Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-07-21
THE GERMAN CAPITAL.
The Reality oi Unier der Linden -Health
OF the kaiscr--A National Prospect
Life aud Living In RerIin.

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Films" is the idea ..lJpder der Linden"
is intended IN convev' and does convey
until tho thing has 6ecn soon, .SNn,,I
the Elms.n broad-snreading thicklv
sbndowing. with grass unJerne,tb nm,
on which to stretch onc's self at fnll
length and think Of ali lovely things
and all this in the midst of n vast civ
Let MS start at once. and there make
our home.
The reality is sad epoucb. Jrnter der
Linden Ia n street with 2ouscs nun
bers. shons. nol,ces otto ,hout n mil,
long. and about two hundrcd fent broad
In the mijIlo ia . dir, walk norhan.
ff,v fce, wid, n row ~ troes on o,dh
side of il. guarded bv iron rails sun-
porteI in very ordinary STONE nos,s
typon ono side of Tho dirt footnatb ,ro
about twenty feet of thicker dirt for
horscmen; upon the other side about
twenty feet of stone roadway. Tb,n
come two more rows of trees those of
the roadway being in n narrow platc.
bande. Then on each side follow ordi-
nary street and sidewalk REACHING to
stuccoed sbons hntols and noiaoos
The limo tree in iis nroner growinr
places is a lovely tree. moi vcrv LARGE
bu, LARGE cnonoL with d,rk gyoon anj
very thick foli,gc, There src many
excellent snecimens in thn Thinr ,,ar-
ten. and evrn in some NJ tb. snn9ro,
whorc grass il allowed T., ,,rn,v h,i,,t,
seemiuS to rcnnirc tho conIn,nionShir'
of ycrdure Rut inst wL'ro nf al,
,loccs thev ought 70 rr,,v ord nonrish
lust there they win notN.,hal i. a, al
homes of those who M, ,hcr, ant A.
lines will moi grow cxnrr ,n,'nt. ara
being made with other trrr. ManIns
elms. and horse-cbestpui, have benn
substituted, but none of them seems
hearty.
The one thing To do in Berlin inst
now ia to see t6c omnornr ib,t nmn
NAV know of ones own knowledgo
far ms eyesiuht iu,narts knovlelTe bis
pbvsicaI condition and nrosnrcts Ac,
cordipp To NV oyesioht tho cbango
since the last time saw him il noin-
fully STARTLING. lie is no ionocr mnri"ht
his chest has fallen away 81 th,t bi,
orders oy.rlop. hc has hardly stron,,th
tn reach his hand tn his holmnt. bis Syo
il duh and heavy. The newsn,ners
sneak of him every mornipr ,s Laino,
fully re-establishcd in health. and aS
having worked for hours the dnv he.
fore with his yarious ministers and
generals. That can no, bc. there il M
more work in that head or in that hand
And what has the kaiser done for the
peoplep Are there anv fewer moor old
women and little. half-nourished chill.
dren working on their knees in the
fields. Juggling with feeble fingers at
the roots and weeds. as thouph their
lives depended upon it-as, indeed,
they do? And what novels they crawl
into when their days work is done, and
what they eat before they fall dead
asleep! All the while strong hus bands
and brothers are far away, watching
lest an irrita,cd foe acquire means for
revenge; and all the while, too, the
emperor, .Ailerhoechst, is distribu,-
ing medals and honors, which they
have dug out Of the ground for him.
though they are poor, sick, ignorant
starving. and helpless. There is not "A
second OF rest from labor for either
play or prayer; and what the emperor
has done the nations about him must
also do, or be ingulfed The strain
must break soon.
Another and less solemn side of the
question: Is the individual German
any better hammered than he was
twenty years ago? Is he any more
cleanly in his personal habits? Is he
any more likely to defer to a lady, un-
less he knows her name and knows that
she is a countess? Is he auy less of
most fearful nuisance when let loose in
Switzerland? Is his scholarship less
pedantic, are his ideas less vague, is
his language less confused. or his cook
ing less abominable?
There was time lust after the
French war when dinin1 in Berlin was
tolerable. OF the French prisoners. of
course, nearly the whole number knew
how to cook. For some wears their
TEACHINGS were remembered and obey
ed, but now they seem completely for
gotten. dincd Yesterday at the Cafe
de l'Europe. Each Berlin restaurant
has its fixed dinner for the day. and
YOU are expected to take it. The first
thinr, and n terror. is the dish of hors
d'nuyrcs-a vast rotating platter,
about three feet in diameter, covered
with small dishes, at least twenty in
number, each dish containing a social
ed appetizer: Italiaenischer salad,
sardines, picked herring, and ali sorts
of picked things unknown elsewhere.
Three Germans seated Mt a table next
me called at the start for champagne.
and took enough of the hors d. 'ruyres
to exhaust any non-Germap hunger.
As to the dinner, | can not (and could
noD 90 through with it. Everything
was cooked to death, aud everything
was swimming in the yilest of sauces.
Berlin is vet most deliphtful CITY,