Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-08-11
A BOHEMIAN WATERING rLAcE.
Where Women Light Street Lamps and
Indtikc III Mud Baths,

Where Women Light street lamps and
1ndtike III Mud Baths,
Among the sceleBfated watering places of
Bohemia, this is one Of the prettiest, and most
frequented BY the Austrian and Russian no.
bility, although there are invalids here from as
far off as kdstraifa, writes a correspondent
from Frauzensbad, Austria Being q modern
bath it is not SO Well known abroad az Carls-
bad. some IS miles distant, which was already
famous as far back as the year 1900; conse-
querItiy there are fewer Americans to be
found here, but the reputation of it's
waters and baths is among the first on
the continent for benefitng. If not curing, all
sufferers with gont. rheumatism, paralysis,
dyspepsia, ald all nervous and female COM
plants. Just now, at the height Of the sea-
son. one wonders how the constantly arriving
though there are $50 capacious hotels or lodg-
ing houses. They are all handsomely built and
each one has its own private garden, and the
interiors nicely arranged. The vestibules and
corridors are adorned with stands Of ferns and
flowers, and arches festooned with growing
ivy. An occasional glass door, bright with Or
namentation, and landscape panels of the world
renowned stained Bohemian glass. together
with an air of cleanliness and comfort every
where, enliven the dulest of rainy DAYS indoors
houses. which can each accommodate between
200 and 300 bathers at one time in separate rooms
The grounds around the different springs are
beautifully LAID out, affording delightful prone
nades in all directions, with comfortable seats at
every turn. at short intervals along the side
walks, shaded by large chestnut trees. where,
at the regulation hours for eating. elegantly
dressed persons may be seen taking their meals
unlnindful OF the passing crowd. and with as
perfect nOnchaiance as if enjoying the privacy
fhpmSp porf o fhoy, frf nor
consuming more than their allotted "peck," fora
week of continual fair weather has made the
streets very dusty in spite of the frequent
rounds of the water cart. This indispensable
summer institution Is managed here
IN WAY MOST UNIQUE.
The barrel-shaped receptacle for the water is
drawn by two horses the driver walking
leisurely by their side. At the back it has a
hose attachment two or three feet long,. with
nozzle like that of an immense watering pot; to
this is attached short rope with handle,
which man holds and jerks from side to side
with great force. the water describing HOgarth's
line OF beauty at every pull, raising clouds of
dust at the same time. One commiserates the
man for fear the rope might break or his arms
be jerked from their sockets. Admirable studies
for an artists pencil are to be found here.
Young girls In picturesque, native costumes
from the surrounding villages; swarthy Arabs
Polish Jews. in their conventional long black
frock-coats descending to their feet. their often
handsome features marred by one stiff cork
screw curl on either side the face; fair-hared
Swedes; dusky, olive skinned children Of Greece
and Spain. Many persons of the highest rank
and social position ere here, but they cannot be
recognized from common mortals by tiistin-
gnlshed presence or elegance of attire, and none
OF the ladies will compare with many of our own
Kentucky girls. really beautiful face and
form is quite the exception.
In one OF our early morning strolls, in a re-
tired walk, far from the maddening. crowd,
we met gentleman in plain, dark brown suit,
walking with a lady not particularly noticeable,
unless from On absence OF all beauty or grace.
Tall and SPARE and straight. her dress of some
ordinary checked material. made in the panest
and stiffest style. she was not an object onwhich
the eye would love to dwell; but our attention
was Immediately arrested, and we looked at
them with more curiosity, as our Austrian at
tcndant FASTENED to inform us that they were
the Count ana Countess Trani-hc. Prince Louis
of Bourbon, Brother of the ex-king of Naples;
and she, the Grand Duchess Isabella,
SISTER TO THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA.
Among the latest distinguished arrivals are
the Princess HohenEollern OF Prussia, ''Her I'M
perial, Most Serene Hlghness Nine. Grand
Duchess Elizabeth Of Austria and her ilustrious
daughter, Her MOST Gracious Majesty Queen
Christine of Spain" and retinue.
With the working classes here the women
seem 10 nave equal privileges with the men. aud
In many instances mOnopoliZe what in America
would be considered their rights. Women gar
deners, women water-carriers, women porters,
bearing on their backs the weightiest load, and
every day may be seen carts. heavily laden with
bottles OF the mineral waters for expectation,
drawn by six or eight women. But the most
novel sight are the women lamplighters, who
carry their heavy ladders slung over their
shoulders with ease, If not elegance which
they mount with agility. and dispatch their
work quickly and as soberly as if theirs was the
most responsible of all positions. Could
the most jealous advocate for "women's
rights" demand more? One particular salu-
tation is universal here, with all interiors,
which sounds startingly to unaccustomed ears
like ''s'cat''; but which one soon understands is
a short way of expressing ''Ich kusztdie hand"
1t is astonishing what those who have lost that
priceless blessing, health, will endure to regain
it. Here the most tastidious ladies, who would
shudder at soiling their dainty shoes with the
dirt of the street, sit. with the greatest equa-
nimity, up to their shins in a horrible looking,
thick, black mess, not unlike lumpy tar COM
posed Of soft mineral bog. This is the moor"
or mud BATH" so efficacious in rheumatism
govt, paralysis, nervousness, etc. A tub of
mineral water is placed alongside. into which
the patient steps to be transformed again from
black to white. Utmost cases, after fair trial,
the greatest sufferers are blessed with renewed
health and 90 on their way rejoicing.