New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-13
MIRTHFUL MUNICH.
LIFE AND MANNERS N TIE BAvARIAN

PROM Az OCCASIONAL CURRLsFONDENr OF THE TRIBUNE.
MUNICH, April 20.
In South Germany, generally, the manners of the
people are more free-and-casy than those of the
North Germans There is social equality be-
tween the classes than in the North. In Prussia the
gap between the highly educated man and the
| laborer is far wider than Bavaria. where all
CLASSES muglc with great freedom. The distinguish
ing characteristic OF the South Germans and of their
| metropolis Munich is 81 miithchkeit' y; that is
10 say nearly it can be SAID in English, socl-
ability and good fellowship, though the exact mean
ing of the expression is not conveyed by either OF
those words or by both of them combined. Until
Americans 50 far overcome their prcludices as to
take their wives and children to beer gardens am
afraid they will never become gemiithich."
Il is tlis habit OF spending their evenings in pub
lie which, take it, is ono of the main causes OF the
| genial manners of the people of Munich. If they
stayed at homo in the evening, paid calls to their
acquaintance at their houses, they could not posi-
! bly, he cordial aud Opeu-heartod as they are.
| There is very little visiting done IN Munich. Two
men may be excellent friends and neither know
where the other lives. Nearly all social intercourse
| is in public. With some drawbacks this system has
many advantages, not the least of which is that
| there il little danger of having a visitor sit on
| yOu and bore you for hours AZ your own house. In
a beer garden you can get rid Of him whenever you
choose by retiring yourself. MANY men, both mar
red and single, take the evening meal in gust
| hdm instead Of at home Not uncommouly they
bring something to cat with them and buy nothing
| but beer AZ the restaurant itself To see a fellow
sit down to a table, order beer and then empty his
pockets Of their load OF rye bread and cheese or
sausage is by no means unusual even among the
| more vcll-tO-dO citizens Of the middle class,
although II Is much more frequent among the poorer
classes. Those who are IN the hlb.t Of doing this
are generally provided with formidable pocket
knives. approaching IN size that with which the H.
lustrIous Jim Bowie IN the abt OF carving his
foes. which they for cutting up the sausage etc
Formaiity and stiffness are almost unknown in
Munich. The people are in,tiuctycly cordial and
polite \ man can enter into conversation with
any one DO % restaurant. He could even slap him
on the back. f ne had mind to- ana inquire after
! the health of his gicat-graudmothcr Nor is the
" gcmdthlichkci.' confined to the stcrner sex IT,
indceJ. either sex iu Munich can bee called stern.
The DANCES are also remarkable for their cordially
to strangers as vGl ~ to acquaintance.
SUNDAY is. of couT-'. the dag on which th" ioyial
life of Munich is best seeI. Then It Il that thc
whole family. men. women. boys and girls, sally
forth. not IN their Sunl1y-gl-t ting but IN
their sunday neutrality-suspicious. clothes. On
that da, the theatres tio concerts of all sorts from
thc classic. symphony concerts to the variety per-
fo-uar,c- Of "-.llo-c.u.c VocJ.i~t- as we would
call them Do America the beer Lars the beer gar
lrrs. ETC.,. etc.. are best h'."I. I'm warm weather
i1a,} c5'c excursion. into th. country. On the
uI,t sunday after my arrival in tnr city Went ont
WITH tie family with whom live 10 20 little place
cal IA F.auc-s. The occasion was the annual
W..df,. forest festival of thc ~o..-tyof Baylriau
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Oh. mas. i1 the oi.u air. IT, front o. th' church, tie
I f., 4 D
49, ~
1H"uIn'd 70 iue WOODS, Nh'Ir an ample supply al
,ataurs and beer had been pruvl !cd aud proceeded
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~,
COCOA "uI"'I 10 SIC the WAY 'l'E ''J'S"' 'i'"'
selves. Not even the rain. winch came down hard +
for =, tiI,c could d4Iupcp thcir "pcuiitnlichLcit"
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thousand 40 the whole knGd'm'. th" Herr Major .
Max Won puchpcckh w, there IN full uni @orlu and
,r 30
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a,' ~ ~ al ,i .'l - ', 80, q, - ' '',' Wv, |
,oir Ever. one was Larpy. Every one was rest |
a., from H.. I,i,r al tl, ,,.ri. i,t mar F,,r,
one wa. Gaining nov STRENGTH for tho labor of tbe
ur-f Every one drank NJ one va, drunk
Numerous sport. served to culIycn the f,a,tcrs
En, ,yiuu'r ,lrlur along which y.cr.. huup SIM
,.llr- br.ld h1,l ,ic w,s stretched Lrfvreu two
tt,,. % few inc .r, uIt,,.r than fine head of tb,.
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tL ar TIL l,J T., INT ,Lnut t,tf..n ar tr,,,ntt
te, from, fh, strinp and NAM, ,yllled onttrelv m
~ rnft ,,rrrfton and r,r.d a,yov M fin. oir win
rr,gt ri ,or There wa. ,Is, am eating match at the
rad,,si which thouuh by 10 mean, rising 10 tho /
,,,,, ,, 81 i,,,,,,,. ~ tI,c .,tnet Lotrcc,, ina
.tvn American nrn,,..,rs otlnr,Iad nevertheless =
oool d,aI of a,,u.,,,.ut to tLc sr,ct,tors T,rh
er ,on d-irI,r to enter th. race was armed after
pp,-i', - sm11l surn with - fork Ar th4 wnri
90" thcy ali plunged their Weapons INFO the same
dish each cudcISoriug to yet away with 4 may
Imum Of the contents in ~ nlmum of time.
The Munich beer Ina, won. through ITO excellence,
European rcputatIou A number Of Americans
t;crindu- Americans / suppose are here 30 study
tho art ~ making the fluid Among the many CAPT
tai hrcNrrir4 that winch ENJOY the greatest fame
is the " lotbrauhIue,' Court Brewery. IL Is sit
uatcd near the centrr of the CIiy on lllc square
called PlstLl ana D., the very source ami fountain