Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-07-18
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In the party which went to visit
big German concert hall in tho Bowery
were two or three men who had
knowledge Of the German Language,
ranging from q smattering to a fair ac-,
quaintance. These men were extreme
" ready with their information, so it
was quite natural that one Of the
young women should ask:
What does that mean?''
That was the title Of . compost
ton which was to be given on the
orchestrion and it read: "Bei den
Schrammen.
'.Bei den Schrammen," thoughtfully
murmured the man to whom the lques-
tion was put. II ought to know what
that means Let me think. It will
come to me in minute"
But it didn't come to him. in spite of
his corrugated brow and his evident
effort at doing some tall thinking.
Then the inquiry was repeated to an
othor OF the party, who had been a
student In Germany. He. rolled the
phrase off his tongue once. or twice
and showed that he, too, was
''stumped."
''Bei den Schrammen. Well, well,
that's queer. Oh, yes, it has got some
thing to do with q sponge It must
mean, BY the sponges.
That's an odd name for piece of
music" suggested the visitor from up
the state, in whose honor the expedi-
ton had been formed. The author Of
the translation tried to defend it, but
its evident Righteousness only pro-
yoked laughter.
Then third man took a sky at the
puzzle. 81 believe" he ventured some
what timorously, shat sacramento
q mechanical term-means some kind
OF screw. Yes, that's it: BY the
screws"
There was . storm of laughter at
this Then one of the young men mus
tered up enough German to ask the
waiter (who doubles spoke excellent
English) what the title meant. The
waiter looked iblankly for moment,
and then had to admit that he didn't
know. But he would find out. He
hurried off, and before long returned.
bright smile on his face. 81 ~
sits the same as 'Auf iVerlangen,'
he announced, triumphantly, in Ger
man. Etl ttti At -
''Why, that means sbyrequest,' =" was
the relieved comment of the man who
had started the waiter on the trail,
How stupid to make such a fuss about
30 simple a thing!'' sls!
But the ghost would not down. 9th
or mon Of the party had asked Germans
at adjoining tables for translation
of the term, and while no two agreed
on the answer, the. decision was unan..
imous that sby request" was utterly
wrong. In the meantime the question
was passed from one to another, until
the gallery in which the aliens sat was
agog with discussions Of it.
One man came up to give his version
He couldn't talk English well. {s#fsSzl
'Schrammen,'s !" he said, tits one of
dem tings what you tie q rope on when
you go on boat. You wind de rope
around like dis and he went through
the motion of winding.
You mean the bits" suggested the
amateur yachtsman. But he didn't
mean that. After much cudgling OF
brains, the word .'cleat" was hit upon.
Yes, that was it. sSchrammen" were
cleats 'Rss
Then It must be some kind of =
boating song" reasoned the out-of-
town visitor.
This wasn't entirely Satisfactorily but
just here one of the walters brought
up tall man with spectacles and the
mir of a schoolmaster, and introduced
him as Kerr Prof. Schultz" learned
man who could certainly tell what
they wanted to know. The Herr
Professor" heard the question with due
gravity, and, clearing his throat, an
nounced in a judicial manner: isfs
"'Schrammen'.is the name of little
town in, Germany which was noted for
its noises. It was q very noisy place,
and people said when they heard
great disturbance, that it is a regular
'Schrammen.' so ID E..gsas!
The Herr professor was duly.
thanked, and he retired with many
bows Then another good-natured
volunteer came forward.s ss4 81 RI
IF you will pardon me-" he said.
with much politeness, "a 'schram' is q
wound. .schrammen' is the plural,
and is applied to the wounds dealt IN
students tduels. It is also used to tdes-
ignate the duels themselves. The mu-
sic is descriptive of such duel"
There were more thanks, but fur
Their discussion Of the question was
forgotten In the interest excited by
two young women who appeared on
the stage to sing you Shan't Play in
| Ny Yard. IN. 7. Tribune. &
s'WANr any mouse trapss Come buy one,
I dol" No, thanks; we haye3n mice''
Zach, I'll throw 'em in with pleasure Pr
Humoristisches.
We should quietly hear both sides