Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-21

also presen ted changes in style OF construction
new to US, but some suggestions of which we
mad seen in Bavaria. The points of the gables
Of the roofs we're sometimes sliced Of
and the new poin. adorned with pinnacle
or toweret: then agair false front made the
outline of the gable appear y compound curve.
| With The succeed walls painted in frescc style.
in colors generally of white. slate or brown
| and niche furnished with an image the whole
| had somewhat theatrical effect. The town
| pump" fountain of simple character, ha wing
only some trifiing characterization, rises at one
| side of a basin across which the water is con-
| Quoted by metal trough to a point where a
| platform at the foot of the basin enables even
the shortest local Rebecca TO fill her bucket.
| DRAWING THE FAMILY WATER SUPPLY
Watch these Rebeccas as they flock in twos
and threes at eventide to procure the family
water supply. They release themselves from
the eliptical buckets. which they carry on their
| backs. slung from their shoulders, by backing
up to the ledge Of the basin. where they rest
| their burdens while they deity slip their arms
| from the straps. and all without pause in
their conversation with the admiring Isaacs
who have already joined them. Their gar
| nents of cheap cotton prints are Of all combi-
/ nations of colors; pink skirts with blue waists
| blue skirts with pink waists red aprons. brown
aprons, yellow handkerchiefs, purple handker-
chiefs, making each fair one a veritablo rain
| bow. Many Of the German peasant girls are
| nice looking. some really handsome. bat they
1 dIc NOT eQuti. III our eStlmatlOn. 70 the Bone
milan girl, who is Of a softer. more Saxon type
They are more shy, too, or perhaps
1t Is only custom, for while the
dark-eyed German girl hesitates not to
| exchange ''guten tag" with us, and even
| volunteers to do 80. the Bohemian girl says
nothing: While We are upon the subject Of the
ladies', the Vienna girl, the pride and boast of
Austria, must not be overlooked. Yes. she too
is pretty" and shapely. with air of piquancy
| which. while not amounting TO boldness, gives
70. do Sba% .Io~ al,
| resistible.
THE LITTLE BOHEMIANs
laughed heartily at seeing two men like us
riding on those ridiculous small wheels, and
| methinks that even vet we hear their shrilI
peals of laughter and shouts to one another as
| they follow at our heels through the village
streets. We never thought we looked so very
amusing. but perhaps We do, for G. is tall
and long of limb, and make up my deficiency
In longness by breadth of beam. The vocation
of the little Bohemians of both sexes is that of
tending the focks of geese, for the Use of which
| all the villages maintain ponds generally
! within the village. Why many geese? Eat
| them? Yes. but not excessively. Occasionally
you see a flock the members of which look de-
cidedly seraggy and ungenti!e. The feathers
are missing from their breasts and this tells the
story. The hve-goose-feather industry in Be-
hernia is an important one, and the focks
whiten the roads and every other available inch
| Of ground.
TWO BREEZY VIENNA GIRLS.
spending a summer holiday at the inn at
Bischoff Teinitz, town of some importance
near the German border. where we spent our
| first night in Bohemia drew from us, by artfnI
questioning. first our nationality, then The
story OF our tour where we had travelled and
where We expected to travel before our return
home. There was nothing in this catechising
much dissimibSr to what we had been put
A
ton was prorounded now: Are either Of you
marriedI' We responded trutbfully in the
| negative. Following this came the sumner
| Are you promised?' and we discreetiy with
drew to the security of ou- private apartment
lest we be carried before the nearest officer
authorized to administer oaths for general pur-
poses and sworn in willy-nilly.
| INTEREST IN AMERICANS.
That you are an American carries with il the
uneliminatable belief tina. your wealth is fabu.
lous; and wha. has greater charm for the world
| Of mankind and wohankind than wealth? Our
| appearance we sat in the gastzimmer of some
! body or others gasthaus 1t Schrems Lower
Austria. writing up our Journals as we waited
| the coming of our midday repast. did not indi-
cate wealth. even if We had any present or pros
| pective. Our hair disheveled and even
| our faces and hands not entirely clean perhaps
| for such thing making any sort of toilet
before meals il unheard of. Coatless hat
less and suspenderless. wearing no ties and
with the sleeves of gray flannel shir htly
rolled up from the wrists, our shoes and stock
ings white with dust, and bre eches similarly
adorned. We excited no interest in the minds OF
| the two old fellows who, between drinks and
! pulls Mt their pipes. conversed together and
| even gave us an occasional glance. Just as they
would look at table or other piece of furni-
| ture that fell within the range Of their vision
| THE OPEN SESAME
Conversation at length Jagged with them and
one addressed US in Bohemian. Our don +
understand look showed that was a language
with which were not familiar and our in
! terrogator tried German with greater success
, The fact was soon divulged, in response to the
set questions, which we can always anticipate
| SO often have heard them that we were
! .'AneTicaners.' Broad smiles o erspread the
faces of the two old men at this announcement
and they moved forthwith their beer and pines
! to our table and, drawing up their chairs
seated themselves for a chat One had A
brother and q son in "Chikkago," with the
! accent on 'Chik." That's what he said any,
| way. The frauein who had delivered our mea
in an indifferent manner, such as common
sort Of people might expect passing the door
| at the instant, witnessed the change of base on
the part of the patriarchs, and, to satisfy
euriositys promptings. entered the room
| ON some osteasible errand, lingering about
to learn from the conversation who and
what these persons were that the two
| old Hers should have become so in
terested in them. Some mention of "Amerika'
soon furnished the cue, and she fitted from
the room. to resppear shortly wearing a
clean apron. There was room for another ne xt
us, on the end OF the bench. and here fraulein
placed herself. edging a word into the CONVEX
! satiOn when she could. and showing in various
little ways that she was now quite Interested in
rs, if she had not been previously. As we
eNcha nged cards with the ''Cbikkago" man. she
besonght that she might. too, have our cards. 70
| which We with becoming graciousness assented
such are some OF the almost daily experiences of
the wheeling American. coming in contact with
people in q manner not experienced by other
travellers. and in places where his like has never
before been known.
IN THE FARMING COUNTRY.
The Bohemian hills, yellow with ripenei
grain rs Ear as the eye can reach. reminded US
of the graiI-growing regions of the great
northwest at home. Barley and rye seem to
be the staples, and it was literally the hand Of
the harvester they awaited. for the work of the
resping and binding is ali done by hand. q
respins or harvesting machine being q rarity.
On The ride TO vienna, both in bohemia and
Austria proper. we saw literally thousands of
people, the majority women. at work In the
fields harvesting She grain, but not as many as
three machines The orchards are planted
along the roadside. and cherries were ripe
We obtained a liberal quantity. When the
fruit of . tree hiss been sold or IL otherwise
especially reserved, wisp Of straw is fast
ened to q boegh and thereafter il 10 an es-
pecially offensive offense TO take any fruit from
that tree 1t Is an interesting diversion, how
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