Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-06
dawn. It is not worth while to come
unless they can stay until tits broad day. :.

dawn. It is not worth while to come
| unless they can stay until tits broad day.
American Girls in Europe.
No country ever had such representatives.
abroad as America has in her young women.
The number of them who are beautiful and
as good as they are fair is surprising, and,
while there are few phenomenally absurd
in their aspirations, many have brilliant
talents. There are idlers and trif1ers, Of
course, but the rule is fanatical industry,
| perseverance in the most arduous tasks, self
denial effort SO strenuous that one wishes
there could be better distribution of in
dulgence. The independence of the Amer
lean girls is not so misunderstood in Europe
as it was generation ago They have es-
tablished themselves as a class. l do.
not mean the freshly-rich, the loud and
dressy and assured, but the earnest, eager
travellers and students whose reputation for
being saucy and charming is exceeded by the
fame Of their virtue and the fierce resent
ment with which they repel impertinence:
There has been q reconstruction of the In
come tax that Germany is not likely to lind
profitable in the long run. There was rea-
son for the revision of the tax. 1t cut so
low as to strike the wages Of the laborlng
man, and was so loose in construction that
the incomes of capitalists we're largely I'M
touched. The new tax exempts sum cover
ing the compensation for manual labor, and
is SO severe and sweeping THAT evasion by
the highest-placed fsvorites Will be we'll
nigh impossible. The point that interests
the American colony is that all persons re-
siding in Germany are to be taxed, no mat
ter Of what country they are citizens, or
what is the source Of their income.
The rate of the tax is, 1 am informed,
fraction over 5 per cent.
Americans Taxed in Germany.
A citizen of the United States with an in
come of $50, 900, living in Germany, has to
pay an income assessment of about -, 500,
and that is, of course. in addition to his con-
tributions 10 the public treasures at home.
If he remains abroad he is likely. to find a
country where there is less liberality in
charges. The income tax will destroy the
inducement Of economy. A professional
gentleman of my acquaintance in Berlin was
asked by the tax gatherer what his income
was, and truly said he did not know, that
he received fees, and it was impracticable to
be accurate as to the annual amount The
question was asked: "What rent do you
pay?" and he answered 1000 marks.
''Then," said the acute off ficial. mo man is
likely to pay more than one-6fth of his in
come for his apartments. We shall assess
you on an income of TO- 900 marks" 1t will
be observed that the German system is
thorough -.-. ..
The best accommodations from Berlin to
Paris are inferior to those afforded by the
American sleeping cars. 1t is the habit. Of
complacent travellers to say that European
sleepers are now as good as we have at
home, but it is not so. The sleepers of the
Europeans are divided into staterooms,
with narrow hall on one side, and rather
ot ArAc
who wish to wash their faces in the MORN
ing can do it in hot water only, if they do
not happen to know that they should ask
for bottle of cold water to reduce the tenn
| perature of the supply from the engine.
There is lack of delicacy in some Of the
| adjustments that gives point to the defense
Americans are enabled to make of their
| sleeping cars. Then, gentlemen are at lib
erty to smoke in the hall and their own
compartments, and the consequence is the
| whole car reeks with the fumes Of bad
| tobacco
Customs Officers Hunt Tobacco.
You can register trunks in Berlin for
! Paris so that they pass the frontier without
examination, and are handled by the officers
of customs in Paris; but the small luggage
the basket. shawl strap, valise and hand
| bag baggage-must be looked after when
| the line between the two countries Is
reached. Upon the door of your compart-
ment comes "tapping as Of someone rap
ping" and YOU are informed in French that
| the hour is 4:3O A. NJ, and at you must
appear with hand traps You do so and are
| marched into a cold room with long,
curved counter like bar of insufficient
height. The examination is not strict.
The officers are hunting for tobacco. They
have passion for cigars, and if you are not
guilty of having supply of smoking ma
terials it does not much matter what else
you carry.
The European cigar is so bad that con-
gratulate myself 1 smoke no more. The
cigar of Europe is representative of the in
fuence of government monopoly in manu-
factures The italian, fear, is the worst
1t is long, thin. rough, black, like Pitts
burg toby, and through the center runs q
broom straw, which is pulled out before
the fire is applied. IF it were not for the
precaution the straw represents do not see
how smoke could be obtained.
Bad Tobacco Smells Everywhere.
When it is ascertained that you are not
irving to smuggle German tobacco into
France, YOU are permitted to enter a pas
sage, from which in due time you emerge
into the station and find your sleeping car,
| smelling like everything else, of tobacco.
If they only had a little good tobacco in
Europe to mix with the bad should not
mind it so much. While you wait in the
| passage, you can go to the buffet and take a
lunch of hot bouillon and hot chicken. or
cold meats, with French bread, wine and
brandy.
The expense of travelling by rail in France
is very great. The exactions for special ac-
commodations are excessive. Children above
the age of are full price, and for those be-
low that age it is troblesome to get tickets.
Expenses in France are at least one-thlrd
higher than in Germany, and the American
finds very often in Paris that articles he de-
sires to purchase may be had for lower rates
at home The Americans abroad are, in
deed, taxed to pay for enormous military
establishments of which we hear so much.
Paris is chilly. There is light fog, and
it is damp, penetrating air we breathe. In
Berlin all the windows are double. In Paris
they are single, and not well weather.
stripped. In Berlin there are monumental
stoves that impart a gentle warmth and
maintain an equable temperature. The
Partisan fireplace is small and provoca-
tion. You can, at great expense, burn your
shoes while your back freezes. But delici-
Gus bread, butter, coffee and eggs are fur
nished, and the beds have an air of comfort.
Still, Paris is cold, cold world.
MURAT HALsTEAD.
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