The daily critic., 1890-07-07
FROM BERLIN
G0SSIPY LETTER FROM A WASHING
T0NIAN IN THE FATHERLAND.
4 wei Known Lawyer writes About
Drinking Customs, BIsmarok, the
military aud tho Ladies-A
Romantic story.

BkNLlNt June 6S.-luStedQ OF going
direct to Madrid, as my friends in Wash.
ington we're led to believe l am now
engaged in writing this at the Central
Hotel in Berlin My room fronts on a
large court. in which military band is
playing alternating with sacred and
operate music In fact, | was awak.
ened this Sunday morning by the strains
Of Luther's hymn,
Germany, as all the world knows. is q
great country for music, and as a col
seq uence the concert gardens here In
Berlin are very numerous. OF course
no one thinks of listening 10 the music
without paying homage either 10 Gam
brinus or Bacchus. It is very amusing
sight TO see people drinking Weiss beer
"a Berlin speciality
FROM A wAsHTUB.
/ measured one Of these drinking YES
sells and found It to be ten inches in
diameter and five inches in height A
peculiar custom is that several persons.
friends. Of course, are often seen drink.
ing out Of one Of these small washtubs.
also noticed other immense glasses
that looked like fish globes
There are a great many wOrshippers
Of Seidl in this country, but Il is not
the "Seidl" the New York girls rave
over so much. Large beer glasses with
covers are called 'seidls" in this coun-
try. To write about Germany without
referring to its drinking customs is OF
course, impossible, but / have said
enough about beer
In my strolls through the Berlin
streets | have frequently noticed carts
drawn by
A WOMAN AND A DOG.
My nature, Of course. rebelled against
such a sight, and | need make no com.
ments TO Americans as to its barbarity
In my journey from Hamburg to Berlin
| often saw women engaged In making
hay This, Of course is comparatively
light labor. and women, | suppose, must
be used for agricultural work when the
young men are taken from their homes
TO serve in the army
Speaking Of soldiers | must refer TO
an amusing sight witnessed In Ham
burg that reminded me of a modern
painting. Imagine a lot of soldiers on
one side Of a picket fence, aud on
the other side number Of nurse girls
with bare arms and the funniest of IT,.
tie caps, laughing and chaitering like
magpies and looking admiriugly at
their beaux
While In Hamburg-vhich by the
way Is a very attractive city with many
parks and water basins-I noticed a
crowd at street corner. NY curiosity
being aroused / went mp and beheld the
greatest modern German,
PRINCE BISMARCK
As he descendrd from his carriage aud
stood In the crowd 90 his way to the
pcsioilce he lowered above all other
men. He WIS dressed In the Culrassicr
uniform and wore yellow fatigue cap
with large gold band. do not re-
member ever having read OF his failing
eyesight, but he wore spectacles on this
occasion. The people Of Hamburg are
not over fond OF Bismarck, because he
took away from them certain rights
which they possessed while Hamburg
was a free city and port.
On the way to Berlin passed Fried
richsruhe, twenty Eve kilometres from
Hamburg, where Bismarck Is supposed
10 remain in exile; but as you we'll
know from recent news, the old man Is
too restless 10 remain at home, and he
likes TO talk. do not think that En-
pefor William will dare 10 use repres
siye measures against the maker Of
Germany.
AS one approaches Berlin there Is no
mistaking It's proximity, because soldiers
are seen everywhere, The rank and
file OF the infantry look very much
LIKE Our MARINES
IN their white troWseTs, blue coats aud
helmets. The officers Of the dragon
regiments wear the handsomest uni.
forms-light blue frook coats and dark
trousers, with plenty Of gold trimmings.
II Is evident that they have hard time
getting into their trousers and coats.
because both are worn very tight, and
the waists Of some would be envied by
many Of our society ladies' mean. of
course, the older ones. because our young
bellies always have slender waists. This
brings me TO speak Of
THE BERLIN LADIES,
and / must confess that many false
impressions have been removed from
my mind BY seeing their neat and at
tTaetive dresses aud hats and bORnets
that, as far as ! know and have seen, do
not differ from Partisan and New York
styles.
Another thing that struck me is that
one sees so few eOTpulent persons,
while with US, particularly ia large
cities, il Is The exception. rather than
the rule, 10 see a slender German.
The main street Of BeFlin, as you
know, Is "UnieT den Linden, but /
must confess ] was not impressed very
much by H. II should never be com
pared 10 the Avenue des Champs
Elysee Of Paris as some writer's have
done Inter den Linden-the street
itself. not the houses-is somewhat on
the order Of
OUR NEW YORK AVENUE
between Ninth and Fourteenth streets.
with a central way for pedestrians and
two ways on either side, paved, re-
spectiyely, with asphalt aud stone, for
light carriages and heavy wagons.
An American flag on one Of the
houses was, Of course, a very pleasing
sight, and naturally, / hastened over
and read the sign
'AMERICAN BAR
II vas q 'bar only n name. because
the counter was presided over By three
attractive German girls, who understood
only q little English, contained all sorts
Of eatables, and the bar was rather
what we would call q restaurant How
ever, / sat down at a table "a made
ds E0stgH-aud looked over The bin Of
fare. / wanted poTk and leans, but
had 10 take beefsteak-VeTy well cooked.
by the way
While thus engaged a tall man
wearing a large s.ouch hat walked D. i
recognized bin at once as an Anne au.
and of course bad 70 speak % hin
found lie vas
COLONEL JOHN 81 BURKE
general manager III Buffalo
Wild West Y0u can Teadi u
agine what happened after this. lie