, 1881-07-31
ruF FOREST SEASON IN
GERMANY.
. u.vy.st.Time for Tcutontc 1lotc1-
keepers.

4 UtYTeTlsl l&A4t ava
keepers.
r,,p.xond,acs Pal MAI Ga-ette. Ju1p..
ons.+nr1ay next, tho 9th inst, the door OF
.rprr school and class room throughout me
r,,ta,t.na will be closed for two months, and
trx-~ fmest resort will speedily become crowd
Ia; Jarrate or Ramsgatc. What the seaside
- n o,rs4,yes. the forest is To our German
s,..,ors. and though the Season properly
.a<,tfre onIy begins with the long vacation
w h,Tyest Of hotelkeepers began fortnight
s,o yot mis- Eisenach itself, which Is close to
se+ne of he most charming sylvan scenery
=, tho xor,d, but the nclghboring resorts
.,A v.reriug- places, are already full to
c-,r8or;nr-1lmcnau, with its fair. wide
x,l|c, Coethe's fayor:t holiday ground;
1io,.nstein With its glorious beech woods;
TIadrcnr0da, amid sOmore PING forests. and
t,snr mars. Eisenacn, however, is tho forest
nsor1 rsr excellence: Tor whereas The places
ietore psrned psssess mineral springs there is no
sfrrsc,inn hers Dut tho forest. The tens Of
thousands VINO flock hlther from June TIL sep
temtrr come for the sake Of the wooded crags,
fhe enid-s1een valleys, the dowery ElAdcs, the
r,rrnv combes, the beech and ttr woods, which
ra,r be described ~ Eisenach suburban scenery,
tace il Is ali at our very doors Hard, indeed.
1ere Ii to e1aegesate the delicious surroundings
III
Luther sent 70 school as 4 child, while for those
Who eau giye up the cosmopolitan comforts OF
Anr11rCetusuy-i. c. Hh1ueland, the Saxon
STn1eIlAnd, ete-therc Is the compensation Of
fermg German lite under its most social
s:pH, Holiday making here levels, at least
"a. Tue time being, all social DISTINCTIONS, and
people Immediately On arriving luy themselves
at 10 please ana to make what Is called "Reisc
BekanDtsehatt," OF travelling acquaintance 4
toung German friend Of mine assures me that
tsne Of hi. most valuable friendships have been
thus formed, and such easy coming together Of
I'll 1nks and classes, 80 unlike anything seen in
Enztand, fa very pleasant The out -of-door life
odbDesaHon from daily routine dispose every
ese to geuialt.y md sociableness. The prices Of
lnlfinZian hotels are moderate, and barring
teF noiAness, they arc to be gcOmmcndcd,
though R course to no one In search Of luxury.
1tee are, however, drawbacks to the forest
tasou apparent to German minds as EeI as ny
Gu. Alas! the Thlrtnger Wald Is fast losiur
u Primitive naturatness, and is in many places
beng thnned To an extent alarming to ccouo-
t1sla Ten 5eass ago when / visited the eastern
psdaa, ltnenau vas approached by road only;
n* railway has been made to Goethe's famil-
" spt, md to others. formerly still more re-
tss1 Ruhls aud Fnedrichroda, while more are
"a contemplation. But for tho hrm op-
pasam Of the, Grand Duke, q steam
tlsi usnFsy = would hare been made along
Tx imposing pile Of the Nartburg. Nor have
xe namd the Forst eril We must now quit |
ue bea!en rack to End ourselves in the real |
!a*1 from whatever point we set OUT, C., |
.ass .1toout names scratched on the trees, |
eaa.Na-p paPers orange~pecl, and other sug-
nslon* Of Hampstead Heath As I drove t6e
aes7 9aF from the charming Valley of Eisenacn
ssara the e!ose-shut Galley Of Ruhla bcfore
- - ~ eompanfcn told me how great were
sss 1s ieaanges that had taken place here within
se ss ~ asn twenty years Absolute cleariugs have
- IT, ~ neqaeat, out general thinning out |
N.Y. tas iofest perpetually goes on, the Wpoded
~ sta1nt Eissnach being sc,ln1jlr clothed
,..xsa ~ aee 9{ comparison with their former !
sSu1uon. ne sec, % our way through these
n.IaMa ss.tnM pine woods, noble trees at Intervals
1:b =. b oa1 iof destFuction, while the ground
In ~ Ss4e ISL a dea doos- So dear is firing
= - sarca Of chips and branches. iitcralIv
~. tt the forest as If it were
ess;sa nea. Again, ostcnsibly for the con-
IT,. 1890 .n o. pedestrians, rpads and PATHWAYS
i1t,a VT y ~. ~ much teo numerous,y In aii d.
ia ensic1 H ~ !. I gseat aeyastation OF trees, and
E<s1o 1ossf s now to be found in a region ms
- "a unusually rich t,ora, not oniy tc,rfsis
rHfss1s.ss A~a9 xna1ever they can Ind. bur rar-
aAmnf T. ia iSaalafen-bcexars, Am sorry 10 sar.
hts d ne iaaa.l iuaay-are permitted to strip the
ta.e1 tor rs s.ia ~ es{ @ a..e stone-pink and other
lars,," ".aa5, esa and crries with him into ,be
e1 ~, eltta IN boz into which are rl,rhrnsir
kcnt ~ !, oa'y a:' tae Towers, but the roofs. Of
tgn1.naao oat-dt u 1 ths-way monks and corncrs:
liz ~, u noEets may still be found. },t1t
t.a,e Ia s,.S;a z Iaca note IN extraordinsry
:n1e t6reasaa sua Ioe last ten years,-on tfa 1irst
- Ih1oaga the forest ten years u~o tha ,saI mrs.
ID fes feess beng literally fasfbered
II: mn na1s,oses; pink, white, md vel
Il. ~ ~. . yellor fox-gloyo is y yar-
srq,. tespfr pnf.esPesttye 1ss Of the loss Of
rssa. nhiss,nn ne mind viii it NOT be the work
hsaio tpn. tpnaashtopst III generations as yet % v,,e
1ass xSh q What was once The Th;jSi1ciau n
T. w % sang .ae rs Miast-Growing Eucalyptus nIohm-
Iaa tra.ss. uee possessed Of e1uai tjrf1o2
+ eotr,srsaas Gear in Germany. thn,,ph ntos,
"a eon,se mith y. tue price Of other cuuntrics,
Y desnsr ss e tde lister the tres arc % cnt dnnrn
tcas H. ~ mus heco,ne, 50 jos,S nc " .s',|,d
etnsde,snnaap nstap'e 1uel Of the eotnmunifvs Suoh
stl mir a camp the enjoyment Of fhnse
na aeur9sd ~ 1esortA while little incident
i:tt he f1 d;se..on On our way brought ont nam.
"a nd ths Srsfence existing between fi,e fGe fGnr
sunsa isdsnf ffeaea peasant. Passing @ ~, eta5
e'sx 19ssrd ni.a xa hewood, my German fr;sn1
Nib sss asn nsr little roll Of white hreati :
Ivy Frpsef% Frsaesee 1yp pteked up and eaten. In rlch
M dar Of 4. ue Ie. peasant eats While hr"ai
ssa be:dsse: es ale aud the first fruits NJ Ina
eief foa; on1 eoarse re bread s,5l, r. ror sne
~A VI LIZ pn4SHnrs hrrn |