The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-12-12
TEMPERANCE READING.
TIE Lighter" DRINKS.

Drinking Countries of Europe.
There seems to be a general impress
sion that the lighter beverages, beer
and wine, will drive out the more in
toXicating. Discriminating license laws
are made so as to favor them. For ar
gument and example to support this
impression we are hidden to look to
the wine and beer districts of France
and Germany. Travellers coming home
tell us many stories of delightful even
ings spent in beer-gardcns, and of
pleasant afternoons at the cafe They
say that they saw no intoxicated per
son. Further, they tell us that the
water is so bad that it is impossible to
drink it with safety to ones health;
that wine is very cheap, and ALWAYS
placed upon the hotel table free. All
this has an influence upon the minds
OF men, and makes one think thatnot
ing would be so beneficial to real Tenn
pcrance as the establishment of the
beer-gardcn and cafe in every town and
city. Are these things so? For one, /
saw a very different state of things.
Nv y! N'ii"iS Oi1N'l9i SoVS WIN lrlehu
OF lrlehqS' ana sees the best side OF
thlhgs' went alone, without even a
@uiGe OF courier depending upon my
guide-book for information to get about
the highways and byways and cities
My eyes looked upon a very different
state of things in regard to these drink
ing customs. Perhaps having no
Irleliu WIN me- ana mihglmg with the
PI;oPiu, "S el"oleu u, III Il SIX months
81 II ~ sec Spiilo 'l'll9S as Chey are
D1,Jl ""S 'lcIe ?reater Iallacy
PIoh!ui%'Vcu th"ii thaI 1t Is necessary
~ "ilHN vine Ill Europe on account OF
tne water oeIl@ SO PAD drank the
N''ol T'cIS mere lreGiH' even IN ven
IT, icu' w, Miltie an lne urIHN9% water Is
oiG"Sn ~ rom 'lie hi"li,!a a.! IN ooatS'
anu experienced no dllllcuIty or I'M
Ple"sT'ily cIlec'S' lhere IS no better
""lel' ~! DelIeNe' 'lj'l tilat Iouhd III EI'-
rope: " ME 'raVGIefS. unaccuStomed
W vine II, nome urihKlhg II IN europe,
were con'lhualiy on the SlcK-llSt, en-
JoGto Spienalu hGaltn' ana mad no dill
cHIty III taxing the longest tramps in
| every Clty ana town That L visited.
l, from NE" YORK pack to New York,
thouSh gong OUT IN poor health, |
ioulo no necessity 70 use WINE or Splr-
us Vi any hlni' ana ana not 90 so. L
louho o'herS DONG IKE myself, but the
IlaJ9rlIy were W'hc-taEers and beer
uLlIiNerS' many OF ~hem not from neces-
Slty' out because they liked 1t, and 1t
was part Oh the "TRIP.
AS TO VINE at the hotel table, at many
taole hote dlhherS VINE Is furnished
| lTee' put II Is generally as poor as 1t Is
cnea p fG or. even poor VINE you will
pay from ll1ty cents pint up.
IL seems strange to hear men speak
Oh tilere peih@ no drunkcnnesS IN Ger
many nave sometimes asked myself
where We're thelreye OF what was their
ueIIi'loh OF drunkenness. shall GER
fanny never forget a certain Sunday
spent IN cologne, where L saw more
drunken men IN the street than l had
ever seen IN any one day IN any Amer
lcah city' AS 1t was a special testal
uay' tnlS might nave been the cause OF
more urhklhg.
but the peer garden! Its home is in
Mui'lcIi' mere II hourlShes IN all ITS
| glory mere are peer gardens and
ptGI SaruehS. but WISH 10 speak not
OF inc lower but OF the higher class.
Inc hi@her class IN Munich are all open
TO the street, protected from 1t, how
| ever py hl@h IRON railing. II you
WISH 10 enter you 20 through an IRON
! gaze take your seat at a small table,
ana ofdcf glass OF beer; that Is the
! r"IF'nce zee me pace Is beautifully
ti2hTeu WIN coIofed IlghtS, and
p'ulG PIayS th'rG as only German
o"iiu can pay Inc lights and music
'h"h' ,Il' PIace seem IKE maryland.
started on, one evening from the 'HolrI
| VI I!le rour seasons not TO 90 m
ouI 10 look on from the outside at three
! or lour OF these beer gardens (evcrY-
tillh$ can be seen from the street,.
! AS 1 looked ON at eIGnt or nlne
o clock, SAID: ''HoW delightful it IS
IN lhere! Men seem to be enjoying
themselves so much. There are women
and cmIdren, too. What happy time
/ they are having over their beer! |
MINK | must be wrong | am too old
iaSht'ned IN my ideas Then the
lhou@lt occurred: Watch these gardens
| lntll they close tID; come around every