The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-10-17
WATER IN EUROPE.
An Expensive Thing to Buy and
Very Hard to Get.
Drinking Water Scarce aud Water
for bathing Almost Out OF
the Question-Beer
and Wine.
tFli Perkins Letter.1

lEu ferklfs DeLber.l
The most expensive thing and the hardest
thing TO get in Europe is pure water. At the
hotels even in Switzerland, where the ice.
crowned Alps are in sight, they charge you
for ice-water 30 drink. There Is no water on
tho cars, and at the stations they look at you
in amazement IL you ask for IL. To protect
myself now carry a bottle Of water strapped
70 my carpetbag
But IL 1t is hard TO get glass Of water in
France, Switzerland, or Germany TO drink,
how much harder IL is TO get enough for
bath. The idea Of water enough to battle In
all over sets them wild. At Dresden, the
boosted art center of Europe, my wife wanted
hot bath. In America when guest wants
q hot bath he rings for the chambermaid
turns on the hot water, takes It, and finds q
cents charged for 1t In his bill Well, went
down to the Office and saw the clerk about IL.
He seemed half dazed at the idea OF a bath.
and went off TO see the proprietor The pro
prfetor came putting back to the Office and
asked me what wanted.
"My wife wants n bath" said.
"All over-bath nil overY" he gaspcd.
ayes, all over in hot water"
"Hot water-hot water all over-mein Gott
i'm Himmel" he exclaimed throwing up his
hands
ayes, a hot water BATH" said: "tell the
girl 10 turn on the hot and cold water"
"But there isn't any hot water" said the
landlord; well have 10 send commissioner
10 the bath-house on Frederick strasse and
have II brought here"
"What" said in surprise, "send for bath
tub and hot water-send out for It'll"
ayes" he said, handing the commissioner
note, ut will he brought here in an hour"
went up 70 the room and awaited results.
The hotel was in an uproar. II was great
event to take bath in Dresden, and I've ex.
perienced the same trouble and surprise In
Berlin and Cologne. After waiting an houI
there was great noise and chatter In the hall
Pretty soon man and his wife came to th.
door. They were carrying something thai
looked like a coffin. IL proved TO he a long.
black, rusty bath-tub. They placed It in the
middle Of the room. Then they went dowr
two pairs Of stairs to wagon standing In
front of the hotel and commenced bringing
up hot water in large tin buckets. This
water had been heated at the bath-house o
half mile away. They soon had the bath-tut
full, and my wife took n bath Then the
thing was carried downstairs 10 the wagor
again.
When paid my bill / was charged mark,
"a cents for this bath and 30 cents for tn,
commissioner. You can never get hot BATH
In Europe for less than 60 cents II is cent.
for drink Of ice-water even with your din
ner In Paris restaurant and from 2 to {
cents for going into n Cabinet pour
Danes or Cabinet pour Hommes water
closet The other day / felt smoky and
sticky on the train and looked around at the
station for a chance TO wash. The big Seine
river was running the other side of the depot.
An old woman in the wash-room had a mint
Of water in tin basin and wanted half a
franc for the use Of 1t. told her was not
going 10 destroy the water but would simply
use il a moment She was inexorable, and |
paid the tax that cleanliness always has tc |
pay In barbarous Europe.
The Germans feed better than the French. |
Their food Is more substantial They are
stronger than the French. German msals
consist In strong coffee bread and butter for |
breakfast, table d'hote dinner at | 80 OF
soup, roast mutton or beef, chicken or duck,
and sweetmeats for dessert and beer for sup
per In the beer-gardens. Berlin has hundreds
Of beautiful beer gardens, where rich and poor
nightly. Beer seems 10 he taking
the place Of wine all over Europe. In Dion,
the center Of the Burgundy wine district,
saw nothing but beer in the gardens and
cafes In Wiesbaden, surrounded by tn
Rhine vineyards, it is all beer. The price Of
beer Is usually B cents per pint glass, except
In Munich, where 1t is 3 cents per quart mug.
The Bavarian beer Is always the best; and II
IL sold In Saxony and all over Prussia
j am panied 10 zee dram-dr mixing increas.
Ing in Germany. The English bar with
brandy and whisky begins to occupy con.
spicuous corners. Plain beer Is too thin for
the habitual drunkard. He can never drink
enough to actually kill himself or bring on
the delirium tremens. He can hardly get
red nose from beer. So, when he wants to
paint his nose red, get the delirium tremens,
and kill himself, he has TO resort to the Eng
fish bar, where the poison Is stronger and its
result more deadly.