Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-12
water In Europe.

Iii ElhAAA1 AsNttNAt-
The most expensive thing and the hardest
thing to get In Europe l. pure water. AT the
hotels even in SWit2eriandl Whete lht w
crowned Alps are IN sight, they tnaiss ~
for iCe-water 10 drink There i no Will
On the ears and at tie stations they lpok ~
vou in amezement you ask for II. 10
protect myself now lrry poteie "' "a'ei
strapped t. my carp bag .
But If il is hard % ct a glass oi Hatel ~
Fmuce. switzerland OF Germany to drink
low much harder c u TO gel enough lOr
bath The idea OF water enough 70 pdthe
in all over sets them wind AZ preston, the
b1asted art center 9l EnIuPes my WE
wanted a hot bath. IN America Wueli
rHesf' wants a not bath he rings Tor the
cHambernHid, turns on the hot water, takss
IT, and fnds - cents charged for 1t IN MS hlll.
Well 1 went down to tine office and saw the
clerk about it. He seemed half dazed at the
idea OF a bath, and went of 10 see the pro
prietor. The proprietor came putlng back
to the Office and asked me what | wanted,
my wife wants n oatr," ! said.
All over-bath all over" he gasped.
Yes. all over in hot water"
Hot water--hat water all Oyer-mein Colt
i'm HimmelH he exclaimed throwing up his
hands.
Yes q hot-water bath. said; tell the
girl to turn on the he and cold water
"Bul there isn't any not water, said the
landlord well have to send a commits
sioner to the bath-hOu-e on Frederick strasse
and have it brought here"
"WhatW | said IN surprise send Tor
bath tub and hot water-send out for it?'
Yes, he said, handing the commissioner
a note, lit viii be brought here in an hour.
went up to the roc m and awaited resuHs.
The hotel was in an Aroar. IL was a great
event to take a bath il Dresden, aud We eN-
perienced the same to uble and surprise III
Berlin and Cologne. After waiting an ho III
there was great noise and CHATTER III lnu
hall. Pretty soon a man and his wlle CANT
To the door They were carrying something
that looked like a coffin, ltRroyedl I 10 pe 4 /
long, black, rusty bathtnp ihey place van n
in the middle of the room. Then they WIZ
down two pairs OF stairs TO a wagon s,dii.ii. i
in front OF the hotel and cqminehceu DIN, rIf
ing up hot water in large IN buckets' us
water had been heated NJ the bath,nouse
hdf mile away They soon mao M ~, pp ~
tub full and my vile took bath. lheh th'
filing was carried down stairs to the Wagon
again. ,,,,.5
marks a. cents for his bath aud - cent
iur the commissioner NOu can never get I
hot bath in Europe for less than OO cents, |
j. cents for a drink Of Ice water even VIII
your dinner in a Paris restaurant, aud iron
10 . cents for going Unto a Cabinet pou
DANES or ~ Cabinet -Four Hommes (wate
c.pset). The other day ! felt smoky an(
sticky on the train and looked ground a. N.
station for afhanee Ia wash. The big Sein'
river was running at the other side OF tn
depot An old woman in the wash room
had a pint Of water in a tin basin and want
ed half "a franc for the use of it. | told her
would simply Use IL a moment She wa
memorable, and paid the tax that ceahh
ness always has to pay in bnrbarons Europe
The Germans feed better thHu the french
Their food is more substantial. They ar
Stronger than the French German meal
consist in strong coffee, bread and bntter 70
breakfast q table dhUte dinner at ! 80 o
soup, roast mutton or beef chicken or duck
and sweetmeats for dessert, and beer 10
supper in the beergardeus Berlin ha
hundreds dt beautiful beer glrdeus, wher
rich and poor eOngregate nightly. Bee
seems to be taking the place OF wine al
over Europe. n Dion. The center of N
Burgundy vino district | saw nothing by
beer in the garden and cafes, In WiesbadeI
surrounded by lie wine vineyards 1t Is al
beer. The price OF beer is usually tire
cents per pin lass except in Munlcf
where Il is three cents per quart mug. IN
BaynrlAn beer i, ilways the hest; ana II !
sold in SaXOny an j all over Prussia
/ am panied 10 sPc dram-drinkmg hcfei'
ng in Germany The English bar, wit
brandy and whisky begins to occupy col
Spicu6ug corners. Plain beer l. too TIL
for the habitual drunkagd lie ca
never drink enough 10 actually Kill hlnse
or bring on the dellriam tremeus' lie ca
hardly get a red nose from beer. so, VINE
he wants Ia paint his nose red gel the deIir
nm tremens' aud kin himself he has To n
sort to The English bar, where the poison
stronger aud its result, more deadly
Ills still question OF considerable doul
which a woman epu do be-t-lriNc heh G