New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-19
MINCE PIES IN BERLIN.
A TROUBLESOME DIsH-vON BULOWS VA
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Tho menbers of the Ladies' Union" had at
Thanksgiving time experience which they WIN
not soon forget The price of tickets to their
THANKSGIVING Day entertainment being put haif
that Of the oth r. induced many to attend. IL was
m,nce p,e narty.r But the gods and the ladies
ao,e knew the trouble it had cost TO prepare those
,,es which are unknown delicaoies IN Germanv.
rho peonle do not eat them and few have ever
tasted them Consequently pie-paDs are unknown
kitchen utensils as the ladies soon dscoVefeu.
here was not a pan to be found in the whole me-
tropoIs Luckily the pastors wife mao oroueh'
one from America and, with this as sample she
went TO n timer and ordered twenty-five duph-
cates The artisan looked at the pan in dismay ana
shrupced his shoulders In acknow ledgment OF MS
mobility to make 1t from one piece Il TIN ihoso
Americans! what don't they invent!" ne cried.
Finally he was Obliged to cut ont the bottoms and
solder the rms on afterward Thew might have
done we'll enough had the solder not melted during
fine nrocess of baking and added the constituent OF
lead to the wel-mnced meat. Richly deserved
was the vote of thanks rendered to the ladies' who
in the face of 80 many difficulties, succeeded in set
ting delightful repast
The death rate from pulmonary diseases increases
mate is certainly unfavorable for all with the least
tendencv TO weak lungs The atmosphere has
oreater perceutage of moisture than that OF almost
anv other city on the continent. Rain and fog al
ternate In the early morning the mist Is so dense
that ones clothes become damp and his SKIN uh"
pleasantly mo list. The streets even IN the not
months of summer. are seldom dry, but usuaiy oauA
and wet emi ttng vapor which frightenst tine "eaH-
lunged. Catarrh has been called the curse o
America. but Berlin people easily hold their own in
that COMPLAINT Ii is safe say that every one has
q cold from the beginning of October till the end OF
APRIL and even during the sumner MONTHS OWING
to the changeabIe weather. few are entirely exempt
Tbonoh the weather has been exceedingly damp,
as already stated, no snow has yet taiien ana WIZ
ter underc OF hing has been Unnecessary Last year
several inches of lay on the ground on Thanks
giving Day. The country Tor miles abont Berlin Is
fat and unbroken as Western PRAIRIE and
tbe ground being very sandy-Berln In
fact is built upon sand-the roads are
very heavy where not we'll cared for. which
however is the exception rather than the rule ne
statistics of the Moabte Hospital, recently pub
l1shed show that less than one-fifth OF the In
mates are consumptives In this hospital alone the
number of Iung-dseased patients reached 900.
being seventy-four more than last year, ana l3.o
DER cent Of all who hid been under treatment
against 1913 per cent IT 1885 The death rate rose
"a high a. A. 2 per cent only 33 3 per cent being
discharged as cured. Upon the whole. the number
10 not encouraging for the inhabitants OF Berlin,
and cerra My deplorable considering the annual
incease of the population
Dr. Hans Won Bulow has met with anything but
friendly greeting IN his recent Austr0-German
tours. The hatred Of the Hungarans and Bohenil-
ans among the Germans IS ooundless Especia,l ;.
in Prague where the different nations are aOout
.ouaIlv represented and ea ousy easily engineered
the bitterest expressions OF Dislike are hearu
While giving concerts there some montns ago Dr
| Won Rnlow had his progra'nme printed in HunRa-
| rian, and made short speech IN that tongue.
| That was too much On the following IN Drning tne
| papers contained leading articles on Won bulow,
| The Hungarian musician" even translating his
| name into the hated language, and he
has borne the title ever since MS 'u xsre
bovcottcd by the Germans but vlslted on hasse
| by the Hunganans who gave hlm ovation aftrI
| ovation But when he left Prague, German cltIes
| were not disposed to forgive has act ons few
| DAYS ago he vas outrageously insulted IN DRESDEN.
| he same thing happened this week 10 BresIau.
Biilow had telegraphed q friend IN Prague calling
| the HupearIans a nation of sristocrats and the
unfomnded it served 10 excite pu bic. and after
the frst symphony had been performed The demon,
Down with Bulow.' Kissing, stamping. whlstilnR
| filled the house. making further procedure lmpos-
sible until the ,nstgators had been removed Even
| then the audience remained restless and the con-
| c, IT was signal failure IL 10 SAID that Won
| Bulow will ap ear in q brochure shortly DENYING IN
toto the sentiments attributed to HIM, aud begging
again the love aud respect of a nation of which he
| has been considered an honored SOD.
| The directors Of the Exhibition lotteries have
been very unfortunate. W. weeks had gone by,
| each day witnessing a drawing. nd the last day
| was awaited with anxious interest. Many people
| had been made happy by the daily list OF lucky
tickeLs which. though not officially authorized,
contained tie numbers which fortune had probably
| favored. But when the little orphan girl put her
Into the large drum as 1t was supposed for the
| t,aAf nrnh IVA
| no clew and bulletin immediately pacarded
the door of the Art Academy, where the drawing
took D ace, announcing hat the official list must
| be delayed few days. owing To unforeseen cir
| cumstaDces TO await the decision OF the faculty.
| he Ques'Io became burning one for all jurlsts.
and during the past week ali journals opened their
| columns tor he pros" and Cons" relative to a
| second drawlnS. After prolonged debate and con-
sultaion it finally decided u institute another
drawing IN December, ana the poor mortals who
have considered them elves the lucky winners are
| doomed to disappointment