The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-11

establishments on every street One need
not yak = hundred yards In any direc.
ton, without reaching rooms where the
inner man can be refreshed with both
solid and liquid r~eireshmenL. And since
warm weather has Get in, tables are
placed on the payemsnts, at which many
people enjoy a lunch, with beer and ci-
Hars.
By the way, l have never yet been in a
country, where the habit Of smoking
prevails 10 such an extent a among the
Germsn.speAking people. Every male
person and some OF the fair ser also)
seems TO smoke, and everywhere and all
the time. There Is no immunity from
the fumes Of tobacco in the railroad car,
in the omnibus, in the street car,
In the restaurant, or even in the
class rooms al the hospital; for In some Of
these latter smoking Is INDUCED in dur.
ing the lectures OF some Of t he teachers
who have not yet attained the rank Of
Professor. On the railroads, instead OF
reserying a car in each train for smokers,
a. in America, 3 ANAL number Of COM
partments are reserved for those who do
not smoke; and sad Is the fate Of the fel.
low who falls to find AseAti in one ofthem,
II indeed he be not . lover Of "the weed"
OF the beer -drinking propensiies OF
the Germans, It Ia scarcely necessary to
speak, as you have 3 pretty good sized
Germany 10 Wheeling. l an informed,
however, by those who indulge in the
beverage, that the beer drank here Is
much lighter than that Of American
manufacture. Certain it Is that / have
witnessed almost no drunkenness, two in
toxicated men being all l have seen in
nearly two months s%ojourn here.
The p~oliteness Of the French people 10
proverbial. For example, 4 friend told
me some years ago Of 4 scene he wit.
messed in Paris. BE sat In an omnibus
which had barely room "for o more"
Il rained hard, a lady had one foot on the
step TO get in, when 8 Frenchman hur-
ried forward, and with a profound bow,
and q "pardon, Madame deliberately
took the one vacant seat, while the lady
walked of in the rain. All which is 4
preface to this; that the ~pohteness Of the
continental people IN general IL much
more demonstrative than that OF either
the Euglish or Americans. / observed
this ali through Holland and Germany,
and here ii is the same. Gentlemen
meeting each other, universally not only
touch the hat, but lift it singh 10 the
air." On entering q store, bank
or Office, the hat is at nee laid aside un-
Ill all business has been transacted. To
strangers, these people are very
kind and attentive. On several occa-
sions l have seen gentlemen go very much
out Of their way 10 accommodate stran.
kers, and have more than once myself
been the recipient Of much kindness. |
am inclined to think We American might
take = few lessons in this direction with.
out any material damage 10 ourselves.
Our politeness Is not particularly pro-
found, nor does the average American
very often exert himself 10 any danger
Gus extent. In the interest OF a foreigner
upon whom he may never look again.
There are many little things o sees
over here that would look rather odd In
America. For instance, all through Hol-
land one sees teams Of Ken with the
yokes so arranged that the entire draft
comes upon the forehead instead
OF the shoulders. A COW and horse
sometimes constitute 4 team. Here
in Vienna dogs are utilized for draft
purposes quite as commonly as are mules
In America, and it 10 astonishing what
loads they can draw. A big dog on one
side OF the wagon tongue, with a man or
woman on the other, Is . very familiar
sight, and both members Of the Team work
we'll. Except in cabs, n rarely sees a
horse in shafts, but when a single horse
IL attached to a vehicle, it is on n side
OF a tongue. lam not in the habit Of In
dulging frequently in protracted CONVEX.
stations in the language Of the country, or
I should be disposed 10 investigate the
cause Of what appears to the superficial
observer to be 3 relic of the dark ages.
The collars too, that are used on the
horses reach almost to the ears, and pro.
iect about 4 foot above the neck. They
weigh about forty pounds or less, II one
may Judge from appearances. II our Bergh
we're here, 1 am sure he would give no
rest to the owners Of these patient AMI
mails, until the pressure were lifted from
their burdened necks. And l wonder ii
his efforts are ever directed toward the
lifting Of burdens from human shoulders !
II so, he might exert them in finding
more suitable employment for the women
one may daily see here, cleaning streets,
cutters, assisting in laying iron water
pipe, mixing mortar, raising brick to the
upper stories Of new buildings, wheeling
sand, and doing many other kinds Of work
which the people on the western side Of
the Atlantic generally suppose 1t ia more
properly a mans place to perform. May
they long continue to think So.