen over
here have occurred in consequence OF this
absurd mistake that so many people make
speaking English in Germany, with the be-
lief that no one else understands them. Not
long ago there was party Of young English
men sitting in the crowded waiting room of
railway station, and when the train was an
nounced one of them CALAMITY held the door
open for two pretty young girls to pass out,
but being numbered with his overcoat, gloves
and cane, was not very graceful in performing
this little act of courtesy.
The ladies were also English, but natu-
rally took it for granted that the gentleman
was a German, and while they bowed and
smiled thanks with the outward appearance
of sweetest gratitude, one said to the other,
"How o,ol,oard these people are?' The
companions of the unfortunate young fellow,
Of course, enjoyed the joke hugely, and
tessed him numerically about the reward he
received for his attention TO the pretty stran-
gers. Such things are constantly occurring,
and only serve to show that one can not be too
careful on this point when in a foreign coun-
try.
OF course this young correspondent Of the
Picaune would not have spread himself so
extensively if he had fancied that there was a
fellow from hio own city close at hand, and one
of his own quill-driving profession at that
ready to make an article for q rival paper out
of his amusing confessions. There is some
thing particularly good and conical in the
idea Of reporting a reporter, and thought,
with an inward smile, Of what this enterpris-
ing young gentleman will probably think,
when he finds that in the pursuit of his note
taking avocation he has himself been
"spotted" by fellow reporter, noted and
done up for the amusement of his own pub
lie; but people who make themselves con-
spicuous in place of public resort, and tell
their adventures, even though in language
which they imagine is unintelligible to the
company at large, need not be surprised to
find themselves in print, when there are so
MANY correspondents of papers in their own
country wandering around in search OF ma
terial
This youth from New Orleans told his friend
and fellow laborer, the Scotch reporter, among
other things of q rather romantic adventure
he had encountered but recently on the occa-
sion of railway trip but which, venture to
say, he has not or will not detail in his letters
home, as it shows how easily he may be
alarmed by appearances, and as it turned out
that his alarm was utterly groundless IN this
instance, it is not probable that he will tell
the story to the public, who are only to be
satisfied with tales Of real danger. 1t seems
that, having journey to make from the Rhine
near Cologne 10 Leipzig, he thought he would
be wiser than his generation, and both shorten
the distance and lessen the expense of the
trip by cutting across the country over little
branch lines instead of going by the regular
beaten track usually followed by travellers,
and with this purpose he consulted all the
timetables, and discovered. as he thought,
that he could make connections straight
through to Leipzig; SO congratulating himself
ON his superior sagacity he set out
Well, the plan worked like charm until
nightfall, by which time he had arrived at
small junction near Cassel, where he was to
strike the train to Leipzig; but here he found
that he would have to wait until between five
and six in the morning, as by some means he
had made q mistake in his calculations. Here
he was at q little railway station, where
there was no building but the station
house, and that would be closed about 10
o'clock. SO that the plan of waiting there was
quite impracticable, and upon inquiring
whether he could obtain lodgings anywhere