New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-10

~ben thew sleep-sne naturally meditates upon tne
.trange contrasts and contradictions she mas en-
cOuntered:
Singular people, these Germans, They appear 70
take to make me h5a IN xhch one
cannot lie at full lengthf Why these nideous NAL ,
paper patterns which give one the nightmare ny
pompous protensions and hopeless yuigartyI
WV WV Goethe and Schiller served with greasy
cookeryf Why these streets withon. siue SUI nno
this sLarp pavement. these evil smells when pene-
trate everywhere these superannuatcd caos tneso
dirty staircases. these ponpous titles tnis
h Se gn6 .Gss spsnd their time ike Helmne
emitting stockings and discussing the.dnner Dill oi
faref
The next day Ia Sunday. when all the servants
make holiday with their soldier lovers, anu WHEN
the citizens consequently dine in the various peer
gardens or In the pride of Berlin. the famous ihin
carten. The Pnugges take sgne to this latter re-
sort This, says NJ. Daryl, "is the goryiand para,
disc of Berlin. the rendezvous of all Its elegancies.
For al, the middleclass citizens to eat fifty cent
dinner on the terrace of the knoll, In the company
of a thousand holiday makers, represents inc ias'
word of lunacy and human felicity"
What Siene saw, however, was !" some trees
covered with dust. piece of stagnant water anu
behind a line Of statues and parterres some groves
where n full army corps seemed to have maze ap'
pointments with twelve or fifteen hundred nurse
girls"
Az abe ia not sufficiently inspired lowing appar-
emily to her want Of gemuth they take her 10 inc
crown and centre Of the 1hingarten, namely the
geological Garden.
II il the fashion 30 go there about O'clock 20
take dust bath. An orchestra plays daily py tno
lake and here also the ca11asei descend and on
the crowd. which sways and Swings apon'; a i
presently seeks seats and refreshments AZ ncI,n
10 there the women over-dfesseu WIN rsuul ~" -
Evil
mpnse heaps Of false hair, and obsolete pohne's 'e
men, in walkng coats, cut-awaNs, out aoonr ~
uniIntn these people recognize ono an"tnei'
salute form noisy utuurs lhe scene iesehni's
that ~ an open AZ cUnceli IN large yonni '"m
Az everywhere In Eei IN tho Wintaiy t,eW'iii
dominates aud iahes tho beet positohs Hul hli
anxiety is represented tho court elhowA we Guy,
aud sdu hy aide WITH tho ,itvon,sa uhhR'a Wv uu,
dauehlrfa may he hoen tho ptolraanhal noeulna
whosn photographs aie hhalnclrnslN nlnitd pi AAl"
hy the new loso,h al tho inter den liho'h'
Rometmos - movement OF ontioaty hwaNA tho
crowd OF hses them IL an automatic salute a.
fIiud ms ~ manoeuNre, IL In tho Emperor WI"
passos ia hs victoria, hand 10 helmet, ANA ms gray
cloak buttoncd under his chm. Ca Prince bismarck
gets oil his horse. or old Motho PAGES by ola his
carving ALWAYS in his heart lament loi his dead
vouna wife "Thero are few horsemen and 40
horsewomen Riding is one of the exercises the
Berlinese forbid to their sex, IA ncNmphtible Win
the feminine virtues. 1t il quite proper 10 dilo"
every kind of conugal aud cxtra-coniuaal freedom
to be taken in public, but it is deadly SIN Tor
woman to riding trousers
We must omit an amusing description OF Berlin
weiss bier cellar, and proceed to sketch OF inc
Casino, where the army officers, diplomats ana
mobiles generally cOngregate ana where Oh course
the society is very exclusive
As usual the company largo. There were
digntaries Of the army dpiomats. members OF the
Upper CHAMBER. They drank their VINE "iihout
water and greediy swallowed nd2estlbe cookery;
They Ia ikCd little hut nOsily ana that niue hIheu
exclusively upon women and horses. " W NY 90 you
put "A frederic under your platter Irus,lan o!hcer
asked SchOpeDbauer ono day, as tie latter TOOK ms
place al the table. ! have made "a vow, lepi!eu
the philosopher 10 give tins piece OF money 10
beggIr the very first time dine with the military
without hearing talk about women ana nOf'es ~ J.,
is twenty years since made tins vow, nht ! haNo
not vet been called upon 10 DeStoW my HeueIC III
aims"
The babitues .of the Casino, howeyer.n this case
do talk of something else namely, eating. Old
officers gravely compare notes as to how many
hard boiled eggs they can dispose OF at a meal
Others talk of smoked meats, Pomeraniana goose
Westphsla ham and so forth. In short their topics
are coarse, sensual and heavy.
As an illustration of the military despotism which
obtains a. Berlin, the Lieutenant Won Gieslche Is
represented as ordering his orderly Dragon to 20
and substitute himself for the sweetheart of the
Pnugges servant Lima. in order that he may report
TO his officer about Signc, with whom the latter IS
in love- THIS enforced exchange of swcethearts is
effected in the most mater-o-f fact way, and nobody
dreams of opposing it.
In the same line Is an account of a ball where
Sgne is present, and to which Won Giesiche comes
in quest of her Before his advent number OF
civilians or lacsn as the officers call them, had
been surrounding and paying their court to the
beautiful stranger hut. his entrance caused
sensation The unhappy. laics' with their sad
black COATS their insignificant figures and Their
plebeian names did not even make prct"nce of
resistance They confessed themselves vanquished
As for him. he scarcely condesconded to notice their
presence ibis class of beings counted for nothing
with HIN. He marched arroGanty through the
room went straight to Signe, without paying any
attention to the citizens who 1uttcrcd round ler,
and bore her Of trumphantly to the quadrillo."
This lieutenant attempts to open correspondence
with Signc by means OF the daily papers. lie pub
fishes letter to her. Naturally this shocks her,
but Heninc assures her that il is quite proper ac-
cording to Berinese morals, and instances tho fact
that she herself lad obtained her sweetheart in
precisely the same way. And SHE produces the
public correspondence. which was as iollowsi
No 1G,4OO. A young man, well born and of good
address who has served his military term aud who
| occupies "A confidential position IN one OF the
| principal banking houses OF the capital wishes to
| marry n wcll-holn young girl possessing lowry OF
ak thousand thalcls Preliminary exchange OF
| Photographic. Address the Office OF tina Journal,
| under the above numhot
| 10 this llclmnc had replied
No. i0.loo Young pt who nils tho bin,
| daughter Of n public official aud possessing 100
thnlrrs ~ dnNry, viii cntor into correspondence If
pho hnds the photograph to hrf taste, aud at Tho
| namo tino fccri,on "a satisfactory ect ihono of tho
| onndidniu'n moral character Sho II naturally
anrcionnto aud huttofn hoinelf that hlo Possesses
all tho onscntinl qualltos of u good vile, H. /, H.,
| rosio IoAtante at tho Central oiioo,
This mode of love-maling by advertisement may
be common ia Germany. but ia this particular case
10 war not altogether satisfactory since the faith
| less Gustav, finding that Signe's inheritanee was