The sun., 1888-04-22
THE ENGLISHAAN'S BATH AND THE
MYSTERIES OF THE GERMAN BED.
The Crown Prince, Idsi Of Two AIlllou
Soldiers Trained to EiEht-The Hatred ol
Mack onzie-Ham Sandwich Dlssipation

The Crown Prince, Adsl OF Two Million
Soldiers Traiued to Fisht-The Hatred OF
Mack kenzie-Han Sandwich Dissipation.
BERLIN, March 3O.-When a man an
nounces in q German hotel that he has made
up his mind to take a BATH wave OF in
credulity. baffied wrath and alert resentment
sweeps over the establishment. The chamber
maid rushes after the waiter. he brings the
manager and finally the proprietor comes up
and looks the guest over with an air Of dim
melancholy.
why" he asks sadly. ".do youltake bath
to- o-nightf"
Because want it"
"Here-in this room2"
"Of course. don't propose to 60 on the roof
OF the hotel"
"Oh. well, all right" the proprietor says with
the air of u man who washes his hands OF q
transaction that involves suspicion OF mur-
der at the very least. II you will do it. 1t
must be done. Hans, a hot bath for A."
The waiter mutters something beneath his
breath about the eccen;ricty of foreigners
and goes sadly away; Presently he looks In
again and remarks that it is after O'Clock.
Tons ton @ % happened en- % IN this case
to- be an English merchant occupying an ad-
came into my room In pnIamas and seothing
rage. and delivered an elonuent oration about
the resaleitrant spirit with which the Germans
e 4: = s fss q
next half hour; The one idea That seemed to
ths the hqts son ooa ss
necessity of stopping the rash project of No A.
ure, % grim and complete. About 10 O'clock the
putting and grunting Of body Of men was
heard on The stairs, and presently f. two walters
which consisted In equal parts of green paint
sasF so rad rust THY drgppsd 4 n lhs
souled. Teutonic enthusiasm, took or their
coats, pulled np their sleeves, and fell to work
from the sub-basemcnt TO the third floor in
by tbs time half the guests in the hotel had
meant fire or another dead Emperor. When
at that hour of the night. the excitement was
more intense than It would have been as the
result Of new death at tho palace or genu-
Tho satisfaction Of my English acquaintance
should have repaid all the attendants Tor their
SIsi SrspaTs Tor hIs bath: The cham bsrmsld ,sad
sTs through aH to the end There WAS nothins q aa
ssnss shsy ssnsd to Il On
u this proceeding struck the GERMANS as
seek satisfaction In the widespread, unequiv-
ocal. and enduring aniHZement Of the world at
large that Y people 50 advanced 10 good sense sense
Insist upon passing their nights :. in that
most astounding OF medieval relies. The
first q these beds must have, been a,
| who had passionate desire 10 slesp. In
ths pose Of Q half-open jackknife. with his feet
out IN the cold, and = large and robust weight
on the pit of his stomach In the shape Of full;
blown mattress. No foreigner has as vet solved
| the mystery of tho German bed. The question
which most often turns up is whether TO sleep
90 the TOP Of the mattress and sufer an equal
tress 81 and l TO- I rea no IN Ell iI ar I nb HI in sec
| tions. A tail man and. German bod form
about ~ ineonRIYous and grstched'a eonbina-
| can show.
The man who knows It all stands at the on