Morning journal and courier., 1894-01-11
SIX aN On HsDRN.
Large Crowds Of People on she Ice
 and Small Children Peep Through
 the Park RailinEs While the Sport is Going On.
DRESDEN, Dec. 19, 1898.


 the Park RailinEs While the Sport
 is Going On.
 DRESDEN, Dec. 1s, 1898. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Winter is at last upon us and the hill- sides about Dresden are covered with 6 light coat of snow. It is such light man tie that 1t reminds me of the white feath- CTS which Herodotus reported as 6lling the air in far distant Seythis, but then those binding Scythian feather flakes were suf- icient of themselves to block 6 whole Ro- man army, causing their complete de- struotion amid the boresl wildernesses and desolste ravines, while here the snow Is only reminder of winter.
 The skating to be had here is superb Over in the Grassar Gartsn on the Pslsis- teich or Palace Pond in front of the Lus- tsohloss, the old palace built by Augustus the Strong in 16S0-the ice is in perfect condition and the scene is fairy-like as the skaters glide over the smooth surface, while two magnificent military bands rem der exquisite music. A small fee is charged for permission to skate, and thus a very large throng of skatsrs is avoided. A temporary house, nicely heated, having . Garderobs attached, makes 1t quite pleas ant for those who desire to try the skatinR.
 The attendants put on and remove your skates; thus skating Is . pleasure robbed ing book contains no less than twenty eight hundred possible gyrstions, and as the German youth of both sexes emulate each other in this great accomplishment, one can daily see very beautiful skating and the development of most interesting and intricate figures on the Ice.
 Old and young skate with greatest pro Hoiency. The water on the Plaisteich is only four feet deep, 90 there is no danger of drowning; the authorities do not allow any skating till the foe Is at least eight oen- timetrss thick. There are many places for sksting in Dresden, large enclosed fields perfectly graded, well fenced in and flooded; when frozen the skating Is psr. feot and there are many skaters, while the music supplies Hvelinsss which is only equsllsd by the skaters themselves.
 often wonder where the scores of poor little boys and girls find room to skate, who are always looking through the railI with such longing, wlstfal eyes, but who have not the few Meanings to give them sdmittance. Many of these same little bipeds are to be found every night standing about the bale shop windows looking with longing eyes ct the wonderful tarts and cakes; tasy never eat cake and tbe'r only | expectation in that line is 'Schwars .Brod. | In extremely cold winters the "Elbe river | is frozen over and then hops that every body can have all the skating they desire Even then fear the poor will be shut out for the same authorities, who even stooE | to sell the fsh which accumulate annually in the ponds of the Grasser Gsrten, will sell the right to skate on naturs's great water course, the lordly "EIbe." No only the Germans enjoy skating here. bu there are also to bs seen Americans. Egg | lish, French, Russ ans and representative. | of all nations humming slong contsntedly over the ice, all keeping time with the mu eic. Even old fellows like myself q hay, not handled skate for thirty yearr) fee the enthusiasm, buckle on the irons straighten themselves up, and of they fl! trite. true saying. "rhe coachman nsve forgets the crack of his whip,"
 IL is great feeling of satisfaction tha | possesses all strangers here in Dresden and that is tho fact that the whole cit, and everybody iuside the city Is under th, immediate surveillance of the police.
 At the police headquarters everything | known all about ycu; they know the dat of y ur arrival. what your occupation is where you live, and when you leave tn | city or change your residence, and if ther is anything else to be known they vii know it ali rest assured.
 Many police nen are to be fesn iu al parts of the cisy day and night, and per feet order and tranquility pervades ever
 quarter. have never, during c thre
 month"; residence, seen single arrest. no even any disturbance on the street. hay
 not seen . corner lounger wh, needs,
 moving on, not even . tramp has sppesre
 in sight. Keep the laws and you will no
 be fined or arrested. The police requir
 all houses to be locked at ten o'clock 2
 m. Ingress and egress can be had onl
 with the night key after that early houi
 m. without permission. (5ome think thl | voky Wiso A0osuAo.l SH L0et ok Ih<
 day no piano mnst be touched durin church hours; the sams regulation hold good during divine service on Sabbat , days. Should you desire an evening CT tertainment and music at your residene .t to continue after the mysterious hour ( } ten don't forget to call st the police ofls l to obtain permission, which is readily | be had by payment of not very large fe,
 The old Raelt house which has stood o , the Alt-makt for two centuries or long, , has this inscription:
 ! sSalus Populi suprems lax,n
 . No less than three lady acquaintance ! of mine have recently lost their watch, . on the street, doubtless amid tears ar 2 lamentations they gave up their valuabl . as forever lost. Not SO in Dresden; not n ing is lost here: thoss three watches we
 found at the police ofi3cs, brought thers . the Anders; by dsposit of fec the ow . arn Wnut their Rav rafofof0o A ~aukl