New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02

sonc who need not dread the ordeal II the ghosts oi
their own ancestor, should appear and chacng" them
Ia the use Of III" horns and mugs about IN" Will
More drinking Of the honest Kind can always ne aoh
where there l. eating. and 30 thcr" Is eating hre' u
match the beer from Munich frankfort ausige'.
.auerkraut potato salad. black everything III
fact tha, any one who Is drinking beer has any
right TO want. II |, plac" that tempis inlp
who knows u single word Of German to speak H. ana
makes one who doe, not know a wori Of German feel
Il, n Lr knew the whole language. The temptation
o sneak the language of III" country l. 30 strong Tor
one ON whom the spirit of snch place desc'hds WIN
nowor Tim, II he has not some little gift Of tongues
he Is likely TO get into trouble. rash young """
who strollcd into such resort as thiS WIN III "c
prIdc Of the memory Of a twowrrKs' WISH 10 "'r'
many wa. 50 nattercd by the walters speaking TO
him IA German that hc sat for tvs" hours "ruerhs
all sorts Of thing. Just to display his linguistic learn
I'm, IN IN. waiter who knew enough to 90 on hnnor'
ING him. bu, must have known al IA" lime 'at n"
could talk English better. 80 delighted was Tue
young man that the next night ne came aEa'" NV"
broucht n friend who really could speak German. "s
English was the natural Language OF both "i 'h'm'
they both spoke II and the waiter heard tlein' p"'
remembering the preference for German on III" par
~ his gues OF the night before, he Used 1t exclusively
T., oddro.sIuc him. and noting the friends English
M us.d what little he had Of that language Tor MS
heu.6t Thus the poor waiter. having mnch more
German than English. tried hard 10 exercise INC h
ter for a man who would have Understood "'r"'""
u,t. os well ana poured ont III, most fluent German
for one who made II lofty prctcncc oil Satisfaction III
II and struggled to keep track oil "''' 1t ""' d"
about =, , .
There are not many Of these beer nails III low"
~ ,,r.cuy.v decorated and furnished rs the on"
,ho, has been described, but there are plenty "l'
answer the purpose In other respects. Me" anu
women who might be supposed by III" 'ehor""' '"
have something better to do come mere hiEh' 'l'',
night sit around the sam" tables, sacr'"S ''N'
in tbe case Of regular visitors. drink ana eat Nv
.moLe seriously and discuss the lame old subjects
,rhcv are rs near the land OF their fathers as 'he
rverent observance OF It's customs can bring 'heh'
Their, mr.. n few German eating AMI ir'n' Ing place.
+, Now York where no beer Is sold .''' OF tha'
We, they are the most thoroughly T. '"'" VI '''
Their. /, one In Fourtccnthst which Is p'e'"'''
Thor. * a bar In front which Is not oil mnch cohs'
ouence and behind Is Il small DARK room WIN ''"''
and chairs. There are plenty OF lights In the room
NJ night, and there ARE stained glass ""uo"S ~
,h hack OF IT, but II Is one OF those rooms already
,,o,od which no amount Of lights can ever
,.,o,,., The incandesccnt bulbs hang thick from
,h ceiling and each looks like single 'rark. visible
M itself but throwing no radhhce o any ''ls ''se
oround. Everything IN the room can .' s"m ~
,,',s a. n n were In the open street NJ nooiu'y
p' ;u, IN" room Is not bright. and II may be re-
marked finally Il it were bright y Mo h" ne ra. no.
Clare Of mirrors and gold paint In ns ey I" l oSS
around upon the dusky walls WIN .ne ',ane' n.
ms all over them. at the heads of th. nve gren
liipticai tnns set into the back Wn'l anu up AZ wv.
.ind uindows to sip a little RHINE wine ana men
~ dream The heads OF the tnns nave no tuns ne
KIND them. of course. because the other side OF th
n' Ii haioncs TO another estate ana II would take
topster's skill equal to that OF Mebhisopheles ' ~
,,npdraw ANYTHING out OF them. But IN. walter VIII
"r Won some wine from somewhere else ana then
nr,'t can think OF the place where The grapes Una,
wv 4, GREW Look at the tuns ana the queer Jug
and The Zig drinking horn high up on ihe wall ',,m
NV, wour ewes and II will not be hard To inhcs i'r
Inv stretch and the stately sweep Of the Khine. ,h'
n win the perpendicular vineyards ana me rocs,
viii their castles. year after year f,llng n,,m
VIII into dust There will be sunlight over ,he
nore '" along The green shore and filling III"
lnsbt sky that you would never see II nerc were were
nyr,,I,g sosIIght all around YOU. open Your eye,
asaIn and YOU will he no longer In New.1srk you
Iii and yourself IN u quiet. dusky. srioRy Wihe
VIII VIII, ~ somc pleasant lazy old town a. III" lihine
The people around Will be talking erm"m o, y"
yiii disturb your imagination I'LL you are reamy 10
W., vour reckoning In American money ana Walk on,
n"a,9 into Fonrtccnth-st. fon may travel Jar anu
nj, many lands on Manhattan Island. nut !our
xi, VIII be nowhere more nearly perfect than
IN Inc New.York Rhine country