Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1882-12-15
BADElBADEN.
The Worlds hmeas Watering
lace.
Its Springs and EyGits Promenades
the "FriedricIshd." the most
Palatial Bathfouse in the
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/ 0iuttot OdiUtOaSC III tbS
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The Black Forest: the Old Castle
aud the lew.
ALL PLEASANTLY DLCRIBED BY THE
DEMOCRATS FQaEIGN CORES
PoNENT.
As before stated, We ached Baden-Baden in
| the evening after o, visit to Carsruhe II
seemed 10 Us most deghtful spot in which TO
rest few days, and il iaet we can hardly i'm
| agine prefer place AN the hill secluded val
| ley devoted to Baden-aden, its springs ana It's
| fayorite promeiades. 1t stands few miles Oh
from the outsidtwor to which it is joined by
means of its railSay Cos, and is almost hidden
in the Black Forst Which on three sides Of II
stretches in unbroeugreen as far as the eye can
reach. Thus favoad in every way by nature II
| IS yearly visited bythousands of people nom all
| over the world Igerything is given up to the
pleasure of tlise visitors and pleasant hotels
and handsomepublic buildings, entfcing little
shops and delieful promenades make up the
town, To one othe pleasantest Of the hotels
we drove, and we, assigned rooms overlooking
pretty gardens. Immediately Baden-Baden was
put in the list of thnumerols pleasant places
We had visited dtri,g the SIMMER.
In the evening after dinner We joined the
| crowd of promeaders aDd turned our steps IN
the direction of he Conversation haus, saunter-
ing through the tile avenue lined with spark
ling shops whereieemed TO be collected repre-
sentative trlnkets cosmopolitan as the people
who looked upon lem. The Conversation haus,
the public club hose and general rendezvous
containing reading bali, and other brilliant
rooms, was ablaze WITH light, and the promen-
ade in front lined WI numerous rows of chairs
was filed with peopL At enc end of the prom
enade was the ban stand, where the band
played good music 1.-THE best of style. 1t was
amusing and instrudve to sit looking at the
people. OF course he Germans We're most
numerous, the men ,olite, and smoking with
out cease, even whildalking TO their wives and
lady friends, who Wrked at fancy work and
chatted with all the ai8ation natural TO them.
After the Germans thdnglsh seemed TO exceed
IN numbers and wer easily distinguished
from the other peoples day from night. Their
natural reserve seemenever TO desert them and
they walked as quietly up and down the prom
enade as if they were DING the LADIES' Mile in
the most irreproachaha of London crowds. With
them the young peopi were we'll held in check,
the young ladies beingatherin the back ground.
There were plenty o Americans present, in
eluding some very pretty and well-dressed girls.
They had no idea of adding their light under
bushel, but were tist abroad as they were
at home, dragging aeir quiet and obedient
mothers and fathers about as they pleased.
French, Italian, Sparish, Russian and many
other to US unknown naioualities composed the
remainder of this brilliant but still dubious"
crowd which until rsrly midnight sauatered
aud chartered in frontf the band stand When
we were gong to bed tie strains of Garner"
told us they were still here.
Early next morning, Te with many others be
took ourselves to the I.inkhalle, a long hand
some building decoraed in front with large
frescoes representing le.ends of the Black Forest
In the large room in The centre the inyallds and
visitors assemble between seven and eight in the
morning TO drink the waters which come in
pipes from the UrspruH. Women are there to
hand glasses filled with he water, which IS quite
warm, and has not unpleasant taste. We
noticed great many PIT different salts in their
glasses, but we preferredhe natural water. After
wards we Strolled to tie promenade and saun-
tered up aud down, listning to the band which
plays every morning beDre breakfast and rec
the evening before. Befpe lunch ii is considered
the proper thing to go t. the bath house. So to
the Friedrichsbad we vent This is said to be
the most palatial bath muse i'll the world. II IS
built of red and white sandstone, and Is
adorned with many statutes and busts. 1t IS
built on the hillside and ihesprings which come
hot from the earth are eloSt at hand. In spa
cious hall stern and Gisagreeable German
woman took us in hand and waved us to some
seats to wait our turn. Tie arrangements are
perfect and when my turn Gme was taken to
large room with tiled floor and divided in the
centre by thick porter. One-half was the
dressing room and the othel was devoted TO the
bath to which one descended by several marble
steps. The bath which wasyery large was cut out
of one block of marble. Tie fittings, and there
seemed TO be scores of taps md knobs and 1ntrl-
cate arrangements, were all of copper, hlghly
polished. A copper receptacle let into the floor
at the side of the bath held tie towels and sew
eral large sheets of linen, al of which were
kept as hot as if they were in an even. The price
of this bath which included the eryiees of an at
tendant was one mark, twenty -fFe cents and was
the cheapest they had. On the irst floor or what
an American would call the scond floor. were
the baths for bathing III company, of which the
other members of our party Sve me most glow
ing descriptions. How they wee led through room
after room, beginning with immense hot and cold
swimming baths and ending nth an almost end
less Turkish bath. How everything was delightful
and perfect The top floor is tilted up with pr-
vate baths of still more luxurious description,
for which one must pay ten marks. One half OF
the building is devoted to lailes and the other
half to gentlemen.
