The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-01

Countries Whars Water ID only Used "a
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Countries where Water d Only ussd fos.
A European eorrespo lent writes:f
The most expensive thing 4 ana the
hardest thing hin IL getin iprop eS ~ plain
water AT the hotels even iii III 9Switzer.:
land, where the ice.c rowned Alps are ii:
sight, they charge yon: fors iioeI Water To-
drink. There ID no water on .the cars
and at the stations they look at .yon id
amazeInemt il You ask for IL 10 pro-
ttect myself I now carry a bottle Of wa.
ter strapped to my carpet bag. One
day in the Bon March in Paris, where
they employ ct least ], 20U clerks, my
wife, who was making piurch Eases, asked:
sh q clerk to b King enough t. size az
a what r. he exclaimed ii suttel,
amazement. - - .,
. "a glass of water-plain, wet water
repeated my wife. 81 B
i There isn't such . thing II thestore, I
said the clerk. SIs &
{ But in this great store what 40 you
do! when You get thirsty ??n asked my
why; We wait till noon orSnight and
drink asbottleSoo wine.s Il Il 8.
But u lit is hard to get sas glass 81
water n Franc 3. Witzerland Sor Ger
many to drink, how much: harder lit i
to get enough for q 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 d
hot bath. in America, when i guest
wants Q hot bath, he rings for tho
chambermaid, turns on the hot water,
takes it, and finds 25 cent?. charged foi
it in his bill. Well, II went down "a
the ofice,and saw the, clerk about II.
He seemed half dazed at the idea Of q
bath, and went off to- see the5 pro.
prietor. The proprieto came putting
back to the office and asked me- what J
wanted. si,,: 10 e
s Ny wife wants . bath, said.
i All over bath all soyer 2" he, asked.
Yespsu over, in hot water. z. = lsgs,. 81
f Hot; water hot water all over
meme Colt IN himmel r. he exclaimed
throwing up his hands. Es ~. y
Yes, q hot water BATH / said, Z. tell
the girl to turn 1.-THE hotand the cold
water" q. i 81 aia &
i. But there isn't any hot sw1aater,a
said the landlord; wesawill shaYe
to send missioner to the bath
house on Frederick Strasse and have il
brought here. ;! s3s
aS' What r. I said Id, surprise, I send TO,
9 bathltub and hot water send out for
? IT. p"s}
""Yes,' 4 be said, handing the commits.
sioner 2 note, ssit viii be brought here
IN an hour, q s'a's's S.
7 went up to the. roomsa and awaited
results The hotel Sswas in an uproar.
1 It was great event to takes bath in
Dresden, and I've experienced the
same trouble and surprise in Der
lin and Cologne. After waiting
an hour there was z q great noise
) and clatter in the hall. Pretty soon a
man and his wife came to The n door.
They were carrying something that
looked like 9 coffin. Il proved It'd be q
long; black, rusty bath tub. They
placed itin the midi lie Of the room.
Then they went down two pair of stairs
ito q wagon standing in front Of the
hotel and commenced bringing up hot
water il large tin buckets. This water
had been heated in the bath house hall
. milessWay. They soon had the bath
tub full, and my wife took her bath.
Then the thing was carried down stairs
again.
When Il paid my bill I was charged
three marks as cents for this bath
and thirty cents for the commission.
3er. YouS Gun never gets hot bath
IN Europe for less than sixty cents.
:It is s cents even for q drink Of ice
water even with your dinner IN q Paris
Ssstaurant ard from 2 to 5 cents fol
going into cabinet pour DANES or q
.cabnet pour hommes (water closet.
The other day / felt smoky and sticky
aon the train and looked around at the
station for q chance to- wash. The big
Seine river was running the other side
Sof the depot. An old woman in the
wash room. had q pint Of 5waterSin tin
basin and wanted half q franc; for the
use of it: i told her T was not going to
destroy the water but would simply
nBe it 8 moment. She was inexorable,
and I paid the tax that cleanliness al,
ways has to pay in barbarous Europe.
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