Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-26
Dan Freeman Notes Several
Interesting Facts.
The Remarkable Piety Of the
Carlsbad People.
Even the Bankers Stop Selling Lot
terry Tickets in the Afternoon.
Plenty of Kings and Some OF them
Knaves-Noted Names on the Visitors
Books-German Self Taught
and Its Consequences.
CARLSBAD, Bohemia,
Snndou Iulu & 1901


know it is Sunday, because, on COM
ing from the springs this morning, 1
saw in few OF the shop windows this
notice: "This store will be closed at
pm. today" These few shops belong
to the ultra religious citizens of Carls-
bad. They are looked upon by their
neighbors as Tombstone saloon keeper
would regard the man who went to
church three times and to Sunday
school twice ON the Sabbath day. But
my banker is more pious than they.
He is, think, the most pious man in
Carlsbad. Yesterday he told me that
if wanted any money today | must
come in before O'Clock in the after
noon, because he said, II always
close at 2 o'clock on Sundays" Today
as passed the bank he was selling lot
terry tickets for the drawing at Vienna
tomorrow. But knew that at 2o'clock
his doors would be closed.
| never knew before that there were
so many Crowned heads" in Europe.
But there are more kings and princes
taking the waters here than you could
shake stick at At least / am so sat-
isfied that their numbers are 60 great
that could not successfully accomplish
it that / have not vet undertaken to
shake stick at any of them. There is
king in the room next to mine and
another king who came later and could
not get rooms with us, contented him
self by taking up his quarters in the ad-
joining house. / nearly ran over Queen
Natalie's good-for-nothing king yester-
day. He is looking, bloated
dude. He wears deep red neck tie,
and trousers with check six to the
square foot. Alick Battenberg is also
here. Alick was formerly on the Bull
garian throne, but my next-door neigh
Dor Ferdinand now reigns in his stead
At the Curhaus here they have visit
ors' list, or record of the names of those
who have visited Carlsbad for the waters.
It dates back to 1885, In turning over
its pages yesterday noticed many illus-
trious names-Peter the Great, Angus
tus the Strong, of Poland, Kasier Will
liam, Charley Prayer, Frederick the
| First, Prince Wallenstein, Tyler Long
street, Joseph the Second, OF Austria,
Ferdinand of Tyrol, and Beethoven.
When Peter the Great first came here
he was ordered by the doctor to take
three glasses of the waters be-
fore breakfast. But Peters idea
OF ''glass' was based upon the huge
mugs, holding about two quarts, out of
which he used to take his beer. The
first morning he had succeeded in emp
tying two of these enormous mugs, and
was struggling manfully with the third,
when. the matter having been reported
to the doctor, he arrived in time to pre-
vent Peter from bursting himself.
Frederick the Great was here Just after
the battle of Prague. But he did not
stay long. He was not looking for any
curative waters. Frederick had ''blood
in his eye'' at that time.
wish to give intending visitors to
Germany word of warning. Unless
you wish to be killed or arrested for as
sault, do not buy "German phrase
book ;" and practice using the language
you learn therein on ally Of the unsus-
pecting natives. A blow is almost sure
to follow word OF that kind. l bought
"German phrase book" and also a
German self-taught," and l studied
them carefully going over on the
steamer. Well, the first opportunity
had of showing the Germans just ex-
actly how their language should be
spoken, was in ordering breakfast at
Bremen. This is the way the German
self-taught" spells the pronun-
ciation OF the German word,
meaning breakfast" -freeynsteeyuck.
| l fred this off at the waiter, who looked
amazed, but when repeated it. he went
out and got an interpreter. After had
pronounced it very slowly to the inter
prefer three or four times, he went out
and got a policeman. l then saw mat
ters were getting serious, and produced
my book. The interpreter looked at the
word, and said to the waiter, "frestick,"
and l was saved. then found out that
the waiter spoke English very well. But
! it was narrow escape, and had
mournfully to acknowledge to myself
that thought was. GOTHAM.