Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-12
over the lanterns at night to produce the
red lights. What an economical govern
men. the Germans have

over the lanterns at night to produce the
red lights. What an economical govern
men. the Germans have.
We landed at Bremerhaven and found it
the most assorted place that could be
imagiLed. The place of landing is mag
riticently appointed beer hall with side IS
sizes. One off-shoot of the beer hall is the
customs house. where the most brilliantly
Illuminated young men in green and gold
uniforms play at being customs officers
and say: MISREPRESENTATION dohes-
Observation-Disclosures MISUNDERSTANDING and
slap bits of paper on your luggage so it
won't look so ALTERED new. Then another
branch of the beer hall is the railway sta
ton where eorgeously caparisored train,
called an eisenbahnfahrt for short. awaits
the finishing of the so-cailed customs ex-
animation before departing for Bremen.
All the officials. except the walters in the
beer hall and the safeguards of the rail
way. wear swords and fine silver and-eo!d
hutton-',e iecked-and- braided. And they
all look Very warlike--almost warike
the worlds Columbian guards of blessed
memory. Yet they seemed harmless enough.
Certainly the more superativeiy military
official appeared, the more polite AMI
rocious looking one of the lot. who wore ai
ycI-take-y our-h fe-in-yourfeet-if-you- dare
ad'irTss-:ue expression on his very eye
brow. each one of which would have an
swered as an ordinary citizens mustache.
here with gentle fortitude my attempts at
margi;ns the kaiser's German. He even
d
chance by pointing in souther'y direc-
ton, saying: "Gewiss, mein herr, gans
recht.' or words to that effect.
1 hated to leave such a nice combination
as Ersmerhaven is. but was induced to
continue on to Bremen.
If l had known that it was Juristen tag
at Bremen l wouldn't have come. but would
have made myself comfortable at the
Bremarhaven acknowledgements cms-hall.
Iursten tag means Justice day. and it's
al week with that day. The town swarms
with all the judges and lawyers for leagues
around. and the common folk hide their
va!uahl9s You may imagine that Bremen
is q nice place to stay away from until the
law fellows get out
| flung myself into Humans Hotel and
asked for few of his best rooms, but
Herr Hilman, or perhaps it was Herr I'M
mans second assistant night clerk, waved
M back.
we tint aller foil" he said. while sad.
apoloeetic expression obscured his uphol-
stored face.
..Oh, never mind that The place 7 come
that after"
VIE zint aler foil" he rereated.
That's all right; go and sober up go anu
sober Up afterward hut sic mussen 'ihs pof
rosm;-s miner gehSen first. tndefstehst
..N;er haben ia klein rooms.
Then the Dcvilbug called the head porter
an deliberately gotten up indiFiao'i VINO
could speak English with a Pennsylvania
accent and they Strengthened matters out
n tha .ytent of conveying the cheerful IN
formation that the lawyers had bought out
the hotel for a week, and that Ordinary
travellers would have to chase up other
Quarters The porter kindly Pioted us 10 a
hotel that was not quite SO luIl vi ,,s,Ia
! had the choice of having my bed made
up in the conservatory or in the dining
room 1 chose the latter. AT l:4o am. the
next am. the head waiter woke me up and