New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-20

por Perhaps the German system requires q penSd
physical powers must Be concentrated Il esr, .1.
direction. For these Germans were mighty eA.sis:
4 ihs Sses %H dCssed Withhold As may
judged from frs, dinner. heariiness WAS man
we afterward learned. had been somewhat rennsc
and sublina,ed on. OF consideration iof OUT ine
perence Later. encountered such masterp.ecs es
as beer soup. goose breast. sausrkraut ana WAY
Ne passed by on the other side, the otners 'ooS t"
Ore explanation OF mis- appetite doubtless Is that
dinner was The principal meal almost 10 me s exe u,
lunch: Others were satisfied with glass OF beer ana
BIZ c; rye bread As for break'a; " Was sot sss
and strip Of Kafree- Kuchsn suficei for the Ger.
mans: for Us. we Were .ucEy 20 ge. dimihartws
day moralrg however. notable exception For
each German boarce- consumed reiigousy. ana
with much red-pepper relish conica.sha a IA
fair. composed Of raw beef chopped very me sno
envcoped with raw egs This was supposess ur 20
day dinner. and. II 40. certainly wise precau.
MSsn H%s "ss on at z the ms
ity OF the guests had NOT budgod from their seats
Ard yet they were hungry.
Soemn feasis were peculiar 20 this house. The
Frau had her own birthday .ate when flowers
Doomed in every window and on every u.an,el. when
g.s were presented with sin speeches OF sesqu''
pedaiian phrases and when corks popped merrily Ia
her honor Then Teddy ard l. being in our room
much used 20 furve;y witness sundry afternoon
assenbiages known ! Kiffee-Klatches when moro
ana redundant. danes in the par'or as consum1-
tive of the one as they prolific OF the other
Rut Chri. mas was par excellence the fiesta OF IL
fssias.
For weeks the F-au was enwrapped with the
pleased mystery OF a child. one mustn't look q
the work IN her lap: bur she would he soreiy as
appointed II one didn't try look. IL was an un.
IN ,bs p 5nng 'nt ocoeR Christmas Eve and
prompt 10 the tick. every one was there excnanens
greetings II after years separation IN one
corner stood a tree. showing Its arms ana Top from
behind a sheet on the piano was n bowl OF punch:
proper the OCCASION but insipid and sweet 70 tnS
American taste. If something stronger was wanteo.
that something presented Itself in the shape OF
d.canter OF arrack peculiarly strong and acrid "
quor Then there were balls o. cinnamon ana CAKES
Of ginger round like alleys and FAR harder: Wn zen
the curtain was removed from the tree ana .n9
candles lighted. TO the imminent peril or genesa!
conhagraiion each one was expected 20 srarcn &
present. and each one found IT, TOO suos,an.SS'
exempihcation OF the regard OF me FRAU. ihoeea:
this was the Good DANES night Never was o0sH
expansive. never was smile 40 comprenensi,xxs
and kindly Then the plump and pleasing MAIDS
sded in and made srosesqTe ov opm %soo oss.
Presently the gong. under the impulse Q. me- ~
starts the opro Marched e, salads sand
wches and cool fagons OF Muenchener some or me
m Ierf e on notes OF aushter Neither
were they backward in disposing OF yian9s . no
in a hearty way There no tight Laced eIcIu:
siveness about their enjoyment, for they rea"'e0
that Christmas comes but once n year -.,
Then the Herr Professor rose, and In cou It
terms praised the good Frau the gracious isu s:
untiI tears ran down her glowing cheeks; IL was
.a up" as he finished with bumper and no nesi'
taps, While again and again chorus resounusu
beginning with "Hoch' and ending with something
that meant: Long may she live. " .
Then followed ali the technical to s:as
and responses OF the beer-cult. In wnicn
Teddy was an adep-he insists that ne
a mere tyro NE. Most OF the Sovns
men had attended the University ana nau
their credentials Scared and scratched on tne,s ~
cheeks and noses So IL Il come the bloom OF
,be heer TO YOU and II come now in return 30.
FOO that classical Invocation ''Prosit was repeat
edlv abbreviated. to save time into 'Prost -.
There was much singing, too. OF those good clo
songs which have nationality, because tney De
long 10 the world and Gaudeamus was rendered sS
cordinr 10 the English and the Continental metn-
DDS: and Horatius again and again crowned WIN
nav Nor was there any lack OF fervor when tne
latest arrived cadet insisted upon ''Ieetle Annie
Rooney" under the impression that II was Column
HAS National air. \ season OF joviaty yes; pro-
longsd until break OF day. but ending as II pegan
without. disorder. Not even a teetotaiier wouIo
have dared to mention such thing as dssipatton
could he have the mighty play or knfe ana
fork al the Christmas dinner. =,
such was life At the Frau's. How Teddy ana
stood /; may judged from Bings greeting on Ms
return: Ia
why Tom" ne cried. You're as big as the SIDE
OF a house And for YOU. Teddy should adviSe
YOU TO get a new hat-iargest size-as quickly -
possible"