there was a children's ball q the Conversation
haus, which the girls attended and of which
they gave most amusing decrlpuon. Mr.. Mae
and that afternoon strolled oast the New Castle;
a handsome building, surrounded by beautiful
pleasure gardens, through tie beautifully kept
forest 10 thr Alte Schloss Hthenbaden (the old
castle.) Through the forest here were the most
charming paths perfectly Rpt, and the forest
itself was as neat and trim IS a Hover garden,
and as fragrant as only pine forest can be:
About half way up the hih on which the Old
10 u,ln ut
eral paths, a mineral spring surrounded by
benches and taken care ofby an old woman who
while we rested handed Us glasses hlled with
the water which had peculiar but very pleasant
the French in 1859, is a ven large structure and
dates from the third century when the Romans
built some fortitcations thre. From the twelfth
century until it was destroed it was the seat of
the MargraYes II Impressed us that afternoon
as noble ruin, and the view from the highest
tower was something stupeldouS, showing us the
beautiful valley of the Rhine from Speyer almost
10 StrasSburg. Baden-B adn lay at our feet and
we could hear the music otthe Dand playing on
the promenade. The dark green forest stretched
away on all other sides. large trees were grow
ing i'll different rooms oil the castle, ana we
noticed some trees growing out of the castle
walls. The walls seemed quilt of pipkish red
sandstone, but was told was porphyry. As
we dined at fOur-a COMPROMISE between the
German early and the English late dlnner-we
were forced to leave the Interesting old castle
too soon.
Inow find that have mentioned the most char
acterstics points of our Gay at Baden-B Baden,
We drank the water each morning and went
TO the concert each evening. We thoroughly
enjoyed everything about he place ana espec-
tally our hotel, but on tie third afternoon we
took the train and were oIre more on the wing,
Heidelberg being our nextstopping place
We arrived at Heidelberg i'll time for dinner.
and in company with dozen others sat down to
the most German dinner in the handsomest
modern dining room we had seen. Not even
Munich gave us blackel cabbage; but the
heavy oak carvings of tie ceiling ana walls
atoned for all except tie presence OF three
people from near New Iark who seemed TO
dog our footsteps). That evening we took
ing to the castle. TO the mahSet ace where rises
the Gothic Stiftskirche. Facing the market
place we noticed the handsome old inn, " Zum
Ritter" built IN 1892, and ore of the few build
ings saved from the French devastations OF
1898 Along the streets in couples and In bands
OF three and four, some reehng ana some shout-
ing we noticed the studentsand gazed with any
thing but admiration upon their Scared faces.
Their tiny caps of strange shapes ana DrlSht
colors seemed to mark then as privileged Char
acters. As we crossed the Geckar on the hanc<
some old bridge we met numbers OF them IN
different states of int0xlcatDn going and coming
from the famous tavern 'Zur Hirschgasse,
where the noted student duels take place. As
we passed the tavern the ar was filled with the
German student songs, and evidently great
carousings were taking place, judging from the
students saw sleeping on the grass III the
grounds about the tavern. We heard many sto-
ries about the famous dues, and the singular
societies and cliques Astounding in Heidelberg
honor was satisfied when some face had re
ceived an ugly cash. We met many young
fellows with faces distigured foI life; and on
Rhine steamer some days after | counted on
the face of my neighbor al dinner fifteen gashes,
some disgustingly recent 1t is q strange phase
in the student life of the most famous OF Ger