The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-07-26
A YEAR IN EUROPE.
Miss Ella Powell Tells of Ber Experiences
In the World.
Atzantu Co7,stitutioa,

/ MISS Ella fOWell; WIN WeuG W LII
rope more than year ago with party
of Atlantians, has just returned to the
city. She spent an unusually long
time on "the other side" and thor
oughly pro6ted by her exceptional op.
portunities for seeing the people and
studying the customs Of that older land
that both from it's likeness and differ
ences to our own must always be
peculiarly interesting. To Const,ta-
tion reporter Miss Powell talked very
entertainingly of her trip. She said ::
IT left New York on May Of last
year in company with Mrs. S. G. Ven
able, Mrs. Charley Venable, Misses
Leila and Lizzie Venable, Mr.. G. D..
Hill and Mr.. Walter Venable, who re-
turned with us. 1 was not at all sea
sick and had most delightful voyage.
Indeed, none Of the party were sea
sick at all. I think on account Of the
character Of the vessel and the slow
ness Of the voyage. We sailed on the
north German Lloyd steamer, Ems, and
went directly to Bremen, taking eleven
days to make the voyage. This is q
most delightful line Of steamers in
spite Of their slowness. Everything
is we'll fitted up and each steamer
carries an excellent band, discoursing
the best music-German music-a
great attraction to me not possessed
| by any other line.
| aBesides the music that made the
trip most pleasant was our party and
the friendships that were made during
the voyage, such friendships as are
| made nowhere else.
1 'Then the officers Of the ship were
SO kind to us. There is always some
! thing so trustable in German |
always like. All the foreigners on the
ship made much of our party, especial
| ly Of Miss Lizzie Venable, who they
thought had face like the Sistine
Madonna. We were entertained with
music and took part in a concert for
the benefit of the German sailors.
''The first port we touched at was
Southampton, beautiful harbor and
city, but what I shall last forget is the
glorious sunset we saw there.
i 'Here we caught our first glimpse
Of the staggering English dudes, with
their red neckties, checked clothes,
broad as and STOPPING shoulders and
speaking language more difficult to
understand than French. Fortunately
the frescoing on the steamer did not
prove prophetic, as I had almost fear
ed. It represented sea monster and
wrecked vessel and was calculated to
give the first voyager somewhat
canny sensation.
ssThe first thing that struck me on
landing was the lack Of water. There
was really none to be had and the
natives stared when it was asked for.
Kentucky is nothing to be compared
to il. We were all finally compelled
to take to the national beverage and
found it to be not 80 bad after all.
Indeed, some Of the party rather liked
| it. At Bremen we visited a large
cellar called Sub-Rosa under the old
town hall building. Mrs. Venerable
was allured thither by being promised
sight Of the twelve apostles and was
much disappointed to find that they
were twelve immense vats of beer so
named.
:.sThc social life of the Germans is
very attractive. I attribute the good
morals Of the German men to the wo-
men drinking with them and sharing
all their pleasures. There are no clubs
for men only in Germany. Perhaps
the most striking thing throughout the
country and one Of the most amusing
to an American is the SCARED faces Of
the Heidelburg students. Everywhere
you see men going around with faces
almost SCARED to pieces and wearing
them as mark Of honor. They have
been won in the innumerable duels
which form chief feature of German
University student life.
| "Of all German cities Leipsic was
the most attractive to me on account
Of its learning and its associations
with the grand old masters. The most
beautifully located town in Germany
or perhaps anywhere is Saltzburg, the
home of Mozart. The old cathedra
there in which he once played still
chimes his melodies every morning.
"From Saltzburg we went to Carls
bad, where we stayed several weeks
This is the great health resort of Eu,
rope and is the rendezvous for all the
officers of the German, Austrian ano
Hungarian armies. It is the greatest
place for brass buttons in the WORLD
and is therefore paradise for the
women, but those men who are moi
entitled to wear the mighty charmers
of the feminine heart had better keeI
away. The officers not very we'll VI
in English used to come to see us with
dictionaries under their arms and carry
on their conversation with it's aid
But they seemed to enjoy it and it was
at least amusing. For this we had tt
stand deal Of teasing from the gen
tlemen of our party, who were tenn
porally cut out and so jealons. Tho
cures at Carlsbad are something won
derful. saw decrepit invalids leave
cured in three weeks. They arc
wrought chiefly by the mud baths
These we tried and were greatly bene
flied by them. We looked very funny
buried up to our necks in the mud
but we looked even funnier when We
came out.
"After Carlsbad we spent short
time at Gostcin, a little town in the
Austrian Alps, little known to the
Americans, prescribed as the 'aftel
cure to Carlsbad. Then we went tt
Vienna, city whose beautiful women
and opportunities for shopping arc
hardly surpassed by Paris. Here Mr.
Schlumbergcr, an aristocratic Austrian
and kind friend, gave us champagne
supper in his Roslau wine cellars.
CATER this we went to Paris. Hero
Mrs, S. G. Venerable, the Misses Ven.
able and myself spent six months the
rest of the party returning to Atlanta
What astonished me here most was the
free manners of the people; to see
men and women embracing on the