The record-union., 1894-08-25
PASSING ANTIQUITIES.
Introduction of American Methods
Into Germany.
Cars Running Into Ancient
squares-Fifteenth Century Gothic
Houses Turned Into Factories =
Some Hotels Now Have Elevators
Significant Tendencies.

Regular Correspondence of REcoRD-UNIoN. ]
LUBBOCK Germany, Aug. 3.-Exclama-
tions of regret from my companions have
called to my attention the appearance OF
many things indicative of the progress OF
the new into the old in the German cities,
towns and villages visited during the
past two weeks. A factory smokestack
rising from the d-tiled roof of the gothic
house Of some magnificent fifteenth
century burger may not be a pleasing
object to the esthetic sense, but it means
ness it disturbs. Within is the whizzing
of the trolley, soul-soothing sound for
the tourist who must hear 1t in the ancient
and beautiful market place of city that
is distinguished for its grand old square.
An American surely sees enough at home
of streets torn up to receive the cable for
a line of street cars, or the wires OF a tele-
phone service, or a new set of water and
sewer pipes, and well may be disap-
pointed 10 find these things going on III
the old world. Yet these are phenomena
worth recording. gratifying to men who
sympathize with the spirit that moves
ana changes and strives for the living
and yet unborn. The Germans speak OF
this spirit and of these its products as
American, so besides the feeling of uni
versal sympathy with progress we may
have little pride, to offset our sense OF
loss for the passing antiquities.
In Bremen the trolley vlvlsects the city
through all the principal streets. 1t
enters the old square or market place
from two side streets and meets in front
of the cathedral among the peasant
women crouched over their baskets OF
farm products. The main street, Soeges-
trasse, at Heerdenthor is open like the
old moat. In Hanover also the streets
are being planted with various "Ameri-
can Inventions" and in both these cities
the hotels OF the ''first rank" as they are
styled, advertise electric light even,
sometimes. in the room; bath in the
house" is another notice frequently
posted in the halls; and two or three
hotels for the princes and millionaires
boast the lift" as, with the English,
they call an elevator. Berlin has had
these ''conveniencies" for a long
period, but Berlin is new city; it never
was old, and is now the center Of the
movement for ''novelties.u
Towns and villages are following
slowly. In Brunswick, "lovgly old
town." where hundreds of HttIe red
Baedekers come every year, The horse
cars jingle through several streets One
hotel has an elevator Ut was out of order.
still it was there and "a steam heating
system. In each room is notice that
heat will be furnished. on application to
the head waiter, free OF charge, SO far as
the steam Allows In Brunswick, in
Hildeshein and in Joslar. typical old
carved houses are being turned to pro-
fame industrial uses. Sometimes the
business carried on Is even little pain
full, as, for instance, the adaptation OF an
old basilica church in Hildeshein for q
restaurant, beer-hall and clubhouse.
The keeper of the restaurant there said
that it was easily arranged for his pur-
poses. and excused the PROCLAMATION on the
ground that the old clergy, in their pride,
built too many churches, simply because
they had the power and wealth and
wanted TO out-do some neighborlng pre-
late.
In such out-of-the-way places as Joslar,
Luneburg and Ratzburg the same ten
dency is to be noted in various ways.