Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-09-29
PICTURES OF EUROPE.
Is Seen Through a Richmond Hans
Glasses.
MUSEUMS, GALLERIES. SCENERY.
Vienna, Munich, and Pnris-somc
Reminders of Homc-A Mountain
ExDeri~ncc-Trom the Sublime to
The Nidiculoux--Waysid Notes.


Especial correspondence OF the pispatcn)
Land des Rechtes. land des Lichtes.
Land des Schwertes und Gedichtes!
PARIS. September Ill have not had
the pleasure OF seeing my last letter
printed in your estifnable columns. ana.
therefore, do not know whether or not
you gave It prominence. I shall, however.
hope for the best. / have noticed that
when you print letters from prominent
persons you always parade them In the
Sunday paper. while / cannot 90 up
things in the grand. gloomy, and pecu-
liar style suited to that day. insist on a
front seat In the gallery.
| believe was still circulating around
Vienna the last you heard OF me. vienna
is undoubtedly one OF the most magnih-
cent cities in the world. The central dis
trlct, containing most Of the attractions,
IS surrounded by a broad street, ca4ied
the Ringstra.se, running around an ir-
regular octagon Of several miles extent
and occupying the place OK the ancient
Notifications. On or near this spienu'u
street may be found some OF the grandest
buildirr.-the Votive church, university
Parliament. theatres. and the two majestic
imperial museums of art and natural MS
tory, and the Grand opera.
A mere enumeration OF tho attractions
OF this great city. almost as large as
Paris, weuld con.unle all the space you
can gixe 10 this letter; and l can only say
that divided Up The eleven days OF my
stay so as 10 see all the most
notable. Among tho NEST interesting
TO me-perhaps owing TO my medical edu-
cation-was the Anatomical Museum.
where every part Of the human body,
bone, muscle, nerve. blood-ve.sel, and in
ternal organs, was shown In wax, with
such perfection that believe a student
could learn more in that hail in a month
than in year OF regular lectures.
GRAND OPERA.
heard grand opera In the Imperial
Opera-Hou.e, seating about 800 , rsOLs,
and cannot say much for the singing,
though the Suggesting and appoint
ments were. Of course, magnificent.
1 visited many galleries OF paintings.
public and private, the largest being IN
Is TO be found an immen.. collection Of
curiOsit!es OF every kind. This building
and its mate, the Museum OF Natural HIS
tory, standing only short distance apart,
are OF modern date, and more splendid
than / can describe. Perhaps 80 statues
adorn their roofs and parsPcJs; marble
stairway. 20 feet wide run with a noble
sweep Up to the gorgeous rotundaS and
cupolss. adorned with in9escribabis wealth
Of marble. bronze. and gilt
In ts> last-named museum IL seemed to
me there was Il specimen OF every crea-
tlrs that ever lived. Giant crabs. with
bodies as big "a d wa.h-b,sn, and legs
feet long; centipeGes and spiders as
big as your hand; every conceivable va
riety OF insects-eyerything, IN fact
whether 1t wore scale. fur or feather,
on inhabited earth, air. or water Won
derful result Of human industry and re-
search, that all these multitudinous crea-
lures can be thus named ana classified.
AS YOU CHOOSE.
Living in Vienna. as everywhere else,
Is cheap or dear, as you choose 10 make
Il. L visited some OF the tony" re.tau-
rants. and found good dinner cost about
rs much there a. IL would i'm New York
Then. anxious TO see how the lower
Glasses lived, / went into some Of the
places trequerted by them, and took a
meal The result was surprising. i got
as much as / could eat OF nice, clean
food for about Is cents. The bill Of fare
Show the following prices: Soup, cents;
ragout, cents; beef and potatoes 10
cents; salad, 1 cents; cheese, cents. The
variety OF cheese offered is surprising
| found Roquefort, de -Brie, and Neucha-
tel the best, but In an evil day, and
urged b. my thirst for knowledge. I or
dcred some hayence Handkase. Well a
one-lesged man can eat that article but
one-armed man cannot, because he
must cat with one hand and hold his
nose with the other. When 1t appeared
and got a sniI OF the na.matic air, !
looked around to see IL anybody else had
observed the presence OF the corpse but
they all seemed TO take IL as matter
OF course. l am glad to say that when
the funeral was over ! found / had only
been chief mourner. and not tho principal
performer.
Speaking Of these things reminds me
OF a funny experiences / had in a hotel
Everybody knows how a table d'hote
dinner 4, served. The servants go around
10 each guest with the Wand. cut up IN
portions. and every one helps himself
Now. these portions" are sometimes cut
very small. and l had grown little
weary OF *, when. one day I was pre-
scented With a dish on which lay two
small FISH mot cut up, out OF which the
guest WIS expected to carve delicate
slice. After having sawed OF his head /
transferred ono OF these fish bodily 10
my plate. The estounded maid retreated
TO the head waiter. who, after whs-
pered conferences, sent her to the kitchen
presumably 10 obtain reinforcements
for her solitary piscatorial exhibit. This
head waiter. whose moustache was
inches long. and VINO wore full dress
suit. with svallow-Iail coat and decollette
vest. that would have been the despair
OF my young friends OF the Lodge of
Strict Observance then advanced TO me
and set down the tureen OF melted but
ter with a certain emphasis. as who
should say: You have all the fish, and
may as well take all the gravy" The re-
suit was that when all the rest had fin
ished and were awaiting the next course
j was still travelling up and down the
sides OF my marine monster with great
Industry. When the roast fowl came on
this head waiter was filled with such evil
dent anxiety 10 know what meant 10
do next, and whether / was going to APP
propriate a whole goose that gave him n
half wink and smile. as much as 10 say
j was a man der NIGHT so DUNN war ais
ich aussah mot 80 big fool al looked,
and contented myself with the regulation
dose" 20 his manifest relief.
WAS MISTAKEN
I arrived at Munich on the 29th OF
August. not expecting much there TO
attract me. but I soon found out my
mistake. and had FIVE days Of very in
teresting Sightseeing. The museums
and galleries, while not so extensive. OF
course. as in the larger citi.- were truly