New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-01

and King of Bohemia coming home from the
wars, stumbled upon the springs. and was healed
of wound he had got at Crecy twelve years be-
fore But that was not its first good turn TO
man. as the good people Of Carlsbad are inclined
to have believe. in their natural desire to con-
meet the Carlsbad discovery with the great king
who gave the springs his august name; for 1t
was called the warm bath" long before Charles
time. and the Tepel-the "tepid"-was still an
older name But Charles made 1t famous. II he
was not It's discOverer. and when once he built
his palace in the town that grew up about the
healing fountains. he set the fashion for royalty
that royalty has never departed from For hther
came George III In his happy time. and Peter
the Great and Maria Theresa and long line OF
kings and klngly men.
It has become the most famous OF all mineral
springs and the most aristocratc watering-place
I'm Europe Yet the town is always delightful in
the thronged season, which lasts from the middle
of June until the middle of August. though what
Is called the regular season begins earlier and
lasts until the 1st of october. AT the height OF
the season the throngs in the town are pict-
uresque as Carlsbad is far enough to the East TO
gain Aslatic guests who bring Oriental gorgeous
ness to the long lines Of promenaders going stead
lily along the colonnades Of the cure house.
This Is one Of the sights worth visiting Europe
for-the long line OF slowly pacing men and
women from all parts Of the world. each one
keeping his or her place in the line as strictly
and as solemnly as clings to his position
before a railroad ticket office in some great out
of-town rush. II has its ludlcrous side, too for
each one OF all the promenadng thousands car
ries an earthenware mug hanging By strap
passed around the neck; glass will not do as the
Carlsbad springs are too hot for that. Some
where an amusing story is told OF a native OF
Prague who bore evidence in his person and
habIl.ments of the of,-repeated assertion that
Prague is the dirtlest city in Europe Finding
one day that he had left his mug at his board
ing-house he turned to the gentleman behind
him. who CHANGED to be italian duke. and
said: "A drink from your mug, Mein Herr 1T
is yours" the nobeman replied. with elaborate
courtesy. and presenting It silently slipped from
the line The borrower drank and turned to give
back the mug but found the owner gone. What
wastefulnessr' he murmured, pathetlcay.
But men OF all sorts touch elbow here. and
with frankness and courtesy I'm the main. Ones
mind returns and returns to them and women
who have come hther for health and pleasure
Goethe came often. and always with advantage
to himself. His first visit was In 1855, when he
passed pleasant month In the company or
Herder, Frau Won Stein and the Duchess Louise
IL was IIerder who had led him away from the
false methods of the French school and brought
to his notice Ossian. the Hebrew poets, The
Vicar OF Wakefield" and Shakespeare. Indeed
Carlsbad and It's society seem TO have had
weghty influence upon his life. for IL was while
at the springs In the following year that he con-
celved his wcll-known scheme Of stealing away
and going to Italy and Greece for quiet study-a
Journey that bore great results for literature
Goethe returned for fourteen seasons: Schiller