The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-20

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HEIDELBERG,1 Sept. 17-Heidelberg
is built upon terraces, six terraces
on the first terrace, the railroad sta
ton; on the second, the city itself; on
the third, the university; on the fourth
the ruins of the biggest and most his
tcric castle in castle ridden Germany;
on the fifth, the finest beer garden and
the prettiest mattresses in the kaiser's
empire The sixth is the mountain
top, otherwise the konigsstuhl. This
is Heidelberg's natural Eiffel tower.
From the summit yop can see down
the Black forest to Baden Baden.
The city itself, on the second terrace,
is like any other German city-the
usual teams, the big, blue imperial
mail boxes, the soldierly policemen in
Bismarck uniforms, the white private
hotels with inner courts, the Hoch-
strasse, which is Broadway. and the
Leopold platz, which is Union square.
The principal distinguishing features
are picturesqueness, professors with
thick boards and speetacles and stu
dents in blue caps with broad visors,
who stare at travelling American girls
if you happen to have the same in
your party. In this last respect the
town is not unlike the American uni
versity city.
On the third terrace the university
buildings are like the Long Beach
hotel and cottages"-one monster,
many pygmies. Here the trouble be-
gan. Jim was with US. Jim thinks
he can speak German. A student hap
pened along. He was a TALL strapping
G !, 70 thof iS ha
was handsome from right hand view.
From a left hand view, however, he
was very ugly. A red scar ran in a
furrow down his face from temple to
chin.
Jim spoke to him in German-said
something about the jettenbuhl, and
the molkencur, and the konigsstuhl,
meaning respectively the castle, the
beer garden and mountain top. The
student snickered, pretended not to
understand and sauntered on. Jim
glared, turned red with embarrass-
ment. then white with anger. He
started after the student. We stopped
him. He eXpostulated. We reminded
him that the student had a scar on his
face-a long, wide scar. Jim didn't care
if the blank Dutchman had fifty scars,
and so on. But by that time the stu
dent had disappeared.
garden. Jim insisted upon calling it
the molkencur. We talked about scars.
Jims father had been in Heidelberg be-
fore: He had told us all about scars.
At Heidelberg university scar on
students face is sign of Valor, of
courage and bravery, of manhood, just
as a bent nose, crooked ear,
| cracked arm, a wide -interstlce In the
front row of teeth are signs of same
xyirtI7o OF a
At the beer garden we could look
down into the castle ruins where
! Queen Elizabeth was entertained while
yet a princess. jim and | chose the
table that had the prettiest waitress.
This required a trained eye, for all the
girls were pretty. Simply some were
prettier than others. There were of a
far better class than those who grace
or disgrace so called beer gardens in
America. Besides the students, whose
families We're gathered around the
| tables-fathers, mothers, relatives and
| children. The mattresses were bringing
beer to them all-IeeIsing stems of very
dark beer-choice beer made only in
! Heidelberg. Everybody chattad pleas
antly with the pretty waitress, who
/ fitted here and there a bit ponderous,
but Thoroughly German. Jim said he
liked the color effect of their black
petticoats, red bodices and white ap-
rons. He called out waitress Marguer-
/ tie, because Of her two thick flaXen
braids. He said something to her in
| German. Some one near by .snickered.
and I heard laughing imitation of
! Jim's German. Jim turned The stu
dent with the scar sat near. With
him were other students, also with
scars-scars more or less prominent.
jim spoke again to our waitress III
German, at which the student with
the long scar dropped his stein and
roared, mimicking Jim's German. His
fellows roared with him.
Then up rose Jim in great wrath ane
stepped to where the other sat.
| heard 'son of Dutchmanp' then "sor
of a Yankee tradesman" afterwarc
insult" then satisfaction" Jim came
back to me and said: Duel tonight
His seconds will see you, but, mind
YOU, with pistols and to the death?'