Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-09
Eeer ana remreranes.
An INTELLIGENT AMERICANS oBsERyA-
TloSS and CoSCLUsIoNs.
[CrCFles DEoiieg HIG5neT's MUystch Letter q
Hartford Cbiu,Isl.

AN INTELLIGENT AMERICANS oBsERyA-
TloSS and CONCLUSIONS.
lCnOTles DEdeg HIGyney's Munich Letter 70
Perhaps the temperance question Is not
exactly solved IL Munich; I don't know IL II
was ever RAISED: indeed the iatempersnce
the other has PROBABLY cot been re sched.
You wouldn't say that the Munichers are
moderate In the use OF beer. have seen
people at homeland raging thirst seems 10
be our national NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. water Just
as rec klG SLY, delaying the pale and drenched
stomach with the cold, icy-cold 1uld. Prob
upon the horrors OF water -drinking-1 ne
had any experience in that line.
The Municher is content not 10 try any
hazardous experiments; having struck the
medium way OF beer he devistes neither 70
water on the one hand nor wine on the other.
And II was not he bu. Prussian, and an
officer, whose opinion and experience gave
his remark some weight, who said to me
the other day: Gas for me, when can get
good water, pure, fresh water, let the beer
all the difference In the world with ones
temperance principles whether he lives on
the Rhine or on the Iser. There is a saying
here that Munich man is n beer cask IN the
mo. ming and cask Of beer at night; the
epigram needs no explanation here but IL
mieht be misunderstood elsewhere.
III one were disposed philosopAically 70
study the temperance problem, Munich
would be good field for il; for one can see
mere exactly what is the effect OF unre-
s1dILeu lDSIiyi lnOusui IN applying what
one learned here TO our own country, Won
would have TO allow foE the dIfTarence OF
climate and OF the temperament OF people
II don't at all follow that what would do fnr
Munich would do for Hartford.
PROBABLY You could not find in the whole
city man or 81 woman who has ever thought
OF what we call total sbstinence, aud they
could not comprehend the idea Bat there
are plenty OF temperance people, that is
people no drink beer regularly and never
overstep the bounds OF moderation. The OBJ
servatlon that one makes IA Munich is that
drul kenness is q rare exception. In a resi-
cence here OF many months have never seen
more than one or two intoxicated people in
The streets, and they were not IN lrked
by The wlidnesS or viciOusneSs of our strong
LIQUOR inebriety, but seemed TO be rather
gcod-humored earls, who had lost their way,
and didn't seem TO care whether they ever
found II. But this seems very remarkable,
when there is a beer house every half block
and you cannot select q residence 10 any part
OF the town that is not as handy TO Reue5
as IL is TO public school or q church. And
cannot see that the freedom OF beer tends
To any habit of over drinking. have known
strangers TO indulge freely in beer here the
whole season, and be just as good temperance
people AT the end as they were in the begin
ming.
Whether the Germans, especially the men.
DO not waste good deal of time in beer
halls, afternoon after afternoon, aud night
AFTER night, swigging endless mugs, is an.
other question. And Ii is fair question:
What must be the final effect upon the in
tellect OF q people who so many hours day
soak In this mild but distendiDg fluid, and
an atmosphere OF smoke? The Question is.
however, mere speculative one, so long as
the Germans continue to produces SO many
scholars, philosophers, men of incalcula5ie
erudition, wonderfully energetic travellers
and explorers and coDqueripg soldiers.